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And so I take it that you have not yet gotten in touch with your "inner A-hole"?

Is someone bringing the brats?

I hear he is a big fan of Aaron Ralston.

All climbers on this site are named either Erik or Matt. It is a rule.

They can eat right through siding to get to your attic? Damn. What's the siding made of?

...Even if they might smell like grim death.

The definition of a jerk is someone who is solely concerned with his own welfare to the exclusion of other. In other words the opposite of an altruist. Clearly not all men are jerks, although almost all men are jerks at one time or another. Women who expect altruistic behavior all the time from men are destined to be disappointed.

There are argument for and against both approaches. I'd say just go with what you feel like at the time.

No way.

Minx, what "behavior" are we talking about here? You have to remember who Lykis' target audience is with respect to his advice. It's quite narrow. It's single guy in their twenties who are busy establishing their careers and don't want to get hitched. For them, he is doing them a great service. People outside that demographic can still listen and be amused.

Aren't you interested in learning how men think?

I have no idea how much you have to bring the cost down. One could certainly do much better than Concorde. Supersonic would forever remain for the privileged wealthy, who can and would pay a premium for speed.

Limbaugh is totally political and completely partisan and right wing. Lykis assiduously avoids politics. He once had a politically oriented show and then completely changed formats. You don't have to agree with what he says to be entertained by it.

Did you hear hear the "Enumclaw Style" take out on Tom Lykis today? I almost crashed the truck, I was laughing so hard. OMFG.

In the prototypes when they folded back the wings the wings would start to melt from the heat of the engines. The original SST was just a big waste of money. What killed the project is congress denied Boeing money to build it. Super sonic planes are for the military. Just look at the concord; they only built a handfull of the planes, and they could hardly turn a profit without government funding. You're getting in the deep end of the pool there Catturd. I've known one of the engineers on the project for over 40 years. Where did I claim an opinion that an economic supersonic transport could be built? Certainly, jet engine technology has advanced a great deal in 40 years, but supersonic flight remains very expensive. And the environmental issues are still there with NOx pollution of the stratosphere.

I'd have to say that some of the seeds of this thread were sown on a two foot wide ledge about five pitches up Total Soul.

What is the most resoles you've ever had on a single pair of rock shoes? Seems like most shoes hold up to about two or three.

I suppose that's a good deal if you like TCU's.

If you folks really cared about the poor high school students of Ohio, you'd all chip in and send them a few dozen cases of Trojans. That would be cool. We could send them to the school principal addressed from cc.com, "for free distribution- instructions for use included".

That event was just the coffin nail. The Concorde was too expensive to operate and too noisy. Boeing was working on an SST in the 1970s. It was going to have a swing wing, like the F-111 and the B-1b Lancer, to make it more efficient at subsonic speeds. As it was told to me, they couldn't figure out how to keep the weight down. That may be more feasible with today's composite technology.

You are fortunate to be one so easily amused.

Montrail light hikers for $14 at REI Garage Sale three years ago that fit perfectly and which I still use. New B/D Camalot 4.5 for $29 at the REI half-price sale. On the other hand, I've only placed it once so that can't be such a deal. Set of used Aliens at $20 each from a cc.com member.

It must be really boring in the Super Secret Moderators Forum these days.

Dru, they use the English language in strange and wondrous ways where he comes from.