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Where you lose an arrow if your brave.

They start shooting the game. Like Zimbabwe & the Sudan. I'm not sure Americans are the only culture that likes familiar icons - look at the British. There's a pub in every town the world over it seems, and half the people there are from the UK.

Most of the "cultures" that are being discussed here were subsistence - the essence was/is putting food in their belly. It's the emergence into a higher standard of living - access to good quality medicine, good travel infrastructure, places to eat out that people seem to object to.

The sound of the shell being chambered on a pump shotgun crosses all language barriers.

Your correct on the fear part Greg, you just misplace the source. I'm not afraid of the world being a violent nasty place - it is. I've just found myself to be more afraid of many owners of concealed weapons - like the woman I worked with who couldn't drive a stick (too difficult) but felt her pistol would protect her, even though she practiced barely once a month. I've met others like her. Add to this greater gun ownership increasing the potential deadliness of any conflict, and I've come out against them.

I think I have next years summer vacation...

Deadly hot isn't an understatement

Isn't it kinda hard to go "trekking" on Baffin? Unless you like slogging on ice in the cold?

$150/yr + 8hrs +30/month is a bit more than I'm wanting to shell out, but it's a fall back plan.

I'd prefer on the Willamette. Looking for a rack by the water to store the kayak on. So far all I've found is thing's like Portland Sailing Club, where you have to be a member.

For the fish, the guns, or ????

I'm looking for a place to store a 17' sea kayak in PDX. Leads on cheap waterfront small boat storage, offers of Backyard space in exchange for cash/favors, interested in all and any offers.

That was post recentering

I applied the Final coat of Clear Gloss to my new Sea Kayak

Sucks when someone buys the Camalots from out from under you....

Those rolling carryon bags that everyone and their mother now has. You know - the ones where the wheels, handle & extra durable outer covering weigh more than the cloths inside. The ones the fat asses can't lift into the overhead bins - and because they are hard sided, they don't fit well into most bins, taking up twice the usable space of any other. And then they insist on wheeling them down the aisle of the fing airplane

Preemptive Spray from La Sportiva NA?

You keep talking about her Chris. When do we get to see her (in person of course). She was there last night.

My Winter Bivy isn't as bad as my Betalight. Nothing with stay on that thing. Except dust, which never wants to leave.

Tonya Harding? That sounds like pure SW Washington

I'd suggest you read the act Mark. The patient must make a written request, signed by at least one independant person, they then must make an oral request. They then have to reaffirm their wish at least 15 days later. The law requires 2 physicians to examine the patient, and, if either physician feels the person may be suffering from depression they shall refer him to a counselor. The physician isn't charged with life or death - their charged with evaluating a patients condition, prognosis, and their ability to give informed consent - THINGS THAT THEY DO EVERYDAY!

Breaking into an uncontrollable fit of emotion

Assisted suicide in Oregon doesn't provide a chickenshit way out. You still have to make the decision "pull the trigger" if you will. It simply provides a dignified way out. What is wrong with allowing a terminally ill patient a repectable exit? If you think people aren't mature enough to be responsible for their own lives - are you goin gto let them go climbing? They could end their lives easier