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Pimp-styley! Very cool feature. But please, never say "populates" again, you're giving me Oracle training flashbacks

Thanks Sketch. You take what you can get here, closest ice otherwise is 3+ hrs away in Healy (that's not far from Denali) BTW, I hear there's some sweeeeet granite in Renton, multi-pitch...if you have a 20ft rope

Lets see, bratwurst...check, kielbasa....check, little smokies...check, Jimmy Dean...check, breakfast links..check.

Boy, you're a touchy one eh? Your relative knew him, whadya want a cookie or a blankie? Geez man, chill yo. Wasn't trying for one-upsmnaship...I read something...ohhh look at me I can read! Dude, you should maybe try sleeping past 4:30am so you'll be less cranky. The point was that if anyone was interested in this guy, since he's gaining momentum, there is a very good article in print that could lend some insight. You know as well as I do that the essays and articles in Atlantic and Harpers are typically in depth, articulate, insightful, and well researched. That's all I'm sayin', take it or leave it. I wouldn't want a PI lawyer as pres either.

Thanks Lowell. That sounds like exactly what I'm talking about. Not quite sure how they hook on since they're a little long to work in the configuration you describe for the Easy-go, but I think it's gotta be the purpose of these things. Good thing I'm doing environmental work with the 'ol Civil Engineering degree rather than designing bridges eh?

Dude, I drove around there five times after working out tonight. We're talking the new hospital right? Scaffolding everywhere. I made five laps around the block and two around the power plant itself. I couldn't see any ice on the scaffolding...there's all this clear-ish plastic around alot of it, so it would be hard to tell the difference from far away in the dark. Ask buddy if you can see it from the road or is it in the middle of the site or something...or is it actually at the poweplant itself....that's about 1/3 mile away. I took tools cramps and plastics in the car but didn't want to go lurking around the site since there's barbed wire topped construction fences and stuff. Good way to get shot.

Dats coo. I'm sure jokers in the ski shop can figure it out.

Nope, not the ski brakes. Can't mount 'em yet cause no boards yet. This would be a real good time to have a digi camera. Here's a really bad paint rendition of what it looks like(see attachment). Two square slots in the middle as you can see. There are two of these. Maybe Caveman send me extra shizzle

I'm a knuckle dragger, and a ski gumby. Just bought some used 500s. The question I have is this: There are two parts to this binding, the rail/step-in front section, and the lock-down rear section. But there are also these two black plastic things (apparently one for each binding/ski) that are about 4 inches long, 1/2 inch wide, curved, with curled or "hooked" ends and a square slot in the center of the piece. I've looked at pics of the binding on-line and don't see these thingers on there. WTF are these for or where do they go? See...I told you I'm a gumby.

Quartzite. There are also several sport routes at Ibex, but 90% of the people who go there don't touch them.

Is all that green carpet still out there by the firepit /camping area right near Ju/Red Monster boulder?

Hmm RobBob, seems that I read an article in the Atlantic Monthly about four or five months before your prescient obeservations that said pretty much the same thing. It also gave some details on Clinton's counseling/coaching of Edwards after his initial appearances revealed his lack of knowledge on some issues. Bill basically told him to lay low for a while and study up, particularly on foreign policy issues. That article might have been in Harpers, or even the New Yorker (possibly the 4 best periodicals in print: Nat Geo, Harpers, Atlantic, New Yorker), but I distinctly remember reading it in mid summer. Kerry collapses after South Carolina. Clark becomes front runner after SC. Dean revives in the western states. Dean and Clark battle it out to the end. Edwards becomes VP on the ticket either way. Lieberman receives about as much support as Kucinich & Sharpton.

Looks like Ibex to me

Heard it on NPR this am. Dude let out some kind of manical scream after the "we're going to New Hampshire, then South Carolina, and New Mexico, and Ory-gun" bit. "WHOOOOHOOOO!" I'd love to see it, sound funny enough on the radio.

what is a "chat ticker"?

Service as a concept is relative to the receipient of said service. What may be a service to you could be a trivial annoyance to someone else. Like when the hotel maid comes knocking at 10:00am, for example. Hi Fern

Yeah, Phillies are favored to win the east again...wasn't that the case last year too? I think my Braves reign on the NL East is over though, JD Drew or JT Snow or whoever they picked up isn't freakin Gary Sheffield. But da Marlins are bad-ass. Larry Bowa is the one reason the Phils won't get it done...fire his ass already. New manager: Mike Schmidt.

