DO TREASURES HAVE REAL SPIRITS

[Alamosmoon]

What a compliment! Thanks.

 

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[Crosse De Sign]

What a compliment! Thanks.

You're welcome,

But it's gotta' be true, probly quite
an understatement, considerin' the
writing samples that you have nicely
shared with us, time to time on here...

...And other cool posts, you have made also...


PS. Hope It was OK, to mention the resident miner/writer...

 

[Alamosmoon]

Of course.

 

[Crosse De Sign]

~ Anyway, Alamosmoon:

Write whatever you like. It's always all of our
good pleasure, to read your posts, of any thought,
of the fine arts or the performing arts, a story, or of
your favorite music, that ye may feel like posting, or
whatever you want to talk about at the moment...

Thanks in advance, and y'all have a great day,
for the rest of it...

I'm gonna' go see my friend directly, and see if he's
got a time frame in mind, to go on vacation...

 

[Alamosmoon]

10-4 good buddy!

 

[Crosse De Sign]

...I Had Been Real Busy All That Day...

...So I had a little reluctantly heeded, what I thought
was The Spirit whispering to me, when I saw this guy
for the third time that day. Several miles, from where
I had seen him walking earlier, most of the day, right
by my country road, I thought He whispered in my spirit:

'And I tell you truly, If you give one of these little ones,
even so much as a cup of water, you shall not in any
way, lose your reward'...

...I thought OK, and turned my truck around, pulling
onto the shoulder, in front of the guy a little bit, easing
to a stop... Then down the road a bit, he told me to
turn west, and he would see it, some ladies place
he knew, and that he would recognize. That
would have sounded pretty strange, but
I have known places by sight before..

We rode a few miles, and he was a very polite acting
fellow. Didn't give me any bad vibes or nothing, was
smiley, and seemed ok... Are you a musician, I asked?
Smiling kindly, he said yes I am...

...I asked this polite acting stranger, if he had played
music with any bands, and slightly grinning, he said:

Have you ever heard of The Beatles?...

...Naturally, I grinned, but didn't judge, though you don't
usually ever hear that, If, or when, you pick up a stranger
on the side of the road walking, that wasn't even hitchhiking...

So, I asked him his name, and first he gave me an AKA, he
told me a name that I don't recall, but then he laughed,
and said my real name is Pete Best. I recognized that
name to be of The Beatles' first drummer, who they
let go and got Ringo Starr, before their first U.S.
tour...

...To be cont'd. You may not believe this story,
but it is true. And you may even like some parts of
it, possibly. I personally, had a blast with this guy, and
it will take some time, to tell the tale...

 

[Crosse De Sign]

10-4 good buddy!

By the way, meant to tell you 'nice tatoo',
on your profile page, real nice, lol! Is that
your mining partner, Diego? Nice biceps too...


Just kiddin' , don't beat me up...

 

[Crosse De Sign]

...I Had Been Real Busy All That Day...

...Then I asked Pete If I could do anything for him, and he said yes, I would like
to get cleaned up. I said if I take you to my home, will you go to church with me tonight?
He said yes. So I turned around, and drove home. I showed Pete where the bathroom
and towels where, and left him to go do a few things, and then get ready myself... He
came into the living room a little later, and looked happy, fresh and cleaned up. When
my wife got home, I introduced him to her, and we all ate together, and then went on
to church, for Wednesday evening service... We were going to a PCG at the time, where
my wife and I, played in the band. I played guitar, and she played piano. Sometimes
we may sing a song, in addition to the songs or hymns, choruses, or songs other
people may be singing, if they used the band's live music...

After the service, I introduced Pete to a few people, including the Pastor. We went home,
and I told Pete he was welcome to stay the night. The visit with this guy, that I was starting,
would last for about three weeks, beginning the next day, and Pete would play music with me,
co-write a song, help me do some construction work, and we would talk about many things,
and have several interesting, and personal conversations, before I had some company
coming in from out of town, and would give Pete one last ride, and drop him off...

 

[Alamosmoon]

Pete Best? I think we could all agree that is the BEST.

 

[Crosse De Sign]

What do you mean, agree it's the BEST?

Just tryin' ta understand for sure... Thanks...

