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No shit, reallY?

I'm looking to expand my skillz into the frozen realm. Waterfalls, Alpine, TRing, whatever. The ultimate goal is more for Alpine though. I've done some roadside TRing before, but thats it. Been climbing trad on rock for 10 years. Moderate summer Alpine and some mountaineering exp and snow travel. I have crampons, but no tools, just an axe. So if there's anyone with an old set of tools out there I can use, looking for a belay slave, hit me up. My apologies to the desperate, I'm not a chick, but I don't mind spooning on bivy ledges. 8D

bunching can sometimes lead to the dreaded "peep-hole"

I'm not sure what is worse: Crossing the Skykomish in Winter, extracting one's testicles, and postholing on the other side , or getting one's ass ripped open by you guys. I'll give Jammin this, he has grace under fierce criticism (probably because it fails to register at all). Just imagine this thread if Arc were subjected party

I dont know, call me crazy, but aren't ice tools and crampons aid technically?

Aw comeon. Where's the love for Gary Yngve? I never get tired of his robotic rhetoric. That sexy beast could talk the wheelchair right off of Stephen Hawking!

Heroin and makeup does a body good!

Probably, but not with only one hand.

Who's got em? I have nothing specific but get a kick out these Seattleites cower before the crippling 2". Yeah, I am from the NE and feel superior.

The Lighthouse in Fremont. You can float a horseshoe in their brew. Its the Guinness of drip.

m. ward is the stuff. Saw him at the tractor last year... he did a haunting cover of Bowie's "Let's Dance". IT gave me shivers. Recent KEXP performance: http://www.kexp.org/aspnet_client/KEXPViewMediaGroup.aspx?rID=3642&pID=528&fID=1156&date=1156

Your math skills are fine, but your logic and comprehension obviously don't follow suit. $40,000 x 0.0025 = $100 REI gave 0.25% of their gross sales. Gross sales are equivalent to your salary - you know... that money you get before taxes are taken out, and you buy food, and you pay the rent, etc etc etc. The 7.5% number I quoted - and you used incorrectly - was their giving based upon their profit after taxes, cost of goods sold, expenses, etc etc etc. As far as I can tell, it's a fair comparison. You're right, my logic and comprehension dont follow YOUR suit. But, god-willing, I think I can help you out there. Gross profits, fine, but sales? wow. If I sell 1 widget for $100, but it costs me $99 to produce and sell that widget, that doesnt leave me $10 to donate 10% OF PROFITS to charity. I only have a dollar in my pocket (and thats assuming no taxes). How am I gonna donate $10 to charity for that widget? Exerpted from Business for Dummies: Gross Sales - Costs (overhead, employee pay, business losses, etc) = Gross Profits Now, Gross profits - taxes on profits = Net profit Gross Profit for a business is analagous to gross salary for you or me. Net profit is like Net (takehome) Pay. You get back to me when you are ready for your next lesson: "How to make a logical and persuasive argument."

Shit, are .11a's considered moderates? Or is that just at Index? ... Knocked down yet another peg, not many left

Are you sure this wasn't some Will Ferrel bit? It sure sounded like him from his slow death scene in Austin Powers. This gets funnier every time I watch it. greatest lines: justice boy:"i HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITIoooooON." "HERE's YOUR FUCKING ABUSE OF POWER. HERE'S YOUR PATRIOT ACT." omg too damn funny. cop: "Stop fighting us. Comply." JB: "I'm not fighting you. I said. I. WOULD. LEAvvvvvE." cop: stand up. stand up. <zap> stand up. <zzap> stand up... repeat the exchange... I think the cops biggest mistake was setting their tazer to "bitchy crybaby". These college students feel like they need some injustice to rail against. Its Protest Envy; like they have to measure up to their counter parts from the 50s and 60s. And this is the hillarious result. Kent State = natl Gaurdsmen kill angry protesters; country goes into uproar over the images of state abuse. UCLA tazering = Kid gets zapped for being a bitch; indignant students get badge numbers and post crappy footage on UTUBE. This kid was blatantly trying to stir up a riot. The cops played right into this little bitch's hands by allowing him to carry on for so long. I think from now on you'll see these cops carrying duct tape.

