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Pete Wentz is an American rock star that has crazy teenage girls chasing him in every city that he plays. Recently married to Ashlee Simpson Pete Wentz's career continues to skyrocket as he and the reality TV show actress continue to pursue careers.
As New Year's Eve is now upon us, many celebrities are traveling to be with friends and loved ones to ring in 2008. Pete Wentz was spotted with Ashlee Simpson at the Miami International Airport yesterday, looking relaxed and excited to move into the new year.
And why not? The Fall Out Boy bassist/lyricist tells press that 2007 was an amazing year for him, both personally and professionally.
If there was the slightest shred of doubt that Tony Romo is utterly infatuated with Jessica Simpson, it just flew out the window.
The Dallas Cowboys quarterback made a bold move last night, bringing the "With You" singer along for the ride on a radio interview with Live 105.3 FM's show "Inside the Huddle."
Bringing an end to the speculation regarding Fall Out Boy's bitterness toward bassist Pete Wentz's girlfriend Ashlee Simpson, the happy couple was spotted grabbing dinner in NYC before showing up at Pete's club Angels & Kings.
According to guitarist Joe Trohman's blog, "We don't have any 'pals' that gossip to the tabloids over our business. Those kind of folk are called douchebags, and we don't fraternize with douchebags. We also don't blame a certain someone for our lack of a Grammy nod. That's absolutely f---ing absurd. We might be irrational, chemically imbalanced babies, but our discontent is only directed at those who we feel slighted us to a degree."
He spent Friday night rocking Madison Square Garden at the 2007 Jingle Ball. And on Saturday night, Pete Wentz returned to the famed NYC arena - but this time the Fall Out Boy bassist was there on a date.
Seated next to girlfriend Ashlee Simpson, the couple joked and laughed with one another while watching the New York Knicks beat the New Jersey Nets 94-86.
Every year, tens of thousands of lucky fans get to see a who's who of bands perform for the Z100 Jingle Ball. And this year was definitely an early Christmas present to those lucky enough to nab a ticket to the Madison Square Garden gig.
On the vocal/pop end of things, fans were treated to performances by the Backstreet Boys, "American Idol" Jordin Sparks, and Alicia Keys.
Pete Wentz wasn't ambiguous about his disdain for this year's Grammy Nominations. Given that his platinum-plus-selling band Fall Out Boy went unmentioned was, admittedly, a bit peculiar. And now his bandmates are reportedly placing the blame on Wentz's chick, Ashlee Simpson.
The "La La" singer has apparently tarnished Fall Out Boy's reputation among music critics as a result of her association with the Clandestine Industries bassist.
Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz spent last night attending "Vive Le Karaoke" at the Fall Out Boy bassist's NYC bar, Angels & Kings.
The event, which was hosted by Nylon Magazine, Tommy Hilfiger and Crush, saw the happy couple judge the performers, as they held up scorecards amidst the incessant laughter that kept on throughout the evening.
The stars were out last night to attend the 4th annual Movieline Hollywood Life Style Awards.
The event, which was held at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California, honors the best in celebrity style including categories such as Star Stylist Extraordinaire.
Though it can be thoroughly annoying at times, you gotta admit, Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson really are a cute couple. The really fit well together, and they're one of the few celeb pairs that have a chance at some longevity. And recently Pete spoke up about his "Pieces of Me" flame.
The Fall Out Boy bassist says that his connection with Ashlee goes way beyond mere lust. He tole press, "We're past the honeymoon period. The truth is, it's crazy to be able to kiss your best friend. It's just a really awesome thing."
What does a former Baptist preacher have in common with a Fall Out Boy? They both love to brawl!
Ashlee Simpson was partying it up with boyfriend Pete Wentz and father Joe Simpson in Las Vegas earlier this week. But when they went to leave the Decaydance/GQ party at the Mirage's hot spot Jet, all hell broke loose.
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Taxi Driver Update: Video by Philly IMC
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Public Authorities continue to be one of the best means for taking control out of the hands of voters and putting it in the hands of bureaucrats two or three or four steps removed from anyone elected. I've written about the Taxi Drivers in this space several times now, but now Philly Independent Media Center has a great new video coming out a week or so in advance of a two day taxi strike.
I'm really glad IMC is paying attention to this issue. It's a fascinating case. It's one that I'd think the Nutter Butters would be going NUTS over. Closed door decisionmaking. Gouging a group of workers and the public. Capricious rulemaking. Lack of access to decisionmakers and no voter oversite. Everything that should be making them crazy mad. I hope they do pick up on it and take action. It really sucks that nobody is in control of the Parking Authority any more and that it has control of Taxis (isn't that ironic? Taxis hardly ever park, you know?).
I've written about this issue on here before. First, I spelled out how confusing PPA regs are and how they're priorities seemed more in line with ramming a system into place than making sure it worked. Second, [this one was for the Nutter Butters and other process folks], I spelled out their bogus rules for promulgating regulations.
As an Organizer, I find it exciting because this is a very diverse group of people who are hardscrabble and refuse to be victimized. If they have even close to the participation in their strike that they anticipate in the video, it's a real coup. A beautiful show of worker solidarity. It's so great to see these guys excited to take action, and any time I've sat down with them they really have been.
Now if the taxi cab drivers could just drive a little nicer...
Conflicted. I'm conflicted
I'm conflicted about taxi drivers.
First, I generally support them. They have a difficult job, it is a hard way to make a buck and it seems that regulators have nothing but contempt for them.
Second, and more importantly, they need regulation. Taxi cabs and drivers vary immensely in terms of knowledge of the city, civility and decency of the taxi. I have been in taxis that I do not know how they passed inspection. I've had taxi drivers talk to me about what kind of cocaine they like. I've been yelled at by a taxi driver for simply asking them to turn down a very loud radio. I've been in the car with an visibly intoxicated driver. Just last week, a taxi driver refused my service (which is generally illegal) and, as I was exiting the cab took off with my leg still in it. Why? Because I wanted to use my debit card, which is my right as a consumer. And--not something service can be refused for.
Third, the parking authority should focus on making taxis safer for consumers rather than trying to rip everyone off, I'd really enjoy that.
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you should look into it
I don't think you should feel conflicted at all
I don't disagree that they need to be regulated for a minute, but watch this video and read some of my past posts on the topic. PPA ain't the way to do it. They are just gouging them, us, the owners, the operators, everyone.
There's a lot of money to be made off of the taxis and everything the PPA is doing seems to be about generating revenue, because when you listen to people in the industry talk about it, it sure as heck isn't making it work more efficiency.
The trick is that all the things they are doing sound good in theory.
A GPS system.
Credit cards.
