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quote: Originally posted by chucK: This thread is a gosh durned LOVE fest! I feel like singing hippy songs. Well, its better than how you were manhandled and disciplined on that avatar hiding thread.... (I will pass on the hippy songs though...)

btw Chuck, thats a nice new avatar. I don't know that I ever thanked you properly for reducing the gotta-pee-dancing-robot to your signature instead of the larger avatar pic, but here you go, thanks!

quote: Originally posted by Dr Flash Amazing: Always shooting his fuckin' mouth off and crackin' wise. Ummm, you are familiar with the old saw about the pot and kettle and all that rot? The term "black" is actually about carbon build up, and in no way should be interepreted as a racial slur, especially by such a hot tempered pugilist. The spray-to-info ratio on this thread is beginning to suggest a change of venue may be appropriate. (now that I've done my part for that trend as well )

I had some, but you wouldn't have wanted them. I tried to foist them off on my crew and they wouldn't have have any of it. I'll drop you a note next time it comes up, but it may be a few months.

quote: Originally posted by gregm:on an unrelated note, i believe veggiebelay deserves an award for most frequently changed avatar image. have a on me, vb.[/QB] I think Necro has been pretty active in the avatar remodel business too. It would take some research to determine who's done it more, and I for one do not have the stomach for it.

quote: Originally posted by Greg W: All that said and done, Belle from Beauty & the Beast is pretty hot!! I have always found it interesting the women in the Disney cartoons (Pocahontas, Mulan, Beauty & the Beast, etc.) are really hot and perfect (not that I mind). The Little Mermaid was the first Disney with "jiggle."

Tintin and Finn Family Moomintroll? Dru, that's a classical education! My hats off to you, I didn't discover those until I was an adult.

quote: Originally posted by allison: Greg, I must delicately point out to you that the Doctor was using a device known as sarcasm. I belive thats what Greg was responding with too, a very familiar dance between those two. Greg needs an angy face graemlin that winks.

You didn't know it was freed last year at new wave 5.10b?

I haven't spent much time oogling southern hemisphere climbs, but certainly the south face of Aconcagua is a very different kettle of fish from the north side.

Yep Col., I've got a whole crew of friends who will be at JT over Thanksgiving, and a few who will be there longer. Think of it as Rope-Up but only about half the people. I'll PM you some contact info.

quote: Originally posted by Weekend Climberz: This is my personal website that I'm thinking about expanding into a larger more general climbing site for Washington State. I'm looking for some people who would be interested in doing some climbs and writing about them on my site. You'll have a tough row to hoe, and you need to decide what your audience is. Trip reports for Talapus and Dewey Lakes aren't going to cut it if you're looking to be a climbing site. Much of the website terrain is already covered too, depending on your style and interest. This site, Scott'teryx's NWOG site, Summitpost, Alpinelite, ClimbingWashington, and probably a host of others I'm unaware of, not to mention many regional folks great personal sites have the issue covered from many different angles and styles. The presence of ads on your site suggests you're trying to make money doing this? That's gonna be even tougher. I recommend you conduct an in depth survey of what's out there, and consider what you can add or do better, treat it like writing a business plan. Soliciting trip reports from this site will not make your idea a success. good luck.

quote: Originally posted by freeclimb9: Eager and pleasant partners are surprisingling rare. Be those things. This is a great observation and recommendation. If you're totally green, the Mountaineers idea also has great merit.

You say that like its a bad thing.

I'd suggest trying a bunch on, and pick the one that fits right. If its comfy, you'll use it more often and be happier doing it. Also, run a search on the Gear Critic category, I know there are already quite a few opinions posted. [ 11-11-2002, 09:32 PM: Message edited by: Off White ]

You just can't get this caliber of spray action on rec.climbing, can you!

