On 7/19/06 11:47 AM, Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On the strength of your reasoning (as well as recent views of myself
in a mirror), I concede the point that I am nowhere /near/ as hot as
Sigourney Weaver, who would be significantly hotter regardless of
her mode of dress.
You may be
On 5/2/06 1:07 PM, The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What you would expect to read in the more overtly racist Washington
Times:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008318
The Opinion Journal is part of the Wall Street Journal.
But just to entertain me, how can a
On 4/13/06 4:53 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you run 25 miles a week, you can eat what you want.
If you breastfeed twins, you can eat what you want. Unless one of them
reacts badly to something in your diet.
Just keeping up with twins would be exercise enough for me,
On 4/12/06 6:27 PM, Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 13/04/2006, at 1:24 AM, Matthew and Julie Bos wrote:
Matthew
If you run 25 miles a week, you can eat what you want.
And if you cycle 60 miles a day for 6 months, you can have trouble
eating enough...
Charlie
Wow. Its
On 4/12/06 4:04 PM, Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I read about this a couple of weeks ago and started to drink more of the
stuff. Like I need more excuses for chocolate consumption.
Although I do add more protein powder to it for extra kick. I am training
for a 25K the middle of
On 4/1/06 12:08 PM, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Completely unrelated, but I'll mention that today is a hard one for Wes'
family... he was an April Fool's baby. Stop the damn war! There are things
worse than a gift of regurgitated dog shit in the living room.
This post has cheered
On 12/11/05 11:06 AM, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What's all that white stuff?
It's the reason I am using every energy saving technology possible. Proof
positive that even conservatives are environmentally conscious. If you want
to help out hucking shingles this week, just let me know
I just wanted to show the progress on my house-building project. The rough
framing is finally complete, and it is looking like a real house. It's my
own design, using some very energy-efficient building technologies. It's a
little old-fashioned, but we like it that way.
No illegal Mexican
On 11/10/05 10:55 PM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I ought to take some pics of the Remote Box Terminations in some of the Fire
Alarm Boxes. The Fire Alarm company did the terminations themselves thinking
that we were not as qualified as they were. Their work looks like hammered
On 10/19/05 11:55 PM, Robert G. Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
WOOO HOOO!!!
I would at this time like to thank Houston for beating St. Louis. As a Cubs
fan it is really hard to cheer on the Astros. But against the Cards it was
surprisingly easy to do.
It's
On 10/3/05 6:52 PM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know what you are saying. Electricians in NO make $22.09 /hr. This
is comparable with Houston and is a fair wage for skilled electrical
work in the commecial enviroment here in a Southern city. Compare that
with the $40.00/hr
On 10/3/05 6:30 PM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fortunately the original purpose has prectically no relation to DBAs
current purpose, now that racism is no longer in vogue.
I'm still not all that hip on the it was conceived for the wrong reasons,
but now it's OK line of thinking.
On 10/3/05 11:49 AM, Gibson Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Given the topics covered I'm going on my merry way knowing you disputed
very little of what I put forth. As I find my morning unexpectedly
free of responsibility I can turn some attention to this and I'll
respond to what you deemed
On 10/1/05 8:18 PM, Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If $9/hr isn¹t going to attract skilled labor, isn't the absence of a low
limit going to keep them away in droves?
You may have to pay people more than the prevailing wage to get down there.
DBA sets the wage in a locality. I just
On 10/2/05 2:46 AM, Gibson Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Excuse me, but what about this Davis Bacon wage act is racist?
Just what is your definition of racism?
The American middle class didn't grow large until wage/union rules were
enacted under the New Deal. In case you haven't paid
On 10/2/05 2:23 PM, Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know by you, but this year has been drier than most. This brings
the bugs into your basements and on your dog. Get a couple of big bags of
lawn bug killer. One kill'em now, one keep on killing them. Go around the
perimeter of you
On 9/30/05 10:16 AM, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Today I wrote a letter urging my member of Congress to sign on
to legislation reinstating the wage protections enshrined in the
Davis-Bacon Act. Two hundred representatives and 30 senators
have already signed on. These numbers are
On 10/1/05 6:40 AM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So..you know absolutely zip about the construction job market,
right?
Speaking of rational thought, why don't you learn something about the
subject before you start spouting off.
Oh wait, conservative...never mind!
