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I started my daughter climbing when she was 4. She loves it, but hates being lowered. This spring we're going to practice lowering on the ramp out at Schurman Rock.

Isn't he nearing 600 now?

Is this why I often see construction guys standing around? I'm in the wrong industry....

my coworkers point out this means I have 48 hours of slack time. Clearly they don't know me very well.

This morning, I receive a call from an employee at a Charlotte, N.C. company informing me that he's receiving all of my corporate email. Turns out that his company was recently aquired by mine, and his new corporate network alias is identical to my alias, save for two letters. And now he's getting my mail. He called helpdesk and reported the problem, and they closed his service request, stating that they couldn't do anything to help and advised he "wait and see if it resolved itself on its own." WTF? Thinking it's probably NOT going to resolve itself on it's own, I called up helpdesk myself and complained that somebody else is receiving my VIAGRA spam. So what does the guy at helpdesk ask me to do? That's right -- reboot. I'm able to convince him to put the bong down, and that the problem is unlikely to be at MY end, and so he escalates my issue to tier 2. OOOH, Tier 2! That sounds serious. They're not messing around. He informs me that tier 2 will contact me within 48 hours -- and guess just how they will contact me? That's right, by EMAIL. I asked him just how, exactly, were they planning on contacting me via email? There was silence at the other end, followed by a blank "what do you mean?" Exasperated, I say "You know...cause I'm not GETTING any email." Confused, he repeats the mantra: "Tier 2 will assist you via email within 48 hours, sir." Do they all sit around and get high over there, or what?

I think east coasters are bunch of fucking whiners. "Whaaa, seattle people are so cold, whaaaa" fuckin wankers

trick question. He's not wearing a harness.

As I understand it, and from talking to brew supply shops, the high-cost of hops has a lot to do with a disasterous 2006 growing season combined with a large warehouse fire which destroyed 4% of the entire US crop. On top of that, as grtmtnchic points out, a lot of hop farmers quit the business a decade ago when there was a glut of hops on the market, but now all that oversupply has been depleted, allowing no relief to the awful season of 2006. The big brewers tend to manage their own hop farms to ensure consistent "quality" so I think its mostly micro-brewers and home-brewers being hit by the rising cost of hops.

I remember last year some really good lookin' guy named rob brought some vegan sausages.

A lawyer telephoned the governor just after midnight, insisting that he talk to him regarding a matter of utmost urgency. An aide eventually agreed to wake up the governor. "So, what is it?" grumbled the governor. "Judge Garber has just died" said the lawyer, "and I want to take his place." Replied the governor "Well, its OK with me if its OK with the undertaker."

If you drink too much and throw up in the sink, are you bulimic?

So, I get it on the nalgenes. But is it acceptable to clip a kleen kanteen to my harness?

I bet the FAs of most classic alpine routes in the cascades were done on 50m (or less) ropes. I just kinda pulled that out of my ass, but it seems like a realistic assumption. How much weight would you save? Most single ropes are like, what, 65 grams/meter? So you save like 23 ounces with a 50m vs 60m rope? I guess that's signifigant. Why would you chop 10 meters off? Why not just buy a 50? I see them for sale all the time, usually cheaper too. I own a 50m which is pretty new.

But, should I just buy Klean Kanteens instead? Will this make me cool? Thanks!

That's gotta be the ignorant statement of the year, or at least the day. There are a lot of obnoxious and a few even criminal trial lawyers out there, but our legal system is built on the idea that the private citizens can bring their issues before a court and there are generally two (sometimes more) distinct sides to any question. Trial lawyers are essential for civil society unless you want to have some centralized top-down structure for the resolution of all disputes and claims. There's nothing ignorant about it at all. We have too many lawyers (vultures) looking to make money first, fuck if it is right or wrong. Why do you blame the trial lawyer? Some Californian mother filed the suit, the lawyer is just doing the job he was hired to do. Why do you assume the lawyer is "looking to make money first?"

hey, I have a bunch of nalgene bottles and I've heard that they may be bad for me. Is this true? Please advise.... TIA!

There's a hidden story here.

Early this morning, while jogging through capitol hill, I discovered a pair of jeans, with a belt still attached (and clasped), lying next to a pair of clean, white socks and a t-shirt. WTF is the story behind that one? Did their owner vanish, leaving the articles of clothing to fall, empty, onto the ground like Obi Wan's robe? Spontaneous combustion? I should have checked the jeans for a wallet, but I was afraid to touch them.

kitty porn?

I've gotta give her credit for drinking a shot? I do that often enough, nobody ever gives me credit though....

your mom

Who gives a fuck how the bonobos act. Do they study us to decide how they should act? Humans do what they do. If we do it, then it's natural for us to do it. How can anything we do be "unnatural?"

intense beer drinking is sounding pretty good to me

was in the icicle today. The skies were blue, the rock was dry and the approaches were snowless. You missed it, suckas!

I always see posts from other people, "Fred wants so-and-so", "Fred looking for such-and-such" -- can't he post on the interwebs himself?