A central dispatch.
It all sounds good in theory but NONE OF IT IS WORKING, unless by "working" you mean "generating cash for the PPA and its contractors." Then it's working very well.
Yes, regulate, but let's put the regulations in the hands of the public and not this very removed, seemingly corrupt authority.
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So radical! I agree with Gaetano again
Third, the parking authority should focus on making taxis safer for consumers rather than trying to rip everyone off, I'd really enjoy that.
I am not even going to touch the debit/credit card thing, which from what I can tell was a giant boondoggle for everyone (or the not-infrequently jacked meters). But I do want to add something else to Gaetano's list: over and over I feel like my safety as a woman is threatened when I ride taxicabs here.
Cabs often do not have visible identification from the drivers, who have repeatedly propositioned me and my friends in really frightening ways. They are simply not adequately regulated.
This is not to detract from the issues the drivers face. Everyone is perhaps ill-served by the status quo.
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yes, G & JK, the drivers are definitely not all angels, that's for darn sure.
But it makes sense to back this effort up and get the Industry in the hands of an institution that will try to make it work for all parties, including our business travel and tourist industry, for which they are a major support system.
Safety does not seem to be a concern of the PPA. Gouging for fees is. And any effort they might make to talk to drivers about some of their "in car" behaviors would be met with nothing but derision from the drivers now, because they have no trust in the PPA.
The issues you bring up are sensitive ones, and they can only be dealt with, really, in soft ways (workshops and meetings and junk like that that takes time to change a culture), but only a regulator that the drivers have some faith in will be able to do it effectively.
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Yeah, I am with you
Yeah, I am with you and I agree. I just have so much resentment! Sigh.
you should start riding a bike instead of taking cabs
My bikes never propositions me, and, believe me, I probably wouldn't turn either one of them down I love them so darn much!
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Haha I love my bike
It looks like this.
But I also REALLY like being driven around, as good as I am at riding in heels.
Our Bianchis could totally be friends!
Here's mine!
Plus my kitty, Mendota.
Hey! Other YPPers should put up their bikes! This is totally fun!
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Regulating Taxis
I think lots of people are up in arms about the Parking Authority, including Nutter Butters.
I also completely agree with Jennifer's account from various sources--and have heard of tales of much worse happening to women. Not to defame all taxis drivers but there need to be much better safety provisions, including life time disbarments for assaults on women or anyone for that matter.
Nonetheless, I think that there is good reason to support the Parking Authority in this particular case. Taxis should definitely have GPS monitoring because we live in the twentieth century, even if there is a case to be made to have them turned off when the taxis aren't in service.
Lastly, the bottom line about this protest is that taxi drivers don't want to accept credit cards because it'll increase their taxable income. I understand that could mean a pretty steep decrease in pay (maybe 20% or more) but consider it the cost of doing business. If you want to operate a taxi, you have the obligation to pay taxes. This protest is just an attempt to avoid taxes and should be criticized as such. There isn't any bureaucracy that will ever be loved enough to willingly get people to pay taxes, no matter how cuddly and customer service friendly they try to make it. No one has a right to avoid taxes. If taxis really have a problem with credit cards, they can negotiate lower payments in cash with their customers individually.
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yeah, "propositioned" was the polite, vague, term.
it's much worse than that
Mike, your take is simplistic.
Have you watched the video I linked? Ron, the driver, spells it all out really clearly. Don't rely on the Inq'y's coverage. You've got an opportunity to hear straight from a driver.
Fine, put in GPS. Yes, it is the 20th century. But they aren't allowed to be on the road unless the things are working, and they break down all the time. Plus, there are several parts to the overall system, most notably the credit card/GPS link. If either part fails, it all fails. And they are taken off the road. These guys can't afford to lose driving time to constantly get these stupid things fixed plus they get fined when they aren't working.
Second, on the credit cards, there was no process to find a system that worked for the drivers. The Parking Authority rushed the system through.
Now why might that be?
Could it be because they GET A CUT of every fare paid for with a Debit or Credit card? Plus they get to nail drivers with fees if they catch them operating despite the fact that their GPS/CreditCard system has gone down again?
What do you think?
Not only do the drivers have to pay more taxes, but they also have to face more fines and lost time related to the crappy system and they also have to pay a tax to the PPA and the tax the credit card companies lay down on you for using their services.
If you really look at this issue, the PPA is not managing it in the community interest.
You are falling prey to the exact same logic I described above. IN THEORY it all sounds very modern and right, but in practice it's slowing the whole industry down (not making it more efficient), costing everyone (except the PPA) more money and it isn't getting anyone their cab service any more quickly, safely or efficiently.
The PPA is functioning capriciously. I'm for bringing out taxi industry up to modern tech, but let's do it in a way that works for riders, drivers, owners and dispatchers. This is not it.
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I'm conflicted too
I want to empathize with cabbies. And sometimes, I really would like to do something about their plight.
Then, I think about how hard it is for me to catch a cab. How cabbies don't stop for me, even wearing a suit. When they do stop, and find out where I live, they tell me they don't drive there.
And I'll never forget that cold night in November where it took me more than an hour to catch a cab... at 30th street! There were nothing but taxi-cabs around. They were all lined up and every one of them refused to unlock their doors for me. I had to jump into a cab while someone else opened the door for themselves... and I refused to get out.
I didn't think it would be that difficult to get home after a party at the World Cafe Live. I hate to sound mean but... I'll have more love for cabbies when they have more love for me.
sounds right
When we have a legitimate regulator that really is trying to make the Industry work well for all its stakeholders, we can actually address issues like this. Forget about it under the PPA though. There's no way you can force people not to discriminate... these are issues that have to be worked through.
Like I said to Jennifer on the safety issue, this would take a regulator that the drivers had some trust in. Not the PPA.
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Tech is never perfect
You've got some excellent points. Nonetheless, given the amount of times in my life that drivers have lied to me and told me their meters weren't functioning (admittedly, I've only taken taxis maybe twice in Philly in more than twenty years but I can't imagine the drivers are more honest than NYC or third world countries) so they could charge me more, I'm going to take their complaints with a grain of salt. Technology is inherently imperfect and todays standards are always worse than tomorrow's.
Look at what Septa's wait until tomorrow for a reasonable fare card system has left us: two decades and counting. The credit card technology could be near perfect and the drivers would still be complaining. I'll support postponing the system say a year but otherwise think this is still mostly about tax evasion.
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Well, let's be honest
What we have right now is (from what I can tell as a lazy girl who wears uncomfortable shoes and therefore rides a lot of taxis) an apparently universal civil disobediance on the credit card thing.