 

[Ol' Hiker]

Tho' it has been a few months since your request came up, I would like to reply. I believe some spirits do exist on some given items. Several years ago, I was "hunting" near Norwood, Colorado and found a part of an old Spanish bridle. It had some small marked stamps on it so I sent it to the the University of Utah to see if they could identify it. One of the marks was a blacksmith mark dating the bridle part to 1710 and was from a blacksmith located along the Rio Grande river near Texas. The bridle was located at the top of an old Indian trail leading down into a canyon. I followed the trail down and about half way I came across an overhang partially hidden by brush. Searching the overhang I discovered part of a skeleton. I reburied the bones, but kept one tooth to send off for identification. It was from a male Indian approximately 40 years old. I kept the tooth for a while, but then strange "things" begin to happen. My 6 year old grandson, staying with me, would tell me a strange man was in his bedroom upstairs. I checked and there was nothing. Then I would hear my grandson speaking with someone in his bedroom, but no one there. Later on I took my grandson to a local museum and while viewing the Native American section he blurted there was the man who he visit with. It was a mannequin dressed in the original garb of the time period of a few hundred years ago. Sometime later,I took the tooth back to the overhang and reburied it with the rest of the bones. The "Spirit" no longer was in my grandson' bedroom. Another time, while researching the last hideout of Bill Doolin, my son and I found what appeared to be it finding old cartridges, belt buckle, and broken whiskey bottles. It was near where he was killed. A feeling came over my son and I that we were not welcome.... a feeling we've never had before. So yeas, I do believe certain objects and locations have spirits.

 

[Crosse De Sign]

Hi Ol' Hiker,

That's some very interesting stories, and sounds
like some pretty cool places to be investigating.

Was the buckle you found brass, or in good shape?
A neat find...

Just curious, thanks kindly for visiting,
anytime friend, have a good day... Crosse...

 

[Crosse De Sign]

My Conversations With Pete Best?...

So I spent a lot of time, on the front porch back then...

Either because I was writing, or arranging music to a song,
practicing for hours, watching wildlife, or whatever, because I
smoked cigarettes then, and had stopped smoking in the house...

Pete and I talked about several things, and I listened to him closely.
We had some very interesting conversations, to me at least, and I did
politely ask him a lot of questions, about his supposed time with John,
Paul, and George... I will try to convey some of these thoughts, the
questions that I had asked, and answers he gave. I hope some of
it will be interesting, or maybe even a little entertaining, as I
share some personal things that were said. I will try to paint
it, the best that I can...

I don't think that Pete would mind, as there isn't anything bad. The guy
was very much discrete, and had a gentle, kindred spirit to me. Though
he did relax, and tell me a few things, he never really spoke of anything
dark, or what I may call ugly. Just a few short stories, and that's a good
treasure to me. One of the most enjoyable, and interesting people,
that I think I have ever talked to, in my inquisitive life...
I do enjoy, and like to talk to good people...

 

[Crosse De Sign]

...My Conversations With Pete Best...

...One of the first things I asked Pete, was where is
your English accent. That's the first thing they tell
you to lose, when you hit the States, he said. Well
there's a lot of people who won't believe you are
Pete, because you don't sound English. I don't
care about the doubting Thomas' he said calmly...

What about the story, of you guys getting fired
from your job, playing a club in [EDIT] Germany?
Well, that was a sweatshop. We played 4 or 5
times a day, and it was tiring. John was bored,
and we were in the lobby. John started a little
fire, and that did it. When we got back to Liverpool,
we started to really get known, and popular. I guess
people heard of us playing while we were gone, and
we played so much, that we were getting better...

Then he asked if I had any tea, and I said yes, I
think I have some green tea. I think I'll have a spot
o' tea he said, and I showed him to the tea, and the
microwave. Then after he made him a cup of tea,
he told me another short story, about him and
the other guys, when they were supposed
to be working, and related it,
to the words in a song...

 

[Crosse De Sign]

My Conversations With Pete Best?...

One thing I have to say, is that I could not, and would not
ever try to prove, that the character who stayed with me in
my home, was the real Pete Best. I was not using a computer,
back in '99, and of the interviews that I see online now, some
do resemble the guy I saw, but the interviews are seeming
to be before, and after the time frame, EDIT and not a
perfect match, with the picture in my head. I see the
guy's eyes, and facial expressions, the gentle spirit,
of the same man, that spent time staying with me...

EDIT
Helping me, talking, telling stories. Though he
was thinner, than any of his online interviews,
his hair was wavy, same texture past shoulder
length, maybe had just been recently dyed, at
the time, that I had seen him. An Irish, reddish
sorta' brown color, he wore back then also...

So I am just sort of presenting these stories, as a curiosity,
and then you the readers, can judge for yourself. This is
not intended in any way, to be stated as any known facts,
just possibly some interesting stories, and that is all that
I can really say about it, just speculation of some
conversations, noticing behavior and attitude...

It may have been someone who posed as him.
But why would an imposter, choose one of the
original Beatles, who was fired? I don't know,
but I guess anything, or any motive is possible,
and there are a few more, observations that I will
mention. But nothing, that I can really put my finger
on, no proof at all. I didn't back then, and never have
ever since, tried to prove it, one way or the other. It's
just pretty much, an interesting and curious experience,
that happened to me, now going on 16 yrs. ago...

