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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 1, 2015 - 06:34pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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I know you know why they're called 'ships of the desert'.
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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 1, 2015 - 06:55pm PT
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Tell that to these young girls that are about to blow that Desert Ship outta their Hood.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Gary
Social climber
Hell is empty and all the devils are here
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MisterE
Gym climber
Being In Sierra Happy Of Place
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The fur collar is a dead giveaway:
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Gary
Social climber
Hell is empty and all the devils are here
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So is the bowler:
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MisterE
Gym climber
Being In Sierra Happy Of Place
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^^So true!
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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 1, 2015 - 07:21pm PT
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CAL-TRANS
** It took CAL-TRANS 6.2 weeks to complete .4 of a mile of Shoulder Work in front of my house on Hwy 6 just this past month and the month prior. 2 of those weeks were tearing up 1/8 of a mile what they laid the previous week.
How about that road repair project last year on 395 just south of Independence. 10 months to expand a the 200' long bridge over the aqueduct.
And the deal going through Red Rocks on 14 just north of Mojave. 11 Months to expand 1/2 mile of road. 4 of those months doing precisely what they did in front of my house. Redoing 1/4 of the initial work, twice.
Talk about Terrorists!
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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You mean the CalTrans workers would be OK with you had they been sporting camo and green helmets...
... and still standing around waiting?
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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What's orange and sleeps six?
A Caltrans van.
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Gary
Social climber
Hell is empty and all the devils are here
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Rick Poedtke,I'll give you a pass on your commentary. Your ignorance of construction processes and procedures does not allow you to intelligently comment on this. Not that that has ever stopped you before.
Did you note that the work is performed by private contractors? They take great care, and it's time consuming, to make a safe work environment.
184 Department of Highways and Department of Transportation workers have died on the job since 1921. My guess would be that an equal number of contractor employees have died as well.
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/about/safety.htm
Warren Harding worked for the Department of Highways, you can bet he spent time dodging vehicles.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Looks to me like two contractors and four inspectors.
Don't worry though I've heard massive layoffs are not long off.
A new vendor has signed a state contract for self leaning shovels.
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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 1, 2015 - 07:50pm PT
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Sep 1, 2015 - 07:41pm PT
Your ignorance of construction processes and procedures does not allow you to intelligently comment on this.
This coming from a career Cal-Trans Employee... Gary Schenk
Bravo.
Got more bs to proliferat about the tax payers fraud and waste that your CA State agency practices.
The U.S. Department of Labor once defined “featherbedding” as “a derogatory term applied to a practice, working rule, or agreement provision which limits output or requires employment of excess workers and thereby creates or preserves soft or unnecessary jobs …”
That’s a pretty good description of what’s been happening in California’s Department of Transportation vis-à-vis those it employs to design and supervise construction projects.
The Legislature’s budget analysis office has been hammering what it regards as overstaffing in “capital outlay support” due to a declining workload not being matched by a declining staff.
Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed some token responses, including a 195-position reduction in his 2014-15 budget. But, the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) concludes, “the governor’s proposals would result in the program being overstaffed by about 3,500 full-time equivalents beginning in 2014-15 at a cost of more than $500 million.”
That’s $500 million that would be unavailable for actual improvements of a system that has the nation’s worst congestion and its second worst pavement conditions.
The overstaffing amounts to a third of Caltrans’ project support employees, the LAO says in a highly critical report released as legislators were making detailed decisions on the 2014-15 budget.
And what happened, one might wonder, when the Assembly’s budget subcommittee dealing with transportation took up the governor’s late-blooming request (dated May 1) for a 195-position reduction in the staff that would save an estimated $21.8 million?
The union that represents Caltrans engineers, Professional Engineers in California Government, didn’t like the idea of even a relatively tiny workforce reduction and communicated that displeasure to subcommittee members. The union, like all public employee unions, has helped Democrats achieve and retain majority status in the Legislature, so when it speaks, politicians listen.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/dan-walters/article2599870.html#storylink=cpy
Yup Gary Schenk.... CAL-TRANS is a CA Tax Payers Terrorist Nightmare.
