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from here: 5-Ton Boulder Crushes Colorado Man Posted: 9:46 a.m. EST February 18, 2003 NAVAJO LAKE STATE PARK, N.M -- A man who was struck by a falling boulder along the north shore of Navajo Lake has died from his injuries. Nathan Bailey, 20, of Durango, Colo., was hit by the rock Saturday. He died later that evening after he was airlifted to University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque. Bailey and two friends were rolling rocks down a hill when Bailey was hit by a boulder weighing an estimated 5 tons. It took rescuers about two hours to reach Bailey. The incident is being treated as an accident, said Larry Federici, a regional manager for the state Parks and Recreation Department. At least they didn't report him as being a 'climber.'

Yeah, but it would all be in the third person tense and could be quite amusing.

Charles Denny landed at Alki with the rest of the Denny party. A monument at Alki beach commemorates the city’s birthplace in 1851.

maybe today. other days he attacks unproked.

THAT's the Muffy we know and love......

Religion and politics can (and have!) ruined the best of many relationships..... edit: Oh yeah...in the spirit of DFA, I think there should have been a comma amongst all those !!!!! exclamation marks.

restrained......yeah! I like him better when he's making death threats and passing out his phone number like he did last year on Craghag.com that was a classic!

I find him quite entertaining....along the lines of Rush Limbaugh, Tom Leykis, and Phil Henry. As long as you don't take any of them too seriously they're fun to listen to and poke fun at.

You would think so. BTW, you're the ugliest skank I've ever seen. THAT's a fine thing to say to my avatar. After all, I got the photo from your collection of poloroids on your bedroom mirror last time I broke into your house looking for assault weapons and explosives. btw, those are some mighty fine 5-leaved plants you've got growin in your basement.....

I think that was Trask undercover....

It IS!

Wow....I always knew there was something 'special' about you Matt. That 180 degree field of vision and those independently articulating eyes must come in handy for many things. I have to side with Ray on this one....NOTHING beats the view from the top of the Tooth!

Just like the hokey pokey......that's what it's all about!

Hey Dwayner, thanks for all the work putting that last post together. I was obviously shooting from the hip on the Aramaic part....my memory isn't as good as it once was when I dealt with the subject on a semi-regular basis. But as long as you're in a talkative mood and you have the resources at your fingertips I'll pose another question. It's my (uninformed) impression that the oldest known translations of the Hebrew scriptures are the Dead Sea scrolls, which date back to the 3rd century BCE at the earliest. Given the much greater antiquity of the original writings, how confident is the scholarly world that 'we' have a good representation of the original works? Have older sources been found since the DS scrolls? Re translation: I whole-heartedly agree with you about the subtle (and oftentimes significant) nuances that are lost in translation. I've had the opportunity to translate German to English on numerous occasions....Heiddeger and Kant are hardly the same men in the two languages...and have been amazed when looking at various interlinear translations of both the 'Old' and 'New' testaments. I understand that a (maybe one of several) renaissance of Hebrew as a living language happened in Andalusia (southern Spain when it was ruled by Muslims for those cc.com'ers wading thru this thread) somewhere in the 11th or 12th century. Hebrew poetry from this time period was a significant development if memory serves me correctly. Again, since you obviously have the resorces at your fingertips Dwayner, I'd be interested in hearing your impressions of that renaissance. But my.....all that was so long ago....too much sin, vice, hypoxia, single malt, and cc.com have erased so much of that previous life......

