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Of course he did. He must have been pretty confident that he could get away with it.

You are then probably familiar with the song Popsicle Toes.

On Wednesday, July 6, Michael Franks will present a slide show to the Everett Mountaineers on his successful climb of the North Ridge of Mt. Everest this spring. The show is free and refreshments will be served. Show starts at 7:30 pm at the First Congregational Church on Rockafeller St at Everett Avenue. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Common Practice. If the piece blows, the load goes directly onto your belay device. Better to have the rope lead to the directional on the opposite side of your body from your brake hand. This would make it easier to maintain the belay if it blows.

Seems to me that the use of stainless steel thimbles on the wire loop would be a good idea on the smallest wire sizes. Thimbles serve to increase the radius and reduce point loading.

Time to go on a diet. But seriously, it's possible one side got more stress than the other because of the position of the piece. Any number of factors could weaken it from it's rated strength.

Don't forget Michael Layton's favorite- MILF.

It's always something. If it's not one thing, it's another, whoops! Nevermind.

I sent him the info.

Q: What's worse than a male chauvinist? A: A woman who won't do as she is told.

Of course it is more complex than this, but China is the proverbial 800 lb gorilla.

Parrotzilla!

Let's not forget the ever popular POS and PITA.

I am struck but just how different this country is compared to the last unpopular war, Viet Nam. The Government didn't have the same Orwellian mind control powers that it now enjoys.

Blame China for the falling dollar. They are getting all our dollars but have fixed their currency at a fixed exchange rate. They have to get rid of dollars so they dump them on the Europeans. The Europeans don't want them either, but their currencies are not fixed, so the value of the dollar falls.

I just knew that the fat guy would end up the victim.

They are saying he's likely to appoint Alberto Gonzalez.

Bring out your dead! I'm not dead!

I think that is what they used to call "Trench Foot" during WWI. Your feet are literally rotting.

FWIW, IMHO, BTW, BRB

Shrub is going to nominate a guy so conservative, he's going to make Judge Robert Bork look like a bleeding heart liberal. The confirmation hearings are going to be quite a show.

Hi Ed! We met once at the Flying Pig in Everett. Good luck to you.

I've seen it sunny at the summit, but then I was on top of Sperry at the time. When I actually summitted Vesper it was, of course, foggy.

I read a story somewhere about someone who tried to sell beer to tourists in Yosemite and then having to avoid the rangers who wanted to bust them for it.

What about Marek?