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Without putting a lot of thought into it, I'll say I really like the 2000 game (XXXIV), Rams versus Titans. After all the blowouts in the 90's, seeing a Titan stt..rr..ee..tt..ching for the end zone and coming up 1 yard short with no time left on the clock was pretty cool. :-) Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I guess I need a little clarification on this... What is the moral difference between allowing something bad to happen because it's best for you personally, and allowing something bad to happen because it's best for your country? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

What I think of this is that I don't know. I think it's funny when people sitting over here with no knowledge of the subject claim to *know* one way or the other on just about any subject. I suspect Iran is making at least some minimal effort toward nuclear weapon technologies, and it might not be so minimal. I don't know whether they have any expectation of success. It wouldn't surprize me if they were simply putting on airs to try and get some sort of favorable treatment in exchange for their abandoning such activities. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Those little squeeze-bags of minced onions at the local AM/PM ought to do me fine. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

No silly, steak is a dessert. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Skydivers rock.

I used to get two cans of smoked oysters in my stocking every year. I no longer get a stocking, but I still get the oysters. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Well, at least you're not trying to have a *serious* discussion about that blowhard. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Smarts and a great attitude can't make an ugly person beautiful, but the lack of them can sure make a beautiful person ugly, and that kind of ugly is WAY less attractive than the physical kind. Hot & stupid might be fun for a fling, but anyone I go home to will have a brain and a good personality. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

If the reports turn out to be true, pointing at Clinton and saying "Hey, he started it" is not an automatic get-out-of-jail-free card. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Up here in southeast Washington state, we're looking at sequestration in the basalt formation with the idea of eventual precipitation of carbonates, e.g. calcite. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Wow! I don't think I've gotten a single Spam item with gmail. I've never used yahoo long enough to see how well the spam filters work because all the advertising bugged me to the point that I gave up on it very quickly. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Personally, I can't stand all the Yahoo type advertising. With Gmail, I don't have to. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

You were on the load with her, and she'd been with everyone on the load? That's so hot! Edit to add: I didn't like your clarification nearly as much...I'll stick with this version of events if you don't mind. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Yeah, fiscal responsibility has been Bush's claim to fame. Is that Bush talking? I think I see puppet strings. Bush neither understands nuclear energy, nor environmental protection. The puppet strings in this case lead to huge companies with experience in nuclear power plant construction and operation, as well as coal-fired utilities and other major point source polluters who don't want to update their pollution prevention systems." LOL! Well those are reasons I don't remember hearing a couple years ago. And you guys called Kerry the flip-flopper? Which reason was it? LOL! Yeah, I'm sure that's exactly what she said. And do you honestly think he came up with this one on his own? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

...not taking this post seriously. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

We just got an Anthony's last fall. Great location, nice building, decent eats, but not good enough to justify their prices. Unfortunately it's about as close as we get to fine dining in the Tri-Cities. The closest truly great food, a little tiny French restaurant, is about 70 miles away in the tiny town of Dayton. Best restaurant in eastern Washington, bar none. Apex has been making consistently good wines for several years now. Unfortunately, their new labeling and pricing makes me think they've been bought out by one of the big conglomerates (Chalone or Stimson), so I expect the quality of their wines will go downhill fairly quickly. Name the weekend. I'm a somewhat regular host to visiting jumpers. NOT IT! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Happy to serve with you! We're so under-appreciated. In some alternate universe, our heroism would cause men to idolize us and women to swoon. Hmmm...I wonder if U-Haul would let me take a one-way there. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

In the spring? April 22-24 in Yakima Valley/Red Mountain. Confirmed participants include: Sagelands, Tefft, Snoqualmie, Kestrel, C.R. Sandidge, Thurston Wolfe, Willow Crest, Oakwood, Portteus, and Hedges. My experience suggests several others will get on board, some good, some not so good. Expect to see Hogue (head winemaker is skydiver Dave Forsythe), Tucker (wine SUCKS, but Anthony's Homeport is always outside serving lunch), Sandhill, Apex, Buckmaster, Horizon's Edge, Seth Ryan, Terra Blanca, Gordon Brothers, Barnard Griffin, Bookwalter, and more. Those last 3 are less than 5 miles from my house & the DZ, and many of the others are ~10 miles away. May 7-8 in Walla Walla valley. Fewer wineries, but better average quality of wine. Nobody listed yet, but expect to see K, Waterbrook, Three Rivers, L'Ecole, Reininger, Walla Walla Vintners, Woodward Canyon, and more. Both are obviously more fun with a bunch of friends, in a big rental (limo or van), with a hired (sober) driver. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Chocolate is evil; a scourge upon the earth. I am a freedom fighter trying to remove all traces of it by the most logical method available. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

LOL - That might take a little while. It'd be a damn tasty while though though! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I would do no such thing! I can't believe you have the gall to even suggest it. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

It's getting a little crazy over here. The last real "date" I went on was with a winemaker, to the wedding of a vineyard owner, that was attended almost exclusively by winery owners. The cool thing was it was at a restaurant, and the entire ceremony was: "Do you take her to be your lawfully wedded wife?" "Sure" Do you take him to be your lawfully wedded husband?" "I do" "Give her the ring" ... "Kiss her" ... "I now pronounce you husband and wife...let's drink." Dinner invites at my place are pretty easy to come by. If you're at the DZ and want to have dinner, we're probably on. You might however want to wait till after I get a cellar in my new house and my ex & I divide up our collection. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

'dork' is funnier. Hmmm...I think the guy in the cubicle across from me just got a new nickname...'chunkdork'. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

The last three >$150 bottles I've bought have been terrible. The first two I dumped, the third got set aside while we drank a couple decent bottles, then guzzled just on principle. I see you problem right there Special occasion wines...try finding a 100-point first or super-second for less. In any case, I usually stay well under that, with most of my "high-ends" being in the $50-$80 range (except the occasional Opus or Caymus SS). Last year I got a couple bottles of Leonetti's, a couple more of Woodward Canyon "old vines", and a half-case of Quilceda Creek cab. Everything else was under $50 (retail, I don't count restaurant prices), and the bulk was under $30. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)