That's for sure. Visiting places like Phillipi, Bridgeport, Rosemont and Grafton, I've run across some very "unique" characters.
(no, no matter how tempting I'm not making any WV jokes here). On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > We don't want nut cases like him living here. We have enough of our > own to deal with. > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> well he could move to the National Radio Quiet Zone just down the road from >> you: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Radio_Quiet_Zone >> >> although frankly I suspect that, like some on this list, it would be >> easier for him to wear a portable Faraday Cage, aka tinfoil hat. >> >> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> The electromagnetic waves from his neighbor are bothering him, but not >>> the electromagnetic waves from the sun (and other celestial bodies) >>> that we are bombarded with each day. >>> >>> I call bullshit. :D >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Got to wonder about some people. I don't think this guy needs a doctor >>>> or an injunction, he needs a psychotherapist. >>>> >>>> http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/12/wi-fi-allergies-leave-man-homeless/ >>>> >>>> Wi-Fi 'allergies' leave man homeless >>>> Posted: 11:31 AM ET >>>> >>>> The Santa Fe New Mexican reports a man claiming to suffer from >>>> electromagnetic sensitivity is suing his neighbor for refusing to >>>> disconnect her electronic devices. >>>> >>>> Santa Fe, New Mexico resident Arthur Firstenberg claims that his >>>> neighbor Raphaela Monribot's use of electronic devices such as cell >>>> phones, computers, compact fluorescent lights and dimmer rheostats is >>>> aggravating his "electromagnetic sensitivity" and causing him to get >>>> sick. >>>> >>>> "Within a day of [Monribot] moving in, I began to feel sick when I was >>>> in my house," Firstenberg writes in his affidavit. "The electric meter >>>> for my house is mounted on [Monribot's] house. Electromagnetic fields >>>> emitted in [Monribot's] house are transmitted by wire directly into my >>>> house." >>>> >>>> A request for preliminary injunction claims Fristenberg's condition >>>> has left him homeless. Fristenberg "cannot stay in a hotel, because >>>> hotels and motels all employ wi-fi connections, which trigger a severe >>>> illness. If [Firstenberg] cannot obtain preliminary relief, he will be >>>> forced to continue to sleep in his car, enduring winter cold and >>>> discomfort, until this case can be heard." >>>> >>>> The Santa Fe New Mexican notes "Firstenberg's motion is accompanied by >>>> dozens of notes from doctors, some dating back more than a decade, >>>> about his sensitivities." >>>> >>>> However, scientific studies such as this 2005 trial at the Psychiatric >>>> University Hospital in Germany suggest electromagnetic sensitivity is >>>> strictly a psychosomatic disorder. >>>> >>>> The major study endpoint was the ability of the subjects to >>>> differentiate between real magnetic stimulation and a sham condition. >>>> There were no significant differences between groups in the >>>> thresholds, neither of detecting the real magnetic stimulus nor in >>>> motor response. >>>> >>>> We found no objective correlate of the self perception of being >>>> "electrosensitive." Overall, our experiment does not support the >>>> hypothesis that subjectively electrosensitive patients suffer from a >>>> physiological hypersensitivity to EMFs or stimuli. >>>> >>>> Do you acknowledge Fristenberg, and others claiming electronic >>>> sensitivity, may be suffering real physiological effects and should be >>>> allowed to live free from electronic devices? Or should treatment be >>>> strictly psychological? >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Larry C. Lyons >>>> web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons >>>> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons >>>> -- >>>> The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. >>>> - B. F. Skinner - >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:310753 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
