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Good good you weight weenies are funny. Arc'teryx should have asked "How recently was your scale calibrated? Triple Beam Balance? Relative Gravitation?" As has been discussed ad nauseum elsewhere, there are very few manufacturers whose advertised weights match their actual weights - usually for the exact reasons given.

Johnson was impeached 126 to 47, the vote on the charges was 1 vote short of the 2/3's majority required to convict.

Shortly after 9/11 someone walked into the Hudson Trail Outfitters in Fairfax, VA - and Bought EVERY piece of pro they stocked. All Cams, Nuts, Hexes - even Lowe Ball's

How much do you spend a month of insurance/upkeep/maintenance? Property taxes?

I'm trying to make the point that there are quite a few periods where if you bought a house, it wouldn't have gone up much at all. By your own admission, about 50% of the last 2 decades. And we are probably heading to another period of housing price stagnation.

I pay $9k a year in rent + expenses. With taxes, increased insurance, utilities, etc. I doubt I would see much of a difference in monthly norecoverable expenses. Not to mention a decrease in my quality of life moving to a more afforable location. If you believe housing prices will continue to go up, not a bad deal. I don't.

2 Wrong. Which 2? Correct. Andrew Johnson & William Clinton

Uh - wrong. Average KingCounty House Sale Price from above link: 1980 - $81511 1990 - $169202 (108% increase) 1995 - $183700 (9% increase) 2000 - $315300 (72% increase - in five years!) 2002 - $339200 (8% increase) I'm not saying a home isn't a good investment. It can be. It's just not the surefire investment that everyone seems to think they are nowadays - and when everyone thinks something is a really good investment, odds are it isn't.

Jim- You've just shown most of the flaws into the buy a house now argument. 1)The attached charts shows what could be the beginning of a stabilizing in housing price increases. No, it won't get cheaper, but it won't necessarily get much more expensive 2)I chose those years to make a point. If you had bought a house in 1990, and sold it in 1995 - you'd have seen a 10% increase in your home price. I'd venture to say the early 80's in Seattle were similar to the early 90's in this regard. Not all eras are like the last 6 years, where housing prices have skyrocketed. 3)Yes you loose 100% of the money you spend in rent. You also don't pay property taxes, increased utilities (if you live in an apt now), maintenance (often not small), increased insurance. Yes you don't have deductible interest - you also don't have the longterm debt.

In the past 6 years. Like most of the other posters advocating buying a home, your assuming a rise in house prices. This hasn't always been true - King County saw less than a 10% rise in home prices between 1990-95 http://www.metrokc.gov/budget/agr/agr03/03AGRCH4b.pdf A home is a good investment - IF your willing to put in the effort for maintenance (most people don't accuratley account for either the time or money spent on home improvement projects) and you intend to stay for more than 3-5 years - there are large costs associated wiht buying/selling. It's also a change in lifestyle.

This weeks Economist has a 20pg survey on Argentina.

You mean was. You said the Ducks program's designed to build lean mass? Aren't most football players looking to bulk up? This could explaing the duck's performance.

See earlier comments about the housing bubble.

Ou est les chats avec des tetons grandes?

Always knew there was something screwy in the water on that side of town...

Taft is the only person to have served as President & Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He considered his time on the Supreme Court more important.

Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble......

I hate to break it to you Josh... Lincoln didn't pursue reconstruction. He was shot 5 days after the war ended. It was Johnson who pursued reconstruction. But hay, you can blame it on the Republicans

No the Germans didn't bomb Pearl Harbor - the Japanese did. Then we declared war on the Japanese, and Hitler declared war on the US.

I'm not sure if the Mega floor has the same problem the Betamid does - that it's a bit too much of a "bathtub", unless your extra careful about keeping the sides up taught (a pain). Velcro on the edges maybe?

nothing- don't tell them about the goats, deer, etc! Damn game, always making trails....

The Irony is palpable.

California needs Griz's back more than the Cascades.

Scott- Republicans have been writing the eulogy for Ronnie for years. They couldn't even wait 10 years to name an airport after him. Since the were deifying him before his death, I see little reason to abide by traditional restraints after his death.

That was my point.