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So Jon... is the Seattle Times watching yet? And this thread got me thinking - is pimping actually a crime?

Obviously the horse did not read this article.

You don't crop yours?

I like that. Catchy. Thought about trademarking that?

We saw LOTS of beargrass in the Tattoosh, up by Snow Lake and in the meadows between Unicorn and Pinacle My memory also recalls there being an overabundance along the lower reaches of Cowlitz Divide. Haven't been up there for a few years though, so I wouldn't base a trip on that memory!

Thanks for clearing that up. I was wondering why you had to scroll so far since yours started with "c". My avatar is at the top since it starts with "_", that's why I picked it.

BRB??? WTF? ISL (Is That Like) LOL?

If I knew you were coming, I'd have built a cake, built a cake, built a cake... ooooo, If I knew... Sorry. Doesn't sound right.

he must've opened the stall door for the horse, if he was gettin on the first date And obviously asked him/her what he/she wanted to eat. Wonder if he was leaving a phone message on his next dates answering machine when the incident occurred?

So do you think it was a first date?

Ahhh... that's why they made assclench.com "registered members only."

Seattle PI gives us a bit more insight... The investigation was launched this month after authorities discovered the July 2 death of a man who suffered internal bleeding after engaging in anal sex with a horse at the farm, Sgt. John Urquhart said. Yup. Swift kick would do it.

Hmm... so what kind of crime is committed when it isn't even the farm owner's horse to start with?!! So not only is the farm collecting money from the horse's owner for boarding it, it's...

I find this sentence both disturbing and rather funny at the same time! Upon cut/pasting this news story to my office mates, one of them came up with quite a good joke based on it... Why did the chicken cross the road? 'Cause it was stuck to the man.

Oh dear. Simple, yes, but wrong and misapplied. I just love it when the equations come out... Maybe you would like to back up your statement with some logic on why it is wrong or misapplied... Prove me wrong and I will happily reevaluate my ideas. Thanks. Acceleration is a constant, assuming constant slope. Velocity increases. I'll let gslater have fun with the rest. -kurt

Even with high freezing levels, the Emmons can still be icy in spots. Last year in late June/early July, there was a stretch of water ice just past the schrund... probably around 13,800' - 14,000' or so. Made for an interesting little traverse. I think the topography of the summit in that area makes that section icy from time to time. And this was with freezing levels at 14k. I'm wondering out loud if perhaps the icy spot is back again. My main point is, don't assume soft conditions will be present everywhere just because the freezing level is high. -kurt

Really... I hadn't seen this yet. Really. I hadn't. -kurt

Must be Civil.

And by the way, you might tell your webmaster that I don't think there's a comma in the word... "Canad,a" Main intro page. You're welcome. Invoice is in the mail.

17 actually. Would've been quicker but I spelled your name wrong the first time. edited to add

...who, bored, stole the idea for the story from a fellow crack-head at a Wesson party. Actually, it seemed amazingly similar to the story quoted here... http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/472358/an/0/page/2#472358 The text that "faster_than_you" pasted was from a psychobabble journal published in 1994. -kurt

Thanks sobo. Those are the type of numbers I've wondered about. I'll give the full report a read at lunch today. I'm guessing the cost figures for the NPS would actually be higher per rescue, than say a rescue in a Wilderness area. NPS rescue figures probably include wages for climbing rangers - even though those wages are like at the GS-0.25 level! Those resources are not available for rescues outside the NPS, so I'm guessing those rescue costs are even lower. Guess I'll read the report before I start rambling on again... -kurt

okey dooky

Love? Justice? A great tasting less filling beer? Better first dates. Oh... wait. I guess that CAN be obtained with money. But really... I guess the thing that irks me about the whole sorry old "make the climbers pay" argument is the idea that people in society only should pay for EXACTLY what they use - nothing more, nothing less. It scares me to think that we're headed back to the days where the Fire Department wouldn't put out a fire at your house unless you had one of those little emblems that said you have paid your "dues" to the Department. (No... I don't know exactly when that was, but I'm thinking it was early 1900s. My dad has one of the emblems/ornament thingies in his fire fighting memorabilia.) For once, I'd love to see one of these letter writers quote the actual "taxpayer cost" for a typical rescue. Sure... there is a cost associated with it, but I have a feeling it is sooooo small when looked at on a per capita basis that it would virtually disappear.