marylou

Get over it.

Mine is an ugly color (don't tell Beck!), worn out, not the latest and greatest, but lemmetellya, it is a GREAT piece. One of the best. You know what would be cool? If there was a version with an EPIC shell. I bet that would . A little more water resistance, same light weight and great feel. Might cost a little more, but that would be the thing that would get me to replace mine.

I'll tell you what, Beck: You may have my share of mosquito larva steeped in muddy water. Obviously I am not as hardcore as you.

My family's been here for over a hundred years, so for a white person, I feel native enough to comment. Microsoft, like Boeing, Amazon and Starbucks, are all local companies. In most cases, I feel that they have lost their roots, but in all cases, I don't have a problem with them being here. What has been harder for me as a local has been this: People ostensably come here for the lifestyle (and the scenery) and then when they get here, they want to make it just like the place they came from, except with better scenery. Part of what makes this place what it is is the people who populated it (once again I am speaking in the Whitey revisionist way, sorry to any real natives) so why on earth would you want to change it wholesale into Kansas City, Los Angeles, or any other place? We have a unique, albeit subtle, culture here, and I for one am not willing to give it up to become like every other US city.

Jon, I don't have my notes in front of me, but I am researching an article on this subject, and to the best of my recollection Iodine doesn't do the do on Crypto. I beleive that the only EPA approved tablet is the Katadyn Micropur, which has as its active ingredient Sodium Chloride. This is the same ingredient found in some droplets now available, but the Katadyn product appears to be the only one with the official EPA tests passed. As far as viruses are concerned, there is at least one EPA-certified water purifier on the market, made by First Need. It's ugly, bulky, and a couple ounces on the heavy side, but the flow rate is terrific, even on a gravity bag system. I did some flow testing with water pulled from fairly high on the White River (e.g. high particulate) and this filter never hiccupped. At the end of the day, though, one still has to consider the water sources on any given trip. A few days ago, I had to make clean some very muddy and mozzy larva infested water, and it would have been pretty hard to choke it down without running it through a physical water filter. I'm sure in different circumstances I'd have drunk the stuff, but the gross-out factor was still high, and I hadda use the stuff for cooking rather than drinking. That's a barrier to going entirely with a system that doesn't have a pretty tight filter as part of the cleaning process.

If you have some info on EPIC's performance in a tent application, please share it with me...I'm dying to know if it's going to work!!!

Oh, don't let's do smackdown again. Ho hum. The MIOX was tested by the military for durability, and they have, in the past, also told their soldiers that lots of other things were perfectly safe. Personally, I have to reconcile with myself with the idea of not worrying about crypto anymore AND review the EPA data before I'm going to reccommend the cool-gizmo MIOX to anyone.

Beck, I'm just heartbroken I didn't run into you on the floor at the show this weekend. It would have given you an opportunity to call me names in public!

The MIOX pen is only supposedly safe for crypto after 4 hours of sit time, so the jury is still out on that. The new MSR tents are pretty cool though. A fresh take on some very old ideers. The new BD tents made of EPIC look really cool, but it remains to be seen if they really keep the wet out when it's wet out. There are a couple of newish innovations in day pack designs that were pretty appealing, and Dead Bird has a couple of new fabrics they are doing nice things with. I'll be interested to see if people really pay $110 for a pair of shorts. Keen is definitely going to be the word on casual footwear, and were from what I could see the darling upstarts of the show. Speaking of casual, all your favorite tech clothing manufacturers have huge casual clothing lines coming out. Look forward to seeing high school kids who don't go outside wearing Cloudveil. Lynn Hill looked tired lugging that baby around in the carrier all weekend. Didn't get a Tori Allen action figure, had to go to a meeting.

So you are leaving Mt Flatchelor and coming back up here? NOOOO!!!!

Kinda, and chat is here now.

DO NOT ignore doctor's orders on the matter of weight bearing. A little creativity goes a long way, I did a lot of training when I broke both my ankles once....and there's a chance the doc will let him swim sooner than 3 mos, be sure to ask about that option. Good luck.

yo, what wazzumountaineer said. Plus if the money was there, the TM work would all be done by people getting paid. We've had this discussion before.

I don't see how making those remarks means he supports such ideas, and frankly, with Patriot, a lot of what Dean alludes to in those remarks has become law.

Awww, Stupid White Men was FUN!!! I tried to read the book those guys from Project for a New American Century put together, but I got bored, and THAT made me feel stupid. I will say that if you can get throught it (dry as a bone) that it will give you some pretty solid insights into the Bush family agenda for world domination. I didn't think Reefer was as good as FFN. The history of the porn industry section was a little long and , and the wrapup at the end of the book, which should have been the very best part, was very brief and ended somewhat suddenly. That said, it's still hella better than reading M Chrichton or some other pop fiction crappoleum.

If you really want to get back on his good side, you'll need to talk dirty to him over PM or somesuch. Also, never defend me, as I am on the permanent list, partially because I have refused to talk dirty with him. But, being on that list is really not so bad, you just have to ignore the garbage he flings at you.

The chatter is working and the chat room be open.

Nicely done.

Erik, Doing the radiator fix (I assume your mechanic put the kibosh on the Outback option for some reason....?) won't erase the sins of the previous owners. I was very careful with engine temps and still, right on schedule, a head gasket blew at 175K. Also if you did the timing belt, one has to hope you did the water pump at the same time, or you're going to have to go in there again. Sorry to mention any of this, I must have temporarily forgotten that no one can ever tell you anything because you already got it all in your nog.

That place in 11worth is the kind of recco that's going to get you sent to your room, Drul.

Have you tried El Puerco Lloron on the Hillclimb west of the Market? It's the most like food I've had in Mexico. That said I aslo like Mama's but it's So-Cal Mexi, not the real deal.

For Dim Sum, there's no beating the venerable King Cafe. All they do is dim sum, open 10-5 except Wednesdays. 8th and King, or 7th, somewhere right around there. For regular Chinese, I like Tai Tung and the Kau Kau BBQ.

I don't get the chicken feet. There's a lot of stuff that is not as weird as chcken feet.