Peter_Puget

The ket to Dreamin' is to have a well trained support team shouting directions to the hol dover the roof.

Any ideas on what would be the “route to do “ if a serious cold snap develops this winter? The Upper Wall waterfall would be a once in a lifetime opportunity if the right conditions were to materialize. Any other thougths? Are you keeping your secrets..secret?!

I have heard the South Fork routes rock! Can't wait to get a copy.

Rossi needs to relax. This election has gone his way - all the way. He should conceed and look graceful as he is now in a wonderful position to destroy Maria C. and become our next Senator. Bumper stickers should be issued!

The answer appears to be buy early and buy often!

Check out the demo! Note that the top climber in the second to last screen in the demo is a Marty Bland...is this our fellow cc.comer? [edit] Yes it is. Do the develpers post here too?

My God has logic left this planet?!?! Example #1: “The route was climbed on sight without pins or bolts and is 95% the same line as the "Infinite Bliss" rap bolt line (95% the same is pretty amazing as far as mountain routes go).” Now Preiss states that he did not climb 9 pitches of the IB route. The IB route is 23 pitches. Thus Weiss climbed about 61% if the IB at best – not 95%. Example #2” '[My line] shows that this face didn't need to be bolted into submission for the sport climbers to play their no-risk sport/game." Doesn’t it seem that for sport climbers to play their “no risk” game bolts are required by definition?

I lived w/o a stereo for the better part of a decade. About 10 years ago I purchased a mid level stereo system and was so disappointed with the digital sound that when I moved I put it in storage and bought a shelf sized system. 20 and 24 bits DACs seem to improve the sound but I am wondering about SACD. Any thoughts? Is it another Laserdisc or will it be around? Does it sound as good as the hype?

While my wife was pregnant she wore a $20.00 costume ring instead of her wedding set. She would quite regularly get compliments on this $20 ring from strangers. After our first daughter was born she went back to the real thing and no more compliments. When our second daughter was gestating the $20 ring came back and so did the compliments.

get this new style belay seat

oops sorry wrong valley...that first pic is of THE Valley.

Cream Twilight Zone Those have been on my list since 1978.

These must have been climbed?

You bring up prodigal spending by the government as a problem. Under the current system the incentive will always be to expand benefits to the point where the system is bound to collapse. (see medicare and the recent drug benefit as a related instance of this) Privatisation will, by making the system fully funded, be a real "lockbox" for Social Security by keeping Congress from raising benefits or spending any funds in the "Trust Fund." As for transition costs, check out the Chilean exmple (link above) and remember that from an economic point of view the US Gov borrowing money explicitly to finance cash flow changes brought about by a transition to privatisation would likely be of zero cost and perhaps a benefit as it is merely the trading of a real defined liability for an off balance sheet liability. You brought up Enron earler certainly then you should know about off balance sheet items!

Things to consider: 1 The trust fund is a myth. 2 Social Security reserves are restricted by law to interest-bearing obligations of the United States or obligations whose principal and interest are guaranteed by the U.S. government. 3 Social Security benefits are now tied to wage growth, and wages are rising faster than prices. The result: over the next 75 years benefits are expected to increase nearly 18x, while prices will go up 9x! 4 Social Security is a transfer scheme, not a pension plan. 5 A least two dozen countries have reformed their state-run retirement programs to include private accounts including Chile, Sweden, Australia, Peru, the U.K., Kazakhstan, China, Croatia and Poland.

No me gusto para nada darme cuenta lo irrespetuosos que nos hacen quedar la gente que silvaba a Fripp, ya que quedan mal con el, con Vai y Satch, con la gente...a mi tampoco me gusta lo que hace pero por una cuestion de respeto me callo...ademas duro 15 minutos nada mas como en el dia anterior... "

More reading....

Yet more PK: There is a case for reforming Social Security; there is even a case for privatization. But we can't have a meaningful debate about reform unless the parties to the debate are willing to discuss the issues honestly. President Clinton’s hand-picked Advisory Council on Social Security spent three years investigating reform options, and in 1997 recommended to Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala two different plans involving private accounts — plans which received the endorsement of the majority of the council’s members. link

The always entertaining Forawker: “it's easier to label people than it is to come up with cogent arguments, supportive data, and an alternative plan. that's why there's so much screaming in politics. it plays to the lowest common denominator.” The never entertaining PK: "They come to bury Social Security, not to save it. They aren't sincerely concerned about the possibility that the system will someday fail; they're disturbed by the system's historic success. For Social Security is a government program that works, a demonstration that a modest amount of taxing and spending can make people's lives better and more secure. And that's why the right wants to destroy it." Here’s Mr Jim: Krugman is an economist and is at his best in this arena. He can stray sometimes into subjects that he shouldn't. On SS he is right on and consistent, he gave the Clinton admin grief on their lack of attention to SS. Here is PK again: "Where is the crisis? Just over the horizon, that's where... In 2010...the boomers will begin to retire. Every year thereafter, for the next quarter-century, several million 65-year-olds will leave the rolls of taxpayers and begin claiming their benefits. The budgetary effects of this demographic tidal wave are straightforward to compute, but so huge as almost to defy comprehension."

Rudy - Now in my mid forties I find that after reading a TR on cc.com I need a 3-4 day rest.

Mr Yanukovych’s supporters ridiculed the opposition, saying the illness was probably caused by bad sushi, too much cognac or a severe case of herpes.

Hey Distel nice pics. Could I use this as my new avtar?

No zoomin! I just d/l the picture and crop everything but the triple roofs.

Check out the fixed gear in the triple roofs! Nice pics.

Whoa!