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Never thought I would find myself agreeing with a clothing ad, but there you go

Sad news indeed, but what would you do about a bunch of maniacs hell-bent on destroying their country's reconstruction efforts? Blame Bush for suicide bombers??? You may not like the fact that we are there, but we are and if we do persevere, I predict that things will ultimately be a lot better in that region. (and some of these violent clowns are indeed presently "unknown"). It is a difficult call, indeed. It seems that things have gotten progressively worse, and I am concerned that "perseverance" will only add fuel to the anti-US fire, exacerbating things. I am further concerned that Bush is the one in charge of this decision-making process. I agree that the violent anti-reconstructionists cause further exacerbation to the renewal process

Nice troll, Timm@y. Bunglehead, I'll see your three stars and raise you one

Things are getting worse - just heard that a bomb went off in the temporary UN headquarters, killing many. Shrubby gives speech on how we have to persevere against an unknown enemy No links for this, but here's another link for ya

i think you should find another eric or erik or two and line your van with shaggy carpet and lava lamps. Don't forget the gurgler Actually it's going to be an vanful of Eriks possibly. We can all get erie and not forget names

But what about these guys:

First sign of a true mountie - DENIAL

dont wet yourself. you got months til you go. i say learn some spanish. useful shit too like 'pendejo' 'besa me culo' 'cabrone' 'quieres a coger?' 'chupa mi verga' an shit like that.

Yeah, get an avatar or something to do it for you

My bad - dividend Shows you how much I shop there. Feathered Friends

Hey, now - you gotta do some crazy shit to set up a toprope...

Thnks, K! I'll just look for the white mans fire glow from Highway 97

But the rebate thread every year shines with everyones true colors

Wirlwind and I are coming down in my eurovan, and have room for another person or two. Leaving B'ham Friday Night, back on Monday night. PM me if ya wanna join the vanpool

Went there for our honeymoon 2 winters ago - the place rocks. 1. bring a helmet, there's lots of loose rock 2. bring a rope bag - the place is dusty 3. The saturday market rocks 4. the carneceria on the way to the park is the place to get meat (not at the stores) 5. Snot Girlz and Yankee Clipper are amazing multi's, but don't climb underthem if anyone is on them - loose rock!!! Have fun!!

...and cragrats...

Plus, you get a bonus piece of duct tape to keep your polly on its the perch.

C: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this parrot what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique. O: Oh yes, the, uh, the Norwegian Blue...What's,uh...What's wrong with it? C: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it! O: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's pining for the fjords...

The kind of spurious behavior I would expect from a climber

Yeah, Dad makes me real proud. I did get to hang out with Yvon, Royal, Tom Frost and Chuck Pratt when I was a youngster, though

"Sheeeit!! This here jimson weed's got me noddin' off! " "Uh, sir? You have to smoke it to get high."

Just happy that me, trask and WJC are all in the same boat! Hurry someone, anyone sink the damn boat. The only reason Ronald Reagan could articulate the Republican agenda was cause he was an actor. I guess you'll have to wait until Arnold is ready to run for president. I still can't get over the fact that a puppet was elected president. Arnold can't run for president - he was born in a foreign land.

I just found some climbing quote from my real father, whom I haven't seen since I was six years old !!!! "When I first hit Yosemite in 1957, I was a mountain trooper from Colorado, as straight as a lodgepole sapling and celibate to boot. Fortunately, two derelicts then in garbage-can residence soon put me straighter with vicious amounts of Red Mountain wine. When not busy laying the groundwork for the Golden Age (that's about all they were laying), it seemed to my neophyte eye they stayed drunk. Why not ? Even many years later women were unknown to that distant world... The only thing down at Camp 4 in the Elder Days was dog shit and Tri-Delts surrounded by their betrailered parents, about as accessible as the Crab Nebula. So we had beatoff contests at the bivouac ledges, drenched our sleeping bags in semen, got drunk and indulged in towering fireside smut." — Mike Borghoff. "It's so good and wonderful and so other-earth-other-sky transcendentally different in Yosemite that I could spend a dozen karmic cycles there and not exhaust the place." — Mike Borghoff. What a blast from the past

By that logic, any success story of Washington may have contributed to the decline by attracting people and the upscaling of a (once) down-to-earth city: Amazon, Boeing, UPS, UW Hospital, Fred Hutchinson, and many others. Born and raised here, Seattle lost it's small-town feel (and attraction as a place to live)to me sometime in the early-to-mid 90's. That coming after 25 years of living there. My .02 Good thread , Sisu