"How do we know what conditions in the world were hundreds or thousands of years ago?"
Oh, I know this one! Ice cores and tree rings.
Excuse me? Who gave you permission to exist?
Cordelia ,'Beneath You'
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kathy A - Feb 21, 2008 9:47:31 am PST #658 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
msbelle - Feb 21, 2008 9:49:24 am PST #659 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
newsflash - ebay is not so helpful with OCD. SHOCKING
tommyrot - Feb 21, 2008 9:50:27 am PST #660 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, I know this one! Ice cores and tree rings.
Yeah, the cafe owner brought both those up. Then he went on some other tangent on how there's been a series of ice ages in who knows what caused those, so who knows what causes any long-term changes now.
I have a feeling this guy listens to conservative talk radio....
Oh well. He's gone, and now I'm back at work. I have chocolate chip scones!
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 21, 2008 10:24:58 am PST #661 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
To be fair, I have heard from scientist friends that we're not absolutely sure the warming trend is due entirely to human industry rather than a natural continuation of coming out of the last ice age. But the actual rise in average temperatures and melting icecaps and such are pretty hard to argue against, whatever their causes.
amych - Feb 21, 2008 10:29:05 am PST #662 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Sure, but there's a huge gap between "due entirely" and "not happening at all", which is what the more whackaloony whackaloons seem to latch on to.
Which, umm, is just what you're saying. Not arguing with you, but with the non-present whackaloons, iow.
sarameg - Feb 21, 2008 10:31:39 am PST #663 of 10001
I'd like to state for the record: lisah is capable of msbelle-ish levels of dangerous ideas.
lisah - Feb 21, 2008 10:37:56 am PST #664 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
lisah is capable of msbelle-ish levels of dangerous ideas.
heh
msbelle - Feb 21, 2008 10:38:46 am PST #665 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
can't wait to meet you.
amych - Feb 21, 2008 10:42:48 am PST #666 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
can't wait to meet you.
World, be very afraid.
lisah - Feb 21, 2008 10:43:22 am PST #667 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
can't wait to meet you.
Likewise!