I might
On 10/1/05 1:01 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have one question for Matthew:
How many framing crews (by percentage) in your area are NOT at least
half illegal Mexican immigrants?
Zero. It's probably different in Texas, I know. I'm in Michigan, and I
know things are
On 10/1/05 2:52 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Without the prevailing wage stuff in place for LA (or TX construction,
in the wake of Rita) there will probably be MORE people illegally
working on the construction, because it'll be easier to haul them in and
pay them less. (Not
On 8/2/05 11:56 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There's something peaceful about being in a room full of people waiting
for someone to be inspired to say something.
One of the nice benefits of Brin-L by the way...
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On 8/6/05 9:49 AM, Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Aug 6, 2005, at 6:45 AM, Matthew and Julie Bos wrote:
On 8/2/05 11:56 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There's something peaceful about being in a room full of people
waiting
for someone to be inspired to say
On 6/7/05 2:33 PM, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm glad to see that there are still sensible Republicans (like Bush 1) who
know that voodoo ecconomics don't work. Maybe a father and son talk would
help our deficits. :-)
No it wouldn't. We create deficits because we like to spend
On 5/4/05 6:14 PM, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 4 May 2005 13:04:59 -0700, d.brin wrote
The following, psassed on by Joe Miller.
Ouch. Stomach hurt. Laughing too hard.
I have always though Dr. Brin should write the short story...
Everything I Know About the Republican
On 2/11/05 9:47 AM, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If there is any such problem, I'd imagine that using a relay, so that the
drain comes straight off
the battery, would mitigate it, since car batteries act as pretty good voltage
regulators on their own.
Never heard of such a problem,
On 12/10/04 1:59 PM, Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For a short time Jim I was worried that nobody would reply, and that I had
actually imagined past music conversations with some of you folks. Including
you.
Anyway I really have nothing to say about this, other than reiterate the
On 11/30/04 4:34 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault/etc/quiz.html
I did, and got.
16 - Your score rates you as high-grade non-homophobic.
I did too!
10 - Your score rates you as high-grade non-homophobic.
I
On 9/25/04 8:38 PM, Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, seeing as haw we have some of the most intelligent, passionate geeks on
the planet on this list, I was wondering if anyone had an opinion on either
game console.
As I am hopelessly addicted to Colin McRae rally, my family bought me a
On 9/20/04 8:55 PM, Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Given the disparity between me and the other people on the panel, I'm not
kidding or engaging in false modesty when I say the odds are that I'm going
to come off very, very badly.
Give me a break, like that's ever going to happen! Just
On 9/19/04 12:38 PM, iaamoac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chicago, ever just getting upset by Detroit is nowheres near good
enough to go into Green Bay and win. I like the Packers.
The W stands for wrong! (Say it like Kerry, it makes it funnier)
There is no greater football-related joy in my
On 6/3/04 1:32 PM, Gary Denton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
They have tried in vain to get local authorities to ban the nudists to
stop them clashing with the youth chapter of the Reformed Church when
they both take to the road in the eastern town of Apeldoorn on June
12.
Wow, I didn't even know
On 5/12/04 11:08 PM, The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The fine was the largest civil penalty ever against a company for storm
water runoff violations. Officials said they hoped the settlement with
the world's biggest retailer would set an example for smaller companies.
I read this as first
On 5/12/04 6:07 AM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The phrase is waiting for the other shoe to drop and the idea is
that things are not finished here yet.
To me it means an inevitable event. Something that can't be stopped or
suppressed. Or see the following:
On 5/11/04 10:04 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In other words, to the America that the New York Times addresses,
redneck still means bigot and - this is not putting it too strongly -
pervert. What would have clinched the dismissal of the Abu Ghraib
incidents as the excesses
On 5/11/04 10:23 PM, Gary Denton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Michael Berg said he blamed the U.S. government for creating
circumstances that led to his son's death. He said if his son hadn't
been detained for so long, he might have been able to leave the
country before the violence worsened.
As
On 5/11/04 8:58 PM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Other Shoe Maru
As much as I like tag lines, this one gets me. These people can kill a man
on video, and you can go ahead and justify it. Great. At least I can get a
taste of what I am going to read tomorrow in the New York
On 4/22/04 7:08 PM, The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am curious
as to your thoughts on the matter, as I think this particular article is
one of the most mendacious pieces of propaganda ever written.
