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Sounds good! I can hear the arteries clogging from here.

Thanks. As much as I like salt and other spices, pepper is my favorite. So while I was trying to be funny, I also meant it as a compliment.

I could never get into the US version. The original UK version is so much funnier.

It was so hot here last night that I had to open a couple of windows before going to bed. This was at midnight. The upcoming ride will be cooler as we'll be riding as high as 10K feet and camping at 6-7K feet. Frost (or worse) is a definite possibility.

After reading Tyrion's impressions, I'd say ask Justin when the PicoDac is due to come out and at what price (I daresay it will be considerably less than $1K) and wait for it if you like his answers.

I could have responded, but thought it only appropriate that a Brit should do it.

Mike is the Floridian salt of the earth. Vicki is more like the pepper.

Me too! The first time I read the title I thought "How hard can it be to shoot? It's not like it's moving or anything".

I thought Lucas made all of that kind of stuff for the UK.

Big Agnes Air Pad Smart Wool crew shirt Capilene bottoms LED head lamp Titanium spork Insect repellent Stuff sack Emergency blanket Getting ready to go on my first overnight dual sport ride starting Sunday morning.

Panasonic RP-HTX7. They cost <$50, sound pretty darn good and meet your other requirements.

How about a paper bag to put over your head.

OK. I admit it. I wanted to do this too. It never ceases to amaze me how much denial people can go into. This applies to all sorts of things and both sides of every issue.

I disagree with both of you. This administration has the lowest approval rating in history. It's certainly replaced the Carter administration as worst administration in my lifetime. Unless they can pull off a miracle (like an Israeli/Palestinian peace plan) in the remaining three months, I think historians will not be very good to this administration.

I see you haven't left the bar since then!

I agree that this is mostly political. That was why I mentioned McCain. He pretty much had to do the opposite to differentiate himself from his opponent.

He endorsed voting no on Prop 8. Voting no meant to leave it as it was, i.e. gays are allowed to marry. Not surprisingly, McCain endorsed voting yes.

Here's an excellent skit on the 00's: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XptsrTxncPc]YouTube - ADG Security[/ame]

Do some research into who threw money into which sides in California Prop 8 and you may have to change your mind here.

I meant inland California. Go look at the county by county California vote and it will be clear. I'm not sure I understand this. Divorce is one of those things that has to be dealt with on a legal basis. So if government got out of marriage and just dealt with "civil unions", the legal part of a divorce would be covered by law. Why shouldn't a gay divorce be different than a non-gay divorce? Legally, divorce all about dividing assets, both current and future (alimony), and for deciding custody issues. To me, this applies to all unions (marriages if you prefer). So I don't see why and how it should be different for gay vs. non-gay unions.

Wouldn't bother me. Then they could lobby just like any other PAC.

Me too. Again, it's that increased separation of church and state I'd like to see. The state controls the legal meaning of what a "union" is. I'd call it a "civil union". Marriage can then refer to the religious term and each religion can define marriage any way they want. Of course, it has no legal standing. I'd agree that there recently (the last 40 years at least) has been little difference between the two parties except for who is backing whom. But then I'm a known political cynic too. I love that fact that many people seem to believe that the church invented marriage. Marriage was around long before any modern religions were. What exactly is a "traditional" marriage anyway? There are examples of homosexual marriages, polygamy and polyandry everywhere, including the bible. In the US, tradition marriage for years didn't allow for divorce. The traditional idea of Morman marriage includes polygamy. The ideas of what a "traditional" marriage is have changed over the years. They're going to continue to change.

Yep. I really find this disheartening. At least it was razor close. Good job. Californians are among the most tolerant people, at least the ones on the coast. It's very different inland. There were similar measures passed in Arizona and Florida: Arizona: 56% for, 44% against Florida: 62% for, 38% against These results are a lot less "tolerant" than the California result. Lots of money was thrown into both sides from out of state. The "for" side ran a typical fear-mongering ad campaign and it seems to have worked. To take a page out of another HCer's book, this is very much like the Civil Rights movement in the 60's. At the time, there was a lot of resistance. Now, almost everybody looks back and can't really understand why. It's obvious that Gay Rights is moving the same way. Prop 8 will be overturned in the not too distant future and forty years from now, most people will wonder why it was an issue now. As I stated in the America thread, I'd really like to reestablish and strengthen separation of church and state. Most of the "for" money and some of the "against" money came from churches. IMO, churches should stay out of elections. I'd like to see the laws changed that churches can't give money to elections and maintain their tax free status.

Maybe you should host a meet at the same time with your equipment. That way people have a choice as to what they would like to hear. You also wouldn't have any trouble getting people to show up with their gear too.

Maybe something was learned from that incident. Somebody was very deservedly excluded from CanJam. Nobody thought that person should have been allowed to come. There was definitely no shit storm. The people running this meet decided that since it was impossible to have both, they'd rather have Ray than Kevin. I have no problem with that. What I find to be galling and show a total lack of class is to then ask to borrow Kevin's equipment. What chutzpah! It is hypocritical of Ray to have whined about being excluded in Cincinnati and then now insist that Kevin be excluded or he won't show up.