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http://www.komotv.com/stories/42900.htm "SEATTLE - University of Washington men's crew coach Bob Ernst has thrown two rowers off his team after they admitted painting an anti-gay slug on a fence outside a teammate's home." In light of the gay/ghey discussion in another thread, perhaps maybe someone here can enlighten me as to what exactly an "anti-gay slug" would happen to be. I mean... aren't slugs hermaphrodites? Or am I remembering my biology wrong. And if you're a hermaphrodite, how can you be anti-gay? I'm just so confused...

Ahh, yes... the city. Lived in Wallingford 1 year: (1) break in/robbery, (1) car break in Lived in Ballard 1 year: (1) break in/robbery, (1) attempted mugging, (multiple) run ins with crusty curmudgeon neighbors Living in Kent 17 years: (0) break ins (0) muggings (0) car break ins In addition, I actually talk to my neighbors from time to time, frequent local businesses while avoiding the big boxes, and have seen my house increase in value 2.5x over 13 years. I'm 20 minutes from Tacoma and 30 minutes from Seattle - assuming traffic is OK. It's quiet in my neighborhood at night, my kid can ride her bike on my cul de sac, and she can understand the diversity of the world by going to school with latinos, asians, africans, and indians. Oh... and the "darkies" too, as was sooo eloquently pointed out somewhere else. Yup. Don't look here. It sucks. Really. It does. Cause if anymore people come here, it's going to drive my property taxes up through the roof. But seriously, if you're both working around the stadiums, I'd opt for West Seattle. I'm a big fan of living close to where you work. Not enough hours in the day to spend sitting in a car. -kurt

Do you even make tracks?

So is it just the fact that he gave his real name, job and phone number that makes him a moron? Just curious.

Two of the peaks are Pinnacle and Castle. I've done each of them in April and in the right conditions they could be what you're looking for. This year in particular the snow could require skis or snowshoes in much of April. I used skis. Also, be aware of avy danger on the south facing slopes. Actually... be very aware of that bowl on the northeast side of Castle on the way up. Unicorn (in the Tatoosh) is another very good one, but the summit block is probably a bit more than you'd be comfortable with if you're looking for Class 2/3, no pro required. Perfect time to do it is right after they open the Stevens Canyon Rd and you can park at the Snow/Bench Lake trailhead.

Another vote for this one... except I just use the whole tub and not the gear container. More room to flake it out and hand agitate. The rope, that is.

Creepy climbing instructors. Definitely the case with Boealps.

I've chewed out KOMO's ad people a few times because of the ads they stream at the bottom of pages. You'd be reading a story about people being buried and killed by a mudslide and you'd get to the bottom and there would be an ad for boots or hipwaders. Not cool. Or the story about people being killed in a house fire and you get an ad for fire extinguishers. To their credit though, that was a while ago and it appears they're changed the way that works - I haven't seen any offensive links there for a while. Yeah... I can't wait to see the ads served when the conversation here turns to sheep, Enumclaw, and horsecock.

Think it just started today... I like it when their ad servers don't know what to serve yet. Right now, this thread is getting served ads on getting your ISBN barcode for the book you might want to publish. Uh... yeah. Gonna get a lot of hits on that!

Glad to see you got your spelling right on this one!

Not quite as graphic as you want, but you could always use...

Phhhht. Just think of how much MORE rock there will be with all that worthless ice gone! Golden age, schmolden age.

Starting out the morning with a scratchy throat, eh?

I think that's about 75 hours in...

It's a sliding scale. Depends how far along in the 80 hour cycle you are.

Or advisors.

there's pills that can help you keep it up for more than a moment....36 hours even I was hoping for 80 hours, minimum. You should see a doctor if that happens. Or at least that's what the ad on TV says. Guess that's so they can point and laugh, then bill you.

I hear that a lot.

