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He said he and his buddy had "limited experience", not exactly chestbeating.

Distel been hanging out with wrlwind, maybe partaking of the same. He's starting to sound like him.

Depends on how you cook it. Grilled yes, fried, no.

I'm wiff Muffy. Mexican food just tastes right after a big climb. I guess it's the muchos calories. It tastes even better with a Dos Equis or a Bohemia.

RobBob, you must be referring to this: So the farmed salmon were 0.05 parts per million, the wild were 0.015 and the FDA standard was 2 ppm. These standards get lowered all the time as more data is collected. For example, as people begin to eat more and more fish, the standards will need to be lowered accordingly because of the greater exposure.

You are putting words in my mouth.

We need some new topics. The old ones are plumb wore out. It would be nice if we got some from other than the usual suspects (Dru, PP, ChucK, HRoark, me, etc.). I notice vegie belay has been jumping in lately. Good for him. An no more trask related topics.

Christ Almighty, it can't get worse than this. Hey, where the heck is Johnny_Destiny, anyway?

That must have been a fun date CBS The chicks just dig that shit.

Yes, yes, and yes. But then why did Big Jim carry two completely frozen water bottles to the top of Everest and back? The old brain doesn't always work too good up there.

The photos really capture the "ambience" of Meth Lab, don't they?

Luke, welcome to the Dark Side.

e·lit·ism or é·lit·ism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (-ltzm, -l-) n. The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources. 1. The sense of entitlement enjoyed by such a group or class. 2. Control, rule, or domination by such a group or class. Everyone knows that politically the word "elitist" has very negative connotations. It's one of those words that is used so glibly, but is seldom understood. HRoark, please explain what you mean when you call Jim and I elitists. Are you saying we believe we should be immune to criticism of our belief? Where do you get that notion? Okay, I'll grant you the intellectual superiority part.

HRoark called my posts "inane" . I am crushed.

To say that I "don't disagree" with him means that I agree, okay? Your reading comprehension isn't too good today. If you had read the article you would have seen that the predictions always had the word "known" reserves. That is to say the copper mines currently in production will run out, means we will run out unless we open new mines. It's that part that the chicken littles don't like. It means we have to scrape a square mile of virgin forest off the earth to get at the copper.

Can we film the operation? Is the head dead yet? You know, the boys in the newsroom got a Running bet Get the widow on the set! We need dirty laundry You don’t really need to find out what’s going on You don’t really want to know just how far it’s gone Just leave well enough alone Eat your dirty laundry Kick ’em when they’re up Kick ’em when they’re down Kick ’em when they’re up Kick ’em when they’re down

Hey, I don't disagree with many of the points the author made. There are a lot of chicken littles out there. They have ulterior motives. They would like to see more of the natural world protected, but they realize that the vast majority of the world, doesn't really give a shit about preserving biodiversity and preventing extinction. Knowing that people only care about their own preservation, they seek to recast the debate as one in which man and beast are in the same ship going down together. On the other side of the coin, the conservative think tanks want us to believe that we can continue on our current path and that there is absolutely nothing to worry about. Technology will get us out of any problem that may arise. Thus far it has, but at the expense of the natural world. The problem is that this way of thinking doesn't assign any intrinsic value to anything that we don't consume. Somewhere there should be a middle ground.

I just love the Cato Institute. They make it possible to enjoy conspicuous consumption by taking away the guilt.

It's looking better and better... I'm getting stoked.

Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed, Then one day he was shootin at some food, And up through the ground came a bubblin' crude. Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea. Well the first thing you know ol' Jed's a millionaire, Kinfolk said Jed move away from there Said Californy is the place you ought to be So they loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly. Hills, that is. Swimmin' pools, movie stars.

Now go forth and climb stuff. Try different things, and figure out for yourself what you like best.

So it's not your messy room mate's bathroom, after all?

Perfect, Jordo, perfect.

A little slow on the draw, Scott.