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climb_I_must
Social climber
CA
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Aug 11, 2009 - 12:51am PT
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just go hang out at a car lot and ask for one of them govt. sponsored "clunkers", they got enough of them!
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 11, 2009 - 08:38am PT
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A donation has just been made from SuperBlast Diet Challange, on behalf of Fogarty.
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Aug 13, 2009 - 10:06pm PT
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Thanks everyone!
I got the parts today. The dude will install them for $350.00.
That's a savings of about $500.00 or more from shop price.
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 13, 2009 - 10:16pm PT
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cool, when's it happening?
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Aug 13, 2009 - 10:53pm PT
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Hopefully on Monday.
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 13, 2009 - 10:56pm PT
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Did you get the latest donation from the SBDC, on behalf of Fogarty?
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Aug 13, 2009 - 11:03pm PT
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Yep. Thanks a lot!
I also got a nice one from my Ex-wife.
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 15, 2009 - 12:45pm PT
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Billy, what's the status?
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Aug 15, 2009 - 12:58pm PT
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Status as I know it. Blitzo loaded up the new parts for the Mussy-Shuttle home on Thursday. Das Bloot, I believe it without internet at the moment but from what I understand the guy who is to do the work had family obligations this weekend.
So maybe next week for the work to get started? Part-time mechanic dude is also a Marine so it could be several days..week for him to complete.
Thanks everyone for helping out the Bitzo. As Russ would say, "He's a sorry beast but he's all we got!"
~Susan
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 15, 2009 - 01:32pm PT
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thx for update
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 20, 2009 - 07:49am PT
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Well?
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Russ Walling
Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
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Aug 20, 2009 - 01:18pm PT
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It will make his life much more managable and INDEPENDENT again...
yeah.... mine too.
Towing the car was as expected way funny.... Locker is going to do the towing, I'll be holding off traffic in my car behind the Bloot, who will be in the dead car.
We prepare the tow rope, some old 1" tubular, and get the plan straight... we were talking about doing it late at night so there would be no traffic.... instead we take off at rush hour! Bloot drives the first few miles at about 25 with the clutch spinning the engine up to like 4500k..... then he pulls over, right in the middle of an intersection. Seems we have two problems..... Bloot has forgotten the parts, and Locker has lost the directions to the mechanics house. We abandon the Bloot_mobile™ right where it sits, basically blocking the intersection and I take the Bloot back to his house to get the parts, while Locker goes into a Mom and Pop market to get a soda.... oh yeah... I'm as good as out of gas too......
Upon our return, Bloot hops in the car to continue trying to drive it..... it goes exactly 4" before we need to hook up the tow rope!
Finally, we are under way, Locker towing and the Bloot giving hand signals out the window on which way he thinks the dudes house is.... directions are still missing....
Locker sorta knows where he is going and we are making good time.... no less than 3 different cops pass us and never even gave a look... there are bigger crimes up in the high desert than this going on all the time. Locker starts to check the street signs for the mechanics street... but about 3 miles too early, so the pace is slowing... that and his eye is giving him some trouble so he is driving with one hand over his eye, the other hand out the window giving directions. That does not leave a lot of hands for the driving part, but he is doing well....
We find it, and coast the Bloot_Mobile™ to the curb. Bloot rousts the guy from his mac_and_cheese dinner and and signs some paperwork that says there will probably be extra charges... Right about now Locker finds the directions..... With the car now at the mechanic the Bloots blood pressure drops back down to a high normal (he is kinda high strung for stuff like this) and the mission is complete, for now. Locker heads back home, I go looking for a gas station on vapor, and the Bloot decides he is hungry and needs beer. Me and the Bloot celebrate by eating some fake Panda Express and scoring (if you could call it that) some Old Milwaukee that was on sale.
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Aug 20, 2009 - 01:29pm PT
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excellent work!
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 20, 2009 - 01:36pm PT
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Russ,
Thanks for the assistance and the TR.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Aug 20, 2009 - 01:44pm PT
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Hey Zip, its a good thing they didn't have to maneuver around restricted areas, huh?
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 20, 2009 - 01:52pm PT
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PR ?
Hunh?
Is this another insane bolt?
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MisterE
Trad climber
Canoga Porn, CA
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Aug 20, 2009 - 01:58pm PT
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High desert shenanigans at their best!
Gripping.
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Aug 20, 2009 - 02:21pm PT
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The tow job was about what I was expecting.... But the temporary bivy/tie-in neglect was a hilarious touch.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Aug 20, 2009 - 02:34pm PT
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Zip,
read your girlfriend thread,..
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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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Aug 20, 2009 - 03:28pm PT
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Locker says "Zip...
.....What a GOOD thing you have done for Blitzo...
I KNOW how much he appreciates it... "
Did it get all over your pant leg?
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