Ireneo_Funes

I think conscious works too.

That would be sweet, but Dru would probably appreciate it even more than me.

To you it's a non-story, but there's plenty of people who've been trying to figure out the guy's identity for 30 years.

Could not have said it better myself.

Yeah, but the 18th century was a different age, technologically speaking. Your .22s or .45s or whatever won't do much against the black helicopters full of jackbooted thugs armed with assault weapons and such. Or nuclear bombs. Which isn't to say I disagree with your underlying premise about freedom being something that you have to fight for - just that practically speaking, peashooters probably don't do all that much to preserve our liberty.

I heard a cute little kitty dies every time you place a hex. Is this true?

My buddy wants to take his brother (coming in from out of state and new to climbing) up the North Ridge/Standard route. I was thinking of making it a 3 Fingered Jack/Mt Washington weekend to double the choss scrambling funtimes. OK, so is "pinnacle" the wrong term? Maybe "summit lump"? Or "summit heap"?

I can't get enough of this yearbook photo.

That makes sense! I'm certainly convinced, thanks! Well, Snafflehunter, you really have to be careful using "sarchasm" around folks like DFA. Between liberal tree-hugging muffins like the good doctor and red-blooded patriots like yourself there exists a real cultural void, an unbridgeable chasm, if you will. It's pretty easy for one party to misunderstand the other and the next thing you know, someone's getting chastised for not picking up on the "sarchasm."

So has anyone been up the north ridge of Mt Washington recently? Is there much snow to deal with on the summit pinnacle?

DFA, while you're doing a great job of mocking the illiterate, you might want to recheck your spelling of "plagiarism." Maybe we're bordering on progeny? Or polyphiloprogeny? Even more likely given the cleverness on display here.

Whether or not what was printed in the Newsweek story was factual, it seems like a lot of folks are willing to believe that the US doesn't treat POWs right. I wonder why?

I used to have a Walrus tent (bought it about 15 years ago), and I can't say I was super impressed. It was a lightweight backpacking tent, and the only thing it really had going for it was that it was incredibly light. It didn't come with a fly (the walls were supposed to be waterproof), and whenever it rained the water would wick through, soaking everything. Their higher-end tents might have been better.

Will you sip bacardi like it's your birthday? Cheers!

These pictures are both hilarious and sad. I didn't know "tinhat" was an adjective (guess it is now), but this makes me inclined to agree with Stonehead's tinhat theory about police-state indoctrination.

Do you think so?

seminal work got...[whatever]?

a simile can be a cliche. in fact, most are cliches.

Someone I Care About Well I don't want just a girl to fool around with Well I don't want just a girl to ball alright What I want is a girl that I care about Or I want nothing at all. nothing at all, Alright well Well I won't pretend I like a girl if I really don't And act like she's great when she makes me feel appalled All I want is a girl that I care about Or I want nothing at all. nothing at all Well I don't want some cocaine sniffing triumph in the bar Well I don't want a triumph in the car I don't want to make a rich girl crawl What I want is a girl that I care about Or I want no one at all Alright, listen to this now. Picture this: I'm walking with my girlfriend 28 misguided souls combined say, "We're moving in" There's a certain kind of girl that you care about so much You say, "I don't care what you guys do to me, but her, don't touch" 'Cause I don't want just a girl to fool around with I don't want just a girl to ball What I want is a girl that I care about Or I want nothing at all Oh all right Well I don't want just a girl to fool around with, no I don't want just a girl to ball, no What I want is a girl that I care about Or I want nothing at all. All right gentlemen.

I've always used friggatriskaidekaphobia, myself. Must be my northern European heritage.

no you didn't! don't go there don't even

So if I don't use the roads and highways, I shouldn't have to pay taxes for their upkeep? If I don't have kids, I shouldn't have to pay taxes for schools? It seems like if our forests and wilderness areas were truly public, their maintenance would be covered through general taxation. User fees start us down a slippery slope towards privatization, I think.

Dick Van or Jerry Van? Just stage names. His real name was Penis Van Lesbian.

I am so there