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"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ACME Cams look a lot like the Clog cams I use which are a knock off of the old Flexible Friends which have been replaced by the Technical Friends.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.

How did they get that video? Looks like the guy dozed off and rolled the car or at least went in to the ditch. "Hello, Mr. Smith. We'd like to make a video to make a point about seat belts. You don't use seatbelts, do you Mr. Smith?". "Huh, no. Am I supposed to?" "Mr. Smith, you don't have to change a thing about how you drive. Did we tell you that we give you a free 12-pack for agreeing to have the camera installed in your dash?" "Huh, really? When do I get the beer?" "Just as soon as the camera is installed". "Great, you're on!"

Nuclear power would be a good clean way to make the electricity need to make Bush's hydrogen. Somehow, I don't think the people are going to go for that. If we had fusion power right now, wouldn't that be great? It would solve all our energy problems. It seems that fusion power may be a century away.

In THEORY, since electricity is used to produce hydrogen from water, you could use renewable sources like solar and wind power to generate the electricity. But in practice most of the electricity would be generated by fossible fuels, including coal which produces more CO2 per unit heat, but which the US possesses in abundance. All we got to do is push a few more mountains into steams in Appalachia and we've got all the coal we need.

Party in Your Pants is really a great trad lead for those just reaching that grade. Sure it's long, but it has lots of rests and good pro on it's entire length. I agree that it would be silly to top rope it. Also if there is a line up, just walk off down gully #1 instead of rapping to get out of the way more quickly.

Seems like hybrid and electric is the way to go. There already are distribution systems for gasoline, diesel and electricity. Hybrid technology could cut oil consumption in half. The crisis then goes away in a hurry. I wonder why they don't make a diesel hybrid. If a gasoline hybrid can get 50 mpg, a diesel hybrid would get 75 mpg. Hmm. Okay, they are working on it. Diesel truck.

The reply that launched a thousand, "Ha ha Scotty you sure are one uptight bastard..."

The one thing I've always wondered is how does the alcohol know to direct itself to the belly and no where else?

I'd be willing to bet that a drunk driver is 2.6-4 times as likely to drive a pickup truck than a car...

You know when Scot'teryx started Muir on Saturday, he just KNEW it was going to be a huge flame war. Just TRY to start something like that now.

Schooled by Muffy.

That's a pretty comprehensive list IMO. Maybe Mods versus Whiners?

At least I can SPELL reciprocal.