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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 7, 2013 - 10:58pm PT
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What's up dudes? All this ageist bs....crumudgeon, old fart ...ad nauseum. Smell the coffee, get ready, your time will come sooner than you think.
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karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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dont internalize it, all of us have fears that we project outwards. Do you look back and feel that you have lived a valuable life?
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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whoa Jim!
you're just supposed to sit back with a smile on your face and let it all wash over you... knowing full well the fate of the youngin's
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 7, 2013 - 11:01pm PT
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Maybe not valuable but certainly full.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 7, 2013 - 11:03pm PT
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Good point Ed....just thought i'd stir the pot.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Leaving my job in June to be a bum, you called?
Looks like Idyllwild/Yo Valley/Tuolumne/High Sierra starting in May. Have a few trips planned already in between weddings etc, but mostly will be trying to meet people and enjoy summer on a rope (though the boulder pad will be used plenty). Going to be bringing along some resumes to drop off on the East Side, but always feel like San Diego is 'home' so can't imagine I won't drift back at some point.
So... what's the job situation like out in Bishop?
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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This should stall the old people thread. Good job Jim.
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montana
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Jim's just stirring the pot. I can assure you, alive and very well. He knows his time, although finite, is still so many adventures away.
Arne
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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That's what I hate about being reincarnated - it just makes you get sick and tired of being here again all that sooner.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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I can't believe you got the 'c' word past the ST naughty word filter. Well done.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 7, 2013 - 11:49pm PT
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There is always jizz.....most of us have sex, survival of the species (not neccessarily a good thing) is dependent on it. Why, then, are we so prudish about a universal, fun activity that is condoned by right wing religious groups.....you know, marriage is just between a man and a woman.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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One of the things we old geezers know from long experience is that that most of the young people mouthing off about old farts won't be climbing at all when they get older. So yeah, a knowing chuckle is all they're getting from me.
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MisterE
Social climber
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Getting old is not for sissies.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 7, 2013 - 11:55pm PT
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I never would have expected anything else from you Ron.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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All us old farts know how to deal with periods.
That's cum.
If it were c#m it might not stand.
edit: See?
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Jennie
Trad climber
Elk Creek, Idaho
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I wouldn't take personal offense, Mr Donini...some threads here are intended to chafe and provoke.
Living a rich and full-flavored life, youth can but admire ...or envy you. Many of the threads people write to agitate and annoy are conceived in envy...
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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You guys have done it all and still pulling down. I've just gotten started.
But for as long as I last I'll give it a run. To learn, to explore, to do, to be and love the planet and those on it .... a large task but one I am pursuing with all I can muster. Cheers from lynnie
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Inner City
Trad climber
East Bay
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That the thread title name is a poor one there can be no doubt..guess I am getting old. yuck.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Yeah, and I can't wait to read the story about same in my new Ascent.
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Curt
climber
Gold Canyon, AZ
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Getting old is not for sissies.
This is true.
Curt
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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"That's cum.
If it were c#m it might not stand."
Noted.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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That was a good link.
Shame on moose for re-starting this age war ;)
Bored to tonight buddy? ;)
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Jim….. I am often surprised with your posts here. I think you keep generating a certain response from STers that could be different, frankly if you altered your tack. And quite a bit more wonderful and in line with your hopes and desires. And I realize this is surprising you or a conundrum. And as the next post after this one remarks (ß Î Ø T Ç H), this OP is bizarre and makes me worry about you.
If not to merely troll or get a conversation rolling by devil’s advocacy, these posts of yours are often quite sour, often narrower than I know you to be in person and after four decades. The difference between you in person---and you are utterly fabulous Jim--- and this Donini persona on the Forum is quite large. It seems you play the codger here a lot and then complain you are pinned as one. Right?
But you are not a codger, after all and for christ’s sake, but still a brilliant creative athlete and good friend to thousands. I think you could have a very different experience on ST if you took a good look at your methods and assumptions here and tried a warmer approach, the approach you always take in person. There are tens of thousands of members reading this stuff, you know, and they want to know about your nearly fifty years of amazing climbing experiences, even if just bit by bit.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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OP kinda weird and offensive.
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WBraun
climber
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Young guys take everything as an insult.
Old guys are the insult ......?
:-)
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Anastasia
climber
Home
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Death is here, it is all around us. Get over it. We are creatures of life, that is all there is and one thing I know about life is that it's about action. It's about doing, moving, making things happen and we should be doing our best until that ability is gone.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Old Jim answered for him and loudly told me he just saw her over at the Village Store that afternoon looking for the biggest cucumber she could find.
That's pretty funny. I almost answered a question for Jim tonight but held off - LOL! Jim is going to step in where Beckey leaves off.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Cumundrum.
Commondrum.
Come on drum.
Peter's wagging his tail.
Ya puppy!
