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Wow, I'd already figured out the rubber band/TEC and TEC/Mauly combos on my own, but I had no idea about the double Maul combos. I just tried 'em both out, and the 19/32 combo has way more impact force! And they're both pretty damn accurate weapons, too.

That's all I needed to hear to cement my attendance.

That is so not true! That's what we wanna hear! Making the appearance, I mean. I'm your huckleberry.

that would be spraying from the bathroom... in more ways than one.

Not if you're reserving the site... Ouch!

wet blanket

careful with that hook, man...

A similar, but much shorter, book, The Burden of Guilt, a Short History of Nazi Germany, 1914 to 1945, by Hannah Vogt, is a great read. I finished it in only one sitting late one night. Fascininating.

50% Polak, 50% Kraut, but Born in the USA. Male, white, middle-class, and no, I don't go to church... ever!

More votes for slothrop's and rbw's mention of starting the paper trail at the local PD. Another vote for motion sensor lighting, although foraker's SmartWater "criminal tie-dye" idea looks like it has possibilities... Any thoughts on getting a big-ass Rottwieller? EDIT: chipmunk beat me to it. I type too slow... And DH has it right: reasonable belief of imminent danger of bodily harm

You wanted an opinion, oly. Here's mine: Stick with September 16-17 or later. I can do that. Any earlier than the 16th and I'm a no-show. But all y'all fokkers don't give a crap about me anyway so do whadevva it is yer gonna do, and I'll see if I can work it into my life.

Sounds like yer doin' it up right! Have a blast, arch!

powderdog, midweststuck has the bag you're looking for. The Caterwauler is a 15-20 degree bag, IIRC. I had one years ago, but it got ripped off the back of my bike in Vegas.

Why ain't you grabbin' her fine ass, then? Can't be you.

You could prolly get that CG, as long as you don't put minx in charge of reserving/paying for the site. No offense meant, minxie! Last year the 8-mile group site was snatched up by some RV/truck camper group, and the "Westside Westfalia-ers" had the fall-back Bridge Creek group area. minx's name was a four-letter word for the weekend.

Expect a bag that weighs at least three pounds and fills a good chunk of your pack. The Cheese Guy is correct, powderhound. To get what you're asking for, you'll be lugging around about 3 to 4 pounds. That being said, I have an old (20 years?) TNF Snowshoe bag. It's in the temp range you seek, Polarguard (synthetic) filling, and hasn't been used in about 10 years or so, so the "spooge factor" should be considerably lower than other bags you might get from this board. I even went so far as to make and sew in my own draft tube to make the zipper area warmer. PM if you want more details.

I'd forgotten about that!

Yeah, that was a nice spot last year. Johnny Creek CG I think it was... memory black-out ensues...

In a nutshell, do what Thinker and MtnBoy say. Get a passport (if you don't already have one) and hand it to them, and answer their inane questions. Tell 'em you ate (or threw out) the fruit. Works going north and south. I make about 4 to 6 cross-border trips per year, and have never had a problem, except the time we were travelling in two cars, and my mates got to the border first, and told the guards that there was a crazy drunk guy following them, and that they should really check him out. FYI: Beginning in 2007, you'll need a passport to get back in. Even from Canada.

Or maybe, after spending a good chunk of my life designing and constructing things that look strikingly similar to what you turn into rubble, we can choose to agree to disagree. I will not engage in an argument about whose point of view has more validity in this regard. I build; you destroy. Such is the way of things... Peace.

There is no way that is real. I'm checking snopes (and doing some google image searches) If it isn't, then this one isn't real either...

It's got an awfully long boom then. I guess it's one of those extra long reach ones. The Hyundai 290LC can be ordered with a "long reach" boom and arm option, as indicated below: However, I don't think that combination was in place on this machine. I say this because a machine with that kind of attachment would have required removal of the boom and arm for transport purposes in order for the boom/arm combo to clear the rear of the tractor cab. You can sort of picture this if you look at the available range of motion of the two hydraulic pistons that control the boom in the pic above. Even with the available forward pivot of the pistons, you would never lower the boom/arm combo low enough to ever get a permit to run down the highway. A typical boom length (from the anchor hinge at the excavator body to the "elbow") is along the order of 22 to 28 feet, manufacturer dependent of course. That's easily long enough to produce the results shown in the pics.

You are correct in that it is not an 8-ton machine. It is a Hyundai 290LC, which is about 40% heavier (28 MT, or about 31 tons) than the Cat models (20 MT, or about 22 tons) you cite. There are many different sizes of rebar that are incorporated into your typical interstate highway overpass. Since your eyes deceived you with respect to the size of the machine, I would venture to say that they are deceiving you again with respect to the size of the rebar. I would suspect the word problem part is just some shit some know-nothing data entry schmoe came up with to make the snopes.com article appear more appealing to the masses. Kind of like the way reporters come up with schmaltzy headlines to grab interest for an article. It has nothing to do with the validity of what actually happened. To draw the conclusion that you do from your analysis is, shall we say, banal. This really did happen. End of story.

Yeah, that shit only happens about every 100,000,000 years or so. A lot less often than trucks hitting bridges on the highway. About five or six years ago in Yakima, a Waste Management driver was hauling one of those huge, trailer-sized dumpsters through town on Nob Hill Boulevard at some ungodly hour of the morning. Apparently, he'd forgotten to lower the dumpster completely onto the trailer bed, and headed for Yakima Valley Community College. Welllllllllll, five or six years ago at YVCC on Nob Hill Boulevard, there used to be this overhead pedestrian bridge... It was finally replaced about two years ago.

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