I am not the pushiest person ever, but having asked maybe half a dozen times, I have NEVER seen or heard of a taxi driver permitting a customer to use the credit/debit machines.
So however things SHOULD be, there's a problem that has to be dealt with. I mean, the PPA can't skim off the contracts if there are no charges running, presumably. It's not working for anyone and something definitely has to be negotiated.
As a sort-of aside, you get the 'broken meter' with some frequency, but more often I think the meters are mis-calibrated. You get a ridiculous variance in fares on routes you know, and I have more than once mentioned that it seemed high and had the driver say, "oh, what do you usually pay, I'll take that."
I insist on the ability to
I insist on the ability to use the debit/credit machines. I have threatened to not pay if they do not let me use it. I consider it something that should be explained up front, but not on the back end. The presumption should be the consumer pays however she feels provided the method is accepted. If the machine is broken, post a sign. But if I get in that taxi and you drive me somewhere and tell me it isn't working--that is a consumer protection issue. The machines are hardly ever broken. That line is usually bullshit.
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That's why I said civil disobediance!
If you ask, front or back end, they say no, not working, whatever. If you ride a cab here more than once, you don't have to ask. No credit cards.
I agree. But, I consider
I agree.
But, I consider that a free ride. But, I'm a jerk who doesn't like carrying cash around and that will not change. I'm addicted to the debit card--particularly the pay-pass.
Why you so lazy? :)
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good for you
G, you should definitely stand up for yourself and it's good to do this. I once staged a sit-in on a cab in Baltimore when he tried to gouge us too bad on New Year's Eve. My friends knew the regular price, so when he quoted a fare three times that I told everyone to just sit there till his fare went down. Pretty funny. We were in no rush.
I'll quibble a little, though... the cabbies I've talked to (outside of the actual cab), say they break all the time. Now, I have no doubt that you are getting lied to. My impression is that when they REALLY break, they get off the road because they have to. When you're in the car, okay, they aren't broken.
But they do break... a lot... we just don't see those cabs because they have left the street.
Cabbies are definitely shady pretty often, but ramming through reform with a battering ram is not the way to change the system.
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Good point, and thank you.
Good point, and thank you.
Usually, however, I have very pleasant taxi experiences. And, I enjoy talking to the drivers about their business and other topics. I once met a fellow, Patras, who immigrated from Pakistan and was, oddly, Roman Catholic. We talked a bit about our names. Patras is Peter. I still talk with him from time to time, particularly around the Christian holidays.
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I am just going to add a general apology
for co-opting your pro-worker thread with the complaints of taxi-riding attorneys!
I concur.
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the funny thing is...
... I've taken two cabs in this city, ever. I think. Once only like 8 blocks but I really had to get to the bike shop before it closed, and once because it was just so cold I need a half-mile ride to my car or I was going to die (like, the worst night ever). Maybe I'm forgetting a couple rides, but... yeah, I never take them.
The user perspective is important, no question, it's just that I don't know that users realize how they also aren't really getting served by the PPA. It just seems as though they should be.
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I have seen some good
I have seen some good changes to taxi service since PPA has taken over. But, by-and-large, I'd say you're correct. They aren't aggressive enough where they need to be, i.e. safer taxis and general protection of consumers, and too aggressive in other areas.
Balance is key and, clearly, PPA doesn't have it. PPA should be a partner in the relationship between drivers and passengers, setting up the rules--with participation and input, not in an autocratic fashion.
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I ride cabs a lot
Sorry to come to this so late. My shoes are generally more comfy than Jennifer's, but i ride cabs probably at least once a month and in the winter a lot more. I would say 1 out of 2 experiences is a bad or marginal one. For me, the concerns are unsafe driving (especially with drivers on cell phones) and totally crazy routes: some drivers go the way I would, but some seem to take me way out of my way to get home. There are some really great drivers too and some great cab rides.
Meanwhile, I hate John Perzel and his takeover of the Parking Authority. Everything about the PPA's control of taxis smacks of greedy self-interest and power games on the part of Perzel and his Republican friends.
This is a real conflict though. I don't think it's anti-worker to express some real concerns with experiences riding in cabs. I think one missing element in this conversation so far is cab owners. Some drivers own their own vehicles, but far more are owned by folks who are re3sponsible for vehicle maintainence, timely pay-outs of credit card sales, etc.
What's the deal with them Brady?
right now, there is pretty solid unity
No doubt there are plenty of worker issues with the taxi cab company owners and their workers, but, right now, the drivers, owners and dispatchers (dispatches are actually a third thing, though many people/businesses fall into more than one of these categories) are all pretty unified right now against the PPA. They have some stuff they'll fight out later and this fight will end with a much more organized driver-base,
everybody hates the PPA and everybody thinks they are getting railroaded.
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What about the cabs themselves?
I understand that many of Philly's taxicabs are are actually former NYC cabs which don't pass muster up there. Hence, they tend to be old + decrepit, which doesn't lend one towards enjoying the occasional ride in a Philly cab.
Updated the post
I just updated the post with links to the past posts I'd already written on the subject, but I thought I'd put it here in the comments, too. I think the second link below is especially damning for anyone who cares about process:
First, I spelled out how confusing PPA regs are and how they're priorities seemed more in line with ramming a credit card system into place than making sure it worked. Second, [this one was for the Nutter Butters and other process folks], I spelled out their bogus rules for promulgating regulations.
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The back story on the taxis and why I support them
If there is a special place in hell for bureaucrats who force people into impossible situations, then the Parking Authority (PPA) director and board would be there.
Cab drivers and the owners of the medallions, because of the changes the PPA has forced on them, find it almost impossible to make a living.
To understand the problem, I believe you have to accept that industries are formed and develop based on the environment in which they operate. Radical changes to the environment change the way the industry acts. As an example consider what would happen to the restaurant industry if tipping were outlawed. Could waiters make enough to live? If the owners had to pay much more in salary, would they have to raise the prices? And it they couldn't, what would happen?
That is what has happened to taxi cab drivers and the industry. The industry grew under rules where cab drivers were able to collect tips, use their best judgment about how to get places, the owners of the taxis and medallions leased the cabs based on what it cost them to operate (including fees and fines). It was far from perfect (drivers were not allowed to unionize, they had no collective bargaining, no benefits) but they made enough to live and save enough to move on.
The whole mess was regulated by the Public Utility Commission and was relatively lucrative; millions of dollars were collected through fees and the sale of medallions.
