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Westy
10-15-2007, 06:15 PM
I won a $25 Agees bike shop gift card this weekend. It would cost me $30 in gas to drive to the place so it really isn't any good for me. I figure I'll give it to a local who could use it. I'll make it a bit interesting, the first person who wants it and can answer me these questions three gets it.
1 What Glacier in the lower 48 states exists at the lowest altitude?
2 What is the biggest threat this glacier poses to humans?
3 Why was it given it's name?
Larson TT y0!
10-15-2007, 06:54 PM
I know, I know...but it's too far for me to use as well.
denjen
10-15-2007, 07:07 PM
I know, I know...but it's too far for me to use as well.
pm me the answer. Ive been looking for the answer and cant find it
Westy
10-15-2007, 07:12 PM
pm me the answer. Ive been looking for the answer and cant find it
No cheating!
The answer to 1 & 3 can be found via google. #2 will take some thinking.
The coupon really ain't worth it, however, the trivia questions are friggin awesome! :thumb:
As far as number two, desalinization?
Westy
10-15-2007, 08:01 PM
The coupon really ain't worth it, however, the trivia questions are friggin awesome! :thumb:
As far as number two, desalinization?
Wrong. Hint: There are two correct yet similar answers. One has to do with the mountain it is on.
Larson TT y0!
10-15-2007, 08:37 PM
Wrong. Hint: There are two correct yet similar answers. One has to do with the mountain it is on.
give away.
BigMike
10-16-2007, 05:09 AM
$25 at Agees isn't worth the brainpower it took to write my response to this post
Konabumm
10-16-2007, 07:20 AM
where is agees?
Westy
10-16-2007, 07:24 AM
where is agees?
All I know is that it is a place in Richmond with not a lot of fans on the monkey. The holidays are coming up, think of the re-gifting possibilities.
denjen
10-16-2007, 08:47 AM
1- glacier MCjensen's 500' altitute
2- Its the huge sheet of ice in the bottom of my freezer. Biggest theat is that Im afaid Im going to tip the frig. over everytime I try to pull something out of the glacier
I give up. Im usually pretty good finding stuff on the web but this one has me stumped. Trying to get this $25 gift card has probably cost my boss $100 this morning
Westy
10-16-2007, 08:51 AM
Since your the only one trying I'll give you a hint, practically giving it away. Google: lowest glacier in 48 states
About the 4th link down should make the answer to #1extremely obvious.
VT Mtbkr
10-16-2007, 08:55 AM
Give it to the Newlyweds!!!! :-)
Westy
10-16-2007, 08:57 AM
Give it to the Newlyweds!!!! :-)
Win it. It's ridiculously easy at this point.
loco-gringo
10-16-2007, 09:08 AM
I bought my Yak rack from Agee's. They were like $150 less than anyone, delivered. I like them fine. :D
denjen
10-16-2007, 09:13 AM
1- Carbon Glacier 3600'
2- Rock slides, floods and lahars when the glacier melts from volcanic activity
Westy
10-16-2007, 09:16 AM
1- Carbon Glacier 3600'
2- Rock slides, floods and lahars when the glacier melts from volcanic activity
1 & 2 are correct. We still need #3, why is it called Carbon Glacier?
denjen
10-16-2007, 09:18 AM
it is the sorce of the carbon river
Westy
10-16-2007, 09:24 AM
Nope, the river is named after the glacier. The glacier is name after a certain physical characteristic.
http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/mtrainier/images/mr960.jpg
All I know is that it is a place in Richmond with not a lot of fans on the monkey. The holidays are coming up, think of the re-gifting possibilities.
Ah, not a lot of fans period....
denjen
10-16-2007, 09:30 AM
named for the coal deposits in its drainage basin
denjen
10-16-2007, 09:35 AM
Carbon Glacier, which was named from a coal deposit discovered near there in the late 19th century.
denjen
10-16-2007, 09:40 AM
it has a grey tint from all of the coal mixed in the ice.
Westy
10-16-2007, 09:41 AM
Carbon Glacier, which was named from a coal deposit discovered near there in the late 19th century.
