Dr_Flash_Amazing

It got a favorable review in the new issue of Climbing.

No, "Value Meal" implies something smaller than average. Sucka.

Silence, Value Meal!

Liar. You said something about pate Uzbekistan or something.

Are you talkin' 'bout Millet? Or is this some other fauve?

's a thing o' beauty, innit?

"My child is an honor student at Screeching Weasel Highschool"

It's interesting that a President who insists that we must "stay the course" in Iraq no matter what the insurgents over there do, and that we "must not let the terrorists win" would back an idea such as this. DFA first saw a report about this in the BBC's e-mail service, and was astonished that they would even consider such a thing. This, in Dr. Flash Amazing's opinion, is FAR scarier than hijacked airplanes, anthrax, or IEDs.

"Inertia" gets six thumbs down. Shabby shooting, shabby editing, lame-ass content (here's a hint: it's a climbing video. No one cares about Joe Brooks (?) eating wasabi, some guy blowing snot out his nose, slo-mo shots of jiggling boobs, etc. etc. The milk challenge footy is OK, as the milk challenge has a history with climbing. But the rest of the non-climbing action is crap.).

Hopefully fewer than will become victims of shitty spelling. For the record, it's spelled S-K-I-E-S. Enjoy your totalitarian monocultural shopping mall lockdown existence! Sorry, threat level is red again today. Please stay indoors with your blinds closed!

Sorry to hear that. DFA 'n' friends were up at French's that day, and heard about the busted window and saw people leaving. That fully sucks. Boo to thieves! Piss on thieves! Boo!

The propane tank on the Amazing family's new grill was inspected by Jesus, from Department 1.

You are single-handedly ruining the sport of rock climbing for everyone by this selfish and inconsiderate action. DFA's callin' the Access Fund on YOU, pal. Some people ... think they own the crags or something.

Huh? I can't play tennis with her? What are you implying? Ha-ha! Bolt clipper!

"OI! I saw a man get the beat-down took his money and his wallet left him dead on the ground I saw 'em gather celebrate the crime [unintelligible] [unintelligible] mankind I raise my hand I got another question if I start a riot will I get protection? 'cause I'm the kid who's got a lotta problems If I throw a brick maybe the brick will go and solve them OH! YEAH! I WANNA RIOT! OH! YEAH! I WANNA RIOT! I'm boilin' up city's on heat red alert, tension you know it's on the street code blue the city of the dead sirens in the night with the lights blood red see how we do this (hell yeah) see how we ride throw a brick, light the fuse dodge a bullet, duck inside sadistic hammer on my brain [unintelligible] another pawn in the game [chorus] [forgot the last verse]"

No no no, ascenders are strictly big walls; trad implements. 5.13 technique is strictly stick clips!

wolfgang "found" a climb suited to his style. fred was the one to "create" climbs suited to his style with those two finger drill holes an arm span apart out a blank roof. l'autre chip du ciel Yeah, but an admittedly pretty average wingspan, i.e. ~5'10", which is less than DFA's and a lot of other climbers' ape index (apologies to the RuMR'd to be short RuMR).

Poor bolts. Be a good citizen: clip a bolt today!

Don't forget to keep up the character assassinations on Clinton, too! It's really important to make sure that all Democratic ex-Presidents and also-rans look as bad as possible, for, um, some reason.

Duh. 'Cause arguing against bolts is morally indefensible. The bolt is a beautiful thing, and should be propagated accordingly!

Simile of the day!

Another interesting "Taps" tidbit, as reported on NPR a year or so ago: apparently, they can't always get a bugler who can do it justice, so they play a recording of it instead. If DFA recalls correctly, they bring in a person with a bugle who more or less lip-syncs it for appearances. Dunno about you all, but to this Doctor, that seems pretty damn tacky.

Yes. The frame is held in by a flap of velcro. The load lifters tend to undo the velcro, and the frame starts sliding out of it's flap. The shoulder straps, while cushy, are too short. When properly adjusted, the unpadded part of the strap digs into my chest. Ouch. The hipbelt, while it has the famous hip protecting squash pods, is too short to actually protect my hips. Instead, the webbing rests against my hipbones, and gets sore with big loads. The compression straps are stupid, on one side they don't have fastex buckles, so you have to slide skis in. Very annoying, big waste of time. For the rest, it's a nice pack, reasonably light, trim, etc, etc. If you're wondering why I own it, I got it as a gift. Funny, DFA has the 52 (fifty-something, anyway), and never had a problem with the load lifters/framesheet issue you describe. The rest of your problems sound like they're fit related, i.e. the pack doesn't fit you right. Maybe instead of moaning about issues like too-small shoulder straps and hip belt, you should have gotten a larger suspension? Or maybe lay off the Pringles and mayonnaise?

Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off until the day after tomorrow. - Paraphrase of Mr. Mark Twain

DFA has tried on Osprey packs with an average climbing gear load in them, and they seem to fit remarkably well. The Doctor owns an Arc'Teryx, though, and it, too, is a cush carry. Both are bomberly constructed, too. Could come down to features.