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Shiva. Go for it! But be VERY careful. I have sent you a PM.

Yeah, every time I say "That won't happen to me." I knock on wood - my head.

I am holding cash right now. In a couple months we may see a turn around. Investing is different from day trading and there are a few different stratagies for investing that work. Some are simple like buy a stable stock that pays dividends and plow the dividends back into the stock. Weyerhauser might be good that way. Or buy a specific mutual fund and do DCA as JB said. The key there is sticking with the same fund for a long time assuming you picked a good one. I like some of the Vanguard funds. Fidelity and Janus too. If you are into managing your own stocks, take a look at the Motley Fool. Hidden Gems has done well for me so far. But as a gamble, there is BIDU. Down to 322 today after topping at 422. Their CFA died last month. When they get a good replacement, they might come back big. SDA, major meat packer in Brazil. Fast growing economy and not dollar based. I like China in general. With the weak dollar, prices are high but growth in the country that holds our debt has some inferrences I will pay attention to. But mostly, I just pray that we don't get in another stupid war.

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Take your avy gear.

damn it, too bad you aren't female. Now that sums up CC.com.

Ameritrade has $7 trades. I don't know their specifics but most companies do not have minimum trades.

Monitor ALL activities closely. Just like in the 50's. There is a commie behind every Bush. Or is that an arab?

Paddling on Lake Sammamish was good for my girls. I would have prefered a long slog for the exercise.

Yes. It is hard to climb ice with inadequate gear. Once you get out there you are confronted with the reality that it is really cold. Then you get your gear on. Do the boots fit? If they are loose, the heals will drop and your points will slide out. Leather is typically a softer boot and while the heels won't ride up, the pons you can put on them will be alpine instead of ice pons. This can work and in fact, that is what I first climber vertical ice with. But the new pons with longer front points that clamp onto hard plastic boots that fit right is like wearing tight fitting climbing shoes with c-4 rubber instead of Converse tennis shoes. The ice axes are next. Alpine curves are again what I started with. They are actually my preference on low angle ice but on vertical ice, recurves on well balanced sticks are huge enrgy savers. Read this. http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/ice It is really good. Don't think that I am trying to dicourage you. When you are ready with the gear you need, I would be happy to go do an easy ice climb with you. That is, if avy danger is reduced significantly.

Bummer. My condolences to all who knew her.

You should post this in the partners forum unless you are a Christian in which case go directly to spray.

talk about how Sean Alexander is a devout Christian and they might lock it... So is Hasselbeck. Lock it now.

On a totally different subject, there were several precincts with road blocks. We've hashed it out before but since the last time, I have talked to a few family members of my girlfriend who live in various parts of Florida. They all agree that it definately happened. A couple of them are pure racist and that has nothing to do with Bush. It is just the way it has been there since whitey showed up. But the precincts that were blocked were predominantly black and throughout the rest of the south, predominantly black precincts carried Gore by 68%. Free access to those precincts in Florida would have carried Florida for Gore. But again, this is just the standard practice in Florida according to my "sources". It is not a Bush conspiracy.

Do you do windows? :lmao: :lmao: Thank you Sherri.

The "value" of precious metals do have an intrinsic aspect but watch out for the effect of the dollar. You can play it well if you are aware of the relationship but when EVERYTHING is as volitile as it is right now, you really want to watch your variables.

I wore the MHW Absolute Zero. It was overkill.

Is that all? Seriously, I really like your writing style. It gives the flavor of the climb without a lot of hype and chest beating. Excellent work and obviously exceptional climbing!

Beware of avalanche danger this year. It is keeping a lot of us out of the normal routine. So, have you climbed ice at all? What tools and pons do you have? Boots? Other gear? Have you rock climbed? What level? Have you summitted many peaks? All questions inquiring minds want to know.

By the time the person telling the story got back, there were already a lot of cars towed. That could be cause for discepencies in the stories.

Good luck!!!!!!

Thanks for your side RD. It pretty much clears the deputy in my mind. Still have to wonder what would happen in an emergency. But it sounds like there was poor judgement used by the people parking.

OOps. Never mind. Both of them said no.

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