Yer prolly right, tho.
More wine, par fovar! More Grand-Pop Corn!
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Short Fall Sean
Social climber
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I thought supertopo was for old farts complaining about young people. Where do I find the threads where it's the other way around? Do I need a special password?
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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That was funny, SFS.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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The youngsters are coming, but not all of them disregard the past.
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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+2
You just come off as insecure and abrasive in so many of your posts Donini . Reacting to an idiot like Weschrist just brings you down to his level ...
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Jennie
Trad climber
Elk Creek, Idaho
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I think Mr Donini intends much of his dialogue as tongue-in-cheek humor. He's more approachable to the hoi-polloi than most of the high-priests of climbing.
He rarely fails to answer questions from newcomers about technique, equipment or climbing areas he's familiar
Sometimes he plays the irascible, cranky part...but its a mask covering a wry sense of humor...and usually shows clemency to habitual forum provocateurs.
Cannibals eating their high priests is bad, bad karma !
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Haha awesome threAd title. That would make a good route name.
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Curt
climber
Gold Canyon, AZ
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You just come off as insecure and abrasive in so many of your posts Donini . Reacting to an idiot like Weschrist just brings you down to his level ...
Were you attempting to be as wrong as possible in a single post?
Curt
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Ya jack!!! Git some!!
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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I thought Donini was just going to stick to climbing threads...
See where it got ya.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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I think The Haan, Tami, & The Delhi Dog are onto something.
I dunno trolling. I've always fished the smaller waters.
Cheers, Mr. D.
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Stewart Johnson
climber
lake forest
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jealous? why? you dont have to work.
and as a cautionary tale lets not end up being an as#@&%e.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 8, 2013 - 10:09am PT
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The overnight cognescenti have had there say........ha, ha, Jennie rung the bell.
I also wanted to let Biotch get his usual licks in.
PS I have no doubt that i climb with more people under 30 than anyone else my age, keeps you young and in touch......well, to a certain extent anyway.
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montana
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Jeez people. It's just a challenge to get off yer duff! Jim don't care if he comes off as gruff on the intertard. No way Peter he's gonna fit himself into your neat little mold. Eveyryone knows if you get out there all he wants to do is climb and he's happy as hell.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Just one advice for the young people. Keep a journal, take pictures, film, document everything you do.
Oh shit! You're right! I need to do this more!! ;)
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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A person feels invincible at 20. At 50 you think "How did I ever feel invincible? That must have been decades ago"
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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I felt invincible at 18, six weeks ago i knew better, but i feel even less so now. You never know what life has around the corner for you...
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TWP
Trad climber
Mancos, CO
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Jennie got it right.
Jim says things just to see what reaction he will get. Like Warbler's bigger cucumber episode. Jim's like the legendary turn-of-the-century politician, Speaker of the House Joe Cannon, who had a very foul mouth. When called onto the carpet about his bad language Cannon said, "I don't mean a God Damn thing by it."
Jim loves to pull legs, tell stretchers, and offer "offensive" comments just for the hell of it. He doesn't mean it; he just loves to say it. Like one time I talked about my love for golf and Jim piped in that the first time he picked up a club he hit a 5-iron 220 yards, shot an outrageously low score, etc. hum-in-a-hummina. I just called bullshit and laughed at him. He was just testing my gullibility. Show some spine and you'll do fine with Jim.
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harryhotdog
Social climber
north vancouver, B.C.
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How you define young is relative to your age. I remember hearing about this old guy going through multiple partners in a day in Arapiles back in '84. I was hearing it from the local climbers in their 20's. It was John Fantini and at the time he was probably only 40!
John is similar to Jim in that he is still cranking at almost 70, redpointed a 5.12d on his 65th birthday.Seems to live on bananas alone.
Keep at it Jim and ignore the people that are young,dumb and scum.
I think society has taught us to feel sorry for old people as they are so frail and weak. I look at it differently.If you were in a crowd with some elderly people and you could see the ghosts of all the people that never make it to their age you would realize that these are the STRONG people, all the weak ones are long gone!
Here's another stereotype I hate. A young man with a sex drive is considered normal but when you become old your a dirty lecherous old man and yet the only thing that has changes is your external appearance not the entity that lives within.
Can't wait for your NIAD report, your so lucky that your body has served you so well after all these years,keep at it.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 8, 2013 - 11:00am PT
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In geologic time we are all the same age.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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^^^^
+ 1 million
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Powder
Trad climber
the Flower Box
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Cool I'm as young/old as Mr Donini! : D
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WBraun
climber
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Jim loves to pull legs, tell stretchers, and offer "offensive" comments just for the hell of it. He doesn't mean it; he just loves to say it.
Exactly
He's like Clint Eastwood, especially the scene where he goes into the barber shop and they throw insults and talk "sh!t" at each other in "Gran Torino"
Funny sh!t
Donini is the "Clint Eastwood" of the climbing world .....
