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Steam tunneling was always a blast at VA Tech. Expulsion was the price for being caught. It made for a very committing experience. Also, climbing and rapping off the tower cranes on campus that were putting up new buildings was always top notch, late-night fun and games! What's RFing? Rappel-Fucking??? Early form of clucking?

If you were in your mid-20s or so, then I'd say that you were pretty slow in your development. But at 42, Jeez, that's fuk'n great, man! Way to stay in shape.

Walked around the corner to the kitchen for another BB Porter, and what did I find? We had an open house last night for our new office location. Wally, the office manager, had brought out the leftover wine offerings. I'm into a charming glass of Goose Ridge 2005 Cab. It's not entirely tantalizing, yet I'm amused by its presumption.

Five Ks, Sugar... only five Ks are required...

20% abv??? FAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWK!!!1

Went out solo and practically committed Recreational Darwinism in a pair of leather hiking boots at a limestone quarry near Front Royal, VA. Survived, but only barely. Shortly thereafter, I was out hiking on Old Rag Mountain and ran into some folks who were just concluding a day of climbing. They told me that they were going to be at Seneca Rocks, WV, in a couple of weeks, and that should I show up, they would outfit me and allow me to tag along with them. It was about this same time of year... I got off my shift at midnight, and headed for Seneca. As luck would have it, a freak snowstorm hit and filled the roadways with a coupla feet of snow. I pushed on through and made it to the parking lot, but no one else was there (gee, ya think??). I got snowed in, and had to wait two or three days until someone showed up and helped to push me out. It was five years and four states later that I finally ended up back in Virginia at school at VA Tech. I joined the VA Tech Cave Club, and did that hard for my freshman year. In so doing, I hooked up with two guys, Frank Gibson and Psycho (Mike), who became my caving mentors. At one point early in my second year at Tech, I asked what cave we were going to map the upcoming weekend. Frank responded that "we" weren't going caving, but that he and Psycho were going rock climbing instead. The conversation went something like this: Me: Rock climbing... I tried that once, sorta... What's it really like? Frank: Well, it's a lot like what we do in caves, only it's sunny. And warm. And dry. And the air is fresh, and you don't smell like carbide when you're done. And you don't have to sleep underground all weekend. In fact, it's a helluva lot more fun that caving, come to think of it... Me: Can I come along? Frank: Hmmmmmmm... sure, we'll have fun. I think I went caving all of 3 or 4 times in all of my remaining years at Tech after that first climbing trip.

I don't partake of the traditional "safety break" fare any more; haven't for a very long time. But I am launching into the first of what is sure to be several Black Butte Porters. mmmmmmmmmm... You?

That was beautiful, Doug. A knock-knock joke in pictures. The last one says it all...

I have no idea how long that vid was going to go on (because the timer in the lower right corner wouldn't work), but I couldn't get past the first minute.

That may actually be what killed off the Mammoths. Actually, mammoths were just too large to fit on Noah's Ark. Pet Well hell, that's plenty enough facts for me. Where do I sign up to be a Creationist believer?

I remember that movie from when I was a kid. Always liked it, especially that scene. Kinda gets ya right there.

Both of those comments are pretty fuk'n funny.

Creationist theory... what a crock o' shit! From the slack-jawed creationist breeder: "It takes a lot more faith to believe in evolution. A lot more. There's a lot less facts." Loved the line from the Indiana Jones guy: "The only thing missing is the 'Yabba dabba doo.'"

The RMoG are pretty damned funny, but my favorites are the two "beer scientist" cut-outs (a la Monty Python) from the Guinness ads. "Beer in bottles... BRILLIANT!!!1 What else ya got?"

I don't think any of us know enough of what went on behind the scenes before this kid pulled the trigger. He could have quietly suffered years of abuse before he decided he'd had enough. Or he could be a psychopath. I'm not excusing the kid for what he's done, but none of us here know enough about the case to make snarky comments like that, Norm.

Don't forget to stock up on Lowe Tri-cams!!!1

can a doorknob be said to be more than scintillating?

is that because your banning finger got better?

Glad to see you finally got the number of Ks right...

Scott- Mountainmatt has the beta. No alpine, as the tallest thing in NC is less than 7,000 feet, still below treeline. As he said, check out Whitesides and Looking Glass. Excellent multipitch on sweet granite. Don't forget to visit Linville Gorge. FYI, it has been documented that you can climb ice on Stone Mountain (the one in NC, not the blob of the same name in Georgia) at Stone Mountain State Park. The runoff freezes in the water grooves, and the FA-ists that bolted the slab lines had the foresight to place the bolts out of the grooves. So you can climb thin ice and be bolt-protected, although the bolts are about 40-50 feet apart on all the routes. This was 25 years ago, so YMMV now. I have the old Dixie Crystals guide for SMSP; I could scan it for you if you thought that you might get up thataway. Stone Mountain, NC (photo from link provided by mountainmatt) This place is where I developed my penchant for run-out slab climbing. Now y'all know why I love Lightning Dome so goddamned much!

This thread readily brings to mind one of the more classic celluloid examples of a military communication exchange... Where in the hell are you from anyway, Private? Sir! Texas, sir! HOLY DOGSHIT!! TEXAS!!?? Only steers and queers come from Texas, Private Cowboy! And you don't much look like a steer to me, so that kinda narrows it down! This entire scene is the mostest funnier thing I've ever seen on the big screen. Never fails to crack me up.

Skykomish, WA, 0-1 Naches, WA, 1-3 Walla Walla, WA, 3-9 Tirrenia (Pisa), Italy, 9-10 Montenero, Italy, 10-11 Tirrenia (Pisa), Italy, 11-13 Idaho Falls, ID, 13-15 Tirrenia (Pisa), Italy, 15-16 Front Royal, VA, 16-20 Houston, TX, 20-21 Huntington Beach, CA, 21 Houston, TX, 21-23 Blacksburg, VA, 23-28 GO HOKIES!!!1 Walla Walla, WA, 28-29 Kennewick, WA, 29-33 Yakima, WA, 33-34 Richland, WA, 34-37 Anchorage, AK, 37 Yakima, WA, 37-45 Kennewick, WA, 45-present I consider myself a Native Washingtonian

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Hey Keith, edit the length of your elipsis, wouldja please? It's fucking with my frame width. OKTHNXBAI!

He is 34. She is 27. Their relationship is doomed. DOOMED, I tell ya!