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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Good call. While you're at it, you could nuke just about any of the other polititard threads and it would be just fine with me, as they almost always devolve into 'personal attacks', sometimes outside the boundaries of ST threads.
Better yet...consider nuking the most prolific OP's of such OT threads. Nip that sh#t in the bud, once & for all.
Keep up the good work.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Good Call. I got sucked in too.
Shame on me.
Time for penance.
Susan
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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1) The thread had very little to do with mission of the SuperTopo forum which is intended to be a "friendly and informative resource for climbers of all skill levels and experience to get information about climbing and climbing destinations.”
If this is truly the mission it's going to take more than nuking one of 1,000s dumb threads, for starters maybe don't delete climbing content when ppl get deactivated.
Delete offensive posts that cause banning, deactivate account and move on.
No need to remove great content.
An OT tab would be appreciated by many and I'm sure more ppl would contribute to the climbing side if it wasn't constantly get filtered by OT threads which probably comprise close to 50% of content on this forum.
My $0.02
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Norton
Social climber
quitcherbellyachin
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Please help us to keep personal attacks off the forum by emailing me.
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10b4me
climber
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Good call. While you're at it, you could nuke just about any of the other polititard threads
+1
it sure would be nice if Supertopo got back to its' original concept.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Justin attacked Jingy on the Soccer thread and impugned his appraisal of Alexis Sanchez. Jess sayin'...
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this just in
climber
north fork
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HA Reilly! Sorry, you god damn Goon!
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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You give me far too much credit, Russ. But thanks for paying attention enough to keep track of percentages!
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Haha this thread is gonna have to be nuked
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Burn this bitch down!!!
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
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Please take all the personal attacks to Facebook. You might as well be truthful about your real personalities.
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The Call Of K2 Lou
Mountain climber
North Shore, BC
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Let's nuke Vitaliy and Donini, too. They're makin' the rest of us look bad.
Same goes for Big Mike. Way too much positive vibes and good cheer for the internet.
(Oh crap! Personal attacks. I just nuked myself!) ->I<-
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Glad I could do my small part , with help from the Insults of BobDa, in helping to get the Ferguson thread nuked.
This rascism in america crap is totally overblown and used as a smokescreen to obscure far more damaging machinations by the Feds.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Dangerous precipice there Chris and while I agree with the premise I see no end to your future monitoring. Who will monitor the monitors? While you are at it, why not knock off "Watch the Liar?" And................................ .........................................................................
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Thx Chris!
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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And yet this
Why Are Republicans WRONG about EVERYTHING?
reamins on the front page...
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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How does one do a search for the OP's of all ST threads?
Who is the king/queen OP of all OT/polititard thread starters?
Nip that sh#t in the bud.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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I didn't visit the thread in question, but generally agree with the idea of getting rid of anything that involves personal attacks. Pretty sure that the number of teenagers on this forum is limited, so we ought to be able to avoid that.
However, there is some pretty decent OT discussion that goes on here, same as it might around a climbers campfire or at a dinner party. It would be a shame to lose that.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Thanks for letting us know your reasons, Chris, but I have to agree with Guido. I, too, see no end to your future monitoring. I would add that personal attacks exist on plenty of climbing-related threads, too. We even have our own four-letter words, e.g. bolt, trad, that almost always result in insult-fests.
I rather suspect that most here view resort to ad hominem attacks as a sign of a lost argument.
John
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goatboy smellz
climber
लघिमा
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Ron Anderson
Mr CMAC, where in the guidelines , does calling someone a chicken f*cker fall? Or how about trailer trash? Or calling someone a liar, like a few did here to Mr John Long yesterday?
Ill be happy to e mail you whenever this happens. BUt it could be pages worth.
lololol
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Dolomite
climber
Anchorage
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Never opened that thread, or most other politard threads. Am indifferent to it and its deletion. Either way it won't change my ST experience.
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ground_up
Trad climber
mt. hood /baja
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I would be fine if you nuked all the non climbing crap .
I can get all that elsewhere but ya' can't get the climbing
content , the gems of ST anywhere else.
I'm fine with all the OT stuff also as some of it has entertainment
value .
I just don't understand how people get so geeked over politics
and religion .
