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Its easy - do you know how to track? Seriously though, ask your instructor, getting out IS easy if you do it right. Never try to eat more than you can lift

maybe dawn?! or someone like rusty? I dunno Never try to eat more than you can lift

Caol Isla or Dalwhinnie Oh - you guys weren't talking about that kind of whisky Never try to eat more than you can lift

um.... hubba Never try to eat more than you can lift

Good job your not the OIC then. if you had been we would likely now be at war and a LOT of people would be getting killed. I can see how that would be better. Never try to eat more than you can lift

Agreed - the "if it was me" thing gets hilarious. Most of the services SERE trained people get very quiet at times like this because they really know what its about. I also agree with most of JR's questions, however the one point is that they are not yet the enemy, so the whole diplomacy thing needs to be really delicate. I am glad they didn't start another war with another country. Never try to eat more than you can lift

Sad when people think killing a bunch of people is better than using diplomacy and losing a little pride. Especially when they aren't "the enemy". yet. Oh but its ok because they are foreign. Never try to eat more than you can lift

fair enough! but you are the only person i have ever met that likes it. Never try to eat more than you can lift

Although i have to say NZ has one of the most idiotic rules in the world - the left turn thing. Even most of the kiwi's i know think its ridiculous!! Never try to eat more than you can lift

Shit - 37k? Wow. Never try to eat more than you can lift

I've actually stopped using them on my expensive lenses. my 15 mm won't take one anyway and the 200 is too good a lens. Its actually pretty hard to scratch a front element, especially if you use a hood, and if you do the front elements are generally designed to be relatively easy and cheap to replace. (but note the word relatively in that sentence ) Never try to eat more than you can lift

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Moses? or Noah?! Never try to eat more than you can lift

Yeah - was wondering when that is going to appear! Never try to eat more than you can lift

My point is that since - by your own admission, gun control laws and by inference, the lack of them, make no difference to crime rates, then the decision whether they should exist or not becomes one of culture. Despite the viewpoint i have on here, i fully support the right of Americans to bear arms (or arm bears or whatever ) since it seems to be a cornerstone of your culture and a big, visible sign of the rights you have. Any state or federal government ruling to remove that goes against your cultural principles as i understand it. Conversely in my country of origin - the UK - if you carry a gun on the street you are likely to get shot by SO19 or whoever. before the gun ban, guess what, you would still have been shot. There was very little argument against the gun ban in the UK because it was never an explicit, from birth onwards i must be able to have a gun kind of thing, and the VAST majority of people never really gave a shit either way, and virtually no-one feels or felt the need to have one for self defence. (Those that did have them, target rifle shooters and shotgun owners for sport/ hunting - still do. The one group i feel genuinely sorry for is the target handgun guys, but that is so vanishingly small i find it difficult to get that upset about it) In the UK i was far more bothered about the hunting ban (again - not because i particularly agree with hunting but because its a sign of the government sticking their nose in to something they really don't understand at an emotive level), the increasingly ludicrous taxes, speed cameras etc etc etc which are all symbols of eroding freedoms that mean far more to most brits than someone banning something they never really had anyway. One other point: The emotive "law abiding gun owner" thing you keep trotting out is a real wind up. I am sure the majority of gun owners are law abiding - but some of them will still go nuts at some point and shoot up a school or whatever. Unless you can guarantee that every "law abiing gun owner" will be law abiding for their entire life then the term is worthless. And as far as i know the future-crime department isn't yet real!! Edited for clarity Never try to eat more than you can lift

Tony, All filters are not equal. If you are putting a UV filter on the front of your lens for protection thats cool, but make sure its a really good one. So many people spend hundreds of pounds on top quality lenses then stick a piece of s*** mass produced 1a or 1b on the front which degrades their image quality. Never try to eat more than you can lift

And by your own statement, don't increase it either. So its kind of a pointless argument. Never try to eat more than you can lift

a friend of mine had her shot belt confiscated also. If you can borrow one at your destination thats the best option. The guys on the machines get very suspicious of anything they can't see through. Never try to eat more than you can lift

Yeah - its a killer that the pair of wheels you have just spent a fortune on can actually make you go slower in a lot of conditions!!! Never try to eat more than you can lift

damn - you have some good friends!!! I'm contemplating a pair of Kyrysiums for race wheels but not sure - probably just stick to the stock ones for a few months. Never try to eat more than you can lift

Hey Chris - what DZ is that? It looks spectacular with all the water around. Never try to eat more than you can lift

In which case, doesn't that rather slaughter your argument that having guns as a self defence measure can actually reduce the likelihood of someone being shot? Never try to eat more than you can lift

Thats really nice. What wheels do you use when its windy? Never try to eat more than you can lift

Yeah - i am going to the local shop for them to fit me to a few bikes and see what i liek the emc2 is a damn good deal though.... Never try to eat more than you can lift

oooo nice - i am trying to decide at the moment between this: http://www.scottusa.com/product.php?UID=9760 and this http://www.emc2bikes.com/index.php/ps_pagename/bikedetail/bikemodel/9 New toys are fun! Never try to eat more than you can lift