Close enough. I thought it was named carbon because the headwall is actually black. Rock slides from the valley above dump enough rock and dirt on it that it turns the ice black and it actually has plants and trees growing on it.
PM me your address and once I figure out how "stamps" work I'll mail it to you.
Westy
10-16-2007, 09:43 AM
it has a grey tint from all of the coal mixed in the ice.
Most glaciers produce rivers with a milky gray color from the rock flour produced from the ice grinding away rock. In fact the Tacoma harbor is a nasty milky color from the rivers dumping glacial silt off of Ranier.
denjen
10-16-2007, 09:44 AM
cool thanks.
I found several different sites with different reasons on why it was named.
Westy
10-16-2007, 09:45 AM
cool thanks.
I found several different sites with different reasons on why it was named.
I hiked up to it a few months ago and the sign at the trail head said it was because of the color, the coal seems a probable answer.
BigMike
10-16-2007, 10:00 AM
Trying to get this $25 gift card has probably cost my boss $100 this morning
:rofl::rofl:
wannabeabonedoc
10-16-2007, 10:27 PM
DenJen, you must really need something from Agee's.... Congrats on the win!
denjen
10-17-2007, 07:09 AM
DenJen, you must really need something from Agee's.... Congrats on the win!
Not really, usually dont even bother with it. But its only 5 min. from my house so it will get used. Plus I couldnt turn down westys challange.
Konabumm
10-17-2007, 09:36 AM
Not really, usually dont even bother with it. But its only 5 min. from my house so it will get used. Plus I couldnt turn down westys challange.
Gift Certificate WHORE
drkenan
10-17-2007, 10:17 AM
So can we turn this thread into a trivia thread? I'm bored and reading this got me excited.
denjen
10-17-2007, 11:22 AM
WHORE
fixed
G-spot
10-17-2007, 11:32 AM
OK, drkenan wanted a triva Q,here it goes :what two ridemonkey guys where the first to spoon together?
hokierider
10-17-2007, 11:36 AM
Denjen and Konabumm!
Denjen and Konabumm!
THAT would be incorrect.
And no, I was not the first...I do however have a picture to prove it...and Dennis can block it'd usage for a small fee..... :p
:D
Westy
10-17-2007, 12:02 PM
What is the groundspeed of an unladen swallow?
THAT would be incorrect.
And no, I was not the first...I do however have a picture to prove it...and Dennis can block it'd usage for a small fee..... :p
:D
Here's a hint:
http://www.pbase.com/mrdart/image/60154283.jpg
What is the groundspeed of an unladen swallow?
his speed is the same as the horizontal component of the bird's speed. Since the bird is flying upwards at a 60 degree angle to the horizontal, the bird also has a vertical speed. So the man can stay directly under the bird, but the bird is getting higher in the sky all the time; therefore the bird's velocity is not the same as the man's velocity.
Since the angle is 60 degrees, the horizontal component of the bird's velocity is V_B * cos(60), and since cos(60) = 1/2, you find that the man's velocity is V_M = V_B*1/2, so the bird is flying exactly 2 times as fast as the man is running. Therefore the bird is flying at 240m/hr.
or:
Oh, that's an unladen swallow's flight, obviously. I mean, they were more than two laden swallows' flights away. Four, really, if they had a coconut on a line between them. I mean, if the birds were walking--
denjen
10-17-2007, 12:17 PM
What is the groundspeed of an unladen swallow?
An African or European swallow?
denjen
10-17-2007, 12:20 PM
OK, drkenan wanted a triva Q,here it goes :what two ridemonkey guys where the first to spoon together?
G-spot and hokierider
I have pics to prove it.
Konabumm
10-17-2007, 12:56 PM
this could be a gayest thread all day
Westy
10-17-2007, 12:59 PM
An African or European swallow?
D wins again.
denjen
10-17-2007, 01:07 PM
this could be a gayest thread all day
But I see you had to be part of it.
G-spot
10-17-2007, 03:10 PM
Burn me, Denjen and post the pic?
Konabumm
10-17-2007, 03:29 PM
Denjen and Konabumm!
for the record - I always blackout alone
BigMike
10-17-2007, 09:17 PM
for the record - I always blackout alone
That is not something I would admit in public...
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