RARE CHINESE FROG USES ULTRASONIC COMMUNICATION 1 HOUR, 28 MINUTES AGO LONDON (REUTERS) - BATS, WHALES AND DOLPHINS USE IT TO COMMUNICATE. BABY RODENTS CALL THEIR MOTHERS WITH IT AND NOW A RARE CHINESE FROG HAS SHOWN IT CAN HEAR AND RESPOND TO ULTRASOUNDS, SCIENTISTS SAID ON WEDNESDAY. THE FROG, AMOLOPS TORMOTUS, IS THE FIRST NON-MAMMALIAN SPECIES KNOWN TO USE THE ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCIES THAT HUMANS CANNOT HEAR. IT COMES IN HANDY TO BE HEARD ABOVE THE POUNDING WATERFALLS AND STREAMS IN THE MOUNTAINOUS REGION OF EAST-CENTRAL CHINA WHERE AMOLOPS TORMOTUS, WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE CONCAVE-EARED TORRENT FROG, LIVES. "NATURE HAS A WAY OF EVOLVING MECHANISMS TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION IN VERY ADVERSE SITUATIONS," SAID PROFESSOR ALBERT FENG OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN. "ONE WAY IS TO SHIFT THE FREQUENCIES BEYOND THE SPECTRUM OF THE BACKGROUND NOISE. MAMMALS SUCH AS BATS, WHALES AND DOLPHINS DO THIS, AND USE ULTRASOUND FOR THEIR SONAR SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION." BUT UNTIL NOW IT WAS NOT KNOWN THAT SOME FROGS WERE ABLE TO USE ULTRASOUND. KRAIG ADLER, A BIOLOGIST AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK, FIRST NOTICED THE FROG WITH NO EXTERNAL EARDRUMS WHILE SURVEYING AMPHIBIANS IN CHINA. HE TOLD FENG, AN AUDITORY NEUROSCIENTIST WHO STUDIES FROGS AND BATS, ABOUT HIS FIND. FENG AND HIS COLLEAGUES CONDUCTED TESTS ON THE FROGS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY COULD HEAR AND RESPOND TO ULTRASOUNDS. "NOW WE ARE GETTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THEIR EAR DRUMS ARE RECESSED," SAID FENG, WHO REPORTED HIS FINDINGS IN THE JOURNAL NATURE. "THIN EARDRUMS ARE NEEDED FOR DETECTION OF ULTRASOUND. RECESSED EARS SHORTEN THE PATH BETWEEN EARDRUMS AND THE EAR, ENABLING THE TRANSMISSION TO THE EARS," HE ADDED IN A STATEMENT. ULTRASOUNDS ARE HIGH-PITCHED SOUNDS OF MORE THAN 20 KILOHERTZ (KHZ) FREQUENCY -- MUCH HIGHER THAN THE FREQUENCY MOST BIRDS, REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS CAN HEAR.

I agree - the target market is totally different, so it probably would've gone Layton's way. But the point is that there was enough possible infringement there that it would've been a valid court case that would've actually gone to trial. And that would've required that Layton shell out some money for court costs, or find an attorney to work probono and roll the dice that he'd win. Is it worth it? Yeah... ya gotta stick up for your rights, but at some point you have to ask if it's really worth the waste of time. If I remember right, it wasn't Mr. Dirtbag in SF that was the final party pooper for Layton. If was CafePress. They threatened to shut down his store if he continued selling the Dirtbag shirt. Seems Mr. Dirtbag threatened CafePress since they were actually the ones manufacturing the shirts. And CafePress isn't in business to further folk's rights to free speech. -kurt

Yes and no. It all depends on how hungry the government is for foreign cash. Chinese courts even sided with Starbucks in this one: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article336269.ece However, these folks I believe were using the same exact logo. Good thing I got my Rolex over there before all this counterfeiting started.

That's a good one. I know one Norwegian who's a hell of a comedian. On purpose?

Yeah... I oversimplified it, but it really gets down to (1) what the trademark pertains to and (2) if there could be confusion about the trademarked item. Regarding the second item, there couldn't be any confusion with your "Kurt and Hot Carl are best friends" shirt because obviously you're refering to AlpineK, and not me. And besides, my name is only trademarked for items containing my name and the term "Dirty Sanchez". But seriously... When somebody trademarks a word or phrase, they aren't laying claim to the word for every use - they have to specifically cite what products the word/phrase will be associated with. And the Trademark Office doesn't allow things like "every use known to man now and in the future." So with Layton's dirtbag example, the original dirtbag has trademarked the term with regards to clothing. Pretty broad claim in my book, but I'm no lawyer. So legally, anyone that produces clothing for profit - where there could be confusion as to who is profiting from the product - would be infringing on dirtbag's trademark. The whole confusion issue is where it gets sticky in court. It's pretty obvious if you're selling a software product named Excel that just happens to be a spreadsheet program, but you're not Microsoft. But not so obvious if you're both selling shirts with the term Dirtbag on it. It sucks, but no one ever said life was fair. It's just like this recent suit involving Starbuck's... http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?S...tionID=&S=1 Here, the gal didn't even use their name or logo! I agree... there needs to be some way of overhauling all this to allow companies to protect their "investment" in their image/name/etc while still allowing for some common sense. -kurt®©

Well... (1) because no one is attempting to make money singing Old McDonald while in the shower, and (2) I believe Old McDonald is no longer copyrighted and is in the Public Domain. As much as I hate sticking up for the lawyers, you just can't go out and produce/market/sell any damn thing you want, just because you're some "mom and pop" store running out of a garage. It's called basic research - if what you're selling has been trademarked, then you'd better not be too surprised when someone knocks on your door and serves you. What if the shoe was on the other foot? What if the small time outfit was the one with the trademark and the big time corporation walked all over it? Most likely, the lawsuit wouldn't go far because the small time outfit wouldn't have enough money to finance an assault of the big time corporation. The corporation could just wait them out, spending money on lawyers until the small time outfit ran out of funds. In that case, would it not be right for small time outfit to defend its trademark? Trademark/copyright/patent law is kinda fubared right now, in my opinion. But it's still the law, like it or not. -kurt®

Given this possibility, is it then a better idea to stay 4 nights at Camp Muir and wait for good weather there instead of Ingraham Flats? The reason I was leaning towards IF is because I am a SLOW hiker and being closer to the summit will help my summit bid but am willing to start before midnight from Camp Muir instead if I am more likely able to wait out bad weather at CM than at IF. hikerchick If the weather is sucking at the Flats, it's sucking at Muir - and vice versa.