Everything posted by Hookemdown.
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Recommend a Good Sleeping Bag
How about this guys? http://www.sunnysports.com/Prod/CategoryID_2165/Context_2144/Sort_Price/DescSort_0/Filter_4%3d2176%2c2178%3a5%3d2432%3a3%3d2174/SDSBYH20R.html
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thumbing comments up or down. attn mods
Upvote. This could stop the people who post just to boost post count and make people post decent material. But it might start karma whoring...
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Recommend a Good Sleeping Bag
Back to the bags...Let's say it's 7x18 in a stuff sack. How much smaller is a compression bag going to get it down to?
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Recommend a Good Sleeping Bag
Thanks guys. I'll probably buy the Big Agnes insulated pad. Is there any significant difference between the rectangular and mummy version? I'll be using a mummy bag.
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Ankle sprains...
Spidertaint! Spidertaint! Does whatever a spidertaint does! can he swing from a web? No he can't He's a taint! Lookout! Here comes the spidertaint!!
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Recommend a Good Sleeping Bag
What about this? http://www.campmor.com/kelty-cosmic-20-degree-sleeping-bag-regular-1.shtml?source=CI&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=41952
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Knife Question
How the heck did you lose a pivot screw? lol
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Recommend a Good Sleeping Bag
A few months back I asked you guys to recommend a pack, now I need a sleeping bag. I'll be sleeping in sheltered areas, but the temps could dip to around 20* at night. It needs to be able to pack small, I'll be carrying an 80 L bag for a month. I'd like to keep the price under $150. And would you guys recommend using a sleeping pad as well?
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Looking for a Good Western
High Noon, if you like old school.
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Halftime show...
I want the light up suit...
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What is your favorite Led Zeppelin song?
Black Dog, hands down.
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The Keurig
I love coffee, but I'm not a coffee nut. I can taste the difference between different brews, but I honestly don't care what's in my cup in the morning, as long is it isn't a sugar infested crappuccino.
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Meanwhile, in Germany...
This is incredible. Don't be discouraged from watching it by the classical music and the German announcers.
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Metal Melting question?
Tungsten has a ridiculous melting point (~3400 *C). In order to truly melt it under standard conditions, you have to heat it above that temperature. I don't know exactly how it's done, but I do know that solids can be "molded" into specific shapes from a powdered form the metal, which can be done at a lower temperature than the mp. This is called "sintering."
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A thought/theory...
;D I actually thought writing a paper about "What is, is?" for my philosophy class. dsaavera is right. While in theory, "red" is just a name. However, there are certain characteristics that make "red" what it is. The true value of red never changes, no matter what you name it. Language does not determine what things are, it just helps us to communicate about them.
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A thought/theory...
They just don't exist man. Under normal circumstances, red is red. Blue is blue.
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does anyone else do this?
Dude, I'll FedEx you a loaf of bread.
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A thought/theory...
Everyone has the same genes, but different versions of those genes. There is not a conceivable selection pressure against the way one would interpret a particular color. But genes can affect eyesight. This happens when a gene does not translate for the correct protein that enables us to see certain colors. And, humoring the theory that includes the genes you are referring to did exist, we would probably know about them, considering the human genome has been sequences (MOST of it, anyway).
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A thought/theory...
Genetics.
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A thought/theory...
Color is derived from the spectrum of white light. Each color (red orange yellow green blue indigo violet) has a specific wavelength associated with it, which gives each color it's distinctive appearance. The part of the eye that detects these wavelengths are cone cells. Other parts of the eye pass this information to the brain, where it is translated as the "color" that you see. For instance, the color red has a wavelength of around 700 nm. Every human eye (barring mutations, etc) will interpret this wavelength in the same way. Sorry.
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Filming through a sand storm
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/8luCRV/channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/videos/satellite/satelliteEmbedPlayer.swf%253FvideoRef%253D08740_00 This is incredible.
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Verizon Iphone should be announced Tuesday!
I've always used RIM phones, but lately they're starting to be frustrating. I'd kill for this.
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Dying Black Birds in Arkansas?
It was storming that night. I live 30 miles from Beebe. I believe there was also hail in the area, but I could be wrong about that. Add fireworks to the mix (but I doubt this, Beebe is a small town) and you have stressed birds flying at night, in the presence of updrafts, freezing rain, lightening, high winds, hail. There were also tornadoes associated with the storm. You're right, birds normally don't fly at night. But when stress is applied, individuals do things they normally don't do, which is most likely what happened in this occurrence. I must say, that the birds were in fact flying at night. If they weren't flying at night, then how did they fall from the sky during the night? The government dropped them from planes? Chemtrails? The Russians did it? No, I know: Jay-Z and the Illuminati are certainly responsible. What science? That facts are that mass kills occur very frequently. I honestly wouldn't waste my time conjuring up conspiracies about this.
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True Grit. (No spoilers!)
It was good. Although in my opinion, 3:10 to Yuma was better (I know they're different...but both are still westerns).
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Dying Black Birds in Arkansas?
Note that all of the causes of death are unrelated.