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There, there, timmay. You still have your two front teeth, right? Happy Birthday, d00d!

ok... for the alligator clips attached to his taun-taun's ta-tas there ya go...

Nice work, cluck. You PMR guys have been busy lately.

Ah! Thanks. Nice pic of the "Drill Sargeant" - creative.

I expected something a little more... racey. 8D

Easily! Adopt a couple of rugrats and see how long it takes you then. Over 13 hours over three days last year. And last year was the first year I've gotten a refund since before I got married! Let's see... complete Form 8839, and make sure to add the adoption credit carryover from 2005. Can't take Child Tax Credit because you filed Form 8839, so see Publication 972 to complete the Child Tax Credit Worksheet to see if you might still be able to take the Child Tax Credit. You cannot take the Child Tax Credit, but you may be able to claim the Additional Child Tax Credit, so complete Form 8812... blah blah blah. Don't even get me started on Schedule A and Form 2106...

This one was already done a while ago. Just thought you'd like to know... Yeah, yeah, yeah... I'm not doing a goddamn thing today...

:lmao:

for...??

This isn't the Rant Thread; this is the Speculation Thread. C'mon, get with it.

Already got one...

CPB/glassgowkiss gets the blue ribbon. Over a week ago. And Honorable Mention to Kurt for calling the others out on it. especially you, Mister E...

a little post-Valentine's Day poochie-love-fest?

I suspect a "higher-up" prompted him to inject that little sound byte. But then again, I'm cynically biased.

Chew-ie toys

Exactly, but because a LEO used the term "MLU" in a positive sense, the media is gonna be all over this one. And clueless legislators and on-line news polls are only going to be a half-step behind.

I'm no rocket scientist (no argument there) or photographer, but how come the guy holding the LED light doesn't show up? I know you had to have a long exposure time, and you'd be working somewhat quickly moving the light and stepping across the field of view, but how come he doesn't even show up as a dark smudge across the background? You can see the sagebrush clearly in the background across the whole range of the frame. What am I missing here? Nice TR and pics, BTW.

:lmao: Stemming! So that's how it's done, eh? I've always given my ass a little wiggle just as the turd leaves the bombay, hoping to send it into the tank just a little sideways so the "splash-back" doesn't come straight back up into my asshole before it has a chance to slam shut. Works sometimes... sometimes it doesn't...

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That Place rocks! Sweet! Way to snag the FA there on Second from the Left. I'm with Alex on that one - I've never seen it come down to the ground before. And it seems from your TR that you forgot this priceless little gem from my PM prior your departure... :laf:

OK, this is like a dream-come-true for me. I gotta get me one o' these: Buzz Lightyear! To infinity, and beyond!

"BARK, BARK, BARK!" "Oh, right boy! Illumination Saddle is at 9,300 feet! Good catch!" :laf:

That's where "judgement" and "experience" come in. Those things make you pay attention to the tools in your toolbox.

wordy, but we agree. You know that you and I are on the same wavelength here. Hey, how did it go at Strobach a couple weeks back?

Ryland, I agree with everything you've said here, except the part about "...it seems that the party used it as a false sense of security..." Until they all get down and someone (hopefully SAR/MR and not the media) interviews them about this, I wouldn't make this pronouncement. But everything else you said, yes. I don't agree that the MLU should get praised in this incident either, but you can bet your bottom dollar that is how the media is gonna portray it. These folks are going to be made out as "heroes" for carrying them, when in reality, the best tool we as mountaineers and climbers have in our toolbox is this: Again, I agree. No piece of gear is a substitute for competence. Funny anecdote that doesn't really seem funny to me anymore: I bought my first avi transciever over 15 years ago, before the rampant "product warning label" craze set in. I replaced it about 5 years ago. When I read through the replacement unit's literature, I found this: "WARNING! This product will not prevent avalanches." At the time I laughed, now I'm just tired of all the labels, period.