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02-22-2022, 05:12 PM
Thread: U Penn Swimmer smashes records
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Good reply. I would add that it’s less important...
Good reply. I would add that it’s less important that these people compete (and from what i see there’s a hodgepodge of rulings in effect in different places, adding to the confusion) than that their...
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02-21-2022, 07:54 PM
Thread: U Penn Swimmer smashes records
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mediocre people with binary views believe in a...
mediocre people with binary views believe in a zero-sum game. The same people speaking fulsomely and sanctimoniously about the effect on women's sports were leading the fight against Title IX reforms...
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02-18-2022, 12:04 PM
Thread: Winter Olympics 2022
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I was right the first time. Your brain is small....
I was right the first time. Your brain is small. Commencing to ignore stupid man with offensive name.
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02-18-2022, 11:45 AM
Thread: Winter Olympics 2022
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It's a lot more complicated than that. But US...
It's a lot more complicated than that. But US children aren't taught about citizenship except the kind that declares Obama not a citizen but enables Romney and McCain to be citizens.
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02-18-2022, 10:56 AM
Thread: Winter Olympics 2022
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Your concept of 'home country' is nonsense, but...
Your concept of 'home country' is nonsense, but you're really really fond of the sound of it and your brain is far too small to get outside that very narrow place.
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02-16-2022, 06:31 PM
Thread: Winter Olympics 2022
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Ah, but you missed the intro up-thread. I was...
Ah, but you missed the intro up-thread. I was responding to someone saying Stanford should not tolerate her lousy morals; I gave a summary of Chinese and Stanford going back to the Gold Rush,....
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02-16-2022, 05:38 PM
Thread: Winter Olympics 2022
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'white boy woke crap' pretty much renders...
'white boy woke crap' pretty much renders everything else you've said meaningless cliche based on careless reading bolstered by ignorance. you are probably smarter than you represent yourself here ....
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02-16-2022, 04:36 PM
Thread: Winter Olympics 2022
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typical sanctimonious and ahistoric nonsense, an...
typical sanctimonious and ahistoric nonsense, an inability to distinguish between people and governments, ignorance of the fluid nature of citizenship, i.e. typical ugly american testosterone-crazed...
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02-16-2022, 03:32 PM
Thread: Winter Olympics 2022
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yes, now you want to sound reasoned? Check your...
yes, now you want to sound reasoned? Check your language in your repeated attacks on Ms. Gu. Wipe the froth from your mouth and you will sound more rational. Your conviction that you know the...
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02-16-2022, 02:38 PM
Thread: Winter Olympics 2022
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Your weird railing at Gu, all the name-calling,...
Your weird railing at Gu, all the name-calling, seems weird, bordering on neurotic. Yes, Jingoism is a fun aspect of the Olympics for Jingoists, but competing for another country--one where you have...
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02-16-2022, 02:20 PM
Thread: Winter Olympics 2022
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A lot of conjecture and manufactured outrage,...
A lot of conjecture and manufactured outrage, sounds to me like. You're not alone, though--
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02-16-2022, 01:27 PM
Thread: Winter Olympics 2022
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Please explain. Stanford has an active and...
Please explain. Stanford has an active and constructive relationship with China, and acknowledges that mistreatment of Chinese helped make the school what it is today. Much work was done on the...
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02-10-2022, 03:11 PM
Thread: You guys playing wordle?
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it would make more sense turned over, as New...
it would make more sense turned over, as New Hampshire
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02-10-2022, 01:05 PM
Thread: Time for a new book - any suggestions?
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Cherry is a hell of a book. It's not cheery,...
Cherry is a hell of a book. It's not cheery, though: hide the razor blades.
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01-28-2022, 07:30 PM
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hoyt axton can tell you all about it-- ...
hoyt axton can tell you all about it--
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case closed
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a question only the truly illiterate could ask
a question only the truly illiterate could ask
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01-19-2022, 06:39 PM
Thread: Mammoth 2021-2022 snow mandate thread.
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The hot springs used to be good, till someone...
The hot springs used to be good, till someone wrote a guidebook to them (and of course, later there was the internet) and people got the idea they could camp next to the pools instead of treating...
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01-19-2022, 10:48 AM
Thread: Mammoth 2021-2022 snow mandate thread.
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It was 80 a night way down at Boulder Creek,...
It was 80 a night way down at Boulder Creek, almost to Olancha, 7 years ago. It's the Owens Valley. It's expensive. Two bucks a night at The Pit . . .
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01-19-2022, 10:22 AM
Thread: Mammoth 2021-2022 snow mandate thread.
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Not entirely true . . . " ...
Not entirely true . . .
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6PaleoclimatePaleoclimatic data for the region have been compiled and summarized by Mehringer (1986), Bettinger (1982a), and Skinner et al. (1990). Between 12,000 and... -
01-15-2022, 04:16 AM
Thread: Northstar Backcountry Death
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A guy skied off the back side of Mammoth and got...
A guy skied off the back side of Mammoth and got lost and benighted. Burrowed into a snow drift to sleep . . . in the middle of the Reds Meadow road, so the search snowcat ran over him the next...
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https://youtu.be/Fo589eRtlU0 Sent from my...
