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Cobra Commander's been to the Minnesota State Fair! Must be like Elephant Ears at the fairs here in the NW. Mmmmm, good. Nothing like deeep frying white flour in lard and sprinkling it with white sugar and cinnamon. Now that is healthy eating. barf

Ok, I was baiting Dru. Got him, hook, line and sinker. Maybe I should have titled the thread "Ultimate in Volcano Slogging" Or "Hey, Buddy Gotta match?"

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- The international Cassini spacecraft has spotted what appears to be an ice volcano on Saturn's planet-size moon, a finding that may help explain the source of Titan's thick atmosphere. Infrared images snapped by the orbiting Cassini reveal a 20-mile (30-kilometer) -wide dome that appears to be a cryovolcano, a volcanic-like vent that spews forth ice instead of lava. Scientists theorize the volcano at one time spat out icy plumes that released methane into Titan's atmosphere. The findings appear in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature. Titan is the only moon in the solar system that has a significant atmosphere made up of nitrogen and methane. Its atmosphere is similar to that of primordial Earth and scientists believe that studying it could provide clues to how life began. Scientists have long speculated that the organic materials in Titan's atmosphere were formed by seas or lakes of methane or ethane, but the latest Cassini images did not show any evidence that Titan is awash in pools of methane. Methane is a highly flammable gas on Earth, but it is liquid on Titan because of the intense atmospheric pressure and cold. "Interpreting this feature as a cryovolcano provides an alternative explanation for the presence of methane in Titan's atmosphere," said Christophe Sotin, a team member of the Cassini visual and infrared mapping spectrometer. Although the ice volcano is inactive, scientists believe similar volcanoes may exist elsewhere on Titan that ooze a methane-water ice mixture to the surface. In an accompanying editorial, Louise Prockter of the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University noted that while the ice volcano hypothesis was intriguing, higher-resolution images could reveal that the structure is something other than a volcano. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a joint NASA-European Space Agency project. The combined craft was launched in 1997 and arrived in orbit of the ringed planet last year. Huygens, a probe developed and controlled by the ESA, touched down earlier this year. The latest finding is based on a Cassini flyby of Titan on October 26, 2004. Forty-five flybys are planned during Cassini's four-year mission. The next one will be August 22.

Get with it! http://www.naircare.com/howto/index.asp

Squid should probably be aware that boobies also eat squid. The vast majority of their diet are squid. Or at least he wishes that was the case.

to be really geeky, the catalytic converter is separate from the muffler. Now it may be all busted up and pieces making their way back into the muffler, but normally the converter and muffler are several feet apart.

The sun orbits the earth dumbshit. It comes up every morning in the east and goes down in the west. Didn't like Aristole prove that 45 million years ago while riding on a brontosaurus and talking to Wilma and Fred Flintstone at Stonehenge. That Galileo was all phucked up when he sailed off da edge of da world. Next you are going to tell us that the world isn't flat.

Tranquilizers are aid. Where are your gorts and gaiters?

I wish I was good enough on photoshop to make a Hello Kitty Hex just for you Ireneo.

I beg to differ. The pilot bearing rotates all the time, just provides shaft support when the clutch pedal is depressed. Whatever, sounds like it isn't the drivetrain. Is there such a thing as a car geek thread on cc.com?

I guess that means shooting someone with a gun is bad, but drowning them in the pool is 'OK'. Huh? Whatever floats your boat? I suppose you could outlaw pools because the could be used in crimes of passion.

I would agree with Trundle it isn't the release bearing. But could your mechanic have guessed the clutch pilot bearing? It could be the pilot bearing whining at a certain RPMs. That will be a lot cheaper than a transmission synchro which is what jumped to mind. You mentioned specific speeds, but is it always at the same RPM? How about the fan shroud or a busted motor mount?

Funny, my primary use of a firearm and its primary function is: recreation.

it would be this:

i don't think Id want to be the rescuer popping out of my O2 rich helicopter to run over and try to carry a injured climber at 29,000 feet. Thank you for letting your hypoxic rescuer croak.

don't know if it was this site, but snopes says: http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/lionmidget.asp

It was debunked as a hoax last week

FUGLY, Looks like a cheese grater on wheels

Depends on the Booty, I'd keep this booty!

Two injured in North Sister avalanche 5/23/2005, 9:59 a.m. PT The Associated Press BEND, Ore. (AP) — An avalanche in the Central Oregon Cascades injured two Portland residents, the authorities said. The victims were plucked from the 10,085-foot North Sister mountain by Oregon National Guard helicopters late Sunday afternoon. They were taken to the Sisters Airport, and then transported to St. Charles Medical Center-Bend, said Kay Fristad, a guard spokeswoman. The injured were identified as Nancy Miller, 40, and James Ellers, 36. Hospital spokeswoman Minta Woll said the two were listed in serious condition on Monday. Miller and Ellers were on the east side of the mountain with James Brewer, 50, and David Byrne Jr., 39, both of Portland. Brewer and Byrne were able to call 9-1-1 at about 1:20 p.m., alerting authorities that Miller and Ellers were injured, said Lt. Michael Johnston of the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office. Miller and Ellers were stabilized on the glacier by search and rescue crews. A helicopter sent by the guard retrieved Miller from around the 8,000-foot mark and then a second helicopter evacuated Ellers. Johnston said the avalanche started from an area above the foursome, and they did not trigger it. Three other avalanches were reported on the mountain Sunday, but nobody got caught in those, Johnston said. _____________________________________________________________ Both Nancy and Jae are experienced PDX based climbers. Jae posts on this board as Jaee. Wishing them a speedy recovery.

Who's your rooster? Cock-a-doodle-do (yes I know the difference between a turkey and a chicken, but I see both)

You need a permit to shoot the birds, no limits on the number of lawyers you can shoot.

Dru That is hilarious but its too close to the truth. I (a federal migratory bird biologist) have been stopped at the border while moving birds that normally migrate from Canada to the US and back. The Border Patrol and Customs wanted documents for the birds, Ag inspection folks wanted health certificates for them. All for species that regularly fly across the border and would have done so on their own without paperwork if it wasn't for my help. I love blind observance of the regulations and no common sense.

I am always amused by the TSA screeners giving the fifth degree to wheelchair bound grandmothers who are breathing supplemental oxygen. I am sure they are going to be charging the cockpit door and battering it down. Don't let the bluehairs congregate and plan their attack.

So where do you wrap the tape? Does it keep it stable? Getting worse, better, staying the same? Can you climb for most of a day with the tape?