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Too funny. These delicate flowers will be in for a rude, RUDE awakening the first time they show up in Camp4, Hidden ValleyCG, Mosquito cove, castle valley, etc etc etc.

MattP after getting a look at Minxy:

Just curious, why a rope on 30 deg snow? Is there steeper terrain somewhere on the route? And where is the WI3 in the first pic? I only see low angle snow and trees. Not trying to slag you, just though maybe you posted the wrong pic by accident or something.

I got my direct deposit refund on 1/18. Got an audit letter for the 2004 tax year on 1/21. Got the audit cleared up a couple of weeks ago with a "sorry, we f'ed up" from the IRS. JayB, re: increased tax receipts. What effect did the one-time repatriation at lower rates for corps deal have on fed receipts, and what effect did elevated real estate values/property taxes from the housing bubble/appraisal fraud have on local receipts? Not an insubstantial effect I would reckon. My point is, the oft asserted claim that our "strong economy" is responsible is an incomplete story at best and a lie at worst. Repatriation at lower rates triggered somewhere in the neighborhood of hundreds of billions of extra income taxed at the one time lower rates if I understand correctly.

If someone finds the other two names, please post a link. I have a bro who patrols down there and have not heard from him in a while. A little worried and can't get ahold of him or his parents back east. Thx and condolences to friends and family.

Uh oh. Now I get mine. Run away!

Maybe time for another "Fifty Ways to Leave your lover" post?

Yo yo yo yo yo! Help a po brutha out mang! The forums are pretty funny,especially this:

Dude, I live in Fairbanks, and grew up in Georgia. Sounds like home without the accents or sweet tea.

You don't ever rap off tied slings? Jeebus, just learn to tie a freakin knot.

Thanks for the input everyone. The grilling...er, interview is Monday.

WTF? Is Diamond Dave wearing gaitors, bibs, and a beret? Go ahead Dave, JUMP! Might as well JUMP you corny bastard. My uncle met Diamond Dave in the Bahamas, early 80s. Said Dave was rumoured to be a Brokeback type among the hotel staff. Who knew? Then there's Ed Viesturs Met a pair of soap opera actor/actress in J-tree a few years ago. Couldn't tell you which show or what their names were, but the redhead chica was a SMOKIN hot aussie.

Jizzy: I think PacificCorp does own it as a subsidiary or maybe has a minority stake or something, not sure. Seems like PacCorp has a finger in everything in Utah and WA. They owned the big ass coal fired plant in Utah near Joes Valley. AFAIK, TransAlta has a mine in addition to the coal fired plant and also a hydro plant all in the Centralia area. (They also have ops in western Canada, Australia, and a few other places). EDIT: Looks like TransAlta bought it from Pac. From their site: "Acquired in 2000, TransAlta's Centralia complex includes a coal-fired power plant, a gas-fired power plant and a surface coal mine. Situated in southwest Washington, six miles from Centralia, these operations have the net capacity to generate 1,665 megawatts of electricity for the Pacific Northwest. TransAlta purchased the coal-fired power plant and mine in 2000 and added a combined-cycle natural gas generating facility in 2002. Centralia's coal-fired power plant generates enough electricity each year to supply a city about the size of Seattle. The plant has two generating units producing 1,404 megawatts, with each unit consisting of a turbine, a generator, and a boiler that burns eight tons of coal per minute. Considered a base load station, this power plant is used to offset the seasonal fluctuations in the hydro generation that supplies 70% of Washington's electrical demand. TransAlta delivers power through the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) power grid. The coal supply for this plant comes from two sources so we can blend the coal to increase the burn efficiencies in the boilers. Approximately 85% of the coal is supplied locally from our mining operation with the remaining quantity shipped to us by rail. TransAlta's work at Centralia is an example of the company's commitment to the environment in action. When TransAlta bought the plant, it agreed to uphold the recommendations of a collaborative decision-making process among key stakeholders in the area. In keeping with these recommendations, TransAlta installed US$200 million on scrubber technology, making it among the cleanest coal-fired power plants in North America." I would be doing environmental permitting/compliance/regulatory negotiations that sort of thing. Essentially what I've always done, but from the private sector side instead of govt side and with a broader reg focus (I've been involved in various sections of Clean Water Act - 401, 402, 404, this would include Air, RCRA, possibly additional state regs) .

How are you supposed to scope the babes then? And what will I do with the '79 Trans Am w/screamin' chicken hood and t-top if I caint cruise for honeys? "That what I like about high school girls, man. I get older and they stay the saaaammmme age. Alright."

Any of you spraylords happen to work for TransAlta? Have an interview coming up, and it's always good to get some inside baseball. And go ahead and spray about what a hole Centralia is. I can barely remember passing through it on the five. Think I even had breakfast at some sleazy redneck diner there once, but again not that memorable could have been Chehalis for all I know.

Try putting a fuel filter in a lesbaru sometime

Grayling in the Chena and Delta Clearwater, pike in Minto flats, rainbows in upper Montana and Peter's creeks, kings in the Kenai, chum in the Salcha, and silvers in the Delta Clearwater. Then packing all my junk into the Soob and heading south.

I've had one for about 4 years now, the stainless steel version of the one you linked (which is alum). Works very well, easy enough to clean. But I'm using it in car camping situations so the weight might be more than you want to bother with.....although it's not really that heavy and the alum has to be a bit lighter. No complaints with mine. Just make sure you have some drinking vessel that will fit between the spout and the "shelf" thing or you'll have to hold your mug kinda half tilted under it while it brews and spews. You could always do the french press top on the Alladin mug thing. Better than folgers, and lighter than 'spro maker.

Another vote for the FF. I have a eight year old 20deg, weighs right at 2lb w/dryloft shell. Best bag I've owned hands down. Plus, you're supporting the local bros instead of some corporate wanks getting Mao's millions to sew em. Feathered Friends, you can't go wrong.

You know what this beyotch needs? More cowbell.

Well, considering the oil companies don't set the price of crude, the traders on the bourses (NYMEX, etc) do, and the oil companies don't set the price of refined products..again, the bourses do....you don't really have a strong point. And you may recall many gas stations were prosecuted for "price gouging" in the aftermath of Katrina/Rita. Where the oil companies are screwing us is royalties from production on public lands. Very big issue up here, particularly when the shitheels still haven't paid all the fines from the Exxon Valdez debacle and there was the largest spill recorded on the north slope last month. Gasoline is suffering from a refinery bottleneck from volume capacity, new regs (as JayB mentioned), and the annual maintenance downtime/switchover to summer formulation. It's a commodity, and I'm not opposed to the market mechanism of price setting, as it will demand conservation. The downside is that it affects the middle class and the poor disproportionately. That's a tough nut to crack. We're looking at a disaffected middle and lower class and vast income disparities throughout the world. Last time things looked like this economically was around 1910 or so. And you see what that led to in the next fifty years...WWI, Great Depression, civil war in Spain, WWII, Korean War...and so forth. Interesting times.

Mangina.

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