Kevin, take this as a complement from Kneem! Because we all know what he
posts it the
On 4/8/04 9:47 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Unless someone's offering a margarita (on the rocks, with salt) made
with Jose Cuervo Gold.
I will repeat the warning that I was given on a business trip to
Mexicali...Don't drink that Jose Cuervo crap! This free piece of advice
was
On 4/9/04 12:29 AM, Tom Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The story about the young man who drowned in mud had me almost shaking
with rage. The fact that literally nothing was done to punish the woman
who owns the company that employed him - how can _anyone_ not feel
infuriated by the lack of
On 4/9/04 1:08 AM, Tom Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Buy stock in companies that make lubricants!
You may go blind...but you will have a healthy prostate!
Matthew Bos
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One of my favorite things in life is driving down the road less traveled.
If I could figure out a way for people to pay me for driving around, getting
lost, and drinking coffee in remote places...life would be good.
If you have some free time, follow the link to THE road less traveled. And
This weekend I watched my friend put his new two-seater ultralight into the
air. While doing this we ate Oreo's and chocolate milk. Anneka walked for
8 consecutive steps! Then we ate hot dogs at the park.
Just a non-political break in the action,
Matthew Bos
On 3/29/04 12:22 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oreo's are for regular milk.
Vanilla wafers are for chocolate milk.
The best is hand-dipped chocolate Oreo's with chocolate milk. It goes like
this
1. Bite corner of cookie
2. Dunk bitten corner of cookie into chocolate milk
On 3/16/04 8:12 PM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now you know why the leading causes of teen pregnancy are bathrooms
and open windows, and why younger neoconservatives resemble older
progressives. Its also why Ann Coulter is so mean. If you had to get a
full wax every other day
On 3/8/04 5:47 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hm. My usual help keep me awake to drive home combo was Coca-cola and
MMs. :)
Mine is chocolate covered espresso beans. A word of caution, do not ingest
more than a half a pound at a time. Getting pulled over for doing thirty
over
On 2/27/04 1:04 PM, Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You like Slayer!? Neat. How heavy are you willing to go, if you don't mind
my asking? Do you listen to the likes of Sepultura, Soulfly, Pantera, White
Zombie, Coal Chamber, or newer bands like Godsmack, Papa Roach, Korn,
Static-X,
On 2/22/04 4:56 AM, The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
'Cept the Cubs will Lose the Pennant to the Mets. The Mets will go on to
trounce the Yankees in the World Series.
Normally I only question your sanity with respect to politics...but this is
madness, sheer madness I say! I feel bad saying
It's against my religion to predict anything regarding the Chicago
Cubs...but I am excited for the season to start. Nothing Gautam can say can
bring me down at this point. Bring it on, Astro fans, its time for you to
get your super-sized bucket of suck. Cardinal fans? No hope for you
either.
On 2/21/04 11:53 PM, Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm pretty excited myself. The Yankees and Red Sox
are definitely the two best teams in the Majors, but
I'm not sure that the Cubs are far behind. I have
some questinos about their offense, but their pitching
will be superb as
with an integrated
battery.
I will be buying one of those Apple care plans for my ipod. Apple can't
have enough of our money :(
Steve Jobs sends us Xmas cards,
Matthew and Julie Bos
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On 12/6/03 11:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I haven't heard more about the telescope buying project.
Oops, I should write more often, but life's been a blur lately. I am going
to buy either a 3 or a 4.5 inch reflector scope from Orion this week. They
also give out a copy
On 10/30/03 3:42 AM, The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] quoted the following
excerpt of another article:
My advice to the pundits: If you really want to know about bias at Fox,
talk to the grunts who work there - the desk assistants, tape editors,
writers, researchers and assorted producers who have
My son Nathaniel (6) is asking for a telescope for Christmas this year. I
am looking to spend about 100-150 dollars for it (I have always wanted one
too!). What would be a good new model in that price range? What would be a
good used telescope in that price range? I would rather ask this group
On 10/31/03 12:46 AM, The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Ted turner hasn't controlled CNN for a very long time now.
Officially that may be the case. All it takes is a phone call.
As opposed to MSNBC, with Michael savage (who was fired for his extremely
bigoted remarks), and Scarbourough,
On 10/28/03 12:01 AM, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At the bottom of the form in tiny type was the footnote:
*INFORMATION REQUIRED BY USA PATRIOT ACT.
