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it was, as dru said, in the phone book, just a google click away...

wolfgang is also a tight middle name, though i prefer my son's name for the more germanic "wulf"

i like how his age is given in the phonebook as "65+"

isn't this him?

great day for giving a test to high-schoolers

all paths lead to mecca

great title for a boring thread...

nice - i learned that joke from you and have passed it on a good few hundred times - my wife would like to thank you too...and my parents entire t-giving guest list from a few years ago... my favorite recent joke learned from the climbing jokes thread: what does sport climbing have in common with getting yer cock sucked by a guy?

you tell so many it's hard to remember - not the one about the child molestor and the boy in the alley was it?

damn. i thought i invented that joke. anyhow, i give it more flavor by adding an "eh?" at the end of the answer...

tried ascending a 8 mm'ish rope w/ my 6 mm'ish prusiks in the dark near the top of the snow creek wall (yummy pressure chamber!) - this produced extreme terror as they didn't grab b/c of my phat ass - they did work if i just increased the # of wraps, but that makes them very difficult to tend to.

what he said, plus add family

give a man a fish...

praire home companions pretty good joke show joke engine

never heard of them - maybe not the best of signs? i'm a poor boy meself - and as one, i'll say that cams are one of those kinds of gear that are actually worth spending the money on - keep in mind that you can often cobble together a decent rack if you're climbing w/ another dirtbag - keep an eye on the yard sale forum here and maybe even post a "want to buy" thread - check ebay - you can and should get decent cams - all the shit cams i bought when i first got into climbing are still moldering in my garage b/c i quickly figured out that, when freaked out and near death, i didn't want to dick around w/ a flimsy piece of shit don't be afraid to be like the patriarchs too and learn to use nuts for as much shit as possible as they cost 1/10th as much

the lesson of missile command: if i'm in charge of our nuclear defense, we're as fucked as elliot spitzer at a marti gras social

what's wrong w/ bush's brain? there's nothing left of the right of it and there's nothing right with the left of it

good piece of advice - i was certain they were gonna bust me on it when tryign to fly all my crap up to denali, but i was able to board w/ a ton of gear in a soft bag

whatever generic black bag i got at rei for 15 bucks 6 years ago - took it up denali and have used it just about every weekend since then and it works just fine. my smaller us army duffel bag has got about the same use and still is in fine shape. doesn't seem to be an item that requires much in the way of technical features or cost...

it's hard to get a dedicted mentor here or anywhere, but by frequently proposing ideas and looking for partners for single event trips in the partners forum you can build up a bunch of folks over time who have a wide range of skills, and thus end up both learning and teachign a lot

columbia river gorge national scenic area - probably the least ideal entity?

the answer you seek is in the oregon forum

elwood p dowd would just assume a face of deep concentration and respond something like: "should we have rye next or gin?"

another fine line from the movie: "no one ever brings anything small into a bar"

my favorite zombie jesus day movie - as to the essential dichotomy jimmy stewart illustrates in the end, i reckon i can delineate most of our boards major figures - maybe everyone wants to play along? EzOIhLJ1C-Y KK - smart mattp - pleasant tvash (online) - smart tvash (indaflesh) - pleasant kevbone - pleasant