vegetablebelay

What does spray have to do with mocking moderation?

Telling Fairweather his views are off base is reinforcing his statement on the moderating here when he mentions the "ever more mocking moderation of Mattp".

vegetablebelay said:

Socialism sucks.

He's gone too? Shit, even that c--k throttler had good input on occasion.

Rat: 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996 Ox: 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997 Tiger: 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998 Rabbit: 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999 Dragon: 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000 Snake: 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001 Horse: 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002 Sheep: 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003 Monkey: 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004 Rooster: 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005 Dog: 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006 Boar: 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007 Note: Since New Year's Day falls on a different day each year according to the Western calendar, if you have a January or February birthday, before figuring out your sign, you may want to consult a Chinese astrology book, such as "The Handbook of Chinese Astrology" by Theodora Lau, to find the exact dates of the year in question.

If Trask were here he'd tell you to fuck off Arlen.

You might check on that. You could be a golden cock for all you know.

Farmer joe (not pictured) shows off his new "cat-milking" device giving birth to a whole new dairy industry.

Bush announces plan to send cat into space "just for the hell of it".

I was born in the year of the monkey. This is my year.

Yep, this place is as dry as summitpost without Trask, Dru, Caveman, Dwayner, GregW and a few others. Will the last person leaving cc.com please turn off the server?

Magazine directs climbers over cliff Thursday, January 22, 2004 Posted: 8:18 AM EST (1318 GMT) LONDON (AP) -- Britain's biggest-selling hiking magazine apologized Wednesday after its latest issue contained a route that would lead climbers off the edge of a cliff on Britain's tallest peak. The February edition of Trail magazine gives advice to walkers caught in bad weather on Ben Nevis in Scotland about how to make a safe descent. But the magazine's directions would instead lead readers off the north face of the 4,406-feet (1,322-meter) mountain, which is notorious for its changeable weather and has claimed the lives of several climbers. Guy Procter, the editor of Trail, acknowledged the magazine had inadvertently erased the first of two crucial bearings needed to get off the summit. He said that happened during the editing process. "I'm quite gutted at this mistake because we print up to 200 of these routes a year, and this is the first time we've got it wrong," said Procter. The Mountaineering Council of Scotland issued an alert on its Web site about the mistake. "Getting off Ben Nevis is probably one of the most infamous navigational tasks in the British Isles," said council spokesman Roger Wild. Describing the mistake in the magazine, he said, "Anyone following that route in poor visibility and with snow cover could easily have walked straight off the edge." Procter said he was confident that the experienced walkers who make up most of Trail's 36,000 circulation would not be endangered by the error. "No Trail reader would countenance going out on any mountain without a map, and the route is given a high technical rating, serving further to deter the novice," he said. "This gives me reason to be optimistic that our omission will swiftly be picked up by our readers." Trail was criticized by mountain rescue teams last year for claiming three popular hiking routes were snow-free in winter. http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/21/offbeat.hiking.mistake.ap/index.html

The old sweet ice in Fairbanks game.

Why the long face Jerry?

Portland Cops Forced to Cut Down on Cuss Words Thursday, January 15, 2004 PORTLAND, Ore. — The political correctness police are going after Portland's real cops, telling them to clean up their language or else. The city's police review commission spent weeks conducting a profanity audit and found that there were 63 complaints over a year-and-a-half. Under a new profanity policy, officers are only allowed to curse when they think it will help them avoid using force. And when they do, it's up to them to justify the obscene word in a written report. Portland police officers say it's one more level of politically correct scrutiny from a public that doesn't appreciate the job they do. Also, cops who curse will be tracked by the Portland Police Department (search) and could be disciplined if they receive too many complaints. But some officers say profanity is a tool that can help them get the respect and attention of crime suspects. "You say 'put the God-damned gun down' and you say it in a way that communicates the seriousness of your intention, so that you avoid having to use deadly force," said Robert King, president of the Portland Police Association (search). While some city leaders justify the attention paid to cursing, they admit that the flap shows that their department isn't plagued by more serious problems such as corruption or excessive force. But critics of the profanity probe say it reveals a city out of touch, more concerned with a cop's language than making the job safer by cutting crime. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,108491,00.html

Well, you have urban which is the city or ghetto. Then you have Sub-urban which is a full sized SUV. Then you have sub-urb or suburb which is generally outside of the city proper, but not so far out that it is rural. Subdivision is a housing development where they've taken a reasonably-sized piece of land and subdivided it into many, many, many, small pieces and put houses on each.

Makes me want to show up for the weekly incestual pube club gathering.

Bouldering wearing a down parka and ski gloves!

Sorry, that was my second entry for the contest.

"Iain = Catturdeat?"

"When Klenke and I were climbing Lewis Peak we never did see the sun."

I'd get them but your feet are too small.

A guy in an office across the hall has one of these on his desk: It puts out unbelievable light and people always ask him about it and he just talks about how darn dark his office is without it!

It's not you it's Comcast, fuck 'em. I threw in the towel with them over my cable and just told them to turn it off.