catbirdseat
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I have a set of Clog cams. I've never taken a fall on one, however. Anyone have any experience with these? I'm sure lack of experience or knowledge won't stop anyone from commenting.
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A larger cam angle gives you a larger useful range. A smaller cam angle produces a greater normal force on the rock and hence greater holding power. However, I don't think that a quarter of a degree will make any significant difference.Coopah said:I have read a review of the camalots that said they may have a tendancy to pull out more than the Tech friends? Any truth to this? Since I am over 200 lbs, cam holding power means everything to me! I read that the cam angle of the BD is 14 degrees compared to 13.75 for most other brands incl WC. Is the difference of .25 degrees make a big difference? Since I am new to climbing I am trying to get all the info I can...thanks
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Harry Pi is okay. He is struggling with some personal problems, but I think he's got a good sense of humor. Who knows, perhaps Harry and Milosh are one and the same?
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Great joke.
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Tom, you are picking up trashk's foul "mouth" (or is it fingers). You were such an innocent kid just a short time ago, before cc.com. Sniff.
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Send The Marines, by Tom Lehrer
When someone makes a move
Of which we don't approve,
Who is it that always intervenes?
U.N. and O.A.S.,
They have their place, I guess,
But first - send the Marines!
We'll send them all we've got,
John Wayne and Randolph Scott;
Remember those exciting fighting scenes?
To the shores of Tripoli,
But not to Mississippoli.
What do we do?
We send the Marines!
For might makes right,
And till they've seen the light,
They've got to be protected,
All their rights respected,
Till somebody we like can be elected.
Members of the corps
All hate the thought of war;
They'd rather kill them off by peaceful means.
Stop calling it aggression,
Ooh, we hate that expression!
We only want the world to know
That we support the status quo.
They love us everywhere we go,
So when in doubt, Send the Marines!
From 1965 That was the Year that Was
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This war is estimated to cost about $100 billion before it is over, not counting the cost of rebuilding Iraq. Assuming about 100 million taxpaying Americans, the average cost per taxpayer would be about $1000 to wage this war.It's easy to sit behind your computer screen and spray about sending in the Marines, but let me put it this way, if you alone could launch the war by laying out $1000, how many of of you would open your wallets?"
Would you pay $1000 for the war if you had a choice?I'm in. Where's my checkbook?No way. I'd rather spend my money on climbing gear.
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No, I don't think there are that many companies that can do the job, but I know it is more than just five. Surely there must be large foreign companies that are up to the task. Fluor Corporation which took over for Westinghouse on the Hanford cleanup has spent billions of Federal dollars with very little to show for it. Since rebuilding will be done using our tax dollars, I care about how efficiently these dollars are spent.Wopper said:Catbird Seat - Do you or have you spent a lot of time in the construction industry? If so you would surely know in the overall picture there are very few construction companies that have the resources, i.e. manpower, contacts, money, expertise, legal advice, equipment etc., to perform work in foreign countries. Do you think you just load all your tools in the back of your Ford and go to foreign nations to rebuild them?
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If you read back, you'll see that I cited an article in the Wall Street Journal that was in turn cited by NPR in the broadcast. Do you believe what you read in the WSJ?Fairweather said:"I heard on NPR"
...then it must be true!
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Because they could do it a lot cheaper. Small firms form partnerships to get the job done. And why not allow foreign firms to bid? This is our tax money we're talking about here. The more firms that are allowed to bid the more cost effective it will be.
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I had heard on NPR that the Bush cabinet contacted a bunch of the largest construction firms to bid on the reconstruction. But they didn't notify any of the smaller ones and they didn't even tell congress about it before it was published in the Wall Street Journal . These are going to be big fat, lucrative contracts.
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That was well said fleblebleb.
Pagetops on pages 10 and 12. Not bad.
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Why would you want to toss it? The descent is so easy.
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Trask, I wish I could share your enthusiasm for war. Somehow, I can't. War is like going to court. You never know how it's going to turn out. Better to settle out of court.
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Distel, are you talking about Concord Buttress? I heard that is pretty cool.
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Hey Tomcat.
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Trask, I sure hope you are right and the war is over quickly. That would be the best thing that could happen. It would minimize the damage to our relations with Europe and the Muslim world.
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It moves so slowly, it's more like a Cricket match than a football game.
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I don't believe oil is the real reason we're invading. The real reason is Bush want to make up for his pappy's failure to push to Bagdad in '91. He's out to uphold the family honor, Texas style, if it kills us.
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Cop out, trask. You spew shit when you can't think of an argument or are just to lazy to type one.
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Pick one what?
Regarding the bases, we'd like to get out of Saudi and Kuwait and probably Qatar too. Consolidate, so to speak.
I also believe that we are hoping to put leverage on the other autocratic regimes in the region in hopes they will institute reforms. It's pretty risky, if you ask me.
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What does it mean to "go after Iraq's oil?" I don't believe the US intends to commandeer their oil, if that is what you mean. We just want to add Iraq's oil to the world markets at full capacity, which would hold down prices and therby help us. They have not been developing their reserves because of the sanctions.
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No you didn't ask me, but oil is A reason, although not THE reason for the war. The other unstated reasons, besides the security argument, is the need for a military base other than Saudi Arabia. We'd love to get the hell out of there so as to remove the main motivation of muslims to hate us. Now, if we would just stop showing bias in favor of Isreal agains the Palastinians, we'd be able to remove another reason for them hating us.
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I have to scroll it. It makes my mouse hand tired.
A GOOD SPEACH
in Spray
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A very good speech indeed, and I care not if it came from a former KKK member. We will be the worse off for this war. There is no doubt in my mind.
George Bush is a dictator like Saddam Hussein. I only hope he is willing to take his sorry ass back to Texas when we vote him out of office.
The founders of this country were wary of "foreign entanglements". They saw all the intrigues wars of the French and British of the sixteenth century as something we should avoid.
In the two hundred years since we have only been dragged reluctantly into war. Only when it was forced upon us and with our allies begging us did we enter the two world wars. Now we go out looking for a fight.