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Best Fake Climber: "I did the twenty-three-hour Nose route to the top of El Capitan in eighteen hours and twenty-three minutes, I can get over this." - Avery Bishop (Kelly Preston) in Jerry Maguire responding to Jerry Maquire (Tom Cruise) after calling off their engagement Maybe a "Vertical Limit" climber can beat this?

Dicky Dolma. Hauls grain too...never know when that'll come in handy. "I once heaved a sack of grain half a kilometer uphill with a boy from the village. We took turns carrying it on our backs and by the end he was reduced to tears so I offered to do his share as well," recalls Dolma who has also been the national women's ski champion for over a decade.

Wanda Rutkiewicz

Seattle Deathfest of course

Where is Big Time located?

Righto, the bolts are designed to break only under incredible tension so that the wing is not torn off. And yes, an engine has fallen off the plane before. Imagine what the couple gettin busy in the lavatory thought...

Is the Vespa plugged into the wall behind you?

He only wears those on special occasions.

I didn't know you played the ukulele! You been holding out on me?

Does this count toward the poop quota? Or is it a non-poop quota?

I think you are going to have to stop the car, icegirl. These two might get ugly...

Its a tag team. We take turns.

Nothing gets by you girlfriend.

He didn't see the post, so it doesn't count.

Oh shit, I missed my chance this month!

What is the quota?

As you know, utilities have undergone a painful transition over the last 10+ years. The recent loses in the NW are due to poor planning and a lack of understanding of economics and the current market (gleened that from the papers). I am not sure if we need to buy water any more than needing to buy electricity. I can go to a local river for a dose of girardia (I have no clue how to spell that, but I know the effect it has on my body) just the same as I can cut wood for my stove. Nonetheless, I believe that in a country this weathly, we should all have a right to heat our homes and slake our thirst without having to pay through the nose for those things. And I no longer understand what the gov't job is, I just know that they don't seem to be getting much done in the way of helping people.

Long time coming.

I like how you plan ahead. See, now I just don't think like that. I was still hooked on the visual. But yeah, I'll take the truck. And the guns. Kersploosh.

"As far as social experiments, I don't recall when faith-based solutions were proposed last, so maybe it's worth a shot." um, maybe around 1932?

Sacrifice yourself for the group. Jump in.

"Due to budget deficits and intensive lobbying from water companies, U.S. cities face increasing pressure to let private companies manage public water supplies, including water treatment and sewage lines, for promised savings." Kinda like our politicians leasing off what we own to private companies for the sake of a quick buck. The article doesn't mention (and doesn't have to) that doing this with our water supply is no different than with our wood, our minerals, etc. I am not saying that we don't need the products, but they are indeed coming at a cost that the dollars are not covering. Our health is paying for it... Good articles to read, thanks for posting them.

"Due to budget deficits and intensive lobbying from water companies, U.S. cities face increasing pressure to let private companies manage public water supplies, including water treatment and sewage lines, for promised savings." Kinda like our politicians leasing off what we own to private companies for the sake of a quick buck. The article doesn't mention (and doesn't have to) that doing this with our water supply is no different than with our wood, our minerals, etc. I am not saying that we don't need the products, but they are indeed coming at a cost that the dollars are not covering. Our health is paying for it...

Were your bags clean?

Get her in the water and grab yer board. Surfs up.