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So... who can climb this stuff? The easiest thing up there is M7+ (whatever that means), right? I remember seeing this wall on the way up to the Tooth, and then reading about it later. It feels weird, kind of like I'd feel if I were hiking on Tiger Mountain and ran across, say, To Bolt Or Not To Be.

she's probably already well acquainted with her husband's strengths and shortcomings and would not be shocked.

or perhaps they pooped in his food and not yours

'cept for some reason you don't see many skiiers sideslipping down the entire length of a run.

that's not what he meant

While I applaud the appeal to personal responsibility, this is a gross oversimplification. It's undeniable that your environment shapes you, and almost nobody has complete control over their emotions like you suggest.

That said, I think free enterprise usually works the way it's supposed to- where there's a demand, someone will step up to provide. So... what do you do about that? I've always thought it was a weird dichotomy, that there's a lot of attention given to the way magazines and tv are making people feel like they need to be thin, while at the same time you hear a lot about how we're all getting fat. So it's like... the magazines and tv aren't working?

Legit eating disorders are only one possible impact, and maybe the far end of a spectrum of possible impacts. You may also consider the possibility that media makes women pissed off and unhappy in a variety of less severe and less measurable ways. I know media makes this man pissed off and unhappy in a number of less severe and less measurable ways...

I give us 10 years before we realize that China is whooping our asses.

Don't they already take fingerprints from arrested suspects?

gustav's fans can't fathom it, that someone has a different opinion from theirs...

You make some excellent points! But, you are a wanker. Fleeing is always the easy way out.

rock shoes are aid

Yes, you can! This is the thing the Republicans have had on the Democrats. When people spoke of support for Bush, this was was what they cited. He held his views with conviction. He was a "strong leader".

How can someone be "ready" for something that they have already done? Okay, what does "ready" mean? Can you do something without being "ready"? If we're ready to elect a woman (or an african-american, or a hispanic, or cross-dresser, or whatever other classification of person we have never elected before), will we just do it? Or is it more compicated than that? Ready vs not-ready is probably too much of a simplification to mean very much. The only real way you could argue we're not ready is to have a woman who is clearly the most qualified candidate toss her hat in the ring and then lose. I doubt anyone will be able to agree that this is the case. Likewise, I think the only proof that we were ready to do something is that we did it.

What does it mean to be "ready" for something but to have not done it yet?

In my experience the cat usually wears the pants in the cat/dog relationship. Sharper claws and more will to use 'em.

Cool. You guys checked out APOD?

Al is controlled by a fat marmot.

We are condescendingly digging at you because you're acting like a tool.

I am thinking that the people around here are just kind of uppity bitches and are too good to say thank you. Or maybe they're too oblivious to realize someone has been considerate to them. I've never lived anywhere else though so maybe some transplant can comment? Al_Pine, your posts seem angsty. Reading between the lines, it sounds like you have women problems. My guess is the problems are: they don't like you because you're a dick. Ok technically that's just one problem.

I try hard to be a courteous driver. I almost always let you into my lane when you need it. Even when you've pulled a fairly jackass maneuver like trying to pass me just as your lane is ending, I go out of my way to leave a gap for you. Sometimes it's very obvious. Sometimes it involves me stepping on the brake, which I hate to do. But it's better this way, it doesn't do traffic any good to block you out as punishment. And I'm being nice. So why don't you wave?

It seems like a bad idea to me too. Not a disastrous idea, but a bad idea.

I think there's no info on harnesses in the Gear Critic section because nobody cares about what harness they use.

which in this case is http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/503/18STC_2965a.jpg