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Or Instrument of the Police State ? This guy is a threat to our freedom. As far as I am concerned any speech given in a public forum is public property, meaning anyone should be able to record it at will regardless of your wishes. If you don't want it recorded, don't give the speech. Scalia, do you stand behind your own words? You suck.

Thanks minx.

A certain amount of nitrogen trichloride is generated in swimming pools, because little kids like to pee in the water. The chlorine used to disinfect the water reacts with urea. Those who swim indoors frequently always seem to have the sniffles. I think it is from the NCl3. It's really not good for you.

The thread on rockclimbing.com is currently at 18 pages!

What was that famous quote? "No man's life, liberty or fortune is safe while our legislature is in session." -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) US Founding Father Strike legislature and insert president.

You gotta give 'em credit for their creativity. I just loved this latest one with the "Norman" antivirus. Turns out there really is a Norman antivirus. Sounds a bit like Norton. Usually you'll get your ass sued if you try to make your name sound too much like a registered trademark.

Lummox is most likely talking about a solution of ammonia in water (or ammonium hydroxide), the pH of which is in the 9's depending on concentration. Cracked is probably right. The bleach is the sodium salt or conjugate base of a very weak acid hence it is a strong base. The real question is, why do you want to know? By the way, don't mix the two, or you'll be sorry.

Ignored as in not read or Ignored as in using the Ignore Poster feature or Ignored as in not reponded to or All of the above?

My understanding is that the rated working load is about one third of the breaking strength.

Darin, keep a stiff upper lip as the Brits, like to say.

I was once working on an idea for a subconjunctival implant designed to deliver anti-glaucoma medicine. It would deliver medicine and then eventually dissolve. It could be justified because it had a medical use- it would prevent blindness.

Geek alert! A battery is technically any number of cells connected in series. The voltage is the sum of the individual cells. A 9Volt battery is a true battery. It is composed of 8 cells, each at 1.2 V. GregW's personal favorite, the D-cell, is just that, a single cell. Your car battery has six 2-volt cells. BTW, the color of the sock does not affect either the mass or the total voltage of the cells contained therein. With enough cells in your sock you can commit battery.

That doctor should have his medical license revoked.

Did anyone actually believe this would be anything other than an exercise in futility?

Hey Bronco! I know about this stuff because of my involvement with sailing. Mast fittings on sailboats are typically attached using stainless steel fasteners. Unless one is meticulous about washing the salt from your spars, the fittings eventually pull out. Alex could tell you all about it.

Look for a Purcell Prussik.

I'd like to see him fight a grown male silverback. He'd learn how to fly.

You can read more here. This is the worst damage ever recorded. The FS doesn't know where they are going to get the money to fix all the trails and bridges. It would help to write your congressman and senators and urge them to help find funding.

Cracked, do you have any idea just how many different threads share the subject, "WTF?"?

Stretch75- from lurker to Sprayer in four easy posts. Good job!

This would make a lot of sense. Stainless steel is much more "noble" in the electromotive series than aluminum. If salt from sweat builds up over time on the pin, it can create a galvanic cell which will cause corrosion of the aluminum. The oxide causes a compressive force which eventually causes a crack to release the strain. The solution is to dunk your biners in pure water every once and a while to dissolve any salt that may have accumulated. They may fail eventually anyway, so it's smart to eyeball all your biners from time to time.

I saw an article in today's New York Times about the problems they are having on the East Coast states with overpopulation of deer. There are millions of them and they are ravaging forests and gardens. While they have started hunting them, they are only managing to keep the problem from getting worse. Of course, the writer had to mention the PETA people who are adamantly opposed to killing nuisance animals no matter how numerous and destructive they become. I'm not a hunter, myself, but I have no problem with killing animals that have become overpopulated, when there is no practical alternative. The key word, "practical"- as if we are going to relocate or administer birth control to 3 million deer. I think these people need to face reality. The deer are overpopulating because there are no longer any predators. Would PETA advocate reintroduction of wolves and cougars in Princeton, New Jersey. That would do the trick. You might lose a few school children, but what the hey?

THE NEW NODDER FORUM could replace the old and inactive RAINIER INVESTIGATION forum.