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the humor is great in the books, I'd definitely recommend reading the series.

Ahhh, so you are an opera man, but not a zealot since you won't harp on me . I basically chose FF at the time because it was free. I know I can get Opera for free by watching ads, but that is one thing I love about FF is a good adblocker...

Dru, you have way too much time on your hands. Where do you find this shit?

Are they eating their ugly children by chance?

Or maybe the theme to mighty mouse

damn bugs. Does anyone have a can of RAID!!!

I can hear the james bond theme in the background...

So, you like the bald guys!!!

How often do the parking passes get checked? I have never purchased one, and have never received a ticket (I generally have only been climbing at vantage 3 or 4 times a year)...

that means you're up there with Caldwell and Sharma and whoever else has said they have climbed a 5.15!!! Congrats!!!

I remember there being a single bolt at the top of the pedestal. I have used this with a short draw to direct the rope and finish the pitch at the base of the headwall. It does add a bit of rope drag, but I have never found it to be too bad.

I'd love to have a Mac at work!! Hell, I'd love to have one at home too. PC's have been too scattered to make the hardware and software match. Apple has considerably helped the Mac by keeping its mfg and operating system within Apple (However, this probably did hurt sales). I rarely hear of any mac user having issues with hardware compatibility. The biggest complaint is that there is not enough out there, but that has been changing recently.

To become famous of course. Why else would you want to squirt milk out of your eye?! The snake thing is kind of cool though...

Yep, just be sure to tell Rock and Ice first. sorry, only a 5.12b 5 never stops, you can just keep adding them up. No, diedre is too easy to get a sit start rating yes, all free soloing is just like bouldering. and the sit start for the grandwall must add at least an e or an f to the rating.

So how can you bypass that thin finger crack on the last main headwall pitch? I always found that move to be the hardest, plus the exposure is great stepping off of library ledge. The traverse is not too bad, I remember stretching out a bit to find some decent feet. Then you go and it is over with. 5.9 for the route as a whole is relatively honest. People who don't lead much 5.9, will be freaked out in a few spots, but can sew them up. I agree with Strickland, be prepared to runout those 5.6/5.7 handcracks. They are a blast. You can sew them up, but if you do, you are bringing in way too much big gear.

What really sucks is that all of my work Intranet is setup using ActiveX, which Firefox said hell no to, due to security issues. So, I use Firefox for everything but Intranet schtuff...

Key Arena is next

I heard they added a romance interest to the story to make the movie sell better. I plan on watching it, but I hate how every movie has to have a love story in it...

huh? does that mean I can't drink coffee and use Opera at the same time?

I'd call it 10c. It is sustained, but not super hard. i know it is not an 11. Plus it is easier than Sloe Children, and Sloe Children is a 10d... But, I always suck at giving things ratings, and just know if I can climb it or not, so you may want to take this with a grain of salt...

Boeing was just looking for the cheapest route, and the state was trying to keep some pride. The jobs story is just a bunch of number throwing. Depending on what anlayst you ask, I am sure the jobs number can vary from loss of jobs to many times the 3000. I am sure some folks in the state office got a nice bonus for keeping Boeing in Washington, and all us taxpayers get to foot the eventual bill. I definitely think that it is a subsidy, but in the world of the WTO, tax breaks are fair game. Airbus gets them too. The subsidy fight is over the cheap loans that Airbus gets and Boeing doesn't. Basically a pissing match. Boeing does get more military money than Airbus does, so can Airbus consider those subsidies, since the military work is design work and build paid in full. Whereas new production must be financed...

kirk of course, he always got the woman in the end.

you are all so brutal...