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snoopy138
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camhead wrote: Whoa, just got done working a comically pain-in-the-ass trip. Got three folks on this 5-day camping horseback trip who were the most out of shape, out of their element people I've ever seen. All in their late 60s, pretty white trash, way overweight, out of shape, crohn's disease, heart conditions, etc., and had neglected to put any of this info on their profile sheets that we require. Turns out that one of them was a bit "slow," looked just like that "Patsy" character that Terry Gilliam plays in Monty Python's Holy Grail, kind of leering and stumbling all over the place. I guess he had saved up thousands with a janitor job over the past 50 years, decided he wanted to go be a cowboy, and paid for his two neighbors' trips as well, so that they could come with him. Was nice enough, but a total disaster. Couldn't walk 50 feet without meatbombing, fell off his horse multiple times a day. Once he almost cratered into my lit stove with a full pot of chili on it as well, but I power spotted him away from it. I asked if he was all right, and he said, "yeah, I fall all the time! Once, my group put on a play at the community center, and I fell off the stage!" I had to hide a laugh at that one. Getting worse, the woman of this group announced that she had a severe wool allergy, and that she couldn't use our sleeping bags. Rather than argue with her that our bags were not wool, I wound up lending her mine, just to shut her up. Just threw it in the front loading washer, and it smelled like moldy cigarettes. Anyway, the whole trip they just complained (even the retarded guy), huffed around at the 10k elevation, and sat on their asses. They were really butthurt that we weren't serving steak every night. By the end of the trip I was just staying in a haze of alcohol and [redacted]. They didn't tip us anything. Fuckers. That is awl.
they didn't even give you a PTFTW.
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snoopy138
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Allfred
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granite_grrl wrote: meatbomz wrote: lena_chita wrote: granite_grrl wrote: carabiner96 wrote: granite_grrl wrote: snoopy138 wrote: granite_grrl wrote: I hate looking for places. Guy emails me when in reply to my roommate ad. I tell him a few things (would like to live with someone with a regular schedule, the hubby may come to visit now and then, would like a spot for my bikes, pretty standard really). Anyway, he writes back: In reply to: no thanx u sound like a control freak with that hole don't want people cominng and going at all hours my hours change all the time do i have to explain that to you every day, please dont' write me back u sound depressing bye Wow. I'm glad I have a couple of months to find a place! at least you get to find out you don't want to live with him now, as opposed to 4 months from now. Yeah, wasn't a huge fan of his original response, but I figure that you can't judge someone in how they write in a single email. Still playing with the idea of getting a 1 bdrm, but that's at least an extra few hundred a month. Might be worth my sanity though. I will absolutely judge someone by one email if that's how they write and spell. For chrissake, it's an email, not a text. First one wasn't that bad, but the second one indicates that he's probably about 19 years old and I'm sure he doesn't want to live with an old lady like me. And you don't want to live with him, so it is all good. And yeah, I would totally run away from someone who writes like that. Wouldn't it be weird if he was right and you guys were actually all control freaks?! I just want to find someone who lets me sleep and doesn't mind my three dikes in the apartment. Not letting your dogs piss on the floor would be a bounus too.
I'd think most guys would be fine with that...
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lena_chita
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Jul 26, 2012, 12:59 PM
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camhead wrote: Whoa, just got done working a comically pain-in-the-ass trip. Got three folks on this 5-day camping horseback trip who were the most out of shape, out of their element people I've ever seen. All in their late 60s, pretty white trash, way overweight, out of shape, crohn's disease, heart conditions, etc., and had neglected to put any of this info on their profile sheets that we require. Turns out that one of them was a bit "slow," looked just like that "Patsy" character that Terry Gilliam plays in Monty Python's Holy Grail, kind of leering and stumbling all over the place. I guess he had saved up thousands with a janitor job over the past 50 years, decided he wanted to go be a cowboy, and paid for his two neighbors' trips as well, so that they could come with him. Was nice enough, but a total disaster. Couldn't walk 50 feet without meatbombing, fell off his horse multiple times a day. Once he almost cratered into my lit stove with a full pot of chili on it as well, but I power spotted him away from it. I asked if he was all right, and he said, "yeah, I fall all the time! Once, my group put on a play at the community center, and I fell off the stage!" I had to hide a laugh at that one. Getting worse, the woman of this group announced that she had a severe wool allergy, and that she couldn't use our sleeping bags. Rather than argue with her that our bags were not wool, I wound up lending her mine, just to shut her up. Just threw it in the front loading washer, and it smelled like moldy cigarettes. Anyway, the whole trip they just complained (even the retarded guy), huffed around at the 10k elevation, and sat on their asses. They were really butthurt that we weren't serving steak every night. By the end of the trip I was just staying in a haze of alcohol and [redacted]. They didn't tip us anything. Fuckers. That is awl.
