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They were probably poaching anyway. that's a good one. So Reilly, from tvash's comment above (boring gig guarding the nukes), I gather you're a babysitter of nukes? SLBMs or land-based types?

Teach you should your Padawan not to catch lightsabers "on" that still are. Later, this training comes...

Actually, this w/e I'm taking down the Christmas tree and going back up on the roof to pull down the lights. I'm the last person to do so on the whole block. Dem lights don' look so purdy with all the snow gone...

Sadly Dane, I do not. If it were a Friday or Saturday night, I might be able to swing it with enough advance planning. But mid-week and having to be back at work the next morning, I just can't do it. My vacation balance is at an all-time low after T-Day, Christmas, and New Year's, and my workload is ramping up in anticipation of the stimulus package(s). This job is killing me! If you do go, please extend my warmest greetings to Carlos. PS: And how're you doing these days, buddy?

Yeah, a Chinook blew through here (Tri-Cities) yesterday evening as well. Almost 60*F at 8 p.m, with winds at 40-45 mph. About knocked my rig off the causeway. Everything's gone...

If Carlos stays true to his usual form, the talk/slideshow presentation will be predominantly about his experiences with the indigenous people he meets and to a lesser extent his climbing partners, and far far less about the actual rigors of the climbing. This is what makes his shows so special to me; it's his focus on the human element of his adventures. Here is some feedback from a show he did for us last spring in Yakima. It was a wonderful event, enjoyed by all. Go get some!

Hmmm. That was careless of me. Sorry. Still funny though. Imagine what the guy's son is thinking sitting there staring at pops? Not a personal affront, BT, just pointing out the time delay, as is proper form here in cc.com Spray. I agree, though, still hilarious. I was not aware that it was a father-son outing. That kinda makes it even funnier... "Dudes, I was boardin' with my old man over the weekend, and guess what happened to the old fossil on the chair ride..."

And not only that, it looks like there was no TP left on the roll. If the seat wasn't down, how come the other person ain't dangling too? BTW guys, denalidave picked up on this shit, like, fuq'n DAYS ago...

KO- I'm s'posed to have a penis pass for this weekend. If it's cold enough, ya wanna grab SP and head to Moses Coulee and get on that Robert Redford climb that Craig and Denise just did? That stuff looked sweet.

By my read of his blog, he never made it up to the windows in the first place.

Off hand, I can think of at least a half-dozen climbing moms on this board without straining my brain. That's enough to get the ball rolling and drag out the rest of the lurkers...

How long do I have to watch until that munchie thing blows animated fire out of it's mouth?

FW, I'm surprised at your lack of resourcefulness. Right-click on the pic, select Properties. Your question will be answered.

Of course it was a mistake. I invented the internet, remember? All teh interwebs are belong to me.

Oh Kieth, don't be so sardonically obtuse. Secrets, the secrecy of which is no more, were always intended to remain secret. I asked that Gary supply some citations of such "secret succor" that has been discovered, but which was intended to remain concealed by the participant(s). And I promise I won't hurt you... ever. Unless up close and personal buttshots are painful to you... :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

Ooooooooooo, I would never extend any pretensions to the Throne, by way of granted proxy or otherwise. The Throne belongs to you. I am just a humble observer of history; a citer of sources and works of others. I avert my eyes...

WTF are you talking about, Gary? This? Or, more seriously, this? List some instances of this "secret assistance" and cite your sources, Gary.

Found this, and just couldn't resist posting it... Mods, feel free to delete if in bad taste. I thought it was funny, and this is Spray after all.

Leaving aside the matter of how their economy got where it is for the moment, why - in your opinion - is it that Egypt, a vocal friend of the Palestinians, has erected a wall to keep the Palestinians out, and sends the army to seal the break every time that the Palestinians punch a hole through it? Nay, much more than fundamentally a Palestinian problem, Gary. It is much deeper than that; it's a problem faced by all the Arab-allied states. Jay asks a valid question as to why Egypt doesn't want to see the Gaza Strip explode (although that may already be too late to prevent). To gain some perspective on that question, noodle on this article from last week's Jerusalem Post, (before the Israeli ground invasion): Israel's reluctant allies Interesting read...

