AlpineK

I just like the picture. It's fake but who cares.

I just want to have a single beer. Pot might be fun, but I'd need to see some real medical studies first none of this, "it's against the law horseshit."

I got Images of America: Snoqualmie Pass It's a cool picture book with all kinds of crazy pictures of building hwy 10 up through all the original ski ares, skiers, and buildings.

PERCENT OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY POPULATION USING FLUORIDATED WATER AND STATE RANKING In Dr. Strangelove, Capt. Jack D. Ripper (I.), classic anti-fluoride nut, asks his aide, "Have you ever seen a commie drink a glass of water?"

I believe that avy happened across the street from the ski area at some of the cabins. I don't think it was the final death of the ski area, but it sure didn't help things out.

Too long? That's up to you. I'm 6' and I've skied on 190 AT skis for years. My really cool downhill skis are 207s. I know ski lengths are shrinking these days, but you should be fine.

He is an expert on plumbing even if it involves navigating crawl spaces.

I was in the Mounties in the 70s. I got a bit of experience with the Basic and Intermediate classes. The biggest downside was the hundreds of students that would go down to Rainier to practice crevasse rescue. Not to be too negative, but they used to have experience climbs with 12 people in a group. I remember one trip where the, "leader," basically couldn't climb for shit. We got home from our trip at 6AM on Monday after the, "weekend," climb. I hear they have restricted group sizes in modern times. I hope they have at least half way competent folks to lead trips. My best experience with the Mounties was using the ski lodges. They used to have a lodge where I learned to ski at Snoqualmie Pass (sadly that's mostly gone ). Right now they have a lodge with their own rope tow (500' vert) at Meany (Stampede Pass sort of). They used to have folks who would come up for Polka dancing in the evenings there. That part would piss me off, but fortunately there were always a bunch of teens there who would all sneak off to party in nearby shacks. There's also a lodge at the Baker ski area that's pretty cool. No partying, but on the upside no polka people.

Damn that's a bummer to hear again.

I got involved for a bit with the Mounties as a teen. At the time they were just about the only show in town. All and all I'd say they're a mixed bag. I've met some of the instructors from the Everett branch of the Mounties, and they're a decent lot. In general I'd say they might be good since this is your first season out here. You might also consider signing up for some individual classes from the private guides then just look for climbing partners on this web site. That is as long as you're sensible enough to know your own limits and start out easy and gradually work your way up. You can also check out the Washington Alpine Club and the BOALPS (Boeing) they let non Boeing employees sign up from time to time.

Yeah that's a bummer.

They're just going on probability. If you send out 50,000 emails there might be a couple suckers out there. A big payoff for only a little work.

While I lived in Colorado I instructed kids with a number of disabilities to ski; some of them were blind. The most important thing a blind skier needs is a sighted buddy to ski with. The sighted guides job is to constantly talk the blind skier through the run(s). The, "guide," tells his buddy when to get off the lift and when to stop. After that you describe which way to ski and when to stop with a general description of the route. When things get tricky the, "guide," skis ahead then talks the blind skier through a section of the run. The whole thing can be fun for both skiers. For the leader coaching blind people down a slope is a lot easier than helping others out with more serious disabilities.

I used to have that Black Sabbath album, but I sold it a long time ago.

And you are.

Finally somebody gets it. Locking a thread on number divisible by more than 1 and the thread count number is unlucky. One should aim for a prime number. In the case of banks they like really large prime numbers.

I must say a few hour off has vastly improved the nature of this most serious discussion.

For a low payment plan of $19.99/Month I will disable it.

Fuck off Bug.

Try looking down the page.

You're not very observant are you Kev.

Aren't you even interested in how big chunks of money go from point A to B. Some of that money is yours or money you owe on a house.

Bug, very large sums of money get transferred internationally over computers. In order to do it one bank sends out sometimes like a 40 digit number. The other bank needs to know something about 2 smaller numbers and a previously agreed upon multiplier. This all ties in with why 1000 is a bad ending number. I realized that as I locked the thread, but I was interested in the response the whole affair would generate.

I've just left you all the clues of why it should be opened. You haven't read much about math and banking have you Bug.

I quote from my last post in the thread: I also stated in this thread: Don't any of you know math beyond addition?