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That last one looks staged.

"The Blues is a feeling."

Not to be confused with Max Cannon...

Apparently her body has been found... Link

Sounds like he had it floored...

Several years ago I subscribed to the Sunday edition of the Seattle Times. Not long afterward I got a phone call asking if I would like an 'introductory' 6 weeks of the daily paper for the Sunday rate. I told the person that I would give it a try. The paper bagan arriving on a daily basis. The next invoice from the Times billed me for the daily rate. I sent in the Sunday payment with a letter explaining that I had agreed to pay for Sunday papers and the daily paper delivery was an 'introductory' offering. Not long after I sent the bill with this letter, the daily delivery was stopped and I was again charged the Sunday rate. Soon after I was called by the Seattle Times with an 'introductory' offer. I agreed and was soon receiving the daily paper and an invoice for a daily paper. I sent them the Sunday payment with the same letter. Again they stopped the daily and billed me for the Sunday and again they called with 'The Offer' and again I agreed and again they billed me for the daily and again I sent in the payment I had originally agreed to. Several iterations later, they stopped with the calls, I continued paying the Sunday rate and to this day I receive the daily Seattle Times though I am still billed the daily rate and I still pay the Sunday rate. The moral of this story is, if they can't get their collective shit together, it is their loss and my gain (though I have to admit I get a daily dose of worthless paper with an occasional worthwhile tidbit thrown in.)

I quit cold turkey 17 years ago. Had regular nightmares for several years where I'd wake in a cold sweat having dreamt that I had "just one." Still have the nightmares but maybe once a year or so. A good indication of how badly I was addicted I guess. Yeah, man. It was 18 years in January for me. Cold Turkey is the only way to get it done. Smoking is just nasty, nasty, nasty habit. If I am around smokers and it gets into my hair then it will trigger a nightmare all the same as you mentioned. Cold Sweat, and my hand is grinding into my thigh and I am grunting under my breath with my teeth clenched, ‘I AM NOT A SMOKER!” scary stuff. I guess that is part of the definition of an addiction, you are never really over it….Once addicted always addicted, and you must quit anew every day. I smoked tobacco daily from the ages of 14 to 21. Sitting on the front step of a cheap apartment in Arcata, CA smoking a Camel straight after breakfast in the spring of 1983, I was suddenly over come by an intense disgust at what I was doing. I destroyed the rest of the pack and haven't smoked tobacco since. Addiction, like so many other things, is relative.

What kind of oil?

Beer trolls are aid.

"Are you mentally retarded?" is what I have always inferred.

When ever the dems get their heads out of the sand and grow some balls. President Dick Cheney.....

"Although the wall pulsates from the passing trains, these reverberations have not yet cast off flakes. A warning is in order in regarding to expanding ones: there is a legend that a leader and belayer were thrown into the trees when a flake peeled--don't nail expanding flakes." Darrington and Index Rock Climbing Guide-1976

WTF?

I agree. 25 years of use without a reputation as a dangerous route-in fact, with a reputation as a good entry level lead-makes the route established and accepted as is. Just because Mr. Webster has second thoughts about the job he did doesn't mean he should act on those thoughts. Perhaps he should go back and do it a few more times to be sure. I have led routes that on some days are a cruise and some days seem hard. It was not the route, but my head and/or physical state that made the experience what it was. After that much time and countless ascents, often with individuals doing so multiple times, and without complaint, the route is part of the Icicle Experience and should remain as it is.

Buddy Guy nearly levitating...1968. Elmore James isn't on the list and he influenced a bunch of the people who are on it.

I imagine he has...right after he wiped his ass with it.

Yeah...but he's so cute...

Candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa)

It's obvious climbing hasn't helped you with your psychological problems. Isn't there some kind of label for people who verbally attack another without provocation? Oh yeah, it's called a sociopath.

My favorite part of this film is when, I believe it is, Tejada-Flores is hopping around on the small ledge trying to get into his bivy 1/2 sack like he's in a sack race and, I believe it is, Colliver points out that he is not anchored to anything.

Not if you do the Beckey Approach...