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Don't buy Petzl ropes either. BTW, wheres Powderhound with the classic "I told you so"? Hola David: looks like someone beat you to this!

Why "Whoops"? I thank you for tagging the link correctly:-). Given the dudes power, they don't usually prosecute a fella like this unless they are Damn Damn sure. So he's more guilty than not to start with. Still, should and will get a day (or month or OJ TERM), IN COURT. If nothing else, earmarks to Alaska and 2 billion dollar taxpayer funded bridges (funded primarily by us, by non-Alaskans) to a nearly uninhabited Alaskan island to get pizza delivery will hopefully slow down a bit. Thats a good thing for the taxpayers in every OTHER damn state of the Union.

It's true I clip most of the ones I encounter! edited to add...%@#^&x@!

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If true, then everyone should be doing it. asswipe link story "Senator Daniel Inouye, Democrat of Hawaii, who is the chairman of the defense appropriations subcommittee and a friend of Mr. Stevens, said that “he is innocent until proven guilty.”" true dat as well.

Don must really have me on ignore! This is his industry and field of expertise.

One way to get some:

Dad doesn't look Black. Looks more Mexican/South American. Not that it matters, just wondering.

Is there a Squamish TR in the offing G?

Jim Yoder slideshow and book signing July 31st at 5pm which is corresponding to their "Sidewalk" Sale! August 1 & 2nd, 10-8pm. Festivities both days! Music, games, shoe demos and more! These folks deserve our support.

Jim Yoder slideshow and book signing July 31st starting at 5pm which is corresponding to their "Sidewalk" Sale! August 1 & 2nd, 10-8pm. Festivities both days! Music, games, shoe demos and more! These folks deserve our support.

Check again dude.

Glassbonghits is back! Glassbonghits is back! Glassbonghits is back! Stand back jack, there's gonna be some ass's kicked now!

I'd offer to belay you up it next time you go, but am afraid that I may have a wide load moment and get my wide ass permanently stuck somewhere up there. At least you'd have an excuse to untie and solo off:-)

Fark

Baby Hitler says: "Vere do you gets diss shisse?"

Whoa! That's rough stuff there. Nice rant though. I usually have the crap scared out of me when I'm just stepping out of my car and looking up at that rock before I even get out of the parking lot. I think they put that restroom right there for us climbers having these moments in fact! Son and I were out shooting yesterday, and were picking up some other jackasses brass and shells which they had left scattered all over the f*k along with a campfire ring which they somehow had considered a garbage dump as well. So they'd left cans, couple of beer bottles and other non-burnable shit all over right there figuring someone would pick up after them. Even the cigarette butts had been flicked towards the ring, but didn't make it in and were laying on the ground unburned. I figured it was a great thing for me to find this. It was a perfect chance to share a lesson to reinforce to my son something I think is important. 1) Don't leave your shit around on public land for others to pick up. 2) Pick up when someone forgets rule #1 and make the camp better than you find it. We got a better part of a 5 gallon bucket filled between our shells and the stuff we found there. Kid was feeling proud that we'd done a good deed after we'd cleaned all the weapons and then cleaned all the ground. I think had I wandered by a fresh one on SE Corner ledge though, I could put off rule #2 till it dried out, which fortunately shouldn't be long given the heat these days. Damn, must have been an embarrassing emergency for some poor soul.

