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Shhhhhhh....Stefan....shhhhh

Extreeeeemme boob-job.

OK, I had misread teh title, you're right Scott. Full story from Breitbart. Iraq at odds with US over troop presence beyond 2008 Jun 3 10:29 AM US/Eastern The Iraqi government Tuesday said it had a "different vision" from the US over the deployment of American troops in the country beyond 2008 and vowed not to compromise national sovereignty. Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the cabinet discussed the proposed Status of Forces Agreement which is scheduled to be concluded by next month and agreed that Iraq's national interests must be protected. "A joint vision on this issue is yet to be achieved between the two sides, and ... the Iraqi side has a different vision, and it will not undercut or be negligent towards Iraqis' rights and sovereignty," Dabbagh said. "

We're all heading that direction, you too Dechristo. Some get there sooner, some later, but we all get there. Time is a gift, and life is an eyeblink, For most of us, we don't know how big of a gift till after the fact. Unfortunately. Regards to all

Pfft: Thats nothing, for snow, I hear Ivan routinely gets that kind of air and does it locally. AND I heard he can do a 1/2 gainer with a pike (no squeeling or pants pissing either) before touchdown as well.

Planning on it.

now you're kidding right...ya know, the whole 22nd amendment thing and all? uhhhh ....22nd....uhhh, which one.....hmmmm...ahhh... "thou shall not covet thy neighbors ass"??? uhhhh Help a bro out here.

Good luck Scott. I speak for all wishing you well over there. The headline today was that the Iraqis want us out in 2008. Hopefully no one will be needed over there afterwards and peace can return to those folks. Best to you. _______________________________________________________________ Bizarre, I really saw that headline earlier, and just went to fetch it to link the story here.....I couldn't find it anywhere via google. Perhaps "We have never been at war with Oceania"?Opps, "we have always been at war with Oceania".

Love the mans energy. 20 some years after his death, the Mullas of Iran finally allowed his music and the music of Queen to be played in that country. Freddy was 1/2 Iranian.

Kbone? Sounds suspiciously like Kevbone....hmmmm. In either case: I have to say Nau Nau Nau to that overpriced stuff.

Actually, the reason is simple and 3 fold. 1st) Biggest most important reason: last trip the family went to Paris, my wife fell in love with it based strictly on the way it looks. "It's sooooo cute!" she would say repeatedly.I thought it would be a nice thingthing to surprise her with. 2nd) My brother told me to get on the waiting list. It cost $99 to do that and I pretty much always do what he says despite the fact that he's my little brother. We have a 2 million dollar condo/rowhouse inner city infill near the light rail project just wrapping up and these cars would look horrifically stylin' parked over there in front of the units. 3rd) I saw the gas price rise coming. I did mistakenly sell my Shell Oil and Conoco-Phillips stock early however. My bad. 4th) The poor Consumer Reports review was the older version. From Edmunds: "The old Smart was heavily criticized for its slow-witted steering and ponderous, jerky gearchange. Both elements have been updated for the new car. The automated manual gearbox now offers five speeds instead of six and the semiautomatic shifts are said to be smoother and faster than before. A fully automatic mode will also be available, and Smart is redesigning the gear selector to make it more intuitive for American customers. The steering is 10 percent more direct than the old car, according to Smart. The longer wheelbase and wider track should also help improve both the Smart's handling and its notoriously harsh ride. With 71 hp on offer, it should prove capable of keeping up with the cut and thrust of city traffic, and with a top speed of 90 mph, it's highway-capable." More: Link I'm not actually committed to buying it, but at 3 feet shorter than the mini, it can park in the heavily congested downtown area, and as we live 10 min from there (by car, 20 by bike), and the 2nd child is leaving for college soon too, it all made sense.

Gimme a min to grab my balls and protect them first and then I'll answer it.

ps, I have dibs on "substantial".

Hummers and Jeeps are seen in Peking fairly regularly enough anyway to not surprise you after the first time you see one. However, the Chinese govt is currently subsidizing Petrol prices....we'll see how long that lasts.

I'm 4 months into that 10 month waiting list. These get to drive in the HOV lane STP or did they have passengers?

