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So who actually wrote the thing anyway, or did it just gradually evolve on the Internet over time at the hands of many authors?

Trask posted almost the same thing more than two years ago and he didn't write it either.

Some new poster writes that his "silver" Alien failed at the weld on a 12 ft. fall. Twelve pages of drivel ensue in the space of two days. No pictures, no explanation. Someone's got an axe to grind. There have been some strange goings on here, but I hope to not see shit like that on cc.com.

Who is the putz who rates every single thread one star? Sure, that's all the most of them deserve, but this worthless person rates even the good ones one star. He/she even gave wirlwind's thread one star.

Saturday, hiked the Lime Kiln Trail with dryad. Sunday, practiced self-rescue techniques in the rain with Toast, then went to the 74th St. Alehouse and had some pitchers while we dried out.

Are you talking about the traverse from CJ Col to Gunsight Notch across the west facing flanks of Cascade Peak, The Triplets and Mixup? There is indeed a goat path that is reasonably easy to follow, except for one place where it helps to be a mountain goat.

So what would really make the essay interesting is how these experiences may have changed you. What did you learn from them? Besides losing your girlfriend, do you harbor other regrets? What would you have done differently?

We've been all over this topic before. I guess the verdict was "to each his own".

Do you suppose one could actually see it as it goes by?

Enjoyable? Okay, interesting. Thanks for posting it.

Bawk, bawk, bawk, Abu Ghraib, bawk! The chickens are coming home to roost.

Both of those dudes are successful directors and producers. They are laughing all the way to the bank.

Nope, the terrorist survived and was even interviewed. Oh, I get it- rolleyes.

The pictures strike me more as being terrorist mugshots.

If you divide my age by two you get 22. Nalo, I guess the reason you are getting such a ribbing is in my experience it is quite unusual for climbers to worry about age. Climbing is a meritocracy.

Spam works to make money, therefore it's continued existence is assured.

In today's news we see that lists dominated by Shiite Cleric influenced parties will likely have a majority (up to 70%) in the National Assembly. The Sunnis are now shut completely out of power and the stage is set for civil war.

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Joel, are those Army issue rock shoes?

Okay, I'll bite. It is true that air cools faster than water, because of its lower heat capacity. However for the air comprising the headspace to cool, it must first lose it's heat through the bottle and this is also true of the water below. I just think the reason it freezes first at the top is that the water/air interface and film on the inside of the cap, provides a better place for ice nucleation than the body of the water below. We are not talking about ice forming below and floating up because that isn't what happens.

They have a funny way of drinking down in Texas. It doesn't lend itself to social settings.

As the mathematician might say, the election was "necessary, but not sufficient", or as Yogi might say, "It ain't over 'til the Fat Lady sings."

The large moon isn't necessarily too large, if the photo was taken using a telephoto lens. The presence of the small sun is rather weird if IT was the image that was photoshopped in. Under certain circumstances you can get an image of the sun called a sun dog, but the position of the image relative to the true sun is not right in this case.

They are heavy and they are expensive, but I know of at least one friend, who is a novice, who bought one after I told him not to.