Either way ... I control the buttons on MY cornputer
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Thanks for the explanation Chris. I don't blame you. Personal online attacks between strangers is just creepy and unhealthy all the way around.. You created this place, it's yours to clean up as you see fit.
Scott
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RP3
Big Wall climber
Twain Harte
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Bravo. Keep it up.
That whole genre of posts is useless in my opinion. Nobody will ever change their political opinions based on a shouting match over the internet. Doing so is a waste of perfectly good electrons.
If what you seek is ranting over the internet, there are approximately 9 trillion other venues in which to do so.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Personal online atacks shouldvbe limited to people you know and like.
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Any thread that gets Russ to post is a good thread.
I'm glad the thread was nuked (even though I never read it). Why in the world that people start off topic threads that they KNOW are going to get the opposing factions spewing hatred at each other, if beyond me.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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"Why in the world that people start off topic threads that they KNOW are going to get the opposing factions spewing hatred at each other, if beyond me."
+100
Latest case in point (of dozens and dozens and dozens):
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2539317/watch-the-liar
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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So don't take the bait. Don't reply.
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Yes Apogee, I don't understand why Ron starts a thread like that, although I quite like Ron. But folks from "the other side" start inflammatory threads too.
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Grippa
Trad climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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I second what RyanD said. Get an OT tab on this bitch, and let the politards bicker in solitude while the real climbers get their own section.
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WBraun
climber
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I suggested the same thing many times.
Put a tab on the top for these girly men poltarded loons to bitch and moan all day with their loon talk.
Make it the "Loon" tab. :-)
Go get em loons!!!!
Fuk what a bunch a babies crying all day posting stupid sh!t.
These jackasses couldn't think themselves out of paper bag.
But they know all the answers to every cop problem and political problem.
This why America has no real problems because these loons are here solve them all, rolls eyes ......
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Fine, perfect advice, anita....but it doesn't work.
The more prolific OT OP's throw 'em up there, due to their own attention-seeking psychosis, and off it goes....
See, some people find those threads annoying, and follow that advice...others kinda like to discuss OT topics, and use them as a means to do so....and others really don't give a shite about the OT topic, but just love to feed the troll and set him on fire for sheer entertainment.
It's this last group that proves that self restraint alone won't stop ST's most peripatetic OT Troll Threads.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Nuke Werner! Every other sentence he writes is an insult at somebody. :-)
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
Dec 4, 2014 - 12:38pm PT
How does one do a search for the OP's of all ST threads?
Who is the king/queen OP of all OT/polititard thread starters?
Nip that sh#t in the bud.
Apogee, check it out. Just enter anyone's name in the search for topic by nickname & select search topics only. I did ur name so u can see how it works but enter anyone's avatar/screen name and be amazed. This is a good way to find awesome climbing content too.
http://www.supertopo.com/forumsearch.php?v=0&cur=0&ftr1=&ftr2=&ftr3=&ftr4=Apogee&scope=topics
You've started 188 threads!!!
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Thanks for the tip, Ryan...I'll put it to work shortly & report back...
It'll take a little while to count 'em all...
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Another political thread.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Fair enough...but I'm gonna start with the most prolific OP's of polititard threads...I'll gladly include my own...ideologies will be disregarded.
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ground_up
Trad climber
mt. hood /baja
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Is that OT tab up yet ?
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TwistedCrank
climber
Released into general population, Idaho
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There was a Ferguson thread?
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reach
Trad climber
Palo Alto, CA
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Another tab would be great! No censoring, just put the garbage in there and away from real content.
Call the tab "Off The Wall".
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Oregon
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This thread is getting longer than the Feruson thread.
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Fair enough, Ron. I appreciate your giving your rationale.
Phyl
SOE team member
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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OK, I started the Ferguson thread.
Good work! Now delete every dipshit that posted more than 2 times in that thread and you will really be onto something.
And I posted to it more than two times.
Who is the king/queen OP of all OT/polititard thread starters?
Nip that sh#t in the bud.
Apogee, if you don't like them, then why have you posted to them so many times?
Never opened that thread, or most other politard threads. Am indifferent to it and its deletion. Either way it won't change my ST experience.