When the republicans in Harrisburg, led by Prezel and others took the PPA from the city they also took the cab industry from the PUC. Because the PPA was always seen as a patronage haven that funded the republican machine, its owners and consultants, the PPA jacked up the price of everything (fees, fines, you name it) and found questionable ways to give out lucrative contracts for things like the GPS system and the debit card system. (The PPA's consultant, David Boonin, an economist with no experience with the cab industry made the decision to give the contract for the GPS system and then took a job with the company he gave the contract to)
The GPS system doesn't work all of the time. And when it doesn't work, neither does the meter. Cabbies either have to stop driving (despite the fact they have already rented the cab for the week) or keep going attempting to persuade riders that the meter doesn't work and that's why they aren't using it.
The changes in the dispatch system means that cabbies are sometimes supposed to pass riders on the street to get to where they are sent (or face a fine). But because the system works so poorly, it takes as long as 45 mins for the driver to be sent, 80% of the time the caller has given up and either called another company or taken another form of transportation.
Drivers don't like the credit card reader for three reasons: PPA gave the sweetheart contract away so that the people running it get 5% of the fares. Drivers lose 5%. 2nd, most people who pay cash, give the driver a tip, (here keep the change) the machine makes it harder for riders in a hurray (and most who use cabs are) to enter a tip on the machine. It's not like a restaurant where one sits around and drinks coffee while paying. And third, the driver doesn't get the money right away and is never sure what they are being paid for. (Many cabbies don't have laptops to keep track and don't know if and when they are being cheated.)
Because the fees and fines have gone up dramatically the owners of the cabs don't believe they can lower the rents to make up for the drivers lost revenues. And then there is the imperial and undemocratic nature of the rules.
The PPA simply sets the rules. They set the fines and fees without a hearing, public input or any oversight. And because they are trying to build the republican machine in Philadelphia and can't do it by electing anyone, they do it by creating jobs for everyone they can, which means raising the fees and fines whenever they can.
And they do all this behind the curtains covering themselves with the statement; we are doing this for the public. But if were for the public, there would be public hearings on regulations, the cab drivers would be able to make a living and the owners would be able to put new cabs on the street.
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There's a lot going on here that we may not see from blogland
Thanks, Lance.
I want to start from where he ended and say that I think it's important in this issue to realize that there are perfectly good reasons for this fight. It's easy to dismiss the taxi drivers for folks who read YPP, because most of us on here don't view cabbies as peers and don't have any cabbies in their social circles. Everyone has a gripe with a cabbie. Hell, I have plenty.
But sometimes there's a much larger picture and even if the issue gets spun against a group of workers, there's still a good reason to back them up. The SEPTA workers needed to hold the line on their benefits, even if that screwed our days up. Sometimes teachers have to shut down schools to keep decent wages. The Teamsters had to shut down UPS back in 1997 and my bike stayed in the shop an extra week because I couldn't get the new bike post I needed for it,
but sometimes we all need to take a breath and back the people up, even if they aren't people very much like us,
because I've got two statements here that I think most of us can agree with. If we use these two statements to frame our view of worker struggles, we might be able to cut them some more slack:
1) People are getting screwed left and right all over this country
2) The screwing has gotten pretty sophisticated, so even when you know you're getting robbed it's hard to point to when the stealing happened.
We've all been pissed at our own cell phone career or our landlord or the way our bank tricked us into some awful fee. Well, the PPA is pulling the same tricks against the cabbies on a grand scale.
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PPA is out of control
Alright, it seems the PPA is out of control so I concede the taxis drivers are in the right here.
For what it's worth, I think that there is a business opportunity for anyone smart enough to out compete the taxis, or heck, provide a safe experience and not discriminate against riders.
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GEQUAMO—A Generic, Multilayered, Customisable, Software Quality Model
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Software quality models have primarily been based on top down process improvement approaches. Such models are based on the fundamental principle of empowerment of all involved and foster a questioning attitude through the active exchange of ideas and criticism ensuring that the most appropriate approach for quality improvements is adopted. The holistic view of systems enables the incorporation of many viewpoints held by different parties within the same organisation and by the same party at different stages of development. In this paper the GEQUAMO (GEneric, multilayered and customisable) QUAlity MOdel is proposed. GEQUAMO encapsulates the requirements of different stakeholders in a dynamic and flexible manner so as to enable each stakeholder (developer, user or sponsor) to construct their own model reflecting the emphasis/weighting for each attribute/requirement. Using a combination of the CFD (Composite Features Diagramming Technique) developed by the author, and Kiviat diagrams a multilayered and dynamic model is constructed. Instances of models are presented together with the algorithm for the computation of the profiles. Indications of future work conclude the paper.


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This is part of a series called Friday Entrepreneurs.
I can't count the number of times I've heard people say, "If you rent a house, you're just throwing money out the window." This is complete nonsense and it always makes me want to throw something heavy and crystal-based gainst the wall, so I was interested when I heard from John Knox and Matt Landry. These guys have written a 53-page e-book comparing the costs of renting vs. buying in which they try to lay out the choice in detail. When you read the interview, notice a few things:
- These guys refuse to be a part of the let's-give-a-simplistic-answer-to-a-difficult-question party. Instead, they wrote a 53-page e-book! I love this. In fact, I intentionally asked them, "What should I do, invest in stocks or buy a house?" When I hear something like this, I always roll my eyes because there are no easy answers to such a broad-ass question. John and Matt answer it admirably by refusing to give a simplistic response, clarifying some of the things we should think about, and then recommending where to do further research for our specific situations.
- Their positions challenge the conventional belief that rent money is wasted money. They're not saying that it's better or worse than buying a house, but they are trying to clarify the reasons people choose one over the other. Their view reminds me of my post on buying a new car, which contradicted a lot of what we've been told for years. A lot of people didn't like my position. Whether you agree with them or not, John and Matt give you some interesting things to think about.
- I love their points about the hidden costs of buying a house. This is true of everything having to do with money, whether it's transaction fees, buying a loaded fund, or taxes. Think total value and total price, not 1-time cost.
- They haven't made much money and they're ok with that. But now they're trying to figure out how.
- I really like how they learned about something–and then took it one step further by sharing it with other people. To me, this is a key component of an entrepreneur, instead of just learning something and hoarding it. What's the point? After you read the interview, you can visit their site at http://takecover.movingavg.com.
Aren't people who rent just wasting money?
"Good question to start. This is exactly what we tackle in 'Take Cover.' Its just not an easy topic to address in a word or two.
If you can buy a house and the total monthly expenses are less than rent, then staying in the apartment anyway probably makes you a sucker. On the other extreme, if your costs for owning a home are twice as high as renting an equivalent place, renting becomes a perfectly feasible economic choice.
