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claymore, claymore, claymore.

well i'm not a famous climber or anything but here's a strange fact about me: i actually got some work done this afternoon! ok enough of that

Online dating is planned for orangutans By MIKE CORDER ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Single male (red hair, long arms, interests include hanging in trees and grooming) seeks female for long-distance relationship and possibility of meeting up in future to help save species. Zookeepers in the Netherlands are planning to hook up Dutch and Indonesian orangutans over the Internet and believe the link could at some stage be used as an online dating service where apes could get to know one another and keepers could work out whether they would be compatible mates. First things first: A romantic dinner for two. "We are going to set up an Internet connection between Indonesia and Apeldoorn so that the apes can see each other and, by means of pressing a button, be able to give one another food, for example," said Anouk Ballot, a spokeswoman for the Apenheul ape park in the central Dutch city of Apeldoorn. She said the chance of two orangutans actually mating as a result of the online interaction was small due to the problem of transporting them between the Netherlands and Indonesia. "But I wouldn't rule it out completely," she told The Associated Press. Ballot said the primary aim of the computer link between Apenheul and an orangutan center on the Indonesian part of Borneo was to raise public awareness of the apes and their plight. Activists say that the spread of palm oil plantations, coupled with logging, especially on Malaysian and Indonesian territories on Borneo island, is threatening animals such as wild orangutans with extinction by chewing up their native jungle habitat. Ballot said that, in the past, captive orangutans separated by a wall have communicated with one another via a mirror placed in front of the two enclosures. Using Web cams and computer screens is an extension of that, she said. She stressed that only orangutans who show a natural interest and aptitude will take part. The Apenheul park has 13 orangutans among its collection of apes. There is still work to be done to set up the Internet connection. "We need to find ape-proof cables and screens," Ballot said, adding that the zoo hopes to have the orangutans online by the end of this year or early 2007. So next time you run into someone in a chatroom and think "what a baboon," think twice: it just might be.

Late-term sex shows little delivery impact LINDA SEARING The Washington Post PREGNANCY Late-term sex seems to have little effect on delivery date. THE QUESTION: With pregnancy come worries, including some about sex. Might having intercourse stimulate labor and hasten delivery? THIS STUDY followed 200 healthy women from the 36th week of pregnancy until delivery. During this time, 116 women (58 percent) reported having sexual intercourse. At 41 weeks, 93 percent of the sexually active women had delivered their babies, compared with 70 percent of the others. Overall, women who had had intercourse late in pregnancy delivered about four days earlier and were less likely to need to have labor induced than those who had been abstinent . All babies were delivered safely and went home from the hospital with their mothers. WHO MAY BE AFFECTED BY THESE FINDINGS? Pregnant women, who generally should expect a gestation period of 38 to 42 weeks. Babies delivered earlier are considered premature; labor usually is induced at about 41 or 42 weeks. CAVEATS: The study involved only pregnant women without complications of any sort; other women may want to ask their doctor.

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There were three avatars came out of the West, Their fortunes for to try, And these three avatars made a solemn vow: must die. They've ploughed, they've sewn, they've harrowed him in, Threw clods upon his head, And these three avatars made a solemn vow: was dead. They've let him lie for a very long time, ‘Till the rains from heaven did fall, And little sprung up his head, And so amazed them all. They've let him stand ‘till midsummer's day, ‘Till he looked both pale and wan, And little 's grown a long, long beard, And so become a man. They've hired avatars with the scythes so sharp, To cut him off at the knee, They've rolled him and tied him by the way, Serving him most barbarously. They've hired avatars with the sharp pitchforks, Who pricked him to the heart, And the loader he has served him worse than that, For he's bound him to the cart They've wheeled him around and around the field, ‘Till they came unto a barn, And there they made a solemn oath, On poor . They've hired avatars with the crab-tree sticks, To cut him skin from bone, And the miller he has served him worse than that, For he's ground him between two stones. And little and the nut-brown bowl, And he's brandy in the glass; And little and the nut-brown bowl, Proved the strongest man at last. The huntsman, he can't hunt the fox, Nor so loudly to blow his horn, And the tinker he can't mend kettle nor pot, Without a little

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how 'bout a pet tapeworm - goes where you go, eats what you eat

speaking of of old tired forgotten avatars... does this mean we will be constantly reminded every time something about chuck norris comes across the news wire ?

on a single speed wizzin past ya

my prediction: joe will lose the election by a wide margin but end up getting married to hillary clinton. by an apparent miracle (but in fact due to an unknown procedure by a certain south korean scientist), joe lieberman will give birth to a child that will be named Überpolitik. Überpolitik will reach maturity at an accelerated rate in only 6 years, but then disappear to the the island of Ibiza in the mediterranean sea. another 4 years later and Überpolitik will return to the US and star in a reality show, then eventually be elected governer of california. thank you for allowing non-pronouncable avatar to post.

so what's the thread drift here? that actual property values in seattle do not conform to our stereotypical expactations of the neighborhoods involved?

i think the thread drift here is that while mr. pastrana's actions were largely theatrical in nature they are none-the-less not likely to be easily repeated by other attention seeking individuals.

in the future "thread drift" will come to mean the implied message of a thread, in a reading between the lines sort of way.

i just made a couple double maul weapons. pretty cool. use eye protection.

oh my !

i'm descended from male and female. i haven't decided what that makes me yet.

one of the most fun books i've ever read. the dialogues were really cool.

my thoughts exactly. it's probably dru.

senseless

this was dragged up here on short rope and didn't use an ice axe leash.

nevermind