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Either is a huge improvement over watching jerry springer or dawsons creek though!

It is, with breeder reactors. The US doesn't like breeder reactors because there are groups who want fissile material for "other" uses, so this requires higher security (countries like France are willing to provide this security). Fusion power (if it ever gets off the ground) would produce a limitless supply of energy. But with every science project budget cut it's day gets farther away. Fusion is a great idea, but hasn't it been perpetually "20 years out, with sufficient funding?" Breeder reactors are certainly a great idea, but as memory serves i think France only has 1(???), and we developed one down at the INEEL but the work was discontinued. Certainly makes good sense to me. Politically though it's a hard sell. A lot of people are terrified of radiation, and nuclea waste, and with area's like Hanford and Chernobyl they have reasonable cause. One of the funiest things I had heard was that while Germany is very green, and very anti nuclear power, they can't produce enough electricity. So they end up buying it from France which is producing most of it with nukes As for limitless, only until we run out. Until we start tapping fusion directly out the sun or another star with a multi-billion year life span, there are only finite amounts of anything available. Eventually it'll run out or our energy usage will increase or.....

and the 2nd i'd likely browbeat into coming would be fine I think. (leading 5.8/5.9 bolts, and 5.8 trad all clean but ready to lead a little harder, following 5.10a/b (d at exit 38 ) bolts and trad mostly clean. Occasional hang on sustained strenuous 10ish stuff)

by "honest" I guess I mean is it something a solid (on a variety of terrains) 5.9 trad climber could lead safely and cleanly. Not necessarily comfortably, but at least confidantly, beyond 5.8 but not yet 5.10. (Most people would agree it's neither sandbagged nor soft) etc etc. No I don't think they're purposefully incorrect, but at the same time how a rating feels is dependant on what a climbers abilities are. "IF" I were putting up new routes anything slabby I put would likely recieve "honest" or slightly sandbagged ratings, while anything overhanging would probably be soft. No dishonesty, but i'm much more comfortable making thin, less than vertical face moves, than juggy overhangs. Of course I would expect a range of difficulties, and in the end all ratings are subjective both to local standards, and to the type of terrain your most comfortable on. but... according to local standards... is it honest? say, harder than 5.8 (Dogleg, The Arch, Spaghetti, Sauce), but easier than 5.10 (Air Guitar, George and Martha, Bo Derek) etc.

I'm interested in taking a shot at Outer Space latter this year and was wondering about the 5.9 traverse pitch? How honest is the rating? I've read a few different guidebooks and they all rate the climb 5.9. However what little (awkward crack with bad feet?)... So.... for thos who've climbed it, what do you think?

so what you recommend producing the hydrogen with? Wind, Solar etc are great, but again, very limited overall capacity. In addition, if were talking using methane to produce hydrogen, how much more efficient, and how much cleaner (ie. tons of CO2 per year) is it? Electrolsis would be relatively clean, but how efficient? Nuclear is certainly no silver bullet, and it to will have some limited life span. I somehow doubt that the supply of fissible materials available is effectively limitless. And ok, so it's 70% efficient, in large part due to waste heat. I'd be willing to venture a guess that given a litle thought that waste heat could be put to good use in some fashion. As for the others..dangerous, radioactive waste, etc? well, the long term waste storage is an issue, but in all reality at least we have it completey contained, we know where all th polution is going, and what's it's doing. We just need a good place to store it. As for dangerous? How so? I rather doubt we'll ever see another catastrophic meltdown like Chernobyl, that was a combination, of very poor reactor design, coupled with the actions of morons. (The Operators were actually seeing exactly how long they could continue to produce power while they were actively draining the cooling fluid. And in thos reactors there was only one cooling loop instead of the standard 2 utilized in most Western Designs) Three Mile Island? (as memory serves the actual amount of radioactive materialy released into the environment was relatively small. ) Are there any other incidents of note? (as memory serves there was a fire at a British reactor in the 50's? that was a bit ugly, but again, a technology in it's infancy.)) In general the containment systems in modern reactors work pretty damn well. How does this compare with XXX number of tons of CO2, SO2, etc released from fossil fuel plants? It isn't a panacea either, but it's immediately available, extremely portable so your not losing energy due to transmission, and can be operated just about anywhere regardless of location. (SO it has the advantages of fossil fuel tech. with lower transportation costs, and more contained waste products. gets my until we find something with an equal energy production capacity that's cleaner and more sustainable)

The real question is, WWBD? (What Would Beckey Do?)

In most peoples cases, hind sight is 20-20, in mister, i've never made a mistake it's more like 20-alternate reality.

It's thursday, i'm not that sharp on thursdays you'll have to help me out a bit , or in the morning, or after . Pretty much, tuesday afternoon, i'm sharp on tuesday afternoons! How close of a reading would you like? However close is legal in Idaho

The spring one was two weekends ago. Was awfully small though. Very little climbing gear, lots of clothes if you were a medium woman or large man though. I was sol, and ended up just picking up a few more cheap biners.

obviously not if she's been bangin the best man Kind of harsh to screw the parents and familys over though it's not their fault she's a slut.

