QuoteOhnivy-Drak Are these guys endangered? There was no intent to upset anyone, just having some fun. It looks like a turkey at first glance - at least the stuffed doll does. Threatened would probably be a more accurate label. Just trying to save you a trip to the ER to get stitched back up. FYI: turkeys look like chickens... except that they are pink.by szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
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You might want to read the section titled "kiwi are feisty and aggressive:" http://www.savethekiwi.org.nz/about-the-bird/kiwi-characteristics/tall-stories.html P.S. These aren't lame, chikin footsies: http://www.savethekiwi.org.nz/about-the-bird/kiwi-characteristics/kiwi-characteristics.htmlby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
That knocks about 380 miles (one way) off my drive to the park. Must be the S wormhole entrance.by szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotelittle-beak I just wanted to wish all you crazy people out there a Happy Halloween. I won best costume: Awww... he looks so cute in his Frankenchikin outfit. Quotelittle-beak (I hear the "meat" on Curry Za is actually Marmut) It's true. We supply the meat to them. We have to do something with the InvasiveChikinPests that we catch in our traps. We know tby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotetanngrisnir3 QuoteDavidK42 PLEASE...not another thread hijacked by a Curry Village Pizza debate?!?!?!? Didn't this one drive it sufficiently in to the ground? I was just at Curry this weekend, looking forward to sharing the best pizza in the park w/my g/f.... El Portal Pizza delivers into the valley? (Epicureanly Yours) The Marmotsby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteDave QuoteszalkowskiLook up the meaning of "perspective." While you're at it, also look up "order of magnitude." We shouldn't respond to inane posts in this thread either. Agreed.by szalkowski - General Discussion
Quoteplawrence Quoteszalkowski The caption below the photo on the back page of the current Sierra magazine might provide some perspective: http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/201111/lastwords.aspx Quotes like this one... (blah, blah, blah) Look up the meaning of "perspective." While you're at it, also look up "order of magnitude."by szalkowski - General Discussion
QuoteDave Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. We presume that this means you are going to stop bothering to respond to inane posts on this thread. (DrivenMadly Yours) The Marmotsby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotetomdisco QuoteDave Quotetelfair aveWhy would Iowa become a desert?Much of the middle latitudes would. QuoteWhat if higher sea levels brings more rain to that area?If that was all that was involved, but it isn't. Quote What if higher ocean levels bring more rain and then more rain brings cooler weather? What if temps don't keep going up?I suggest a basic science course at your local jby szalkowski - General Discussion
Quotetraildad I would bet that if you followed a family tree so to speak of climatologists you would be able to trace them all back to a few college professors. On top of that, who studies to be a climatologist? Mostly people that already believe that the environment is being harmed by man and must be saved. It is a self selecting group whose natural inclination is to believe in man caused globalby szalkowski - General Discussion
Quotetraildad So what do we do? Out law light bulbs and delay the temp increase by a few minutes? Outlaw cars, industry and electrical power? Destroy our economy while China builds two new coal power plants every week? If we want to prevent a possible problem, we have to do it in a constructive, not destructive way. We must create a better way, not just unplug the world. (1) Since incandescentby szalkowski - General Discussion
Here is another relevant article from the same issue: http://www.physicstoday.org/resource/1/phtoad/v64/i10/p48_s1?bypassSSO=1 * Couldn't resist using the line from the movie "Cool Hand Luke." Note: The original articles are downloadable in PDF format (which makes the figures viewable at their original scale). The link is found on the right-hand side of the page before the teby szalkowski - General Discussion
http://physicstoday.org/resource/1/phtoad/v64/i10/p39_s1?bypassSSO=1by szalkowski - General Discussion
Quoteeeek Quotetelfair aveHow about people keep their own money. How about you not using that computer? It's based on science and much of that science was support with taxes. And please stay off the public roads, they were paid for with taxes too. Need I go on?by szalkowski - General Discussion
Quotetraildad Was the debate ever about real changes in temps? I think the real debate is about the claim that man causes the change. The caption below the photo on the back page of the current Sierra magazine might provide some perspective: http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/201111/lastwords.aspxby szalkowski - General Discussion