EDIT: Half of the crew was CALTRANS and the other half was the thieving "contractor" Granite Construction.
ON the one job in front of my house that I noted, CAL-TRANS was Supervising the entire Operation. How do I know this, because when I saw them tearing up the weeks prior work, I pulled over and walked over to the "Boss". He was a local Cal Trans dude that I know from in town. I asked him what and where etc. The reason, his people Caltrans, did not validate the time of the asphalt QA prior to it leaving the yard over at the Granite Park site on Five Bridges road and it being laid.
I then asked why is this project going to take 6 weeks when earlier this year they did the exact same thing a half mile north just before Chalfant and they did the exact same length of work in 10 days. He responded... "That is how this particular contract ended."
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Gary
Social climber
Hell is empty and all the devils are here
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This coming from a career Cal-Trans Employee... Gary Schenk
Once again, you have your facts wrong, Poedtke. Nothing new there, though.
You, however, are a career feeder off the public trough. Navy pension, worked for Mono County as well, no? When you needed rescue from that class 2 gully, you called on public servants. And didn't public servants recover the body of that client that died on your watch?
Looks to me like two contractors and four inspectors.
Orange vests are contractors, green vests Caltrans.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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What did it take to build the Al-Can Hiway, 9 months?
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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So one to one inspector worker ratio.
And since the inspectors are jaw jacking with the workers, nothing productive is happening.
From first hand experience,just try to get a hold of someone in the engineering office in Sac that gives a sh#t or has a clue.
(or will even answer emails or phone calls for that matter)
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Al Quida Mojave
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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 1, 2015 - 08:13pm PT
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You, however, are a career feeder off the public trough. Navy pension, worked for Mono County as well, no?
Nope on the worked for.... I volunteered with the Mono County Probation dept as the Director of the County's Youth Mentorship Program. NO PAY.
My Navy Retainer... Shall I start posting photos of the shet I endured Gary Shenk compared to your days at the desk in your office under the 405 freeway?
How bout I just post this last deal I survived. Still have a piece of the A6's main mount lodged in my chin from this one that occurred five months prior to my retirement... yup, I am a trough feeder and do not deserve any of the $1895.00 I get a month for 24 years of fuking off.
BTW Gary Schenk, how much a month you gonna get for standing around the water cooler for ten years from Caltrans? I got five that says at least twice of what I get.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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MisterE
Gym climber
Being In Sierra Happy Of Place
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Got more bs to proliferant about
There, I fixed it for you.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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$1895/month? That's a fooking insult, but thank you anyway.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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The al-can hwy was built mostly by black GI's in a war. They understood what was at stake & beat all expectations. And it was a dirt road.
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dirtbag
climber
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Well, the thread started off on the right foot.
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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 1, 2015 - 08:21pm PT
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AND Reilly, I pay 30% of all my Medical and Dental. So far this year I have paid over $1350 in copay for me and my Wife.
Wonder how much Gary Schenk will be paying through his CALPERs for his Medical/Dental. According to my retired CHP neighbor... Zippo!
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Gary
Social climber
Hell is empty and all the devils are here
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On the Al-Can the surveyors knew when to move ahead when they heard the equipment running behind them. No rest for the weary there. All those guys were tough as nails.
Wonder how much Gary Schenk will be paying through his CALPERs for his Medical/Dental. According to my retired CHP neighbor... Zippo!
Once again, Poedtke, you have your facts wrong. But thanks for playing.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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hey chief,
my dad was on the Enterprise on this day.[Click to View YouTube Video]
he was way up in the tower
and a portion of a plane tail
impaled the steel wall of the
room that he was in.
he looked down into chaos
and thought he might have
to jump the 400' to water,
but was spared the fate.
just recently he recounted
this tale for me.
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MisterE
Gym climber
Being In Sierra Happy Of Place
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AND Reilly, I pay 30% of all my Medical and Dental.
Wonder how much Gary Schenk will be paying through his CALPERs for his Medical/Dental. According to my retired CHP neighbor... Zippo!
