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Betsy & Hope are off to “bag a president” (i.e. climb a mountain in the Presidential Range of New Hampshire). And true to form,their motto for the trip is: Go Big or Go Home
Ten Highest Peaks of the Presidential Range

Ten Highest Peaks

Rank
Peak Name
ft
m
Area

1.
Mount Washington
6288
1917
Mount Washington Massif

2.
Mount Adams
5774
1760
Northern Peaks

3.
Mount Jefferson
5712
1741
Northern Peaks

4.
Mount Clay
5533
1686
Northern Peaks

5.
Mount Monroe
5372
1637
Southern Peaks

6.
Mount […]

My wife hikes the Palmetto Trail with her childhood friend. They call me “Compass” because I get on Google Earth and map out their route then download it into the GPS. The maps provided by the Palmetto Conservation Foundation have UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) coordinates, which are a whole other ballgame from Lat/Long.
After […]

Scott Adams is the author of the Dilbert cartoon series. He also writes a daily blog where, as near as I can tell, he tries to instigate people into vehemently attacking or defending some point of view in an argument that cannot be resolved. The topics he presents are often thought-provoking, and he […]

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Enter a metafilter post titled Birthday present for a 4 year […]

So Betsy’s newfangled fancy-pants cellphone (Motorola RAZR) went on the fritz about 3 weeks before the warranty ran out. Normally I handle the support phone calls. Side note - I used to think this was because I speak “tech”, but since the people I end up talking to don’t speak tech I’ve come to […]

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