A run on Ronn was a good roundelay of wordplay.

2002-11-02 Thread Medievalbk
...or so I say. William Taylor "And if one of those emails should happen to ding,--- GOOD ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/2/2002 10:22:16 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << And then there are the districts which by federal court order have to be drawn so as to be "majority minority" districts so as to assure the election of a representative of a certain race . .

Re: The Great Security Panic

2002-11-02 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/2/2002 10:19:36 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << There is not likely anything >they can use or learn from on your machine. You do not likely have any >porn Not even kitty porn! >> So that's what those Viking cats did to the village when t

Re: Some things are too good to last

2002-11-02 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Horn, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 12:44 PM Subject: RE: Some things are too good to last > > Last time I checked, neither of those archives shows up when you do a google > search. A page on your website pr

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-02 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/2/2002 10:17:43 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << >Do you have any idea how arrogant your post sounds? Do you have any idea how arrogant _your_ post sounds? >> "Judy, Judy,---" Thipht. "Jud---" Swith..THUNK! "Argh."

Re: Server mish mash

2002-11-02 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/2/2002 10:17:20 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << >Have I been dinging too much? :-) I dunno. Have you been leaning on a doorbell button? >> Didn't I see that in a Godfather movie? William Taylor --- "Ninty six..."

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/2/2002 10:16:31 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << >How many people are voting in a tight Senate race this year? I'm not sure. I know that Massachusetts has been electing a tight Senator every six years for the past 33+ years . . . >>

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/2/2002 10:14:10 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Yes, I feel like saying "A pox on both their houses" . . . except that these days, someone would probably take it as a terroristic threat . . . >> Or try to sell you the new and improved lemon

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-02 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 10:41:57PM -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: > At 04:28 AM 11/2/02, J. van Baardwijk wrote: > > >Do you have any idea how arrogant your post sounds? > > > Do you have any idea how arrogant _your_ post sounds? > Do you have any idea howudo you have any idea how

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 06:29 PM 11/1/02, William Taylor wrote: In a message dated 11/1/2002 5:01:29 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Here in PA we lost two seats, we've been losing at least two seats every ten years since 1950 when we had 32. The main problem is the big cities are losing

Re: Does anyone know R'lyehian?

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 07:12 PM 11/2/02, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Alberto asked: > My daughter is uttering sounds in a language that > must be the mother-tongue of the Spawn of Cthlulhu: > > Aserejé, ja deje tejebe tude jebere > sebiunouba majabi an de bugui an de buididipí > > Does anyone know what this means? Is

Re: Some things are too good to last

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 02:48 PM 11/1/02, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > .command of Ron on Jeroen's sig. And second to Adam's respons to my first That should have been ... comment of Ron on D'oh. :o) Sonja Who's Ron? --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 02:06 PM 11/1/02, Deborah Harrell wrote: who is extremely grateful that Kia (12 yr-old cat) only *vocally* expressed his displeasure with the necessity of 'hot-packing' his abcess, rather than resorting to armed resistance ^..^ Aargh. How did he pick that up? For a cat who loved everybod

Re: Water conservation

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 12:44 PM 11/1/02, William Taylor wrote: In a message dated 11/1/2002 11:16:49 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Not if they shower with a member of the opposite-to-their-sexual-preference sex. >> Are there that many prisons in Australia? Had that question been

Re: hrw: suicide bombing crimes againt humanity

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 04:52 AM 11/1/02, The Fool wrote: http://europe.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/11/01/human.rights.palestinians/ind ex.html Human Rights Watch: Suicide bombers guilty of war crimes GAZA CITY (CNN) -- Those who plan and carry out suicide bombings that deliberately target civilians are guilty of crime

Re: Aside

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 09:54 PM 10/31/02, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:50 PM Subject: Aside Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record > Ritu Ko wrote: > > > Ritu > > GCU Still Sleep

RE: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 09:38 PM 10/31/02, Ritu Ko wrote: GCU Still Sleepy GSV Is 9am Too Early To Call It A Day And Go Back To Bed? "Sunrise is Nature's way of telling you it's bedtime." --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --D

Re: The Great Security Panic

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 12:52 PM 10/31/02, The Fool wrote: http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/10/29/184031/40 The Great Security Panic (Op-Ed) By mingofmongo Thu Oct 31st, 2002 at 07:07:22 AM EST After a good solid 40+ years of handing our credit card info to minimum-wage workers at stores that don't shred anythin

