catbirdseat

I didn't know Gorton was on the commission. He's a pretty straight up guy. I'd tend to trust him.

This is a really tough thing to call. I can see arguments on both sides of the issue. Secularism is very important to continued peace and harmony, yet religious freedom must be upheld as well. Where do you draw the line? I'd say no to veils, but yes to head scarves.

I watched some people doing it off of Martha Tower at Frenchman's Coulee "for fun".

This is what Muffy's spelling will look like after using the new spell checker: I have a spelling checker. It came with my PC. It plane lee marks four my revue Miss steaks aye can knot see. Eye ran this poem threw it. Your sure real glad two no. Its very polished in its weigh, My checker tolled me sew. A checker is a blessing. It freeze yew lodes of thyme. It helps me right awl stiles two reed, And aides me when aye rime. Each frays comes posed up on my screen Eye trussed too bee a joule. The checker pours o'er every word To cheque sum spelling rule. Bee fore a veiling checkers Hour spelling mite decline, And if we're laks oar have a laps, We wood bee maid too wine. Butt now bee cause my spelling Is checked with such grate flare, There are know faults with in my cite, Of nun eye am a wear. Now spelling does not phase me, It does knot bring a tier. My pay purrs awl due glad den With wrapped words fare as hear. To rite with care is quite a feet Of witch won should be proud, And wee mussed dew the best wee can, Sew flaws are knot aloud. Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays Such soft wear four pea seas, And why eye brake in two averse Buy righting want too please.

I think that trask and klenke have traded passwords.

I picked it specifically because it is doable with marginal weather by someone like me who is typically out of shape in December. BTW, I think it would be just grand if Dru would break trail and kick in the steps. Knowing him as I do, I'll break trail and he'll pass me just as I am approaching the base of the tower.

Come on. If you look hard enough, I am sure you will find that someone has already done it in winter.

Hi anna. Long time no see. Where's your little airplane?

It could be done in a day, but it would be a hard day.

Dru, spoken like a true optimist.

I wish people would get over the myth of Bush-as-Idiot. The only reason people think he is an idiot is because they can't believe such a seemingly nice guy would do such evil and malevolent things on purpose.

I don't think SC is stereotyping the Vietnamese. They really do work harder and in fact a relatively large proportion of them HAVE become doctors. That profession is in particular highly regarded in that community for some reason.

Nice troll assmonkey. Of course, the Wal-Mart quip was just a bit of hyperbole.

I'm looking for partners to try Slippery Slab Tower on Saturday and Sunday. Send me a PM if you are interested.

Whatever works for you, I guess.

For example, are they including Larry the Tool's salary in the cost of fee collection?

Exactly, Dru. Now, what needs to be done is work which documents how much light at various wavelengths reaches the surface. It is blue and orange light which is used by plants, with blue being them most important. Blue is a shorter wavelength and would be expected to be less affected by CO2 in the atmosphere. If we are talking aerosols, then yes, blue light is affected more than the shorter wavelegths.

They are claiming $23,436 (4.9%) cost to collect $477,488 in Northwest Forest Pass fees. That seems better than some of the figures I have heard recently. Recreation Fee Accomplishments 2003 -- Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests ( 2-page 178kb Acrobat file )

Global warming is caused by carbon dioxide trapping more infrared radiation from the sun. Surfaces radiate infrared into space at night. CO2 blocks this some degree. Incoming solar radiation is also absorbed so that less reaches the ground. Can that be such a surprise? The method by which they measure insolation involves measuring the temperature of a black plate. This method does not distinguish between the various wavelenghts of light. In fact it is biased towards the infrared and longer wavelengths. So it may be that visible light is not attenuated at all- that most of the reduction is in the infrared.

Ship of Fools, by Ted Kaczynski

Dru, I was wondering how long it would take you to chime in. Can you discuss why tricams are good in winter and how you use them? I can see how the points can better bite into iced up cracks.

"Question: Does the President have the right to hold a US citizen, arrested in the US, as an enemy combatant?" No, and it is a cut and dry issue. Padilla's civil rights were violated.

Today they are made by Camp SA. Weren't they formerly made by Lowe?