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That goes without saying, but it's small consolation.

If you can get some good video of the crooks in action, you can then give a copy of it to Newstips at King5 and get it on the air. It will have everyone looking for these guys and it will also shame the authorities into taking action. They already have the info. They go out and make the arrests and then given the prior publicity, make themselves out to be big heroes. Everyone wins.

There are some other super heavy but weakly interacting particles (besides neutrinos) that have been postulated as being associated with dark matter, if I remember correctly.

Don't understimate Van der Waals attraction. It's what makes your sticky rubber shoes work so well. It what insects use to walk on ceilings. So Blake, come clean, were you serious or trolling?

How do you get through the day at work (and still function)?

Trask give the phrase, "Thar' she blows!", an entirely new meaning.

I am reminded of the Larry Niven SciFi novels I used to read as a teenager. In his stories there were "licensed nudists" who went among the rest of society with no one batting an eyelash.

You need to explain it to us.

I don't see why the Wilderness Act is being invoked at all. Rainier is not Wilderness Area. It is National Park. It is not subject to any such restrictions. My biggest concern after reading dkemps report above is that the guide services are being allowed to go to the head of the line on permits. How fair is that? They should be on an equal footing with independent climbers.

Besides neutrinos they may install a gravity wave detector, judging from the statement about the Alpine Lakes being desirable from the standpoint of no motorized vehicles. Vibrations are the enemy in this case.

The problem with charging a fee for rescue is that people will be very hesitant to call a rescue for fear of the cost. They may try to self rescue instead and end up dying.

No, I would go in search for a woman, because I wouldn't believe I was the last one on earth.

Let's hope that instead they opt for the burglar alarm license fee instead. The County Council meeting is tomorrow night, I am told. People should go there and be heard.

The Snohomish County Council is considering billing lost hikers and others rescued by its helicopters up to $1,000, as well as other fee increases that would help sheriff's programs hamstrung by the beleaguered budget. Herald Article

Andy, do you know about the Lost and Found Forum?

Beer Goggles

You won't get any disagreement from me. It's just plain rude. Why people don't see it is beyond me.

After the guy in line insulted you, I can't believe you didn't come up with a rejoinder. I have this mental image of trask standing there sputtering with fumes coming out of his ears. Kind of like this:

“Zaftig, in Yiddish, means juicy. It also means voluptuous, plump, and round in a deliciously sensuous sort of way,” writes Hanne Blank. “Used to refer to people’s bodies, it suggests opulence and abundance, a sort of unconventional beauty built on heft and curves and softness. Zaftig is also, often, a euphemism for saying that someone is fat"

Muffy, you said, "so you don't wake up in the morning". I suppose if you bled to death then you wouldn't wake up in the morning.

They call him David Parker, Matchmaker.

BZZZZT!! Wrong! Coyote Ugly: The kind of girl that's so ugly you chew your own arm off so you don't have to wake up next to her. You know, like a coyote with it's leg caught in a snare? I don't think Trask's use of "coyote" is a metaphor for suicide. Let's finally get it straight. It means the kind of girl who is so ugly you'd chew your own arm off to be able to slip out of her bed without waking HER.

Gotta be pretty good or pretty stupid to pass up a perfectly good bolt.

My favorite: "Churches should stay out of politics or be taxed". I think many people would agree with that. If we could tax the rich televangelists, we could put a dent in the National Deficit.

Hey, Molly Ivans is a babe, don't you know.