Re: Server mish mash

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 06:27 AM 10/30/02, Erik Reuter wrote: Have I been dinging too much? :-) I dunno. Have you been leaning on a doorbell button? --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 04:28 AM 11/2/02, J. van Baardwijk wrote: Do you have any idea how arrogant your post sounds? Do you have any idea how arrogant _your_ post sounds? --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournel

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 07:14 AM 11/2/02, Kevin Tarr wrote: Question: What da 'ell else interstate is there to drive on? If there were interstate dirt roads and interstate monorails and interstate skateboard ramps, then I could see the need for the word highway to diferentiate one interstate system from another. Bu

Report: Iran detained one of bin Laden's sons

2002-11-02 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/11/02/binladen.son.ap/index.html Iranian security forces have detained one of Osama bin Laden's sons among several hundred people suspected of links to the al-Qaida terror network, the Financial Times reported on its Web site Saturday. Citing an unidentified Ira

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 02:59 PM 11/2/02, Deborah Harrell wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > << > Debbi > who is extremely grateful that Kia (12 yr-old cat) > only *vocally* expressed his displeasure with the > necessity of 'hot-packing' his abcess, rather than > resorting to armed resistance ^..^ >

Re: Dogs and Uplift

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 11:19 PM 11/1/02, Julia Thompson wrote: There was something from DB at some point about why the dogs weren't part of the uplifted species on Earth. Something about them being uplifted to where they could finally open doors, and then door technology changed drastically, and this affected their

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 10:14 PM 11/1/02, Kevin Tarr wrote: I'd love to vote Lib, but they see WAY out there, haven't heard a coherent Lib yet. Saw a PSA from a Lib today and he said the countries problems were all tied to the banking system! A lot of my problems are tied to the banking system. Specifically, th

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 07:51 PM 11/1/02, Julia Thompson wrote: How many people are voting in a tight Senate race this year? I'm not sure. I know that Massachusetts has been electing a tight Senator every six years for the past 33+ years . . . --Ronn! :) Chappaquidick Maru I always knew that I would see

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 07:41 PM 11/1/02, Julia Thompson wrote: "John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > At 11:10 AM 11/1/2002 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: > >I went and did early voting this morning. > > Out of curiosity, given the events of the last two years, did you at all > consider the risk that your candidate might die betw

Re: How's the weather out there? Re: I'm just getting burned out.

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 10:50 AM 11/2/02, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn Blankenship wrote: > How's the temperature there? That's the other thing I'm washing: warm > stuff to wear outside at night. Wednesday night, we had about an hour of > the clearest skies we've had on a lab night all semester. Then the clouds > r

Re: A Halloween Story

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 09:49 AM 10/31/02, Horn, John wrote: A Halloween Story > > [snip] > Don't blame me. It was sent to me by someone at work. - jmh This is the second list I have received it from (with minor differences). Maybe the new generation on the Internet

Re: Some things are too good to last

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 10:17 AM 10/31/02, Julia Thompson wrote: Dan Minette wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:22 AM > Subject: Re: Some things are too good to last > > > Dan Minette wrote: > > > > > > I h

Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test)

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 09:50 AM 10/31/02, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: "Jean-Louis Couturier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:41 AM Subject: RE: Dinging plans (was RE: test) > De : Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten [mailto:prutje@;softhome.net] > > >

Re: Question for everyone

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 08:12 AM 10/31/02, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: "Ritu Ko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:31 PM Subject: RE: Question for everyone > > Dan Minette wrote: > > > > Of course, all this is strictly imho. > > > > > > > Well

Re: Question for everyone

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 11:11 PM 10/30/02, Dan Minette wrote: Well, not to be argumentative, but I think it is impho. ??? --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle _

Re: test: questions & comment

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 04:02 PM 10/30/02, Deborah Harrell wrote: --- Julia wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > --- Julia wrote: > > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm trying to find out what the problem is: I > just got > > > > Sonja's post on this, but Jim's was already in > my inbox before lunch, so clear

Re: news: Iraq Sets an Example in Computerizing Its National Elections

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 07:29 AM 11/1/02, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Russell Chapman wrote: > (so what does FIM mean?) > "The End" :-) I've most often seen it written as "Fin". Is "Fim" a Portuguese spelling? --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the

RE: Some things are too good to last

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 03:56 PM 10/30/02, Deborah Harrell wrote: --- Reggie Bautista wrote: > Jean-Louis replied: > >I suggest drinking Halloween floats : > > > >1 part blond beer (eg. lager) with orange coloring > >1 part Guinness which should float on the lager! > > Irish bars here in KC (and presumably elsewhere)