Note to self:
Stop signing anonymous memos with the Management, start using required by
USA Patriot Act
Fnord!
Matthew Bos
On 9/22/03 4:34 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Congratulations! I wish great comfort upon his mother. :)
Julia
She's just really glad she didn't have a Freightliner!
Matthew Bos
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On 9/22/03 3:06 PM, Chad Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We took delivery of a new MINI Cooper around 3:30 pm Tuesday.
For those interested in the specs:
MINI Cooper (Baby body style)
Name: Collin Ridley Cooper
Whoo-whee! Great news! Congratulations to you and your wife.
Matthew Bos
On 9/6/03 11:49 PM, Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The bears will suck so bad they'll wish they were playing in Champaign
again.
You said that just to get at me. You are still angry that the Bears keep
beating the Falcons no matter how good or bad they are. But what really
angers me is
On 8/12/03 2:04 PM, Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Reproduced, that is.
Congratulations! It is nice to come back to the list and have some great
news! Welcome to the months of sleeplessness! May the bags under your eyes
be small.
Let's see some pictures,
Matthew Bos
On 4/2/03 9:55 PM, Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Matt replied:
So if you're the Crone, and Julia's the Goddess,
who's the Maiden?
Is Kat still on the list?
No Kat is the Princess!
Fuse lit, finding shelter
Matthew Bos
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On 4/1/03 12:31 AM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now I don't know whether to feel more sorry for you or not. Cubs?
Once you are a Cubs fan...you are always a Cubs fan. My grandmother was a
huge Cub fan. It was rare for her to miss a game either on radio or TV.
She was born in 1911
On 3/30/03 7:47 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Matthew and Julie Bos wrote:
On 3/30/03 4:19 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now, which tournament are you talking about -- the men's or the women's?
Oh, it really doesn't matter, Michigan State is better
Go Spartans!
Matthew Bos
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On 3/30/03 4:19 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Matthew and Julie Bos wrote:
Go Spartans!
Them's fighting words!
That's what I meant them as! :)
Now all we have to do is prank call my uncle (Prof at U of T) a couple of
times!
He he he!
Now, which tournament are you talking
On 3/19/03 4:23 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has anyone here read both _Late-Talking Children_ and _The Einstein
Syndrome_, both by Thomas Sowell?
I have only read _Late Talking Children_ . Awesome book. I read it
because I was a late talker. I started around the age of
Ronn wrote:
I have to wonder how many of those kids diagnosed with ADD/ADHD today are
really just like I was then: bored out of their minds and restless.
Ronn, you were just ahead of your time! I too was bored out of my mind.
Spent most of my childhood in advanced classes being bored out of
On 11/30/02 3:41 PM, Doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hmm, do you have to be a Democrat to be susceptible to mercury or
dioxins? Ohio plants alone released more than 1,600 lbs of mercury in
1998 and the state has issued warnings about eating fish caught in their
waters. Dioxins are released in
On 11/25/02 12:41 PM, The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] quoted the
following article:
Existing rules require U.S. utilities and refineries to invest in
state-of-the-art pollution controls if a plant undergoes a major
expansion or modification. The issue is pivotal for aging coal-fired
utilities in
On 11/27/02 12:51 AM, Doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is 15% a realistic number or is 1.5% closer to the mark? How long will
upgrading the polluting plant allow it to continue to spew carcinogens
and acidic byproducts into our air and what is the cost to the state and
federal governments, not
On 10/6/02 4:01 PM, J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ATTENTION: This message is for MALE Brinellers only. All FEMALE members
should close this message IMMEDIATELY!!!
Guys, if our female significant others find out about this, we are in
dp trouble... GRIN
On one of our
From the article,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30194-2002Oct1.html
The rhetoric of recessions is usually, though not always, worse than the
reality of recessions. Since World War II, recessions -- signifying falling
production and rising unemployment -- have become less
On 9/28/02 3:30 AM, Doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is not how a great nation should debate issues of war and peace.
To question people's patriotism for simply raising questions about how a
war is to be fought and won -- to say that anybody who doesn't support
the president's particular
On 9/28/02 9:19 PM, Doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Matthew and Julie Bos wrote:
To accuse only the Republicans of politicizing the war exposes the polarity
of your views on the matter.
They all play politics, but Bush Co. seem to have taken it to a new
level, basically using the fear
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