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Buy a BMW. They all have catalytic converters and are CARB compliant.

Balancing Game

The Indian food I had for dinner.

7 miles is a difficult ride? I've done the 20+ miles to work and it's not too bad. If you were to sack up and ride it, you will get more fit and ride faster. If you want a motor, the little 50cc scooters get 100 mpg. Most of them are two cycle which means more pollution per gallon. Electric scooters are everywhere now. With a whopping 7 miles to go, most will have the range you need. And finally - I second/third/fourth getting a full-on motorcycle. I spent a year only using a motorcycle for my commute from Des Moines to Renton. It was cold, sometimes wet, but you really appreciated the car.

Go to a motorcycle shop and get some goggles for a whopping $15. Bobster Goggles I've been using them for a couple of years now. They fog up about the same as a pair of glacier glasses with sideshields, but they protect from the wind much better. I've also seen these at GI Joes.

I could have taken some if you would've asked on Friday.

"The Atacama concept" sounds like obscure math. Gary, can you fill us in?

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Much of my work in the aircraft industry has been with lighting. We are currently working on an all LED system for our newest offering. The control of this system is a huge pain in the ass. You need to account for different LED color, color temperature, brightness, aging, color drift, etc... Another big problem is how LED's make light. All current residential fixtures/light designs are with omnidirectional sources. LED's create a single beam of light. It's tricky to get this light diffused in enough directions to create the same sort of lighting we are accustomed to. In short, I don't think we will be seeing LED's breaking into the common lighting market anytime soon. Ten years? Sure... Five years? No.

A protest does nothing but make the participants feel self-important. Try a hunger strike. It worked for 14,000 Argentinian prisoners. It worked for Ghandi. Anyone can make a few signs and get together to bitch about an administration. Only a truly outraged person is going to starve themselves to get something changed. I've got nothing against the protesters. Please, exercise your first amendment rights and bitch about whatever you want to bitch about. These days a protest in Seattle is about as effective at policy change as an internet petition. Don't convince yourself that you are changing the world.

Then I'm torn - I could avoid Smith at all costs, or I could show up and give you the tea-bagging you deserve. . Decisions, decisions...

Are you going?

They might be easier to remove - you can get hold of the floppy cam lobes and work directly on the stuck section. I will try to get mine stuck and report back.

John - Is that your "collection"? I have a lot of old Chouinard pins I still pound, some aluminum bong-bongs, a bit of gold line, some unnamed steel biners, frightening Salewa ascenders, an old Grivel axe, and an ice screw that scares me just hanging on my wall.

Woolite, cold water, gentle cycle, long wash time, everything in pillow cases. Air dry.

The HB offset nuts?

If you need a little extra cash, I'd be happy to buy those AL offsets from you.

The gaiters do it for me... Wooo Hoo!!!

One is good, two is better, three is too many

Why did you ask the question if you planned on answering it yourself?

Because the #1 doesn't get much smaller than the #2.

A typical nut set is 4-13. Sizes 1,2, & 3 are usually of little use. if you need something that small, HB brassies, RP's or Metolius Astro nuts work well.

"Complications" by Atul Gawande

You didn't need all of those stoppers.

I am not a winner, nor am I a loser. I simply am.