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"Christmas at my house is always six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we’ll be seeing six or seven." W. C. Fields

I hate the hollidays Which one? Billie the singer or Doc the gunslinger?

"These days, people say “Season’s Greetings,” which, when you think about it, means nothing. It’s like walking up to somebody and saying “Appropriate Remark” in a loud cheerful voice." - Dave Barry Season's Greetings

Debbie Harry

Will. What he said is not sexist or chauvanistic, it is called common courtesy. There seems to be terrible lack of it these days and the misinterpreting of common courtesy has led to less of it. A vicious cycle. Back to work.

The California red legged frog, made famous in Mark Twain's The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and thought to be extinct in Calaveras County, has been found. Story here

GROAN!!!!!

Gee trask, I didn't know cared so much. Can't you just feel the love?

I realize this is a Cascdes site, but Pinnacles was mentioned on another thread and some of you actually come down this way to climb, so I thought you might be interested. This was in yesterday's paper. How will it affect climbing and hiking during nesting season, or other parts of the year depending on where they decide to roost. Most of Bear caves is off limits due to bats. Has this happened up north with other birds? Condors to be freed PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT - Six young Califonia condors that have been living in a flight pen since September will be released to the wild on Dec. 19, park representatives announced Monday. Once free, the condors will carry radio transmitters on their wings so that they can be monitored, said Pinnacles National Resource Manager Tom Leatherman. Breeding pairs of condors were common at Pinnacles National Monument through the 1930s and solitary birds were seen into the 1980s, but the population has since decreased. As of October 2002, the total population of California condors was 202 birds and 73 of those were in the wild, according to the Ventana Wilderness Society.

What RobBob said. I started on cc.com looking for beta on Adams and got some god stuff. I also have been slammed because I'm from CA, the kiss of death to PNW folks. I've laughed, been annoyed, and even learned some stuff. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. If people don't like what happens on this site, they don't have to log on. Hell, don't visit the site!!!

Cool! Rather be there than here right now.

So I go to start my annual fund raiser of selling poinsettias for my Science Olympiad club like I have for the last 5 years. Well lo and behold the rules for this type of thing has been changed. Now there are 3 forms and several layers of protocol I have to go through. All of this shit to buy some plants and resell them so my students can compete. Then I notice the volt meter on my car is low so stop at the mechanic, damn alternator has died. I guess it's time to Thanks for letting me vent.

"Santa Claus wears a Red Suit, he must be a communist. And a beard and long hair, he must be a pacifist. What’s in that pipe that he’s smoking?" Arlo Guthrie

Scott, Where the hell do you go to school that they had class the day after Thanksgiving? ehmmic, good thing you weren't at the Sprawlmart mentioned in the other thread. Oh, and aging parents? yours are younger than mine.

Why do they want to take away the right to "bear" arms? If people want hairy arms that look like they belong on a bear, then why should we be upset or worried? I mean not everyone wants to shave, all the . . . , huh?, what? oh, never mind! - Roseanne Roseannadanna

"Everybody loves Christmas. The Democrats love it because there’s deficit spending. The Republicans love it because they get to cut down a tree." Garrison Keillor

MisterE, I might agree with you if it wasn't for the fact that the vast majority of Christmas trees are grown on farms and harvested like other crops. How about all the and actual edible ones that are taken out of the forest, thus slowing the natural processes of decay that the fungi provide. My gripe is with the over commercializtion of Christmas. Hell, radio stations started playing Christmas songs before Thanksgiving and stores before that, or so my daughters say. I stay as far from most retail stores as possible. When the lead stories on the news and the newspaper are about people lining up at midnight waiting for the stores to open after Thanksgiving something is terribly wrong.

His wife was already making Thanksgiving dinner when she found out he was going to Iraq. Someone is sleeping in the doghouse..... You actually think Laura cooks? Those government-union cooks in the White House would be all over that!

You are right about the bald eagles. Beautiful. I saw 6-7 of them in a row perched on power poles. My time in Dutch was while I was working oil exploration ships and it was before I got interested in climbing. Maybe I'll have to go back. The take off and landings at the airport are an quite an experience.

Sisu, is the Last Vestage Vaudeville House and Saloon still there in Nome? It's been a long time but it was a decent place. Also why would anyone go to Dutch Harbor unless they were crabbers / fisherman? Is there anything worthwhile on the island?

Ky. Law Mandates Bathing Once a Year Mon Nov 24,10:03 PM ET Add Strange News - AP to My Yahoo! By JERIANNE STRANGE ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. - A state law mandating that people take a bath once a year is just one of many unusual — some bizarre — statutes that are or have been on the books in Kentucky. "There are a lot of crazy laws out there," said Ruben Gardner, Elizabethtown's chief of police. Another state law, for example, stated that "No female shall appear in a bathing suit on any highway within this state unless she be escorted by at least two officers or unless she be armed with a club." The law was later amended with: "The provisions of this statute shall not apply to females weighing less than 90 pounds nor exceeding 200 pounds, nor shall it apply to female horses." Other unusual laws and proposed punishments from across the state include: _ Throwing eggs (or tomatoes) at a public speaker could result in up to one year in prison. _It is unlawful to dye or color a baby chick, duckling or rabbit and offer it for sale unless six or more are for sale at the same time. Steve Park, finance director for the city of Elizabethtown, said he's found some interesting laws that were adopted by the city in the late 1800s and that are still on the books. "There's one that states if a horse dies in front of a house, the horse owner has 12 hours to have it removed. If the owner doesn't, then it becomes the responsibility of the property owner to have it removed," Park said. "I'm sure that at the time it was a necessary law, but I'm not sure how needed it is today." Another local law concerns a dog tax that was imposed. Park said the handwritten statute, found in very old minutes of city council meetings required a small amount for each dog be collected. "The sheriff is to collect the tax or shoot the dog," according to the minutes.

Buffalo, deer meat in tamales , alligator (a couple of different ways), ceviche made with squid , frog legs (tastes like chicken ), goat, and crawdads. I've tried various insects, but not on pupose. Most any critter I've tried from the ocean has been quite tasty. In fact I love most animals, especially BBQd.

When I was taking my behind the wheel test I had come up to a red light at a controlled intersection. The tester said to make a right. I watched the traffic for a spot to pull in and also checked the guy swaying on the corner. When the traffic was such that I could execute my right turn the dude on the corner fell into the gutter, pretty sure he was drunk. Anyway I got dinged for failure to yeild the right of way to a pedestrian. Never mind the fact he was walking and was out of the traffic lane.