Aren't you glad you are so gainfully employed? :)
Hopefully this was the worst guided group for the summer.
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camhead
Jul 26, 2012, 1:41 PM
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lena_chita wrote: camhead wrote: Whoa, just got done working a comically pain-in-the-ass trip. Got three folks on this 5-day camping horseback trip who were the most out of shape, out of their element people I've ever seen. All in their late 60s, pretty white trash, way overweight, out of shape, crohn's disease, heart conditions, etc., and had neglected to put any of this info on their profile sheets that we require. Turns out that one of them was a bit "slow," looked just like that "Patsy" character that Terry Gilliam plays in Monty Python's Holy Grail, kind of leering and stumbling all over the place. I guess he had saved up thousands with a janitor job over the past 50 years, decided he wanted to go be a cowboy, and paid for his two neighbors' trips as well, so that they could come with him. Was nice enough, but a total disaster. Couldn't walk 50 feet without meatbombing, fell off his horse multiple times a day. Once he almost cratered into my lit stove with a full pot of chili on it as well, but I power spotted him away from it. I asked if he was all right, and he said, "yeah, I fall all the time! Once, my group put on a play at the community center, and I fell off the stage!" I had to hide a laugh at that one. Getting worse, the woman of this group announced that she had a severe wool allergy, and that she couldn't use our sleeping bags. Rather than argue with her that our bags were not wool, I wound up lending her mine, just to shut her up. Just threw it in the front loading washer, and it smelled like moldy cigarettes. Anyway, the whole trip they just complained (even the retarded guy), huffed around at the 10k elevation, and sat on their asses. They were really butthurt that we weren't serving steak every night. By the end of the trip I was just staying in a haze of alcohol and [redacted]. They didn't tip us anything. Fuckers. That is awl. Aren't you glad you are so gainfully employed? :) Hopefully this was the worst guided group for the summer.
Thre is some kind of paradox here, where the people who you bust your ass for the most are those who are least likely to tip, and those who tip the best are those who you don't really have to do much for. It's just payback for the trip I worked just before Xzzz, which was totally chill, and wound up tipping us $700/apiece.
Got two more to work that better be easier, then drive back to Hellhio.
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climbingtrash
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camhead wrote: Whoa, just got done working a comically pain-in-the-ass trip. Got three folks on this 5-day camping horseback trip who were the most out of shape, out of their element people I've ever seen. All in their late 60s, pretty white trash, way overweight, out of shape, crohn's disease, heart conditions, etc., and had neglected to put any of this info on their profile sheets that we require. Turns out that one of them was a bit "slow," looked just like that "Patsy" character that Terry Gilliam plays in Monty Python's Holy Grail, kind of leering and stumbling all over the place. I guess he had saved up thousands with a janitor job over the past 50 years, decided he wanted to go be a cowboy, and paid for his two neighbors' trips as well, so that they could come with him. Was nice enough, but a total disaster. Couldn't walk 50 feet without meatbombing, fell off his horse multiple times a day. Once he almost cratered into my lit stove with a full pot of chili on it as well, but I power spotted him away from it. I asked if he was all right, and he said, "yeah, I fall all the time! Once, my group put on a play at the community center, and I fell off the stage!" I had to hide a laugh at that one. Getting worse, the woman of this group announced that she had a severe wool allergy, and that she couldn't use our sleeping bags. Rather than argue with her that our bags were not wool, I wound up lending her mine, just to shut her up. Just threw it in the front loading washer, and it smelled like moldy cigarettes. Anyway, the whole trip they just complained (even the retarded guy), huffed around at the 10k elevation, and sat on their asses. They were really butthurt that we weren't serving steak every night. By the end of the trip I was just staying in a haze of alcohol and [redacted]. They didn't tip us anything. Fuckers. That is awl.
The only thing that could have made that trip BETter would have been if yore people had been German and ewe would have died?
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climbingtrash
Jul 26, 2012, 5:28 PM
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Not sure if I can make it over there this weekend but if something changes I'll let you know.
