catbirdseat

How about we actually get back to addressing the actual topic of the thread. Okay? This obvious satire written by an American and not an Iraqi- a very politically savvy person who obviously would like the US to exit sooner, rather than later, but demonstrating the inevitability of our own failure.

The site seems to be a catch all for weird atmospheric phenomena.

I don't have the wherewithal to add the accent.

Touche, minx.

Bush thinks he can pull the same shit he does here while visiting a foreign country. Try staging a protest anywhere within a mile of GW in this country and see what happens. It is just part of Bush's attack on civil rights.

If any of you care, the time to get involved is now, before the Presidential Primary Election. Otherwise you'll have little choice later on.

I believe Krugman knows what he's talking about. We should take him seriously. Our nation is at a crossroads. We're in serious trouble. If we don't turn things around soon, we'll never be able to do it. The starting point is making sure Bush isn't reelected.

Are these widgets available here?

At that time of year, the time to do the route depends more on conditions than on distance. It took us 5 hours from Muir to Summit to do Ingraham Direct, but 8 hours for Gib Ledges. In the former case, we had good hardpack, but two weeks later, we were postholing.

Hi toast, long time, no see. It has warmed up a lot since the cold snap. I'd be willing to bet all that surface hoar has long since melted. At higher elevations, it could persist.

Where is veggie belay, Dru, Cracked, Attitude. Wait, strike Cracked, we don't want to know.

Let's hear it for the Lunatic Fringe!

"Ade" is his cc.com login name as well as his real first name. Send him a PM.

It's not the crevasse rescue aspect that would have me concerned. It has to do with individual skills. Part of that ledge is unprotectable and should be done unroped. It's a must-not-fall situation. A better route for mixed skill levels would be the Ingraham Direct. You can stay roped the entire way and protect the steeper sections using pickets, if you like. You don't need to wait until April, either. That is probably the first winter route that comes into condition. I did it in early February last year and it was good. Very few open crevasses, very direct. The headwall is steep. We chose to rappel the headwall on the way back (single double rope rap).

Colin is drinking O'Doul's, of course.

Mark your calendars. Ask your boss for the day off. The 3rd falls on a Wednesday.

I wouldn't take a newbie on Gib Ledges. No way. . I wouldn't take a newbie down Cadaver Gap either.

When the fat cells grow until they are touching one another (or "elbow to asshole", so to speak), they stop growing.

Be careful, someone may be just geeky enough to call bullshit you you, Lummox.

It needs snow and some freeze/thaw cycles. There's been plenty of the latter, but little of the former.

That may be so, but it still is great deadpan humor.

The folks at REI must have been a bit perplexed by a half set of bloody foot prints leading out the door. I hope you didn't hurt yourself too bad.

This is cool research. I've met one of her collaborators, Dr. Shalaby several years ago. The work has many more applications than breast reconstruction. Tissue Bioengineering at Clemson

Come on, Dru. This is good news for cancer survivors. It has the potential for greater long term safety. Polylactic acid and polyglycolic acid have been studied a lot over the past 10 or 20 years as scaffolds for a variety of tissues, for example cartilage to rebuild joints or replace ears and noses lost to cancer surgery . Now they are using it as a scaffold for fat tissue. Very interesting.

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