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I don't see how it's sliwmy. The question was how is the republician party treating you because you have a lesbian daughter. That might not have been how she phrased it, but by god that certainly was the question. I'm sure a lot of people weren't exactly sure what the commentator was talking about and Cheney like alawys beat around the bush. Edwards came out and clarified the question and his response. I know it didn't happen often during the debate, but we shouldn't be upset when somebody actually gives an answer to the actual question asked.

Uhm. Is she not gay? Is it wrong to call somebody who is gay, gay? i'm confused. What did he do again that was wrong?

It's interesting to see what everyone thought. I was surprised to hear that many people thought Cheney won. I listened to the debate on the radio so maybe that played a factor? I didn't see facial expressions or reactions, etc. Both my gf and I thought Edwards did better, especially towards the end. Cheney really didn't have anything to say about domestic issues and about 2/3 of the way through the debate i realized that he really didn't have much to say about anything. His biggest (and well done, i might add) offense was the voting record of Edwards, but it came so early on that I thought some people might forget about it, especially after the Halliburton stuff. I do think that Cheney is much better at telling a lie and making people believe it then Edwards. In the end I thought Edwards won. To the democrats, they are saying that is all they need. That John Edwards is suitable for the VP could make up somebody's mind. I thought the gay reference by Edwards was not at all mean or sick. If you remember, the question from the moderator was about Cheney's daughter! Edwards backed Cheney basically.

I love baker and am having the same thoughts myself. If i had bought a pass last year, i would've come out just about even. It's a great hill though. No lift lines and wonderful powder on a regular basis. There seems to be fatty spots to hit everyday.

My gf is running in her first marathon this weekend and I was thinking about getting her a cool new GPS watch or at least a runners watch as a present. Anybody have any ideas? Must be really small and stylish. Currently she has this bigger watch that uses radio IO to connect to a box you wear on your arm that links to GPS. It's pretty big and bulky.

Gunfight over how to cook chicken

for a little rock and roll?

That's the cool thing about Speakeasy DSL. They actually promote sharing your broadband connection with others, runnig a server, whatever.

Packed and Moved

While a 100BaseT line (100Mbps) is faster than the lowest standard of wireless (11Mbps), as soon as you get to the phone line, you're going to slow down to whatever your DSL line is, usually less than 1Mbps. The only time the speed becomes a factor at all is if you're doing a lot of traffic on your home network with others, not usually with the conneciton to the internet and now, newer standards support 54Mbps and above. WiFi is great. I use it at home. I use while on the road. I use it at local coffee shops. It's easy and fast. I now only stay at hotels with free WiFi access, which includes most Mariott's even in places like Knoxville, where i'm going on thursday.

The Five Spot is the most overrated breakfast in town. I have yet to understand why people wait 45 minutes to eat at this place. Yea it looks cool, but the food is BLAND.

d00d! Best bar? they make manhattans form a mix! I like the place though in that divey sense though. Haven't been there since the great wig party of 2003. Bets eggs benedict in town is Glo's. Best mom and pop diner? Probably Mecca for me.

I was using my gf's Sony this weekend to take pictures and I hought that the flash took forever to charge. Anybody else see that problem?

What's the deal with people in this town all being wishy-washy... Seattleites will vote on monorail's fate yet again It passed and yes there have been some issues but christ, can we complete a project around here? I wa sort of on the fence with the whole monorail project from the start, but it passed and we've already started work and I haven't seen anything really stand out as being a show stopper. Are we just going to throw away the last couple years of work and money?

my favorite is when it says that rain will turn to showers... wtf?

I think I said some of us have only done those trips, not everyone. In the end I realized I misjudged everyone's skillz and we paid. The funny thing is that you see a lot of advice on here that's "Go for it and try not to die"

HA HA HA... oh wait..you're talking about me! Well, when I posted I believed that there was one somewhat newbie involved in the trip, having only done Helens / Adams / Sahale, etc. Turns out that I was worng and that most everyone was unfamiliar with crevasse rescue, rapelling. And finally, Winnie's Slide is not ice climbing. It was defined as 'a bit sketchy' on this board or something to that effect. I don't even believe the Nelson guide makes any such mention of it being sketchy. I read the route descriptions for both and didn't seem to think there was anything crazy on either (there isn't). The thing about this board is that if you ask for comments about a climb, you get bombarded by why you shouldn't do it. With everything coming with such disclaimers, it's hard to separate what is normal "be safe" advice and what's "you don't need to be out there". In the end, I don't want to let anybody think i just disregarded their comments. I asked for advice, received it, and maade my own judgement. That's not a dis on anyone.

OR makes good gloves and they are having a sale at the company store in Sodo this friday. check them out. I use the Baker Modulars and they work for me.

I agree with this, but then the media and people outside shouldn't be surprised when mistakes are made.

With this latest Serena controversy and all the stuff during the Olympics, I'm a little confused on why they even use humans as judges. Every human is going to make a mistake once in a while, especially when it comes to judging how close a ball came to a line and there's a slow motion instant replay available with computer generated helper features. Then, they take it all out on the judge for making one mistake on one volley out of several thousand. WTF?

call me old fashioned, but nothing rhymes

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No. I only take a couple pulleys to the gym. Actually, I would normally use 2 qds each with one locking and one non-locking, but i was trying to compare apples to apples.

The other day my partner got into a discussion about what to use for an anchor on sport routes. He uses 4 locking biners and one sling using the magic x and I use two qds with locking biners. He says the sling is better because it's equalized and I say the qds are better because everything is backed-up. It's probably 6 of one versus a half-dozen of the other, but how can the sling be safer?

For any serious snow climb I would strongly suggest picking up two more ice axes so that each of you can have your own. With the bad forecast we ended up going up to Cascade Crags and trying out the ice wall. Took them a long time to set everything up but it was a lot of fun. Thanks all.