Re: news: Brazil Sets an Example in Computerizing Its National Elections

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 01:38 PM 10/30/02, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Erik Reuter asked: > >> Officials were also heartened by statistics indicating >> that the number of blank and spoiled ballots fell by >> nearly half, from 18.7 percent in the 1998 general >> election to 10.7 percent in the first round of >> voting. >

RE: Happy Diwali

2002-11-02 Thread Ritu Ko
Doug wrote: > The same to you! Thank you. :) > Could you explain to those of us that are unfamiliar with the holiday > what it is all about? Well, Diwali is the biggest festival here in India. It spreads out over two days and all the festivities culminate in a puja, feast and fire-works on the

Re: Happy Diwali

2002-11-02 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/2/2002 8:30:23 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << A very happy Diwali to all of you. :) >> Ah, a festival a punster can truely make light of. William Taylor - Maybe I should win a game of solitaire and leave the screen on. __

Re: Happy Diwali

2002-11-02 Thread Doug
Ritu Ko wrote: A very happy Diwali to all of you. :) Ritu ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l The same to you! Could you explain to those of us that are unfamiliar with the holiday what it is all about? Doug Who read a little bi

Happy Diwali

2002-11-02 Thread Ritu Ko
A very happy Diwali to all of you. :) Ritu ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Week 9 Picks

2002-11-02 Thread J.D. Giorgis
I went a solid 9-5 last week to go 69-47 (.594) on the season. Even better, the Michael Vick and the Atlanta Falcons came through on the Upset special, which moves to 3-5. Baltimore (+7) at Atlanta - The Falcons remain inexorably Super Bowl bound. Pick: FALCONS, but take the points on virtue o

Re: Does anyone know R'lyehian?

2002-11-02 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Alberto asked: > My daughter is uttering sounds in a language that > must be the mother-tongue of the Spawn of Cthlulhu: > > Aserejé, ja deje tejebe tude jebere > sebiunouba majabi an de bugui an de buididipí > > Does anyone know what this means? Is is somehow > connected to the Orbital Mind La

Does anyone know R'lyehian?

2002-11-02 Thread Alberto Monteiro
My daughter is uttering sounds in a language that must be the mother-tongue of the Spawn of Cthlulhu: Aserejé, ja deje tejebe tude jebere sebiunouba majabi an de bugui an de buididipí Does anyone know what this means? Is is somehow connected to the Orbital Mind Laser Satellites? Alberto Mont

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/2/2002 1:53:48 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << > >Question: What da 'ell else interstate is there to drive on? > > > >If there were interstate dirt roads and interstate monorails and interstate > >skateboard ramps, then I could see the need for

Re: NFL Realignment Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for therecord

2002-11-02 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/2/2002 2:03:14 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << As it is, Baltimore and Pittsburgh are natural I-70 rivals, Baltimore and Cleve >> That's IH-70 rivals if you want it to be grammatically corr--- SPLAT! Arrrgh! Damn. I'm not supposed to eat this

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/2/2002 1:59:45 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << And what would the Kzinti have made of "The Book," as Bella Oxmyx referred to it (IIRC)? >> Something to sharpen their claws on? >From the picture in Contacting Aliens, if and when we ever do get

Re: I'm just getting burned out.

2002-11-02 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Ronn Blankenship wrote: > And all that rain arrived here about a day after you > got it. So today I'm > washing, and I actually have mildew on several items > (e.g. a backpack and a > soft briefcase that I've noticed so far) which > wasn't there a couple of weeks ago. Mildew: one of the t

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Matt Grimaldi wrote: > > William Taylor wrote: > > > > >Question: What da 'ell else interstate is there to drive on? > > > > > >If there were interstate dirt roads and interstate monorails and interstate > > >skateboard ramps, then I could see the need for the word highway to > > >diferentiate one

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Julia Thompson
"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > At 12:53 PM 11/2/2002 -0800 Matt Grimaldi wrote: > >William Taylor wrote: > >> > >> >Question: What da 'ell else interstate is there to drive on? > >> > > >> >If there were interstate dirt roads and interstate monorails and > interstate > >> >skateboard ramps, then I c

