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Climbing and ... Climbing => Masters of Mud -- Pinnacles => Topic started by: F4? on April 13, 2008, 09:09:21 PM
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Well?
Squiddo and I climbed at Sugarloaf Sat and Sunday. The temps were perfect.
Did anyone else get out?
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I didn't climb, was laid out with a cold, but man was it warm this weekend in the so bay.
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What? Isn't this the weekend everybody is supposed to stay home and do their taxes? ???
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I made it out. We left for Sonora at 5am. It was good till 2.
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I made it out. We left for Sonora at 5am. It was good till 2.
The House?
or granite?
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The House?
or granite?
The Eastern Front?
The Loaf was perfect, not too hot with a little breeze. But the approach, oh the approach.
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F4, I thought those jumbo thighs of yours were for load ferrying:-) It's a measly 1/2 grunt.....punter. Great trip and loads of fun.
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gorgeous in the valley past 4 days, once you're past the 120/140 delays. high points included Arches Terrace Direct, Poker Face, Bitches Terror, as well as Arch Rock, Chapel Wall, and other fun stuff.
is it getting too hot at the Pinns?
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The House?
or granite?
The House because I am getting older and creakier.
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No.
is it getting too hot at the Pinns?
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What? Isn't this the weekend everybody is supposed to stay home and do their taxes? ???
nope. my accountant stayed home and did my taxes. good news too.
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F#$% you and the government and anyone who mentions taxes. I hate the income tax, I hate the taxing authorities. If I didn't pay this f#$@king much in taxes every year I would have retired 5 years ago. Maybe 10. Every GD year I go through this same shit. F@#$< f$#@ f#$%.
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I'm taxed....
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Brad,
So your saying you wouldn't agree to Pinnacles usage tax based on routes per season? You know something small like a 15 cents a route.
Let's see... calculating retroactively since 1995 ... compounding the interest (modestly at 2.5%) ... adjusting for inflation ... OK, Mr. Young it looks like you owe the National Parks association around $10,000. Would you like to pay it now or would quarterly payments be easier? ;D
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F#$% you and the government and anyone who mentions taxes. I hate the income tax, I hate the taxing authorities. If I didn't pay this f#$@king much in taxes every year I would have retired 5 years ago. Maybe 10. Every GD year I go through this same shit. F@#$< f$#@ f#$%.
the word 'hissy' comes to mind. but i understand.
it's no wonder people start to turn republican over time. the more you make the more you want to protect what you earn.
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"Hissy!" Hissy barely begins to describe it. How about ranting, fu*&ing ranting, screaming, bitch-fest. Again. Karl's suggestion would be cheap, way cheap. The bastards. I just wrote checks that total more than 4 times what I earned (gross) in the first year of my career. It's tiresome beyond belief.
On another note, and this very serious. As pissed as it makes me, it would help if it went somewhere that seemed to help. Yes, the NPS does a good job (overall). Other parts of the government work well. But, god the waste and the monumental incompetence. I just got notice that my sales taxes "weren't paid to the state" for the last quarter of '07. Really? Too bad the dipshits cashed the check I sent with the sales tax return. Assholes can't even keep track of what's been paid and not. Presumptive twits too, no asking if I've paid, noooo, the dingleberrys say pay now or else. So I'll take my time to correct their f&%$ing stupidity.
How many bureaucrats does it take to change a light-bulb?
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Brad
take a deep breath.
go to the fridge and open a quality beer.
then go hug your girls
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Already went for an hour and a half walk with the girls. I'm one beer into it. El wifo del perfecto is just now bringing number two. I'll be unconscience in half an hour. And tomorrow I leave for depos in Los Angeles (AKA hell on earth). Ha, but then I skip out for 5 days climbing shady routes in Josh with "The." It'll all disappear.
You, Joe. We got a good start on Valley stuff in March. Gotta get another weekend on calendar for more of the same.
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It takes two bureaucrats to change a light-bulb. One to assure the public that everything possible is being done to alleviate the problem.
While the other screws the bulb itself into the water faucet.
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Please do not try and subdue Brad. This was beginning to get fun. So Brad your trying to say you paid more than a $1.98. Just glad I make enough to pay. The Gov does friggin piss me off. It seems difficult to believe they can waste so dam much money. Fiscal responsibility has no definition to them.
Good thing they bailed out Bears Stearns. Ha, they had to raise their stock price because those Stock holders were hurting so badly. So one of their Chairman James Cayne sold $61.3 million. Yes that is the punishment for fu@$ing up real bad. Another guy sold 30 Million dollars worth of stock.
