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Greg, you are a hard-headed fellow. I have no illusions about ever being able to change your mind about anything. But what I CAN do is piss you off every now and then, and certainly THAT is worthwhile.

It is a lockout that has been going on since last August. I thought it was pretty general knowledge to anyone who reads the newspapers or watches news. Story

I'm surprised that a working stiff like yourself could be so anti-union. Unions make life better for for a lot of people.

A Martian finally wandered into the field of view and everyone is in a panic. National security people are agonizing over what to do. The Pentagon people want to nuke 'em. The State Department people want to send a diplomatic robot lander. It might be a while before they get it all sorted out.

The ones he had looked really old. Perhaps they were an old model, or else they were just worn out, but the lobes had a lot of side to side play in them.

The partner I climbed with last week had a set of Trango mono-stem cams and he said he didn't like them. He liked the way the Clogs placed better.

What was that Robert Duval quote from Apocalypse Now? "I love the smell of burning tp in the morning!"

Do your girlfriend a kindness and floss your teeth before you go to bed.

Not public radio, commercial radio, as in KOMO AM. They are paying good money for those ads and they will have a devastating effect on Darigold.

I sense a lot of people still cling to the notion that we are going to suddenly run out of oil. We will NEVER run out of oil. NEVER. It's price will rise, inexorably, and demand will fall until it is in line with supply at the given price. The use of oil as fuel will be the first to be curtailed. It's use in manufacturing (i.e. plastics, chemicals) will persist for a very long time to come. If oil ever gets too expensive for that, then coal will be gassified or Canadian tar sands utilized.

So I've heard. Icckk!

"Alas poor Yourick, I knew him Horatio..."

I'll bet your sunrises are all a nice rusty red color from all the smoke and pollution.

This is simply not true and you know it. Toilet paper can be recognizable as such for up to two years even in the wettests of forests. Either burn it, bury it, or pack it out, but don't leave it lying around for me to look at.

Have any of you heard the new radio ads? There's one playing in which two mothers are talking about how their kids are getting sour milk at school from the Darigold Dairy because of supposed incompetent replacement workers. Pretty serious stuff. The stuff of which court injunctions and lawsuits are made of.

I live in Seattle. What sunrise were you referring to?

ACME Cams look a lot like the Clog cams I use which are a knock off of the old Flexible Friends which have been replaced by the Technical Friends. In fact I am told that Clog is a subsidiary of Wild Country. The ACME is priced similarly to the Clog. While I have not used the ACME, I can say that the Clogs are satisfactory, although I would prefer the Costalots if I could afford them. $30 is a lot less than $50 and money talks while bullshit walks. Note that there is a lawsuit against ACME filed by one Wile E. Coyote concerning the ACME Rocket Sled: Mr. Coyote states that on December 13th he received of Defendant via parcel post one Acme Rocket Sled. The intention of Mr. Coyote was to use the Rocket sled to aid him in pursuit of his prey. Upon receipt of the Rocket Sled Mr. Coyote removed it from its wooden shipping crate and sighting his prey in the distance, activated the ignition. As Mr. Coyote gripped the handlebars, the Rocket Sled accelerated with such sudden and precipitate force as to stretch Mr. Coyote's forelimbs to a length of fifty feet. Subsequently, the rest of Mr. Coyote's body shot forward with a violent jolt, causing severe strain to his back and neck and placing him unexpectedly astride the Rocket Sled. Disappearing over the horizon at such speed as to leave a diminishing jet trail along its path, the Rocket Sled soon brought Mr. Coyote abreast of his prey. At that moment the animal he was pursuing veered sharply to the right. Mr. Coyote vigorously attempted to follow this maneuver but was unable to, due to poorly designed steering on the Rocket Sled and a faulty or nonexistent braking system. Shortly thereafter, the unchecked progress of the Rocket Sled brought it and Mr. Coyote into collision with the side of a mesa.

Everybody seems to be tied up on Sat. That's when the weather will be nice. If I can't find any takers for Sat. I probably will join you.

We've got ourselves an arms race. A cold war of transportation. It's a never ending battle of excess. Devil take the hind most.

Nice design, but at $11 they won't be turning up in mass quantities on my rack.

It sounds like Distel32 is suffering from an obsessive-compulsive disorder. I hear that electroconvulsive therapy can work wonders.

Trad, Sport, TR, whatever.

While I would tend to agree, this one can be a bit sportier for a newbie than the other ones mentioned. There is a little downclimb on the first pitch which is hard to protect for the follower. Take your newbie friend on SEWS first and then Wilmans.