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My point was the one I made. N Korea's following a rational course, they already had nukes, and there's little cause for outrage, most of which, I suspect, is street theatre anyway. You may continue to run with it in the KKK fashion, but it just makes you appear less intelligent than I suspect you actually are.

I iced it with snow and treated with vit i the first 24 hrs. Walking now, running in a few days. I'll try stretching it today using some of the suggestions here to see how that goes. Thanks, all. Hey, beats landing on the other end.

It's quite a stretch between stating that outrage is not called for one a nation merely parrots the behavior of another and giving everyone nukes, and my hamstring isn't gonna handle that right now.

Never forget that N Korea imports 100% of its fuschia fabric.

I can safely say that Mr. Kaplan and myself should be excluded from the list of citizens allowed to own such devices, should they become available in the future.

They announced they would suspend their program to allow inspections - no dates or time limits, but never signed any treaties or anything. They've played this game before, so this behavior is to expected. The US reneges on 'verbal commitments' all the time. They are the Bad Teenager of Asia, fo sho.

Why all the outrage? N Korea is simply following the same military strategy we have. Given that the US a) invented nuclear weapons b) is the only country to have used them in warfare and c) maintains nearly 10,000 nuclear warheads today What can the US really say about N Korea's 3rd nuclear test that isn't patently hypocritical? I know, I know...this observation means I love communism and sleep with Kim Jong Un. I do like Korean food.

Been there, done that. Unless there'a a concerted letter writing campaign that aggregates a bunch of like minded messages in a well timed salvo (when a bill is being debated, etc) the sad fact is that writing your congressman is pretty much a waste of time. Like all politics, its a numbers/timing game.

Me neither. My GF caught the show at a friend's house - it's actually subtitled. She came home with a big ole WTF? face. I've never had the pleasure of seeing it, myself. It's kind of like projectile vomiting - I know it exists, but I'll pass on the mini series.

Type II - no surgery needed. Not too bad. Stretches or exercises for faster recovery?

Endurolytes or equivalent. I've used them many times to cure muscle cramps in both myself and others. Works quite fast, too, even with severe cramping in large muscles like your glutes. A cyclist friend had a bad cramp in her ass - after 2 Endurotytes, it was gone within 10 minutes. Adventure racers use them religiously. The difference between having them and not is stark. I spent an evening writhing in leg cramps after a full day long trail run because I'd forgotten them. Popped one per hour during summer temps and never had a cramp, even during 12 hour runs. Science may or may not know all there is to know about cramps, but endurance athletes know how to prevent and cure them.

He's just bucking for some anonymous recognition.

I thought Hef was still alive.

Imagine being the The Shooter. Now, this guys believes in what he did 100%. His country was screaming for revenge. He personally delivered. He comes back, and.... Every single fucking aspect of the mission is widely criticized, doubted, and marginalized. Showing our weakness by giving the body a Muslim burial. Showing our insensitivity by not giving the body a Muslim burial. Where IS the body? SHOW US THE BODY. Millions don't even believe this guy risked his life to shoot anyone that night. Then...it's off to the movies. Pro Obama. Pro torture. Anti Obama. What a shit show. And what a nation of shitty, small minded, Honey Boo Boo watching trailer dwellers. I'm as anti-war as it gets, but these guys deserve better. Way, way better.

Me pa put 30 years in the Navy. He suffered strokes which eventually required a home care person to visit on the daily basis. Did his benefits cover it? Nope. He died before my ma ran out of money. The military did lift him and my ma out of New York's tenements. Moving a family out of poverty is no small thing - it is often a permanent change. All 7 of us graduated from college. None of my Pa's 12 siblings did, including him until he was in his 50s. It paid for much of his college after he retired through the GI bill. Combat medics fresh out of Vietnam stitched us up when we fell down. The commissary provided us with discounted food, although we did get a bit sick of Product 19 cereal and fish sticks. Our family is grateful for that. It fell short when he was no longer of any use to anyone, however. The most insulting part is what folks would tell Mom when she explained her situation. "Did you check all your benefits?" Um...yes, she bothered to do that. Like folks refused to believe that Our Great Nation would leave one of its career servicemen out to dry like that, choosing instead to cast doubt on my mother's competence. This is the same cow-eyed infantilism that is shocked to discover (or refuses to accept) that America has the worst health care system in 30 1st world countries, the highest incarceration rate in the world, and the widest income gap among modern nations. Any who works for a different future, who attempts to recognize our enormous problems so as to make this a better place, is marginalized as either dysfunctional or disloyal. This is AMERICA - not only does our shit not stink, it CAN'T stink. This junkyard dog response to proposed reform is nothing new to anyone on this forum, of course. God forbid we should tackle difficult, long term projects and make progress. Let's blow some shit up in some 3rd world shithole, instead. This is an old story. A society will jump at the chance to buy a new weapon, but when it comes time to take care of its old warriors, somehow, other priorities...like new weapons, seem to soak up the money, first. BTW, Fox is currently trying to publicly trash The Shooter. The guy who shot Bin Laden. Righties, you are AWESOME.

