allison

Guess I ought to dust off that feature query again soon!

I *think* that is why they call them "rap hangers" instead of giving them a different name.

Timm@y any chance we can add this one to our emoticon arsenal? LOVE IT!

So I get home from work at 2:30 in the morning, hoping for a little entertainment, perhaps a drunken posting about how great Pup Club was this week, and return to...... ????

I'm real partial to the Eastern half of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Pretty much anything E of the Cascade Crest and above 5000 feet is awful nice country! Having said that, it is not the most desolate place to go hiking. Popular spots can be a bit crowded on the weekends, though if you are willing to go off the trail there are some spectacular gems out there, and no people! The only part of the ALW that is permitted is the Enchantments, Lake Caroline, and Eightmile Lake if I am not mistaken. A NW forest pass is required for parking though.

I recently put in a request with someone from the Everett chapter that they post something every time they are going to be in the Icicle. It would be oh so nice if the Seattle chapter would do the same thing. Also the WAC and the Boealps if anyone out there can help. What would also be oh so nice IMO is if they would limit their group size, even if it means they are there more often. I've done almost no climbing there because of the crowds of climbing club classes I see every time I am in the area.

My honey gives me grief for wasting water washing his shiny new SUV. He dragged it thru some sagebrush this weekend getting out of the way of a guy on the dirt road. Guy on the road in his Chrysler Cordoba (this IS Eastern Warshington) was pleasantly surprised that the rich peole from the big city were not worried about scratching the shiny new car.

The Baghdad Dance Conservatory has also apparently been destroyed. Yes, it is our responsibilty to keep order in Iraq right now.

It has been said that Baghdad is on the road to Damascus. It is, sadly, the logical next step.

That was Teddy's, and we all had a problem with how smoky it was!

I have sometimes wondered if those pilots know how many of us they have startled/are laughing their asses off at us.

http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/jchat.php What did you do this weekend? Time to chat!

Nothing too complicated about those questions.

Yes, 2.5 methods: Heat--use a heat gun or a hair dryer. Don't overdo it. Solvents--acetone, alcohol, Goof Off. Apply sparingly, esp with the GO which also may remove paint. Wear gloves and do not huff. Stickers on windows are easily removed with a gently wielded razor blade. They may not all come off with the same technique.

Yah, it's not bad....

No, I was not referring to either of you as a Japanese Hoe.

me too!

I will gladly let one of the right handed Index hardmen have a go with my hoe! Just let me know! If you break her we'll just get her welded!

She's a pretty sturdy hoe D!

D, Wood handle toobular steel shaft with an almost U turn bend in the end of it asymmetric triangular blade It's a cool tool, I have no idea where you get one. Mine is a right handed one and I would love to get a left handed one as I am left handed. Plus I seem to have left mine outside all winter so it's all rusty now.

DC's drawing thing of the cleaning tool cracked me up. I have a thing that is a Japanese Hoe (no jokes! she has a heart of gold!) that I have but haven't cleaned things with. Besides being a really dangerous tool to have tied off to your harness, I expect it to be my friend when I get the chance to clean something like a crack or flake. Anyone used one of these?