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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 1, 2015 - 08:24pm PT
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Norwegian!!
What's your Pops name!
My first Flt Dk Chief was the FLY 2 PO on deck when that shet day happened.
I survived this one as well. I was on the Stbd side just Fwd of the Fantail with AIRLANT as an evaluator. I led the first hose team from aft/Fly 3.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
You can see me running my ass off so as not to get blown away at :14 then right to left at the bottom of the screen at :36 getting the first hose team on scene.
Yeah Gary Schenk, I am a miserable burden on your taxes.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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I pay 30% of all my Medical and Dental.
Wow, that's called adding insult to injury.
And you had like 5 or 6 hash stripes?
edit:
Mr E, I'm butthurt for The Chief; he risked his life daily and doesn't merit
half of what some Caltrans slut gets?
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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 1, 2015 - 08:28pm PT
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Six Reilly.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Goldenville west of Lurkerville
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The Chief.. I 've been driving that section of road in front of white people estates the last 2 days and was not impressed with the looks of that repair but at least it's not all wash boardy like it use to be..rj
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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 1, 2015 - 08:40pm PT
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Yeah RJ!!! That is cus I went into the CALTRANS office in town and threw a fit when they started the shoulder fukfest and weren't touching the section you speak of that has been so fked up for over three years with that stupidass sign... "Rough Road Ahead". Pretty much lost it and went off on the Asst Dist Mger in the office and demanded they fix that section instead of the bullshet shoulder gig they were doing.
Two days later out they were working on it.
But you notice how they only did half of the fking road and now the outside section is falling apart from the weight of the new product on the inside.
I was in there today and threw a fit about that! I was told they will look into it.
What a bunch of Terrorist MOFO's!
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Gary
Social climber
Hell is empty and all the devils are here
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Thanks, Reilly.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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You're more than welcome, especially if you can justify the discrepancy in
retirement and health care benefits.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Goldenville west of Lurkerville
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The Chief...what did you expect from Cal Trans...It's a bureaucracy....White Mt. Estates looks like something out of Afghanistan...The Panhandle will be a nice change....rj
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Some people choose to place lotsa pro and get rewarded for it. Some people choose to run it out and get rewarded with purity of focus, and the cetera.
We all make choices about how to turn that dolla, and let's face it, life shorely ain't fair.
Also: roads seem more necessary than most wars. Aaaand I don't live in Cali, nor have I served. For good reason, both.
So what's the score here? Is Gary a terrorist because the state sweetens his retirement him more than the Chief and he happens to think differently? Are there any vacancies at GITMO? How'bout CALTRANS?
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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I do love good "thread-drift."
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Goldenville west of Lurkerville
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bravecowboy....There are some vacancies at gitmo....Free room and board....rj
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Goldenville west of Lurkerville
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The Chief...Stand down......I'll be the guy with the white flag and cold IPA"S...
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Terrorists often have really bad teeth.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Goldenville west of Lurkerville
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Spider...Too bad you don't work for cal trans...Free dental...!
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Chief, care to offer any other, more intelligible, gems of insight on "the Weps" and dealing with the Man, or what a proper Westerner does with his guns? [does it involve body cavities?]
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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 1, 2015 - 09:22pm PT
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^^^^^^WTF is with the fking pellet popgun in the last foto^^^^^^^^ Cowboy... and what's with the Ear Muffs?
Jesus H Chris almighty. New Hipsters trying to find their way in the world.
PS PS COWBOY. Bad Ju Ju to post up personal weps (even if they are wanna be pop guns) in use fotos in public. Think about that one and then get back to me.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Ah---Chief.
Per your posting of my Idaho camping photo, I am an "Idaho Native," & a strange blend of liberal tree-hugger vs redneck conservative, common to this backward & gun-loving state.
I posted this on TheBraveCowboy's skunk thread tonight.
Sep 1, 2015 - 04:04pm PT
Brave Cowboy: I feel for your plight.
We have intervals where we have lots of skunks here on the ranchette, then there's a die-off, likely due to rabies.
I unfortunately have caught them in a live trap like Chaz posted on three occasions, when I was trying to live-trap stray cats or rock chucks.
