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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 25, 2019 - 06:43am PT
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Ron has been banned and wanted to give this farewell
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Its true; I posted a photo of a phallic potato and was de-activated.
Recently I started a thread posting a photo of "Braun Books" next to "Poseur's Place" and it was locked (a complaint from the duck??).
This site is morphing from SuperTopo to SnowflakeTorpor, and as I said near 10,000 posts ago this place is a monumental waste of time.
I should have heeded myself, but interacting with some was fun.
My best to most. Won't be back without a contrite invitation.
Don't know RJ or if he's put up any good routes, but I hope he enjoys the irony of summarily banning me for, ....
yes,
a photo of a dick-tater.:)
I'm still Ron O at MP
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Apr 25, 2019 - 06:54am PT
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Feck I'm bummed.
Always enjoyed Toker's take on things.
Good balance often times to my thinking.
See you on the other side.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Apr 25, 2019 - 06:58am PT
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A morning toke for Toker would be appropriate.
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brotherbbock
climber
So-Cal
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Apr 25, 2019 - 07:30am PT
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This thread will be deleted...
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A Essex
climber
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Apr 25, 2019 - 08:19am PT
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total Infinity War round here
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 25, 2019 - 08:41am PT
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Now potatoes are verboten? Who runs this place,
The Ostrich Society?
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado & Nepal
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Apr 25, 2019 - 08:56am PT
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God made that poor phallic potato. It didn't choose to be that way. :)
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Don Paul
Social climber
Washington DC
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Apr 25, 2019 - 09:14am PT
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Seems kind of arbitrary if that's all it's about. I thought he was one of the nicer people on the forum.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Apr 25, 2019 - 10:06am PT
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I had the same picture in my uploads and I didn't get banned, so I'd guess there is a little more to it than one image. [Click to View YouTube Video]
hah, "click to view youtube video", that's a wee bit paranoid
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Apr 25, 2019 - 05:01pm PT
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Ron is certainly a great window into Desert climbing and an interesting character for certain. he will be missed!
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Mike Honcho
Trad climber
Glenwood Springs, CO
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Apr 25, 2019 - 05:57pm PT
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WBraun AKA "the duck" still has 100 photos that he doesn't own. At least one of which I own. Will he get De-Activated?
If you put your sh#t on the internet and Bluering, or whomever, turns into a dickmeme it's your own fault.
Caylor
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Apr 25, 2019 - 06:01pm PT
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Toker was a looser ...Glad he got the ax...But now i’m Missing him...
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johntp
Trad climber
Punter, Little Rock
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Apr 25, 2019 - 07:20pm PT
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Toker was a looser ...Glad he got the ax...
Guess you've never met him. I've run into him a few times at Todd Gordon's. Nice guy and would give you the shirt off his back. A great supporter of Layton, Jeff and Kyle, amongst others.
Hope he finds the wide.
VVV
So maybe the quote was tongue in cheek?
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Apr 25, 2019 - 07:24pm PT
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Never met him doesn’t mean I don’t like the guy....
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Apr 25, 2019 - 07:26pm PT
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Keep Tokin' on . . . you will be missed.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Apr 25, 2019 - 07:28pm PT
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Another big personality gone. I'll miss you, Ron!
John
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cragnshag
Social climber
Gilroy
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Apr 25, 2019 - 07:55pm PT
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LOOSE
LOOSER
LOSE
LOSER
I am at a loss as to why folks can't use these 2nd grade words correctly.
With Ron gone, the average forum IQ is lower :(
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Apr 25, 2019 - 08:02pm PT
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No great loss.
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Gilroy
Social climber
Bolderado
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Apr 25, 2019 - 08:39pm PT
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Philo concurs.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Apr 25, 2019 - 08:43pm PT
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He liked The New Riders of The Purple Sage.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Apr 25, 2019 - 09:31pm PT
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For a long time I thought Toker and Rong were the same guy
I no longer do
Not because of this, but it is one thing tVillain said
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 31, 2018 - 11:55am PT
Veterans deserve it.
While I support major cutbacks in hardware purchases, the troops should get our support.
My favorite organization to support is Paralyzed Veterans of America. I can't think of any more deserving.
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Jim Clipper
climber
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Apr 25, 2019 - 10:37pm PT
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With the taco inquisition in full swing, I can see why the knights of the castrati targeted the toker.
I admire his work to help folks, even if I didn't get his "#of people who have died on my climbs" rating scale.
Seems odd, reconciling the two.
Off to the desert, where the powder stays dry...
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graniteclimber
Trad climber
The Illuminati -- S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Division
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Apr 26, 2019 - 01:54am PT
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Love him or hate him, he was the real deal. I think that losing him, and people like him, actually really is a great loss for SuperTopo. People like him, DMT, and Tarbuster is what kept a lot of us coming back here. Well, of these three, Tarbuster is still here, but for how long?
