On 18/12/2008, at 11:46 AM, dsummersmi...@comcast.net wrote:
The recovery was caused by two things: Putin controlling the mob so
businessmen knew who to bribe, and the rise in fuel costs. But, the
last 4
years, as he consolidated his power, he also concentrated the
wealthI
don't
Wayne wrote:
5. The nicest beer I ever had the pleasure of drinking was in Russia. It
was a Belgian brew and I wish I remembered the brand name.
I know it betrays my Irish-ness, but I think the Belgians make the best beers.
Chimay, Corsendonk, Maredsous...all delicious and with some fairly
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 09:02 PM Wednesday 12/17/2008, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Dec 17, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
Shoe-fly pie.
Your fly is open.
No it's not. I'm not even wearing pants.
Possibly TMI Maru
Oh. That reminds me, I need to
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 6:08 AM, Jim Sharkey templar...@excite.com wrote:
I know it betrays my Irish-ness, but I think the Belgians make the best
beers.
Ah, well, then I have to share a joke often told by a Fitzgerald friend of
mine.
An Irishman walks out of a bar.
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On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Ronn! Blankenship
ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote:
(2) Will a computer with a TV tuner card pick up the digital signal
(without further modification), or would it either require a
converter box in the line or have to be connected to cable? And does
-Original Message-
From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Charlie Bell
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 4:51 AM
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion
Subject: Re: Russia (Was What is wealth?)
On 18/12/2008, at 11:46 AM,
On Dec 18, 2008, at 11:28 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
Speaking of antennas, if you go that route, you may want to replace
any
splitters you have in your cable. I had really lousy signal
strength until
I replaced a splitter, after noticing in the store that new
splitters are
rated up to
And while I'm on this thread ..
Having experienced both analog and digital broadcast TV, there's one
thing about analog that I'm really going to miss. Analog signals are
more readable under weak signal conditions than digital -- digital
has a better quality picture as long as the bitstream
Hi Brinellers.
I recall that some of you were excellent manuscript pre-readers in
times past (Julia?) Are any of you interested in doing it again?
This time it would be for the first novel of my wife, Cheryl, who's
done a 100kword SF novel that's somewhat YA and feminine in tone,
about a
On 19/12/2008, at 5:47 AM, Dan M wrote:
More than that, why are there so many Russian ex-pats, well-educated,
doing menial jobs in tourist resorts? 'cause it's better than no job
in Russia.
And I bet it's not just the usual theater majors doing menial jobs
while
waiting for their break
Dan M. wrote:
I would have thought that a low birth rate is very very good
evidence of being part of the first world.
It does have that in common with the first world. But, the life expectancy
of both men and women in every age catagory is less than it was 40 years
ago.
And how can we
Jim wrote:
I know it betrays my Irish-ness, but I think the Belgians make the best
beers.
Well, now they make Budweiser too so there is no accounting for taste...
- jmh
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From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 6:00 PM
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion
Subject: Re: Russia (Was What is wealth?)
Dan M. wrote:
On 18 Dec 2008, at 14:08, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Wayne wrote:
5. The nicest beer I ever had the pleasure of drinking was in
Russia. It
was a Belgian brew and I wish I remembered the brand name.
I know it betrays my Irish-ness, but I think the Belgians make the
best beers.
Chimay,
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