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Try using it on your hands instead. Ouch!

Sorry Iain, I don't swing that way.

Fly out tomorrow morning for Italy. Croatia is a week from now.

I dont want to know how you came across this information. I'm guessing though that she is one of your MILFs.

For a place to share in Portland check the willamette week classifieds.

They may not be 'new' replacements but they will send replacements. My poles don't match anymore but I dont really care either.

I will add that they do indeed last forever. I've had my makalus since 94 and still going strong.

I broke the portions of my flintlock poles on three different occasions. On each occasion I called BD and they repleced the broken section gratis. BD had problems with the glue on their skins. Its since been resolved.

I am horribly inept at tele skiing and found the south chutes to be fun yet challenging. You'll have fun Dustin--get on that beyotch!

Or tried to burn a bowl without some snowboarder trying to get a puff?

Its easy to be a flag waving "patriot" when your ass isn't on the line.

Ski resort owner rethinks plan 06/19/03 WENDY OWEN In a compromise to appease critics, Mt. Hood Meadows is reconsidering plans to develop a destination resort on 620 acres of land it acquired in a trade with Hood River County. Instead, Meadows would squeeze the resort's proposed condos, homes, hotel and other amenities onto 160 acres of land it bought from a private owner. That land includes buildings at Cooper Spur, a small ski resort south of Hood River. The 620 acres the company got in a 2001 trade with the county are in a watershed that supplies 2,500 Hood River County residents. Several groups have criticized plans to develop the site, saying the resort, especially a proposed 18-hole golf course, would pollute groundwater. "We've heard loud and clear that the community wants the watershed protected," said Dave Riley, Meadows general manager. The company, which owns Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort, is considering three options for the 620 acres: selling it back to the county, trading it for nearby U.S. Forest Service land or making it a conservation area. County Commissioner Rodger Schock said he would be reluctant to buy back the land and wasn't sure the county could afford it. Doug Jones, a lands and permits specialist with the Forest Service, said the agency probably wouldn't approve a land trade because of the public outcry against the resort. That might leave only one option: placing the land in a conservation trust, the choice least likely to make money for Meadows. Riley remains optimistic that all options are viable, but he favors a land swap with the Forest Service. He said that was an idea developed by local residents. "What I'm hearing is, it's a great idea." The exchange would swap Meadows' 620 acres to the Forest Service for 350 acres adjacent to the small parcel that Meadows already owns. Instead of being limited to building homes, condos and small shops on the 160-acre parcel, Meadows could then expand into the new section. "The best outcome would be an exchange with the Forest Service, because of the mutual gains," Riley said. "The land (620 acres) would go back into public hands, and we would receive . . . land outside the watershed and farther away from farmland, which we could develop." But that option is the least compelling of the three, said Ken Maddox, chairman of the Cooper Spur Wild and Free Coalition. The organization is a collection of 15 environmental and watchdog groups and the main critic of the resort. "It would be even more up the slope of Mount Hood. It would be a larger piece of land, and it would be close to the wilderness area," said Maddox, whose group opposes any development on the mountain. "There is no right way to do a wrong thing." Maddox likes the idea of turning the 620 acres into a conservation area. On Wednesday, he took it a step further, saying his group would be interested in buying the land if it could find the money. "Actually, we'd like to buy the whole thing, period, if they're interested in a modest return," Maddox said, referring to the entire resort site, including Cooper Spur. Rather than developing it, the group would keep it wild, Maddox said. Riley said he was unaware of the coalition's interest in buying the land but would be willing to listen to a proposal. In retrospect, Riley said, he probably shouldn't have pursued the 620 acres. "Quite frankly, we underestimated the problem," he said in a meeting Tuesday night. The land trade quickly turned nettlesome for Meadows and Hood River County when a group of county residents, now members of the Wild and Free Coalition, criticized the move. The county traded its 620 acres and $1 million for 785 acres of Meadows land, much of it holding marketable timber. A year later, the Hood River Valley Residents Committee, a citizens group, filed a lawsuit to overturn the trade. A Hood River County judge dismissed the case, which is now under appeal.

Fence shitter--where did anyone say one side was better than the other? I re-read this entire thread and am at a loss as to how you came to that conclusion. What branch of service were you in?

Golden retriever puppy. You won't be sorry.

Trask--couple of questions: 1. Where did you get that data? Just curious. 2. 29+19=48. What happened with the remaining two states? Thanks Oh, and Bush should be impeached if they find no weapons of mass destruction. Misleading the public with respect to justification to send troops to foreign lands and die is far worse than getting blown by an intern in the oval office--and impeachment proceedings followed that little pecadillo.

Yeah it was the mega-hot weekend and it was soft by 11.

Then why are you always riding in someone elses car?

The Supreme Court ruled recently that executions of mentally retarded criminals are "cruel and unusual punishments" barred by the eighth amendment. How many criminals facing the end will now argue they are retarded? The President was quoted:

Try putting them on your feet. Seriously though, I have a pair of makalus and have a love/hate relationship with them. Like B-rock, mine were hell for about the first 50 miles or so then they softened up. I bought them a tad too small though and in my gaper glory laced them too tight once for a climb up Mt. Hood and ended up with a mild case of frostbite on my big toe. I have narrow feet so they fit the contours just fine--just a tad bit too short. To make them conform a bit better I soaked them in hot water then wore them around the house until they dried. It helped enough that I wore them climbing in the Ecuadoran Andes but I still wanted a bigger boot. I've since retired them and bought a pair of Salomon Pro Ice and love them. Right out the box they were comfy.

Sam Kinnison did a stand-up routine revloving around this theme. His wife kept his penis in the freezer.

I skied the south chutes a couple of weeks ago. We hit it later than optimal for a slush fest descent. Like skiing a giant slurpee. Lots of snow cover above treeline and mega fun. I highly recommend getting out there sooner than later.

I'll take dolt with a sense of humor over nerd with none. Thanks for the clarification. I truly am a dolt.

Dork alert.

Nice to hear you had a good time. I had a similar car-tastrophe on the way to the Grasslands at Smith. I swerved to avoid 6 deer in the middle of the road and did a slow-motion, drivers-side leading roll. Had a redneck with a winch pop me back on all fours and drove to the grasslands, climbed all weekend and drove it back home. Of course it rained. Glad you are all right.