Fairweather

Texting is another story. It is a physical distraction and has no place in the driver's seat. Texting is quickly becoming a major (anti) social ill.

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Leave it to a tool like j_b to support the imposition of government upon even the most benign of freedoms. Shall we ban casual conversation inside personal vehicles too?

Teens and young adults who text during meals are a much bigger problem.

That he reliably botches even the simplest contractions rules out anything in the education field. I suspect he dabbles in late-night bovine or equestrian "studies" on the pastures beneath Mount Pete. We see him here bringing in a sample for the camera. I do believe Lulu Bell is almost in season!

Just noticed this. No words can comfort. We know she was a special woman because she tolerated and/or embraced the antics and obsessions of a husband climber. Hang in there.

Well then, I guess the rest of us are just confused about how you chose the title for your thread. You truly are just a dumbass with a deportation order pending.

Taken 3 days ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html I hope Kevbone, j_b, & Co will use this to reevaluate their personal mental health and finally seek the professional assistance they so desperately need.

You are hittin it this summer! That's a nice climb.

I've looked at it too. I concluded that if it weren't a complete nightmare it would have been done, but who knows! It would be a great way to Mount Tom.

The glaciers are shrinking. No shit. You don't even have to go to Sajama or Anchohuma to see it. But ambient air temperature isn't the only reason this would be occurring, now is it? !Vivi en Bolivia para dos anos estupida chingada madre!

You been reading Wendell Berry?

Yeah, I've done 2 climbing trips to Bolivia in their winter (also their dry season). It was Hawaiian shirts and golf umbrellas all the way up to 20,000 ft, baby! Love that equator! Can you see the equator from your house, FW? Personal anecdote trumps scientific method? Well done little robot.

IMO, the IPCC's conclusions were arrived at, largely, by affirming the consequent. CO2 scattering of IR radiation may yet prove correct as the primary cause of warming, but their "conclusions" fail to address other possible causes for Q. In any event, my main point was the whole concept of winter in Peru as an argument of semantics and the BBC's uncanny ability to weave "climate change" into every story however far removed from the observable it may be.

Nice picture.

I can count 13 of them. I wonder if the Tacoma Mounties still have a pin for all 24.

You have no idea. But thanks for demonstrating the manner and the degree to which the global warming faithful will stoop when pigeonholing someone they know nothing about. I'll point out that you entered this little discussion with these unprovoked (and, of course, misspelled) gems: Now, I'm sure you're not like this in person--but who knows. I won't bother asking what your qualifications to intelligently discuss any of the aforementioned topics are, because, based on your demonstrated intellect right here, I know you don't possess any. TTK gets a pass because, well, he's just a poseur with a fair grasp of trivia and a mastery of his keyboard; but you are one wound up little dumb fuck without a clue of any kind.

Blankets? Where you been, man? The planet's boiling in its own juice!

Well done. Glad to see you read the talking points. Dumbass.

This was one of the old "Irish Cabin" peaks. Do you remember that place?

Fuck off, ya pussy. And get back to cleaning that Slurpee machine.

Well said. Especially that last sentence.

Not sure why this story annoyed me more than most. Maybe because the BBC sees fit to weave "climate change crisis" into every story they do? Maybe because they feed the fears of, and appeal to the baser needs of the chronically dumb? Who knows. Here ya go: Children die in harsh Peru winter Ahhhh yes, winter in the tropics. I hear it's especially nice a few hundred miles north of the Tropic of Capricorn--well inside the ITCZ. Almost 250 children under the age of five have died in a wave of intensely cold weather in Peru. Children die from pneumonia and other respiratory infections every year during the winter months particularly in Peru's southern Andes. So what's the baseline? And how many children died of respiratory infections on Bolivia's altiplano? Oh wait. Is this just a Peru thing? Surely Morales' utopia would never allow such a horror. How many children died of respiratory infections in the United States or Britain last winter for that matter? Is this really a story? But this year freezing temperatures arrived almost three months earlier than usual. Experts blame climate change for the early arrival of intense cold which began in March. Wow! That is early! And sudden too. I guess one of the benefits of the recent redefinition from "global warming" to "climate change" is we can have our cake and eat it too! Brrrrrrrrrrrrr. Global warming. 5 out of 10 "experts" agree! The government has declared a state of emergency in the affected areas but critics say the cold snaps are predictable and the annual deaths preventable. Many have blamed government inefficiency for the deaths. One third of the deaths were registered in the southern region of Puno, much of which is covered by a high plateau known as the altiplano which extends into neighbouring Bolivia. Yep! Guess I was right. Aid workers say prolonged exposure to the cold is causing hypothermia and deadly respiratory infections such as pneumonia. Children, who are often malnourished, are more vulnerable to the extreme cold. Thanks for your expertise, aid workers. What do doctors say? Poverty is widespread in Peru's southern highlands and there is a lack of healthcare and basic services. Maybe the BBC should do a story about the utter poverty and dead children that line the streets of Sao Paulo, Sucre, or Caracas? Nah. Not part of the agenda.