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Wes offers nothing from his little Piggy Bank of experiences that is remotely worthy of envy. That is why he keeps trying so hard...
Buddy, can you spare a Torre? LOL
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Well after a pleasant morning visit from Jeremy's Mom I am now just young and dumb...
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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I'm offended.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Grossman, weren't you going to do Wings of Steel last summer? How'd that go?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Ammon and Kait saved me the trouble or did you miss that part?
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weezy
climber
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i'm fairly old, but i'm still dumb and full of cum.
if i ever become "smart" or run out of semen, i'm eating a bullet.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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I think all you geriatrics on this site are just so adorable. ;)
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steveA
Trad climber
bedford,massachusetts
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Donini is the "Clint Eastwood" of the climbing world .....W Braun.
Funny, but Jim always reminded me of Clint Eastwood, in more ways than one.
TWP's summation of why Jim is always stirring the pot is spot on. Jim just likes to get a rise out of people, with his dry humor.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Gross, Sharma saved me the trouble of doing La Dura Dura and GDavis saved me the trouble of doing Jeremy's mom. Good friends are hard to c#m by... always feels a little weird.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Clint looks like Walt in that Gif!
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Clint Eastwood is a stupid American!
He speaks to empty chairs.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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yep! I remember being like the title of this thread.
I've survived and learned a lot.
Wish I was had learned enough not to have decided to make that big business drive today-----520 miles from Choss Creek to Billings Mt.
At least I kept the shiny side up, and only have 3 new dings in my windshield.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Just repaired some windshield chips with a DIY kit. Worked well... looks better than the professional ones next to it.
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IV
climber
tahoe
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A punter indeed.
Not Clint.
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MisterE
Social climber
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Nice troll, Jim.
One is never too old to call out the urgency of youth.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Fritz...those dingleballs would go over big in Monrovia....RJ
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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it can be rationalized that we're not just older but "wiser", but the truth is plain: it's good to be young, less good to be old.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Love Anastasia's post. When you are on the literary jive you are awesome, Gal. Jennie's post was also great and I agree.
Braun, thanks for the Gran Torino memories. Loved that movie.
Lots of the rest is testosterone based imho. That's great, but you need to read it for what it is. Smiles, ll ll
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Many of you are forgetting or never knew, Jim had a very curious period in the past. It's usually private and a well-kept family secret, but here now, generally told. When he took his vows, vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, and the fourth vow, to give "Wholehearted and Free service to the poorest of the poor" suddenly his life's work became clear. Here he is, in a quiet moment in Calcutta:
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Apr 10, 2013 - 12:06am PT
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It's wasn't cool to make me spill my beer, Cowboy.......Lol!
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 10, 2013 - 01:17am PT
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Save the drama for your mama.
Who is your mama?
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Gene
climber
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Apr 10, 2013 - 08:18pm PT
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Even Donini was once young...
Manip courtesy of Cosmic.
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murcy
Gym climber
sanfrancisco
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Apr 10, 2013 - 10:37pm PT
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I was thinking up all sorts of witty jokes about Jim's age as he hauled me up the Hulk.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Donini Bump!
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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I love it. Great thread Jim.
You certainly have stirred the pot, and why not?
I was 57 last week, my partner Jennie is 62 looking at long-term care (hopefully short term until I get my act in order), but I love some of the comments that you have aroused.
Aroused? Like the jizz and c word? Ha ha. That is why I love this forum.
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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"All my life I've danced upon this stage,
Raging at the horror of old age."
W.B. Yeats
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 19, 2014 - 05:13pm PT
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Bumping this one jest cuz I still can!
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part-time communist
Mountain climber
Bishop, CA
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Jun 19, 2014 - 08:04pm PT
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So... what's the job situation like out in Bishop?
I landed an internship out here in Bishop/Mammoth Lakes. What better place than here to do an internship.
What field are you in?
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Jim Clipper
climber
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Oct 23, 2018 - 02:53pm PT
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If I is ever young,... I only really knew the 80's thunderdome Tina. Damn. Daze weren't always better, but ... dayum.
Were those legs the inspiration for the lycra revolution, god I hope not?
Mouse obliged for the Tina revolution...
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Trashman
Trad climber
SLC
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Oct 23, 2018 - 05:53pm PT
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[Click to View YouTube Video]
I was definitely closer to the target demographic when this thread started (also, do not google that quote if you value your reputation, sadly, Keanu was about half way down google results) perhaps closer to the original ranter now.
I don’t care that they’re young, I sure as hell don’t care what they call me, I just wish they’d go away.
Don’t need a partner, don’t need any new friends, just wish sport climbing would get popular again so they could all instatweet their faces off in Rifle or Maple and I could enjoy some piece and quiet again.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 23, 2018 - 06:00pm PT
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"Don't need a partner, don't need any new friends"
"...not so far."
