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I agree Albie. Donuts, you may pick up another inch or two, I doubt it though. There's no way you're growing another 5" without some major surgery.
 
We had a barbecue tonight, and I've also had a couple of beers. Beer is good.. It really is summer in Norway now. All of Norway. Over 20 degrees Celsius everywhere  :D

Football, beer and rock'n'roll is a good combo - after the food I watched footy while drinking beer and playing guitar. Crap, where is the 'eadbanging smiley?
 
Good deal EW. I'll be right there with you tomorrow night! Well, .... not in Norway though, perhaps in spirit.  :bigsmile:
 
Deano said:
I agree Albie. Donuts, you may pick up another inch or two, I doubt it though. There's no way you're growing another 5" without some major surgery.
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We need a biologist to verify (or not) our thoughts.

Any one know one. :D


@EW: Yeah, I saw the weather map today and the red that covered Scandinavia in general was suggesting bloody good weather.
 
Deano said:
Don't forget acclimate to the altitude. I've never been to Denver but have been to plenty of "mile high" places and the difference in breathing is significant. It should take at least a month for ones body to micro-evolve to deal with that.
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Absolutely correct, and I almost mentioned that too ... but the topic of the moment was the aridness of the US Southwest, Denver included, so I ignored it.

Actually, you won't notice the altitude most of the time. You will notice it when you work out, of course. And for the first week or so, even a sufficiently long set of stairs may be enough to get you exhausted. My first job when I moved here in 1999 was on the third floor of an office building, and those stairs were a killer for the first week.

But be careful. You need more time to acclimate to the altitude than you think. After 2 weeks, you'll feel fine - but you aren't. I've lived in Denver twice (1985-1987 and 1999-now). The first time I was here, in 1985, I passed out from simply standing up too fast - and that was after I'd been here for about a month.

And don't play around in the mountains for at least one month. You need to get used to 5280 feet of altitude before you even think about 8000 or 10000 or 14000 feet. It's safe to drive through the mountains, but anything strenuous up there is asking for trouble. Sightseeing: OK. Camping: Be careful. Hiking: are you out of your freaking mind?

Also remember that much of the US Southwest is high-altitude. Denver's altitude is only famous because it is exactly one mile above sea level. For instance, Albuquerque is slightly higher than Denver (by about 100 feet).

And a strange thing about living in high altitudes ... when you go back down to sea level, you feel like you're suffocating because of all the extra air. I honestly don't understand how people live down there, buried in all that oxygen. How do you breathe?!?
 
Deano said:
I agree Albie. Donuts, you may pick up another inch or two, I doubt it though. There's no way you're growing another 5" without some major surgery.
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Don't hate to say it Albie, I admire honesty :D
Hahahaha, and to think my dad is the tallest of his siblings and my male cousins are taller. Genetics must have favored mom :P

Starbucks mmmm :D

Well, anyway, anyone saw kung fu panda?
 
I'm gonna take my kids to see it sunday nite. 

From noon on Friday until noon on Sunday, I'm going to be working on installing my floor and returning my kitchen to normal. 
 
At the time of writing, the overall post count for the entire forum is 99,936. So the person making the 100,000 post, must be made in this thread.

Please. :D
 
LooseCannon said:
I bet that 10 times out of 10 Leo, Mikey, and Raph could kick Kung Fu Panda's ass.
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Well, sure, a Mutant Ninja beats a Kung Fu Panda's ass every time!  Now a Mutant Pirate, there is nothing better than that!

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99,937 -63 to go  :D
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Post must go on.  Hi _________no5!
 
The weather in Scandinavia is freakishly warm, I mean its June for crying out loud and on the mainland its reached 30+ degrees! We've had more than a week of blue skies, sunshine and 24+ here on Gotland and while I'm enjoying it, I'm also asking two questions. One, how long will it last? Two, is it all because of global warming?
 
One; in this part of Scandinavia it certainly did not last. Rain, wind and closer to 10 degrees than 20 today.

Two: Stating that the weather in a particular short period of time is due to global warming is not very wise. Temperatures vary on a daily basis and sometimes the hot periods are longer than average, sometimes shorter. Sometimes more frequent, sometimes less. If you say that the last couple of weeks have been warm due to global warming, it could strike back when some skeptics would use the next cold period to say that global warming is bullshit. In principle it is exactly the same. Climate is the long-term average weather. You can say that eastern Norway has a dry climate with warm summers and cold winters, but you can't say "oh crap, it is cold today. In your face, IPCC"  :D

I don't mean to be a dick, of course, but I like to argue sometimes and it adds another post to the "100 000 replies"-thread  :D
 
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