 

[Crosse De Sign]

...My Conversations With Pete Best?...

...My wife came home, with a three or four page printout,
off of the internet, supposedly pertaining to 'the' Pete Best.

There were somewhat unclear, black and white pictures, of
Pete Best, supposedly the real one, having an interview, with
Jim Ladd, who I recall was a FM Radio DJ, in the 70's, in So. Cal.

Pete lightly mocked the photos, and said the guys lips were too big,
and it was not him, the real Pete. There was a copy of a letter, It was
a letter from them back to a girl fan, with all of the original Beatles'
signatures, appearing to have been written in pencil on it...

I asked this dude on my porch, if he would write his name, without letting
him look at the note, and handed him a fine point black marker type pen, and
though he had said he didn't care about the doubting Thomas' again a time or
two, he proceeded to step up to the top of a 2X4 bay window frame, quickly
and naturally appearing to write his name on the wood, and the fine tipped
marker, worked very well...

So I went to work, as an amateur handwriting analyst. I noticed the 'P'
looked the same, the loop of the 'e', and the 't' looked identical, the
'B', and the rest of his last name, all looked real close, and the
overall look of the signature, seemed to be made by the
same person to me. Keep in mind, my wife got the
info off of the net, at random, and when she gave
it to me, I asked Pete to write his name. No
sitting around looking at it, just wrote his
name the one time, and then compared...

 

[Crosse De Sign]

...We Talked About Music, People, GOD, Work And Treasures...

...I asked Pete, what are you doing here? His answer
was, You got to remember, this Is middle America,
and that he had to check on some friends, and was
traveling light. Hmmn I said, you're traveling alone,
with no car, that doesn't make sense, for a guy
that should have some resources? Does your
family know, if you're ok?...

Once, he asked for an email message to be sent to,
"The George Harrison Family", and later, said that he
mistakenly asked for it to be signed, Pete Best, and
that he should have asked for it to be signed, from
"The Best Family", that George would have liked that.

One day, he suggested that we go to the local book
store, and see if they had a Beatles book, that would
have some photos of him in it. I called the book store,
and they said yes, that there was a copy that had the
cellophane already opened, and that we could look at it...

We drove over there, in my old Chevy pickup. And while
I was going thru it page by page, looking closely at the
pictures, Pete was looking over my shoulder, and I did
see some photos, that looked to me, like they could
have easily been him, maybe some 37 or so years
before, from back then in that time...

...Well, I had some bad trouble, and had to get away
for awhile, he had explained. You see, if you have money,
and people know it, they will track you down to get your
money, or to try and help you spend it. I see, so you had
to take off, to get away from these people, I asked?

Yes, you know, a lot of people like to play games, and
will do anything, to take advantage of you. So, you're
people that you trust, you can't get in touch with?
Some of them got killed, and others got hurt. We
were judged, and it was like the San Heidren.
So I disappeared, and fell off of the face of
the earth. But I'm telling you, people will
track you down, just to get your money...

The day came, that I had to go, and spend time with
some family from out of town, and the only money
I could spare then, was $100. When I gave it to Pete,
he said, It doesn't mean anything, unless it's a gift.

Well, I wish it was more, I told him. But, I have to
make a trip to California, after my company leaves.
I appreciate you helping me, and I hate just dropping
you off. If I were free, I would give you a ride to Ca.

That is, because he said he had some business to take
care of there... He thanked me for something I shared
with him, while we were talking, when I shook his hand
after I dropped him off, got his bag out of the trunk,
and I said, I hate to just be dropping you off. I'll be
ok, I'll get in touch with a friend, he said, Thanks...

I'll probably never know, if the guy was the original
drummer for The Beatles, but I do know, that the guy
never did anything to offend me in my home. Never
tried to impress, or B.S. me either, and didn't
ask for very much, if anything at all, ever...

He did comment, that on one of my songs that I
had played for him, 'You did a good job on that one'...

Then, we did have a great time, once my wife was at
a class and couldn't go. So we went to see Styx, in
concert with Bad Co., and Billy Squire. We were
sitting on a rock retainer wall, and this chick
slapped my face, for nothing. I showed her
my wedding band on my left hand, said I
was minding my own business, and didn't
do anything to deserve that. She apologized,
kissed me on the same cheek she had smote,
and I don't know, maybe she was thinking of
someone else. I think Pete just shrugged his
shoulders, grinned and said, what a world...

Anyway, he said it looked like a good kind
of retirement plan, the bands playing. I guess
he was right on there... And the treasure for
me, was helping him out, and him helping
me out, with my building too... He told
me other serious things, that I'll not
mention here...