Just sayin'
I'm glad the thread was nuked (even though I never read it). Why in the world that people start off topic threads that they KNOW are going to get the opposing factions spewing hatred at each other, if beyond me.
Get an OT tab on this bitch, and let the politards bicker in solitude while the real climbers get their own section.
If it matters, here's my take.
I started the thread for a couple of reasons:
 The three pictures I posted in the OP were amazing shots.
I believe the use of militarized force as used in Ferguson is a turning point in our history. Tanks in the streets, it is a very important event.
I started the thread not as a "political" thread, but more as an ode to the state of affairs with regards to the militarization of the police. The folks who spew their political vitriol saw the thread as an opportunity to do what they like to do best, and hence went the thread.
I also started the Climate Change thread, and I have mixed feelings about where that thread has gone. The good: we have real scientists posting an amazing amount information and it makes that thread a true treasure. The bad: there's a group of people who think it's OK to be thuggish on this forum, and they thrive in threads like these.
We've opened the idea of having an OT tab, much like the TR tab. Upon examination, it's an artificial fence put around the ideas that people what to discuss. For an interesting exercise, look through the current leading page see which topics you'd put on an OT tab. How far do you get before you realize that this forum is a group of climbers who like to talk about all sorts of things.
The environment, friends, music and guitars, sushi, Christmas presents, and oh yes. Climbing.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Not really referring to you, kman. I doubt seriously you are in the upper echelon of polititard thread OP's.
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rmuir
Social climber
From the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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Another tab would be great! No censoring, just put the garbage in there and away from real content.
"Off the wall." Stellar idea. It has the advantage of allowing the management to easily migrate the less savory threads to separate sandbox, thereby removing it from the Forum—which is deemed to be mission-critical. It simplifies the editorial role and removes criticism of potential heavy-handed censorship by merely moving the offending garbage to its own loony bin. Management can pull the trigger whenever it is necessary, and the Forum can be a bit more climbing centric.
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Good move Chris.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Right on cue The Chief.
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Bill Mc Kirgan
Trad climber
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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tanks = military equipment inappropriate for policing civilians
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Which threads get the most traffic to the site?
How do the advertisers feel about all this?
Someone was going to graph the flow. I would love to see a graph theoretic presentation of who attacks whom and how often.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Oregon
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Dec 4, 2014 - 04:56pm PT
First off, maybe if people would just stick to the reality and truth.
Not one PD in this United States of America owns nor operates a "real" Tank. Not one nor will they ever.
So, with that said, I reiterate the irony in all this.
Can you explain what isn't real about these?
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WBraun
climber
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I can't wait till we get a tank here in Yosemite.
Park your car in the wrong place and then crush it.
No more towing just crusher,
Need a flame thrower on it too. What for? Beats me but it will be cooool.
Big ass PA on it loud enough to knock over trees.
What else?
Heh heh heh HO Mannnn ....
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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And it's only December...
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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climbing content is just the same stuff re-hashed over and over
Yeah scrubbing bubbles we'd all way rather talk about re-hashed foreskin with you!!
Maybe there's a fore-ummm that you'd be better suited for if climbing is not interesting to you.
QFPI!!!!
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jgill
Boulder climber
Colorado
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"Off the wall." Stellar idea. It has the advantage of allowing the management to easily migrate the less savory threads to separate sandbox, thereby removing it from the Forum—which is deemed to be mission-critical
Excellent idea. Then ST will become as exciting as rockclimbing.com
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Oregon
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Dec 4, 2014 - 05:53pm PT
I can't wait till we get a tank here in Yosemite.
Park your car in the wrong place and then crush it.
No more towing just crusher,
Need a flame thrower on it too. What for? Beats me but it will be cooool.
Big ass PA on it loud enough to knock over trees.
What else?
Heh heh heh HO Mannnn ....
Quick way to take care of those folks who overstay their camp sites....
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RJ Spurrier
SuperTopo staff member
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How do the advertisers feel about all this?
I'm quite certain that we don't know.
But, past experiments suggest that the forum is not very advertiser friendly.
In prior years we tried directly approaching climbing-related advertisers, but we found the cost of selling ads was higher than the resulting revenues. And in some cases we found the forum audience was not necessarily "advertiser friendly". Does anyone remember the sarcasm our one-time advertiser da brim had to suffer through?
