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"Fart proudly." - Benjamin Franklin

And the Snaffle's big brothers: Badgers!

And just because it hasn't been posted for a while Wheeee!

Yer right, I usually just hip belay - then my kidneys are the only things getting cross-loaded.

I used to set up my belay similar, but the current wisdom (vie Petzl, I believe) is that clipping in through the waist loop and crotch loop can create a triaxial load on the belay biner. hence - the clip in through the belay loop. If you use a grigri, the setup actually works better, as the grigri is perpendicular to the biner, and the rope can be fed/controlled a bit smoother. Another reason - if you are on a multi-pitch, it can be a pain to thread the belay biner through the same loops that you are tied in to. final note - the belay loop is typically the strongest loop/stiching in the harness. Of course, always tie in through the waist/crotch loop combo though, because these points are reinforced to take the wear and tear of the rope abrasion.

Catching the Short Bus, ricer style.

Nah, after Charlie, from when he climbed at SG - he'd just wrap his catcher-mitt hands around some hold and pull.

Scratching those WMD trax, OLD SKOOL! HUH!

I assume he means 'Buell' - a hold you grab by wrapping your hand around it with the heal of hte hand against the rock, thumb out - after Charlie Buell - strongman and carpenter extraordinaire.

My vote for surprise favorite is the Willie Nelson/H&R Block commercial.

They go fishing, too. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/158986_whales02.html

STFU!

The only movie where I cheer for the Nazi's.

Lessee - facial bite by Dalmation at age 2 - folks took me to the hospital and had me stitched up with no questions from CPS, and the dog was not taken to the pound and put to sleep. Took a softball bat to the head during a gradeschool softball game - concussion, stitches, and the phones were down so my folks didn't know where I was until the teacher brought me home. Ran around by myself around a creek, through barbed wire fences without getting tetanus, through the barn and outbuildings without getting hanta, drank water out of the irrigation ditch without getting giardia, got kicked and stepped on by cattle. Almost lost eye from knocking icicles off eaves and richocheting bb's. Climbed up and over the slickrock fins in the Firey Furnace and trundled rocks off Dead Horse Point. Floated in the Co. River until my fingers were blue and I was slurring. Plenty more - that's what my addled mind remembers right now.

Ah, you found City of Rock, NM. I'll have to dig up my pics of our successful ascent of said 'spire'

Saw Split Lip Rayfield open for The Rev. Horton Heat a few weeks back - They definitely snapped my head back - I recommend a viewing 4/29, 4/30 at the Tractor. Took in Hank III/Assjack last night at Graceland. The boy's definitely channelling grandpa in all the right ways.

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Separated at birth? from The New Republic "CAVEAT EMPTOR: Howard Dean, describing his credentials to be president to Diane Sawyer last night: I am not a perfect person, believe me, I have all kinds of warts. I wear ... cheap suits sometimes, I say things that I probably ought not to say ... [minutes later:] Now look, I ... I mean, was it over the top? Sure it was over the top. Do I do things that are a little nutty? Sure I do things that are a little nutty. Homer Simpson, describing his credentials to be Lurleen Lumpkin's manager: Lurleen: Homer, I want you to be my manager. Homer: Really?! Well, I should warn you, I'm not great with figures. Lurleen: That's okay. Homer: I make a lot of stupid decisions. Lurleen: Nobody's perfect. Homer: I did bad in school. Lurleen: I didn't even go. Homer: My personal hygeine has been described as... "

Was interviewd on Bob Rivers/KZOK on 1/20 - link to their streaming archives here

how to flame... "Geez. I'm impressed. In one short paragraph, you have succeeded in leaping in status from Moron-Without-Portfolio, _past_ Insensitive Jerk, *beyond* Reprehensible Cretin, and straight to Thing In A Cage People Pay Two Bits To Point And Gawk At." -Sarah Kahn

there are a couple of climbers at Olympic Physical Therapy - 447-1570 - the staff there overall is very good.

Southern Engineering Exam We are sick and tired of hearing about how dumb people are in the South. We challenge any so-called smart Yankee to take this exam administered by the University of Arkansas Engineering Department: 1. Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a persimmon tree that will support a 10-pound possum. 2. Which of these cars will rust out the quickest when placed on blocks in your front yard? A '65 Ford Fairlane, a '69 Chevrolet Chevelle or a '64 Pontiac GTO. 3. If your uncle builds a still which operates at a capacity of 20 gallons of shine produced per hour, how many car radiators are required to condense the product? 4. A woodcutter has a chainsaw which operates at 2700 RPM. The density of the pine trees in the plot to be harvested is 470 per acre. The plot is 2.3 acres in size. The average tree diameter is 14 inches. How many Budweisers will be drunk before the trees are cut down? 5. If every old refrigerator in the state vented a charge of R-12 simultaneously, what would be the percentage decrease in the ozone layer? 6. A front porch is constructed of 2x8 pine on 24-inch centers with a field rock foundation. The span is 8 feet and the porch length is 16 feet. The porch floor is 1-inch rough sawn pine. When the porch collapses, how many hound dogs will be killed? 7. A man owns a Tennessee house and 3.7 acres of land in a hollow with an average slope of 15%. The man has five children. Can each of his grown children place a mobile home on the man's land and still have enough property for their electric appliances to sit out front? 8. A 2-ton truck is overloaded and proceeding 900 yards down a steep slope on a secondary road at 45 MPH. The brakes fail. Given average traffic conditions on secondary roads, what is the probability that it will strike a vehicle with a muffler? 9. A coalmine operates a NFPA Class 1, Division 2 Hazardous Area. The mine employs 120 miners per shift. A gas warning is issued at the beginning of the 3rd shift. How many cartons of unfiltered Camels will be smoked during the shift? 10. At a reduction in the gene pool variability rate of 7.5% per generation, how long will it take a town which has been bypassed by the Interstate to breed a country-western singer?

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Ah, the sordid tale of Jim and Lily continues. Funny. Have a good one, I'll see you on the 3rd.