Scott_J

If you had done your research on wine you would have found that the industry has indeed perfected synthetic stoppers for wine...both twist ons and push ins like the cork stoppers of old and present. What the industry did find is that the consumers of wine are snobs and whiners. Even in the face of evidence that the new stoppers and twist tops are equal if not better in some instances in persevering the liquid they, the consumer, still scream for the "old cork" in belief its a status symbol.

Boring!!!!!WTF you talking about. My son went to Stevens twice and boarded. He had a great time. Snow was up to his waist. I on the other hand took care of car business, cleaned the house drove to Portland and back to move items for daughter and son-in-law. Boring!!!!!Go find something to do. shovel dog crap if you have a dog, clean the house, the car, go for a walk, enjoy the rain pelting ya in the face, get out of the city and breath some air, go to the city and eat at local greezzzzzzzzzy spoon that serves real food not microwaved, go to the zoo, go to an art showing, shit there is a ton of stuff to do.

You think life sucks, eh. I work at one of the local northend schools. There is a real nice black kid here that I met a few years back. His dad does not take any part in his life, his mom just died and his sister, who was to be kinda watching after him, burned the family dwelling down during one of her runs...You think you have it bad? Fuck, this kid is a nice guy about 16 or so and on his own. Some friends are lookin' after him, but how far does that shit go...I only wish I was independently wealthy. This is a kid worth doing stuff for to save his ass. Ya, we are powerless, but I will try doing something...giving out information to the school and see what they can do. But I am afraid I know the answer... JUST SO NO ONE THINKS THIS IS MY USUAL SPRAY...ITS NOT THIS IS A REAL KID AND ITS A REAL SITUATION. I AM EDITING THIS BECAUSE OF MY REP AS A SPRAYER.

I used to live next to Sasquatch. He had the biggest paws in the neighborhood. Damn cat could fight like a real street pro, too. One day I hear this commotion by our kitchen window. There the old bastard was ducking it out with 2 cats. He fucking kicked both of their asses. He lost a little fur here and there in the fight but when it got going real good he just waded in and started grabbing hold of 'em and crunching down like a lion, then he'd kick in those back legs and rip the shit out of the opponent. Before long he had one running away and the other was cornered and losing more fur that Sasquatch.

God Damn Dutch when the Dog gets back we have to get together and be wild and evil.

... I bet I have been trolled Whothefuckcares, as long as the math is right.

spoosed ta be good huntin' in dem dere hills

Here ya go read this. I figured it was better to post the site...it's a long one. http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html

I quit buying alpine gear. I use FD binding, and AT skis or fat skis. The skins I have will fit any of my skis. This way I can AT or Alpine and spend less money on gear. I also believe the that skiing the AT gear actually requires me to pay closer attention to form and precision. Thus, improving my AT skiing when out and about.

Very well put Matt, and a BIG thank you for saying it so well. Sno gos have their place. I like to get to long distance ice climbs on them, hunt for caribou from them, and go ice fishing in remote out of the way spots on them. There are irresponsible users but that is true in every sprot and activity. I don't own a sled or a 4 wheeler any longer, but IF I move back to the GREAT FROZEN NORTH I'll have both and a jet sled.

this thread should of been moved to spray for all the crap it SPEWED

Here ya go Trask. Hunting boo in the winter from machines. You don't chase the critters but you get into their territory and bang you might get lucky. Winter boo hunting is C-O-L-D! http://www.trailheadcabins.com/alaska_trail_maps.htm

Spray is worthless as of late. I am as guilty as the next. It's like all the stuff worth arguing about is gone and the same old shit keeps popping up. People have run out of nasty puss filled statements to say about Erik, Necro etc. The President Bush, Republican Democrat tirade is weak; gun control has lost its appeal as everyone has their own feeling and will not change. We can't argue religion because most people on this site don't feel that strongly about it. Its there a new subject that we can argue, spew spittle over and rant and rave on?

Dogman, I'll get in touch with some "good old" boys in the Valley and Fairbanks. I have been busy lately...shooting and hunting for grouse and deer.

Last night I got the confirmation I was waiting for. An Ex-student of mine was shot and killed with his counter part was engaged in a robbery. It was weird as I read the story a few months ago I figured it was Frank, but could not get confirmation. Last night I did. The other teacher and I spoke of Frank's home life, what there was. He had a con for a dad that was in and out of the Big House on a semi regular basis. Even in 8th grade, Matt and I figured Frank was heading for the Big House or the Box. Well, the SOB got the box. I believe he ended up with 3-44 mag rounds in his torso. Probably went out of the picture real quick. Like the old saying goes, "You fuck with the bull you get the horn". It's just too bad "we" didn't have enough of an influence on him.

Jessica Lynch had a bad time of it. That is fact, but she is getting this recognition because she has a vertical smile, and it looks good to award this metal to a female as some commanders are questioning the sanity of putting females in the field during actual fighting. Plus, Pres. Bush's advisers think this will look good to the American public...boost his ratings.

I've climbed with Erik and I have never seen him eat cake. Bugers and fries, yes. Pie, yes. But never seen him garf down a cake.

