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Are you suggesting that the State would do something untoward for money?

I'm also very uncomfortable with camera surveillance. What if the camera points towards your front window and the cops 'think' they see you doing something illegal inside your own home, then raid your place based on that? It's a "tool" that can too easily be manipulated by the state for less than savory purposes. The State, after all, does not exist to monitor our behavior. We exist to monitor the behavior of the State.

An obvious affront to WA & US constitutions, and another example of why the vote was 50/50 in a heavily blue state. Rossi 2008! Where is Single Issue Man when you need him? Checkpoints have already been rejected by the courts in this state. Hopefully, this will prevent Gregoire from pushing this violation of privacy further. Checkpoints are a convenient way to mask overly invasive searches based on criteria that are unconstitutional, such as racial profiling. Four young black males in a car? "Step out of the vehicle, sir". Everybody gets stopped, which masks the fact that only "certain kinds" of people get searched based on criteria that do not necessarily included the smell of alcohol or erratic driving. Drunk driving is a problem, no doubt. Checkpoints are not a way to address that jibes with our fundamental value against searches and seizures without probable cause.

Just make sure the rear seat folds down into the trunk for the skis/boards, brah. The roads to Mammoth are pretty well maintained, but, then again, storms do happen.

Expedia, dude. Or Travelocity. Or some other travel site. You might not find the funky little cheap deals in LA like in small town HI.

One word: Mesahchie. Until you've been there, you don't know from shitty gulley.

BTW, mods, you've done an excellent job in the TR section. Out of all the posters on this site, only FW and KKK have taken my postings there and dragged them into Spray, but the good vibes from everyone else drowns that shit out pretty effectively. I don't recall ever posting anything but compliments or TRs there, but if you've evidence that my memory is selective, feel free to let me know, then kindly burn my village to the ground with me in it.

we've (we is collective here, across the group, threads and past conversations when this accusation is thrown out) been over a) many times. i'm not salaried, not that it's any of your business. maybe, I'm like you and I can "do whatever the fuck I want", after all. b) more evidence of what I posted above c) YOU obviously take this site and yourself very seriously. and you do it to extremes that nobody else does. now go lick sack. You are 100% correct, now and from now on. And I am bored.

If there's a shitty gulley within a hundred miles, a Mountie can find it. Actually, I'm grateful to the Mounties for their inexpensive and comprehensive courses which made a big difference when I was first starting out. The Everett Branch was a really fun group at the time.

Point taken and agreed with, and here here.

you've got more posts in half the time as a member here. and some days you carry on conversations with yourself... very disturbing. Add in the continual self-editing, and it's almost scary. Well, all the regulars are probably a bit OCD here. I'll readily admit it. Except...you, of course. A few distinctions are in order, however, while were pointing virtual fingers: a) You screw your employer by posting on company time...A LOT. b) Some of my posts are actually climbing related. c) You seem to believe that some on this site actually take this shit seriously. Heh heh.

Ho ho, did someone get a widdle note from a moderator because they were being naughty? If so, you got the note because you were being an asshole, pal. I've never complained to the mods about anything on this site...but your admission (and paranoid response) is pretty funny. Ya see, there's a whole part of this site you may be unfamiliar with that's about climbers actually sharing their experiences through stories and photos. They're called Trip Reports, or TRs for short. It's kind of the main reason why the site exists. Other climbers actually like reading about and seeing photos from trips. Now, I know this is a difficult concept for you....

Man, you just don't get it. I'll clue you in: STFU. Quit posturing, bragging, challenging other people's abilities, acting like a fucking know-it-all on every topic. Post less. Edit less. Try to be a little more humble, a little less OCD. Keep spray in spray, separate from other forums here, and personal lives out of Spray. That'd be a good start. Otherwise, expect to get pounded repeatedly. 5303: Post less? You don't pound me, KKK, you do the only thing a clown can do: you amuse me. As for your "influence", well, let's just say it's been as effective as your beloved President so far, eh? But keep the advice coming. It's really....helpful.