We had some good times working, playing
a little music, writing a song, talking about
a lot of different things, and telling some
different kinds of treasure tales...

I won't ever know for sure who he was,
and never took his picture to compare.
I just know that on a 2X4, on my bay
window, and on my buddies snare
drum, and the song that we had
worked on, there's a sample of
his autograph, handwriting that
will never be known is whose...
...THE END...

 

[Crosse De Sign]

A Couple Of Notes...

Pete's thought on the Styx, etc., concert I
took him to was, that it was 'memorable'.
But I don't think, it was because the girl
slapped me just for speaking, I wasn't
even flirting at all, just smilin' an' talkin',
'ta me English buddy...

I also took Pete to a lake once. While I
was trying to get ready, hooked up, and
the boat trailer lights all working, I guess
it was tiring, but once Pete saw all the lights
working, he said, what a world. We went riding
on the water. My 455 Olds was set up and stalked...

Then out of nowhere, there was a shallow "V" jet boat, about a 19',
with what looked like all the good stuff, and a badder built an' a little
bit faster, 454 Chevy. We got beat, but hung with him 'till we came
out of the fairly smooth cove, into some waves, and I shut it down,
to get thru them without beating us up. I had 5 people total in mine,
and the other boat, the driver runnin' solo. Pete never did go for a
ride with me. He probly would have, If there wasn't a small crowd.
He was a bit uneasy, and acted uncomfortable, around people he
didn't know. I took him a nice plate, with lean charcoal grilled BBQ
chicken, tater salad (lake salad), beans, bread, etc. and carried it
up the hill, to the picnic area, where he was standing around,
by himself...

EDIT
One nice afternoon, asked my friend, if he would like a smoke.
He looked serious and said NO! Why did you do that, why did
you just tempt me like that? I thought you might enjoy it, I
said meekly to him. No, that's a spiritual window, that I
don't want to open, he sternly replied... OK... I let it go...

I never bugged him, or insisted he do anything. Maybe that's
why he was comfortable with me, and trusted me. When I
asked him to climb up on the ladder, and help me build a
roof, he was right there, and was a good hand. He could
cut very well, on my Delta compound miter chop saw also,
and helped me get it done, framed and roofed, and we made
my first 'story board' pattern, for the end bay's 3-angle roofs ...

He also once said, it was a sweatshop at Decca Records too,
and we played so much, we wore our calices off. We
would have to stick them back on with skin glue...

EDIT
Then one day, he said he'd do the dishes, get them put in
to the dishwasher and run, because, "Nothing is so taxing,
as to come home from work, and have to do dishes". So he
did them one time, an English guy, in my kitchen doin' the
dishes, let's see, wonder if that could make a line, in a song.

There was definitely something different, and I know he
was hurtin', and deep in thought. He told me he had
been about 3oo lbs. at one time, and smoked 3 packs
of cigarettes a day...He was a fairly thin non-smoker
when I knew him...Said a friend had to get him out
of a house once, and that he and George, also had
properties, all over the country, including an
annual hangout place, in Florida...

EDIT
Also claimed to have helped write some of the
Beatles songs, that he carried a pencil and pad
with him all the time, and would give ideas he'd
written down to John. And, that he'd helped George
to write 'the book', because George couldn't even
go into a restaurant and eat, without someone
bugging him. By asking him questions about
events, or things that had happened with
the Beatles and all, so he could just refer
anyone inquisitive, to get 'the book',
often referring to "George and I"...

I also asked about the Eastern Religion, that
George had gotten into, and he said, 'we
got past all of that'...

Next To Last EDIT...
One morning I was asked about going to the
County jail, to play a few tunes with Asst. Pastor.
I turned him down, didn't want to. Pete said, "We
should go, maybe we could help them guys", and
I have always regretted not going to jail with him,
and I did wind up taking it for about 9 yrs.,
later on by myself anyway.

A few more things I thought of... If
it was Pete as he said, I know that
he enjoyed the peaceful time, in
the country with me. I believe
the time out, was good for his soul...

~ EDIT: One Last Added Thought...
...One day, unexpectedly, he followed me
to the back yard, while I was doing something,
and said, "You have to remember, we were
young and wild back then. Then without
thinking, or sitting down and going
into the thought, like I do wish I
would have now, I just said,
That's all of us...

Though, he did get a little bit
aggravated with me, the one time...

Because he kept telling me over and over,
when I'd say you... So he raised his voice once,
while we were working, and said, "a ewe is a baby lamb".

But that was the only time I did anything, to annoy him that much,
and that's just the way it goes, with the way things are said here,
different from the old countries, and that, Is The Rest of the story...

 

[Crosse De Sign]

...Of Tales of Knights, Crusades of old...
...So far beyond, these Castle Walls

 

[Alamosmoon]

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