Knelson, I'm not a big fan of their "Co-op" structure, but I also believe in fair criticism. Your math skills leave a bit to be desired, or is it your logic skills? .075 x $40,000 = $3,000, not $100 as you suggest by your analogy.

Yah, I've never bought into the body size thing to much. Sure, there are a handfull of routes that may be anatomy specific, like thin crack, but usually body size is used as an excuse for why you fail on something when it really is lack of skill or determination.

What reality are those crazy germans living in?

dump a bucket of chalk in yer tighty whities

hey Arc check your PMs

I am going to paint a twister board on the hood of my car. The spinner will go on the grill. This is a call to all nubile, female climbers that look good in prana pants to come spin and twist with me on the dream machine ...

Facing up to the truth can be a difficult process... I wish it wasnt so alarming but we really do need to WAKE THE FUCK UP!!!

Maybe you should be more careful about who you vote for... You can say the government is responsible for our problems--and they sure as heck are. But it is our duty as citizens to watch them closely and not roll over when the start to abuse their power. The blame ultimately rests on the lazy American public. We are insulated and feel secure in our SUVs, Rediculously large suburban dwellings, 401 Ks, Surround sound home entertainment theatres, seemingly endless supply of energy and material resources, etc. Well honey, the good times are coming to an end sooner than you may think. The world's oil production is peaking, if it hasnt already. No amount of drilling is going to catch up with the ever increasing demand. IT will become harder to justify the cost of gas guzzlers, the suburbs are going to become obsolete. A concrete and asphault wasteland. People will retreat to the cities. People will again begin to watch their wallets more closely, including just what the heck is the government spending their money on... We will unplug, pull our heads out of the sand, and realize we are living in a matrix of sorts. It will be very disorienting and confusing at first. There will be lots of anarchy and riots occuring in our own country. And if we arent careful, there will be Neo-Cons in control of our military, treasury, judiciary, and legislature. They will step up and tell us that if we keep them in power, they will "protect" us from all these scary things (which they helped shape in the first place). Before you know it, the 4th Reich will take power in America. The reality is that this may have already occurred, but the worst is yet to come. But there is hope... People are waking up. They are thinking more globally. They are seeing thru the smoke, mirrors, and distractions. Evil can only hide its face for so long before the stench gives it away... Keep up the consciousness. Our government needs a SEVERE reform or overhaul. I am not proposing open revolution... Revolutions are bloody and painful. There is power in numbers and especially unity. There are more of us (pawns, middle class, minor lords, and the oppressed) than there are of them (the ultra wealthy and powerful). Its not a race thing. Its a class thing. Simple as that. These people dont care about religion. They simply use it as a control tool. You really think Bush says a prayer before he signs orders to drop bombs, rape the environment, steal more money from the people and give it to his rich friends, etc. ""Dear Gawd. Please bless amurika as it tries to punish the evil-doers. Daddy told me that being poor is a sin. Please send a hurricane to wipe them from the earth. I will do my best to prevent people from trying to save these wretched sinners. Oh, thats the end of my prayyer. My little tallywacker is beginning to burn again. You must excuse me for a bathroom break. Your faithful master, Emperor Bush II

What a thread! Arch, I love how clearly you speak. The poetry like "miniver Cheevy" proves how valuble both history and art can be and further illustrates that to downplay their importance in our present "edukation" system is folly. I often swing between the "glory" of revolution and the "soberness" of slow reform. It seems to me that to build anything lasting in this life requires constant devotion. A "quick" revolution is not a better answer usually. Because what takes place after the revolution? A power grab. Therefore, I would agree that the american "revolution" was more disobedience and dissent than full-on revolution. After all, what revolution involves diplomacy? From my understanding of history, the battles of the revolution were more on par with skirmishes. How else did General Washington sit on his ass for an entire winter in Valley Forge? Most of the battles took place with economic and political maneuverings. The Brits simply gave up on trying to control the American colonies. The British crown was not overthrown, it was simply ignored.

Actually, GW's grandaddy had business dealings with hitler...

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