Greg_W

Found other diversions. Gracias.

I'd accept that moniker

I honestly don't think people are as far apart as the media and politicians make them out to be. Men like Jesse Jackson profit off of divisiveness. If we were so divided, I would expect people in Seattle to be attacking my gas-guzzling truck and getting in my face about my NRA & RMEF stickers. I'd expect a lot more confrontations from people. This is bullshit.

Newt Gingrich told me that poverty didn't exist anymore and G. Gordon Liddy backed it up. What are you guys talking about?

I've used a re-woven figure 8 on webbing anchors for rappel.

I'll put in a vote for the Integral Designs Unishelter. Sure, it's a little heavier than some, but it's comfy and roomy. For me, it's worth the extra ounces.

thanks, dude.

??? Partner had a dreadful Kama Sutra incident and is out of commission for a week or two.

Got one you don't need? Big enough for a 50-60# bundle of love.

So, Al Gore DIDN'T invent the internet? Damn. Who knew?

"About as useless as a broke dick dog"

ditto.

That's because he wasn't educated at Andover and Yale. Sure, he attended Andover and Yale, but it's pretty clear he wasn't educated there. He got about the same grades as Kerry at Yale.

Wallstein; That feeling is what many are looking for. I've noticed, for me recently, it's been harder to find. Being harder to find, it negatively impacts my motivation to chase it. It's a viscious circle. For the first time, I'm struggling with summoning the drive, the desire, the hunger, that used to propel me to push myself, seek the edge, and enter that zone that you describe. The mountains will always be there, the routes will stay on my list, I'll climb them when I'm ready. Until then, I'll keep looking, climbing routes I know and love, and remembering that feeling.

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What a fucking idiot, you are. Yeah, tv is reality to young punks like you, isn't it? Shut the fuck up and go back to mowing lawns for slurpee money.

Ramuta Stone Gardens in Ballard has free drop-off/pick-up service.

My father gave me the advice his father gave him, on the eve of my wedding: "Don't lay a hand on that girl. She's small, but you've got to sleep sometime."

Kick the ass of the guy next to you. You'll feel better. Bwahahahaha!!!

You're a little high strung aren't you? Relax.

I have the Garmont Vetta, which is great. Climbed NE Couloir of Colchuck in 'em - step kicking and front pointing. They take a heel bail crampon. They hike great.

Great bit of humor.

No, it was the fact that their economy could not compete with ours in an arms race, given that their economy was so centralized on defense spending.

and forget that our tax dollars financed and trained 10,000's of fundamentalists during the eighties in pakistan and afghanistan. these people eventually went back home with their weapons and know how. who do you suspect forms the backbone of extremism in islamic countries nowadays? accountability is essential if you don't want to repeat the same "mistakes". Just because you educate someone doesn't make you responsible for how they use that education. To stop the spread of communism, it was deemed strategically significant to aid the Afghans against the Soviets.

Got one. Nevermind.