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quote: Originally posted by Off White: yeah, testing mostly sucks. As an employer, I've done it to an employee once because he was fucking up big time, missing work and not calling in, and hanging out with a new girlfriend who I knew was a big part of tweaker culture out at the Nisqually tribe. He admitted to doing meth, but that he was turning his back on it, and the random test confirmed that. (though the testing agency called to tell me it was a positive test, he'd been smoking pot. I think they didn't quite know what to make of it when I said "Oh, good, its a good outcome.") The employee in question is still with me, but not with the bad egg girlfriend anymore. Drug tests suck, but so do junkies, and when you have employees unsupervised inside client's homes, there is a liability question. Seriously, from an employer's perspective, what information do you get from the labs? Sounds like they give you specifics on "positives" and it's at your discretion wheter to blink an eye. Is that right?

When I was in college I swore I'd never sink so low as to piss in a cup. This was more out of principle than the fact I'd fail. Well, the day actually came and I did the deed for a job I wanted. Nothing ever came of it and it makes me think the testing process itself may be flawed, testing clinics underfunded, or just a smoke screen by companies to deter the... um, smoke. Party on Garth

quote: Originally posted by Billygoat: Hey Lisa, would this be Baker ski area below Table mountain and Artist Point? Didn't all the walls around that bowl drop last year in one HUGE avvy last spring?

quote: Originally posted by Beck: Ski PARTY New Years' Eve below Threeway Peak up Crystal Basin way, should be able to have dogs, big roaring fire, a keg of beer. Anybody game? I'm on board with Threeway Peak. Question: Is the terrain snowboard friendly? Yeah... I'm one of those

Yep, this weekend was a blast. Great to put some faces to names and meet a whole new crew. Orbit rocked going up, but sucked going down Oh yeah, might have to seek out Enterprise Oregon now. Thanks TG.

quote: Originally posted by mattp: Tramp, I may be able to go. Any other Ballard denizen? How 'bout any NE Seattlites (I'm a post-Ballard expat now)? Fremont here. What time's 520 clear up? Been a while since I've even driven that direction. Yo Chris...

quote: Originally posted by Muffy The Wanker Sprayer: CAMS ARE WAY COOLER... STOP EATING, AND GET SOME Yeah, but fer what it'd cost to buy a #3 Camalot, I could live on the beach in Mexico for a week

almost had him going

quote: Originally posted by Lambone: Toast, Saber is a great one, becarefull on the first little section, I've seen people deck there. I wouldn't recomend Canary, the gear is not exactly straightforward, get some other stuff under your belt first. Vantage and Tieton have some good cracks (you'll want cams), just be sure to sew it up! Got no cams. Just passive pro till I get the hang of it (and find a job.) Confidential to Erik: My hooters are huge big boy

How about a specific route name at the Great Northern Slab? I've seen a topo with about a bazzillion routes criss crossing all over it.

Okay, so I've spent the summer getting up to speed at Exit 38, and I'm comfortable leading 5.9 sport routes (at least at Exit 38... got spanked on a 5.8+ at Mt Erie Anyway, I've built up a rack of nuts and hexes, and I want to practice placement. What are some of the best First Trad Leads in the state? I'm looking for easy routes, 5.4 - 5.6, to learn the craft. Multi-pitch routes are better