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Yes, Yes, and Yes, although jugging a super stretchy twin would not be very pleasant.

Shooting could hold my interest for all of about 5 minutes. Boring.

I called Greg Fitzgerald, manager of the Columbia Basin Wildlife Areas, and asked him. It's definitely legal. He said that in some cases, the sherrif has limited shooting to shotguns only for safety reasons, but wasn't aware of any such restrictions in this particular area.

Bands don't sound like a very good idea. You'd be better off with rods that are placed into the tree with enough space that the tree can grow around the rods for years before it pushes against the structure. NCascademtns built a freestanding building that is two stories tall. It's about 10 ft square. The lower story is storage for tools. The upper story is a loft for his kids to play. The back wall is an outdoor climbing wall.

In some respects, yes, if not in terms of wealth.

Is it surprising that a senator would glom onto that one scientist in a thousand who still has doubts about Global warming as long as it supports his world view? Oklahoma is still an oil-producing state, although it's glory days are long over.

Driving back to work from lunch break I is stopped at a traffic light opposite a Jaguar dealership. A customer was giving a new car a careful once over to make sure it doesn't have any scratches. He is all bent over walking around, looking very carefully. He's going to drive that car off the lot and next week some moron is going to open his door and ding that nice shiny new finish. He is going to see this tiny ding and it is going to absolutely ruin his whole day. As for me, I drive an old beater. What? Me worry? If you were to ding my door, chances are I wouldn't even notice, let alone get upset about it. ----------------------------------------------------------- Southbound on I-504, a woman driving in the next lane, talking on the cell phone. She holds the phone in her left hand trying to carry on an animated conversation. She's one of those people who can't talk without using her hands, so she takes her remaining hand off the wheel to gesture in the air, then remembers she's driving and grabs at the wheel. The person she's talking to can't see her hands, but I can. It's entertaining, but I decide I better not remain too close.

Not all slabs are run out, Minx. Unfortunately, most the ones at Peshastin are. There are one or two routes that are safe to lead, in my opinion. The rest are top rope only. The place is behind the times, which is why nobody goes there. The climbs just aren't interesting enough to risk your life on.

The male passenger in seat 22B swore, as he spilled catsup on his new business suit... Zzzzzot!

He means using it like a pair of twin ropes.

Be sure to come to the next Pub Club and introduce yourself.

Dude, you are downright belligerent today. What's eating you anyway?

A group of people were target shooting in the vicinity of the pond on land that is part of the wildlife preserve. Is this a legal activity? It wouldn't seem likely that shooting is compatible with this land use, not to mention it was annoying to have to listen to it while climbing. The kiosk says that fires and fireworks are forbidden, but there is no mention of fire arms. There were at least three people shooting semi-automatic weapons. Throughout the day they must have fired a thousand rounds. One of the things that they liked to do was load up, and firing together, empty their magazines by squeezing off as many rounds, as fast as possible in a mass fusilade. It sounded like Bagdad out there.

Which is Fabio?

Kuroshin is using this maniac to ridicule Americans. They don't have to parody us when we can do it ourselves. This guy sort of sums up all in one neat little package the Ugly American.

I thought that images of the creator were forbidden.

I led the route yesterday. To get up on the broken column, I placed two small nuts in the crack belonging to the 5.11b route to the right. After the column top, I got in a #3.5 Friend (you are in grounder territory here, but this part is easy). You also get two Camalot #4.5 placements (I had only one- backcleaned the first below chockstone), a chockstone tie-off and another 3.5 Friend, seven placements in all. If I had a Camalot #5 I would have used it. The last 15 ft is too wide for anything but a Bigbro, but it is easy. This route is significantly easier than Steel Grill, 5.9. The only loose part to watch out for is going over the broken column top. The route length is almost exactly 25 m.

...and what if it had said a nice long feature on Fred? Hmmm?

I had a conversation with a climber who told me he only trusts ball nuts for aid. He claims they are not reliable enough for free climbing and prefers micro cams. He also said that it is especially important with this sort of device to orient it as closely as possible in the direction of the expected load. What I remember from previous advice is that it is important to avoid using too small a ball nut for a given crack so it has room to expand and to set it with a good tug. I've never actually taken a fall on one myself, so I don't know what to believe. I sure wish Joseph would chime in on this thread and fill in the blanks for me. Anyway, I've found a thread on RC.com with some excellent information: Ball Nutz

History majors need jobs too.

Right KK, how are we supposed to judge her based on her performance as a judge?

This thread is the Nodder in disguise.

Reminds me of 1984: Black is White and White is Black.

This one has been around in various forms for a long time, but Cleese's version is pretty funny.

We don't have a shortage this year. Everyone who wants one can get one. So don't let that be a reason to decide whether to have one or not.