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Boots have sold. --------------------------- '05 - '06 Deeluxe Suzuka Mondo 27 hardboots with Thermoflex liner. Will sell boots with original heels or intec heels (Intecs on boots now). The 'shell test' said these mondo 27 were right on the boarder of working for me so I tried them. After a few days of riding, I've determined they are the slightest bit too large and I've replaced them with a mondo 26 Suzuka (I love that model!). The Suzuka for sale have only been ridden 6 days and that was light riding. This was my first boarding experience so I'm a beginner, hence the 'easy riding' compared to an experienced boarder cranking on them. Thermoflex liner has only been molded once so there are at least 5 more moldings left in them. In January of this year, New Suzuka ran me $475 plus $55 intec heels = total $530 plus shipping. Since my boots have only been ridden 6 times, I hope to get around $320 with the original heels or $370 with the intec heel. Shipping additional (unless we discuss otherwise). I hate to lose too much money for only riding them 6 days, but if they don't fit me, they don't fit. I'll consider reasonable offers since this is the end of the season and may not be the best time to sell boots. If no reasonable offers, I'll wait and sell in the fall when the demand will be better. Suzuka Info and pictures here: http://www.bomberonline.com/store/boots/deeluxe_susuka_04_05.cfm Note: The enclosed picture is a 'factory glam shot', not of my specific boots. My BOL email is enabled to please feel free to email me with questions or reasonable offers Thanks, Chad

Mandatory Anthrax Vaccination was one of the several reasons that I was glad my enlistement in the Air Force expired in 1997. I chose not to re-enlist. That was around the time they decided to make Anthrax vaccines mandatory to all personel that were deployed to certain parts of the globe and they were pushing to make it mandatory for ALL personel (deployed or not). There were several people in the middle of a court martial when my enlistment was up. They were being charged with disobeying direct orders to get the Anthrax vaccination. The refused. One was an officer and one was enlisted. Two seperate cases. Not sure the outcome. I chose not to re-enlist. This was not my only reason for not re-enlisting. The main was financial. Six years as a computer programmer and my pay was all the way up to $19,000 a year. Oh boy! It started at $11,000. I had a friend in the same career field, but he'd been in for 9 years. He had a wife and three kids, lived in base housing, and still qualified for food stamps (and reluctantly collected them. Hey, a family has to eat). Payscale is based on rank and time-in-service, so career field didn't influence pay grade. It was time to get out in the corporate world to get fair market value for my skills. But still, the vaccine thing, and the DNA database and DNA samples they wanted to put within our Military ID, was just that little extra that made it that much easier not to re-enlist. It was a great experience and I really enjoyed it, but it was time to move on. Back to mercury. Anyone remember Merthiolate (sp?) It was a antiseptic for cuts and scratches that contained a lot of Mercury. It would die your skin red and BURN when you put it on a cut. I used that stuff all through the 70s and into the 80s. It never did seem to...it never....didn't seem to effect me...didn't effect...and not only that, but it never did seem to effect me.

Yep, that 'continued thread' is at the following link... http://www.bomberonline.com/VBulletin/showthread.php?t=10354

I agree. I use it most of the time if available particularly because it's nice to rest the legs and arms. It is especially nice when a back pack has one creaped forward on the seat. Nice bit of insurance. Gondola only if it is bitter cold or really snowing. Lifts tend to be faster at getting up the long runs. Plus, the gongola tends to get stuffy and hot on a sunny day, so why not be out in the open air?

Shred, I dig it. Would love to see the artwork when you are complete. If we aren't going to see that on a future prior, at least share it on this post. Keep in mind, if all else fails, you can sell a 'single use license' to another boarder for their use in ordering a custom board/topsheet.

ACK! Sweeeeeeeet goodness is what that is! When are we you going to get to take it out?

