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Would "Cutt Butt" make you happier? Is there going to be a line on this thing this weekend?

That may be standard pilot-speak, but I hadn't heard it put quite so succinctly before. Mike & Wayne, nice job snatching an adventure from the jaws of a crummy weather forecast.

Now that's some serious brand identification. I am what I buy. Interesting black staining on that red sandstone, how did that get there?

I heard he shaved his head for a girl.

It has that WA Pass/Wine Spires ambiance. Is it as good as the pics make it look?

Bingo! Ever hear the old Chouinard quote, "If you carry bivy gear, you will bivy"? You can extrapolate it to, "If you carry a hammer and drill..." That gear will just be a bunch of extra weight you don't really need. If you don't find an anchor on the ledge you land on, look around, go back up, be creative. A nut tool to dig munge out of cracks and expose horns for slings will be much more useful than a hammer and drill. Push comes to shove, you can always leave gear, it's just money (and a little booty for someone else). There's certainly nothing on my rack I wouldn't happily part with for the sake of getting down safely. Tell us the story of that recent climb. Sounds like you did figure something out?

Earlier version of the same concept...

I love the translation of Vacaville: Cowtown. Even better is Los Banos, CA. Have fun Muffy, take pictures and tell stories.

Pehaps you meant Phil Collins. Man, you just don't hear enough Phil Collins these days.

Rampage?

Son's car, not mine this time. I think I've thrown enough rods for one lifetime!

You know, I could have sworn this was the Newbies Forum. Has the unseasonably cool and damp August brought on an early onset Spray Season?

I'm looking for a good PDX area mechanic for a motor rebuild on a Toyota Tercel, anyone have a favorite to recommend?

Yes, I saw your new avatar pic in another thread and figured it was in honor of the passing of the greatest tabloid ever. Positively brilliant, and unlike the Onion, they never broke character. to the Weekly World News.

I think we should have a special column, "The Pink Point" featuring a daily rant from Pink. Locked thread, no comment allowed, just pure Pinkness.

He dresses right?

"An early attempt this summer was thwarted before the climbing actually began" I guess that identifies one of Layton & Wayne's failed big projects this summer,eh? I'm looking forward to the TR when that one gets done. Nice to see John get some credit, his work has had a huge effect on Cascade mountaineering in recent years.

It will be climable, but perhaps not optimum. The ground is still quite wet, and the rock feels a trifle damp this morning. It's still overcast, we could really use a sunny afternoon to dry things off nicely.

Fuck off Buddy No threesomes. Right, because everyone wants to be the meat in the sandwich. 8D

Sounds like the tough guy can't keep up with our own local 17 year old barista and her seventeen shots of espresso, her heart didn't stop.

Maybe my perspective is skewed, since the house is two blocks from the police station. St. Johns is also rapidly gentrifying, they turned the hardware store into a foo-foo bike shop right about the time I bought the house, and they have the requisite two Starbucks within four blocks.

I'm sort of partial to St Johns out in North Portland - feels like it's own village, but a quick hop over the St Johns Bridge to downtown. As a caveat, it is the only part of Portland I've spent a significant amount of time in, remodeling a repossessed HUD house we bought as a family project, pretty sweet now with the rooftop deck and views of the Willamette and Forest Park, three block walk to McMenamins, theaters, and an array of restaurants. Driving down from up north I never really found the I-5 bridge a pain, but that's probably due to taking Marine Drive, the second exit. Portland is a great city, but Seattle is closer to better climbing.

I'm only a general contractor, not an electrician, but I've never seen a main breaker trip, that'd be a hell of a load. Offhand, I'd guess the Manson Family?

Jtree, something at Echo Cove... double dip?

Dude, changing out the scab faced radioactive boy scout photo for fabio after bill posted his riposte is even lamer than your original pre-edit post.