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No, people who took out "bad" loans were greedy in the sense that they were living beyond their means.

This is the ugliest living cat I have seen.

Note that the threat level is still "high". Has it ever been lowered? Enough already.

I didn't mean to make the late thing sound so much like and analogy--I knew it was a tenous one and mostly I just felt like ranting. I do that. I don't remember bitching about the SoCal financial deal. You'll have to remind me what I said. I remember bitching about people who don't pay insurance insisting that the gov't pay their way was unacceptable. Essentially, people who pay for their insurance and pay their taxes get to cover thier own losses as well as their neighbors. That is unfair. And I don't understand how the security holder is the only one hurt by this. We all are hurt by this. Absorbing other people's losses, even after those people assumed the risk in order to make money, is an unfair burden to put on folks. It is a bad message to send out there--"Do what you want and the gov't will cover your ass". It is unfair to not treat people like adults. You take the risk, you weather the outcome. And it is sad that you think I believe these things because I think people should suffer. I believe these things because I believe in fairness. As for the envy comment--well, that is just absurd.

They kinda do need them to survive. I don't know if you saw the slide show, but not a whole lot grows there in the snow. Mostly just meat.

So sorry to hear about this--get better!!!

I completely agree with this. I think there are so many things like this and it pisses me off. Our acceptance of this type of shit is irritating even in small ways. For example, I hate it when people start meetings late because they are waiting for the late folks to show up. IOW: fuck you for being on time, I am not going to respect that. The rate hike is the same thing on a larger scale: fuck you for being thrifty and responsible, I am going to ignore that. Folks have a right to be resentful of that--it's crap.

WTF is up with the spa craze? I hope this will pass like the Ben and Jerry's thing. How much overpriced, underneeded pampering does a person gotta have?

Congrats on being in the Journal--that is super!

My new bumper sticker: "I take all comers"

You are right, this was an amazing thing to watch. Thank you for posting this.

I'll take option #2.

In literature, this usually represents symbolic castration. Especially if it is the right hand. Dishing out useless knowledge for free today.

My sympathies to your friends. I hope the best for their property, and if they suffer losses, that those insurance assholes pay up. Sending good thoughts to your friends.

Need some useless knowledge? Got it right here!!!

It would actually be "fewer" not "less" because the points are discrete items and not a mass.

Hugh is the one having the most fun.

The current GOP's motto: Fucking the many for the benefit of the few. Sounds like something a bunch of guys would say.

I just did, but we had a post storm. In addition to the above, consider that agriculture that depends most on pollinators, such as orchards, enjoy the lower end of these profit margins. ok excellent, the source of the problem. When you say "farming is a low margin business", it is certainly accurate as a generalization ; i myself am not big on generalizations, so that is what i took exception to. if one lives one's life according to an understanding based on generalizations, one lives a life of mediocrity, imo, since generalizations are usually short on wisdom and high on conformity. Hey, and thanks for the life coaching, sense. I've always had a problem with conformity. no sweat dude, but you can just call me Guru (capitalize the G, please!). As far as the conformity problem: your unique physique certainly keeps you outside the lines of conformity to a certain degree, but the behavioral aspects could be teased away from the common stock just a bit. How to do this? It's a difficult dilemma, since any behaviours stimulated by a reaction to some unwanted thing have that unwanted thing contained within them. I would prescribe meditation next to bald-faced wasp nests. This spring would be when to start, and it's the best time since they are a bit friendlier then. Sense, you've strayed from the eight fold path of wasp knowledge. Bald faced hornets are very benign. You can garden very close to their nests without worry. I know this: I had a basketball sized nest only 10 feet from my raised beds several years ago. You will not find bald faced hornets in the high country. I have already enlightened you on the habits of forest yellow jackets, which become aggressive in late summer and fall, not spring, sense. Until you know the physical world, you cannot know the spiritual one. ahh little one (such rich irony!). i didn't wish you to know, but since you have forced the issue, i must tell you that, at your stage of development, you must start your meditation practice with the friendlier of the wasps. you are not ready to calm the fires of the forest yellow jacket, nor are you ready for the high country. this will come with time; you cannot force the issue. I want in on the multiple quote box thing too.

Wow, this sounds pretty good. I've seen a crossfit garage thing between Ballard and Freemont. Anyone been to that one?

Hank is not into marketing. I think that is part of the reason he started 2.13.61

Luke, I'm your father.

I found some cool shit in the dirt below. I kept an old unopened pull-tab budweiser can. Can't take the white trash out of this girl.

Now that is scary! The fact that we have our little "immigration problem" going on right now makes that a bigger threat. Not having enough pickers is currently a bigger crisis looming for us than not enough bees. If we run out of both, we're screwed. And you are going to see cherry prices going through the roof.

This isn't necessarily true and varies by facility. The facility I train at http://www.crossfiteastside.com/ does not require any 'tests'. They only require that you start in the 'elements' classes which are for beginners before you jump into the regular classes. No need to spend extra money. It's more than you will pay at a box gym but those of us on this board who do crossfit all swear by it. One of the many attractions/benefits is not dealing with the cardio treadmill/stairmaster routine. I'd rather eat ground up glass than go back to that. The crossfit routines are varied, fun and hard but you never know what you are going to get that day until you show up. It completely eliminates the boredom factor. Do the folks at Crossfit limit the number of people they are working with at a time? The gym I have been going to has gotten so crowded that going between 4-6 is pointless. And of course, it is the most convenient time to go for me as well as for everyone else in the world. Also, do the Crossfit folks work around injuries well? Or do you need to be able to be worked no matter what? Thanks!