When I was a kid, saying to another kid in a loud, taunting voice: "You got Cooties"...was considered a major slam. Repeating it 30 or 40 times was better of course. Yet I never really thought about what a "Cootie" was. This ignorance persisted throughout my childhood and followed me right into adulthood. But I don't want to talk about Cooties. I wanted to talk about Edna. I was asked to volunteer at the VA as I was getting discharged by a volunteer who was going into the hospital as I was getting out. Tom was an expert lapidary and he volunteered in the recreation therapy dept to teach other vets cutting and polishing gemstones. He'd been sitting on top of a track vehicle in nam when it hit a land mine and as they were blown up, the track rolled over his leg. He'd been dragging it along and was finally tiered of it as wanted it cut off. AS I was close to an expert in this, he asked me and I started doing what he was doing thinking he'd be back soon to take his old volunteer position back. Never saw him again. But I don't want to talk about Tom. So I'm working recreation therapy, lapidary mostly, and there was a group of elderly women, like in their 80's, who would at least weekly or more, come up and hang around. Mostly they made delicious cookies and cakes, and they'd bring them up to some appreciative vets, some of whom had been in for extended stays -the home cooking touches were really nice for them. The ladies would lay their wares out on a table, along with some fake grape drink, and give it away to anyone who wandered over, and visit if anyone felt like visiting. This was an "official" organization kind of thing though, they wore hats like Shriners and had pins, lapels, big signs and other markings proudly and loudly proclaiming themselves Cooties! The sign said they were a WW1 axillary ladies group. Cooties? One day, I'm musing over my ignorance of what a Cootie really was if these women were so proud to be it. So I sidle up to Edna. "Hi Edna", I say, "Can I ask you something?" Edna was a good looking woman of about 84 or so at the time. When I say"good-looking", I don't mean like a 20 year old model in a magazine, in fact, not sexy at all. Whatever the opposite of that is. I mean, she was frumpy, round, sagged in every place an 80+ year old woman sagged and wore support hose. No, when I say "good-lookin'", I'm referring to the fact that she loved people, and was always happy and upbeat. If she ever had a care in the world she never conveyed that to anyone I ever saw. Although she had those perpetual crinkles that denotes smiling near her eyes, when I asked my question, she lit up and those crows feet really stood out! "Why dear, she smiled, you really don't know what Cooties are?". She's wearing a vest with "COOTIE", embroidered in 8" high lettering and it says "COOTIE" on her hat and shes standing in front of a table that says "COOTIES" with "WW1 axillary ladies group in tiny letters under that. "Why no," I say, "I really don't". To be honest, I thought that Cooties were body lice, but wasn't sure and didn't want to be mean to these nice ladies and say that out loud. However, why these nice elderly women were so proud to be called this was totally escaping me, and I thought I was wrong about it and needed to dispel some of my own ignorance. "Why Cooties are lice dear", she says flatly some of her normally perpetual smile disappearing. I stammered and thought about it for a moment.....I couldn't really piece it together. It was true that I'd had total amnesia, and only gotten part of my memory back, big gaps still existed. I just been discharged cause the head wound thing. But I couldn't drag my mind across that gap...Cooties are Lice, and these nice ladies are Cooties...hmmm...so I asked. "Edna, I asked, "Why do you guys call yourself Cooties"? "Oh that", she says, finally getting around to understanding my apparent confusion, "well dear, she leans in and says in a conspiratorial voice, glancing sideways as if she can confirm no one else is listening in, her eyes once again crinkling and smiling "it's because we attach ourselves to our men. They can't shake us off, and that's why were still here after all these years". Cracked me up and we both laughed heartily out loud. Loved that woman, she was so kind and giving. Woke up this morning laughing about it again, thinking of Edna, who would probably be about 110 years old now if she was alive, and wanted to share.

The funniest damn thing I'd read in a long while was the guy who decided to actually scam the scammers. Once he'd screwed the first guy, he was having so much fun he kept doing it to other Nigerians. They call that scam the 419 scam, this guy calls it the 419 eater scam where he scams the scammers. It's a lot of reading but worth it. 419 scam eater site

I did get out Scott. It was threatening rain but except fora few drops, it stayed dry. Awesome day. Had way too much firepower (if such can ever be the case). Had 4 shotguns 2 pistols and a Ruger 10/22 .22 semi-auto rifle. The kid was getting tight groups with the rifle and was loving the pop pop pop...he found that he still got pretty good groups (his worst was better than my best) pulling the tigger fast. Between both of us, mostly him, that weapon got worked the most as we burned up some 300 + rounds of .22 ammo. Every weapon got the barrel hot at some point except for the old single shot Stevens 12 ga, which is still fairly accurate, but it sucks to not get a second shot if you missed the first one (not uncommon today:-) so it pretty much stayed in the case. Glad you didn't get zapped though! Better to come back for another day.

Fu*k Will........welcome back to the land of the living. Damn.

Hola JRCO, Welcome. This is an area real near where you live, perhaps right in your backyard or walking distance, that is pretty primo. Local input counts for more than other input. There is an organizational thing coming up soon I wanted you to know about, great opportunity to meet local climbers (like real local to you specifically) and do something positive. Hot Madrone info I'll most likely be at the next meeting as well, hope to meet you.

Nah, that stuff is good as it challenges their minds and assumptions. You get bonus points Minx!

The lad just woke up and started the bleary-eyed stumbling-around part of the morning process. Claims he was babysitting yesterday (well, I knew this part) and the folks didn't get home till midnight. The excuse is probably gonna stick as I was already sleeping at 9:30 pm.... This probably means I still have about an hour to waste now while I wait...