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You're learning quickly!

Necro, that's some pretty highbrow literature. I assume you have already read Hawkings, "A Brief History of Time".

You've got that right. Their simplemindedness is simply a refection of the electorate.

I'm reading the Jim Whittaker biography. He is the most shameless name dropper there ever was. My next book is going to be "Three Tracks in the Sand", by Dick Hangslow.

Ah yes, harken back to those thrilling days of yesteryear when men were men and routes weren't sandbagged (and sheep were scared).

Yeah, like they are going to get a lot of information out of maintenance technicians. Iraqi Interrogator, "Okay, dirty American dog, tell me the exact size of dust particle in microns necessary to clog the air intake on an M1 Abrams tank, or I'll blow your head off!"

What if the first guy answered truthfully. The second guy would make up a different answer.

Yeah, there's that famous picture of a guy about to get his brains blown away in Life Magazine. The officer was South Vietnamese and the prisoner was a traitor. But it kind of goes to show you, "what goes around comes around".

You've probably all seen the article accusing Iraq of executing five US POW's. Why would they do this? What do they have to gain by it? My thoughts are: 1) The Iraqis figure they are dog meat anyway, so why not. 2) They did it in hopes of getting information from the remaining prisoners. 3) They wish to goad the US into committing its own atrocities in hopes of swaying world opinion Please discuss. Source Article

Music keeps playing inside my brain Over and over and over again, My friend, there's no end, to the music It's not always easy But the music keeps playing And won't let the world get me down.

Some of them want to use you (trask) Some of them want to get used by you (?????) Some of them want to abuse you (GregW) Some of them want to be abused (tomcat)

So far it looks like we have a plurality of those that believe themselves to be geniuses. In reality, most of us are probably just average (100 points). Based solely on posts, I'd say DFA and Dwayner have the highest IQ, though many would disagree.

Hell yes. If you can drink, show up. We've already got a Tacoma and PDX version of Pub Club. Why not start a Detroit PC?

The Teanaways might be less soggy. Probably will get a shower or two.

Sweet dreams are made of this who am I to disagree I travel the world and the seven seas Everybody's looking for something Some of them want to use you Some of them want to get used by you Some of them want to abuse you Some of them want to be abused

Fiesta is German made doofus. I owned one years ago. It was a solid, if very basic car.

That's a good one.

Jinx, you can't talk Dryad until someone says your name.

I thought it was INVERSELY proportional.

That would be 12 moles x 18 g/mole = 216 grams of water/coffee. 216 g x 1 mL/g = 216 mL of coffee, which is less than a cup.

Yes, he was BANDED, they put a metal band around his ankle, like they do on birds. Then they BANNED him.

Vantage has a forecast of a slight chance of rain Thursday through Sunday. Toast and I are talking about going Friday. If not Friday, then Sunday. PM me if interested.

Yes, and he probably could have free soloed it too. But he is supposed to be teaching. His techniques should have been exactly as he would expect his student to use at the student's skill level.

I would never do what that guide did. The quick draws do two things: 1) the sling can twist allowing the load to come from any direction without cross loading the biner on the bolt hanger, 2) they reduce rope drag. This is not a major issue on most sport routes, but can be. There may be a few specific situations where what the guide did would be safe, but the student wouldn't necessarily be able to judge what those would be. It's just better to use draws and not have to think about it.