And make no mistake, Toker Villain wasn't kicked out, he left. It was a calculated act.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Apr 26, 2019 - 03:14am PT
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i came here, didn't know shemagh from keffiyeh or ghutrah. the guy broke my spell-checker over his knee, and i'm a better man for it
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Apr 26, 2019 - 06:42am PT
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Buh-Bye
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Apr 26, 2019 - 07:15am PT
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Does anyone else remember the rumor from back in the 80's that Ron Olevsky had died? I can't recall where I'd heard that, I think the suggestion was that it had been suicide. It was a few years before I learned that it was all some malicious prank, and in the pre-internet world it was both a difficult thing to pull off and slow to refute. Ron was already a known quantity in those days of print and evidently controversial enough to draw heat back then. Presumably for his HAFWEN constructive pin scarring program in desert sandstone, though who knows, it may have been purely personal. I doubt this Supertopo little death is all that big a deal.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 26, 2019 - 07:17am PT
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OLevsky has probably always inspired a mixed bag of responses from people, and long before the Internet. He's been a key figure in our community forever, or for most of forever.
At my medical benefit auction in 2009, he got right out front during the bidding and was a major force in pushing up values.
Thank you, Granite Climber. While I probably won't be generating much in the way of content here, I'll continue to interact with all of the goodhearted, intelligent, and interesting people who make this community what it is, until the lights go out.
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 26, 2019 - 07:18am PT
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Well, of these three, Tarbuster is still here
Still here, but most of his contributions are gone.
His photo heavy threads were always a blast.
Scrambles by Tarbuster - always a hoot.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 26, 2019 - 07:20am PT
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You can view all of my stuff (except for the photos which I posted to Supertopo server over the last year, which I stripped out as a matter of expediency to keep the rest alive) and that of everyone else who used off-site hosting for photographs.
Hacking your browser to see photographs on Supertopo
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Lemurian
climber
Bend
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Apr 26, 2019 - 07:46am PT
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Banned because of a potato photo. I suppose there's some cosmic symmetry in that, but I can't discern how, exactly. The consequence doesn't seem to match the action.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 26, 2019 - 08:09am PT
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I love that SuperTopo is claiming its own reprise of Firenze’s 1497 Bonfire Of The Vanities.
Who’s gonna play Savonarola?
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Apr 26, 2019 - 09:35am PT
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You mean first being banned, burned and then made a saint...
Saint Mouse of Merced might qualify. Too bad The Flames thread was burned... It was very much the heart and soul of Yos ST...
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Hardly Visible
Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
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Apr 26, 2019 - 09:46am PT
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Is anyone else having any luck with JLP's browser javascript hack? It does not seem to work for me.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 26, 2019 - 09:55am PT
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I had a programmer do it for me and it definitely works.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 26, 2019 - 09:57am PT
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Bonfire of the Vanities was also a good book by Tom Wolfe.
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LAhiker
Social climber
Los Angeles
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Apr 26, 2019 - 10:08am PT
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Did they ban him because the photo of a dick tater was too political? Or because he couldn't definitively prove that he owned the photo? Am I even allowed to ask these questions???
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Apr 26, 2019 - 10:11am PT
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A classic New York City guy who chose to run from the mob scene and into his own paradise (at times) in UT. Well played, Ron O!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 26, 2019 - 11:53am PT
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It may be that some setting in Java is interfering with that browser hack.
The guy (Supertopo champion Nut Again!) that set my browser hack had to go into Java and look around for some interference.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Apr 26, 2019 - 02:31pm PT
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He liked The New Riders of The Purple Sage.
The New Riders of the Purple Sage recorded "Henry," whose chorus was our theme song when driving to and from Yosemite Valley in my Berkeley days:
"Now he's rollin' down the mountain goin' fast, fast fast.
And if he blows it, this one's gonna be his last.
Goin' to Acapulco, turn the golden key.
Henry keep your brakes on for this corner if you please!"
John
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Apr 26, 2019 - 05:28pm PT
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Yes,John,on a thread about pedal steel guitar here ,Toker mentioned how he liked NRPS.
Of course I agree,that was mountain music over here as well.
Saw those guys play in my hometown twice,smoked one with Buddy Cage.
The pedal steel slide in Henry was played by Jerry Garcia.
Man.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Apr 26, 2019 - 06:43pm PT
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classic case of one toke over the line
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johntp
Trad climber
Punter, Little Rock
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Apr 26, 2019 - 06:56pm PT
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You can view all of my stuff (except for the photos which I posted to Supertopo server over the last year, which I stripped out as a matter of expediency to keep the rest alive) and that of everyone else who used off-site hosting for photographs.
Hacking your browser to see photographs on Supertopo
Your assuming anyone wants to spend time to figure out how to hack.
Sorry Tar, but if I need to hack or click on photos in a TR rather than have them embedded in the TR, I'll pass.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Apr 26, 2019 - 09:05pm PT
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Hey!
