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X years or X dollars.

Just because it doesn't apply to you, doesn't mean it doesn't apply to others. You seem to be personalizing this.

I had to trot out the conventional wisdom in order to get the discussion going. What I said applies mainly to hot chicks other than climbers, but it is generally true.

One can't have too many pink tricams.

I was trollin' for ya.

Ohhhhhh... THAT Moon!

To the extent that men tend to accumulate wealth as they age, they become more and more attractive to women. The way their wallets bulge is considered quite beautiful. Now if they are a dirt bag climber, well...all bets are off, unless we're talking fame...

I know of at least three arborists/landscapers who are climbers. I would think that someone who works physically that hard would not want to tramp all over the mountains, but these guys get out.

You are very suggestible. Hey, everybody! Let's come up with other wacky things for Michael to recite out loud in the coffee shop!

Say that fast, five times: weed wacker wire.

Come on dude, I'm calling a spade a spade.

I like a drizzle of dressing on my salad.

Call me a "paranoid safety freak" then. I'll continue to climb with a helmet. The way I look at it, the brain I have is the only one I'll ever have. A trade-in would be nice, but not an option.

Last night at rehearsal, someone said, "The Seahawks are winning 42 to nothing!" I said, "the SEATTLE Seahawks?" The answer was, "yeah, THOSE Seahawks".

I think it's the not bathing and lots of rich foods and wine. Where is that famous Russian sprayer we used to have? What was his name? He was all into red meat, etc.

It wouldn't do to fall on a piece of rebar sticking up out of concrete. That would hurt. You know some of that stuff is better than the fake special effects they do in Hollywood.

The guy resembles Brent Spiner.

Because it can come untied too easily.

I don't disagree with you on chainsaws. There just isn't enough money to pay the large crews needed to do the work by hand. Trails are not being maintained as they should.

Carrick bend is out then. Your rewoven sheet bend should work, or else a double sheet bend, for cordage with a slippery core, such as Spectra. In the double sheet bend you make two loops instead of one.

This rules rewrite is not about trails maintenance. It's about commercial exploitation of the wilderness by off-road vehicle manufacturers. It's about money.

Snowing in Bellevue, but not sticking yet. Starting to stick to the grass.