Hope you got some old friends...
;0)
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Trashman
Trad climber
SLC
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Oct 23, 2018 - 06:20pm PT
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Figure by the time the healthy ones die, the drunks and druggies should be on the mend. Either way, no one would put money on me being the last of my peer group standing.
And if that doesn’t work I think I’ll take up hiking and soloing, better to slip and be done than endless arias of “When I started climbing here…”
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Oct 23, 2018 - 06:30pm PT
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Gee, Trashman, you sound a little cynical/jaded. Or maybe you are just tired/hungry. It's that time of night. Really, tho each day presents to us a unique newness. We still have a lot of living to do! lynnie
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
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Oct 23, 2018 - 09:26pm PT
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Urban Dictionary:young, dumb and full of c#m is referring to girls who find their snatch is c#m filled to the brim after a night on the town being shared around.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 24, 2018 - 09:34am PT
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Happy travels, Jim!
"urbane" and "off to the hills" -- very cute pun? or lucky bon mot?
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Jim Clipper
climber
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Oct 24, 2018 - 10:50am PT
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"urbane" and "off to the hills" -- very cute pun? or lucky bon mot?
I can't claim to be all intentional, sometimes something like lucky? Sometimes, maybe it all comes out in the wash.
I'm leaving to go, up to the blue tahoe. Come along? It will just be me and the dogs. Wife is at home. Plan is for about a week. Refrigerator is mostly full. Enough space for your bedroll. Guaranteed return trip whenever you need it. Autumn winds are shifting, at least, hope you look east from the Fresno, and know you're up there.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 24, 2018 - 11:05am PT
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Appealing, Jim. Tempting. But I have planned an urban expedition to Darkest Berkeley.
I'm already loading up on Zipfizz.
Enjoy, and thanks!
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Jim Clipper
climber
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Oct 24, 2018 - 12:10pm PT
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Hope to catch you on the flip side. I hear there are Forest south of the Berkeley. Hopefully some good medicine..
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 25, 2018 - 09:39am PT
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A tribute to the legends not fallen...
urine for it
exploding with piss but no vinegar
no longer full of c#m
--'tis only pee for thee--
and the Brucian seeds no longer seek their mark
no longer jet in that long relieving arc
--and now you're becoming impotent
not enough jack to pay the rent--
break out the Cutty Sark
then sit and brood about it in the dark
because when young you forgot to implement
a 401K or any IRA approved by the government--
take heart for the solution is at hand
--ZIPFIZZ is back from being banned!
so break out the Scotch and curse the past
it's just too bad that sex don't last
and if you're bummed out don't be aghast
--this trouble comes to all, at last
-mfm, pragmatic and matter-of-factly happy
^^^The Cream^^^
(A super group re-united at last!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbqQL0J_Vr0
Edit: I don't know the names of the gents on either side of Glen Denny.
The line-up, r to l from Glen, is Steve Grossman, Joe Fitschen, George Whitmore, Chris Jones, Russ McLean, Don Lauria, Ken Boche, and Dick Long.
Shoulda made note of that. No crying over spilt cream, though.
And as for how I am feeling post-FacePlaid (heh), the somewhat depressing nature of that poetical screed should speak to that to a certain extent.
I thought I felt well enough to last a day roaming YV, but that did not happen as it happened.
It became apparent that I am still not a well-enough heart patient to attempt such activity, for I was quite short of breath last evening.
Got to keep on truckin'.
"All dressed up and nowhere to go." C'est ca, ami.
Peter Green - Feeling Good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yimX2c7tiY
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Oct 25, 2018 - 09:58am PT
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From left to right:(?)
I'm Confused from the Jump?
(Ken Bouche,2nd not,1st?) Don Lauria?1/2 sure?,
?Russ McLean?
(Chris Jones), Bob Swift, ?Joe Fitschen,in red?
in back (Steve Grossman),
(Jim McCarthy)Uncle Jim! wow lookin'short 'n ole;
Must be 87 if a day, so lookin' good, really'
back is (Glen Denny)
and not in back at all is that Eric Beck, in black?.
Parenthetically sure
but what do gnom gnow?
Abso-lute-futility, no thing!
Never(Loose Your) Mind
SF Bay Zone?,Darkest liberal strong hold
Happy Doc H zone?
I failed to take out the trash just now
& that is the last paid pick-up,
time for after mid-night, dumpster runs
so travels will out, I hope you've been cured of faceplant?
I'm out
was never trusting,
so I was never in
I'm saved - last-minute? -
no
at the moment it seems there is modem upgrade that is gracing me
so I got to see that fine share.
Ugh, I only can name half the group - if that.
super though they be
Could you please name them for me?
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