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meatbomz
Jul 26, 2012, 7:59 PM
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camhead wrote: Whoa, just got done working a comically pain-in-the-ass trip. Got three folks on this 5-day camping horseback trip who were the most out of shape, out of their element people I've ever seen. All in their late 60s, pretty white trash, way overweight, out of shape, crohn's disease, heart conditions, etc., and had neglected to put any of this info on their profile sheets that we require. Turns out that one of them was a bit "slow," looked just like that "Patsy" character that Terry Gilliam plays in Monty Python's Holy Grail, kind of leering and stumbling all over the place. I guess he had saved up thousands with a janitor job over the past 50 years, decided he wanted to go be a cowboy, and paid for his two neighbors' trips as well, so that they could come with him. Was nice enough, but a total disaster. Couldn't walk 50 feet without meatbombing, fell off his horse multiple times a day. Once he almost cratered into my lit stove with a full pot of chili on it as well, but I power spotted him away from it. I asked if he was all right, and he said, "yeah, I fall all the time! Once, my group put on a play at the community center, and I fell off the stage!" I had to hide a laugh at that one. Getting worse, the woman of this group announced that she had a severe wool allergy, and that she couldn't use our sleeping bags. Rather than argue with her that our bags were not wool, I wound up lending her mine, just to shut her up. Just threw it in the front loading washer, and it smelled like moldy cigarettes. Anyway, the whole trip they just complained (even the retarded guy), huffed around at the 10k elevation, and sat on their asses. They were really butthurt that we weren't serving steak every night. By the end of the trip I was just staying in a haze of alcohol and [redacted]. They didn't tip us anything. Fuckers. That is awl.
Yer just bangin two halves of a coconut together
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lena_chita
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camhead wrote: Thre is some kind of paradox here, where the people who you bust your ass for the most are those who are least likely to tip, and those who tip the best are those who you don't really have to do much for. It's just payback for the trip I worked just before Xzzz, which was totally chill, and wound up tipping us $700/apiece.
That is a sizable tip, wow!
On a much smaller scale, I have noticed the same thing when belaying groups in the gym. The groups that make you look at the clock every couple minutes, wishing the time would magically speed up, never tip. The groups that you actually enjoy will tip more often than not.
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caughtinside
Jul 27, 2012, 8:53 AM
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lena_chita wrote: camhead wrote: Thre is some kind of paradox here, where the people who you bust your ass for the most are those who are least likely to tip, and those who tip the best are those who you don't really have to do much for. It's just payback for the trip I worked just before Xzzz, which was totally chill, and wound up tipping us $700/apiece. That is a sizable tip, wow! On a much smaller scale, I have noticed the same thing when belaying groups in the gym. The groups that make you look at the clock every couple minutes, wishing the time would magically speed up, never tip. The groups that you actually enjoy will tip more often than not.
I never tip my belayer.
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camhead
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caughtinside wrote: lena_chita wrote: camhead wrote: Thre is some kind of paradox here, where the people who you bust your ass for the most are those who are least likely to tip, and those who tip the best are those who you don't really have to do much for. It's just payback for the trip I worked just before Xzzz, which was totally chill, and wound up tipping us $700/apiece. That is a sizable tip, wow! On a much smaller scale, I have noticed the same thing when belaying groups in the gym. The groups that make you look at the clock every couple minutes, wishing the time would magically speed up, never tip. The groups that you actually enjoy will tip more often than not. I never tip my belayer.
Yes, the money would be better spent on BLL.
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lena_chita
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caughtinside wrote: lena_chita wrote: camhead wrote: Thre is some kind of paradox here, where the people who you bust your ass for the most are those who are least likely to tip, and those who tip the best are those who you don't really have to do much for. It's just payback for the trip I worked just before Xzzz, which was totally chill, and wound up tipping us $700/apiece. That is a sizable tip, wow! On a much smaller scale, I have noticed the same thing when belaying groups in the gym. The groups that make you look at the clock every couple minutes, wishing the time would magically speed up, never tip. The groups that you actually enjoy will tip more often than not. I never tip my belayer.
Yeah, some guys are big fans of non-monetary compensation in the form of kissing. Others are just cheap jerks.
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carabiner96
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caughtinside wrote: lena_chita wrote: camhead wrote: Thre is some kind of paradox here, where the people who you bust your ass for the most are those who are least likely to tip, and those who tip the best are those who you don't really have to do much for. It's just payback for the trip I worked just before Xzzz, which was totally chill, and wound up tipping us $700/apiece. That is a sizable tip, wow! On a much smaller scale, I have noticed the same thing when belaying groups in the gym. The groups that make you look at the clock every couple minutes, wishing the time would magically speed up, never tip. The groups that you actually enjoy will tip more often than not. I never tip my belayer.
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carabiner96
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Cleaning out the closet. Anyone want:
Nemo Losi 2p
Big Agnes Seedhouse SL1
Moonstone side zip hardshell pants w/ suspenders, mens L
-20* down sleeping bag, mens Long (I think it's TNF)
Sure to be more to come
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granite_grrl
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That sleeping bag would be pretty kick ass.
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camhead
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carabiner96 wrote: granite_grrl wrote: That sleeping bag would be pretty kick ass. It's a Sierra Designs, not TNF. Dunno what we want for it, but its been slept in about 8 times. Maybe $150 us, $565 CAD? 
Whoa, I may be interested in the bag as well, if it is zipper-compatible with my Marmot!