Today, we don't sell ads directly.
Instead we exclusively rely on google adsense to figure out how to place relevant ads for each individual person on the site. That strategy provides enough revenue to pay for the hosting on a fairly high-performance server configuration (but not much more). We feel like that works well enough. We are psyched to have the funds to provide a high performance site with professional backup. Those who think the SuperTopo forum is a big business are delusional. The forum is sometimes the place where real jewels are placed, and we hope to preserve those jewels for the long-term, but just so you know, it is not a big business by a wide margin.
rj
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Oregon
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WOW?
Both those units (the one on the trailer is actually a Vietnam era M109 155MM Howitzer piece of mobile artillery with a top speed of 25-35 mph and not a "tanK") are totally inactive and are strictly static displays in front of the respective PD's.
C'mon.....
C'mon yourself with the semantic bullsh#t. They work.
Merriam Webster, now a Britanica company, defines a tank like this:
: an enclosed heavily armed and armored combat vehicle that moves on tracks
Boom! It's a tank.
I suppose you can argue these vehicles from the Chico police department don't qualify by virtue of the wheels, but your argument would still be technical bullsh#t.
These aren't community policing vehicles. They were designed for war. Are local governments at war with their citizens?
If they are, why is that?
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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"Those who think the SuperTopo forum is a big business are delusional."
Not thinking this little reality tidbit is gonna resonate very far, but it's appreciated, nonetheless.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Hey RyanD-
thanks for the tip on searching threads by poster.
Thinkin' about doing some shameless self bumps!
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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I propose that we delete the "Why we deleted Ferguson thread".`
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Someone will just start a "Son Of Why we deleted Ferguson thread".
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Yeah, thanks Ryan...but no thanks.
This is a big job!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Chris & RJ: No problems here. I believe you folks are cleaning up what needs to be cleaned up. Lest some forget: It's your website. Fine with me, for you to do some more cleaning up.
Please let me share a couple Sheridan Anderson cartoons that apply to our current sh#t-u-nation.
Best Wishes!
Fritz
and for the ever-present ST Whinners.
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jstan
climber
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The forum is sometimes the place where real jewels are placed, and we hope to preserve those jewels for the long-term, RJS
Huh?
Just a day or so ago we reached the consensus that posting is only a mental exercise. Posts are about as valuable as a pot of beans burned in an experiment. No one likes beans, so literally everyone awaits their loss with bated breath.
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jstan
climber
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Now you are hurting my feewings. And only truly evil perverts like beans,
Now that I have your number, things are not going to go well.
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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If they are smart, they will delete this thread as well.
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jstan
climber
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Ban...bi....ban
Nambi....Banbi
Bump
Just can't get that tune out of my head.
Oh GOD NO!
I won't meditate. Won't meditate. No. Definitely not.
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jstan
climber
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Moose:
Oh you are evil all right. Now that the doctor has me on five ounces of marijuana a day, you told me I was getting fat. Mary Queen of Scots had it easy compared to what you are going to get.
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jstan
climber
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Shit! Now I have drawn the attention of the bad boys.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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The why another thread was deleted thread, eh.
I can think of a few others.
How about just one?
The Paul Ryan thread.
Say no more. I can say more.
Whoops. Did Paul tank?
Tanks for. All
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Poor Da Brim :(
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MH2
climber
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I've seen a few thread hijackings, or what were called that, but very seldom a jstan caper.
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jstan
climber
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RJ!
RJ!
Did you see that?
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jstan
climber
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I appreciate your concern Ron. Not to worry though. They are using an IV drip.
Edit:
Shall we all adjourn to the G spot thread? Now where the hell did I put my reading glasses? Never spot that sucker without my glasses.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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In the majority of these cases you see people either blatantly resisting the police, or doing other stupid stuff
(e.g. pointing fake gun).
I have broken the law a time or two, but I never never got into it with the cops.
Everybody knows they are working on quotas to generate revenue etc corruption.
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jstan
climber
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What camp fires have you been around?
Jus askin.
( Love that passive aggressive phrase.)
