KaskadskyjKozak

Yeah baby! Now I can justify my consumption of both red wine and coffee. Just add tequila and I'll be set...

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Embarassing? Dunno. Humorous: coming off the Easton Glacier, and needing to take a dump really bad. Dropped trou' on a ridge above a the moraine. As I released a 12-inch brown trout... two snowmobiles roared up the moraine and got an eye-full. A modicum of justice for those #(*#&*.

I was thinking the same thing...

It can be done car to car; leave early to maximize daylight. The biggest risk is weather - hikers get lost in whiteouts up there and wind up on the Nisqually or Paradise glaciers, or they fail to bring adequate protection against the elements.

Leashing dogs is cruelty in and of itself. So is imprisonment in a home. Let the dogs go free to live as nature intended!

When global warming renders Seattle a tropical climate with malaria-infested mosquitos... sure.

Just one link of many you can find... http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/stories/s22432.htm

Speaking of insects and DDT... Oh, yeah

I hear this all the time, but as a bird biologist who has worked with a number of the researchers who did the eaarly egg shell work I can tell you that the science from the "in lab work, controlled experiments" is tight and has passed all sorts of scientific peer scrutiny. There are many in the industry who would like to explain it away through wishful thinking. The manufacturers continue to make DDT and sell it to many third world countries. DDE the metabolite of DDT continues to weaken egg shells in birds in the rest of the world. Many of the imported fruits, including bananas and others, have measurable residues of pesticides banned here in the good ole US of A. Farmers in Central and South America still spray chemicals that have been documented to kill wildlife directly. Not any of this maybe yes, maybe no, possible egg shell thinning. The birds fall dead out of the air. Catbird can probably expound on this and likely has specific technical knowledge, but it isn't pseudo-science. All I can say is that I have read and heard contrary claims about the effects of DDT, its usage (and banning) worldwide, and so on. Again, it would be nice to have a global fact-checker somewhere. Any google search will show you what I mean (e.g. http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.htm).

who makes DDT? WTF

I just hear too many contradictory claims about it (global warming). Everyone has an agenda. To whit. Recently it was revealed that the study that killed DDT was "cooked" - and the part about thin avian egg shells for endangered species was fabricated. The substance could have saved millions of lives in mosquito-infested third-world countries. Fool me once... Personally, I think global warming is occuring, but don't know if we can do anything about it. I'm not opposed to reasonable proactive action now (like raising cafe standards on cars).

Supposedly the Denali TNF jacket is a Bellevue-teen fashion statement...

mullets must be eradicated

de rien

We're talking about crustaceans, not bovines.

Upon what do you base this comment? Are you stating that the research project was funded by conservatives or undertaken by them? Or that the news release itself was issued by conservatives? I know when I think "Norway", I always think "hard right idealogues".

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/02/15/lobster.pain.ap/index.html

Supersize it! The American way...

Rum and coke - Bacardi Black. Must be in the exact proportions: strong, but not too strong. Not too sweet either. Err on the side of higher alcohol content.

Jaegermeister is like that too. Another good one: "Dead Nazi" a.k.a. "Sledgehammer": 1 jigger Jaegermeister 1 jigger Rumpleminze (100 proof peppermint Schnapps) Serve ice cold.

top-shelf marguerita: Cuervo 1800 Cointreau lime juice

A red eye is plus spreading butt cheeks...

I thought a depth charge was dropping a shot of tequila into a beer...