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I might be interested. Though I know absolutely nothing about drytooling! and am reasonably sure I have the wrong gear for it as well

Or there's the western version... "Oh-mommy-take-me-home"

Thanks for the advice everyone! Right now i'm leaning more towards an all around settup as opposed to either super light weight, or free ride setup. I should be Avalanche 1 certified by Feb. and already have the shovel and probe but no beacon yet. I'll probably eventually want to do ski-approaches to climbs but probablynot this year, so i'll hold off on the Silvrettas for now (Well that and I'd need to buy plastic boots anyway ) So, anybody got a cheep set of extra skies

Have a good trip and congrats!

I'm interested in picking up and AT settup, and wondering what people opinions are on what I need! And I figured this is probably the right place for opinions I'm primarily thinking about a used set, in the 1-3 yr old range. I don't know that i'm committed enough suck up the cost for a new one. Right now I think i'm probably after all-purpose boards in the 170-180cm range, with DIN adjustable bindings. So.. any suggestions on boards/bindings and/or boots to look for? What is a reasonable price? (I've seen everything from 150-1000 in yard sale) (My background if it's important: 5'10", 150lb, used to ski moderately hard in bounds (black/double black) but haven't ever done any BC and haven't skiied seriously in 7 or 8 years. Looking for something that will be fine inbounds while I get my legs back, but that I can take into the backcountry as well. ) So, please feel free to flame away, just sprinkle in a little advice while you do it! Thanks in advance

aaaah, but they're so cute when they're shaved!

Man, trying to spray and work at the same time is rough!

Why don't you like it when I get things backwards? I thought you were into that sort of thing

No, I know what to do with this thread! It's the other one that's proving tuff to penetrate.

You practice with cheese filled horsecock? I knew you had a kinky side but

Are you sure?

Someone help me! I'm just not sure what to do with this!

Is that what you want for christmas? Someone has an overactively dirty mind, and for once it's not me!

Anyone interested in climbing or bouldering Mon. and/or Wed. at the UW gym? Probably 5:00ish-6:30 or 7:00ish. Unluckily you have to be a UW student/staff/or faculty, but on the up side it's only 3 bucks/time. Any skill level would be great, though i'm awfully suck at bouldering. Cheers!

First it'll be a conspiracy by the gov't/jews/scientists/..... you know, like the moon landings. Then it'll just give the zealots and wacko's one more group of "things/people" that they'd like to get rid of and that are manifestations of evil. Then finally it'll be accepted as a matter of fact and the religous doctrines will be read somewhat less litterally and somewhat more expansively, to absorb the changes. What's the general progression of any new scientific discovery? It's laughed at, it's persecuted, then it's accepted as obvious.

are one of those wonderful groups where thinking seems highly discouraged The statement about the vatican indicates that not all religous groups feel this way.

Unluckily the advances of science will always outpace the level of moral discourse necessary to temper it. At least it keeps us on our toes though!

He was quoting from the Baghavad-Gita (one of the Hindu holy books). It's interesting that the men who developed atomic weapons all (or almost?) became is staunchiest opponents. Several years ago the vatican gave it's blessing to Stephen Hawking and the physics community in general to research anything they wished up to the point of the big bang. There isn't any fundamental conflict between science and religion. The only people who seem to think there is are those groups that wish to supress thought in their members. Science has a nasty habit of questioning everything, and when the only reason you have that your religion is right and that your better than everyone else, is because your pastor says so... well it make them squirmy!

Do we really want to go back to the justifications for the war? At the time they "seemed" palatable to enough people to justify sending troops, barely. In retrospect, every one of the supposed justifications was empty. So now were f-ing stuck. I was against the war from the beginning. But now that were there I think it would be unconscionable to just pull out completely, though realisitically regardless of what we do Iraq isn't going to be a threat to anyone except their immediate neighbors for quite some time. The utter refusal of the administration to admit that it f-ed up, overestimated the reliability of hte intelligence it had, that it likely manufactured a little hype with the verbal pissing match on TV between GW and Saddam, and generally "Sold" the war after the decision had already been made pisses me off. Now not only do I disagree with their politics but I have no respect left for the people in the Executive branch, trust in their motives, or faith in their intelligence. At least prior to the war, I only disagreed with their politics.

There was a thread on this b-board not too long ago, asking "how long can we stand it in the US, with all this injustice, before we must revolt". How ironic that the liberal-utopian-socialist posterchild France is the one where the people are revolting. :-)) The populace in france revolts all the time. Why the hell do you think they've been through something like 15 constitutions in 200 some years?

The best year ever was when the Cougs got beat, at home, by the Vandals (I went to U of I for my undergrad) and got stomped by the UW in the rose bowl :fawk: Was a very quiet thanksgiving!

And I thought what I said sounded dirty

They didn't win so much as the other team lost worse.

Every year at thanksgiving I have to endure the ribbing from my step mom's family as they're all hard core WSU folks and i'm going to UW (I think her dad was dean of students or some such thing). The first few years when the cougs were still doing well it was damn near unbearable, now that they suck so it's not soo bad though :fawk:

There's a good Greek Place down in Freemont, can't remember the name though. And a couple of unknown worth on University way? Thanh Brothers Pho' in is the shit if your in the U-district. Giant bowls of great Pho' and free creampuffs to boot