ScottP

Sixteen years ago, I girth hitched and clipped into a twig as a joke while leading a pitch on Little Mac spire in the southern Pickets. My partner Kevin, to this day, doesn't trust my anchors.

The goal should be that by the end of the day they want to go do it again, no matter the outcome.

I heard my friend Kevin yodel "Packyouroldlady'spoo!" while hiking the Colchuck glacier. That one bounced around a bit...

"Iraq’s oil resources are vast, surpassed only by Saudi Arabia, and as cheap to extract as Saudi oil. The country’s 115 billion barrels of proven oil reserves are matched by perhaps an equal quantity yet to be explored. “Since no geological survey has been conducted in Iraq since the 1970s, experts believe that the proven reserves underestimate the country’s actual oil wealth, which could be as large as 250 billion barrels. Three decades of political instability and war have kept Iraq from developing 55 of its 70 proven oil fields. Eight of these fields could harbor more than a billion barrels each of “easy oil” which is close to the surface and inexpensive to extract. “There is nothing like it anywhere else in the world,” says Gerald Butt, Gulf editor of the Middle East Economic Survey. “It’s the big prize.” Iraq’s prewar production was three million barrels a day and present production capacity is put at 2.8 million barrels a day. In fact, because of deteriorating equipment, it is hard put to reach that figure, and it currently exports less than a million barrels a day. It is estimated that, with adequate investment, Iraq’s production can reach seven to eight million barrels a day within five years. That compares with Saudi Arabia’s current production of 7.1 million barrels a day, close to 10 percent of world consumption. In June 2001, France and Russia proposed in the Security Council to remove restrictions on foreign investment in the Iraqi oil industry. However, the United States and U.K. predictably killed the proposal. American companies are barred by U.S. law from investing in Iraq, and so all the contracts for development of Iraqi fields have been cornered by companies from other countries. Lukoil’s (Russian) contract to drill the West Qurna field is valued at $20 billion, and Zarubezneft’s (Russian) concession to develop the bin Umar field is put at up to $90 billion. The total value of Iraq’s foreign contract awards could reach $1.1 trillion, according to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook." Food for thought...

"4 new bolts placed on the 1st two pitches in the last month...thus do the little men cut the mighty arrow down to their size." -Royal Robbins

What is the name of that crag in the 4th picture? It looks like a good spot to take my kids this summer.

Back to Bush: "In this job you've got a lot on your plate on a regular basis; you don't have much time to sit around and wander, lonely, in the Oval Office, kind of asking different portraits, 'How do you think my standing will be?' " 15 March 05

"Smoke 'em if you've got 'em."

I don't believe most of what I read, hear, or see from politicians or the media. On the other hand, can you prove what the article says isn't true?

Wow. I must have missed this in mainstream media...

Um... Yeah...

That was it. Lambone was like: "Whaduhfuhdidido!"

I believe the caveman did it back in the day during one of his psychotic rages against the moderators for deleting his posts or something...

Looks like the upper pitches of The Golden Arch, but what do I know? I am an idiot.

Having first hand experience cutting through two umbilical cords, I can say with certainty Tom will be doing quite a bit of chewing the day Katie gives birth. ...and in other news...

When a mosquito bites me, I swat it. Something tells me you don't take it personally when a mosquito bites you.

Shhh!

I've got brackens all over my yard. Some idiot in years past put in English ivy on part of the lower slope. As I clear a patch of ground of that scourge, I transplant the brackens to fill the space. They take hold and prosper with little maintenance other than some intial watering sessions. Huckleberry, on the other hand is a bitch to transplant, from my experience. It acts all sickly for a year or two until it either dies or decides to produce berries and prosper. Hmmm... The species in my yard (Dicentra formosa), in three separate places with varying conditions, sprouts, leafs out, blooms, then dies back, completely disappearing until the next spring. The spreading has been quite slow over about 7 years. The most prolific weed in my yard (other than the english ivy I have been warring with for almost a decade) is big leaf maple. I pull hundreds of seedlings from all over my yard every spring. It is a losing battle due to the dozen or so mature specimens inhabiting the lower 2/3rds of my yard.

Then don't wear a hat.

Labiosan is not a revolutionary new product - indeed; it has been in use by professional athletes since 1935 and the United States Military since Desert Storm.

Time To Stick A Fork In Them, They Are Done (Or At Least Should Be)"

and then... You'd shut your mouth real quick if you ever met me face-to-face. Now go fuck off. and then... I don't think 'irrelevant' is the term you're after. Irrelevant things tend to not push people's buttons so easily.

"Logan 2005-08-01, 4:51 pm "smh" <smhong@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:42EE852E.304C57B5@mindspring.com... > Logan (Schmuck) whimpered: > > How long has it been since your momie loved you in a special way? > Doesn't she roll ova for you anymore? Good Lord! Why don't modems come with mandatory IQ testing? Really, I should sue modem manufacturers for the damage inflicted on my IQ by having to read _*idiotic* posts like yours. That being said, let's address your inconsequential 'problem.' Basically, you are overly-sensitive to the vagaries of the libidos and dalliances of others. In words you can understand without tilting your head, squinting at your screen, and mouthing the words: you need to toughen up. Besides, why are you flirting with me if you have a boyfriend" from here

Thanatophobia Some times fear is healthy...