Kerry 38% Edwards 32% Dean 18% Gephardt 11%

Ahh it's all until your ass is welded to the toilet and you're simultaneously puking in the garbage can. Give it about 6 days or so to kick in. Have fun, kvien vhat ngyuarm!

Hey, lemme tell you about some fucking birds....I grew up in Atlanta. The only team that consistently sucks ass like the dirty birds are...well the Seahawks

Yeah, the gym I use is on Ft. Wainwright and it's right next to the power plant. Fucker puts out mad steam so i bet there's a big hoar curtain on it. It may be the scaffolding on the new hospital they're building. Either way, I'm civy DOD employee so getting over there is no prob, but it was -50F this morning and about -43F right now...it'll only get thicker unless they move the scaffolding. I can't find a partner but this is probably an undertaking best left for after dark (which is all but about 4 hrs of the day). Maybe I can get one of the new honeys to shoot some pics. Downside is that the provost marshall's bldg (da MPs) is right near there too so I might get the smackdown from some copper-types. I'll check it out next time I go to the gym.

An overindulgence in alcohol could not keep Kerri from pleasuring herself, even as she wretched on the front steps the diddling continued.

Alright, I wasn't going to respond to this but whateva....here it is: What makes you think that developers would post anything here without the spray? I've put up new trad routes in Oregon, and I post here often. I didn't post them on here because either I wanted to keep the other potential routes on those crags for myself (yeah, I'm selfish...and you would be too if you found a stash) or I didn't think them worth reporting. You want to find new areas, get a topo map, talk to people, and then go spend the time fighting alder and devils club to find them. You want to capitalize on my efforts and snag the plums? Well, you can fuck off. Not to say I won't share beta. I posted a pic of an area on here a month or two ago with the offer to give detailed instructions to anyone who wanted to go put up lines there. Given, it was in Utah, but nevertheless, this place would have the potential for 100-200 Indian Creek style crack lines. In my experience, developers...well let me qualify that, TRAD developers, often don't report the ascents to anyone. They may tell their bros about it, or a few others, but by and large they don't want a horde of people to descend on the area. Just look at what happens when someone on here posts a TR of an mid-level alpine climb that's currently in. A shit-load of people converge on that route within the week. NF of Hood is one example. You think the spray keeps content away? I think the opposite. Spray keeps the site vital, keeps people visiting daily or weekly rather than quarterly or biannually. Without that traffic people would be less likely to post gear for sale, people would be less likely to ask for beta...it would be an overall collapse and then nobody would post the good shizzle because they know that only six people are going to be reading it. Ever notice that there is a category for spray? You don't like it, it makes your pussy hurt or something, then don't go into the spray category. If spray is leaking into other areas, there are 16 moderators which should be plenty to keep spray where it belongs. Quit cryin and go climb something.

Re: Where to get Halvah Almost any grocery store has it. Look in the deli section where they have all the imported cheeses. It's often wrapped like those and in the same section. The largest brand is Joya. Joya also makes individually wrapped single serving bars of Halvah that are wrapped like candy bars. Fred Meyer in PDX carried these while I was there, located near the other energy bars. On the topic of bars...The state of the art recovery and performace system (the R4, see Edmund Burke's book) calls for a protein to carbs ratio of 1:4 with minimum fat. Interestingly, Cliff Bars have a ratio of almost exactly 1:4, with a minimum of fat. Granted, the R4 calls for high glycemic index carbs, but the original poster was talking bars and solid foods. From what I've looked at, Cliff is the best thing going if you want solid foods. Personally, I prefer Newtons. As someone else said, those Zone bars are pretty damn tasty too, much better than Cliffs. Halvah is delicious, and full of calories, BUT, Halvah is also high in fat. Not something you want to eat in the middle of an extended effort.

I am spending the weekend braving -42F with a roll of duct tape and plastic so I can tape up the gaping hole in the back of my CAR. Returned home thurs night from a week of business travel to Anchorage to find the rear of my car completely smashed in my apt parking lot. No note, and also no rear window, and a taco'ed rear hatch door on the Suby. Made for a cold commute Fri at -25F with the windows down so as to not commit suicide by car exhaust. I hope duct tape will stick at these temps, it's -42 and falling with a thick layer of ice fog out there right now. After I tape it up, I will come inside and thaw out, drink some Red Hook IPAs and ESBs (on sale for $5 sixer). Then I will go back out and walk around my parking lot to see if I notice any bumper or trailer hitch damage on someone truck or SUV. If I find it, it's gonna be a fun day