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No, he had one of those but he sold it- too difficult to parallel park.

If you look up "polycarbonate" (Lexan) and "alcohol, ethyl" in the Chemical Compatibilty Web Page, you will find that the rating is Good meaning "Minor Effect, slight corrosion or discoloration." Polypropylene rates Excellent with ethyl alcohol, but only Fair with gasoline.

It would be a tough mystery to solve being as I am so "popular".

Dru, how ever do you deal with the paparazzi?

Greg, I'll bet you do. In answer to Marie's question, yes, of course, newbies are welcome. If you are lucky, Dru will say hi to you, but more likely he'll sit on his ass and say, "no I'm not Dru".

Can't say I have, either.

I actually read Range of Glacier cover to cover. The first few chapters were tough, but part way through I started to enjoy it. It's good writing. Not all good writing is enjoyable to read. How many of you have read War and Peace recently or Crime and Punishment?

You can preplace gear all you want, but take it with you when you go home for the day. Is it that difficult to rap off and pull the draws? This isn't a bolt pro/con issue. How long SHOULD one be albe to leave up the gear? A week? A month?

I started out using a symmetrical sling, but switched to an asymmetric one for comfort. The problem is when you get a partner (like Toast) who racks on the wrong side of his body, they have to wear the rack inside out. Wait, I guess that's his problem.

If there were no guns around, this guy would have used a baseball bat, a 5-iron, or just stuffed them in a gunny sack and tossed them into a river. Are you sure you've covered all the methods you've used in the past?

That looks like a good place to hang a portaledge.

Gowans, now I know you have more in common with trask.

I'm going o Vantage this weekend to try and avoid the rain. I've never been to Middle East Wall, but I hear it is pretty good. Can you recommend any trad climbs there that are 5.10a and under? I assume there is no raptor restiction any more.

Central NY is still tops in my mind Chili - Chi lie Vienna - VIE en a Is Col pronounced like cole? How about Vienna (Veen), Florence (Fee-ren-za)

The leader would be leading the next pitch without the gear he used on the first pitch. If he has a large enough rack then no problem. The first follower up on the second pitch brings the gear from the first pitch. The composition of the rack that the leader has available will vary from pitch to pitch.

Huh? Short easy hike with the new footbridge, right? I havent been this year but the footbridge was there last year. Maybe I dont understand. Sarcasm?

Okay, smartass, I meant the "10% better than 50% "figure or 60% accurate for forecasts.

I don't know why I don't just buy a couple motor bikes. It would solve a lot of problems.

I don't go by the icons anyway. I go to "Detailed". But yes the cities are the closest ones to the stations.

Where do you get the 50% figure?

None of the above. Wunderground has been remarkably accurate.

Here. Take this with you.

That isn't their aim. Their aim is to make everyone a "paying customer" by forcing them into expensive snowparks so that they can subsidize use by snowmobilers.

Be careful what you wish for...