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  1. The advantage seems to be in the smaller sizes.

     

    Black Diamond

     

    #.5 New Cam0.80-1.3" 12 kN (3.4 oz)

    #.75 New Cam 0.96-1.58" 14 kN (4.1 oz)

    #1 New Cam 1.2-2.0" 14 kN (4.7 oz)

    #2 New Cam 1.5-2.5" 14 kN (5.6 oz)

    #3 New Cam 2.0-3.44" 14 kN (7.1 oz)

    #4 New Cam 2.6-4.5" 14 kN (9.8 oz)

     

    Trango

     

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  2. Anyway, you cum-gurgling, dope-smoking, tree-hugging, windshirt-wearing fop, how fucking hard is it to google a fucking a word before you start correcting someone? It's not like you're too fucking far away from your computer, and you sure as hell aren't too busy.

     

    editted to add a boxing_smiley.gif and a wave.gif

  3. bol·lix also bol·lox Audio pronunciation of "bollix" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (blks)

    tr.v. Informal bol·lixed, also bol·loxed bol·lix·ing, bol·lox·ing bol·lix·es, bol·lox·es

     

    To throw into confusion; botch or bungle: managed to bollix up the whole project.

     

     

    Bunglehead yelrotflmao.gifyelrotflmao.gifyelrotflmao.gif

     

    Fuck, I wonder if that was on purpose!

  4. I'd sell you my wood shafted axe, but then what would I use?

     

    I got my old fiber rope by trading a new rope for it! The old guy who originally had it said he used it on Mont Blanc once, many years before.

  5. 39 dollars. Lighter, more water resistant and breathes better than my MEC composite. It is also wider in the sleeve, allowing an insulative layer underneath, something I have trouble with in most "technical" softshells. Stitching seems solid so far, and it's made in Canada. Pockets open wide, and are set and cut to be above a harness. Claims, and seems to be, made for climbers! I paid 160 for my made-in-Thailand MEC composite, and its a piece of crap by comparison. Costco has another batch this week, and they won't last long.

  6. Agreed. Though if the animal had been only stunned and woke up in the Jeep with some guy stroking it...

    I've come along deer on the side of the road twice that I thought were dead, only to have them leap up under my feet and scare the shit out of me!!

  7. link

     

    MODERN PROPAGANDA

     

    The very nature of the Cold War assured great reliance on propaganda by both sides. In the United States, efforts were spearheaded by the United States Information Agency and Radio Free Europe. At the same time the Communist regimes put their best face forward with "official" images of smiling peasants and productive workers.

     

    Today there is an academic field dedicated to the study of propaganda. Scholars, and interested surfers, can view online exhibits of Chinese propaganda like "The Chairman Smiles" from the International Institute of Social History and even read some of the United States own Cold War efforts in the National Security Archive .

     

    Perhaps the Centre for the study of Political Graphics best illustrates the dual nature of propaganda — the propagation of doctrine for persuasion and the use of symbols to create cohesion. The Center collects contemporary and recent images — everything from Che T-shirts to the pink triangle. Do they inform or manipulate? Perhaps history will tell.

     

    and some really funny anti-propaganda propaganda!

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    There is a film out, in my local video rental store, called "Faren-hype 911" that is a rebuttal to Moore's film. I guess that would be anti-anti-propaganda propaganda!! evils3d.gif

  8. Those boots are awesome!! What did you climb in them, and how were they?

     

    By the way, I'm looking for an old wooden ice axe to go with an old fiber climbing rope I have. Its just for casual living room display, so it doesn't need to be too special. Do you have you anything you could part with?

  9. Too add a tip to the above: A MADD sticker or little pink ribbon on your aerial is a good touch.

     

    I've been through many checkstops here in Canada after drinking. Every time the cops have been perfectly reasonable. I don't think they are looking for people who might blow over, they honestly are looking for people who are too drunk to drive. So long as you aren't drunk, you will be able to politely tell them you had a couple, and that you are on your way home.

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