Dr D, Hope you don't mind, but I'm cutting and pasting your reference info from the other thread to this one for anyone that hits this thread without having seen the other that spawned it. C ---------------------- AUTISM (Scientific Citations, Congressional Hearings, and Articles Linking Vaccines and Autism) This site documents correlations between vaccines and autism. <HR> Autism and the MMR (or Measles) Vaccine: Oleske, J. “Elevated rubeola [measles] titers in autistic children.” Abstract presented by D. Zecca and Dr. Graffino at an NIH meeting (September 23, 1997). As quoted by Richard Gallup in “ Autism and autoimmunity.” www.chiroweb.com/archives/18/14/10.html April 15, 2002. Fudenberg, H.H. “Dialysable lymphocyte extract (DlyE) in infantile onset autism: a pilot study.” Biotherapy 1996; 9:143-147. Gupta, S. “Immunology and immunologic treatment of autism. ” Proceedings of the National Autism Association, Chicago 1996: 455-460. Wakefield, A.J., et al. “Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children.” Lancet 1998; 351:637-641. Yazbak, F.E. “ Autism: Is there a vaccine connection? Part I. Vaccination after delivery.” 1999. www.garynull.com/documents/autism99b.htm Yazbak, F.E. “ Autism: Is there a vaccine connection? Part II. Vaccination around pregnancy.” 1999. www.garynull.com/documents/ autism99b2.htm Yazbak, F.E. “ Autism: Is there a vaccine connection? Part III. Vaccination around pregnancy, the sequel.” 2000. www.garynull.com/documents/autism99b3.htm “ Autism: Present Challenges, Future Needs—Why the Increased Rates?” Government Reform Committee Hearing, Washington, DC. (April 6, 2000.) Bernard, S., et al. “ Autism: a novel form of mercury poisoning,” (July 2000). Submitted to the Government Reform Committee Hearing, Washington, DC. (July 18, 2000.) http://www.house.gov/reform/healthc...rcury_paper.htm “ Autism: Why the Increased Rates? A One-Year Update.” Government Reform Committee Hearing, Washington, DC. (April 25-26, 2001.) “The Autism Epidemic: Is the NIH and CDC Response Adequate?” Government Reform Committee Hearing, Washington, DC. (April 18, 2002.) “The Status of Research into Vaccine Safety and Autism. ” Government Reform Committee Hearing, Washington, DC. (June 19, 2002.) Kawashima, K., et al. “Detection and sequencing of measles virus from peripheral mononuclear cells from patients with inflammatory bowel disease and autism. ” Digestive Diseases and Sciences (April 2000); 45:723-729. Reuters Medical News. “Measles persistence confirmed in some patients with IBD, autistic enterocolitis.” (June 20, 2000). www.id.medscape.com/reuters/prof/2000/ 06/06.20/20000620scie001.html Wakefield, A.J. et al. “Enterocolitis in children with developmental disorders.” American Journal of Gastroenterology 2000; 95(9):2154-2156. Wakefield, A., et al. “Measles, mumps and rubella vaccine: through a glass, darkly.” Adverse Drug Reaction and Toxicologica Reviews 2000; 19(4):265-283. Kiln MR , " Autism , inflammatory bowel disease, and MMR vaccine." Lancet 1998 May 2;351(9112):1358. Selway, "MMR vaccination and autism 1998. Medical practitioners need to give more than reassurance." BMJ 1998 Jun 13;316(7147):1824.</FONT> Nicoll A, Elliman D, Ross E, "MMR vaccination and autism 1998," MJ 1998 Mar 7;316(7133):715-716.</FONT> Lindley K J, Milla PJ, " Autism , inflammatory bowel disease, and MMR vaccine." Lancet 1998 Mar 21;351(9106):907-908.</FONT> Bedford H, et al, " Autism , inflammatory bowel disease, and MMR vaccine." Lancet 1998 Mar 21;351(9106):907.</FONT> Vijendra K. Singh, Sheren X. Lin, and Victor C. Yang, "Serological Association of Measles Virus and Human Herpesvirus-6 with Brain Autoantibodies in Autism ," Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology , Oct 1998, Vol. 89, No. 1, p 105-108. Studies "Disproving" a Link Between MMR and Autism (These Two "Studies" Were Later Exposed and Rejected as Being Scientifically Illegitimate.): Peltola, et al. “No evidence for measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine-associated inflammatory bowel disease or autism in a 14-year prospective study.” Lancet 1998; 351:1327-1328. Taylor, et al. “ Autism and measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine: no epidemiological evidence for a causal association.” Lancet 1999; 353:2026-2029. Autism and the Smallpox Vaccine: Eggers, C, " Autistic Syndrome (Kanner) and Vaccinations against Smallpox", Klin Paediatr , Mar 1976, 188(2):172-180.

