catbirdseat

You need ZoneAlarm.

Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he can make a living. The thing to do to provide for the poor is to pay for education and training. Everyone benefits from that.

The point is that the story seeks to portray poor people as being lazy and worthless. The premise is that welfare programs are handouts to undeserving people. All they have to do is work hard and they will be rich like the rest of us.

so here is an idea... mind yer own business and only think abiut what YOU are doing To the extent that the government confers certain benefits, like tax breaks and other priviledges, marriage is of concern to me. The institution of marriage exists for the benefit of offspring and not for any other reason. It is to the benefit of society as a whole to provide for the proper upbringing of children. Beyond that, I don't care what you do.

I believe trask already foisted this on us before you.

On an intellectual level, I agree with you, but I still get the heebee jeebees thinking about it.

This was all discussed here before. Remember the disruption of the Gulf Stream by melting glaciers on Greenland, etc.?

I was wondering who it was would bring this one up.

That's a bummer. I gather that the air pump line pulled out or else the pump itself malfunctioned? If the air pump is located above the tank there is no way for it to siphon out your tank if it fails.

I like stories that that.

That's exactly why they do it. It makes it harder for spam programs, but it makes it easier for humans to recognize. Fortunately, the programs are getting smarter.

I'm not a violet person either, but sometimes I turn green when I drink too much.

Climbed at Vantage Saturday with bcollins in nice weather. It was so warm it was making us sleepy. Almost took a nap at 2 pm. Sunday cleaned out the chicken coup (yuck) and did yardwork. Took the dogs to the beach. It was like a summer's day. Amazing.

By "braiding" do you refer to the method that electricians and builders often use for their extension cords?

I noticed that someone removed all the hangers on a two star sport route at Tilted Pillars. I believe it's a 5.10c- don't recall the name. It's next to Pound it Again. It's not a bolted crack- the crack is a seam that won't take gear. What's with that? <edit> Kevin Pogue provided me with the answer. The route is called Professor Pogue's Prolapse. The hangers were taken in the Great Hanger Heist two years ago. He replaced hangers on 17 routes that winter, but this was one route he never got around to replacing.

In that thread, I mentioned that an advantage of the eight is that it can absorb some energy when it tightens up. Someone once told me this and it seemed reasonable. The energy absorbed would reduce the impact force on your protection. Whether the amount of energy is significant I can't say. I tried doing a web search and couldn't find any data on it.

Gumnuts untie!

or Tobin Sorensen...

I know that. Where did I say you couldn't back clip it? Biners can come unclipped from bolts as well as the rope from the biner. It has happened. The Frog is equivalent to a locking biner on the bolt hanger. Sling unclipping from biner.

Yes, of course I did. I am not an engineer or a physicist. Just a lowly chemist.

Whatever floats your boat as far as I'm concerned. Whatever knot you choose, just be sure to finish tying it.

It's a route that likely no one will repeat, should you live to tell about it. Be sure to have someone on the road with a telephoto lens to document your accomplishment, just in case.

Thinker had your avatar image while you were gone, but he slyly switched it back.

I've been using an Alpine Bod harness since I started climbing 5 years ago. I just bought a real harness with a belay loop and real padded leg loops. I love it. It seems decadent by comparison. One can better lock off a belay with the device further in front of you and rappelling is easier too. I'll still use my bod for glaciers and alpine stuff. I can get into it in less than half the time it takes to get into the other harness.

I submit that one evil is far greater than the other evil in this case.