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Ditto what Mike said.

Well, I didn't exactly expect a serious reply, but thanks!

How do you know about this bullshit? What is it you do for a living anyway, hmmmm?

Yep, I've been stuffing other crap into the envelopes for awhile, but I'm not convinced it does much aside from entertain myself. I expect they've got some sorting machine that kicks out any fat or seriously overweight envelopes since it's unlikely to be a dutiful response to their come-on. It does move a little crap out of my recycle bin though. I actually got the idea from my local post office. They told me that unfortunately I could not just tape the reply envelope to a big rock anymore, but I could put anything I wanted in the envelope and fill it as much as I could, as long as it was not a hazardous substance that was illegal to mail. I figured that meant used coffee grounds were okay. They also said don't worry about wasting the Postal Service's time, they need the work.

Sorry Mr. K, it's not demonizing. I've actually heard folks on the right say they "want to fuck up the ragheads." On the other hand, I've also heard people on the left say "try the amethyst, purple is a very high vibration."

I noticed "democracy" was a word that did not appear anywhere in Bush's inauguration speech. I had no idea there were 56 million subaru driving liberals in Fremont, that Seattle traffic mess makes a little more sense now.

I straightened out the dates for you.

I was reading the index and saw the title of this thread and thought, "Hey, doesn't that belong in Spray?" Turned out it was already there!

Good to know that even Encylopedia Brown has an off day now and then.

It's so entertaining to misread things. I was sure Sobo's apology to Loose Brie said "Sorry for barfing in on you like that" Alas, as usual, reality is much more mundane.

I once had that TR show up when I googled "lummox" I don't believe Mark is our own dyspeptic poster named Lummox though.

My condolences to the mechanics and passengers.

In 1974 this was the hardest route I'd ever done, and my first 5.9 -- Too bad it's only 5.8

I had to go hunting, but I found it: start here I don't think either Kainsacad or RikRik ever showed up around here after this.

Probably wouldn't spoon with you either, huh. Does anyone else remember that thread where the two people who met here went to squamish and had some sort of meltdown, and raged at each other online about how much each other sucked and were incapable of climbing what they said they could? It was one of the most awesome hissy fits here ever...

Cool, The Nigerian Scam has been so successful (2nd largest industry in that country) that now they've started franchising!

First the good news: you broke your one date wonder curse. The bad news is you had to take up Karaoke to do it. May I suggest "I am Woman" by Helen Reddy? I am woman, hear me roar In numbers too big to ignore And I know too much to go back an' pretend 'cause I've heard it all before And I've been down there on the floor No one's ever gonna keep me down again

Could be worse.... you could be a capon

I'm gonna guess Chimney Rock in Idaho...

I started climbing 32 years ago, and people were already moaning about the diluting effects of taking in so many philistines into such an iconclastic endeavor. Even so, they were only repeating the hand wringing laments of their predecessors.

Roosters are either broilers or nuisances, I think I know which sort you are. Even at your advanced age, if boiled long enough, I'm sure my cat would eat you. Dru, as one who's impacted the moss solo aid climbing, I'd think you would embrace the joys of canned food.

Real climbers cook from cans. 1 can some sort of chicken soup 1/3 can "light" cocount milk 1 squoosh lemon juice as much garlic-chili paste as you can handle quick and dirty, 5 mintues from the pantry to the table.

I dunno, I'd have to say I agree with Iain 100%, the trees off NW are splendid. I'm sure that my opinion is skewed by the fact the best powder days I've had boarding have been there, snowing hard enough to fill in all tracks during the lift ride, and I'm not some Xtreeme cliff jumping sort. I've also had brilliant bluebird days off the summit, cutting wide turns in wind transport powder, trailing 100' long carving contrails. Oh, and I don't think I've ever waited longer than 5 minutes in a line, and that was both rare and extreme. Less waiting = more fun. I think one could argue that there's nothing that qualifies as a "big mountain" in all of Washington. Baker is nice, but the sweet lines track out in very short order, and one shouldn't confuse the scale of the backdrop with the area. Crystal is nice on a big powder day, but what area isn't? Unsung areas that have great possibilities: Schweitzer. We found wonderful powder lines a full week after the last snowfall on my only visit. To be fair, we also found some stunningly crap riding, but sliding helplessly on tree studded boilerplate while giggling helplessly does have a certain appeal.

Das Spanker resurfaces! It's cheaper to live in Tenino, but then again, that wasn't your question, was it?

OK, so everyone knows Gandhi walked the plains of India for years, but few know that he rarely wore shoes - this, of course, left him with blistered, toughened feet after years of such abuse. Most also know that he was a strict vegetarian and that, especially in his later years, his diet left him in a weakened state more often than not. And another thing that few people even think about is that, given the relatively poor dental hygiene practices in India at the time, Gandhi also had chronic bad breath. All of which combined to make him......... .....you ready???...... A super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis