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We could have a caption contest. "The stripes were my secret weapon in the speed climbing competion. The idea is to get your opponent to start laughing and fall off."

How do you find articles that were "published"? That is, the old trip reports were found on the Entrance Page. They are no longer there. Where are they?

My main concern is that this proposal will tend to foster the creation of an officially sactioned, permanent underclass, such as they have in Germany and Japan. In those countries there are large minorities of Turks and Koreans, respectively who can never become citizens. I believe that in both cases you cannot become a citizen even if you were born there, which is not the case here.

So what you're saying is that we don't have enough workers to fill all of the jobs? Got to beg to differ on that. Bush means we don't have enough cheap workers to fill all the jobs.

Next thing you know out comes the bolt kit.

Gear Express publishes 6 kN for the two smallest TCU's whereas REI gives 4.4 kN. Have there been design changes?

My daughter has a large number of hispanic friends and many of them say they voted for Bush in 2000, but they will not be fooled this time around.

Damn, the word's out.

Neato burrito.

Emmhic, Paco and I were having a discussion at REI climbing hardware department last night. We talked about the relative merits of TCUs versus Aliens and we covered the usual things about the TCUs being more durable, etc., Aliens supposedly being better for aid climbing, all stuff covered by this old thread. I noticed a big difference is load capacities between TCU's and Aliens in the small sizes. Is it is real or just a matter of one manufacturer being more conservative in its ratings? If Aliens are better for aid, then why do they have the higher load capacity? I've tried to group the cams below according to size. The Aliens all have a higher rating for their size. Silver TCU 00, 8.9-14.5 mm, 4.4 kN Blue Alien 3/8, 9.9-17.0, 9.3 kN Purple TCU 0, 10.4-16.5, 4.4 kN Green Alien 1/2, 12.7-17.0 mm, 11.6 kN Blue TCU 1, 11.7-19.5 mm, 8.8 kN Yellow TCU 2, 15.2-24.9 mm, 8.8 kN Yellow Alien 3/4, 15.5-27.1 mm, 13 kN

Does the human body build up a tolerance for adrenaline in the same way it does for heroin?

Icegirl, check.

Here lies trask His tongue was a rasp Not one to miss a swipe Though his posts were tripe

Yeah, I'm baffled all the time. Remember, if you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, you can always baffle 'em with your bullshit.

You are on a snaffle harvest today, MtnMouse.

Is he eventually going to have three wives and twenty-five children?

It's every bit as assinine as a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning, nose picking, or farting in church.

My dad and I once cut down a 50 ft Canary Island Pine of 16" diameter that was growing within 3' of his house. We wanted to make absolutely sure it would fall towards the street and not towards the house, so we tied a really long rope (75ft) about half-way up the tree and took it to a truck on the other side of a cul-de-sac. We tensioned up the line really well and then cut. The tree went exactly the direction we wanted and didn't hit anything.

The fact that AlpineK and I have met doesn't prevent him from slamming me on occassion, although usually when he does, I deserve it.

Indeed, Dru accounts for about a quarter of the posts on this site.

Gee, this Cold Feet thread has legs. In my experience not only does aspirin thin the blood, but it seems to aid in maintaining or restoring hydration.

I've done that same and it is a bummer. Don't use your home dryer. Use one of those humongous commercial ones at the laundromat. Two or three tennis balls work better than one.

The rain is here, wish I was beautiful.