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Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!! :noway: Now you've left me with a horrid mental image that I can't shake. Oh Toto, there's no place like home! There's no place like home!

Is that a slanderous reference to my hirsuteness? BTW, fixt it 4 u

I did, but I'm too old to qualify as a "cub"

Steve, It is time. Go back to Castle. It's 30 years on now. Climb the same routes that you climbed the day Luke died. Honor him that way. Peace.

Yeah, that was pretty damn funny. Nice find, Dave!

Shit no, man! I recently saw some banner ads on this very site. We're being partially sponsored by CougarLife.com!!!1 They're looking for "cubs", and cc.com must be a target-rich environment...

Does rob's BoP Commander know of any hawt subordinates that might be looking for a studly Academy graduate, per chance??

I wouldn't give her phone number to my worst enemy. Not even you, Pat. I just couldn't live with myself knowing that I led someone to a horrible doom and ruin with her. Her rich attorney boyfriend, OTOH, deserves everything he's got coming to him. Good luck with that!

Yes, I am. You have no idea how indescribably delicious the feeling is right now, to be back in my own home,and without her in this town.

I am BACK IN MY HOUSE!!!1 Watched the sk**k drive away about an hour ago. Good riddance! She's headed your way, Westsiders, so watch out! Man, she left me with a pigsty...

Thanks man. It's all about my kids now. That, and trying to recover financially and emotionally. Long road ahead...

I gave no inference as to how I came to be in possession of the photo... One must remember this sentence: "I'm sorry, Senator. I have no recollection of that event."

Midget mummy found in pint-sized pyramid??? Say it ain't so!!!1 google search on Greta Ludland (scroll down below Greta's article)

At long last, after months and months of searching, I have found the avatar image that we have so loved for minx for so long (next to Bondage Duckie, of course) and what we thought was lost to us forever (no amount of Google Image searching would turn it up). It's a road sign along the highway to the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, in far western Nevada. Here you go, gurl. Just for you, from me.

@ letsroll- Love the avatar pic. Very Couloir-esque, but from a different vantage point of the subject matter. GAWD, how I miss Couloir. Well, his avatars, anyway...

My kids this past Christmas at Dad's spartan apartment. I get my house back this weekend. Note the red Beckey in the background of pic #2.

Axe, chainsaws, firearms....that oughta do it And accelerants. Lots and lots of accelerants...

And rob would know... Yay life!

Why, Doug? It's all true. She'd confirm it, too.

There has been a lot of good advice here (get some medical insurance, use your unemployment benefits legitimately, have a re-entry plan for when the money runs out, don't burn any bridges when you leave, etc.), but by far NOLSe's is the best advice I've seen yet on this thread. Ancient Chinese wisdom that I've found quite useful in my own life/career: "Choose job you like, never work day in life." I'm also an engineer, and I haven't "worked a day in my life" for the past 20-odd years. Yeah, there were "dues to pay" in the profession right out of college, but they were fun, young years of making my mark. Now I've "arrived" at a place where my word and opinion means something in this business. A few years ago I negotiated my hours down considerably to spend more time with family and kids. Best thing I ever did after becoming a suburban dad. My timesheet never reads more than 90 hours for a two-week period now, and that's manageable to still have a decent life after work. Sure, I should have taken more time off when I was younger, but I got out of engineering school at almost 30, having spent the years between high school and my second try at university sowing my oats and bumming around. I wasn't into climbing yet, but I did other things just as fun at the time (thru-hiking the AT, skydiving, WW rafting/kayaking, motorcycling, etc.). Never regretted it, and it made my second foray into college that much more enjoyable. So yeah, take the time off now, heed the advice you hear here, have a good time, and be prepared for when you tire of the road and want to come back to your career.

@ OW- I'm sure things will. They can't get much worse from this point on. @ Kurt- It was. I never want to do this again. That's fer sure. @Dave- I am telling you how I really feel!!!1 @ Stephen- Yes, it does. Give me some time to get my head back on straight...

It's about ***'n time for me to move back into my house, THAT'S WHAT TIME IT IS!!!1 The *****ing, **ing ****h moves her *****y ***t out of my house next Saturday, and I move back in. The divorce is still not final, but I am oh so close to crossing the finish line. I can see the ribbon from here. Sign me... Sobo, soon to be re-bachelored

In the rain? At Christmas? On Mt. Hood? What about the sequel?

If by "flip 180 degrees" you mean to rotate around the axis parallel to the long sides of the 'biners, assuming that a rope/sling/etc. goes through both 'biners, there's no way that's gonna happen. No, that's not what I mean, and you're correct, that can never happen if the biners have something passing through them. Yes, this is what I mean, and no, you're incorrect. Put the two biners together opposite and opposed, rotate one of them 180 degrees around an axis that is perpendicular to the plane of the biner, and the gates will line up, with both gates having the hinges side by side. Now both gates, if opened, will not trap the rope/sling/etc. All I ask is that you try this yourself. Reversed: Reversed and Opposed:

The Munter rappell is easier to remember than a carabiner brake, at least for me. And I use sports tape to turn a non-locker into a "locked" bail biner. Ghetto! Yes, knowing how to tie, and when to use, a Muenter hitch, as well as "ghetto workarounds" for locking biners, are all equally valuable snippets of knowledge to add to the toolbox.