You and FW have made a lot of the Triple Couloirs rope management photo. A laughable critique, since this route is well beyond your abilities. For your benefit as a newbie, however, I'll explain exactly what went down at the time. a) My belayer had hypothermia. He had just eaten something and put on his puffy when we swapped leads, but he was still barely recovering. In fact, he was barely able to stay conscious while belaying me up that (the crux) pitch. Getting him up and past the crux quickly so he could warm up, on to easier terrain, and off the mountain, was my primary concern. We knew there was weather coming in, so time was even more critical. Going back down in his condition would have been more time consuming and dangerous. b) The rope was flaked properly, but it was 20 degrees out, and the frozen rope slipped down the slope, as shown in the photo. c) I didn't care enough to redress the rope. The slab was clean; nothing to catch on, I was in an awkward hanging belay, and I was in a hurry to get my partner up and safe. Textbook Mounty rope management simply didn't matter at the time. So, given the situation, I made all the right decisions, and would play it exactly the same way were it to happen that way again. Any more advice? For anyone who gives the remotest shit, and that's probably no one who actually climbs, the TR and photos appear here: Triple Couloir

2 hours of riding yesterday, followed by some scotch. And I don't have bitch titties like you. Either you overeat, or it's bad genetics. Bummer dude. As for TRs... hmm didn't you cry to a moderator about people commenting on your TRs in Spray? Then again, the idea of "practice what you preach" has never held much sway with you. And, no, not all of us feel compelled to post a TR for everything we do. Man you love yourself... but I guess someone has to. Poor Trashie, you have to derive your self-worth by standards for others to view you by, and by making comparisons. Really pathetic. Gee, if I lead at a level above you will you suddenly feel so crushed? From Tiger Mountain speed record bragging, to your Ice Climbing excursions and impressive "5.8"+ leads, the pattern is repeated. BTW, you might try working on your rope-management. Leaving a strand dangling 100 feet downslope is not really great form. I'm certain you can fit that practice in between your racquetball and martini. That's quite a long response full of interesting assumptions. You and FW have created a whole imaginary Tvash World, haven't you? I'm very flattered. I'm sorry to say that there is no KKK/FW World to reciprocate with. Plus, you've been pretty generous with advice lately. It can happen when you care too much. Not that advice from a pasty cube monkey who, despite his oft touted academic credentials (embarrassing, even for an unsympathetic observer), is continually flummoxed by our little game of online checkers here (Hugh? Is that you?), is not valid. After all, even advice from mediocrity is useful in its own special way. But, hey, by all means stick around. After all, you might eventually get one of my jokes.

Gee, hasn't seemed to help much. Try posting on cc.com less, obsessing about your gear less, and get your ass outside. Great advice. Loved your TRs from this year, BTW. Awesome. As for today: 40 minutes of weights, an hour of raquetball, and 45 minutes of incline treadmill already. How about you? Oh, yeah, you "bike to work". Maybe you could send me some training tips. I need to break through that 5.8 ceiling.... Someday I might climb like you. I'm hoping that, if strokes are in my future, they'll be delayed as long as possible, however.

Better buy some fancy heart monitors and stuff. That'll help you going forward. editing your posts doesn't burn too many calories. I recommend you go for a bike ride instead. you'd be surprised how quickly your boobies will shrink. I don't know. I'm training for climbing, not booby shrinkage. Cycling hasn't helped you much in either area, so I'll stick with my plan. Thanks for the suggestion, though. Say, you haven't been rear ended since you hung your ballz from the rear bumper, have you? If so, don't even bother shelling out the copay for surgery...just join a choir.

Yeah, heart rate monitors are definitely useful for efficiently training to increase long duration VO2 max and improving lactic acid tolerance. You're right on the money, there.

I'm past the plateau now, and well into January's regimen. Thanks for asking. Hope they're able to re-attach your balls, even if you don't make much use of them. You might ask the surgeons to pick the road grit out of them first, though.

Classic CC armchair schoolmarmism at its best. One thing we might all agree on however: that cellphone happy girlfriend has been very, very bad. She needs a good, sound spanking.

You might also inform mamacita that your nutz are no longer attached, but, like the rest of us, she's probably figured that out already.

"Beetches? We don' need no steenkin' beetches!"

It's like evolution: no (rhetorical) niche remains unexploited, particularly those that have been used in the past. Race and gender are still huge emotional issues in this country. Manipulating or hiding behind them is not the way forward, but campaigns are want to use emotional ideas that have worked in the past. Clinton is the biggest potential loser here. Even if she gets the nomination, McCain (who I believe will get the GOP slot unless the party's even dumber than I thought) need only sit back and watch the destruction, then exploit an already damaged candidate. He's got the strong military (and therefore racially egalitarian) background to do so.

If you're surprised, then you've got a few things to learn about racial politics. Obama's always been on the ropes with many blacks because he's embraced the white world. As they say in the lingo, he's a "bargainer" (he believes that if you're white, you're innocent until proven guilty), not a "challenger" (whites are guilty until proven innocent). Sharpton and Jackson, for example, are "challengers". Tell ya what; I'll give Erica a call and see what she thinks.

Oh, them? I hosed them off the parking strip a while ago.