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Dude! Don't say the 'r' word!! D00d, by having the canopy (ergo, prepared for rain), ipso facto guarantees that it won't rain. It only rains when you're not prepared for it.

Done! I'll bring the Quik-Shade, just in case of rain...

Weather looks bee-uuu-tee-full. Bummer I couldn't go. Also, too bad you got stymied by the route/rappel finding and ran out of time, cuz the NF of Concord is a great moderate route. The last 15 feet are freakin' awesome.

Excellent, I'll leave the tent at home. Westfalia livin', here I come!!!1

FAWWWWWWK, NO FIREWOOD!!?? WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!1

That's just darling, Skeezix. That one needs to be posted up in the Kids forum under that Kids in the Outdoors thread. Too cool.

OMG ONLY 7000 POSTS STFU N00B Didtcha mean "STFU NOOBIE GAPER JONG?" Jeepurz you two, why all the fucking hate? Quit harshin' and put on your mellow.

and the last exclamation point shoulda been a "1" w00t w00t!!!1 This post makes for 7,000 pearls of wisdom.

Jens got pwn'd by The Man. justifiably so

Meh! I thought it was Tinkerbell out for a limo cr00z. sickie

Mine's fixed! Thanks Porter! Mine's fixed, too! Ditto on the thanks, Porter! :brew: PS: Nice buns, C.

Oh, I don't know that it is the best way... you could always wander in to a retail location, try on a bunch of stuff and then loudly brag that you won't be paying these prices because your organization XYZ has a pro deal. That would get you swiftly booted as well. Yes, mk, that was essentially what I was getting at with the "bragging" reference in my first post. Gotta be pretty dumb to pull a stunt like that.

So it would seem... so it would seem.

Shite, those are way too sporty for my blood! With the coin I'd have to drop for one of those, I'd never take it off the pavement. I'll stick with my '94 Exploder, thankyouverymuch.

When I was growing up in Italy and coming of driving age, my dad had one of these ('74 Fiat 124 Spider) as his "toy": We brought it back to the States with us and I took my driving lessons in it and got licensed. He went back overseas when I was 18 and the rest of the fam stayed in the States, and while he was gone, I promptly wrecked it, had it fixed, and wrecked it again in the 12 months he was gone. When he came home after his TDY ended, he sold it to some Catholic priest. Although he never said anything about me crashing it up for him (twice!), I knew he was pretty fawkin' pissed about it. But it sure was a h00t to drive that baby...

define "semi-sporty SUV" pleeze. is that like a Rav4 or sumpin?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but revealing/bragging/outing bro-deal codes/savings/etc. is the single best way to have the deal jerked from you. Why would you want to do something stoopid like that?

Then it's fucking hilarious!

A lot of valid points have been stated here: 1. You did nothing wrong, you can't (well, shouldn't) be at fault. 2. Ask for citing officer to be present. This one is tricky: did you get the badge number of the cop waving frantically? The cop who wrote the ticket will obviously have a different badge number. Get both now and write them down. Call the department's non-emergency number and request which officers were working that piece of road on that date and time. It's public info - I do it all the time. When frantic waver doesn't show, drop the hammer. You'd have to be able to know which badge number goes with which cop. Does the ticket have the name/badge number of the guy who wrote it to you? Did you notice his name tag? 3. Missing info on the citation is a good way to get it dismissed. 4. rbw is right, a lot of people do show up just to get their tickets mitigated (can't get it mitigated unless you're present). They stand there with a dropped-jaw, vacant stare and just expect to get it reduced (no shit, I've seen it a dozen or more times-one time, this guy told the judge that his friend told him that if he just showed up in court, the judge would reduce the fine! HA! If this judge could have, I'm sure he would have increased it! ). Have your story straight, but like pindude said, never admit guilt. Say exactly what happened when told. Keep it short. 5. DPS said it, too. Get a shave and a haircut. Dress well. Don't act bored, as hard as that's going to be. What letter does your last name start with? They go in alphabetical order, so I've seen a lot of shite before my turn comes up. 6. If you're on real good terms with your insurance agent, have him/her pull your driving record. Typically, they will be able to go back further than the court will go. The court will typically only go back 5 years, and the judge will have that in front of him when he calls your name. If you're a real good driver and you have no tickets, etc., have your agent go back 10 or more years to demonstrate a stellar driving record (assuming you have one). This tactic worked wonders for me on two occasions: both dismissed. I say on real good terms, cuz if you're not, your agent may ask "why do you want it?" and now you've got your agent sniffing around for a possible rate increase. Good luck, man. You're luck has been nothing but shit lately, and I thought I had it bad.

From "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" Excellent image of Bele to go with the OP. Not many would recall that episode. So where's Lokai?

Same here. Windows XP, SP2, IE 7.0. Now it's 3 times to get joy...

Same for me. Something about hurling your cookies... Well, I'm glad I'm not alone now. FAAAAAAAAAWK! Now I have to log in 3 timez!!!1

Same for me. Something about hurling your cookies...

Well, Sherri's out climbing today, so I thought I'd take care of that kiss for her.

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