06-09-2008, 20:26
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Who wants to get orders up North??
Antarctica base gets 16,500 condoms before darkness Mon Jun 9, 12:51 AM ET
One of the last shipments to a U.S. research base in Antarctica before the onset of winter darkness was a year's supply of condoms, a New Zealand newspaper reported on Monday.
Bill Henriksen, the manager of the McMurdo base station, said nearly 16,500 condoms were delivered last month and would be made available, free of charge, to staff throughout the year to avoid the potential embarrassment of having to buy them.
The base only has a skeleton staff through the long winter.
"Since everybody knows everyone, it becomes a little bit uncomfortable," Henriksen told the Southland Times newspaper.
About 125 scientists and staff are stationed at McMurdo base, the largest community in Antarctica, during the winter months when there is constant darkness.
The first sunrise will occur on August 20 and McMurdo's population will start to increase again in September when supply flights resume, peaking at more than 1,000 during the summer period.
(Reporting by Kazunori Takada, editing by Miral Fahmy)
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06-09-2008, 20:35
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North?
Thats about as far south as you can get and still live in something that kinda' looks like a shack. 
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06-09-2008, 20:37
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Originally Posted by AngelsSix
Antarctica base gets 16,500 condoms before darkness Mon Jun 9, 12:51 AM ET
One of the last shipments to a U.S. research base in Antarctica before the onset of winter darkness was a year's supply of condoms, a New Zealand newspaper reported on Monday.
Bill Henriksen, the manager of the McMurdo base station, said nearly 16,500 condoms were delivered last month and would be made available, free of charge, to staff throughout the year to avoid the potential embarrassment of having to buy them.
The base only has a skeleton staff through the long winter.
"Since everybody knows everyone, it becomes a little bit uncomfortable," Henriksen told the Southland Times newspaper.
About 125 scientists and staff are stationed at McMurdo base, the largest community in Antarctica, during the winter months when there is constant darkness.
The first sunrise will occur on August 20 and McMurdo's population will start to increase again in September when supply flights resume, peaking at more than 1,000 during the summer period.
(Reporting by Kazunori Takada, editing by Miral Fahmy)
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Not trying to be a WISE ASS here, but the last time I checked, Antarctica is the SOUTH POLE!!! 
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(Who never "Tries" to do things that I intended to do in the first place!!!)
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06-09-2008, 20:45
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Glad SOMEONE was paying attention, LMAO!! 
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06-09-2008, 20:49
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My NZ Airforce buddy spent a year down there back in 02, tells me they get up to some pretty crazy stuff over the winter. 
(I think we need a special 'scetchy' smiley for special occasions)
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06-09-2008, 21:01
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Glad SOMEONE was paying attention, LMAO!! |
In fact, your initial question has yet to be answerd!!! WHO THE HELL WOULD WANT TO GO NORTH WHEN THERE'S THE SOUTH?!?!?!!
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06-09-2008, 21:18
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If it's cold, I won't be there........I don't care if they are giving away free whiskey.
Yeah, I failed geography...... 
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We must always fear the wicked. But there is another kind of evil that we must fear the most, and that is the indifference of good men - Boondock Saints
Iraq was never lost and Afghanistan was never quite the easy good war. Those in the media too often pile on and follow the polls rather than offer independent analysis. Campaign rhetoric and politics are one thing - the responsibility of governance is quite another.
- Victor Davis Hanson
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06-09-2008, 21:37
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A6, you can be honest with us and stop pretending...you were just too embarassed to title a post talking about sex with "Who Wants to Get Orders Down South"?
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06-10-2008, 02:52
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A6, you can be honest with us and stop pretending...you were just too embarassed to title a post talking about sex with "Who Wants to Get Orders Down South"?
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There is a temptation to say "Busted"...but I won't...
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06-10-2008, 17:50
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They didn't mention the male to female ratio there....
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Originally Posted by Scimitar
My NZ Airforce buddy spent a year down there back in 02, tells me they get up to some pretty crazy stuff over the winter.
(I think we need a special 'scetchy' smiley for special occasions)
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How's this?
http://www.riversofgore.com/pit/imag...yareontome.gif
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06-10-2008, 21:00
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A6, you can be honest with us and stop pretending...you were just too embarassed to title a post talking about sex with "Who Wants to Get Orders Down South"?
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You got me, want to go get a beer?? 
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We must always fear the wicked. But there is another kind of evil that we must fear the most, and that is the indifference of good men - Boondock Saints
Iraq was never lost and Afghanistan was never quite the easy good war. Those in the media too often pile on and follow the polls rather than offer independent analysis. Campaign rhetoric and politics are one thing - the responsibility of governance is quite another.
- Victor Davis Hanson
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