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Don't want to get into the Seattle vs. Vancouver debate but will tell you that I haven't paid my Vancouver parking tickets for, I don't know, going on 5 years, and the only thing I hear about it is the letter from the Spokane collection agency. Now Spokane . . . what a shiite hole. BTW: collection bs not on recent credit report.

Tyler: heap big nuggets - took 2nd in the Giro (eyetie tour) with busted collarbone. He said he'll continue into mountains. Elastoplast rules and is btw the perfect accoutrement for aging alpinists. Mummy up the knees and trod on. My $$$ on Levy to be next yank star. Broke 3 bones in his ass in the big crash, but Montana youth + psycho desire = potential. If Lance wins this - mon dieu - he may die from media onslaught going for a record 6th. I predict (this year): 1st Lance, 2nd Ulrich, 3rd Beloki. Wildcards: Botero, Mayo.

hopefully no jihad snipers on Col d'Izoard

Check out Vegas Video 4.0 at http://beta.sonicfoundry.com/products/showproduct.asp?PID=808 I've heard quite a few production house editors raving about it. Also heard a bit of whining about the interface - mostly from ex-Avid editors. Sony acquired Vegas a while back - the jury's out on the implications. There may be a VV forum at www.uemedia.com/CPC/2-pop/index.shtml Could also be one at http://www.creativecow.net/index.php MD

Lotta sack that kid. I predict he'll bail after the TT on Wed. He coulda been a contender, I reckon. MD

Have also known Chad for years. If he said he did it, he did it. Before climbing, before snowboarding, he was a dedicated luge racer, hitchhiking all over to compete. He is the man! MD