Re: Fwd: Dogs and Uplift

2002-11-02 Thread Julia Thompson
"by way of Robert Zimmerman " wrote: > > In a message dated 11/2/2002 12:16:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >If we have the dogs outside and want to *keep* them outside (or at least > >keep the darn door closed) we have to lock the outside door now. Our > >outside do

Fwd: Dogs and Uplift

2002-11-02 Thread by way of Robert Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In a message dated 11/2/2002 12:16:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If we have the dogs outside and want to *keep* them outside (or at least keep the darn door closed) we have to lock the outside door now. Our outside doors in this new house all have levers, and this past w

Re: water

2002-11-02 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > More good reasons to drink distilled water: > > http://ens-news.com/ens/nov2002/2002-11-01-06.asp And even better reasons to support pollution control, use pesticides/herbicides/harsh chemicals sparingly, recycle spent car oil, etc. Organic Garden Maru

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-02 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 10:32 02-11-2002 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: You're awfully dismissive of something someone's put a lot of time and energy into. I am not dismissing the work Giorgis put into studying the UN. What I am saying is that it sounds awfully arrogant when an amateur claims to have the One True A

Re: Question for everyone

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 05:12 AM 10/30/02, Kevin Tarr wrote: At 07:34 PM 10/29/2002 -0800, you wrote: Dan Minette wrote: I'll warn you once. Never ever bandy the the reliability of data and the certainty of observation with someone who has degrees both in science and philosophy. You risk being subjected to a L8

Re: cars, air L3er

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 06:58 PM 10/29/02, William T Goodall wrote: what happened to the Stanley Steamer? It's the name of a local carpet cleaning service? --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle ___

Re: POST

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 07:44 PM 10/29/02, Jim Sharkey wrote: William Taylor wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > "Ahem." > > > > "Post." > > Ehrum. > > Kellogg's. > > Naw, I'm holding it in Chex. It's a Trix. Get an ax. :) Jim "Keeping the pop culture references a-coming" Sharkey A snappy response that

NFL Realignment Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-02 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 02:45 PM 11/2/2002 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: >Well, there are two ways you can go with the Indianapolis vs. Baltimore >thing: > >1) Once Cleveland got a new Browns team, the Ravens were a natural >rival. So the thing to do is put Baltimore in the same division as the >Browns. > >2) Or you c

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 12:53 PM 11/2/2002 -0800 Matt Grimaldi wrote: >William Taylor wrote: >> >> >Question: What da 'ell else interstate is there to drive on? >> > >> >If there were interstate dirt roads and interstate monorails and interstate >> >skateboard ramps, then I could see the need for the word highway to >

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > << > Debbi > who is extremely grateful that Kia (12 yr-old cat) > only *vocally* expressed his displeasure with the > necessity of 'hot-packing' his abcess, rather than > resorting to armed resistance ^..^ > = ~ = >> > A hot pa

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-02 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 10:32 AM 11/2/2002 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: >No, this is a "kid" who just got back from volunteering at a Model UN >conference, who has spent a lot of the past few years thinking about the >UN, and who probably understands about 10 times as much about it as any >of the rest of us here, yourse

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Matt Grimaldi
William Taylor wrote: > > >Question: What da 'ell else interstate is there to drive on? > > > >If there were interstate dirt roads and interstate monorails and interstate > >skateboard ramps, then I could see the need for the word highway to > >diferentiate one interstate system from another. > >

Re: Water conservation

2002-11-02 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << > I noticed that golf courses managed to get > exemptions, > and new sod/seed was _still_ being laid in new > subdivisions. :P >> > > What is the percentage of golf courses there that > use tap water instead of reclaimed water?

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-02 Thread Julia Thompson
"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > At 01:20 PM 11/2/2002 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: > >Did you successfully predict which AFC team went over to the NFC? (Just > >curious.) Or was your prediction not as detailed as that? > > Yup, I made my prediction on the day that Houston was awarded the expansion

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-02 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 01:20 PM 11/2/2002 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: >Did you successfully predict which AFC team went over to the NFC? (Just >curious.) Or was your prediction not as detailed as that? Yup, I made my prediction on the day that Houston was awarded the expansion franchise. The only error in my pred

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-02 Thread Julia Thompson
"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > At 09:02 PM 11/2/2002 +0530 Ritu Ko wrote: > >J. van Baardwijk wrote: > > > >> Do you have any idea how arrogant your post sounds? Do you > >> really believe > >> that you are so intellectually superior to others that you > >> can see things > >> coming that trained pr

RE: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-02 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 09:02 PM 11/2/2002 +0530 Ritu Ko wrote: >J. van Baardwijk wrote: > >> Do you have any idea how arrogant your post sounds? Do you >> really believe >> that you are so intellectually superior to others that you >> can see things >> coming that trained professionals with years of relevant >> e

Silly contest

2002-11-02 Thread Julia Thompson
On a thread which some folks may not have been paying attention to, I offered to send a paperback copy of Kiln People to the first person to guess a certain set of 3 albums (once the book is out in paperback, that is). The information I gave about the 3 albums was thus: One had "Stars and Stripes

How's the weather out there? Re: I'm just getting burned out.

