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Dad?

Whatever makes you feel better about your spray quality opinions, dude.

Du'ud Al-wannabagha'dai

Deeyaoughwuhdhuh.

Cheap date....

and this is why i think you are so adorable and wonderful and brilliant. dealing with the pompous passive aggressive corporate bullshit makes me so mad i feel like jumping out of me skin and running around screaming like a banshee. Roight! 'a' maikes me joomp ou'a me skin likes 'z'well, dahlin'! Hey Mikey; is a 'cheers' appropriate when sum admirin' burd is givin' yiz the gamm?

The terrain around and above Larch Lake looks fantastic. Access by going over the pass N of LC (not Deadhorse Pass, which sucks ass on both sides).

The skiing on it's eastern slopes above Larch Lake would be amazing. The west side terrain isn't nearly as good, however.

Say wut? If you're doing 8 to 12 reps and getting a pump until muscle failure, this a precisely the formula for increasing strength to (muscle) weight as quickly as possible. You may be referring to increasing muscle endurance, which requires the addition of a different regimens of longer duration, lower intensity exercise.

Don't even ask me if my subwoofer goes to 11...

Thanks for the autostitch link. I tried it, and this was the result (apologies for the large format; the top one is autostitched (with one manual crop), the bottom manually stitched). Unfortunately, the autostitch program (at least with the demo version that's available for free download) destroys the resolution. If there's a way to prevent this, it would be pretty useful, and it is fully automated. Just load in your photos a press 'go'.

My nips were perked and pointy when I took them.

Some protesters committed acts of civil disobedience (remember the Boston Tea Party?), which, by definition, entails breaking the law to bring attention to an issue. It's a time honored and effective method of doing so. They expected to be arrested. They were. Message delivered. Awareness raised (if this forum is any indication). Last time I checked, civil society remains intact. No one is making a run on toilette paper and bottled water as far as I can tell. Cormick McCarthy need not be retained to write the screeplay. Give the laughable histrionics a rest, will ya, Jay?

Another, cheaper option: The ViceGripper Even cheaper: Ivanko Super Gripper Changing positions of the two springs that come with the original product offers 40 different force settings from 45 to 345 lbs. That would seem to be enough for any gorilla on this board. I think I'll get me one of these things and try it out.

I'd say by this statement that you probably don't know very many Vietnam vets. I grew up with a bunch of them, including my father. Their own country's complete bungling of that war from A to Z, as well as the poor treatment they received by the Veteran's Administration, is what made the vets I knew feel alienated (not all of them felt that way, of course). In general, they were treated very well by their fellow citizens when they returned home. The famous 'baby killer' incident is a myth: it never happened.

Does this mean no more summit 'Hozah!'s?

The weight of an average European swallow is 20 grams. The weight of an average Thanksgiving turkey is 5 kilograms. If you want to take the time to roast up 250 swallows, you go girl.

I'm looking for a gripper thingy that can be set to a high resistance so I can do the 8 to 12 reps til failure thing. What's the best one?

A bunch of studies have shown that the quickest way increase muscle strength to weight ratio (keep the bulk down) is to perform muscle specific exercises (like the aforementioned gripper devices) as follows: 1 set, 8 to 12 reps UNTIL MUSCLE FAILURE no more often than every other day. A second set can increase strength another 15% faster for some people, but it usually does nothing other than burn calories, and there are more efficient ways to do that. More than 2 sets just burns calories. Using muscle specific devices like grippers means that you'll be working those specific muscles to failure. With less specific types of exercise, another muscle might fail before your grippers do; inefficient workout. Above is a formula for increasing strength/weight as quickly as possible. Increasing muscle endurance and training for sport specific motions using multiple muscle groups (boards, pullups, etc) is another matter but also well advised. Carrying heavy weights around seems like a formula for joint and back injury to me. It also doesn't seem to be a sport specific motion used in climbing, although it may be useful if you're planning on doing a lot farm work. I'd be interested in seeing some research supporting why this is a particularly efficient work out regimen for climbing.

I use the macro feature on the Canon Powershot SD800 IS; a 28-105 point and shoot. I then postprocess (crop, zoom, contrast, brightness, sharpness, whatever) what I think is the most interesting part of the raw image using Digital Image Pro; a discontinued Microsoft product (it's apparently not compatible with Vista - I run Windows). The hoar frost photo is just one small part of the original raw image. I'll switch to Photoshop -a much better product - at some point. Right now I'm stitching panoramas by hand; Photoshop has some automation in that area.

Or buy $70 titanium rings on the web and just keep replacing them as you loose them....

Oh, and let's fast forward Porter's panorama to the current season while we're at it

You won't have that problem here

Strategic shoveling

Any of the newer beacons will be able to pinpoint a buried victim to within a couple of feet, making the extra probing step unnecessary. The exception is when the victim is buried really deep (6+ ft). This situation is usually a body recovery, unfortunately. I just posted a good article on how to shovel out a buried victim quickly on the Freshiezone forum. Check it out.