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I'm 170 lbs. and I usually do chin-ups on Thursdays as part of my routine. I begin with 18, then 16, then 16 again if I'm lucky before I reach muscle failure. Its not about the number or repetitions per se, and there are different forms of strength as others have said. In general, chin-ups/pull ups are a good indicator of upper body strength, sans specialized training for specific sports or activities.  It may also depend on how high the bar is versus your height, but that's just conjecture, I don't know. 
 
When I was 16 or so I could probably do 25-30 chin-ups but I probably weighed around 140; That was 13 years ago for me.

Oddly enough the same thing happened to me with both Dead Space and Mass Effect. They have a very deliberate pacing and sometimes, especially with games I just want to speed through the action with minimal interruptions. It's not to say I don't like story or plot, but I usually have a very limited amount of time to play games and want to get the most interactivity for my time spent. 
 
I forced myself to get through the first few sections of Mass Effect and then became hooked and its now one of my favorite games. I just now got around to Mass Effect 2 (cheap) and instantly bought all the DLC for it. Dead Space, while I liked it felt like the same jump scares towards the end and I began to just rush through it. 

I don't understand the snarky attitude towards the Kinect. The whole snobbish idea that a different sort of player interface or input device suddenly makes it below what a "real gamer" would pay any attention to. Its that same ignorant attitude that the media marks all video games as children's fair and anything with an adult theme or content is an outrage and its destroying our youth.
 
Everyone else has already said anything else I could have added to the discussion. I just don't understand the elitism. 

" @jacobgray said:

" Sweeping generalizations ARE fun, aren't they? "

The thing with generalizations is that they're generally true. Not all Americans believe X, but when a large portion does, it's worth considering.  For example, a terrifying amount of Americans don't know what causes the seasons, just like a large amount thinks the sun revolves around the earth. When discussing that subject, it's not worth sugar coating it with "well, not ALL Americans think this.." because the portion that does is so damn high.  I never get why people whine about generalizations when talking about a subject that has a large percentage of people behind it. Seriously, would it make much of a difference if he attached "I know not ALL Americans believe this, but a large sum do.." to every sentence? Obviously he's not talking about those that don't, but those that do is a very high number. "

I think a lot of what you see on the news is the opinion of the outspoken few versus the true opinion of the majority of Americans. So the broad question "  Do Americans really believe this bull shit snow job the Tea Party is spouting?" Yes and no. You have some people that have been staunch republicans for quite a long time, the baby boomers for example. The baby boomers by population alone carry a lot of voter weight. On the flip side however, you also have the younger generation that is more liberal, more diverse, and better educated than before.

I use a 24in printer that takes rolls of paper and the paper ships with a fat piece of tape on one end to hold the paper on the roll. Only when you try to peel the tape off it rips or leaves a ton of glue gunk on the paper, wasting a good 4-6 feet of the stuff.  
 
This also reminds me of all the damn security stickers on DVD and game cases. I think Xbox cases have one on each side aside from the spine, right? That's ridiculous.

Done, good luck on your paper.