catbirdseat

The old, "divide and conquer", eh?

It came from the poop deck of ships. The officers would "take their ease" from a platform that extended over the transom from the poop deck. To take a wave over the stern is to be "pooped". Common sailors took their ease at the "heads", that is, seats located on either side of the bows.

"How can you tell?" Answer, "See how he's pulling on gear?"

That would be the B-29 and the B-17, respectively. Those devices are both obsolete.

"There's no chalk marks. How does he know where to put his hands?"

"Hideeho, neighbor! "

How about, "If that idiot would just move THREE FEET to the right or the left to a bolt line, he wouldn't need all those heavy cams!"

Schoeller is not very wind proof. I don't think it would be a wise choice.

Eeewwwwhh!

You have to allow for the person making the statement. From ChucK it's sarcasm. From GregW it's a statement of fact.

That's pretty idealistic. There are only so many positions that can be filled with trained professionals. Don't we need ditch diggers too? If a ditch digger wants to become a programmer would you feel good about your taxes being used to send them to school while you get buried beneath student loans or your family depletes their personal riches to support you? Personally I would rather pay for my own way and have my parents sitting on a beach somewhere than letting Uncle Sam carve another 2% of my paycheck to pay for someone else's tuition. There are all sorts of jobs going unfilled because there aren't enough trained people. And you'll pay for poverty one way of the other in the form of illness, crime and the salaries of police officers.

Right, whatever floats your boat. I still think its funny when the sportos give you such funny looks when you rack up to do a crack. Like, "why in hell would you want to do THAT, when you could just clip a bolt?"

bcollins were talking about this the other day. The bolted arete routes are all pretty much alike when you get down to it, but the cracks routes have an incredible amount of variety. They widen from the bottom up. Some require technical stemming. Some have odd combinations of edging and stemming. Cracks are where its at at Vantage, and yet the vast majority of people who go there are on the clip ups.

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.