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I gotta believe that the guy didn't have any idea of the principle. Apparently the lamp in the base wasn't working or wasn't generating enough heat. As designed the lamp doesn't get anywhere near hot enough to boil water. But on a stove you have a closed vessel filled with superheated water. As soon as the glass breaks, the water flash vaporizes into steam and you have, essentially, a bomb.

Another way of putting it is a little heat is good, but a lot of heat can be bad. Story

Basically what you do is this. You find some flaws or inconsistencies with a strong theory. So even though you don't have a competing theory that is better supported by data and experimentation, you discredit the strong theory and adopt what is essentially a Fairy Tale. Makes sense.

No, they are dermatophytes. That is a photomicrograph of an climber/astronaut's nether regions after six months without a bath.

As they say in Texas, it's time for the Canadians to take the bull by the tail and face the situation.

I might throw out Erden for one. Some people say he's crazy while others say he's living his dream. People say he'll never succeed. I say he has already succeeded.

You can talk about Darwin Awards all you want, but what I was thinking was this. Did this guy have even a rudimentary understanding of physics, and if he did, would it have made any difference? Does curiosity always trump common sense?

I've done it, but I feel better doing it on 1" webbing.

It looks as though the new bridge will be mostly concrete. Less maintenance.

Hey, you euripedes, I ripados.

Doh! They had the Cassin C10L for $69 at the Pac Coast Feather company sale.

With Zeus standing on top hurling thunderbolts, it's no wonder you haven't made it to the top of Olympus. There is a word for mortals like you- hubris.

I get the blues when it rains red.

"I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you."

OSAT Glacier Climbing Course

It's one hell of an approach, but at least there isn't any Devil's Club to worry about.

Did he have a presence on this board?

It would have been funny if the one on top had an extended middle finger.

Here is a team that loses before it takes the field. They need a psychologist, is what they need. They all need to read this book: Winning

When they put in sound walls in our neighborhood, the freeway noise got much, much louder at my house. The walls act like sounding boards. If you are right next to the freeway, it is quieter, but if you are a couple blocks away, much louder.

I guess it's standard practice to accuse those who hold different opinions than your own to be narrow minded. So I take it you are against the new bridge?

I've found that it is easy enough to hurt myself even when I am sober, so I generally avoid drunkeness these days. I know that doesn't help you in your present situation. You probably want to go to the ER and get it X-rayed, or at least looked at, just to make sure it isn't broken.

GEORGE: Do women know about shrinkage? ELAINE: What do you mean, like laundry? GEORGE: No. JERRY: Like when a man goes swimming... afterwards... ELAINE: It shrinks? JERRY: Like a frightened turtle! ELAINE: I don't know how you guys walk around with those things.

Just face it. You are addicted to crack. What was it you said to me about ten times at Mt. Erie about face climbing?

Jon, when you move your head in one direction, do your nuts move in the other direction?