Jan,<O:p</O:p It's not that you have a differing opinion. It's the manner in which you present it. Not that you should have to be all warm and cuddly; this is an adult debate after all. But every one of your posts has contained at least one instance of name calling, insult, or just plain poor judgment in your manner of presentation if you are trying to actually share information rather than prompting a knee-jerk defensive reaction from people. Not that others on here don't sometimes behave in a similar manner after the debate escalates, but when your opening post had the title 'What a quack', it was likely that many a reader automatically dismissed you before you even began. And you further that by continuing to use phrases like:<O:p</O:p "or whatever your boogaboo is." "Dr. D and his paranoid ilk" "oh, I can hear it now, you're going to be offended again, please don't cry little baby, here's an ice cream cone" "Go ride the Magic Carpet with the other kiddies." If you would like to share some resources, as Dr. D did, please do so. I am not going to ask about your profession or back ground because it really has no bearing on the subject, in my opinion. It goes without saying that a person does not need to be an MD to be educated and form ideas from valid research performed by others. <O:p</O:p All, We've highjacked this thread long enough. I've started a new thread in the "off topic" section to continue for those that would like to discuss further. Please use the following link for any further postings on this topic. Thanks. <O:p</O:p http://www.bomberonline.com/VBulletin/showthread.php?t=10354 <O:p</O:p

Vaccine debate continued...

"Oh you can't roller skate in a buffalo herd but you can be happy if you've a mind to." Patmoore, I know that song. I had an album with it on there. It was a compilation of other wacky tunes. As a matter of fact, I think it had the term Wacky in the title. "All you've gotta do, is put your mind to it, buckle (hunker?) down, buckle down and do it, do it, do it. " And you can't take a shower in a parakeet cage. And there was something about an elephant, too.

Well done Dr D. You are spot on. 'nuff said.

Well put Dr D. It is astonishing to hear how many people believe the common understanding of things without even considering both sides and without considering from where these 'public policies' originated or were funded. There are countless examples. Vaccines, fluoride in drinking water, pharm. companies relationship with the FDA (since the FDA is largely funded by grants from Pharm. companies, one can't help but wonder if that fact impacts their decision making process), the countries outlook on prion based diseases (BSE, CWD, CJD), etc. But I find more and more people are finally questioning and researching rather than blindly accepting. About 5 years ago, I realized I was doing more and more research on both sides of a topic, simply because information (both correct and incorrect) was available online. EVERY topic has opinions at both extremes and everywhere in between. Often my research would show my first observation was accurate. Sometimes I'd be surprised at what I'd find. Either way, I felt I'd used due diligence in my research and that sated me. In the end, to each their own. We are all responsible for our own actions and I'll never try and take away another’s “choice”, but it's nice today, more than ever, people can access the information...both sides...and make a decision on their own, no matter on which side of a topic they fall.<O:p</O:p

Jay, Sounds great. Needless to say I have improved a tiny bit since that very first day. And that is thanks to your patience in giving me some beginners tips those first few hours to build on the rest of my week out there. Looking forward to getting together again. I still have your cell number. The way our schedule looks right now, we'll be on the mountain on Friday, then taking Saturday off to meet with friends in Bozeman. Then up on the moutain again on Sunday and Monday. The rest of the week and following weekend are 'to be determined'. Chad

