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Well, that's confidence-inspiring!


Within the first few words you knew the questions direction. I haven’t left the US except for a few hours in Tijuana, never had sex with a male or prostitute, don’t do drugs or have tattoos.

I did get to questions once and as soon as I started handed them back in because I remembered I just got a vaccine for something required for ambulance and knew what would happen.
 
Which website or trek company do you use? My friends and I were talking about doing something like this. Probably not a 14'er but would like to see which place you recommend.
This trip is actually a men's retreat so all of the planning is done for us by the leaders of the retreat. We just sign up, pay a fee, and go. Although for every mountain we have done so far the trail has just been a public trail with parking at the trail head. I would think it would be pretty easy to just pick a mountain/trail and go. A couple websites that I use to research the mountains when we figure out which ones we are climbing are www.14ers.com (for 14ers only, obviously), www.rockymountainhikingtrails.com, and www.alltrails.com. The AllTrails website would probably be good for what you are looking for because under the Explore tab you can just zoom into an area on the map and it will tell you all about the trails in that area including comments from people that have hiked them before. The key to hiking these trails, especially the well known ones or any of the 14ers if you do end up deciding to do one, is to get an early start, like at or before sunrise. They get busy quickly and if you plan on going to a peak it is best to summit before noon and then get off the mountain because afternoon thunderstorms are pretty much a given in the summer and the top of a mountain is the last place you want to be when there is lightning in the area.
 
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Within the first few words you knew the questions direction. I haven’t left the US except for a few hours in Tijuana, never had sex with a male or prostitute, don’t do drugs or have tattoos.

I did get to questions once and as soon as I started handed them back in because I remembered I just got a vaccine for something required for ambulance and knew what would happen.
When I give blood I just take the test online before going in and then you print the page at the end with a bar code they can scan.

Helpful Hint: "I wish" isn't a valid answer for the question "Have you ever traded sex for drugs"
 
When I give blood I just take the test online before going in and then you print the page at the end with a bar code they can scan.

Hint: "I wish" isn't a valid answer for the question "Have you ever traded sex for drugs"


Yeah, when they did the in person ones and asked if you ever paid to have sex, replying that you are married does not create humor with the ladies asking.
 
Pretty impressed with my son's block building ability. Maybe he'll be an engineer. He just turned three a couple of weeks ago, so this train he built with blocks seems pretty advanced to me. I didn't help him at all. I just turned around and he said "look at my train".

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Pretty impressed with my son's block building ability. Maybe he'll be an engineer. He just turned three a couple of weeks ago, so this train he built with blocks seems pretty advanced to me. I didn't help him at all. I just turned around and he said "look at my train".

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Looking a little dry, probably should start watering him in the morning and evening for optimal growth
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Pretty impressed with my son's block building ability. Maybe he'll be an engineer. He just turned three a couple of weeks ago, so this train he built with blocks seems pretty advanced to me. I didn't help him at all. I just turned around and he said "look at my train".

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he's growing too fast. You just showed us his baby bicep photo like, six months ago, I swear.
 
Pretty impressed with my son's block building ability. Maybe he'll be an engineer. He just turned three a couple of weeks ago, so this train he built with blocks seems pretty advanced to me. I didn't help him at all. I just turned around and he said "look at my train".

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Have you thought about getting him Magna-Tiles? They are pretty pricey but we (Mrs. Velo) got our boy some for Christmas after she noticed how much he played with them whenever he had to wait at a doctor's appointment. That was over 4 years ago and I swear rarely a day goes by that he is home and he doesn't play with them. He builds something new everyday and it is never the same twice.

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They just have you answer questions on a computer at the drive at our church. I have to coordinate it and everyone I signed up so far is over 50. It goes into evening hours too. HIgh school kids sign up to get out of class but not for a few minutes in summer when donations are low and need high. And my own kids gave less than 8 weeks prior.

I would donate, but I can't ever since college. I was doing the donate plasma for a few extra bucks on the side and they came back with a false positive for hepatitis, been tested multiple times since but that one false positive put me on a no donor list.
 
Have you thought about getting him Magna-Tiles? They are pretty pricey but we (Mrs. Velo) got our boy some for Christmas after she noticed how much he played with them whenever he had to wait at a doctor's appointment. That was over 4 years ago and I swear rarely a day goes by that he is home and he doesn't play with them. He builds something new everyday and it is never the same twice.

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We have the ones that do not have plastic in the middle. They are awesome.
 
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I would donate, but I can't ever since college. I was doing the donate plasma for a few extra bucks on the side and they came back with a false positive for hepatitis, been tested multiple times since but that one false positive put me on a no donor list.

I sold plasma to get through grad school. Shortly after, they told me to quit donating blood because it was too hard to find a vein and they questioned my weight. (I weighed like 124 at the time, way over 110.:rolleyes:).

Since I got roped into running these drives, a few years ago when they had a lull, I tried and they got a vein they liked and I have been good since. Even when I was in labor though, they always put the IV in my hand because the vein would roll away and was small in my arm.
 
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Have you thought about getting him Magna-Tiles? They are pretty pricey but we (Mrs. Velo) got our boy some for Christmas after she noticed how much he played with them whenever he had to wait at a doctor's appointment. That was over 4 years ago and I swear rarely a day goes by that he is home and he doesn't play with them. He builds something new everyday and it is never the same twice.

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Magnatiles are the bomb!
 
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This trip is actually a men's retreat so all of the planning is done for us by the leaders of the retreat. We just sign up, pay a fee, and go. Although for every mountain we have done so far the trail has just been a public trail with parking at the trail head. I would think it would be pretty easy to just pick a mountain/trail and go. A couple websites that I use to research the mountains when we figure out which ones we are climbing are www.14ers.com (for 14ers only, obviously), www.rockymountainhikingtrails.com, and www.alltrails.com. The AllTrails website would probably be good for what you are looking for because under the Explore tab you can just zoom into an area on the map and it will tell you all about the trails in that area including comments from people that have hiked them before. The key to hiking these trails, especially the well known ones or any of the 14ers if you do end up deciding to do one, is to get an early start, like at or before sunrise. They get busy quickly and if you plan on going to a peak it is best to summit before noon and then get off the mountain because afternoon thunderstorms are pretty much a given in the summer and the top of a mountain is the last place you want to be when there is lightning in the area.

I was just in the area a few weeks ago for a softball tournament (daughter plays). On our day off we went to Estes Park to do the sky tram, and Rocky Mountain Park, where we only had time to visit Bear Lake. The mountain are so amazing. I hope to make it back soon for a trip dedicated just to hiking (and not softball). The 14ers site looks very useful.
 
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