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imnotclever
Feb 13, 2008, 5:27 PM
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wanderlustmd wrote: obsessed wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: Is it snowing? It's raining here, is above freezing and all the schools are cancelled.  I say skip it. Why do they cancel school for rain? It snowed here a lot late yesterday. Today nothing, but I hear there is more coming tomorrow. Because DC is the land of wusses (who don't know how to drive). Anything past overcast skies might as well be nuclear holocaust. You should see it when it snows. I'm not kidding...
In reply to: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates suffered a fractured shoulder after slipping on ice Tuesday night at his Washington home, the Pentagon said. |
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imnotclever
Feb 13, 2008, 5:28 PM
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no palindrome, no franciz,
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kachoong
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imnotclever wrote: no palindrome, no franciz,
Too bad! I hid a boot!
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wanderlustmd
Feb 13, 2008, 5:33 PM
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Nice try, but:
1.) "...Tuesday night..." as in not today (38 degrees isn't freezing)
2.) Sidewalks were a bit slick. The roads weren't slippery because of the 5 million cars on them.
3.) What do you expect from the Secretary of Defense?
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microbarn
Feb 13, 2008, 5:34 PM
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wanderlustmd wrote: microbarn wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: obsessed wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: Whoo! DCsucksandI'mmovingsoonFTW where you moving to? Home (Maine) for a few weeks in June, then hitting the road. So...not so much "moving" as "leaving" cool, I didn't know your goals became real. I am happy for you. What are your first destinations going to be? Thanks. I've been planning on that for a while now, it's starting to get close. I'll give you one guess.
um, red rocks?
I obviously do not retain 90% of what I read.
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artm
Feb 13, 2008, 5:35 PM
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Arrogant_Bastard wrote: artm wrote: obsessed wrote: microbarn wrote: I am ashamed we have nothing better than the weather to talk about. Since we are all talking about the weather, and IGNORING the fact that art can boulder on the beach, I heard today that we have had record snow fall this month. There has been 70cm of snow so far this month and its only half way over. The last record amount was 69 cm for the entire month.  There's BBQ pits, and you can set up a slackline too... pop some beers and boulder on the beach in 70 degree weather after work. Life sure is good.
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microbarn
Feb 13, 2008, 5:37 PM
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wanderlustmd wrote: 3.) What do you expect from the Secretary of Defense?
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artm
Feb 13, 2008, 5:39 PM
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microbarn wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: microbarn wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: obsessed wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: Whoo! DCsucksandI'mmovingsoonFTW where you moving to? Home (Maine) for a few weeks in June, then hitting the road. So...not so much "moving" as "leaving" cool, I didn't know your goals became real. I am happy for you. What are your first destinations going to be? Thanks. I've been planning on that for a while now, it's starting to get close. I'll give you one guess. *shaking the cobwebs from the back of the head* um, red rocks? I obviously do not retain 90% of what I read.
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artm
Feb 13, 2008, 5:40 PM
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artm wrote: Arrogant_Bastard wrote: artm wrote: obsessed wrote: microbarn wrote: I am ashamed we have nothing better than the weather to talk about. Since we are all talking about the weather, and IGNORING the fact that art can boulder on the beach, I heard today that we have had record snow fall this month. There has been 70cm of snow so far this month and its only half way over. The last record amount was 69 cm for the entire month. There's BBQ pits, and you can set up a slackline too... pop some beers and boulder on the beach in 70 degree weather after work. Life sure is good. Good timez!
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chossmonkey
Feb 13, 2008, 5:42 PM
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kachoong wrote: Sunday's climbing went well out at the small crag of Monster Rock... I think the naming refers to the route names rather than the actual *size* of the crag. It's literally the guys back yard and looks directly onto the Pedenalas River. Despite my brain fart and leaving my harness and Miura's in at the climbing wall on campus, I still managed to send quite a few routes onsight. I scraped together my old harness, my wife's chalk bag and belay device and my approach shoes to climb with and ticked off one 5.10a, three 5.10b's, two 5.10c's and one 5.11a all onsight on lead. Not too bad for first time on rock since May. We also top roped a reachy 5.11a for a while before bailing and heading home. It was a perfect 70F, no mosquitos, no dogs, no babies, no crowds..... it was nice. 
Maybe it is because your approach shoes look like climbing shooz.
Good job on the OSs.
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wanderlustmd
Feb 13, 2008, 5:42 PM
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artm wrote: Arrogant_Bastard wrote: artm wrote: obsessed wrote: microbarn wrote: I am ashamed we have nothing better than the weather to talk about. Since we are all talking about the weather, and IGNORING the fact that art can boulder on the beach, I heard today that we have had record snow fall this month. There has been 70cm of snow so far this month and its only half way over. The last record amount was 69 cm for the entire month. [image]http://www.rockclimbing.com/images/photos/assets/6/1656-largest_79880.jpg[/image] There's BBQ pits, and you can set up a slackline too... pop some beers and boulder on the beach in 70 degree weather after work. Life sure is good. Good timez!
