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the_pirate
Feb 4, 2011, 2:36 PM
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Morning Grunts,
Coffee is on. Stop by for a cup of the nerve juice, relax, bitch and moan a little, talk some smack.
Any of the old skool coffeeshoppers still around? Post up.
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chadnsc
Feb 4, 2011, 2:44 PM
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Yarg! Avast ye pirate!
Pass me a ye oldie cup o the grog!
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the_pirate
Feb 4, 2011, 3:04 PM
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Welcome.
Glad you could make it. Grab a seat at the counter.
Newspaper is by the restroom, but someone already made off with the sports section.
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jakedatc
Feb 4, 2011, 4:22 PM
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holy fuck.. who woke up the dead! sup dude?
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wideguy
Feb 4, 2011, 4:29 PM
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SHIPTON! Damn good to see your pic again pup! ( RIP to the best Crag dog ever )
Oh... you too Nelson.
I'll grab a cuppa cuppa.
(This post was edited by wideguy on Feb 4, 2011, 4:33 PM)
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the_pirate
Feb 4, 2011, 4:39 PM
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Party on Jake...
Party on Chad...
I am alive. Haven't been in here in ages. Half my friend list hasn't logged in since 2008. How is the crew?
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jakedatc
Feb 4, 2011, 4:42 PM
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"crew" in it's mass climbers form is pretty much gone.. gabe and al moved to CO.. Corey got married and seems to be disappeared.. Rob does this "ice climbing" activity? they say it's fun but i have my doubts...
you back in mass? what you up to.
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wideguy
Feb 4, 2011, 4:42 PM
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I dunno man.. scattered to the wind. I haven't touched rock myself since 2008. Turns out all the aches I was struggling with were Arthristis. but took me almost two years of increasing pain and decreasing mobility to figure that out. By the time I figured it out and got some meds that worked I was back up to 300 pounds and still fighting to get back down to a weight that doesn't require a gorilla to belay
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the_pirate
Feb 4, 2011, 5:07 PM
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jakedatc wrote: you back in mass? what you up to.
I've actually been around most of the time. Took a job as a construction manager and ended up working 6-8 days a week. Before I knew it 3 years had gone by. Luckily the economy tanked. Started climbing again last summer after a far too long hiatus.
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jakedatc
Feb 4, 2011, 5:12 PM
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the_pirate wrote: jakedatc wrote: you back in mass? what you up to. I've actually been around most of the time. Took a job as a construction manager and ended up working 6-8 days a week. Before I knew it 3 years had gone by. Luckily the economy tanked. Started climbing again last summer after a far too long hiatus.
well you'll have to join us at the rumvegas or gunks once it starts warming up at the end of march.
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the_pirate
Feb 4, 2011, 5:35 PM
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I'm in serious need of some rumney style strength training. I think 5.8 was the hardest thing i climbed this year. Maybe a flailing 5.9 toprope... I have to imagine parking at rumvegas has only gotten worse.
On the plus side, i've been keeping a regulation style girlfriend that started climbing with me so my 5.6 leads look like serious hardman shit
chad - any of the original coffeeshoppers still around? anne, dookie, winter, hangar, nike, grant?
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jakedatc
Feb 4, 2011, 5:40 PM
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grant stops by once in a while.. it is ice season now though so he's quite distracted.. the others have not been seen in quite some time.
you should hit up Metrorock with Josh and he'll get you strong in no time.. they have good overhanging stuff there.. or if you are closer to worcester the Central rock gym has some awesome roofs.
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wideguy
Feb 4, 2011, 5:51 PM
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dude, you don't happen to be a MA Licencensed GC do you?
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wideguy
Feb 4, 2011, 6:17 PM
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the_pirate wrote: wideguy wrote: dude, you don't happen to be a MA Licencensed GC do you? sort of. i just took the test. in the paperwork stage. and since the sun is now past the yard arm...  drinky drinky
MMMm don't mind if I do!
hmm let me know if you pass and want some freelance residential work. Looking at a 203K rehab loan and if I spend over $30K i have to use a GC . I'm probably looking more like $50K
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the_pirate
Feb 4, 2011, 6:25 PM
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passed, just waiting for my card to come before i can pull permits and such. always open to freelance work.
the whole testing procedure is one big cash bleed.
$200 for the code books (plural)
$100 application fee
$150 testing fee
now another $150 to process the results.
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wideguy
Feb 4, 2011, 6:59 PM
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man... keep coming back to those shots... they look so tasty
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chadnsc
Feb 4, 2011, 7:21 PM
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the_pirate wrote: wideguy wrote: dude, you don't happen to be a MA Licencensed GC do you? sort of. i just took the test. in the paperwork stage. and since the sun is now past the yard arm... drinky drinky
Ooooo! Purple, my favorite flavor!
Slurp, gulp, beltch!
That was tasty!
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chadnsc
Feb 4, 2011, 7:24 PM
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the_pirate wrote: passed, just waiting for my card to come before i can pull permits and such. always open to freelance work. the whole testing procedure is one big cash bleed. $200 for the code books (plural) $100 application fee $150 testing fee now another $150 to process the results.
Sounds like architectural licensing.
$250 to establish your training record.
$150 to submit your record to the state.
$75 for the state to review your record.
$1,500 to take the exam’s.
$250 per state per year for an architectural license.
Did I mention that 40% of my states architects are unemployed?
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the_pirate
Feb 4, 2011, 7:41 PM
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Hi Ma!
The booth by the register is open.
may i direct your attention to todays specials
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macherry
Feb 4, 2011, 7:51 PM
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yeah. we miss the old crew. i keep in touch with winter, grant, T, and hanger on facebook....kimmyt too! haven't seen the others around.
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wideguy
Feb 4, 2011, 8:03 PM
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Damn... first day back already trying to drag Ma into a corner booth!... Way to go!
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wideguy
Feb 4, 2011, 8:13 PM
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I see grant and T on occasion... didn't see Winter on FB
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