Never used. MSRP 180. Yours for 80. Pics and info

I just thread the cord through both grommets with a stop knot on both ends, and tighten it with a piston hank/drawstring stop (all plastic, including the spring, so no rust) located aft (outside) of the back grommet. Just pull (the hank) back and you have access to your boots. It's worked great for about 3 years of heavy use for the kind of quick transitions required for AT skiing - opening and closing can be done quickly without removing your mittens.

Angry bums rule.

I'm just switching out my cord today, by coincidence. I'm going to use some leftover Kelty Triptease Lightline (tent cord - secured with a hefty black plastic piston hank/draw string thing and a stop knot) because the boot laces I was using tend to fray, then freeze into the grommet. That should last for a while. Shock cord is just rubber bands with a very thin nylon sheath - it doesn't take abrasion too well, and you don't want anything stretchy that'll allow snow in when you're plunge stepping. In any case, I sure don't miss gators.

I think it's more accurate to say that not being able to get a date on match.com might make you feel very un-special. It's like fishing in a barrel with a grenade. Don't get me wrong, online dating is the modern way to meet lots of folks in a hurry - I highly recommend it. Much like being a checkers wiz, however, being the Late Middle Aged Hef of online dating just isn't something one brags about. The online dating world has all the aging Hefs it can use, at least according to feedback from the other side of the gender fence. I wouldn't recommend match.com specifically, however, unless you're the Elephant Man, in prison, or have some other specialness about you that requires a bottom feeding strategy in your search for love. In the end, the advice for dating remains the same, whether online or not: Avoid horses, dogs, and kids, in that order. Most especially horses.

Stephen has previously posted that he has 3 children. Any torture your imagination could concoct has most likely already been suffered by him many times over. The laser beam focus on how happy/successful/wealthy other posters usually indicates that whats on your own plate is less than satisfying. It is the way of the hairless monkey, I suppose. It's more an omega than alpha trait, however. I've never met a truly successful person, one that is truly grateful for their life, who feels the need to measure themselves relatively to others in this way, nevermind anonymous innernutterz they've never met. The folks I admire most tend to forge their own, unique path, with its own, unique measures, rather than climbing someone else's one dimensional ladder. Nor do I know anyone (personally) who attempts to cook 'success' down to a single measure - even something as critically important to human happiness and self actualization as student loan debt status or how many mid 40 something match.com hawties returned your winks this week. It's common among adolescents, but seems unseemly and embarrassing as an adult. Some of us endeavor to peek beneath the standard shiny gift wrapping we're handed down as children by commercial culture to see what's really inside. To me, that's real freedom.

Microspikes and a Whippet (self arrest trekking pole made by BD) are probably the most cost/weight effective solution, assuming you hike with poles anyway. Microspikes are useless when there's an inch of slush over an icy layer, however. I prefer AL six points (lighter than microspikes, actually) for extended trips when I'm not sure what I'll encounter, but they require a little practice to get used to. Alternatively, you can self arrest with a regular trekking pole. Carrying an axe for 1 or two short slopes seems excessive unless you're planning on climbing stuff along the way. Learn how to self arrest with your elbows in case you lose your pole/axe/whippet. Practice with whatever you choose, of course. Mostly, its a balance thing.

1 weekend, 91 gun deaths. Japan, population 127 M, suffered 11 gun deaths during all of 2011. Bubbles! Bubble chart: gun deaths, MLK weekend

May have been left at the HLP lookout under a pillow or something, Feb 3, 2013. TIA if ya find it. Pat

Well, Dave, you not too quick on the social cues so I'll spell it out for you as clearly as I can. Controlling your personal life? Seriously? That's crazy stalker talk. You're a tad bit overfixated with me, by your own admission. You've been a tool, and not a clever, interesting, or humorous one, since my first online interactions with you, for whatever reason. That puts you several rungs down from even FW, who at least coughed up a shined up turd now and then. I've been here before a couple of times on this site. It's weird, but hey, 7 billion hairless monkeys. Crazy's bound to happen. And you're one of the creeps. The stalker's agenda's always the same here - to hound, or bully, if you will, another poster off the forum. My last post was a pretty obvious hint that at least I've got bigger fish to fry than dealing with a stalker, particularly one that offers so little in the way of entertainment value. It was a suggestion that you, too, might put things in similar perspective. So, I'm gonna keep doing what I want to do, and you do what you need to do, but whatever you're looking for from me, its simply not going to happen. I know what I'd do, but that's me. Bye.