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01-06-2022, 02:33 PM
Thread: Random Unthreadworthy Questions
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naturally, mr. prine wrote a song about this-- ...
naturally, mr. prine wrote a song about this--
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01-05-2022, 11:49 AM
Thread: That’s it...it’s time to play G.O.T.O.S.
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apparently you can rent a gotos vehicle: ...
apparently you can rent a gotos vehicle:
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note the skinny extension cord snaking away somewhere.
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01-03-2022, 10:05 AM
Thread: Mammoth 2021-2022 snow mandate thread.
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They used to import half of the youth of Oz to...
They used to import half of the youth of Oz to run the lifts, and set them up in a company store scenario in company housing (auto-removed from their meager paychecks) and visas that only enabled...
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01-02-2022, 02:12 PM
Thread: Pole length?
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This helpful video should clear up any remaining...
This helpful video should clear up any remaining ambiguities:
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12-27-2021, 12:47 PM
Thread: Mammoth 2021-2022 snow mandate thread.
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yeah, but . . . ...
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12-26-2021, 04:14 PM
Thread: Mammoth 2021-2022 snow mandate thread.
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A similar storm that shut the area down for a...
A similar storm that shut the area down for a couple days and blew the snow enough to cover the fumarole o chair 3 killed 3 patrollers in 200, as most know, but it's worth remembering them and...
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12-21-2021, 11:50 AM
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you seem inordinately fond of the sound of your...
you seem inordinately fond of the sound of your own voice
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so effiing fast-- https://youtu.be/JSP2vuKkT9Y
so effiing fast--
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12-19-2021, 08:12 AM
Thread: Mammoth 2021-2022 snow mandate thread.
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On 12/14 patrol was out tossing bombs on Lincoln...
On 12/14 patrol was out tossing bombs on Lincoln when an avalanche let loose above one party on Viva/Shaft and swept an old friend of mine, a30-year veteran, down the mountain where his leg got...
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12-12-2021, 08:59 AM
Thread: Kentucky tornado
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that's John Prine territory
that's John Prine territory
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12-12-2021, 08:57 AM
Thread: The Great Resignation ‘21
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https://youtu.be/WI1sTyaErW0
https://youtu.be/WI1sTyaErW0
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12-11-2021, 10:02 AM
Thread: What song is it you wanna hear?
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it's true-- https://youtu.be/WnpcTsy10dE ...
it's true--
https://youtu.be/WnpcTsy10dE
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12-07-2021, 04:53 PM
Thread: That’s it...it’s time to play G.O.T.O.S.
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395771 Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums...
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12-06-2021, 06:48 PM
Thread: The beginning of the end of Bob Baffert.
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santa anita has a bad record of horses dying,...
santa anita has a bad record of horses dying, regardless of the owner. . And it was used to lock up Japanese American citizens post pearl harbor, living in horse stalls before being sent off to the...
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12-03-2021, 11:14 AM
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4 counts involuntary manslaughter: ...
4 counts involuntary manslaughter:
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12-01-2021, 11:20 AM
Thread: In Pursuit of Soul
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AS I was watching I wondered if they would...
AS I was watching I wondered if they would include Mt. Whittier, and about halfway through, for no apparent reason and without comment, they provided a glimpse of the place. We called it Mt Shittier...
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11-30-2021, 05:39 PM
Thread: College Selection?
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As shown in the Times link above, schools...
As shown in the Times link above, schools routinely and effectively cheat the USNWR rankings, though at least Temple got caught at it. These anecdotal reports in the thread probably mean more than...
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11-30-2021, 04:30 AM
Thread: College Selection?
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but not Temple-- ...
but not Temple--
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11-28-2021, 01:27 PM
Thread: Eastern Sierra BC 21/22
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11-25-2021, 07:52 PM
Thread: Mammoth 2021-2022 snow mandate thread.
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It's best when they slide far enough Patrol can...
It's best when they slide far enough Patrol can get them from the top of 3
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11-25-2021, 07:50 PM
Thread: Are you ready to Roast?
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11-24-2021, 01:10 PM
Thread: Ahmaud Arbery
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NYT says up to life, adding: The men have also...
NYT says up to life, adding:
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11-23-2021, 01:16 PM
Thread: Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice
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I think you're right, not oak. Could be...
I think you're right, not oak. Could be tamarack, though
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11-21-2021, 01:02 PM
Thread: Random Unthreadworthy Questions
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Fried Saltines With Cheddar and Onion By...
Fried Saltines With Cheddar and Onion
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YIELD37 crackers
TIME30 minutes
Save to Recipe Box
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11-20-2021, 07:07 PM
Thread: Ski Flavored Memberberries
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absolutely. I wish there were better films of...
absolutely. I wish there were better films of those people running gates; the only ones I see are really hard to watch, and I remember everything being so much clearer back in the day on our little...
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https://youtu.be/qzzyVMFI5X8
https://youtu.be/qzzyVMFI5X8
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11-20-2021, 07:45 AM
Thread: Chinese Tennis Star Disappears
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There's a new book out about that very thing-- ...
There's a new book out about that very thing--
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11-19-2021, 10:16 AM
Thread: Climate Change
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That sounds like Lamarckism. Are your goals and...
That sounds like Lamarckism. Are your goals and ideals identical to your parents'? Do you call yr mama before making decisions?
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