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John Red-Horse wrote:
Actually, I remember that. My point was: Look Around Be Aware Remember Oh and pits are overrated. That's just mitigation at the personal level. On a more mundane level, there's group behavior. The firefighters have this figured out... Help me out here Bob.. BCES? Buddy, Communication, Escape Route, Safety Zone?? Something like that anyway, right? I disagree with klaus that the discussions were more fun than watching the Super Bowl, but I missed that anyway for different reasons. I'm just not much of a football fan. Although if I'd known there were going to be boobs involved... -klaus |
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klaus wrote:
I'm just not much of a football fan. Although if I'd known there were going to be boobs involved... When football is played there are always boobs involved. -- Cheers, Bev xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "I'm not proud. We really haven't done everything we could to protect our customers. Our products just aren't engineered for security." --Microsoft VP in charge of Windows OS Development, Brian Valentine. |
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On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 17:41:23 +0000, BrritSki
wrote this crap: I saw Jackson's boob during the halftime show. I have yet to see Jackson's Hole. I wondered how long it would take for this joke to hit. My over/under was at Monday 11PM. Has anyone suggested yet that it was a stunt to prove that Janet and Michael are different people ? I thought LaToya and Michael were the same. I saw LaToya in Playboy, and I'm sure she's Michael after all his/her surgery. This signature is now the ultimate power in the universe |
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On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 15:07:02 -0800, The Real Bev
wrote: klaus wrote: I'm just not much of a football fan. Although if I'd known there were going to be boobs involved... When football is played there are always boobs involved. I still can't get used to you 'merkans calling it just "football". To us, that means the *original* football - known to you as "soccer". I know none of you intend it that way, it's what you have grown up with, but it does somehow *feel* arrogant for you to disregard what all the rest of the world calls football, for your own parochial game, which everyone else calls "American football". -- Alex Heney, Global Villager Illiterate?... Write for free help. To reply by email, my address is aDOTjDOTheneyATbtinternetDOTcom |
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"Alex Heney" wrote in message ... I still can't get used to you 'merkans calling it just "football". To us, that means the *original* football - known to you as "soccer". I thought the origianl football was now called "rugby". Of course even ruggers have two sets of rules. |
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Alex Heney wrote:
: I still can't get used to you 'merkans calling it just "football". To : us, that means the *original* football - known to you as "soccer". : I know none of you intend it that way, it's what you have grown up : with, but it does somehow *feel* arrogant for you to disregard what : all the rest of the world calls football, for your own parochial game, : which everyone else calls "American football". My, I'm just Mr. Chatty these days. My recollection is that "soccer" came from a 'football' club in England that was called the Association of something, abbreviated Assoc., thus 'soccer'. But the Brits gave up on that name, I guess. Obviously whoever invented American Football had a certain poverty of the imagination, since "football" clearly better fits what we call soccer. A couple of years ago, I was watching a football (soccer) match in a pub in Horsham England with a German friend. I had never actually watched a whole game before, except my kids' matches. He was getting excited over the smallest things, as far as I could tell. I kept waiting for something to actually happen (actually I was impressed by how far and fast they could kick the ball). The final score was 0-0, and everyone but me seemed to be ok with that. My kids' games were way more fun. Guess you gotta appreciate the finer points. The Germans can't figure out why anyone would want to sit and watch a baseball game, for instance. -Paul C. |
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Bob Lee wrote:
Why yes, you're very close - I'm impressed. It's LCES: Lookouts Communication Escape Routes Safety Areas http://www.fire.blm.gov/WhatWeDo/lces.htm Man.. I'v been looking for that for days.. Thanks. As you know, a lot of wildland firefighters patrol or do snow safety in the winter, hence my exposure. This kind of stuff is common discussion at parties and the bar, etc. Along with snowpack. Sublimation never comes up though. And to tie it in with the discussion: Wildland firefighters have developed and adopted the 10 Standard Fire Orders and the 18 Watch Out Situations: http://www.nifc.gov/safety_study/10-18-lces.html Now some scientists have noted that people under that are stressed or very busy can only remember and/or act on four or five(?) different things. This factoid came to the mind of a fellow after he found himself first on the scene of a multiple fatality burnover (The Dude fire, Arizona, 1990). I believe in nonstress situations, 6 is the greatest number of things we can remember as one "unit" (Russ?? you've got to have dealt with this??) Beyond that size you have to break it into subgroups. Paul Gleason was the fellow's name, and he was a rather revered hotshot crew superintendent as well as a rock-climber and (obklaus) Buddhist. The Dude fire fatalities deeply affected Paul, and he looked for a way to boil down the life-saving principles in the "10 & 18" into something more easily remembered and used. Interesting. This is a common Buddhist exercise. Four Nobel Truths, The Eight Fold Path. Three Jewels of Refuge... 82,000 mind afflictions. He came up with LCES, which has been universally adopted in the wildfire community. I think LCES has much of value to people in avy terrain - it's second nature to me, so I use the concept automatically. Absolutely. And when things are a bit "interesting" it's a *lot* easier to run through the LCES checklist than the entire 10 & 18, even though most firefighters have those memorized. Part V in "Mountaineering - The Freedom of the Hills" covers some of these issues, although somewhat dated. Pg 445-446 in the 6th Edition talks about The Master Warning Panel. Fig 18-1 `"The panel is connected to your senses, to your brain, and to some place deep down in your gut. This last connection, in your gut is so critical that you have two lines going there in case one comes loose. His figure shows things like personal strength, group strength, weather, time, distance, altitude, equipment, etc. If those things talk to you, it's time to stop and think a second. At times with some partners, there'll be a half joking.. "there's one" when one thing goes wrong, even minor things. (See l[C]es above). And it draws attention to it for everyone in the group. When you hear.. "There's number three..." it may be time to pull the plug. The interesting thing about that is that usually you hit 3 before you even consider the avalanche hazard or dig a pit or even decide which exact line you're going to take. Part V is worth browsing through every now and then if it's been a while. Paul was a pretty interesting guy. He died of cancer about a year ago. More info at: http://tinyurl.com/22kbh Impressive. -klaus |
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Alex Heney wrote:
On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 15:07:02 -0800, The Real Bev wrote: klaus wrote: I'm just not much of a football fan. Although if I'd known there were going to be boobs involved... When football is played there are always boobs involved. I still can't get used to you 'merkans calling it just "football". To us, that means the *original* football - known to you as "soccer". Don't worry, you'll get used to it. And you'll give up on that petrol word, too. -klaus |
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Kurt Knisely wrote:
Scratch that. Nothing ever adds up from these things (accidents). It *always* adds up. We were not there and I don't even know what the peak looks like. You don't have to be there, to know, it all added up and happened exactly and perfectly like it should have. That's cause and effect. The connection between cause and effect may not be clear, especially up front, but contrary to popular belief, **** doesn't just happen, it's caused. -klaus |
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klaus wrote:
Alex Heney wrote: On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 15:07:02 -0800, The Real Bev wrote: klaus wrote: I'm just not much of a football fan. Although if I'd known there were going to be boobs involved... When football is played there are always boobs involved. I still can't get used to you 'merkans calling it just "football". To us, that means the *original* football - known to you as "soccer". Don't worry, you'll get used to it. And you'll give up on that petrol word, too. I doubt it, and I suspect we'll keep boot, bonnet, and for that matter fag too -- Chris *:-) Downhill Good, Uphill BAD! www.suffolkvikings.org.uk |
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