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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I love it too. Sums up stuff right well. :)
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crankster
Trad climber
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I'd vote to ditch the "What is Mind" and "Science v Religion" threads, too. Those sciencetards and bibletards really get nasty at least 31.4% of the time. Not much climbing content there. Just picking scabs off of Darwin's butt cheeks.
Delete everyone who posted more than 2 times in those threads and you'd really be on to something. That whole genre of posts is useless in my opinion. Nobody will ever change their scientific or religious opinions based on a shouting match over the internet. Doing so is a waste of perfectly good electrons.
I suggested the same thing many times. Put a tab on the top for these sciencetards to bitch and moan all day with their science and mind talk. These folks couldn't think themselves out of a paper bag. But they know all the answers to every science problem and religious problem.
Now, just calm down and look at the mountains. They aren't in your mind. They are real. Go climb one. Better than looking at a tank.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Call the tab "Off The Wall"
I'll admit it. I would visit that tab.
Me, too, Dave. The fact that jgill likes it, too, adds even more weight to the idea. This thread, in its own way, shows the value of OT threads, and particularly meta-threads like this one. I find it quite an interesting study to see how many people posting here are, like me, rather prolific posters on political threads, and yet those same posters seem to be calling for the elimination of those same threads.
In my 47 years of climbing, I've found climbers almost as interesting as climbs. Almost.
John
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
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This site doesn't seem so much like a campfire anymore; more like the lodge scarfateria. Just keep pushing it till the man gets on your ass.
Good one Rik!
BTW, I rapped off that single, crappy 1/4" bolt you and Rab placed at the top of the 5th pitch of A Mother's Lament. That was almost a life changing experience!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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The forum is sometimes the place where real jewels are placed, and we hope to preserve those jewels for the long-term, but just so you know, it is not a big business by a wide margin.
RJ, do you realize how many jewels you lost when you enacted this new "delete everything the person's ever posted after they've been banned code?? "
To my understanding this code is still in place. The historical 300 post idea is a good one, but i don't think it goes far enough to protect all the Jewels. The loss of Coz's posts is particularly troublesome for the historical record.
You are endeavouring to make Supertopo more than a forum. I applaud you for that. Please continue down that road.
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
Nevada City
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this thread made me laugh a lot this morning. thanks fellas.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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RJ - I have been asking for YEARS that you divide the forum:
Climbing stuff
Non-climbing stuff
How hard would that be? I will volunteer to help. I hate seeing a great climbing forum cluttered with all the crap that this place seems to attract.
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rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
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For me, the value of a thread on this forum is that it allows us to see how our community feels and thinks about things as a measure of our community. To see our viewpoint on race relations or climate change as valuable in itself because of the awesome informational resource they provide to others .. well we have to believe something. Nuke it don't nuke it, either way it's all about us all the time.
Seeing this result, I'm betting Fergu and his son were black :-)
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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^^^
Ohhh, God... that's funny.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Those threads are just a reflection of a divided populous. No different than the divide in the different climbing camps.
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paul roehl
Boulder climber
california
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I enjoy some of the off topic threads as much as the trs and on topic ones.
I've really enjoyed the religion vs. science thread, a great place to test your ideas... don't think people are on that thread just to change the minds of other folks. I think many are exploring some of the really fascinating ideas presented there. Some very bright people on that thread.
There are always going to be rude folks... really doesn't bother me. The super topo is the venue of significant egos after all. Want to encourage civility? Have people use their real names. Anonymity breeds a certain crude license in people.
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jgill
Boulder climber
Colorado
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Except that this is a climbing site
A climbers' site? More than one dimension.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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"Except that this is a climbing site. Save those debates for the CNN/FoxNews/MSNBC comment sections."
A climbing site where 70 percent of the posts are non-climbing related.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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All the segregated and moderated forums I've ever seen are as about as interesting as watching paint dry.
Keep it a virtual campfire.
(even if every once in a while a fist fight breaks out or someone gets too drunk and falls in.)
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goatboy smellz
climber
लघिमा
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Only noobs and dimwits would want to talk about climbing all the time.
I would rather read about more important issues that effect
the bigger world from climbers that are experts in their fields.
We are lucky we have Chiloe here for the climate talk,
BASE104 to teach us the inside scoop on fracking,
Hartouni for physics and Locker on buttplugs.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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I tend to agree with TGT on this one, but would sure like to see a better way to maintain a better balance of OT threads against the primary purpose of ST.