1. FLATUS ODOR JUDGE Odor judges are common in the research labs of mouthwash companies, where the halitosis-inflicted blow great gusts of breath in their faces to test product efficacy. But Minneapolis gastroenterologist Michael Levitt recently took the job to another level—or, rather, to the other end. Levitt paid two brave souls to indulge repeatedly in the odors of other people's farts. (Levitt refuses to divulge the remuneration, but it would seem safe to characterize it thusly: Not enough.) Sixteen healthy subjects volunteered to eat pinto beans and insert small plastic collection tubes into their anuses (worst-job runners-up, to be sure). After each "episode of flatulence," Levitt syringed the gas into a discrete container, rigorously maintaining fart integrity. The odor judges then sat down with at least 100 samples, opened the caps one at a time, and inhaled robustly. As their faces writhed in agony, they rated just how noxious the smell was. The samples were also chemically analyzed, and—eureka!—Levitt determined definitively the most malodorous component of the human flatus: hydrogen sulfide. Levitt defends his work against the reflexively dismissive by noting that doctors have never studied flatulence and that smell is a potentially critical medical symptom: "The odors of feces and intestinal gas and breath could all be important markers of gastrointestinal health," he says. Hydrogen sulfide, for instance, is an extremely toxic gas to mammals, potentially playing a role in ulcerative colitis, among other diseases. And so Levitt has dedicated his career to the study of the myriad fragrances produced by the human gut and imprudently ignored by the medical establishment. 2. DYSENTERY STOOL-SAMPLE ANALYZER In the early '80s, Virginia Tech profs Tracy Wilkins and David Lyerly studied the diarrhea-causing microbe Clostridium difficile in sample after sample after sample of loose stool from the disease's victims. They became such crack dysentery docs that they launched a company, Techlab, dedicated to making stool-analysis kits. Today, Techlab employs 40 people, 19 of whom spend their working hours opening sloppy stool canisters and analyzing their contents in order to test the effectiveness of the company's kits. You'd have to have a pretty good sense of humor, right? Well, fortunately, they do. The Techlab Web site sells T-shirts with cartoons on the front (two flies hover over two blobs of dung; one says to the other, "Pardon me, is this stool taken?") and the company motto on the back: "Techlab: #1 in the #2 Business!" 3. BARNYARD MASTURBATOR Researchers who want animal sperm —to study fertility or for artificial insemination—have a suite of attractive options: They can ram an electric probe up an animal's rectum, shove an artificial vagina onto the animal's penis, or simply do it the old-fashioned way—manual stimulation. The first option, electroejaculation, uses a priapic rectal probe to send electricity pulsing through the animal's nether regions. "All the normal excitatory signals that stimulate ejaculation, like touch, sight, sound and smell, can be replaced with the current from the probe," says Trish Berger, professor of animal science at the University of California, Davis. "It's fascinating. Of course, this is a woman talking." Electroejaculation generally requires anesthetizing the animal and is typically used on zoo dwellers. The other two methods—the artificial vagina, or AV, and the good old hand—require that animals be trained to the procedure. The AV—a large latex tube coated with warm lubricant —is used primarily to get sperm from dairy bulls (considered the most ornery and dangerous of bovines). The bull gets randy with a steer; when he mounts the steer with his forelegs, a brave technician, AV in hand, insinuates himself between the two aroused beasts and deftly redirects the bull penis into the mock genitalia, which he must then hold tight while the bull orgasms. (Talk about bull riding!) Three additional technicians attempt to ensure this (fool)hardy soul's safety by anchoring themselves to restraining ropes attached to a ring in the bull's nose. Alas, this isn't always absolutely effective: Everyone who's wielded an AV has had at least one close call, and more than a few have been sent to the hospital. The much safer "digital pressure" is used mostly with pigs, who are trained from an early age to mount a small bench while the researcher reaches around with a gloved hand and provides appropriate pleasure—er, pressure. The best job in science? We nominate the pig. Popular Science

Ya and how and the hell can they actually pass the driving test? I have seen some heffers here on the north end of the state that have the seat all the way back and the steering wheel still is pressed into their gut!!! Had a woman sit next to me on a flight from Anchorage to Seattle. She started to lift the arm rest up so her fat could slide over on to me. I looked at her and told her that the arm rest was staying down. She rang the attendant and told them she wanted the arm rest up and I was not being nice about. I told the attendant that I did not pay to have her body spilling onto me for the next 3.5 hours!!! They could 1. remove the woman or me to another seat. 2 remove the woman for another flight. 3. remove me and give me a free flight the next time around. They found her an empty seat. Like my quote says I am an ass hole but most ass holes like me. Several people told me that they felt like me but lacked the guts to say anything.

I'm on the westside again.

Looks like a shit ass wide grin of a stoned person. Note the wide spaced eyes near edge of smile.

The amazing things about the property of ones and the (1,0) matrix is how it applies to the DNA, RNA and cloning.I wish I had been more focused in my under grad years. The application of math to biotechnology is going to explode soon. Right now its just smoldering.

Dogman, you're starting to sound alot like me. Go see some more country side and take some pics so I can see 'em when you get back. By the way PM me about your family and mine getting together when you get back.