Anyone who doesn't pay cash for a house (um, most of us) will likely find themselves staring down the long barrel of a 30 year mortgage. At an interest rate of 6% it takes something like nineteen years before the interest portion of a mortgage payment is less than the part that goes towards the principal you owe. You might get a tax break for that interest you pay, but you're still paying.
And for that interest you're paying, your lender won't send Bubba over to fix the AC, kill bugs, or fish a spoon out of the kitchen garbage disposal. Toilet leak? Better get a plumber over to find the crack."
Then why do so many people say that?
"Realtors, lenders, appraisers, title companies, and home inspectors all see dollar signs when homes are sold. Home owners are psychologically committed to saying it to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. There's a silent 'right?' that they are mentally suffixing to it.
The saying seems obvious, but the situation actually has some real complexity. Who thinks of the cost of mowing and watering the lawn? What about needing to move every five years—selling a home doesn't cost $10 like a stock trade might. Six percent goes to the realtors, and another huge chunk of cash goes to closing costs.
Folks buy clothes, electronics, and cars on a whim. Why not houses? By the time you are getting estimates on interest rates, closing costs, insurance costs, taxes, and so on, you're committed. You've put so much effort into finding the house that looks exactly like the haunted mansion, so much time thinking of what goes into what room. It's like planning a war.
Think about someone buying a car. They agree on a price with the dealer, and then they get shoved into some hot little room where they are sold all sorts of extras nobody in their right mind would want or pay for. When that person finally gets done draining their wallet, when he shows off the car at work, he doesn't want to tell anyone about the high-pressure extras. He won't share the cost of the floor-mat sealer and roadside window washing plan with the five dollar deductible he got talked into. When is the last time your buddy drove up with a sweet new ride and said, "Dude, I just totally got reamed on this baby!"
The same thing happens with houses: expenses build up, but everyone sort of intentionally forgets them—especially when they only cost an extra $20 a month. Thirty year loans are sneaky that way. Why let a complicated reality destroy a simple elegant saying that feels so good?"
What should I do, invest in stocks or buy a house?
"Wow, what a dilemma! If we're talking about investing, we're really skeptical about living in an investment. You might be better off by building an igloo out of stacks of penny-stock certificates. Or not. If you're talking about buying rental properties and becoming a land lord, there are some good books on the subject that you should read—see the book list at the end of 'Take Cover.' If you're talking about flipping homes, neither of us has had enough experience to form an educated opinion.
We'll talk our way out of this one by saying that neither is necessarily a good investment choice. In both cases, investor psychology usually defeats the investor. For homes, people are always chasing bigger and better, or sinking lots of money into home improvement projects. For stocks, folks tend to buy yesterday's winners, always sell low, and so on.
More practically, it's easier to set up an investment plan in stocks or other funds so that emotions don't burn up all your money. For stocks there is lots of data available to use as a basis for your decisions, and you can set up accounts to buy and sell stocks automatically. For a home though, you'll have a really hard time avoiding emotions in your decision making process—you live there. Objectivity is out the window, so to speak.
Another big issue with treating your home as an investment is that you'll find it really difficult to figure out your rate of return.
Even in insanely hot markets, looks can be deceiving. There is actually a really good article related to the subject right on your site.
But, if you're looking to invest your money, please don't follow the advice from a short interview like this. Instead, do some serious research. Consumer Reports has some interesting articles where they measure the impact home improvements have on sales price. If memory serves, all of the upgrades they looked at raised the value of the home by less than their cost. You can find all sorts of interesting texts on what to do with stocks.
'Take Cover' can help someone at least figure out what a home might cost to own in the long run. But again, you're trying to balance two competing interests when you treat your home as an investment."
You say that Take Cover is not free, and you ask that people donate. Do they?
"We prefer not to call them donations, for obvious reasons. We aren't running a charity car wash—although I bet the washes have pretty low non-donation rates. How can you say no to a bunch of cheerleaders or whoever after they wash your car?
But practically, you're right, it is a donation. Dishonest people don't have to pay. So far we have had a handful of payments. We just started offering our product a week and a half ago, so we aren't surprised that we only have a handful—only a few copies of our book have been downloaded."
What could you do to improve your donation rate?
"Ah! Well, first we need more people visiting our site. Then more of those people that do visit will need to download our book. Finally, those that do read the book will need to pay for it. We need to optimize each of those steps.
We've found that the wording of our ads has a large impact on click-through rates. We might find a similar impact if we try different ways of asking for payment. These experiments sound just like grade-school science projects without all the cardboard, double-stick tape, and 3-D graphs.
Although we're hopeful that the honor system will work we may find that giving folks the product before accepting payment is a bad idea. It is nice not to have to worry about setting up online stores and things—they tend to be painful and a bit more expensive. Also, unless you grow your own, you're limited in customization of the look and feel. It is also nice to see that people are paying because they like the product, not because they had to pay to read it first.
Ultimately if we don't get high payment vs. download rates we'll have to try a store where you pay first. It's either that, or follow the lead of the charity car wash and have a cheerleader in a small bathing suit asking for payment."
Tell me a little bit about yourselves.
"Both of us are Electrical Engineers. We graduated from the University of Florida with Bachelor's degrees. Today we work in two different giant, faceless engineering companies in Austin, Texas. Matt is an analog circuit designer, and John is a silicon verification engineer.
We've both became a bit disillusioned about our engineering jobs. Working as an engineer isn't bad—far from it. I think we just dislike the notion of a 9 to 5 job—especially when it so often becomes 9 to 9, or later. Commuting, cubicles, tedious meetings, and office blowhards all make us a bit dissatisfied with the status quo."
How much did it cost you to do this?
"Maybe two thousand dollars. Most of that went to the cost of incorporating and getting some legal help to do so. We spent some money on office supplies, some lunch meetings. If we used legalzoom.com or another service to incorporate, you could probably do everything for less than a thousand dollars, maybe even around $500.
There were a few unexpected costs. To use Google Checkout, we needed to provide customers a phone number and physical address. We certainly didn't want to use our home addresses and cell phones. For around $40 bucks we got a SkypeIn phone number with voice mail for a year. For something like $60 we got a box at a UPS store for a year as a mailing address.
For the website, we pay about $4 per month—which sounds like crazy talk to us. We use a raft of free software tools for the Mac and Windows to do graphics and write text. For our online advertising we basically set our monthly budget and pay for clicks—about $0.20 per click at $30 per month."
How much have you made? (Approx is fine, or whatever you're comfortable with.)
"We haven't made any profit yet. We have revenue, but no profit. We've received like $20 in payments so far. We just started selling last week, so we aren't entirely shocked. Obviously we want to do better in the future."