Ohhhh ggaaaawwwddd....I just agreed with TGT. I think I just had an aneurysm.
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jstan
climber
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After he had climbed for eight hours I once saw a guy start arguing ratings. His brain locked up and the ambulance did not get there in time. Wasn't pretty.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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It woiuld be nice to be able to search, for example for a phrase like "half dome cables" and have the resulting set consist of just the (first or last) entry in the thread that contained the phrase. Still want to be able to search and get all the details as happens now.
The greatest hits tab would be just that, a list of great threads (note I did not say threats - with the first or most recent post). Figuring out how to get in the hall of fame would be Chris's job, which he could designate.
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johnboy
Trad climber
Can't get here from there
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No need to explain anything Chris.
Make it the way you want it.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Yes.
And no.
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crankster
Trad climber
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I have learned WAY too many things about certain folks on this forum...disturbing; wish I didn't know.
A topical political thread or two, sure, I like them...but there are WAY too many OT threads on the forum.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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There is a current thread on the great Bob Murray...amazing climber and somewhat mysterious loner...in four years, 45 posts.
Most political threads get that in the first hour of being started.
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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paul roehl wrote:
I enjoy some of the off topic threads as much as the trs and on topic ones.
The super topo is the venue of significant egos after all. Want to encourage civility? Have people use their real names. Anonymity breeds a certain crude license in people.
Ron Anderson wrote:
These ot threads are where we learn what people do in life, which can even be a resource of sorts- and wouldn't be known if not for the OT threads. Interesting traits, careers, likes and dislikes all discussed via OT threads.
Amen to both comments. We control what forums we view or post on.
(Oh no, the menu is so large and even has things I don't like. I'm stressed out!!!)
jstan wrote:
Now that the doctor has me on five ounces of marijuana a day
LMAO
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Perhaps a climbing tab would rock the boat a lot less than an OT tab.
The junk food could stay next to the counter.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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What Russ said.
Wow, you'd see most of the forum disappear overnight if everybody who posted to OT threads were nuked.
Government shutdown closes Yosemite. OT, or not?
I suppose as long as posters stuck to whinging about their broken climbing plans, we'd be OK.
But the first poster who navigated into the waters of why the shutdown occurred, Bam! Nuke 'em!!
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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I don't always agree with Ron but at least he has the stones to use his real name. I think we all should. If there was a way to change my avatar but keep the same account with all my photos etc i would...
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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"What Russ said."
Name calling?
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Anyone who wants to make their name available can edit their profile to make it show. Just put your name in the 'From' box. That is part of your public profile and is shown to those who click on your avatar icon.
edit
And in all your subsequent posts your name will show below your favorite type of climbing.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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posted by: A. Cairns
Locker posted: Oh, how clever...
posted by: A. Cairns
Yes, I quite surprised myself. And once started I couldn't stop being clever.
posted by: A. Cairns
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this just in
climber
Justin Ross from North Fork
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That's a stupid idea moose, must be a Canadian thing. Only idiots would do that.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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You know what is crazy about the one-time da brim direct ads?
They probably sold a boat load down the road. I know I bought one later on. Wouldn't have know about it but for all the banter + the ad. The ad by itself was ignorable. Add the banter, and viola, instant tension and interest.
Btw, it's pretty fricking amazing for wearing a helmet in the heat waves on El Cap.
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Chris Cunningham
Trad climber
San Francisco
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I am happy to say I never looked at that thread anyway.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Dec 10, 2014 - 06:42pm PT
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Door number 1, 2, or 3?
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Dec 10, 2014 - 06:46pm PT
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So, if 'conversations are un-moderated', then how can they prohibit 'profane language, heckling, harassment'?
Seems like someone would have to be paying attention to those chats in order to enforce that 'prohibition'.
Edit: I'm down with the idea of low/no moderation, just don't know how to ensure stoooopid sh#t doesn't happen on your Forum.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Dec 10, 2014 - 07:06pm PT
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Sheeit or shit! or shit% - take your pick Frankie Boy.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Dec 10, 2014 - 07:17pm PT
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conversations in this area are with real people
Food for thought about cross over applicability.
Susan
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