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Chickens don't like them. It is an acquired taste. Soon they are chowing down.

They should at least be properly cooked.

Preety funny.

I plan to make some more winter attempts of Rainier as soon as enough snow has fallen. February is usually the best time for winter climbing, because the crevasses are filled in and the days are beginning to get longer. I was lucky last year to summit twice in two weeks on different routes. The key is to be willing to go at a moment's notice. You can't expect to be a weekend climber and get to the top in winter.

Just do it and don't ask too many questions. Don't brush it out for the first 100 ft from the parking lot. Oh, and don't get caught with loppers in hand.

They don't taste so good? CBS got slimed Stuck fast to his upper calf Detestable goo

DonkeyPunch belongs to Dru.

When was the last time this happened to you? I was out running on an urban forest trail when something flew up and hit the back of my right calf. It stuck there. It felt cold and wet. It was a slug- one of those great big ones. I flicked it off with my finger, but it left yellow goo (insert vomit greamlin here). I was able to wipe off most of it on my sock. I was a bit miffed because up to that point I was making really good time. Go ahead, write haiku. I know you want to.

You're NOT your, goddammit!

For sheer eloquence, trask can't be beat.

Maybe the guy will now turn his life around in a new career as a motivational speaker.

Is anyone surprised that the people could hate an evil person, who holds corporate interests above those of the average citizen?

Dude, don't you remember those folks we saw on the North Face route the day we pulled into camp? We saw their names in the register the next day.

Johnny Destiny will surely scold you for posting such evil, satanic images, where impressionable young lads can see them.

I think the guy was actually a failure in that his goal was to die. How would that make you feel if you sucked so bad that you couldn't even manage to kill yourself by going over Niagra Falls.

You just had to trash the thread, Dru. Didn't you? I agree with Roger, Scott and especially Jay. You don't have to share feelings of grief with strangers to show them consideration and recognize they have feelings. As long as there is the remotest chance that what you write may be read by a relative or friend of the deceased, one should show a little sensitivity.

That one is as old as the crust on your butt.

I just did a route at Vantage called "Strokin' the Chicken" in the Kingpins. It starts out as a double crack and then turns into a narrow chimney that gets wider as you go up. The good thing about this is that you can practice a variety of stemming moves as you go up. There is even a chockstone you can sling on the way up. It protects well. Although it is rated at 5.6, it seemed harder than Seven Virgins and a Mule (5.7) which I we did the same day. I think the reason is fewer face holds on which to cheat.

"Everett Barbie: This tobacco chewing, brassy-haired Barbie still has not learned that you can't wear high-heeled sandals from Payless with no pedicure and without breaking a heel and falling while you chase your beer gutted mullet wearing boyfriend. Her make-up is dark red lip liner with lips covered in a sparkly pink color or no fill-in at all. Her ensemble includes low-rise acid-washed jeans with assorted colored G-strings that stick out the back of her jeans, a white barely-there see-through shirt. Her long, layered hair is bleached/highlighted and BIG. Accessories include: CD-player equipped with Bon Jovi, and a 1996 Camaro Z-28." That sounds like a description of trask's girlfriend.

The usual place It is Seattle again Dante's Steak and Grog

Iain, that isn't far from the truth, but I am trying to make amends now that I am in my dotage.

You sprayers have reached new nadir. You can do better. I mean even trask seems to have gone away out of boredom. Polish Bob is right. You are all so suck!

Here is an example: Anchor Failure with Two Fatalities.

I support the freedom of the individual to choose the media and entertainment that he/she likes, regardless of whether or not I perceive it to be socially unredeeming. (Child pornography, etc excluded!) I believe this freedom is not for citizens of this nation alone. Why are "liberals" here so concerned with the (read) conservative idea of cultural preservation elsewhere? It sounds like you support efforts to preserve local programming. Good for you, Fairweather.

My basement sump pump is running frequently. It hasn't come on in the last five years, so I know it's a wet year. This morning there was no hot water. The float must have malfunctioned at some point in the night and extinguished the pilot light on the water heater. I had to go down there and light it at 6 am.