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I know an old fellow who lives in Nighthawk who once worked in the Holden Mine. You saw those pictures of the slusher buckets, right? He said they once had a huge cave-in in one of the main stopes that created such a blast of wind that it blew a slusher bucket almost all the way out of the shaft. Luckily the men were taking a break in one of the side passages and it passed them by.

"Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view. " "Thank you for sharing." "Well, aren't we just a ray of f*cking sunshine?" "I can see your point, but I still think you're full of shit." "I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public. "

Yeah, that was me. That was attempted murder though, not just a harmless prank.

I've used it on a sailboat. It's only useful for static loads, of course.

There is a crock of shit if I ever heard it. Tests have been done that show more bacteria on the hands after using the blower than when using towels. The reason for this is not that you get the germs from the blower, but that you never got your hands clean at the sink in the first place. Paper towels are able to remove additional germs that the blower could not.

It seems like people have this almost superstitious fear of rockfall at Vantage. It's as though they think that anywhere they stand, a rock can just magically come down and hit them in the head. Perhaps in rare cases that could happen, but it usually is triggered by climbers. What I have found is that if you pay attention to what you are doing and take note of where your climber is and where other climbers are you can belay in a place that is relatively safe. If there are climbers next to a route I am interested in, I usually won't climb it because it is difficult to deal with rockfall potential from two different sources. Now kids are another thing. They are all over the place and they definitely don't have the presence of mind to stay away from dangerous positions. So no, I wouldn't take young children to Sunshine Wall, but I would take them to the Feathers.

I'll bet you used more than a drop. It can't be THAT potent.

You got that right.

There isn't any thing wrong with any of these routes. It's all stories about people who got in over their heads. It's instructive.

If Miles were alive he'd probably think Jazz Remixed was cool. He was always changing, always moving on to the next thing. He remade his own style several times during his lifetime.

Call it what you will, but remixed, it ain't jazz. Jazz is all about improvisation which is a very individual and personal thing, in my opinion. The solo is very much the result of the groove that the group creates as a whole. To mix together different recordings is to destroy the context of the solo. You may disagree, but as a musician who has played jazz, that's how I feel about it.

There's a nice steep trail so you don't have to go far on road. Klenke can provide you with a map.

Contrary to my initial expectations, this has turned into a pretty nice thread. Wrlwind, I know exactly what you're talking about. Good observations! All I can say about Vantage is that when you go there for the first time, play it very conservatively until you make the necessary adaptations.

Guye Peak, South Spur in winter with a late start.

I have a small trebuchet at home, large enough to fling poo about one block. Would you like it Dru? It's yours if you come and get it.

The only pollutant of consequence from natural gas fired plant is nitrogen oxides. The multi ton(ne) figure they cited probably includes carbon dioxide. Coal has a lot of sulfur oxides, but natural gas generally doesn't.

Post the link, please, if there is one.

107th Spray Division motto: "the keyboard is mightier than the sword", or "we play dirty".

November 2nd, baby. November 2nd.

Distel32 spells sarcasm the way a true climber would: "sarchasm" sarchasm, n. A cutting, often ironic remark intended to cause the victim to fall off his project.

This thread reminds me of the "You are all so suck" chat room.

The resident experts are E-Rock and Thinker.

We'll accept you only if you displace a mod we don't like. So who's going to volunteer to leave? Erik made room for minx, did he not?

I really thought you were being funny. Some people took you seriously.

This is exactly what Bush is doing. It will force privatization of Social Security too. Medicare has already been largely privatized.