allison

Oh calm down Muffy, I've been at two stars since Day One.

"I doubt the individuals responsible for the prank would have wanted it to go this far, it's a shame that it did, it's really quite humerous." Perhaps it's because I'm just home from werk at this somewhat ungodly hour, and I've been seeing both sides of this hour a lot of late, but catching up on this thread, I guess I'm missing the part where it gets humorous. Was that when the SAR person got hurt? Or maybe when they thought they were on a body recovery? I'm all for pranks when they are, well, funny, and I'm all for reducing the scary loose bits to rubble, in a safe manner, but beyond that, it's a pretty dumb deal. Reading this yesterday before the trundling/dummy thing got put together, I remember thinking "climbers are going to get blamed for this, and it will do nothing to enhance our image." Guess I was right.

Sounds like old Gregor needs to get into the holiday spirit to me. Going now to put up lights and wrap a gift or two....

You'd be angry too if you'd recently run over yourself with your own car, causing considerable injuries. That'd be enough to give me a pretty big inferiority complex!! (I am hiding under my desk now in preparation for the onslaught)

Whoops, looks like oo9 got hung up in the chipper!

only been there once it was mindbending pow pow falling from the sky

Cascades getting some but not enough snow for me See you in Utah

The Nickerson isn't actually non-smoking....not that I would know anything about that but it is non-smoky. I have liked having PCs there in the past, and would like to revisit sometime in the near future. Have fun tonight, see you all on a night when I don't have to werk a show or something like that.

There is no way you crazy gumbies would be able to catch a competent and experienced lift-serviced skier like myself. These backcountry hardcore types, well, I can't speak for them, that is true!

Bronco has the right idea, Dru, you just need to consume the right food. It has worked for me since I was a teen, with momentary lapses, I have remained pleasantly tubby since high school. Think cheese. jhamaker, you might try a women's sleeping bag for foot warmth. If you are not too tall, a long might work. Most of them have extra down in the feet. No onw ould know you are using a women's bag, they don't have Oprah graphics all over them or anything, and your feet will be toasty. That is the main feature I've found in women's bags, that and the fact that a regular is too short for my taller-than-your-average-woman frame.

Hey, Alex, I didn't mean anything personal by it, seriously, I've loved talking sailing with you and you seem like a standup guy, and I do agree with you on the spray matter in some respects. I think there's a place for it on cc.com, and it's right here in good old Spray....but I long for more wit and less potty humor, and it really bugs me when there is spray in every thread. I just had a few minutes to spare and grabbed an old thread at random (would have looked further, but, er, my life called me away) and found a couple of things interesting about this thread...so I pulled it up to the top. The first is that it seems to me that the level of spray, though it does fluctuate, got to a point a few months where it was consistently ugly. It seems to be under control now, but only due to a lot of work by the mods. (Thx to all BTW) The other is that when we are in between hot sun and warm rock, and freshiez and fat ice, as we are again this late fall, that we get a little restless. Not mindblowing observations, but observations nonetheless.

Things have been a little slow lately, so I thought I'd bring this up top, some historical reference on spray and the Battle Cage....

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I loaded the software that came with my camera before I hooked up the little cable. Having a new Dell with XP on it, I'm not sure that it would have been necessary. Except for the afore-mentioned IE and its buggy companion, Outlook Express, I rarely if ever have any problems. If anyone else out there is in the market for a cheap laptop, lat time I was at Boeing Surplus they had some pretty decent Dells there for $400.

It obviously needs to snow NOW.

Please do not consider the below a defense of REI. We are not their target audience, people! This is not your parents' REI any more. They are just another retailer. If you want the goods, go to Feathered Friends, Marmot, Jim Nelson shop, Barrabes, MEC, or any number of other specialty outdoor retailers to get your gear. By not stocking the stuff people like us want, REI is doing its part to keep these other retailers in bidness. It would be great to be able to go there and get all the stuff you neeed in one place, but this is not the sort of business that REI is anymore, at least for anyone who gets out more than a few times a year. I *have* noticed, however, that REI Brand stuff is getting a little cooler and better than it once was, though it's still too expensive. Fortunately, MEC Brand stuff is even cooler for the most part, and is a reasonably short road trip away from Seattle.

JB, give it up. You will get absolutely nowhere with these guys.

Ah yes why should a woman like Allison, with such refined tastes, be subject to such vile forms of entertainment. The Theatre is where she belongs * *Stick your nose up in the air, ram something up your ass, and repeat the sentences in green with a super snotty British accent. Here's an idea: why not leave me alone?

Yep, same thing I got.

Ok, let's chat! Be patient, login is a little finicky today.

Tim is exaggerating soooooo much, in acuality I only bothered him about 4 times a day for two months.....dang drama queen!! BTW we are testing...one...two....over in the Battle Cage!

Cut down the finest noble fir in all of the GPNF, and then gave it to my mom. Decried lack of time to scamper up adjacent peak. Mom liked the tree.

I roll my eyes in the general direction of anyone who might think me a dilletante. Give me a freaking break. Oh, and a beer, while you're up.

I'm pretty outraged that I worked all day on some stupid rap concert and came home to this....you people were supposed to be hard at work coming up with some entertaining reading for me!

Hey, D, sorry to have missed your invite. I, too, was off in the woods killing Christmas trees. Gave them the stink-eye to stun 'em, and then hacked them down with a salmon while they were stunned.