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TR: Cosmic County and Narrowneck 19-Jun-2013 At 12:20:13 PM climberman

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On 19/06/2013 prb wrote:
>Thanks for the TR, I need to get to these places.
>
>As for the thread hijack, I agree Big G. A case can be made for 'jamb'
>but not a very convincing one. Websters seems to be alone among the major
>dictionaries in allowing jamb to be a verb and an alternate spelling of
>jam. There is a general consensus (including online grammarians) that jamb
>is a noun referring to an upright of a window or door (from the French
>jambe > leg). From The Good English Guide (Godfrey Howard):
>
>"Jam is a verb and noun with a number of meanings, such as a fruit conserve,
>what happens to traffic in the rush hour and (informally) for the kind
>of mess we try not to get into. Jamb can only be a noun, and is an architectural
>term for the sidepost of a doorway or window frame."
>
>Slow day at work!

Complete fail at 'history of interstate climbing rivalries 101'

Well done Dalai !