Kathy, I found a coupon that might help a tiny bit. I have a frequency card, so you can use this coupon with me. Instead of the full day rate of $65, you'll pay the half day rate of $51. Not a huge discount, but will help some if you can't find anything else. Also, I think Karin said there was some type of discount if you were a MT resident. I'll have to ask her what she was talking about before I start throwing numbers around though. Print out a few of these coupons and bring them with if you don't find anything else and Karin or I can go to the window with you. Ticket Rates <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width="45%">Ticket Rates <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width="45%"><TABLE class=border-blue cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=site-copy-body bgColor=#384552><TD width="73%" height=18> Adult Rates (Ages 22-66) </TD><TD width="27%" height=18> Per Day </TD></TR><TR class=site-copy-body vAlign=bottom bgColor=#ddddcc><TD vAlign=top> Single Day (9am-4pm) </TD><TD vAlign=top> $65 </TD></TR><TR class=site-copy-body vAlign=bottom bgColor=#ddddcc><TD vAlign=top height=5> Half Day (12:30-4pm) </TD><TD vAlign=top height=5> $51 </TD></TR><TR class=site-copy-body vAlign=bottom bgColor=#ddddcc><TD vAlign=top> Early Season (11/24-12/9/05) </TD><TD vAlign=top> $44 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

El Dorado is great. When we were there in Jan., they had it groomed plenty wide underneath the lift and then the rest was powder. My first hardboot experience ever (and second time on a snowboard) were on Lone Wolf. Then I started running Mr K after a few hours. I still like that run for cruising, though most of it one will bleed off too much speed if one carves too hard. But El Dorado is better since it's more consistant rather than rolling, so it's one of my favorites. When I stepped up to the blues, I mainly stuck to Calamity Jane and really enjoy that run. There is one steep in there that I had to feather, but the rest I could carve. By the end of this next trip (and with some coaching from all of you!), I hope to be able to be comfortable carving on steeper terrain. That is probably just a matter of time building up my confidence. I find I can go from toe to heel on the steeps, but sometimes have trouble commiting to the heal to toe transition and end up intentionally skidding into a 'falling leaf' move and riding switch/backwards across the slope then doing a surface 180 to get back around to toe side. Fun to play, but not when I want to develop linked turns even on the steeps. One of my favorite fast cruising runs was actually over in Moonlight. I think it's called Meriwether. Just a fun run. Nice 'tree islands' to carve around. We have friends with a cowboy cabin over there so always spend one day on that side. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone!

Sounds great Kathy! Robert and I already exchanged phone numbers. He said they are on the mountain pretty much every weekend, so it's likely we can all hook up as everyone's plans get nailed down.

Hi all, We've locked in our dates. Traveling March 09 and March 19, so I'll be on the mountain March 10 - 18 (minus a 'take a break' day here and there). I've spoken with a few of you, already, about meeting this week, but feel free to post here (or email me direct through BOL) so we can coordinate with phone numbers and days you will be on the hill. Thanks, Chad

Wow, that's quite a find. Can you post some pics? Already saw the specs for these so I'm assuming the below table is right, correct? <CENTER><TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=2 width="75%" border=1><TBODY><TR><TH width="14%"></TH><TH width="15%">Sims Burner 162 </TH><TH width="15%">Sims Burner 167 </TH><TH width="15%">Sims Burner 188 </TH><TH width="15%">Sims Burner 197 </TH></TR><TR><TD>Eff. edge</TD><TD>144cm</TD><TD>149cm</TD><TD>170cm</TD><TD>180cm</TD></TR><TR><TD>Sidecut</TD><TD>10.2M</TD><TD>12M</TD><TD>16.7M</TD><TD>19M</TD></TR><TR><TD>Waist</TD><TD>18.2cm</TD><TD>18cm</TD><TD>18.2cm</TD><TD>18.2cm</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER>

I wear a 10 and my feet are 27.5cm long and the Mondo 27 Suzuka I just bought are too big (mondo 27 are supposed to fit feet from 27.0cm - 27.9cm. I'm having to by a mondo 26. I say this just to make the point that even with accurate foot measurements, you'll need to either try them on, be able to return, or (if a moldable lining), at least be able to do a 'shell test' to determine if it's got a chance to be right. At least the mondo sizing seems a lot closer that the US sizing, so if you haven't measured your feet, in cm, yet, that would be a good place to start. Never mind the US size.

