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Topic: Shinda?
fallow
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posted March 19, 2004 02:52 AM
This isn't something I'm familiar with, though I get the sense I should be, somehow. Is a Shinda a good thing or a bad thing? what's a good thing to bring to a Shinda, assuming it's a good thing? fallow
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rivka
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posted March 19, 2004 02:54 AM
A Shinda is a GREAT thing! Just bring youself!
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fallow
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posted March 19, 2004 03:19 AM
rivka, it's a little disconcerting to be invited (theoretically) to an event you aren't familiar with, attended by people you aren't familiar with, no? fallow
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rivka
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posted March 19, 2004 03:26 AM
*grins in an overly-familiar manner* I spose so. I know I was very nervous before my first Shinda. But it's great fun!
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fallow
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posted March 19, 2004 03:34 AM
oh come on!?! what's a shinda?
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rivka
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posted March 19, 2004 03:36 AM
I was just waiting for you to ask. A Shinda is simply a SoCallian Jatraquero get-together.
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fallow
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posted March 19, 2004 03:38 AM
that certainly makes it familiar. what's a callian, nevermind southern, a jatraquero?!?! not to mention a shinda?
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rivka
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posted March 19, 2004 03:42 AM
Silly fallow. SoCallian = of or pertaining to Southern CA Jatraquero = Hatracker Clear as mud?
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fallow
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posted March 19, 2004 03:47 AM
*outta windshield-wiper wash* What's a shinda? it's like a shin-dig? only feminine? fallow
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rivka
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posted March 19, 2004 03:50 AM
Something like that, fallow.
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fallow
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posted March 19, 2004 03:52 AM
P-seeeee!?!?!
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fallow
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posted March 19, 2004 03:53 AM
rivka, Put yourself in my shoes. fallow
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rivka
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posted March 19, 2004 03:55 AM
Um, why? I have plenty of my own!
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Primal Curve
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posted March 19, 2004 03:56 AM
fallow, Do a search for "Shinda" using the message board search tool.
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fallow
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posted March 19, 2004 03:57 AM
oh come on! how difficult can it be to answer an even simple factual question?!
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rivka
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posted March 19, 2004 03:58 AM
I did!
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fallow
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posted March 19, 2004 03:59 AM
you did?! You told me what a Shinda was? Beyond an adjective?
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rivka
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posted March 19, 2004 04:01 AM
Shinda = when Hatrackers who live in Southern CA get together; generally involves food and fun
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fallow
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posted March 19, 2004 04:02 AM
Primal, I find internet searches to be a little cold and often not that informative, educational, challenging or growth-worthy ('cept in composing a good "join") fallow
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fallow
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posted March 19, 2004 04:03 AM
rivka, that sounds like a BBQ! fallow
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Primal Curve
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posted March 19, 2004 04:04 AM
fallow, I find that people who fear technology are generally simple minded and apt to wife-beating.
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rivka
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posted March 19, 2004 04:05 AM
fallow, exactly. [ March 19, 2004, 04:06 AM: Message edited by: rivka ]
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fallow
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posted March 19, 2004 04:07 AM
Exactly = "shinda is a BBQ" or "fallow is a wife-beater cuz he doesn't rely on google to think for him"?
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rivka
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posted March 19, 2004 04:10 AM
*snort* Pick your favorite.
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fallow
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posted March 19, 2004 04:14 AM
a good cookout. though, *beats dead horse *, I haven't a clue as to the origins of the Shinda description, and I'd like to know what that word means. please? fallow
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Primal Curve
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posted March 19, 2004 04:29 AM
I don't know, but one part Pineapple juice to four parts Orange juice is good stuff.
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fallow
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posted March 19, 2004 04:42 AM
Primal I don't understand what you are contributing to this discussion? fallow
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Raia
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posted March 19, 2004 09:39 AM
fallow, she told you like three times! @ this thread
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skrika03
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posted March 19, 2004 10:52 AM
I still get tripped up on jatraquero. J will always be a y and not a dz in my head. Shinda does sound like an event with bongos and mushrooms or something.
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saxon75
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posted March 19, 2004 10:56 AM
quote: J will always be a y and not a dz in my head. Um, in the word "jatraquero" the "j" is neither a "y" nor a "dz." It's an "h."
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Papa Moose
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posted March 19, 2004 11:19 AM
quote: What's a shinda? it's like a shin-dig? only feminine? No, it's like a shin-dig, only misspelled. Really.
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skrika03
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posted March 19, 2004 11:50 AM
Oh, right, an h. I get incoherent when I start posting too early in the day.
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Shinda
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posted March 19, 2004 12:00 PM
You called?
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fallow
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posted March 20, 2004 08:52 PM
oh, I got it right with one of my unsearched guesses. *glows with pride* *pats self on back* "snarf"
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fallow
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posted March 21, 2004 01:04 AM
Shinda! Welcome. There's a new poster thread over on the other side (the one marketed under OSC's moniker). That's the appropriate place to appear, in polite society. or, if you want to uh... *snorggle gorggle snorrgle CLINTON! gorggle* drink out of the toilet... That's just fine and dandy around here. fallow
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knightswhosayni!
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posted March 21, 2004 01:07 AM
I'm fairly sure the Shinda name is a veteran. Ni!
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rivka
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posted March 21, 2004 01:15 AM
Becky, why? Is it the email address that gives it away?
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fallow
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posted March 21, 2004 01:21 AM
EMAIL?! drats! should have thought of that! I take posts at face value. *peers into profile links* *washes hands* dan raven, you filthy vixen, you. fallow
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Zevlag
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posted March 21, 2004 01:28 AM
LOL fallow, you most certainly still show signs of the newb.
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fallow
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posted March 21, 2004 01:36 AM
there is something wrong with ignorance/innocense?
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LadyDove
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posted March 21, 2004 02:50 AM
fallow- A year ago this month, we So Cal folk were graced by a visit from Ralphie. She suggested a get together and called it a "shindig". I decided to make the menu a selection of local favorites: taquitos, enchiladas, etc. and for dessert, a tres leches cake. I went to a favorite bakery and ordered the cake and asked the girl to write "Hatrack Shindig". Her English was rough, so I wrote the words very carefully, then had her repeat them. Alas, fate stepped in and when I picked-up the cake, it read "Hatrack Shinda". I was running late and I found a certain humor and charm in the error. Also, I figured that if every other of my conversation starters bombed, I could always tell the story of the cake. Of course, the company was so good and the conversation so easy that we almost forgot to eat the cake. When I opened it up, Ralphie and Moose laughed and said that it was a great name for our gathering. Mike and all the rest of the gathered, agreed. When Pop called the gathering at his house a Shinda, it was official for all Jatraquero get-togethers in SoCal arranged through Hatrack. Noteworthy of a Shinda: Food Drinking of both soft and hard beverages Laughter Casual clothes Children invited Everything else is play it by ear. (editted to give fallow his identity ) [ March 21, 2004, 03:07 AM: Message edited by: LadyDove ]
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fallow
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posted March 21, 2004 02:53 AM
handsome pigeon fallow ( ) [ March 21, 2004, 03:10 AM: Message edited by: fallow ]
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