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It's a pity, really. I hear they like you, Layton.

I'd say that poor sentence structure is an unforgivable sin. Winston Churchill, after receiving a Minute issued by a priggish civil servant, objecting to the ending of a sentence with a preposition and the use of a dangling participle in official documents, Churchill red pencilled in the margin: "This is the sort of pedantry up with which I will not put."

Our own Uncle_Tricky. Every post a gem. I'll bet Diane Feinstein's five acquaintenances were not shedding tears of joy.

I believe that Boonecounty has done the route. He had useful information when I asked. Trip Report

a·pha·sia n. Partial or total loss of the ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from damage to the brain caused by injury or disease (or pot-laced cookies).

Erik, trask fancies himself a "sex pistol", so there you go.

"I walk softly, but carry a big stick" - Buggs Bunny. "Well I talk LOUDLY, and I carry and EVEN BIGGER stick". -Yosemite Sam

ChrisT once said I was mean. I guess that means I am. I notice the thread was moved to Spray from Climbers. It's just as well.

Okay, Fairweather. I went and read the report. In all eleven cases for intervention to prevent violence, the outcome was the same, "insufficient evidence to determine outcome". This means they couldn't tell one way or the other for a variety of reasons ranging from lack of studies, lack of necessary records, inconsistent results, etc. This is not the same thing as "no cause and effect" as you put it. Did anyone go read that report? Personally, I think that panel was afraid to reach a conclusion for fear of the backlash that would inevitably ensue.

This from the fellow who really loves his CH3-CH2-OH.

"and the Bush cabinet as war mongers willing to start a war to escape the negative publicity of the Enron scandal…" There may actually be something to that last part.

This Mose Allison song reminds me of cc.com: Sitting there yakkin' right in my face Coming on like you own the place If silence was golden You couldn't raise a dime Cause your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime You're quoting figures, you're dropping names You're telling stories, you're playing games You always laugh when things ain't funny You try to sound like you don't need money If talk was criminal, you'd lead a life of crime Cause your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime You know that life is short and talk is cheap Don't make promises that you can't keep If you don't like the song I'm singing, just grin and bear it All I can say is if the shoe fits wear it If you must keep talking please can you make it rhyme Cause your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime Cause your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime Cause your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime

I am optimistic that medical technology will progress to the point where joint replacements will become a thing of the past. People will be able to grow new cartilege as good as that with which they were born.

You know I thought about putting it in spray, but decided against it. Who knows? Regarding the generation gap, we're about the same age, I think. I've never been into trying to fit in with the latest group think. Being intersted as I am in history and geography, mentally, I don't belong to a particular time or place. At times I think I was born twenty years too late.

Will, you don't have a clue where I am coming from. I never said I agreed with this person's point of view. I was just trying to state it, as best I could. The point is we hear all the regulars every day, but here is a voice we don't hear from. My goal was to stir the pot and in that I was successful. The thought I had this morning is that by posting on this board one develops a completely different perspective than if he just watches from outside. Some would like to think that such a person is "corrupted", but I'd rather submit they are "invested" in the game.

Be careful, you might hurt my feelings and make me cry. I might get all mad at you and send you mean nasty PM's and then get banned. BTW, type "...threadz/jchat.php"

NCM, you can do better than that, Mr Milqtoast. So you think my chat pal was dead on the mark?

I had an interesting chat with someone in the Chat is so Frikin Suck...Room. I will not say who this person was, but what they said. This person is a lurker who has not posted once. They said that all people who post regularly on cc.com are assholes. Eveyone is abusive and likes to be abused. We're "all mean". Now I've seen this person in chat before and they admitted to having joined about a year ago. I was trying to explain that not everyone is an asshole, but I wasn't getting through. I asked if they had ever been to Pub Club and the answer was no and they wouldn't want to meet any of you- in so many words-scum buckets, either. Now it sounds to me like this person is actually trying to get up the nerve to post for the first time. We are pretty easy on newbies, aren't we? Like you get ten or twenty free posts where you get treated with kid gloves. This person was interested in how people get "kicked out" (banned). They seemed to think it was a pretty arbitrary process. Is it? I said I thought those who got banned generally deserved it. We talked about climbing gyms. This person hates them. Hates chalk dust, hates rap. We have that in common. There are other things but I don't want to give away this person's gender. To make a long story short. Sometimes you can learn things and meet new people in the Chat is So Frikin Suck you are all so suck room.

Ah the nostalgia: Classic.

I think skiing is fun and all but I am rather afraid to get too involved in it with the attendant risk of destroying my joints. It doesn't seem worth it to risk a lifetime of climbing enjoyment to get a few cheap thrills.

Of course you were in diapers then. That's why it's hard to remember, right?

Tom's a really great guy. Humble and kind.

I met Disney artist, John Hench years ago at my folks house. He's still going strong at age 95. Story

I probably would have, along with many others. The amazing thing about Colin and Marko's achievement was getting to the summit despite horrible odds. Still, they were at least able to drive pretty close to their destination.