ChrisT

Dru I thought you were employed by cc.com

In their defense, Holland *does* have a history of harboring dissidents such as the Franks during WWII. I've been to Australia and while the people are super, it's not much of a landscape. New Zealand is looking better and better all the time...

Lately I've been daydreaming about living in the Netherlands. They're progressive policies and rampant cycle riding really appeal to me. They've embraced assisted suicide, alternative energy, legalized pot and prostitution, etc etc. But my friend tells me it's very densely populated and the scenery is unexciting - read: FLAT. You'd hate it she says. So *are* there any countries that represent a utopia on earth? Or should I just thank my lucky stars that I live in the beautiful state of Washington and Dino Rossi is only leading by 19 votes...

Nice photos! What camera do you use?

I'm a feminista - does that count?

what happened to the cute weatherman - Rob Marciano? hubba hubba

Chicks do dig it! I want one too

Everybody's in such a bad mood around here maybe November really does suck. Bring on the snow so all the frustrated cc.commers can at least get some!

oops - now he's gonna yell at me too!

This thread was so stupid from the first post that I really wanted to ignore it. I mean, a left-leaning guy from eastern Europe posts the rant of an ignoramus who confuses practically all the states except those in New England and the PNW for "the South." Then proceeds to tell us what's wrong with the country. I mean, who's looking ignorant here? CrazyPolishBob, your post above just begs the reply "If you hate the laws here in this country of which you are not native, then why did you come...just to vent your spleen?" Give it up. Don't tell me about the fucking South. Don't give me a history lesson. Don't try to tell me what rights I should or shouldn't have. Funny but I was thinking almost the same thing. I guess that's what happens when you have the same birthday...esp.

Powell will be back with the Democratic Administration in 4 years!

I *love* November ...pretty leaves falling all over the place!

back to the future?!?!?

so refresh my memory - *why* are we in Iraq again?

I don't see anything -

Another thing I hate: The expression that "freedom isn't free" which I heard over and over yesterday. Such bullshit. So how much did Switzerland "pay" for their freedom...or Sweden for that matter. It just kind of insures that the US will always be at war - in some form or another - because we "fight" for our freedom - dammit!

Didn't W claim victory and an "end" to the war more than 6 months ago - some photo op on top of an aircraft carrier? Yet we have lost (and keep losing) more troops and civilians than during the time we were officially at "war" with Iraq. I think I heard the death toll of Iraqi civilians was more than 100,000. Iraq is every bit as disastrous and unnecessary as Vietnam - IMHO.

I have this as well and turned out to be arthritis in my big toe according to the podiatrist.

groovy

ditto

yep - my thoughts exactly

I agree with what you had to say, you made some good points, but it was Franklin Roosevelt who said "we have nothing to fear but fear itself".

That's a great story, Mike. You are the one, the only Patagonia Poster boy. Maybe you could get a job in product testing - no one can thrash their gear better than you!

Was that place once called La Luna? 4 nights of modest mouse! Yowza!!!! And George Clinton...other than G.Love, Ive NEVER seen anyone play so long....5hrs I think at his last show. No La Luna is long gone but that was a really fun place! It was across the town on the other side of the river. I got my son tickets to Death Cab for Cutie on 11/10 and the Monday night show of the MM tour...now I can't afford tickets for myself. The Crystal is indeed a great place with a nice springy wood floor. Next time you're out this way, we'll go see a show there.

From KGW.com: Two hikers fall into Mount Hood crevasse 01:52 PM PST on Thursday, November 4, 2004 By ABE ESTIMADA, kgw.com Staff MOUNT HOOD – Clackamas County emergency teams are mounting a rescue of two hikers who may have fallen 100 feet into a Mount Hood crevasse. KGW Mount Hood on Thursday afterrnoon. The Clackamas Country Sheriff’s Office received an emergency call about 11:30 a.m. on Thursday from one of the hikers, who said he and his male climbing partner had slipped to the bottom of the Sandy Head Wall on the Sandy Glacier, said Detective Jim Strovink of the sheriff’s office. The area where the accident occurred is southwest of the popular Crater Rock climbing area at the 10,000-foot level of Mount Hood. The hiker who made the emergency call broke his arm during the fall. His climbing partner had a back injury of some kind. Both are equipped with cold weather gear. “The good news is they’re in communication with us,” Strovink said. “They are conscious. They’re breathing, but they are definitely in distress.” It is unknown how the climbers fell into the crevasse, Strovink said . Also Online Strovink talks about Hood rescue Clackamas County and American Medical Response teams are staging at Timberline Lodge before making the climb to the hikers. The hikers told authorities that they are able to see the sky from the bottom of the crevasse, Strovink said. It is the clear weather that is aiding the rescue effort, he said. Rescuers want to reach the two men before sundown. “(Rescuers are) going to be making an assessment once they arrive there, if they’re going to rope these individuals out, and perhaps, they may be lifted by helicopter,” Strovink said. “We hope that would be the most expedient measure.” “…We just keep our fingers crossed and move as rapidly and as cautiously as possible.”