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Retaliation for making a joke is pretty universal behavior for officious twits with a small amount of power. I got the same from the TSA for referring to their full body irradiation machines as "nudie scanners". On the other hand Mr XXXXX, you do have some pretty serious military training, though I wasn't aware that Canada was on the alert for US military espionage programs. Maybe they were just worried you'd steal their secret sniper training manual...

No cleavage, duh.

I'll second that nomination. Looks like no one has mentioned Trezlar? Has that fallen off the map of popularity?

I don't think The Quitter is going to get much adulation with Ed Harris and Woody Harrelson involved in the project.

Kevbone, here's a response for your friend: [video:youtube] Seriously, everything he says is totally made up bullshit that is not supported by facts. Its all made up crap he heard elsewhere that excites his sense of outrage, so he just spews the bullshit back up.

I think the only reason PHC exists is because no one else will let Garrison sing, a vocal stylist of Miracle Noodle proportions.

I have no idea what the wookster looks like, but that wasn't the point, it was the voice I heard in my head. Not an insult, I liked that character...

Hey cupcake, it might be time to dial back on the testosterone you're taking for your training regimen, you're slipping into mondo aggro mode. Funny, when I read your line I heard it in the voice of the Calamity Jane character from Deadwood...

Looks like someone downloaded that tilt-shift software from Giveaway Of The Day recently...

Quit boasting ya groupie!

Hmmm, methinks the dude doth protest too much.

Celebrity endorsements always influence my decisions! Of course, even if the bolts were still in place, I'm not likely to be heading down there to do the route, so I don't really have a dog in the fight. I'm fine either way. Thanks for the laugh Pope, exit 38=Cerro Torre is quite the leap. You should make a point of getting your name signed onto that petition, and then get one started for the North Bend crags.

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Early to bed And early to rise Makes a man or woman Miss out on the nightlife [video:youtube]

Ganglion cysts? check Dupuytren's? check Red beard? check Scandinavian heritage? check No issues though I did creep my daughter out by naming my ganglion cyst "Ripley".

Well, be wary and stay on your guard, they don't call him "cold finger" for nothing!

Reminds me of that story someone posted here about seeing snowmobiles high marking on the Stuart Glacier under the Stuart Glacier Couloir...

Huh, I wouldn't have taken you for a Duran Duran fan.

Sony and Apple raised the cost of Whitney Houston's greatest hits album 60% just hours after she died. Death makes for good business in some circles. link

I was never a VanHalen fan back in the early days, so for me this is a little like declaring Duran Duran's comeback album as good as their early work, but I'm happy for all you old fans, a return to form by a group gone astray is a good thing.

Scott, I couldn't agree more.

I don't think so Pete, I think everyone is pretty sad about their lost friends, and talking about numbers is a result of thinking back over each person.

Rob, were you born a poor black child? [video:youtube]I9BPTssTWG4

My list is all climbers. Were your lost skiing friends all in the backcountry? It wouldn't at all surprise me if the stats for that game were pretty similar to climbing. Does a heart attack while giving a climbing slideshow in your living room count as a climbing related death?

Churchill would have no problems trusting Keenwesh, who has a pretty good handle on adventure and enjoying life, is not unacquainted with the term "party", and is indeed a good egg from good people. My favorable Greek experiences include membership in a Fraority called Hubba Hubba Phi and some sorority girls from Phi Bitea Dicka who had a certain rough charm. K, your innate exuberance is probably a little bit much for more repressed NE types, but they're not all that way.