It's thursday, i'm not that sharp on thursdays you'll have to help me out a bit , or in the morning, or after . Pretty much, tuesday afternoon, i'm sharp on tuesday afternoons!

Are you speaking from experience and of course we know what's important, it just differs from what women know to be important.

eh, those are just details. If it's healthy it doesn't matter. It's not that guys don't care, we just only feel compelled to know the important stuff.

his "girlfriend" made him watch it huh? Methinks they deserve each other and will have happy, vapid children, who will also like American Idol. The species was perpetuated, and it was good.

It's a gift and a symbol of HIS commitment to marry her, and typically that necessitates fidelity. He fucked up. Unless theres more the story she held up her end of the bargain and he didn't. Without some pressing reason she should do as she pleases with it. I'm sorry but he deserves whats happening to him. She screws up, it goes back, the relationship is mutually agreed to be over, it goes back. He's a bastard, she keeps it or does as she pleases.

If there isn't a ring an a date your not really engaged. And five gallon jugs in Lingerie just isn't enough, make him do the approach from Redpoint in "full gear" then send him Zebra Zion . And be sure to have someone on route to get blackmail shots for later. regardless, it's best to let it simmer for a while and not make any rash decisions. It'll give her time to realize he's an ass, not worth her thought and effort, and she should just donate the proceeds from the ring sale to charity. Well that, or come up with an even more deviant and cruel punishment!

Hell is other people.

would that be Intelligent self detonation? Or Intelligent detonation of others? That could be a usefull trick to learn for the speeding up the lines a Smiff.

most focused/biggest difficulty jump to date: Lions Jaw.... At that point I had led 1 whole pitch of 5.8 sport, and and maybe 5 whole pitches of 5.6 trad, and was hoping to get on Five Gallon jugs, of course that was busy, so I got it in my head that, it's only 5.8, I think it'll go... got it it clean, but damn was the pucker factor high! I place all the worthwhile gear I had and ended up slotting tri-cams as nut's just below the roof! Scariest... last fall, on Midway.... utterly horid head space. 2 moves chimneying up and I drop a nice draw, place one sketch piece, and go back down to fish it out of the whole at the base . Three more moves up, and I realize i'm not wearing my helmet and there's a party above me stupid stupid me, back down to get the helmet on, then back up. The only piece I liked on the whole route was the fixed pin! Almost rapped off the top of Jello Tower. Only route i've seriously considered bailing off of midway. Either that or the 2 moves of bottoming flaring, offwidth on the Tunnel Route on Concord. Start reaching, thinking, there has to be a hand hold in there, wait, wait theres no hand hold, and I don't have any feet anymore either, oh f&*Y&U*ck, lets see how fast and how deep I can crawl into said crack! Second scariest.... 2 weeks ago on George and Martha. (my whole, 3rd 10a trad lead. Up at the offwidth section at the top, two moves of thrutching, and I can't quite get my foot onto the big ledge so I start Road-Runnering missing the damn ledge by 1 inch every time. Finally hit it after what felt like an eternity. strenousness.. A tie between Tangled up in Blue, and Karate Crack, damn those worked me over! So, how about the flip? What climbs/pitchs turned out to be ridiculously over rated in difficulty? Kudo's to anyone who can name one that's not at Exit -38

Huh? dude lay off the weed, your getting addled.

I said bluesy, not monotonous. I think the last time she toured it was with Willie Nelson or BB King

Susan Tedeschi Angel From Montgomery I am an old woman Named after my mother My old man is another Child that's grown old If dreams were thunder And lightnin' was desire This old house would'a burned down A long time ago Make me an angel, to fly from Montgomery Make me a poster, of an old rodeo Just give me one thing, I can hold onto To believe in this living is just a, hard way to go When I was a young girl I had me a cowboy He wasn't much to look at Just a free ramblin' man Aw, but that was a long time And no matter how I try Those years they just flow by Like a broken-down dam Make me an angel, to fly from Montgomery Make me a poster, of an old rodeo Just give me one thing, I can hold onto To believe in this living is just a, hard way to go There's flies in the kitchen I can hear 'em a-buzzin' But I ain't done nothin' Since I woke up today How the hell can a person Go to work in the mornin' And come home in the evenin' And have nothin' to say? Make me an angel, to fly from Montgomery Make me a poster, of an old rodeo Just give me one thing, I can hold onto To believe in this living is just a, hard way to go C chicks with throaty blues voices !

Columbia River (CRKT) "Peck" or "Kiss in the Dark". Light, one hand operation, locks open and shut, throw it on a laynard to clip it in, and they're cheaper than the rest :-)