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Actually he made an exception in my case, but that was very generous of him. I count myself among the worthless wankers.

Chiron President and CEO Howard Pien was quoted in BioWorld Today (Oct 22, 2004) as saying "we believe the water supply could be to blame". This is the first possible explanation I've heard for the contamination that caused 48 million doses of vaccine to be withdrawn.

Trask thinks the site sucks right now. It is populated by none but pansy ass wankers with no cahones. He has no desire whatsoever to come back.

Miss Byrd, we'll have some hot spiced wine waiting for you when you arrive.

We'll be down there all weekend. If you can get yourself to Seattle, we might be able to crowd in one person. We leave Friday after work. We'll probably hit up the easy trad climbs on Sunshine Wall and Middle East Wall.

I've got a little group of four or five going. Anyone else planning on going? Probably the warmest and driest bet other than Smith.

Those Democrat stinkers, how dare they interfere in the internal affairs of other countries by insisting on human rights? The Republicans would NEVER do that. Invade a country and overthrow its leader, maybe...

Everything is a trade-off, Dru. The thimerosal is added to keep bacteria from running wild in the vial, in the unlikely event that the seal were to leak or the sterilization was imperfect. If you got a shot of contaminated vaccine you could easily die. Apparently, they are updating processes to do without thimerosal. Article Article 2

You hit the nail on the head. The higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada range are remarkably free of brush. Some of the lower elevations have a nightmare of manzanita thickets tough as any slide alder we have here in the NW.

I think the reason beginners do well at Exit 38 has a lot to do with the low angle of the rock, at least at the popular newbie areas like Deception and Wright Off Wall. They can use their legs more.

That is true, but there is a lot of route development going on now in other areas of the Tieton, such as Goose Egg Mountain, The Oasis and others.

Sports commentator, Art Thiel was talking on the radio about Yankee fan's behavior in the 1995 AL Championship series against the Mariners. They were chucking batteries, beer cans full of urine at the players on the field, also full liter bottles of liquid. The relief pitchers were doused with beer while they were trying to warm up and had to take the field soaking wet. Just because of their rotten fans alone, I say screw the Yankees.

Yayyyyyyyyyyyy! Go Red Sox! Boooowaahhh!

5. Lightning Crack: C'mon, do you really think those cams will hold in shallow, flaring, swauk sandstone? How many fatalities now? Plus, the first pitch crux is miserable loose. You said it! That freaked me out. That is a good application for tricams if there ever was. If anyone ever does the first pitch of that route, tie off a tunnel before the crux with a runner. It could save your life.

I know. We all expect much better from CNN.

You regret it? Be grateful, my friend! Three of my worst are both at Vantage: Old Friends on Kotick Memorial Wall and a new route recently "cleaned" at ZigZag Wall. Yeah, right. Another notch in my Chapstick Case has a hard start with a super sharp rock right in the landing zone. Chumstick Snag was pretty bad, yet I don't regret having visited it. North Face of Pilchuck: piss, orange peels and broken glass.

Total Soul, from what I hear, is a route more people ought to go try. It's high on my to do list. Maybe not in the rain though.

Go screw yourself.

If you are young and healthy you should pass on the shot and leave it for someone who really needs it like the elderly and the sick. Whenever I've gotten a shot, I've had soreness and malaise for three days afterwards. I'm curious about whether the nasal mist is free of these effects.

That is sooooo cool! I just love gadgets. It looks like something out of science fiction.

Yeah, Tex! That's what I'm talkin' about!

For some reason I can't remember the name of the place. I can't remember much else about the evening, either.

That probably wasn't our Larry. He doesn't stray far from his car. If I see a fire ring in a place that doesn't belong I will disperse it- both the rocks and the ashes and sprinkle needles and what not to disguise it. Some people get the idea that because a ring exists it is okay to build a fire.

We were just having a discussion at ropeup that no one had seen him in a long long time. Well, he's baaaacccckkk! The triumphant return of Larry the Tool

I'm going to assume this is not a troll. Early season snow can be very sketchy because it is not consolidated and can slip on the underlying substrate, especially if it is grass or heather. Spring snow is great for travel because it is consolidated and you can kick steps in it on steep slopes. On the other hand, you can encounter very hard snow in the morning and in the shade that can be impossible to kick steps in and furthermore, next to impossible to arrest on should you slip. Sometimes just waiting later in the day for things to warm up can make all the difference. My best advice is to become competent with an ice axe and then be careful about when and where you choose to travel on snow. If you question about whether you can arrest if you fall, then maybe you shouldn't go that way. If you do, then you better not fall.