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Fact and Fiction About the Apple Tablet
Rumors have been swirling for weeks about a new Apple product that's scheduled to be unveiled next week. The legions of Apple rumor-mongers suspect the company is about to launch a new tablet device, which Apple fans hope will have the kind of game-changing impact of the iPhone. We try and separate fact from fiction and look at how useful such a device might be.
If it is the tablet, what will it look like? And more importantly, what will it do? Cliff Kuang, tech blogger for Fast Company Magazine and writer for Wired, has a few ideas. He shares his thoughts with us, as does Steven Levy, Wired senior writer and author of "The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness."
"We should ask you know, what does this thing actually do? I don't think the world needs another sort of slim computer that's about ten inches. The interesting thing though, is this is being touted as something that could potentially have a sort of rich media reading experience."
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REN mygig uconnect problem
Hi all..I'm new to forum and have done extensive searching to find related threads and solutions. Here's the skinny:
1. Replaced stock base radio in 2010 Wrangler with REN purchased on eBay
2. REN came from 2009 Dodge RAM - Checked and its compatible with the Wrangler
3. REN came with proper uConnect module and iPod wiring harnesses.
4. I installed and radio and it worked no problem.
5. Took to dealer for Starscan. They updated software and they say the radio is recognized OK but handsfree and bluetooth doesn't work.
6. Message on display "Not equipped with uConnect"
I checked and rechecked wiring and all is good. I think this was the dealer's first attempt at a MyGig Starscan and they may have missed something.
Anyone experience similar problems and have you resolved them? Any instructions I should be sharing with the dealer?
Re: REN mygig uconnect problem
The dealer has to update the vehicle in the chrysler system. Then the vehicle needs to be reconfigured. Additionally, make sure that you have the u-connect MODULE in the car (should be behind the glovebox door), and that you have the microphone as well.
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Thanks MM. uConnect is connected as is the mic. I think the dealer missed a step during the first Starscan. Going back tomorrow to see if we can get it running. Cheers.....jk
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A birther, a LaRouchie, a tea party rabbi, and a Christian fundamentalist walk into a bar.
Actually, no—this is a list of Republicans competing in next Tuesday's Senate primary in California. Thanks to big changes to how the Golden State conducts its primaries, 23 long-shot candidates—a Libertarian, an American Independence Party member, two Peace and Freedom Party members, five Democrats, and 14 Republicans, including the four mentioned above—are battling for a chance at a high-profile face-off with Democratic incumbent Dianne Feinstein in November. And the Republicans are so weak in the state that their side of the contest has become something of a political clown show.
This year, California is introducing a "top-two primary" system for its legislative, congressional, and statewide elections, including the Senate race. Under the new rules, the Democratic and Republican parties are no longer guaranteed a spot on the general-election ballot. Instead, the two candidates who receive the most votes in the primary on June 5, regardless of party, will compete in the general election. In theory, two Democrats, two Republicans, or even two Peace and Freedom Party members could end up advancing to the main event.
Feinstein, a three-term incumbent Democrat running for reelection, is all but certain to make it through the primary. In the most recent public poll of the primary, more than half of the likely voters surveyed said they planned to vote for her. But it's "impossible to know" who will face Feinstein, SurveyUSA, which conducted the poll, said in a press release. In the poll—conducted, appropriately, over April Fools' Day weekend—none of Feinstein's 23 aspiring challengers registered more than 2 percent support statewide. That means the GOP has not been able to field a credible candidate for this seat in a year in which Democrats are playing defense.
"This is what happens when a party doesn't have serious chance of winning," says John Pitney, a professor of politics at Claremont McKenna College in Southern California. "You get some candidates who are intelligent and well motivated, and then you get a whole bunch of wackos who resemble the bar scene from Star Wars…Unless Feinstein is revealed to have a secret life as a cat burglar, it doesn't really matter who ends up being the Republican nominee, because he or she is not going to end up a US senator."
It's easy to see why credible GOP candidates might turn down the opportunity to face Feinstein. California is very blue territory, and President Barack Obama is expected to carry the state easily this November—and increase Democratic turnout. In 2010, an election year that was disastrous for Democrats almost everywhere outside of California, Feinstein's Senate colleague Barbara Boxer won reelection by 10 points. The Republican candidate Boxer crushed was Carly Fiorina, a world-famous multimillionaire executive. None of the GOPers lined up to face Feinstein are so prominent—or well funded.
This year, the bigwigs at the state Republican Party are pulling for Elizabeth Emken, a financial analyst who once lobbied for the autism advocacy group Autism Speaks. Despite a relative lack of political experience—she came in fourth of four candidates in a Republican congressional primary in 2010—Emken may be the most mainstream of the GOP contenders. "All of the candidates are certainly interesting people, but Emken's our guy," says Micah Grant, deputy communications director of the California Republican Party, who claims he is "extremely confident" about the GOP's chances to take this seat.
But for the GOP to be successful in the fall, one of its candidates has to survive the top-two primary. Emken is polling at just 2 percent—leaving an opening for just about any of the other 13 Republicans to seize a spot on the November ballot. A handful of competent but largely unknown candidates, including Oceanside businessman Dan Hughes, end-the-fed libertarian Rick Williams, and tea partier John Boruff are also polling in the 1-2 percent region. The rest of the GOP field is a potpourri of true believers, conspiracy theorists, and novelty candidates, each one bringing a strikingly unique profile to the party.
One of the most recognizable GOP candidates is Orly Taitz, a dentist and former real estate agent who entered the national conversation in 2009 as a leader of the birther movement. In 2010, Taitz mounted an unsuccessful bid to become the GOP nominee for California secretary of state—she was defeated by a 3-1 margin by Damon Dunn, a former professional football player. She is now upbeat about her prospect for unseating Feinstein, citing her supposed search-engine-mentum.
"Based on looking at the Google searches, you see that there is more interest—worldwide interest, actually—in my candidacy than Feinstein's," contends Taitz, the self-described "anti-establishment candidate" who says she is taking on the "the official California GOP puppet," meaning Emken.
Taitz's platform includes offering tax credits to companies that eschew outsourcing, kicking off a trade war with China, and starting an ambitious desalination program (similar to those found in Israel and India) to solve water shortages.
And she has not given up birtherism, declaring that the long-form birth certificate Obama released is a fraud. She promises that she'll take the issue all the way to Washington, provided she topples Feinstein and Obama beats Romney. "I will bring this challenge to the floor of the Senate…and intend to call an emergency hearing," Taitz tells Mother Jones. "Forgerygate is 100 times bigger than Watergate. President Obama would be smart to leave [office] before the 2012 election and get a pardon from Biden."