Just go straight for the alpine board. It is not going to be THAT different. It will be some what different, but you'll adjust. I was a medium-ability skier and then tried snowboarding one day in rental softboot setup, on a little 380foot mountain/hill. After a couple weeks of research, I decided hardbooting was for me so I bought hardboot gear and brought it with on vacation to a real mountain a month later. The first day was a little sketchy, but I was pretty comfortable by the end of the day. Remember it was my second day on a snowboard in my entire life. But after 6 days riding (of the 9 we were there), I was really comfortable with the boots and high binding angles. In one thought process, that could have made it easier for me (not having softbooting experience and not being used to low angles) but then again, I've spent the last two years doing a lot of wakeboarding (riding duck foot 9 degrees front and -9 degrees rear). I transitioned to higher binding angles (50 front, 45 rear) just fine. I say go for it. Might as well get used to it on the equipment that you plan to ride. The difference between boards will be a fair amount, but nothing that is crazy different. All the same physics still apply. From what I felt, in my limited experience on different boards, what little you lose in strong leverage with low binding angles, you more than make up for in leverage with hardboots not flexing like softboots. That and the narrower waste actually make the edge to edge transition much quicker and easier, so you don't feel like you need as much leverage. That was my experiece. Your mileage may vary! Enjoy.

Yep, his Avatar is a driver (golf club head) but to your point, I'm also curious which one. How bought it chubz?

Toddflyingdog, You have mail. I'm interested in a set of TD2 step-in. Thanks, Chad

I'm not sure what "line" they were called when still Raichle, but have a pair of this years Deeluxe Suzuka mondo 27 with 6 days of riding on them. I'm having to replace them with a mondo 26. They are just a tad too big. I was hopeful they would suffice, but after 6 days on them, it's apparent that I'll be better off with the 26. I'll have access to them on March 10 (I didn't want to airline with them so I left them at our ski place in Montana. We'll be back there March 10). Thermoflex liner molded once. Intec heels. Obviously in near-new shape with only 6 days riding by a first time hardbooter (so not like they were stressed by a hardcore carver). I'm not sure of your timeline, but like I said, I'll have access to them on March 10. Chad

OK, I gotcha. I was just making sure everyone was talking the same. Good point about measuring as a starting point for a future buyer. Though even mondo sizing seems pretty fluid (and sometimes hopeless). As I looked over the sizing table in that link, I think it's off. Maybe that's because it's for everyday boots/shoes rather than hardboots. That might explain the difference, but according to that chart, it says my foot, which is 27.5cm would be a mondo 28.5. That would be way too big for me. Everything else I've read says a 27.0 - 27.9cm foot is a mondo 27. And a 28.0 - 28.9 is a mondo 28. Even still, in my experience and from some of the other postings on here, most people prefer/require a hardboot that is one size smaller than what their mondo point would suggest (or sometimes even two depending on the shape of your foot and how tight you like the fit). I just experienced this when I ordered a mondo 27 boot for my 27.5cm feet. After molding the thermoflex, with foot bed, and riding 5 days, I realize it's too big. I'm having to order a mondo 26. When I did the shell test on the 27, it was boarderline too big, but I went for it anyway since I was out of time before a trip. Now I'll have a pair of Deeluxe Suzuka, Mondo 27, with 6 days of riding on them, for sale very shortly after I find a pair of mondo 26.

LeeW, I think he is trying to determine the size of the boots and not what size boots he should wear. Millen has it right. The sizes are generally on the shell and liner (the two are not necessarily the same though they come that way from the factory). This is in general and not specific to the Head Stratos.