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Sounds far out, but we're more into climbing than backpacking, but there likely will be some interest.

Fantastic pictures. Now I want to go to Nepal.

Sounds like some high maintence ex-girlfriends i have had. She left out the most important part of the story. The only thing that was left in the box after Pandora slapped the lid back on it was Hope.

He wagged his finger at me when I told him to "have a beer". What's with that?

Saturday, hiked easy 8 miles to check out new Lime Kiln Trail. Looks great. No eagles in the nest yet. Sunday, yard work and afternoon with wife at Folklife where we watched some Scottish Fiddlers. Monday, hiked up old Mt. Si trail with a heavy pack to top of Haystack in 2 hours flat. On return to parking lot, met JHamaker pulling up to climb at Little Si. Lot all full. Was more than happy to give a fellow cc.com person my parking spot.

Come to Pub Club as soon as you are back.

After a little research I've learned that 1) Stun guns aren't all that expensive, 2) Some are pretty small, and 3) Only a few states restrict them and Washington is not on the list.

I've heard it said that it is easier to get a license to carry a gun than it is to carry a Taser. Is that true?

The article suggested that "back then" the people didn't criticize the judgement of those running the government. If you don't think Lincoln wasn't criticized for his actions during the Civil War, you better go do some reading. Lincoln had a huge number of detractors who fought him tooth and nail. The country was divided. It was only through his keen political skills that Lincoln was able to stay the course.

The problem with the gun is that it represented a huge escalation of the situation. Once the warning shot was fired, a whole chain of events was unleased. Had the gun not been present, it is likely no one would have been hurt. A stick or hiking pole would have been a more suitable defense, and would have likely held the dog off until the owner arrived. Guns are so destructive that obviously they should be a last resort. For that to be so, you need a first resort, like a big stick. I was out running in Kinnear Park once. I had sprinted up a big hill and was out of breath. A big guy was walking his little white shaggy dog when the dog rushed me. I was forced to stop and and yell, "call your dog off". The guy did absolutely nothing. I kicked at the dog to keep it off me. He rushed me and grabbed my arm. I was so out of breath I was helpless. He raised a fist and only some fast talking and an "apology" got me out of a beating. If I had a gun, I likely would have shot the guy or his dog. It would have been far worse with the gun. If you bring you dog with you on the trail, please use a leash. I am sure you little puppy is an absolute angel, but I don't care. Use the leash.

See post by Poseur . Ah, Personals. That was a funny thread. Bring back trask.

Plan Nine from Outer Space Jaws II Jaws II was so bad we laughed a bit too loudly and got kicked out of the theater.

I suppose you could say he was a hen-pecked old man.

scream angry ass flap (or fly)

I read the Twight quote first and it didn't make sense until I read the post by skeezix before it.

Try "sit", "dance" or my favorite "hide"

Try typing the command "strong" and see what he does.

I have heard that Syria has in the past made reprisals against the family members of coup plotters. Morrocco has done this also.

I'm using the cat with the pinched face because my wallet is pinched shut right now.

This recipe is available elsewhere on the Internet, but not (as far as I can tell) in the original manuscript form as recorded by Captain Lewis with his colorful spellings. Italics are his. Bold is mine. Capt. C. killed 2 bucks and 2 buffaloes. I also killed one buffaloe... we saved the best of the meat, and from the cow I killed we saved the necessary materials for making what our wrighthand cook Charbono calls the boudin (poudingue) blanc, and immediately set him about preparing them for supper. This white pudding we all esteem one of the greatest delicacies of the forrest. It may not be amiss therefore to give it a place. About 6 feet of the lower extremity of the large gut of the buffaloe is the first morsel that the cook makes love to. This he holds fast at one end with the right hand, while with the forefinger and thumb o the left he gently compresses it, and discharges what he says is not good to eat, but of which in the sequel we get a moderate portion. The mustle laying underneath the shoulder blade next to the back, and filets are next saught, these are needed up very fine with a good portion of kidney suit; to this composition is then added a just proportion of pepper and salt and a small quantity of flour. Thus far advanced, our skilfull opporater seizes his recepticle, which has never once touched the water, for that would intirely distroy the regular order of the whole procedure. You will not forget that the side you now see is that covered with a good coat of fat provided the animal be in good order. The operator sceizes the receptacle, I say, and tying it fast at one end turns it inward and begins now with repeated evolutions of the hand and arm, and the brisk motion of the finger and thumb to put in what he says is bon pour manger; thus by stuffing and compressing he soon distends the receptable to the utmost limmits of its power of expansion, and in the course of it's longtudinal progress it drives from the other end of the receptacle a much larger portion of the [blank in manuscript] that was previously discharged by the finger and thumb of the left hand in a former part of the operation. Thus when the sides of the receptacle are skilfully exchanged the outer for the iner, and all is compleatly filled with something good to eat, it is tyed at the other end, but not any cut off, for that would make the pattern too scant. It is then baptised in the Missouri with two dips and a flirt, and bobbed into the kettle; from whence, after it be well boiled it is fryed with bears oil untill it become brown, when taken and it is ready to esswage the pangs of a keen appetite or such as travelers in the wilderness are seldom at a loss for.

The Germans take on Scientology - interesting reading.

I don't have a problem with religions in general or the Church of Scientology in particular, except where they pass themselves off as "scientifically" valid and where they attempt to discredit various scienfic disciplines. I think that the US government was wrong to defend Scientology in Germany after it stepped outside the conventional bounds of religion and its tax exempt status.

A question on Holywood Squares: What is it that Tom Cruise says that society can do without? Answer: psychiatry. Cruise and Travolta are two well-known celebrities who are members of this "church". Members of the Church of Scientology spend a lot of time trying to discredit the sciences of psychiatry and psychology. They oppose the treatment of mental illnesses with drugs. Why is this? As near as I can tell it is because psychiatry is in competition with Scientology for the dollars of its adherents. What's your take? "The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion". --L. Ron Hubbard

You've no doubt heard the term "willful suspension of disbelief"? This film requires the "willfull suspension of neocortical functions".

Yep. Digging around I found that this person is posting identical or nearly identical missives on multiple message boards. Terrorism