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I'll eat my mountain climbing gear if Mr. B***h isn't really MLW's Geoffrey. http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.h...bd-88ff1b8bdba1 At the end of the above article Geoff modestly says: "The timing of my action is the reason it has captured people's attention. These rescues happen in climbing all the time. It's very common. It's not just me, there are lot of climbers who help. It's part of the game. It's the way it should be." God has already punished that legless climber and I hope he punishes him again. Maybe he'll relieve him of his three remaining limbs this time around. And that's fine with me!

It's rather obvious what is missing in their lives ... fun. The austerity of Islam may be fine for an old fart, but young men with their high energy level need something to do. They don't play sports, they don't go out with their buddies for a beer, they don't date girls. What else is left to expend their energies on but violence & hatred? Back in the desert a hundred years ago, by the time a guy was 18 he had a herd of camels, a wife & a few kids. He had plenty to keep him occupied, so following the tenets of Islam was not a problem & was a boon to their society making the young man a responsible citizen. But in today's society with it's longer period of youth ... this just doesn't work.

In gamblers jargon its "put my money down on". You're obviously not a heavy bettor.

OY VEY , did anybody watch Ray's rally in Raleigh?

Who knows? Maybe they figured that whoever barks last barks loudest.

Sorry .... wrong thread!

In 1920s ......... 1920s!!! ....... Sergei Diaghilev wrote: "Tchaikovsky thought of committing suicide for fear of being discovered as a homosexual, but today, if you are a composer and not homosexual, you might as well put a bullet through your head."

The song "Kookaburra" would be another good one to have playing in the background. It goes something like: "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree Merry, merry king of the bush is he Laugh, Kookaburra! Laugh, Kookaburra! Oh how gay your life must be." I think it was banned in Canada.

"As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind." - Marcus Tullius Cicero

The Eskimo's should blitz the Hurricane's with songs like .... http://www.smickandsmodoo.com/lyrics/carolina.htm and slogans like ... Nothing could be finer than beating up on Carolina in Edmonton. The only problem is that they must win one away from home ... and THAT'S the reason I'll place my bet on Carolina, in the morning.

Speaking of Teddies ... Teddy Ballgame's suspension was lifted 10 days ago, yet not a peep out of him. Has anybody seen him skulking around?

Yes! Just to keep you up to date, game seven between the other semi-finalists, Buffalo and Carolina, will be decided tomorow in Raleigh, NC. Back in the 60s I got to know quite a few people from Mount Airy, North Carolina .... so I'll be watching the game & cheering for the Carolina Hurricanes, hoping to see some of my old acquaintances (like Floyd, Goober, Gomer, Andy, Barney, Juanita, Helen, Thelma Lou, Howard, Otis, Opie et al) in the stands. GO HURRICANES GO!

Look what I found: "The use of bottled oxygen to ascend Mount Everest has been extremely controversial. George Mallory himself described the use of such oxygen as unsportsmanlike. Reinhold Messner was the first climber to break the bottled oxygen tradition. In 1978, he and Peter Habeler made the first successful oxygenless climb. Although critics alleged that he sucked mini-bottles of oxygen, Messner silenced them when he summited the mountain, without oxygen or support, on the more difficult Northwest route, in 1980." Still believe the young men in the area wouldn't attempt it, AND SUCCEED, in order to impress young women? I know I would.

Well, according to you, the initial groups of rich white men hiring Sherpas to take them up the mountain had to put up with young Sherpas learning on the job, hunh? TSK TSK TSK!

They say it was George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, in 1924. I say there were thousands of Nepalese kids who did it, just for a lark, long before that.

Yes! But to beat out Carolina or Buffalo for the Stanley Cup may prove to be easier said than done. Wanna bet? http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/s...88e53ea&k=81839

I wonder how many parents take advantage of their children's deaths to get their day in the sun. On page A28 of today's Province newspaper, the father of our fallen soldier, Nichola Goddard, is all smiles. The Province went to the trouble of pointing this out by putting a caption under the smiling father's picture .... "Tim Goddard smiles at his daughter's funeral Friday." Cindy and Tim would make a lovely couple.

Well the Sherpas could hold their ground as well if someone suplied them with foot claws. Inglis didn't actually make them himself, I assume. And yes I agree that the idiocy of these mountaineers has given some Nepalese a good living. If the mountaineers just climbed & enjoyed themselves I'd say fine. What the hell ... a good few days outing. It's the sheer stupidity of their pretense that they accomplished some great athletic feat that gets me. Hell I could win Boston Marathon if a Kenyan Sherpa would carry me over the line.

"Is that all there is, is that all there is If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing Let's break out the booze and have a ball If that's all there is" Most province's welfare lines are dwindling because drug, food, alcohol etc. etc. etc. addicts are being put on Disability Benefits (about an extra $250 a month). No other addicting substance but alcohol has huge government "sin taxes" attached to it, so my only beef is that this tax wasn't taken off for these poor souls. Soon, I hope!

What an accomplishment!! Mark Inglis, a double amputee, made it to the top of Mount Everest!!! Oh yeah ... and three Sherpas were with him at the top. They're some sort of animal aren't they? Otherwise why aren't we seeing THEIR pictures, reading THEIR names? Must be some sort of Nepalese donkey or something. What a damned travesty. Those Sherpas climb the damned mountain 10 times a year, showing these slackers the way up, carrying the rich white men's oxygen, tents, food, camping gear, change of clothes etc etc etc. They set up camp every night, cook the rich white men's food & for all we know, sharpened up Inglis's artificial foot-claws. But are they lauded? Nope ... just "Sherpas". All the bloody rich white men have to do is put one foot in front of the other & hope their body doesn't give in with altitude sickness ... but they get their pictures in the paper (who is up there TAKING this picture? The Sherpa- donkey) & they actually think that they accomplished something. I say .... let's have an open race to the top & back. Want to lay bets the first 25 names on the list would be Nepalese ... those pesky Sherpas? Oh yeah. With their oxygen tanks tied behind their backs.

You know what I suspect? I suspected wrong. :angry: And had I listened to Black Dog's continuous rantings about how Bush's priorities always are where the oil is, I would have made my bet on Edmonton much sooner, and gotten much better odds. http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.h...53-3be620c54e62

I checked English prices for that camera and it's cheaper over there also (250 pounds). Anyway, yesterday I took my 10X zoom Panasonic to a corner strip joint and some oaf bouncer accidentally (or so he says) stepped on it (3 times). So I did some reasearch and found out that a brand new Canon model, SD700IS, costs just about the same in Canada's Best Buy stores and Costcos as it does in the U.S. ones. It's only 4X optical zoom, but since I've given up on the idea of taking pictures in strip bars I won't need such a big zoom. Thanx for all your help guys!

Precisely a month ago (give it a day or two) you gave my friend, Teddy Ballgame, a month's suspension (unwaranted, imho), and I was wondering whether you contacted him yet with the good news that the suspension is now up?

BINGO !!!

The Calgary area gets the most hours of sunshine a year, so you must be as aerobically fit as a fiddle.