First time, I was conveniently out of town, so Heidi called Fish & Game and an summer-intern Warden showed up to deal with the skunk. They agreed on the tarp-method, and the intern got the piss sprayed out of the tarp & him, while Heidi watched from a safe distance. After a while he borrowed my 22 rifle shot it, bagged the stinking body and left, and the ranchette smelled of dead skunk for three days. (I’m sure the poor intern-Warden found a new career choice.)
So-----I don't believe in tarps anymore.
The next year, I went out to the live trap at 7:00 AM and found a skunk instead of a stray cat. I wandered back to the house for coffee & thought up a new plan. Normally skunks squirt when shot, but I had been counseled that if a bullet breaks their spinal cord, they can't squirt. I had also noted that lack of squirting, when I shot a rabid skunk that was attempting to join us & some friends during an afternoon tour around the ranchette. It still is important to bury skunks before the muscles relax and the odor comes out.
Fortified with coffee, I walked back to the trapped skunk with my 22 rifle & a shovel. I closed on the skunk until he was getting real excited, backed off a little and dug a deep hole. Then I moved as close as possible to the skunk & shot him 3 times in the back of the neck, opened the cage, dumped him into the hole, & quickly back-filled it. I hardly got any stink on me at all.
The third time was this summer and I tried the same scenario, but wasn’t as lucky in my shooting, due to the cage wire deflecting two of my shots. I shot more times to be sure of the kill & the skunk started dripping thick & stinky goo from the stink orifice. I got totally skunked, but dumped the victim and back-filled the hole, before stumbling to our back porch, stripping and taking a very long shower. I could smell & taste skunk scent for two days.
Maybe you need a meaner dog?
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2679644&tn=20
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Uh, chief, I put some ear pro on the woman as she fired the .22 pump.
and yeah, re: "personal weps"...I don't own that firearm. Nor do I care/fear/worry/sweat showing them on the web, given that I don't believe a national firearm clampdown is possible.
mid-aged folk with complex and nuanced politix trying to find their way in the world. better
Now, down to brass tacks, should we prison wallet that sh#t to be true westerners?
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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 1, 2015 - 09:43pm PT
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.22 pump.
Like I said cowboy, a Pop Pellet Gun.
FRITZ, all Bullshet aside... where in Idaho do you reside?
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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How I spot terrorists:
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Sorry it's not thick enough for your liking Chief.
Night-night, some of us gotta work and climb sh#t tomorrow.
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Gary
Social climber
Hell is empty and all the devils are here
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Reilly: You're more than welcome, especially if you can justify the discrepancy in retirement and health care benefits.
Talk to your congressman. They like wearing their flag lapel pins but when it comes to veterans, they forget all that patriot BS when they leave the service.
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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 1, 2015 - 10:13pm PT
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No Healyje... Here's a true Terrorist of the rock vertical world.......
Talk to your congressman.They like wearing their flag lapel pins but when it comes to veterans, they forget all that patriot BS when they leave the service.
Hey Gary Schenk.... Got some real balls? Tell that to the (Retired Marine Corps Col with six Combat trips to Vietnam) below dude's face. I will even bring him down to your office under the 405. He's my Congressmen.
I'll give you his phone number if want. Tell em I, Rick Poedtke the Chief from Bishops Vet to Vet Program sent ya. He knows all about us. Intimately. He'd love to hear your bullshet whinning.
I see you aint got the balls to let us know how much you're gonna get from Calpers AND that Wall Street funded 401K ya got under that pillow of yours when you retire.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Spider you crack me up.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Chief! Re your question: FRITZ, all Bullshet aside... where in Idaho do you reside?
I like Bullschist! S. Central Idaho. I was born 40 miles from where I live & Heidi grew up on an Idaho homestead.
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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I gots me a Permit to blast them!!! Did ya get yours?
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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I don't need no stinking permit.
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Fritz! I been told these are gooooood eating! Waste not want not!
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Clop Clop Clop, Bang Bang Bang, Clop Clop Clop
Amish drive by
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