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i agree with this. i just don't see what the big deal about moving the forum down the list a little is.

cbs- after the initial clinical trials showed little efficacy in women we conceded the market the market to the 3 established competitors. godiva chocolates, ftd, and ben bridge jewelers. i understand that these items have a few possible side effects but have been demonstrated to be greater than 80% effective in improving female sexual dysfunction.

yes cbs i am definitely too sensitive to be a spray moderator and just for pointing that out i think i'm going to have to band you. i'm sick today and tad off my game. sorry if i misunderstood your post. just figured i'd wipe the floor w/the whiners right off the bat.

cbs- not to be too harsh-but you don't know what you're talking about. there's only 2 IP addresses that have been banned and none of those recently as near as i can tell. there's been much debate on the moderators forum about if spray needs cleaning up but even the most PC amongst the mods seem to be willing to let most anything slide on spray. moving it down to the bottom of the list is an effort to accomodate the fact that this is a climbing site and many people don't want to deal with the garbage in spray while allowing spray to be it's irreverant/no PC self. mellow out people

BS, you can't risk offending people that may or may not exist. How callous of you. funny how people are so recalcitrant to encourage new posters. funny how it's so often the same people who gripe when this place gets a little stale. go figure...

doe any of you canucks know if MEC gives a discount on gear if multiple pieces are purchased? my favorite local shops will give me 10-20% off of 4 or more cams. h/e the exchange rate and sale prices might make it worth a big spending spree at MEC and w/e at squamish.

thinker! good attitude. i'd climb with you i think most people are pretty good about differentiating between what they can lead and what they can second. i for one have gained a lot from climbing things on TR that i couldn't conceive of leading yet. it has provided me the opportunity to gain some strength, practice some technique, and have a lot of fun w/my partners laughing at my flailing. that said, the quote about having the most fun is a pretty sticky sweet and not really accurate in my mind. there's some bad ass climbers out there on some seriously hard routes. i'm not even participating in the same activity as some of those folks. they deserve a level of respect for their skills that the average weekend climber doesn't.

wtf are you talking about? when did cc.com get BIG corporate sponsors. spray was moved to encourage more posters/new posters to the climbing sections of the board. spray is a lot of fun. however when it is positioned near the top of the board newcomers to the site stumble onto it quickly. many are turned off by the nature of spray and don't stick around to contribute to the rest of the site. i personally have talked to 2 people for whom this is true. i know other moderators have had the same type of experience. many of the moderators have spoken to people who don't post here b/c of spray. no one wants to lose spray or make it to PC. it was my suggestion originally that it be moved out of the limelight. what's the big deal? it's still here. it's still the same good ol cesspool.

just picked up a pair of these this weekend. i was little hesitant to buy a slipper b/c i generally just don't need the sensitivity (i'm not that good) and thus don't get value out of the discomfort. so far i like these shoes. they still need to stretch a smidge before i'll love them. this is my first experience w/a synthetic shoe. does anyone have any thoughts on these or other synthetic shoes?

hey would you guys quit slamming on my livelihood. these guys need to be insecure about their manhood and buy more of these products. sheesh! help me out here!

Whatever The Mountaineers can do in two days, we can do in three! brilliant! where do i sign up?

schnitzem i just want to let you know that i had posted something to the effect that i didn't that was my gear, nor did i want to think that someone from here would be the culprit. that post inadvertantly got canned w/a couple of others.

all i know is that rei has done it again. i placed an order last monday, for new shoes. i figured with the recent theft of my shoes, this would be a good use for my dividend. the estimated arrival was weds....plenty of time for the weekend. they still have not arrived. i bought other shoes at redpoint this w/e so i could climb. i called to cancel the order. apparently there was some problem or another (depends on which rep i talked to as to the nature of the problem) there was no e-mail alerting me to this, no phone call, no note in the mail. nothing. it was up to me to guess and call.

%&^%^%$*&(**&&%&^!!!!!! man peter p. i feel for ya! i had a theft last year that included my brief case. they had everything. my DOB, SSN, workplace, phone numbers, etc. whoever stole that has run amuck. i've spent a year chasing down identity theft probs. good luck and check you're PMs

bronco i'm sorry you find my career insensitive. it may not be sophisticated but it's a living

i would gladly give up my horse avatar if i could find the humping bunnies again.

awesome reminder fern!

gee thanks scotty. if you call me minxie a again i'm going to have to clip carabiners to yer nutz though but for the record, i don't think that was the point of the PM. i think the idea is that avatar pics like might turn away some of the milder female types.

i don't want to ban anybody's anything. i was just opening up some discussion. similar to what icegirl was doing with the suggestion of women's forum.

i'm either the best or the very worst person to open up this topic but here it goes. Hey, I was thinking: If we are trying to make the site more friendly and to welcome women, should we maybe talk about avatars like scott_harpell's ? I don't know who he is, so I have nothing against him personally, but that avatar is horrible. Lummox's was pretty bad, but Scott's is friggen irritating to no end. Do other women find this offensive? this is the text from a PM i received today. i think it's a pretty interesting thought. i'm pretty thick skinned about stuff like this so i hadn't even noticed scott's avatar. however, i can see why a fair number of women would be annoyed with it. i'm not sure it's a problem since the girl in scott's avatar pic is dressed. maybe it's just that an animated avatar is annoying? anybody want to comment. i'd be happy to hear from people on this via PM if you don't want to post publicly.

triplets

INTJ/ENTJ it changed.

it seems that a couple times a year, i am forced into rei b/c my local shops don't have in stock what i want. this time it was new plastics. my other half and i trot off to rei w/last year's dividend in hand and oru 20% off coupons. we spend 30 min waiting for help in the boot department. it was saturday, it was busy. we're passed over countless times for other customers; 3X a sales person said they were sending someone to help only to have that person help someone standing closer to the backroom entrance; finally, i was admonished by another sales guy "that he was busy and i'd just have to wait my turn" we left shoes. grabbed a few other items only to get to the register and be told that our 20% off didn't apply to just about anything we were buying. nifty. the 10% dividend is nice and it adds up. however, it seems like you can negotiate a little at some of the local stores and still end up w/your 10% off. my local shop really treats us right and the prices are definitely comparable.

sounds perfect for me! i agree about the weather thing. i'd rather do it here in WA too but the weather is too dicey here for advanced planning. some industrious broke climber could make a fortune offering babysitting services at the crag

i second what rumr said! there'll be enough kids running around to keep yours busy. it'll probably be easier than being at home!