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Ballard73
May 5, 2009, 5:33 PM
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Camp 4 restrooms are down to two functioning dirty toilets (been this way since thursday, I think). Work on the restrooms (retiling) started last week but for the last two days (monday and today) there has been no workmen around. Shame to the NPS for not getting this done in a efficient manner. If it were the Ahwahnee or the lodge I'm sure it would be fixed sooner. The toilets only an hour ago were filthy and nearly out of toilet paper.
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potreroed
May 5, 2009, 5:57 PM
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Looks like things haven't changed much since I was there in May of '88!
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nnowinowski
May 5, 2009, 6:15 PM
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caleb upper falls trail 1:30 try to beat me
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ridet61
May 5, 2009, 6:25 PM
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The bathrooms are the reason I don't stay at camp IV. Sad but true.
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josephgdawson
May 5, 2009, 6:28 PM
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Just wait until government runs your health care.
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desertwanderer81
May 5, 2009, 6:29 PM
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That sucks.
Random question. Does anyone know about how early I'll need to get to Camp 4 to get a campsite this upcomming friday? I was told it filled up pretty darn fast the last weekend it wasn't raining.
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marc801
May 5, 2009, 6:35 PM
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Ballard73 wrote: Shame to the NPS for not getting this done in a efficient manner. If it were the Ahwahnee or the lodge I'm sure it would be fixed sooner.
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quiteatingmysteak
May 5, 2009, 6:38 PM
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So many things to say, so many things to say...
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shockabuku
May 5, 2009, 6:44 PM
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josephgdawson wrote: Just wait until government runs your health care.
It already runs mine.
As long as you're healthy it's pretty good.
Edited to add: Don't worry, the government doesn't actually run anything anymore anyway. It's all contracted out to those f*&(^%g pirates who ruined our economy. The government is just there to distribute your tax dollars to private corporations.
(This post was edited by shockabuku on May 5, 2009, 6:46 PM)
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petsfed
May 5, 2009, 7:13 PM
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shockabuku wrote: josephgdawson wrote: Just wait until government runs your health care. It already runs mine. As long as you're healthy it's pretty good. Edited to add: Don't worry, the government doesn't actually run anything anymore anyway. It's all contracted out to those f*&(^%g pirates who ruined our economy. The government is just there to distribute your tax dollars to private corporations.
That's pretty much it. Grossly over-paid contractors coupled with absolutely zero incentive to get done on time. Hell, I've done contractor's jobs for them when they told me they were done. Then I went out to get to work, and they were not done. At all.
The only way to get these things done on time is to make it clear that the budget will not be expanded if the work takes longer than estimated, and offer bonuses for finishing early. As long as its more profitable to take too long, contractors will continue to move slower than they are reasonably capable of.
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dynosore
May 5, 2009, 7:22 PM
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If I pay 300 bucks or more to stay in the Ahwahnee I hope I get a decent restroom.....
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graniteboy
May 5, 2009, 8:28 PM
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Good to hear.
Lissen up: Camp 4 has always been a dirtbag camp.
Always will be. Harding peed in your campsite, back in the day. As did Bridwell, Kauk, Bard, Raffi Bedayn, Bestor robinson, et al et al et al.
Don't like the scum? get the hell outta hells kitchen.
I hear they have nice clean bathrooms down at the climbing gym in emeryville.
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shimanilami
May 5, 2009, 8:33 PM
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Fucking euros can't figure out how to use american toilets.
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shimanilami
May 5, 2009, 8:34 PM
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Dude, that's a sink, not a bathtub.
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csproul
May 5, 2009, 8:43 PM
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Speaking of Yosemite restroom disgrace...I once walked into a restroom in one of the Pines campgrounds and some guy was washing his testicles in the sink...yes, he was a climber..no, I didn't use the sink.
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shockabuku
May 5, 2009, 9:04 PM
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csproul wrote: Speaking of Yosemite restroom disgrace...I once walked into a restroom in one of the Pines campgrounds and some guy was washing his testicles in the sink...yes, he was a climber..no, I didn't use the sink.
Just his testicles?
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Tipton
May 5, 2009, 9:16 PM
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csproul wrote: Speaking of Yosemite restroom disgrace...I once walked into a restroom in one of the Pines campgrounds and some guy was washing his testicles in the sink...yes, he was a climber..no, I didn't use the sink.
I once saw a guy do this in my dorm bathrooms. He had, um, recently finished with a girl and needed to clean himself.
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TheRucat
May 5, 2009, 9:49 PM
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josephgdawson wrote: Just wait until government runs your health care.
Agreed.. Probably won't be too much longer.
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shimanilami
May 5, 2009, 9:52 PM
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csproul wrote: Speaking of Yosemite restroom disgrace...I once walked into a restroom in one of the Pines campgrounds and some guy was washing his testicles in the sink...yes, he was a climber..no, I didn't use the sink.
We've met, then! Seriously!
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shockabuku
May 5, 2009, 10:06 PM
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petsfed wrote: shockabuku wrote: josephgdawson wrote: Just wait until government runs your health care. It already runs mine. As long as you're healthy it's pretty good. Edited to add: Don't worry, the government doesn't actually run anything anymore anyway. It's all contracted out to those f*&(^%g pirates who ruined our economy. The government is just there to distribute your tax dollars to private corporations. That's pretty much it. Grossly over-paid contractors coupled with absolutely zero incentive to get done on time. Hell, I've done contractor's jobs for them when they told me they were done. Then I went out to get to work, and they were not done. At all. The only way to get these things done on time is to make it clear that the budget will not be expanded if the work takes longer than estimated, and offer bonuses for finishing early. As long as its more profitable to take too long, contractors will continue to move slower than they are reasonably capable of.
The big key to this is to have government managers that enforce the standard. I think most people find this hard to do especially when in a long term project.
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majid_sabet
May 6, 2009, 12:01 AM
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Five solutions for C4 problem
1-walk 100 meter to the south.
2-pay $185
3-get a nice room
4-have a nice shower
5-and shut up
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Alpinisto
May 7, 2009, 7:13 PM
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shimanilami wrote: Dude, that's a sink, not a bathtub.
Dude, that's a drinking fountain, not a bidet!
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