I wouldn't call it a "direct" response when they assassinate folks 10 years later, even when those folks have grown out of terrorism, or when they assassinate an innocent in Norway from poor intelligence. What happened in Lillehammer was an unfortunate case of mistaken identity, I'll grant you that. But despite your line of reasoning, it was a direct response, coming out of the senseless murder of 11 athletes who were "guilty" of nothing other than being Jews. In civilized society, there is no statute of limitations on murder. So I do not begrudge the Mossad for keeping up the hunt on the Israeli Olympians' murderers till all of them were either assassinated or dead by other causes, no matter how many years it took, any more than I do not begrudge the Simon Wiesenthal group for keeping up the hunt for escaped Nazi war criminals. Again, there is no statute of limitations on murder.

I recall hearing on the news recently that around 3,000 rockets and/or mortars were lobbed at Isreal in the 12 months of 2008. The "attacks in 2008" link below states the same statistic that I heard on NPR. That's about the same as 2005, 2006, and 2007 combined in Don's graph, and averages about 8 hits per day for each and every day of the year. That's pretty amazing... and not a little bit frightening. A little Googling and Wiki-ing brings up these citations: Quassam rocket attacks upon Israel from 2001 to 2007 Rocket and mortar attacks upon Israel in 2008 And look at this! A brand new Wikipedia listing: Rocket and mortar attacks upon Israel in 2009 I expect this page will see regular updates in the coming weeks and months...

Jeebus, STP, give the guy a break. He's been out of the hairstyle fashion loop for 7 years. He has no earthly idea what is haute coiffure these days, and it's not his fault.

Every time a new page opens or is refreshed, the right-side scroll bar drops all the way to the bottom of the page. This just started doing this again today. Irritating... Also, the embedded quote function still isn't fixed. After the 4th or 5th embedded quote, the names in the "quote boxes" fuck up and the quotes become misattributed to the wrong posters. When you look at the code in the edit/reply pane, it's all correct. It just doesn't post correctly in the view/reading pane. Also irritating...

stfu bug This is why I luv Spray.

FW, I still think that a return to the 1948 borders is a good faith effort first step. It would give them some needed credibility and solidify Israel's position with the world community, or at the very least the UN member states, if they were to return to their 1948 borders and abide by UN Resolution #242. At the very least, they would have "right on their side" which is a good first step if you're looking for support from a global organization ostensibly dedicated to world peace. If rogue Arab states and/or terrorist groups/states want to continue to press the issue of refusing Israel's right to exist, it would be a whole helluva lot easier to assemble a UN coalition to do something to thwart that if Israel came back into line first. Consider this analogy: States like Iran and groups like Hamas gain traction with their rhetoric because Israel is "behaving just as badly" and the world community feels like an exasperated parent trying to separate two bickering brats. When one of those brats shapes up into a decent kid, its a whole lot easier for the parent to determine which kid is acting out of line, and what to do about it. Iran, Hamas, and other states are emboldened because Israel acts irresponsibly, too. Does anyone really take Kim Jong-il seriously? Sure, he gets some attention lavished upon him from time to time, but he's really just the "lone brat" in his little part of the world, and the "parents" all know how to deal with him. He has isolated himself and his nation, and made himself into nothing less than "that ADD kid" pariah we all avoided in grade school. He's a non-factor to whom no one gives any serious attention. The same would become of Ahmadinejad and others if Israel started behaving in a less reactionary fashion and returned to its borders and retaliated less aggressively. I'm not saying that Israel should not defend itself against all comers. But a week-long bombing campaign (that has exacted a death toll roughly 100X that which the Israelis suffered) in response to a week-long rocket attack is a bit much, don't you think? And just so we're all aware, Israel launched a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip today. Is this not a bit too over the top?