catbirdseat

I was sitting here reading threads when I heard a crash in the pantry. I go in there and there are two cans on the floor. I look around for a cat or the dog, but they are all in the living room. Half an hour later, I'm in the bathroom and again I hear crashing in the pantry. The sewing room is above so I ask my wife if she's dropped anything. "No", was the reply. I go in the pantry and now there are spice bottles on the floor. What is going on here? I look up on the spice rack and there is a snake on top, knocking things down- our poultergeist. It was one of my wife's cornsnakes which had escaped. Now, how to get him down without knocking twenty spice jars down. I go to grab him but he resists and the jars are tottering. I let him go and he slithers behind the flour and sugar jars where he thinks he can hide. "Got you you little bugger", and back in his terrarium he went. "Oh, there are two snakes missing". Where's the other one? I guess he'll turn up soon enough, probably in the finch cage.

Ultramega Crack is rated 5.8, but it's an Exit 38 5.8, which means it feels like 5.6. It's a long hike up there for that one crack, but there are three other cracks nearby, one on Chainsaw Wall, Crack One With Me 5.7, and one on the Peannacle, Salutiferous Exaltation, 5.8. "Crack One" looked rather short and unappealing. "Salutiferous" is kind of neat in it's own way. It takes a variety of small to medium cams.

Ouch!

I've been told that Spectres are useful for getting in something quick to provide temporary protection while something better is being put in. I found this site about winter climbing in the UK . The "ice hooks" they refer to are the same as Spectres I take it.

Ade says they use them a lot in Scotland where there is frozen moss and dirt in abundance. Says they work like a dream. They are aptly named.

Trask, which of Santa's lists are you on? Naughty or Nice?

I think it was a mistake to move this thread to spray. There was some good climbing talk going on despite the tripe that was added since crackbolter's request. I say delete all the crap and move it back.

Ade mentioned wart-hogs once. Please explain what they are. Also, am I correct in assuming that the Russian screws are for bailing or for screwing into ice filled cracks (which will ruin the screw), when all else fails?

I'm absolutely decimated.

I used to work for a company that was trying to use Yttrium 90, a strong beta emitter, to kill cancers. The Y90 was chelated to a molecule containing biotin. Antibody to receptors found on the cancer cell was cloned to have a strepavidin site on it. Give the antibody to the patient. The AB binds to cancer cell. Then give the Y-90/biotin. The biotin binds to the avidin and hence the Y-90 to the cancer cell. The cancer cell is toast. Normal, healthy cells aren't killed because they don't have the receptors. Too bad the project was killed for lack of money, because it worked. There were patients who had failed up to 6 different kinds of treatments. The were some who had complete responses who otherwise would have died within a few months.

There was an article in the paper today about that. Some lawyer is still trying to get autopsy photos of Vince Foster. The suit went all the way to the Supreme Court. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1154&slug=Scotus%20Foster%20Photos

I called you a dolt once about a year ago and your autosig has been "I am a dolt" ever since. What's with that? I beg your forgiveness.

Damn it's dry. I just got a severe static shock. Would you call these winds Chinook Winds?

Those pictures are cool. I guess the sailor is still there somewhere inside the climber. It's been something like two years since I've been on a sailboat. At one time I was sailing five days a week.

Don't you realize that anyone who attempts to photograph the Tool risks having his camera confiscated?

Oh, you're a clever boy.

What happens when computer programs become self-aware.

If mildmannered avatars like me weren't around, trask, your posts wouldn't have the same shock value, IMHO.

Will, your mistake was not in opening the door for the lady. Your mistake was your reply when she said, "I can open it myself". The old woman was just being defensive about being perceived as frail when she thought of herself as fit. A gentleman would have kept his cool and said something like, "can't a man be gentleman these days?".

Johnnie get your gun, get you gun, get your gun, Take it on the run, on the run, on the run, Hear them calling you and me; Every son of Liberty Hurry right away, no delay, go today, Make your daddy glad to have had such a lad Tell your sweetheart not to pine, To be proud her boy's in line. Chorus: Over There, Over There Send the word, send the word, Over There That the Yanks are coming, The Yanks are coming, The drums rum tumming everywhere So prepare, Say a Prayer Send the word, Send the word to beware We'll be over, we're coming over. And we won't be back till it's over over there! Johnnie get your gun, get you gun, get your gun, Johnnie show the Hun, you're a Son-of-a-Gun, Hoist the flag and let her fly Like true heros do or die Pack your little kit, show your grit, do your bit, Soldiers to the ranks from the towns and the tanks, Make your Mother proud of you and to Liberty be true. Chorus: Over There, Over There Send the word, send the word, Over There That the Yanks are coming, The Yanks are coming, The drums rum tumming everywhere So prepare, Say a Prayer Send the word, Send the word to beware We'll be over, we're coming over. And we won't be back till it's over over there!

Mattp, if you hate Bush you can't be all bad. I take back all the lousy rotten things I said about you.

How did the constipated mathematician solve his problem? He worked it out with a pencil.

Sour grapes?

I don't know. I've never been constipated. It must have something to do with not eating meat.

*jealousy*