That is the ineptitude of our Government. In Sweden when this happened they bailed out the company for about $30 B in Swedish Money what ever that is. But they made the company "completely open it's books and in the end ended up getting all their money back plus a profit. THAT will never happen in the US of A.
F*&$king PUnters.
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Many years ago Winston Churchill was at an embassy party. During the course of the evening he drank too much. The hostess reprimanded him, pointing out "Why Mr. Churchill, I believe you are drunk." Winston replied: "Yes, madam, I am drunk. But you are ugly, and I shall be sober in the morning."
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Buddhism
Sutta Nipata
"What is it that smothers the world and makes it so hard to see?
What is it that pollutes the world and seems to threaten it?"
The Buddha answered: "It is ignorance that smothers, and
it is carelessness and greed that make it invisible. The
hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the pain of
suffering causes the greatest fear."
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with "The."
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yeah, back to the valley. I was told this past week when I was there that the 120/140 mess should be done on 5/23. but I think all the one way roads (n side and s side) will still be 2 way.
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Was it just me? I found myself turn down the volume control on my computer while reading Brad's rant. ???
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Turned mine up to 11
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Joe, you met Jim When we climbed on the Cookie. Years ago I was hanging with his brother Bill in Josha Tree, climbing. Katie and Vic joined us for a few days. Katie has known Jim since she was born, but not Bill. On that trip she asked me "Daddy is Jim Lundeen here?" "No Katie, it's his brother Bill." Three or four times she asked. I always told her it was Bill, not Jim. Finally she said "Daddy, is The Lundeen here." So I call him "The," now and then. Gonna join him tomorrow afternoon.
Maybe some weekdays are a partial solution to the traffic mess? We should compare calanders.
And, sorry Mudworm, about the volumne. I rant once a year, whether I need it or not.
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Brad, don't mind me. That was just one attempt of mine trying to be funny. :blush2: I laughed really hard at Mud's come-back though, even before he explained to me where "turned the volume up to 11" came from.
This morning, I had the thread up on my computer. Mud walked by and paused a moment. Then I heard him mumble, "once a year?" :lol:
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ouch, god bless america. Sorry about the checks Brad but enjoy J-Tree. I've lost myself many times there and the rock is healing. Well ,mostly except for the cracks! Tape up.
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Brad I hear ya...the tax man has screwed me on a few financial dealings in the past.
Oddly, this year was ok. I owed very little for my corporation (only in existence since Sept). Im not sure what my accountant did (havn't seen everything yet) but I was expecting much worse. This year, with 4 qrtrs of revenue, will probably be much worse.
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Brad, if you're into a bit of hiking, two of my new favorite J-tree route/areas: Perfect Fingers and White Rain at Walt's Rocks on Queen Mountain. Great hike, beautiful terrain. Maybe one of the best j-tree hikes. I also loved Firewater Chimney, approached from Rattlesnake Canyon. You can also put a rope on a 4 star 12a if you lead Firewater.
Some very fun multi-starred easy 10's on East Siberia in Outer Mongolia.
Have fun. Yeah, let's get back to the valley.
Just got home for the West Side of the Pinns. Ended the day on Romper Room, a new route for me, very fun.
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Brad,
You should climb Tax Man.
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Bloody Tax Break to the right of Tax Man.
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You guys are making my hands sweat. Tax man is a fun route indeed.
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I second Queen Mountain.
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Dear Brad, thank you for paying extra to support our country's endeavors.
PS, you need more deductions. Maybe form a guidebook company?
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Did Tax Man and No Tax Break on a day warm enough to climb in the shade. Fully realized the irony while doing so. Then saw Joe and Karl's posts when I got home and laughed. Rant is over. Stress is gone. Bill and I had, as usual, a great time in Josh. I went over 400 leads there, perhaps as many as half of those have been done with Bill.
By the way, 400 leads at Josh. Doesn't that make me a local there from my ankles to my waist (or something equal to 40% of my height)?
Joe, you were prescient in more than one way. We'd planned on exactly those climbs on Queen Mountain for Saturday. But winds kicked up and I had a bit of a shoulder issue the day before, so we stayed in sheltered areas instead. I've only led Treasure of the Sierra Madre up there (and several routes near it). That climb is overrated at 5 out of 5 stars. But the area is fabulous. Bill's done the crack routes past there and wanted to do more stuff.
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Brad,
Sounds like fun. You got me thinking about "treasure". I recall the hike, the location and the overall beauty. I was a tad shocked to find another party up there (this was ten years ago) but enjoyed the route never the less.