My question is this, with all these knowledgeable folks already weighing in, how is it we have not been able to determine if this fall was IN FACT AND IN ACTUALITY one of these: "big, massive, huge, gigantic, large, colossal, giant, enormous, tall, sick, considerable, substantial, hefty, monumental, burly, colossal, man-size, brawny, medium, normal, or heaven forbid, even: small, diminutive, little, miniature, minuscule, minute, petite, tiny, wee....puny, undersized, teeny-weeny, Lilliputian or perhaps just teensy-weensy. Perhaps we can spend a few more pages pinning this one down and achieving a consensus. Who's with me here on pursuing this elusive adjective? It looks like Alex drifted off, probably to go climbing, which is why he's bad-ass and most of us have carpel tunnel in the wrists? Onward!

China is becoming a HUGE auto market. Buick outsells Toyota in China.

It's OK to watch them as well as post them, they're all so, skillfully written. Damn thats funny stuff:-) "I had over 9,000 posts!...............This is a grim day"

Damn, I want to climb with you. Did he yell "TAKE ME HARD BIG FELLA" as he peeled? Cause I think I'm adding that to my verbal signal repertoire as of today.

Ha ha, so true on the first part! However, as JH pointed out way back, it's the landing that counts, not the ride in the air or length there of. Esp. re-read that 15' fall ending in a home comment. This isn't a sport route. There may be a protection bolt on it. (vague memories of one) I don't know what folks are arguing here, maybe "huge fall" was overstated, however, I think that if you looked at the route, it just looks like a very impressive line, perhaps looks bigger than it is- but there's maybe a lot of blank space around it, and someone pitching off and pulling their pro to what would appear to be a single point, even if it was 2 bolts: hey, that impresses the hell out of me. That would have been a great picture if you could frame it right. Ujahn came back from the valley last week or so ago and the party in front of him snapped a pic of him leading the crux of Goodrich Right. It's one of my valley favs. You can see the rope snaking below him for a long long way, but there is no pro. Not visible, but you can see the rope disappearing way down there. It's only 5.9. I remember that pitch (if you do the straight up version) as you climb up 30', clip a manky pin, and thats all for pro. You then proceed to run out the rest of the rope on greasy, insecure, sloping friction. You would look like you'd been playing slip and slide with the rough side of a Cheese Grater if you fell. ...I know a guy who can and does regularly onsite steep difficult Smith 5.12 sport who backed off a 5.8 bolted Glacier Point route (we were doing Cold Fusion at the time, so it was the 5.8 just to the right of that route, old school runout, 1/4 spinner for a first piece). Mental thing about greasing off plus the landing made for bad math. We've probably all been there. It's about the perception of the landing that counts. It's what makes it so interesting sometimes, how one can manage (or piss their pants trying to manage) that perception. Like Joseph said, seems to me that a lot of how one defines the word "Huge" in "Huge" fall, is all about the perceived landing..... Sitting on our computers, not seeing the route in front of us....I haven't even been to Smith for a year....seems smaller here in our minds than there in reality I'll bet. Anyone have a pic of the route? It's not a sport route at all, great line that takes strength and balance: leaves your calves a quivering. In fact, if I remember, theres a bit of mandatory- or maybe near mandatroy runout on P1 cause the potholes pull you out aways from the crack, but it's been a while. I'd post a pic but don't have any of it. Alex...help? You get any pics? Big props on jumping on it, I hardly ever see folks on it, maybe cause it's a tough route. Has anyone else here climbed it yet?

i CAN GIVE AN "INTERESTING", DON"T KNOW ABOUT ":AMEN" "INTERESTING" Irony is a whine. See pic below....

pfffst: I've seen better. Wheres Trask? Agree with Cairns. Huge fall is Steward whipping most of the 2nd pitch length of Blownout, no bolts, yet having some of his gear hold, barely just preventing a ledgefall, but breaking a bone in the process anyway. Dramatic. Later I see Steward doing some groundup FAs on aid, no precleaning, no loose rock rolling from above, just right up through the vegetation, in the rain. Stones.

It goes to 11 Hola Crimper: out of retirement!

It's so area and even line dependent: if you disagree with that assessment I have a blackberry bush blanketed, loose dirt and rock covered, possible death block encrusted potential route I want to watch you try to get 10 feet up on. 35' total. There is no visible cracks, but maybe......just maybe, you can dig something out. However, the thorns are thick, and as they are hanging, you will be working your way directly into them, and will be unable to pull them out easily. If you approach the other way.... pretty simple stuff. I'm not kidding. If you really feel it's the only way that is not cheating, contact me.

That was a quote from OW's post, thus the quotation marks.