Quotechick-on Loch Tablae.... Encompasses both the Eight and Ninth Circles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferno_(Dante)by szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotemrcondron Quotequmqats HDR. HDR HDR. OK, OK. WTF is HDR???? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging (Funny... Condron doesn't sound Polish. Got changed coming through Ellis? )by szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on It should have stayed in oblivion... What will the chikin do if bill-e-g discovers that real chickens don't need to be carried everywhere? (Ambulatorily Yours) The Marmotsby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Excerpted from "One Hundred Years in Yosemite" by Carl P. Russell: http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/one_hundred_years_in_yosemite/ It is believed that the first firefall from Glacier Point was the work of James McCauley in 1871 or 1872. He sold his trail to the state. His Mountain House was operated on a lease basis from the commissioners. One of his visitors of the early ’eiby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteeeek Quotetelfair aveOf course, this assumes that it will continue to get hotter. Of course, the one constant in this is that scientists will need massive amounts of spending to look into it. That part of the economy will surely continue to prosper. So you'd rather the money go to the parasites on Wall Street instead? To paraphrase a famous quote of Samuel Johnson: 'Ignorance is the lby szalkowski - General Discussion
Quotechicagocwright 3.. This is an odder question but looking for feedback: how do you tell the difference, or is there one, between thunderstorm clouds and what ended up being snow clouds? My dad recently sent a trip report of a group that fought their way up (and down) during a thunderstorm and it led to the discussion of our trip and the danger we may have been in. When my dad and I maby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence QuoteOhnivy-Drak http://www.dankat.com/swhikes/tenaya.htm It might be a good write up, but I couldn't finish reading it because the combination of the background color (aqua) and the text (brown) was too hard on my eyes. Ouch! You might want consider printing it out on a non-color printer. (Monochromatically Yours) The Marmots P.S. Use white paper.by szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on My buddy "Little Beak" is wondering if the Marmuts' mantra is "My Favorite Martian is Chick-on". p.s. He is also wondering what lame treats they will be handing out for Halloween (he's so excited about his costume he refuses to take it off... wearing it constantly) Signed, Snack Treats Should be a Food Group (globally, not just in the US) The Haby szalkowski - General Discussion
Quotewherever The other confusion. You can't mean the regular dictionary definition of loper, meaning one with a steady, easy gait. The slang dictionaries aren't much better: 1. Someone suffering, by no fault of his own, from male pattern baldness. 2. A person who you are hooking up with or flirting with unbeknownst to the general public/your friends. 3. Someone who is chill and just lopes iby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on But the equation needs to include: c) not driving a Porsche ( Credit: "The Adventures of Lewis and Cluck." )by szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Cuisine is a country chikin. Cousin is a city chikin. Chick-on is a Martian chikin. (Veganly Yours) The Marmotsby szalkowski - General Discussion
Quotehotrod4x5 Quoteoakroscoe Wow, its good to see that Huel Howser was a douche 20 years ago. "Were the bears friendly?"He's asking questions, somewhat, for the lowest common denominator. There are a LOT of people in this world who know nothing about wild animals. Many have never been out of the city. Ol' Huell is the benchmark for the LCD.by szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotegkam2 Didn't do a summit however but it was the first time in the area and definitely a good time. Here's a photo taken last September from Kearsarge Pass looking E into Kings Canyon NP (Kearsarge Lakes in the foreground, Bullfrog Lake in the distance):by szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotetanngrisnir3 Quoteryanmj curry pizza is the best. Wash it down with a mammoth IPA The Mammoth 'Epic' IPA is the closet smelling thing to walking naked, arms out, through a marijuana plantation in full autumn flowering. It's THAT strongly smelling of it, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Hoppy, aromatic-to-the-stars, and strong. FYI: IPA is the standard shorthand in several induby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion