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Is that Archenemy?

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Awesome pictures. Range of Light

What's really fucked up is when your tallboys get punctured in the pack. Nothing like having your belay device squeegy beer out of your rope while you rap.

Emos of the world unite!!!

I'm looking forward to setting up a rack of four pound draws.

There was a good article on Khat in the Stranger a few weeks ago, which involved Dan Savage cruising around in taxis trying to score some.

I've had some afternoons that looked like that

:lmao:

I have been fasting since lunch, and I'm frickin' dying.

[quote=JayB. . . but you have to be able to actually afford a place before any of these considerations become material. True dat, but eliminating second-car costs just might give someone enough financial wiggle room to afford a POS Ballard house with one of those nifty I/O, neg. am. ARMs.

I agree, but there are more costs associated with commuting than just fuel, namely the car itself, maintenance, and insurance. Yeah, and you pay for all that crap whether you drive-commute or not. Maintenance costs are lower if you drive less, but you still pay insurance, tabs, and car payments until you own. That makes bussing/using public transit less attractive - esp. when the cost is close to the cost of driving. just to be clear, I was referring to the cost of a second car that is used by the commuting partner. For us no commute = no second car = no second car costs.

I agree, but there are more costs associated with commuting than just fuel, namely the car itself, maintenance, and insurance. Because we live in Ballard, my wife and I are able to make due with one car as I'm able bike/bus to work. The further you live out in commuter land, the more likely it is that the typical family will require two cars. Most importantly, and not directly related to fuel prices, is the cost of my time. I work a lot, and I can get home to my family far quicker on my bike than I could in a car if I lived in commuter-land. That's a huge added value.

What's the over-under, so to speak . . .

Indeed. That's one of the main reasons I started bike commuting this spring. With a new baby, I was struggling to fit in exercise with bus commute --> work --> bus commute --> play with baby --> spend time w/ wife --> get back on computer and work. Now, I get to and from work quicker than I did on the bus, and have my exercise in once I get home, so I wind up w/ more time for family and other fun things.

I have an absolute POS mountain bike you can have for free. It would need some work and parts to make it functional, and it would never kick ass. May be more trouble that it's worth, but thought I'd throw it out there. I can send you a pic over the wkend if you'd like.

I thought this thread was going to about my new pants.

Just curious, how many "frazzled-underappreciated-supermartyr" stay at home mom's have you met? I'm not sure if I've meet any, despite the growing cadre of moms in our life now.

That's a good name, KB, and cute little guy. Smooth hat. . . Henry's got one just like it.

Okay, baby pictures will greatly improve this thread. Here's our wee Henry learning to drive the subie.

Working partents "get everything done" b/c someone else raises their children 8-10 hours per day. Really? Tell that to all the single moms and dads out there... I understand where you're coming from Arch, and I can only imagine how difficult being a single parent is. My point is that single parents or couples w/ two working parents can "get everything done", in fenderfour's terms, because the children are usually in daycare or otherwise supervised by someone else.

Q4T. This is the exactly what my wife said last night.

Working partents "get everything done" b/c someone else raises their children 8-10 hours per day.

My wife stays home with our 6 mo. old. I've never seen her more spent. She straight up busts her ass, and the attention she provides our baby is worth 10X the amount listed in that article . . . not to mention all the other shit she does. But I suppose she's not really tired because she really doesn't do anything. She's just an attention-seeker, right Seahawk?