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I only checked on the provenance because it smelled like a "poodle in the microwave" story, and if it happened to someone you personally knew I'd have wanted to hear more details. It seems unlikely that an Iraqi woman in a convenience store full of good old boys would harrass anyone about the flag, which is plastered about everywhere you look these days. It seems to me that the freedom to disagree and the courage to do so is very much one of the things that this country stands for. The gates of Tenino are always open for you Sisu, but it wasn't clear if it represented heaven or hell to you.

It's harder to take out a bolt aesthetically than it is to place it well, that's for sure.

Sisu, when you post someone else's words you should attribute the source, lest other's assume you are speaking from your own experience. web page

Ho man, sorry to hear that Ralph! I mean, glad you're alive, but what a drag. I think life could be quite complete even without such an experience. Hope your recovery goes well and swiftly.

Hah, I gotta admit, I love the thread drift...

It's a middling Grade IV, easily doable in a day but slow parties may bivouac.

I'd like this too, but don't know if its within the software's capabilities.

You got a problem with librarians? Libraries rule.

Good point Sisu!

Don't worry, it's g-rated, any kid would laugh their ass off at it... reindeer movie

Pathos stalks the earth....

Only before making your fruit salad, honey.

Excellent work

Sobo, we would know this how? Perhaps its an individual thing, not a fundamental characteristic of all women.

Beck, it was pulled (along with a number of responses) because it was part of a digression in a discussion in the CLIMBERS BOARD on the issue of spray separation that had some value. If you will recall, Alpine K made some observations about how to take harsh criticism, which you took personally, but NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT YOU, and that thread was not about you, so it was culled on the basis of spray in inappropriate places.

ipecac syrup, should be available over the counter

I'm feeling spray weary, Scott.

I appreciate the attempt to make a personal analogy, but that's already been the case ever since contractors had to be licensed. If my contracts were down a third, I'd have to consider an array of reasons, only some of which are external, and work on the internal pieces that could stand some improvement. In fact, that's a reasonably accurate description of my winter. So what am I doing spraying here, I've got a quote to work on. See ya'll later, thanks for the reminder Trask.

Well, funny thing is, I've bought fewer cd's since Napster got shut down. I think the industry has more problems than free downloads, but it's always good to have a scapegoat I suppose.

I'm in, along with #1 son, perhaps some others. ChrisT sounded like she was gonna go as well.

Sisu, in case you haven't been following, this started in the Rock Climbing forum and got moved here, so Peter was talking about that forum, not this one.

Wasn't deleted, got moved to spray.

It's been a long time since I've been there, but also in the gorge's favor is that it tends to be underpopulated. I had a great day there on a weekend a number of years back, while folks were taking numbers and waiting in line all over the tuff. Peter is right too, the basalt in the gorge is better than much of what you find up in WA. Rumr, there is more tuff out along the Owyhee river, isn't there? I suppose Deadman's Summit is too far away to count...

Did you cut-and-paste this from elsewhere?

Oh man, not only are they ugly, they're unsafe to boot. Why exactly would someone do that in a day and age when safe (and camoflaged) bolting gear is so available? I'm no authority on the subject, but this doesn't really sound like an official Mountaineer's type project, but rather some misguided group of individuals who think they're doing a public service.