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Hey, and guess what? The title to this thread is "Why we fight", and we are doing a fine job of showing each other why we on the board fight! Well done, crew!

Post your most outrageous avatar personal ad. Nothing serious, of course. Just have fun! Here's mine: "Short, out-of-shape sport climber seeks beautiful goddess belay-slave to carry rope and draws so my legs don't get big. Independently wealthy a +, bonus if you own a pharmacy or liquor store"

A woman at work made donuts the other day and brought them in. They were heavy, doughy and awful! But it was nice of her to think of us. Better luck next time, cupcake!

Yeah, but always makes them taste bad. On the plus side, you won't care in 20 minutes

Funny! Me, too!

Nails? What nails? I pulled them all out a month ago. For fun.

Wow, Mike! That's quite a list! I'm tired already . Thanks for the information, all of you! I am printing this thread aftera couple of days and pinning it to the wall Yes, Dru, that sounds like a good time. It's the drive back from Sumas that worries me (BTW, just bought some ice gear, so will be trying that up your way, I suppose )

Having recently moved here, I thought some of the locals might have some input? Thanks!

I saw this story recently debunked on Mythbusters.

getting horny? Oh, joy. Here we go again.

Happy Birthday! That your idea of a party?

Got your head far enough out for a posterior examination?

Speaking of which:

Got two hours worth of work done in 10 hours. Goddamn boats, don't have a straight line on 'em Cut some aromatic cedar today Love the smell of that stuff.

That crack doesn't look long enough to need pro. Does that come with a "Don't Walk" sign, too?

Will that actually keep up with the hollywood crash/burn rate?

Now, THAT's Bizarre. I took a date to that movie years ago, not knowing what it was. Uncensored, of course. Didn't go well...

Bizarre

auto-erotic asphyxiation? Maybe it was "Asphyxaitor" you were soloing?

Geez, Already! Enough with the paranoiac stuff. You're harshing our mellow, Man.

Bullshit, Privat Pile. A cam may fail in a parallel-sided crack. A cam will never fail (unless it walks out of position) when placed behind a constriction. At a belay, a bomber nut is always better than a cam in a parallel-sided crack. This just seems obvious. But then, who is going to avoid a bomber nut placement in favor of an all-cam belay? I also think three pages of opinion and emotion have been devoted to the wrong question. What I see as an extremely hazardous and all too common practice is when climbers belay directly off of the anchor, regardless of its quality. I think the importance of the belayer's stance should be discussed instead of this gear-freak discussion. Dammit, SlangSmackTalker! Our whole culture is based on the externalizing of problems. And you...you! Come along talking about PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY , Mr. High 'n Mighty. What kinda hippy commune you runnin' over there, Dammit? What with Rat, Rolf, FeralPig. Jeez, who knows what goes on...