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wanderlustmd
Feb 13, 2008, 5:45 PM
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artm wrote: microbarn wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: microbarn wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: obsessed wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: Whoo! DCsucksandI'mmovingsoonFTW where you moving to? Home (Maine) for a few weeks in June, then hitting the road. So...not so much "moving" as "leaving" cool, I didn't know your goals became real. I am happy for you. What are your first destinations going to be? Thanks. I've been planning on that for a while now, it's starting to get close. I'll give you one guess. *shaking the cobwebs from the back of the head* um, red rocks? I obviously do not retain 90% of what I read. Half dome and IC
Close. I'd like to spend the summer in the valley like in the old days. I'm idealistic like that. Probably will be significantly harder than I'd like to admit, but hopefully I can find a way...
IC won't be until oct.-ish.
Yos > Squamish > Yos > Zion > IC
Maybe Coloroado/RR in there somewhere. I need to do some more research on the best times of year...and just more research in general. the valley is really there only place I know a thing or two about outside the northeast.
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chossmonkey
Feb 13, 2008, 5:45 PM
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kachoong wrote: epoch wrote: kachoong wrote: Those boards for route starts???  Yeah, he's written the route name, grade and a little important info on boards at the start of each route. Not a bad idea considering he can keep an eye on it every day.... since it's down the road from where he lives.
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kachoong
Feb 13, 2008, 5:48 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: kachoong wrote: Sunday's climbing went well out at the small crag of Monster Rock... I think the naming refers to the route names rather than the actual *size* of the crag. It's literally the guys back yard and looks directly onto the Pedenalas River. Despite my brain fart and leaving my harness and Miura's in at the climbing wall on campus, I still managed to send quite a few routes onsight. I scraped together my old harness, my wife's chalk bag and belay device and my approach shoes to climb with and ticked off one 5.10a, three 5.10b's, two 5.10c's and one 5.11a all onsight on lead. Not too bad for first time on rock since May. We also top roped a reachy 5.11a for a while before bailing and heading home. It was a perfect 70F, no mosquitos, no dogs, no babies, no crowds..... it was nice. You look mad!!! Maybe it is because your approach shoes look like climbing shooz. Good job on the OSs.
Thanks, mate! It was a little tricky to do footwork in them, but they worked out alright. I got them cheap off steepandcheap for $30. They're La Sportiva Ventors... not the best, but better than nothing.
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chossmonkey
Feb 13, 2008, 5:48 PM
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microbarn wrote: eating leftover sika for lunch mmmmm
Stupid home depot.
It turns out there is a place close to our old apartment that sells it. The gel time is way to fast on the stuff you get here though.
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kachoong
Feb 13, 2008, 5:49 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: kachoong wrote: epoch wrote: Those boards for route starts??? Yeah, he's written the route name, grade and a little important info on boards at the start of each route. Not a bad idea considering he can keep an eye on it every day.... since it's down the road from where he lives. Did they at least bolt them to the rock so people wouldn't switch them around and play tricks on their friends?
Hahahaaa! Never thought about that! Maybe next time! They're not bolted down at all.
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wanderlustmd
Feb 13, 2008, 5:49 PM
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hey choss are you a canuck yet?
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chossmonkey
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obsessed wrote: I bet it would be hot in April. but right now I want hot
If you want hot maybe you should drop the kids off somewhere and go get frisky with Bruce
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chossmonkey
Feb 13, 2008, 5:54 PM
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obsessed wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: I found t3h shortz:  cute bomz. I think art will approve
Well, other than cute chicks.
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granite_grrl
Feb 13, 2008, 5:54 PM
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wanderlustmd wrote: obsessed wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: obsessed wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: Whoo! DCsucksandI'mmovingsoonFTW where you moving to? Home (Maine) for a few weeks in June, then hitting the road. So...not so much "moving" as "leaving" Oh yeah, I remember now. Something to look forward to for sure. Yes ma'am. Unless Chossmonkey and GG leave, in which case I will live vicariously through them. Did he get his citizenship?
Not citizenship, perminant residence. He won't be elegible for citizenship for at least another 2.5 years (and that's if we stayin in Canada that entire time).
The letter was good, but its not the end. He still has to go to the landing interview in Niagara Falls (which they have to set up), and then he has to get his PR card. There might be more steps too, but I don't know what they are.
I'm hoping they give him a welcome to Canada gift basket at Niagara Falls. I imagine it'll have some maple syrup, a bever skin hat and some of those little Canadian flag patches that Americans sew onto their backpacks so they don't get lynched when travelling abroad. 
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chossmonkey
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dr_feelgood wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: Danke. Skip Rumney, go to Cathedral, Whitehorse and Cannon Cliff! If you like tradding, that is. It sounds like they want to clip bolts.
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chossmonkey
Feb 13, 2008, 5:56 PM
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microbarn wrote: I really want to go back for more than a day as a new leader. What I experienced of Rumney was pretty fun.
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microbarn
Feb 13, 2008, 5:58 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: microbarn wrote: eating leftover sika for lunch mmmmm Did you ever hear the story of when Rebecca went to the States to buy Sika and it was all old crumby leftover tubes? Stupid home depot. It turns out there is a place close to our old apartment that sells it. The gel time is way to fast on the stuff you get here though.
You must really value that glue.
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chossmonkey
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obsessed wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: Danke. Skip Rumney, go to Cathedral, Whitehorse and Cannon Cliff! If you like tradding, that is. GG likes tradding. I like bolts
Bec Luv's bolts.
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