Muffy, never in my life would I call YOU such a name. My comment was directed to the cc.com community in general...myself included. Dwayner was generous enough to try to spread a little enlightenment about the deeper meaning of the Old Testament, but in general he was met with foolishness for the community. Thus, he was casting his pearls (of information, wisdom, interpretation, etc.) in front of US swine (said affectionately). That's it. I'm not explaining my jokes any more! and, btw, Dwayner, I thought the Pentatuch was written in Aramaic. How is reading it in Hebrew any different than reading it in English....a translation is a translation.....

have you checked the expiry date on all the emergency supplies you bought for the Worldwide Computer Crash of Y2K? once bitten twice shy Are you implying your little 'accident' was due to expired prophylactics? Dang, I didn't REALLY mean to make you pick up your dictionary again.....

ohhhhh.....sh*t! Dwayner, somedays you make me laugh! Really. I appreciate your sense of humor punctuated by the unexpected photos. And your attempts at casting pearls before people who turn out to be swine are admirable, too. ******************* I'm NOT a hippie!

for what it's worth (from this website) "Chris McGinnis and I climbed Liberty Ridge starting from White River campground. The first day was a short one to Curtis Ridge. Watch the Winthrop Glacier. There are a number of crevasses and, in poor visibility (as we had), they can be alittle tricky. Also, stay relatively low (around 7,000') on Curtis Ridge. That's the easiest ramp down to the Carbon Glacier. The second day we climbed up the Carbon Glacier. Normally, a crossing would be nearly impossible this late due to open crevasses, but 98-99 had been a record snow year. Still, several of our crevasse leaps probably weren't reversible. WEAR HELMETS. Rockfall on the lower Liberty Ridge is serious and continuous! We camped at Thumb Rock, which has plenty of tent space. The usual route goes up from here, but it was very poor, crumbly ice, so we detoured left onto steep snow. Stay on or to the left of the Ridge to avoid rock bands. We hit alot of ice, which slowed things down, so we camped again at about 12,500 just below the bergstrund. There were several little ice steps through here, so bring 2-3 ice screws. We topped out on Liberty Cap early, but very high winds hit us as we traversed around looking for the descent route, the Emmons-Wintrop route. As conditions were deteriorating, we camped just below the summit. The next morning, we opened the tent door to see lines of climbers on guided groups coming up the Emmons-Wintrop route, which was only 30' from our tent. The trail was beaten down like a sidewalk with wands near every crevass. There are quite a few big crevasses around 13,000' on this route and if you didn't have a trail, routefinding would be interesting. Anyway, we made Camp Schurman for lunch and were off the mountain by dinner. Liberty Ridge is a great route. " Mike Moxness Anchorage, AK USA Email: moxness@alaska.net Date(s) summited: July 24-28, 1999 Date signed: October 01, 1999

this is what I wanted to post! from here The process used to make today's CPUs is known as CMOS, Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology. One of the characteristics of semiconductors made with this process is that they tend to become more efficient as we lower their operating temperature. For example at -120C the efficiency of a CMOS CPU simply doubles. So if we are able to cool the CPU down to -120C we might very well be able to run it at double its designed speed. But the equipment and expense needed to get and keep the CPU running at that temperature reliably are far beyond most of our budgets.

are you refering to my lovely self??? Dwayner and I made up. He is pompus and overecucated and I am a smart ass. The only true path to enlightenment is acceptance. ( but I will not go down with out a fight ) wasn't a ref to you, Buf. 'twas a ref to another tar baby Dwayner got into back in Sept. for those bored enough to search it out it's really "red-headed interceptor"

where's the red-headed intercepter when you need her?

I'm sure the Israelis are already working on it again. Some say they were the ones directly responsible for 9/11. Think about it....what better way to get the US to fight their little war a little harder.

Yeah, but it sure is fun to look for.

Dang! Dave, Is that all this thread is about?!?!?!? Your 'subject' line really had me worried that Agent Orange has graced us with his presence again.

Iain, what's your source for that statement? I'd dispute it based on the fact that there's no paperwork stating such in the box when you buy the things...at least with the ones I bought. well you certainly did paraphrase because FRS does not require a license! I am talking about the more-powerful GMRS radios that look quite similar to FRS radios but transmit at a higher wattage and on different UHF frequencies than FRS. They are generally more expensive than FRS units. They also can be found side-by-side on store shelves. Here's a good page for info on GMRS and how it compares to FRS: GMRS Info Sorry, I saw the edit in the previous post and assumed it was related to your post...bad reading....my bad. I've got no idea what GMRS is....probably a good thing, too. What with the Blackhawks lurking around and all. Cool?