Life is long, scars are many. I'll try and stick to the amusing ones: A nice grey dot smack in the middle of the lifeline on my left palm, result of riding on a skateboard (with old clay wheels) with my hands in my jacket pocket. The inevitable collision with a small rock stopped the board cold. Objects which are in motion tend to stay in motion, so I continued forward and when my feet hit the ground the pencil in my pocket neatly skewered my palm and broke off. I have two small scars on my face, courtesy of the neighbor's dog when I was three. Preliminary investigation suggested that old collies did not like to be messed with when they ate. Further investigation two weeks later, following the scientific method, proved this hypothesis and added the second scar.

Tom Leykis has a good rack? You mean like Rush Limbaugh used to sport at the peak of his heavyweight condition? Blecch, thats sick. Polite Spray Disclaimer: Well, for me anyway. If that's what you're into, well hey, it takes all kinds. Have fun.

Yeah, ditto on the thumbs up, thanks for the story. All the sweeter since I lived in Tucson 1986-87, thrashed around just enough to appreciate the nature of the Arizona backcountry, and counted Karl Rickson among my buddies.

Of course, you are not the teacher involved, and this is cut and pasted from a widely disseminated e-mail humor piece. I thought you right wing types were all up in arms about intellectual property, shouldn't you attribute rather than plagarize? But yeah, sometimes we're telling different stories at the same time, and thread degeneration seems to be the rule, your quotation is quite appropriate and brought an uncontrollable smile to my face. Uhh, oops, sorry, I apologize for the lapse into civility, you right wing baby eater: eat me asseyes

There you go again Ray... I'm a stingy retro kind of guy, and I'm still using my old Salewa's with neoprene straps. Say what you will, they're not very heavy, fit any shoe I own, and they've never come off. Recent reports of lost crampons on Eldorado and Shuksan have made me appreciate that. That said, they're pretty minimal for steep waterfall ice, and messing with straps is unpleasant when its really cold.

To Tony Blair: "The problem with the French is they have no word for entrepreneur." en·tre·pre·neur Pronunciation Key (ntr-pr-nûr, -nr) n. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture. [French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake. See enterprise.]

Hear hear Beck, thats a sweet area with some great views (if you get them this weekend). Hope you have as much fun as you possibly can this weekend. TLG, you should join 'em if you can, should be relaxing compared to the Observation Rock Shootout.

Juan, I'm curious as to why you are using a guide?

Quoting Fairweather Here: “Nancy Pilosi will likely take over for Gephart thereby taking the Democrat Party even farther to the left at a time when the American public is trending center/slightly right-of-center.” The problem with Democrats is not that they are too far left, its that they have been so obsessed with “the center” ever since Reagan that they don’t have any vision or leadership to offer. Think back to Kindergarten, there was a reason when you played Duck Duck Goose that the middle was called “the mush pot.” There’s no there there. The middle is where practicality and compromise made workable solutions out of ideas that come from elsewhere, but there is no inherent ideology of the middle, hence nothing to stand on and say “This is what I believe.” Through focus groups and surveys, the Democrats have tried to craft a profile out of “I want what you want, tell me what to think” and you just can’t lead from the middle. You’ve got to be out on some edge if you’re going to argue that you’re in front, and I think that’s how the Republicans have gotten to where they are now. Back in the day when they were sucking hind tit, they largely asserted the same vision even when they lost, and agree or disagree with them, there is no doubt that they have a plan. The great mass of “middle America” (politics, not class) don’t have a plan, so they are looking for someone who does. The Democrats need to take a page from Cpt. Caveman’s playbook: “I don’t care if you like it, this is what I think.” The Democrats need to give their existing leadership the big heave ho. Pelosi in charge would be a big improvement, even if they continue to be the minority party, because at least she believes in something larger than “I should be in charge.” As it stands now, the Democratic Party can’t even get it together to be a decent opposition, and the result is that the public flocks to politics like they do to a lame Superbowl. “(I'll bet Mondale is breathing a BIG sigh of relief today. Being in the senate minority wasn't part of the deal they promised him.) “ I don’t know that is the case, but if so, good riddance. If I were King, from now on I would say only fighters need apply. “I suspect Democrats will be even more nasty and vitriolic than they usually are during the next two years.” Are you suggesting that the Republican’s are not nasty and vitriolic? Isn’t it still a little early in the morning to be out to lunch?