Orly Taitz isn't even the most colorful Republican candidate in the race. That honor probably goes to Nachum Shifren, an Orthodox rabbi who previously made a failed run for California state Senate in 2010. As a public figure, Shifren stands at the cultural intersection of surfer bro, Hasidic Jew, and far-right agitator.
At times, it sort of seems like Shifren's bio was stolen from a Dos Equis commercial. He's worked as a competitive swimmer, a Malibu lifeguard, a language teacher, a rabbi, and served in the Israeli Defense Forces. Over the years, he's cultivated a reputation as the "surfing rabbi" of California…and of the entire world, really. Shifren started Jewish Surfers International, an organization he used to "take people surfing" so that they "get turned on to the divine energy of the ocean." He's authored two books, including 2001's Surfing Rabbi: A Kabbalistic Quest for Soul.
Shifren is also known for his ultra-conservative tendencies and extremist ties. When he's not espousing tea party values or getting chummy with politicians like Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), he can be found railing against Muslim communities. "I am an Islamophobe!" he proudly shouted in front of a crowd of supporters in San Mateo in early May. One of Shifren's pet causes is supporting the English Defence League (EDL), an anti-Muslim protest movement in England that has been described by the Observer as a "dangerous cocktail of football hooligans, far-right activists and pub racists."
"[Muslims] eat each other alive, like the dogs that they are," Shifren said on stage at an EDL rally in 2010. "We shall prevail, we will not let them take over our countries. We will never surrender to the sword of Islam." The Shifren campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
For Republican primary voters in California who don't think Shifren's Shariah-takeover narrative is conspiratorial enough, there's another candidate to consider: Robert Lauten. He regularly blasts Feinstein for having "blood on her hands" for supporting "Obama's unconstitutional Libya war" and "Obama's unconstitutional Syria war." (For the record, the Obama administration has not, as of press time, intervened militarily in Syria.)
Lauten is a staunch advocate for the impeachment of Obama, whom he calls a "warmonger." Much of Lauten's campaign website is dedicated to providing links to outlets such as Alex Jones' Prison Planet and Lyndon LaRouche's LaRouchePAC—two online hotbeds of acute wingnuttery. Lauten also regularly touts his three-step plan for boosting America's ailing economy: reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act, shore up a Hamiltonian credit system, and revive the North American Water and Power Alliance project from the '60s. Lauten's campaign didn't respond to multiple requests for comment.
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Joseph ScaliaMember
@jscaliaLocale: NorthEast
I have been trying to switch from my heavy lexan wide mouth Nalgenes to soft plastic Gatorade type bottles but am considering carrying at least one 1 liter Nalgene just for the ability to use it as a hot water bottle for extra heat for chilly nights. I understand that most of the lighter soft plastic containers are not that reliable with hot water.Mar 8, 2009 at 6:44 pm #1483847
Chris ChastainMember
@thangfishLocale: S. Central NC, USA
Never tried a gatorade type with hot water but Platypus is fine with boiling water.Mar 8, 2009 at 7:22 pm #1483850
Oddly…after years of not using my Nalgenes due to weight I finally gave back in – I prefer them! They are what I like so I happily carry the extra couple ounces and don't worry about it anymore.
And mine are pretty sky blue with black trees on them. Fashion is so important ;-) (Joking!!)Mar 8, 2009 at 7:27 pm #1483853
Hey Joseph, I am of the same philosophy as you and while I carry soda / Gatorade bottles for my water (Along with soft sided Nalgene Canteens and platypus containers) I still hold on to one Nalgene for this purpose and they excel. The Nalgene canteens are rated to carry water hot enough, but in my testing – They do not remain hot very long. I would assume a playtpus would perform equally. The regular Nalgene bottle stays warm much longer. I still carry one, and it's a life saver when needed. In addition…Maybe it's just me but I trust a regular Nalgene bottle containing nearly boiling water in my sleeping bag a lot more than a soft-sided container. Makes for a better nights sleep :DMar 8, 2009 at 7:42 pm #1483861
> I trust a regular Nalgene bottle containing nearly boiling water in my sleeping bag a
> lot more than a soft-sided container.
"nearly boiling water" sounds a bit too hot to me. Wrapped in some clothing?
I wonder whether wearing the clothing instead might work better?Mar 8, 2009 at 7:47 pm #1483864
Roger's wife must not possess the feet of death ;-) My husband and I don't sleep with bags zipped up anymore after he got tired of having two icicles sneak over at midnight to his side.
Seriously though – a warm bottle of water is pretty multi purpose. I have carried down socks and booties before – find the bottle to more worth the weight. It is either that or I use the chemical hand warmers made for feet at night. Again, the bottle gets used for more than just warming :-)Mar 8, 2009 at 7:55 pm #1483870
Yep…Normally pour boiling water straight into the Nalgene. Works great and stays hot nearly all night. I tried this with one of my Aquafina bottles one time…And well…Didn't work out so well. The Nalgene can be a little hot when placed right on the skin, but placed inside a sock or against clothing covered skin it's awesome. Another thing I forgot to mention is when I tried this with a Nalgene Canteen…Not only was the Canteen way too hot to get anywhere near you (Think burns) it also got cold a lot faster. The regular Nalgene is perfect…Just a better insulator. Enough where it won't burn you, but not so much that you don't feel the heat. For those nights that you just plain get caught out with temps that your sleeping and clothing system can't handle…It's awesome.Mar 8, 2009 at 8:15 pm #1483876
Jeff JeffBPL Member
When I ditched my Nalgene for a gatorade bottle a few years ago, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to do the "hot water" trick. Only once since then have I wished I could. Okay, twice. But that is out of over 100 bag nights.Mar 8, 2009 at 8:32 pm #1483880
Huzefa SiamwalaBPL Member
not sure about nalgene. but i think 'titan bottle' is worth it. definitely plan to buy one when it comes out in april. google it for more info.Mar 8, 2009 at 8:57 pm #1483887
Philip MitchellMember
@pmops5Locale: Florida
Interesting, but that plastic clip looks like it would be easy to breakMar 9, 2009 at 1:40 am #1483925
sheila oBPL Member
@bumpassLocale: The Far Left Coast? : /
Ditto Aaron on the Nalgene!! Never have to worry about a cold night again.Mar 9, 2009 at 3:47 am #1483929
Hi Sarah
Feet of death????
Well, no. And Sue has just added that she confidently expects that I would never let her feet get that cold either! As previously mentioned: if it is cold we snuggle up so we are warm.
More seriously, we keep our heads properly warm at night and never suffer cold feet. In the snow we do carry 'bed socks' – light and very fluffy wool socks which have never seen the inside of a pair of shoes.
