Thinker

It's also a recipe for ratings. sadly, the real question is, does the financial risk outweigh the potential gain for the producers and the network?

quote: Originally posted by Dustin B: Ok, so I may have over reacted by calling you those names; sorry. I just take offense when someone sprays on my mothercountry like that. So for that, you get one of these That I can handle.....spray on young man.......

quote: Originally posted by Jonathan: ... and one of my bikes still boasts original Sun Tour down tube gear shift levers. And did I mention the Baleno wool tights? yeah....I think I remember one of my old girlfriends making fun of your antiquated (or was that inadequate) 'equipment' after a 100 miler a couple of years ago. (of course I was severely lagging behind on a behemoth of a mountain bike and eventually gave up and went to the bar) [ 10-18-2002, 08:36 AM: Message edited by: Thinker ]

Actually closer to Issaquah. Has anyone climbed at the little roadside crag off SR900?

quote: Originally posted by Dru: If Texas is so great why is it so flat? God must hate them, cause He gave their mountains to the West Coast. See the beautiful granite the good lord put just over the state line in OKLAHOMA.... [ 10-17-2002, 02:37 PM: Message edited by: Thinker ]

Have you seen the official Texas state egg?

Dustin, I have no clue who you are, nor do I care, you little wanker. Before you call me a hoser and a dumbshit again, you may care to review the thread. But wait, since you were unable to comprehend it originally, you may not be able to sort it out without a little help....so here it is: You (Dustin) originally wrote: quote: Oh, so what is Oklahoma known for if it such a great state? Please. No other state comes close to being as gnarly and badass as Texas. Like the license plates says, "Oklahoma is OK". Texas rocks. All you Sooners can suck my ass. [/QB] I responded: quote: what ever, at least the engineering students at the Oklahoma universities don't kill masses of their fellow students with their drunken revelries around burning stacks of hundreds of telephone poles haphazardly stacked 4 stories high (as has been done in recent times in Texas).Your subsequent (redirected) attack was: quote: Aggies and Longhorns are not mascots of the same college dumbshit. Texas A&M (Aggies, College Station, TX) is where the bon fire collasped. Austin (UT, Longhorns) rocks. You'd know that if you'd ever been there. College Station sucks and you'd know that if you'd ever been there too. Get your facts straight before you spray, hoser.[/QB]I care not if you choose to differentiate between various subspecies of Texans (i.e. Longhorns, Aggies, Bears, or even GW.) The point is TEXANS built the faulty structure and killed their own kind. My point still stands. (Sure, Oklahomans can drive off damaged bridges into raging rivers to their deaths, but at least they're not taking innocent people with them, nor are they putting their backwards goober-speaking governor in the whitehouse.)

quote: Originally posted by fern: pack the bottle upside down so the bottom freezes rather than the top? This technique works well for me while I'm actually climbing, that way the ice rings form near the bottom of the bottle. When at camp, sleep with a water bottle, or bury it in 6" to a foot of snow...it will not freeze when buried (at least in the Cascades) due to the snow's insulating properties. [ 10-17-2002, 10:00 AM: Message edited by: Thinker ]

what ever, at least the engineering students at the Oklahoma universities don't kill masses of their fellow students with their drunken revelries around burning stacks of hundreds of telephone poles haphazardly stacked 4 stories high (as has been done in recent times in Texas). [ 10-16-2002, 07:35 PM: Message edited by: Thinker ]

glad to hear it! steady as she goes.........

tlg, I can see that you're especially close to your grandmother.........unless you're only 13 now. [ 10-16-2002, 04:51 PM: Message edited by: Thinker ]

quote: Originally posted by thelawgoddess: hey, i'm half oklahoman and take serious offense to that statement! and besides, my grandmother still lives there ... and she's the best! I'm actually heading to OKC next month for the holiday. TLG, have you ever climbed at the Wichita Mtns?

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I've actually climbed with Pat a few times. He's a gnarly old mountain goat.

I was just up there. There's a great (new) guidebook available at Mtn Gear in Spokane that covers Marcus, China Bend, Post Falls, Metaline Falls, and a few other areas. You can clip granite, limestone, and some other chossy stuff if you please. I scoped out Marcus and Post Falls. here's the link to the book: web page [ 10-16-2002, 04:28 PM: Message edited by: Thinker ]

and how many mounties did you encounter?

520 is not too bad heading east during rush hour. I regularly leave DT Seattle between 4 and 6 pm and make it to the Celtic Bayou area witin 25 to 30 minutes....it takes 20 minutes at 3 am.

Celtic Bayou Take Hwy 520 to the West Lake Sammamish Parkway exit. Exit and turn left, drive under 520, and continue on for about 2 blocks and turn left into the first strip mall you come to. Parking can be a bitch there. there's more parking in a small lot (the second left) if the main lot is full.

- your car doesn't have a head liner in it, and it doesn't matter because the skis, pickets, poles, and axes would just rip it out again.

civilization to Marcus: spokane airport to colville - 1.5 hours Colville to Marcus: .5 hours approach: 20 min well bolted, yyyyyeessss, beautiful limestone. be happy to pass around the guidebook at pube club sometime. workin over here in Colville.....

Hey, I found a Unimog for sale while sallying about the country. It currently resides in Coeur d'Alene. I'm not in a position to buy it, but a recent thread indicated that there was some interest in such a beast. Will post details when I find them again in my pigsty of a roadtrippin' machine. DFA...check out the climbing at Marcus, WA when you get a chance.

I'm outta here...see you in a few weeks.... who the smuck cares? obviously you if you opened this thread.... later

Does anyone else see the irony in the meaning of the words/avatar "Terminal Gravity" and the subject of this thread?

quote: Originally posted by Dr Flash Amazing: Looks like a big, jingus slab. You could probably mountain bike down it. And it must be windy, 'cause those two people are behind some sort of white shelter or something. Some of the steeper parts look like they could be fun. And you of all people, DFA, should appreciate the value of maintaining the secret identity of the superheros in our midst...

quote: Originally posted by Dru: Its in Renton. I looked for the one in Renton once...won't catch me back there again soon.