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granite_grrl
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camhead wrote: carabiner96 wrote: granite_grrl wrote: That sleeping bag would be pretty kick ass. It's a Sierra Designs, not TNF. Dunno what we want for it, but its been slept in about 8 times. Maybe $150 us, $565 CAD? Whoa, I may be interested in the bag as well, if it is zipper-compatible with my Marmot!
I would like to get one that's compatable with Nathan's Marmot as well. His was a good deal, I think it was $135 for a zero degree synthetic bag, but we never got one for me with the opposite zipper. *sadfase*
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snoopy138
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camhead wrote: caughtinside wrote: lena_chita wrote: camhead wrote: Thre is some kind of paradox here, where the people who you bust your ass for the most are those who are least likely to tip, and those who tip the best are those who you don't really have to do much for. It's just payback for the trip I worked just before Xzzz, which was totally chill, and wound up tipping us $700/apiece. That is a sizable tip, wow! On a much smaller scale, I have noticed the same thing when belaying groups in the gym. The groups that make you look at the clock every couple minutes, wishing the time would magically speed up, never tip. The groups that you actually enjoy will tip more often than not. I never tip my belayer. Yes, the money would be better spent on BLL.
or BLL-a-ritas!
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granite_grrl
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And I think we alreayd have birthday presents lined up for each other this year. I've decided that Nathan can get a new hammer drill before he hits the road this winter.
Me, I want this: http://www.mec.ca/...ze-jacket-womens.jsp (in fennel).
No hood (boo!) but the arms seem to be longer than the Guide jacket. It's actually the only softshell I've found yet that I don't have to size up on the body to get long enough arms.
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carabiner96
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snoopy138 wrote: camhead wrote: caughtinside wrote: lena_chita wrote: camhead wrote: Thre is some kind of paradox here, where the people who you bust your ass for the most are those who are least likely to tip, and those who tip the best are those who you don't really have to do much for. It's just payback for the trip I worked just before Xzzz, which was totally chill, and wound up tipping us $700/apiece. That is a sizable tip, wow! On a much smaller scale, I have noticed the same thing when belaying groups in the gym. The groups that make you look at the clock every couple minutes, wishing the time would magically speed up, never tip. The groups that you actually enjoy will tip more often than not. I never tip my belayer. Yes, the money would be better spent on BLL. or BLL-a-ritas!
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carabiner96
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granite_grrl wrote: And I think we alreayd have birthday presents lined up for each other this year. I've decided that Nathan can get a new hammer drill before he hits the road this winter. Me, I want this: http://www.mec.ca/...ze-jacket-womens.jsp (in fennel). No hood (boo!) but the arms seem to be longer than the Guide jacket. It's actually the only softshell I've found yet that I don't have to size up on the body to get long enough arms.
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snoopy138
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carabiner96 wrote: snoopy138 wrote: camhead wrote: caughtinside wrote: lena_chita wrote: camhead wrote: Thre is some kind of paradox here, where the people who you bust your ass for the most are those who are least likely to tip, and those who tip the best are those who you don't really have to do much for. It's just payback for the trip I worked just before Xzzz, which was totally chill, and wound up tipping us $700/apiece. That is a sizable tip, wow! On a much smaller scale, I have noticed the same thing when belaying groups in the gym. The groups that make you look at the clock every couple minutes, wishing the time would magically speed up, never tip. The groups that you actually enjoy will tip more often than not. I never tip my belayer. Yes, the money would be better spent on BLL. or BLL-a-ritas! I totally bought a 12 pack of BLL for the heat wave.
that is unfortunate.
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caughtinside
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lena_chita wrote: caughtinside wrote: lena_chita wrote: camhead wrote: Thre is some kind of paradox here, where the people who you bust your ass for the most are those who are least likely to tip, and those who tip the best are those who you don't really have to do much for. It's just payback for the trip I worked just before Xzzz, which was totally chill, and wound up tipping us $700/apiece. That is a sizable tip, wow! On a much smaller scale, I have noticed the same thing when belaying groups in the gym. The groups that make you look at the clock every couple minutes, wishing the time would magically speed up, never tip. The groups that you actually enjoy will tip more often than not. I never tip my belayer. Yeah, some guys are big fans of non-monetary compensation in the form of kissing. Others are just cheap jerks.
I'm the latter.
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caughtinside
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carabiner96 wrote: caughtinside wrote: lena_chita wrote: camhead wrote: Thre is some kind of paradox here, where the people who you bust your ass for the most are those who are least likely to tip, and those who tip the best are those who you don't really have to do much for. It's just payback for the trip I worked just before Xzzz, which was totally chill, and wound up tipping us $700/apiece. That is a sizable tip, wow! On a much smaller scale, I have noticed the same thing when belaying groups in the gym. The groups that make you look at the clock every couple minutes, wishing the time would magically speed up, never tip. The groups that you actually enjoy will tip more often than not. I never tip my belayer. I give my belayers just the tip.
20%?
Interesting.
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