Here's some more of my ST pictures for your viewing pleasure.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Apr 26, 2019 - 09:13pm PT
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The New Riders of the Purple Sage recorded "Henry," whose chorus was our theme song when driving to and from Yosemite Valley in my Berkeley days:
"Now he's rollin' down the mountain goin' fast, fast fast.
And if he blows it, this one's gonna be his last.
Goin' to Acapulco, turn the golden key.
Henry keep your brakes on for this corner if you please!"
John
You surprise me JE
But ...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8I8KUUOsr3o
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Tarbuster
climber
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Apr 26, 2019 - 10:33pm PT
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Whole Lotta OT going down here.
... and Fritz, I gotta say: your pictures really are lacking the zest of yore.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 26, 2019 - 11:36pm PT
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Ha ha!
Name that shoe!
Can't do it. Closest I can come is the La Sportiva Cliff? But it's not quite right, methinks.
The Honnold spoof is pretty darn good. I liked the GarageBand positioned on the summit, but it sort of reeked of too many financial resources.
He doesn't look as fast as Danno, though.
The key to Osman's speed was in the use of his legs.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 26, 2019 - 11:39pm PT
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My pictures of Ron, BTW: taken with a Polaroid!
How's that for retro chic?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 27, 2019 - 12:22am PT
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Oh hell,
zB, since we are going all OT on Ron's sendoff thread:
Regarding your query:
I have saved three versions of the thread I was interested in.
Web complete
Web archive
PDF
How is fragility/portability being assessed here?
I do want to answer that, because Nut Again! explained it to me even better than I may have on my own.
I'll get back to you in a bit, after I prep my answer as clearly as I can. Watch this space, please?
After all, we could of course start a separate thread, but that would be way too sane & formalized and stuff.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Apr 27, 2019 - 01:02am PT
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Gang, the "hack" is pretty easy in the scheme of things. JLP deserves his own appreciation thread on supertopo for this alone.
1. Install the browser plugin "Custom Javascript for Websites 2":
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/custom-javascript-for-web/ddbjnfjiigjmcpcpkmhogomapikjbjdk?hl=en
2. Left-click on the 'cfs' icon in upper right to pop open a little window where you type in the "hack" code
3. Type in the code EXACTLY as shared in the picture from JLP. That's it!
It is a remote possibility that you have javascript disabled in your browser, but very unlikely. You would not have any normal modern websites working properly or nicely if you did that.
Note, the only reason you can't copy/paste in JLP's code is because it has some symbols that get mangled by forum text processing. So you have to look at his image and retype it yourself.
There is no magical scary stuff in that code... only "hacking" in the simplest sense of implementing a work-around. It takes all the supertopo content, and whenever it recognizes those links to external pictures, just replaces that HTML with the code to view the image inline rather than linking to it. For those who understand a little HTML, it just changes an "a href=" to an "img src=" type of html tag.
I understand the fear/stigma associated with the idea of a "hack" but really this is like using a little bailing wire to hold your muffler on your car.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Apr 27, 2019 - 06:26am PT
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Ron is an original, not a stamped out typical citizen. ST has a few like that which makes it an interesting place to come. They should be preserved here like endangered species are elsewhere.
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Apr 27, 2019 - 07:08am PT
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Original? Hardly. More like a zoo of obsolete mindsets. Barney Fife type fellers with one bullet, sitting on the porch, all hissified and squealing when anything new upsets their white idyllic.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 27, 2019 - 07:22am PT
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Thanks for explaining that, Nut Again!
For a while I had a browser plug-in that allowed me to see all of photobucket stuff from everyone instead of that annoying paywall notice.
Before I start archiving again, I'd like to find another one that gets rid of the photobucket watermark.
Doesn't seem to be available just yet?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 27, 2019 - 07:25am PT
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When it comes to literature, history, or music few here belong at Ron’s campfire.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 27, 2019 - 07:27am PT
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Wasn't his dad a renowned concert violinist?
Yeah, for sure:
https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/28/arts/julian-olevsky-is-dead-at-59-was-a-violinist-and-teacher.html
Julian Olevsky, a violinist who began his professional career at age 10, died of a heart attack Saturday at his home in Amherst, Mass. He was 59 years old ... He is survived by his wife, Estela Kersenbaum Olevsky, a concert pianist and a professor at the university in Amherst; a daughter, Diane, of Amherst, and two children by a previous marriage, Roxane Olevsky-Abercrombie, of Amherst, and Ronald Olevsky, of La Verkin, Utah; his mother, Augustina Schachmeister Olevsky, of Amherst, and two grandchildren.
 Thanks for chiming in, Nut Again! Ha ha. I should have called it a browser tweak.
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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Topic Author's Reply - May 31, 2019 - 11:54am PT
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brotherbbock
climber
So-Cal
Apr 25, 2019 - 07:30am PT
This thread will be deleted...
Good call.
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