catbirdseat

Now you're talking.

I have a friend who owns the Vanagon and loves it. The four wheel drive comes in handy. They are kind of expensive, though.

A woman gave birth in the hospital by caesarian section. When she woke up in recovery, she immediately asked to see her baby. The doctor entered and told her, "I am sorry to tell you some bad news. Your baby has several birth defects". The mother was shocked, but said, "I can live with that, I'll love him anyway". So she was wheeled into the neonatal ICU by the doctor. There was a baby with whithered legs, "is that my baby, the mother asked?". "No, that's not your baby", said the doctor. The next incubator contained a baby with no legs at all. "is that my baby, the mother asked?", in an alarmed voice. "No, that's not your baby", said the doctor. The next baby was just a torso and the next just a head. The mother by now is freaking out. They come to the last incubator and there is just an eye lying there. The mother says, "oh, just an eye. What could be worse!?" The doctor replied, "Madam, I don't know how to tell you this, but the eye is BLIND".

A tooth? Only one in his head? And that one black?

The Forest Service wants people's input on how they spend the money. Send them letters telling them what projects you think are important. I for one would like to see more spent on trail maintenance, mainly erosion control and the clearing of fallen logs. If you really want to have an even greater impact, circulate a petition at Pub Club. Send it to the District Manager. Send a copy to our congressional delegation. That would get their attention.

I suggest you go hang out with trask and Greg_W. They have guns to keep themselves from getting bored. They'll show you a good time.

What you get depends on whether you use it only on the weekends or if you need it to get to work. A big camper for the pickup or a nice pop up trailer might be the way to go. For $8,000 you could get a really nice trailer with gas heat, etc. that you could leave in the side yard when you aren't using it.

made me do it.

It's Bourbon, isn't it? Show the guy enough respect to spell his name right (or is that the point). Okay, no "u". It's Borbon, an unusual spelling. Probably happened at Ellis Island.

Greg_W is at Beck's beck and call.

Yeah, I noticed two of the goats have this horrible "mange" on their necks. It's very dark. Either they are shedding their winter coats, or else it is a skin disease.

No it's joe, you need to have another cup of trask.

I know at least three of the climbers. Their leader was Jack LaMont. I saw the story on the TV . They said they dug snow caves and trenches and waited. Sounds like they got themselves down off the mountain when the visibility improved. I know if it had been me leading the trip, I would have either stayed in Seattle or gone to Vantage instead. The weather forecast was so poor. As it happened I put in a nice brick walkway in the front yard and scored a few honey do points.

I was rolling on the floor it was so funny. The candy bar in the pool was too much.

Calm down my son. It's going to be alright. I'll lend you my trail pass if you can't afford it. You know that if you go tearing down the signs they will hire some slob to put it back up and that much less money will be spent maintaining the trail.

Couldn't Seattle use some nice water ice! No multihour drives to Banff. That would be great.

This is all so pathetic. I need to go climbing.

You got to give Viesturs credit for staying alive. That is an accomplishment in and of itself.

Your design is disqualified: Too big and overbudget by 10,000%

Even in the highly unlikely event that he finds his brother's body, it will prove nothing either way. He is doing this climb for himself. It could very well be the end of him and he knows it. It may even be a form of suicide.

I left out the word "that". It took the guy with the 200 IQ over two hours to spot it.

If you were given free reign to design an outdoor climbing crag for Seattle what would you do? Supposing you had half a million dollars to spend and as much land as at Marymoor or UW. What features would you give it? Compared to the existing crags, what would you do the same and what would you do differently?

It all goes to prove that Seattle needs another OUTDOOR climbing facility other than Schurman Rock, and UW rock.

Here's a question. If you can find a place to bivy other than one of the designated sites (GB, Curtis, CS, or EF) that are reservable, how far from those sites do you have to be? 1/4 mile?

Neato burrito. I am so jealous.