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What's that Jordop, Pink Flamingos?
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Word is Ernest Borgnine used to dutch oven Ethel Merman, his second or third wife. That marriage only lasted 32 days. Here's some lyrics on the subject too: Hands shake as he grips the cup another milkshake is sucked up burrito wrappers litter the floor gleefully shutter about what's in store inhale, exhale, inhale, hold it in the warmth of the bed cradles his back he can feel the rumble in his digestive tract lactose enzymes don't know how pass through the system, it's won't be long now inhle, exhale, inhale, hold it in long at last dialation occurs covers get pulled tight, Daniel purrs he's a dutch-oven junkie, tried and true hasn't changed the bedsheets since '92 inhale, exhale, inhale, hold it in in a few years Dan is dead all the methane burned out his head dutch ovens are a 1 way street to hell don't be fooled by the girlish smell inhale, exhale, inhale, hold it in inhale, exhale, inhale, hold it in inhale, exhale, inhale, hold it in inhale, exhale, inhale, hold it in and a link to downloading the song, for those who like things complete: Stinkfinger performs Dutch Oven Dan
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Well, I don't like those kind of hangers. I did like the "serious business" look on the guy doing most of the work. I think it would be more telling to have a photo of the end result. I agree with Peter that it's harder to do a good job of pulling a bolt than it is to place it. I don't know enough about either the route or the crag to have an opinion on the presence of the anchor in the first place. Most will agree that bolts next to decent placements on a pitch are bogus. I'm guessing the crag in question has a walk down, so a fixed anchor for descent is not necessary, and in the modern world of ropes ranging from 50 to 70 meters, its nice to be able to choose the belay that suits you rather than have it decided in advance by someone with a drill. Slut that I am, I'd probably have clipped them if they were there, or not missed them if they weren't, but not have gotten worked up enough to remove them.
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Right on, RobBob.
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oddly enough that is the day one of my good friends was born, the sotry goes he was 7lbs 7oz as well... Add to the myth, say he was a seventh son too...
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Greg, ya'll are free to think whatever you want. Thinking is great, I encourage you to do more of it. But you're not necessarily free to say it here.
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Excuse me? Not without my consent, thank you very much.
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I'm trying Trask, it doesn't come easily to me.
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Oh, and FYI Sisu, no one complained except me, and I acted unilaterally.
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Not a bunch, just me. Scream and kick your feet while you're pitching your hissy fit, it might feel better. If you believe your jive did not deserve oblivion, lobby someone else to bring it back from the dustbin.
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How about Robbob and anyone else on this board? Aren't you among the mysterious "never appeared in public" cadre?
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The ship that played the "Interceptor" was actually the Lady Washington, based out of Aberdeen. Near as I can tell, it was the only real ship in the movie, the rest were sets and CGI. My son spent parts of three summers crewing on the Lady, so he was particularly keen on seeing this flick, and asserts that this was the best thing to happen to the ship in years, since they probably took care of the years worth of deferred maintainence that the financially troubled venture was unable to perform. It also appeared in the Star Trek movie that had the Kirk era cast on a sailing vessel at the start of the film.
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Lee, I think he really meant weiners, its more in keeping with the horsecock thread drift.
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My thoughts exactly PP, but Mr Natural is not too far away from there. I miss the Apron.
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Yippee, now its pouring in Tenino.
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La Tarrasca in Centralia, WA (exit 82 on I-5) is some of the best I've found in the NW. Small family run restaurant, all using mama's recipes from Michoacan. I'd have to say their chile relleno is as good as any I've had anywhere. Its been years since I've been there, but I also liked El Puerco Llaron over by the Pike Place Market in Seattle. Very limited menu, but their tacos closely resembled the street vendor tacos in northern Baja that I grew up on. The beef even had that range cattle taste, not corn fed.
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I think its in Tukwila, same batholith as that stuff in Renton.
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FS: You're thinking of Orrin Hatch, not Warren. Robbob: One option for you is to get some mp3 ripping software, it will take tracks from your cds and strip them down to mp3s. No net access required. It's likely you already have a program that does this, they often come bundled with a cd burner. There are free software options downloadable from the net as well. For downloading mp3s (as compared to converting your own music), the file sharing systems people have mentioned are certainly an option. This lets you peruse other people's shared offerings and download them. If what you're looking for is commonly available, this can work alright. If you're looking for obscure things (as I tend to), I haven't found anything in the current crop of systems that can match the glory that was Napster of old. Do a web search to check out what's current in file sharing programs, but as others have mentioned Winmx is not half bad. I also liked Imesh, which allows you to stop with partially downloaded songs, and it will continue to download the rest of the file when you log in another time. Here's a link to about a bazillion downloadable file sharing programs. I think Ratboy is spot on by recommending Usenet. If you're not familiar with Usenet, its the newsgroups where you'll find rec.climbing among other things. To fully exploit it you'll need a good newsreader (free agent and xnews are decent options) and most likely a subscription to a newsserver service that will provide access. Your ISP likely provides access to Usenet, but odds are the selection will suck. There are tens of thousands of groups, a vast wash of obsessions and subcultures, and people upload a ton of stuff. Amongst this you can find groups about mp3's of just about any musical genre. The last time I subscribed to a newsserver, I sort of overwhelmed myself with the gluttonous fount available, downloading 5 to 10 entire albums per night. A year later I'm still digesting the bounty. Also as mentioned, spyware does crop up in some file sharing systems. These are pesky programs that make note of where you're going and what you're doing on the net, and forwarding that information to outfits that sell the information. Good insurance is to download a program like Adaware from Lavasoft which will scan your computer and eject the snoops. Run it often and update it occasionally. This October it should be relatively easy to find your black eyepatch at Target or any of the seasonal halloween costume and accessory stores that seem to crop up everywhere. Aye be gar, matey.
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By "lack of fixed gear" did you mean that your rappels did not have old slings on them? Aside from the odd old pin here and there, I'm not much accustomed to finding gear on routes. As to impressions of the route, I hope to get back to you later this summer on that subject.
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Surfing and flyfishing are also valuable, but not legitimate forms of climbing.
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Fern, MisterE's poll was flubbed in the creation and votes could not be submitted. I deleted the thread to minimize clutter and encouraged him to create it again, but this time as a functional poll.
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Well, its sounding like a way more formal event than last year, but I've always been able to take responsibility for my own good time, and October is great in the Icicle. I'll take the beer and raffle, others can have the clinics and top ropes. Maybe Rope-Up Honcho should be a changing position, like Beanmaster at the Beanfest in Arizona. Beck could name the next one at this event and they could put their own stamp on it for next year. For now, while this isn't the event I'd organize, I didn't organize it, so I'll just go and check it out. Hope it doesn't turn out like the Democratic Convention in Chicago in 1968.
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Methinks the lady doth protest too much!
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Wrong analogy Dru, since the Brits were hardly indigenous. Might be better to compare it to the Brits and the Dutch in South Africa. Its a pity 54-40 or fight didn't go over as doctrine, we'd have had a lot more cool peaks in our country and the drive to Squamish would be a bit shorter.