CheersMar 9, 2009 at 6:17 am #1483934
Carry your Nalgene with pride I say!Mar 9, 2009 at 8:28 am #1483952
Then I might add Roger that you and your wife are not the types to get cold feet. Some of us do quite frankly. And it is pretty rude to casually act like it can be cured by a hat and clean socks!
I wear a hat when I am hiking in cool weather and it is on my head from night till morning year round. I carry bed socks as well – ones that are worn at night.
Yet, I will always have icy feet. That is my body. As well, my BP meds do not make it any easier.
When I took Beta Blockers for a couple years I would lose all feeling in my feet whenever it dipped below 40*. My hands would also go white and all the fat on my butt and legs would be frozen feeling. For those years I was never ever warm from Sept. to June! I could have had on all the down in the world and I would have been cold on my exterior.
A hot water water bottle can be a real life giver for making one warmer. It really helped.
And yeah, I don't backpack with my husband most times due to his job – so it isn't like I have a portable foot warmer with me (rolling eyes).
May you never be blessed with it.Mar 9, 2009 at 8:46 am #1483960
Matt LutzMember
@citystuckhikerLocale: Midwest
At the scout camp I work at in winter, we give scouts two (or one on warm weekends or with a lot of scouts) 1L Nalgenes full of hot water. We put the bottles in their bags, the go on a hike just before bed, and by the time we get back they are roasty-toasty and so are their bags.
I also had a scout with incredibly cold hands and feet a week or so ago. Although I am not sure of the underlying cause (his hands were dry and not frostbitten), a warm water bottle and a sleeping bag kept him fine overnight.
I do not use warm bottles at camp, and have not been out in winter outside of camp in temps where they might be necessary. My winter hydration system is a 1.5L Nalgene bladder, which has a wide-enough lid to easily pour hot water into. I am taking my girlfriend winter camping in two weeks, and depending on conditions, a hot water bottle for her is always an option.
Other options for warming up extremities include putting on boot liners, wearing dry, loose socks, drinking water, eating some food and urinating, etc.Mar 9, 2009 at 2:25 pm #1484078
Hi Sarah
I was not aware when I posted that you are on BP meds. My sympathy about that, as I suspect that it could be the meds which are making your feet cold at night. Sounds as though your BP and whole metabolism goes down too far at night when you are walking. That makes life hard.
A question (as I really do not know): would it be possible to reduce the meds while you are walking? You would need to ask your GP for sure.
CheersMar 9, 2009 at 3:36 pm #1484102
christian gagasMember
My wife and I and everyone that I've ever led winter trips with have put a Nalgene of boiling water in the foot of our bags in winter, usually in its foam cozy…nice to wake up to a quart of still pretty warm to almost hot water. Not necessary all the time but down right luxurious at the end of a cold day, and I've had a comforatble night in a damp sleeping bag thanks to hot water! The trick seems to be to fill it right up to the very top to minimize the airspace, and to burp and recap once the plastc lid has softened a bit. Doing this I have never had any leakage.
I even use one at home in bed sometimes…the bedroom is always cold in the winter!
ChristianMar 9, 2009 at 3:49 pm #1484107
Ross BleakneyBPL Member
@rossbleakneyLocale: Cascades
I use a Nalgene in the Spring and early Summer, when I can fill it with snow. If you start with enough water, you can just keep filling with snow during the day (and not have to bring a filter).Mar 9, 2009 at 5:03 pm #1484121
Scott RidgewayMember
I've read that Gatorade bottles are fine with near boiling water, but have some reservations about it myself. I tested one a week ago and it didn't leak. I may try it in the field, but only after first putting it in a zip lock.Mar 9, 2009 at 6:00 pm #1484138
Scott, I will have to try the Gatorade bottle. When I tried an Aquafina bottle it totally deformed though and was not usable in any way shape or form after the test. I suspect that if the Gatorade bottle worked it wouldn't stay hot as long as the Nalgene…Lighter though. Christian is right…Get the Nalgene as full as will go (No airspace) and it will stay hot for hours.Mar 9, 2009 at 6:04 pm #1484140
b hitchcockSpectator
i have used platypus at home and worked fine as hot bottle but have never trusted any flimsy(?) looking plastic topped bottle in my sleeping bag–so for a january 6 day scottish trip i bought my first hot water bottle—a 1 pint sigg—i thought its main purpose would would be keeping me warm but after a few days of sottish weather—mist/rain/sleet/hail/ snow and a sucession of bad camping spots(because of the short days i was looking for camp spots after dark) my s/bag was getting a bit damp and less lofty—-the hot water bottle perked the loft up very well–conculsion–i found i didn t need the hot water bottle but my s/bag didMar 9, 2009 at 7:01 pm #1484165
Dustin FMember
@dirttLocale: So. California
Not meaning to derail this thread but, Roger you do that to people quite a bit and its really annoying.
You talk to people like your method is the be all end all and anything else is wrong or inefficient, sometimes implying people are just to stupid to understand (maybe not on purpose). I thought Id point that out to you, maybe nobody else has.Mar 9, 2009 at 9:17 pm #1484224
Scott RidgewayMember
It's been mentioned that the Nalgene bottle will hold it's heat longer than a Gatorade or other thin bottle–which is true–at a cost of nearly four ounces. A scrap of thin foam or extra sock would provide equal or better insulation for a lot less weight. I'm not saying the Gatorade bottle is necessarily better as I'm not comfortably convinced it won't leak. I'm only saying that the insulating qualities of lexan come at an almost four ounce cost. (Nalgene = 5.6 oz. vs Gatorade = 1.7 oz.)
I should also mention that we often throw a hot Nalgene bottle in our bed at home on cold nights. I had one spring a leak after filling it with boiling water. A tiny hole on the side of the bottle started squirting hot water onto my naked stomach just after closing the bottle. I now put an inch or so of cold water into the bottle before filling to cool it down just a bit.Mar 9, 2009 at 9:21 pm #1484226
W I S N E R !BPL Member
I don't carry them backpacking, but they're my bottle when climbing.
Duct tape a piece of accessory cord around them to clip to a harness/pack/etc. and you're good to go…smash it, drag it, bump it, scrape it, drop it, whatever.Mar 10, 2009 at 12:26 am #1484253
Hi Dustin
If that is how I came across to anyone, then my apologies. I am aware that I can be a bit direct at times: I think it may be a cultural difference between Australia and America. The difference between the two cultures has been seen elsewhere on the net, with other Australians.
In this case however, what I said was that WE do take all the usual precaution to stay warm. By implication, we are not super tough or anything special. I was not trying to tell anyone else what to do.
This is one of the problems of email: the words are there, but how are they meant to be taken?
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