2002-11-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn Blankenship wrote: > > At 11:34 AM 10/29/02, Julia Thompson wrote: > >I'm still coming off the rough time from last > >week (nothing like being left alone for a week with a small child and > >two dogs who like to dig, at a time when the week fell into a 10-day > >stretch of rain falling every

Re: Question for everyone

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 02:29 PM 10/29/02, J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 15:36 28-10-2002 -0600, Dan Minette wrote: Posted by you on 10/27 at 2:12 AM CDT, according to my computer. Yeah, well, that is what your computer says. But your computer is a M$ Windows machine; how much do you trust Bill's Evil Empire? I

Re: POST

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 04:31 PM 10/29/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << No. Frex, a 2K post from William (13:25 EST) 'arrived' approx. 45-60 min after his 3K post And you'd think that the post written in Y2K would have arrived first, by about 1,000 years . . . --Ronn! :) Okay, I Am

Re: test

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 04:31 PM 10/29/02, Deborah Harrell wrote: Well, with all the recent talk on the list of Waves of Bran and cod liver oil, I'm thinking... *do not read if you have a queasy stomach* * * ... a triple-H enema: "high, hot and a hell of a lot!" (slang from at VA hospital days) I see that Debbi

Re: Question for everyone

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 04:18 PM 10/29/02, Julia Thompson wrote: Dan Minette wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 3:59 PM > Subject: Re: Question for everyone > > > At 15:43 29-10-2002 -0600, Dan Minette wrote

Re: Sillier and sillier Re: Question for everyone

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 04:14 PM 10/29/02, Julia Thompson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 10/29/2002 2:44:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << L8 post on the minutia of the > > philosophy of science. > > Ooh! I want to read this. I hereby bandy the reliability

Re: Question for everyone

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 03:43 PM 10/29/02, Dan Minette wrote: I'll warn you once. Never ever bandy the the reliability of data and the certainty of observation with someone who has degrees both in science and philosophy. You risk being subjected to a L8 post on the minutia of the philosophy of science. No! Pl

RE: test: questions & comment

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 02:32 PM 10/29/02, Deborah Harrell wrote: As for one of the subjects in this post: trying to use someone to "get at" someone else is just plain wrong. And cursing at the first someone (ie. Sonja) is despicable. :( Amen. --Ronn! :) Sometimes A One-Word Reply Is All That Is Needed Ma

Re: I'm just getting burned out.

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 11:41 AM 10/29/02, Dan Minette wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Three nursing teachers killed at our University Medical Center. The gunman > > makes four. > > > > And my first reaction when the police hold a news conference? > > > > Well, there goes Jeopardy. > > > > Not a very nice t

Re: I'm just getting burned out.

2002-11-02 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 11:34 AM 10/29/02, Julia Thompson wrote: I'm still coming off the rough time from last week (nothing like being left alone for a week with a small child and two dogs who like to dig, at a time when the week fell into a 10-day stretch of rain falling every day and very little sunshine for the wh

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-02 Thread Julia Thompson
"J. van Baardwijk" wrote: > > At 20:09 31-10-2002 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: > > >So, there you have it. That *is* how UNSC reform will end up - only the > >professionals haven't figured it out yet. > > Given the absence of smileys, I take it that the above is to be taken > seriously. > > Wel

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Julia Thompson
"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > At 07:41 PM 11/1/2002 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: > > >> 2) Did you mention this because you expect people to look more favorably > >> upon you for having voted for candidates of four different parties? > > > >More an announcement that you can't stick me in any sort

RE: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-02 Thread Ritu Ko
J. van Baardwijk wrote: > Do you have any idea how arrogant your post sounds? Do you > really believe > that you are so intellectually superior to others that you > can see things > coming that trained professionals with years of relevant > experience would miss? > > Puh-lease! Puh-lease!

Re: G*overnment Divisions Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 07:50 AM 11/2/2002 -0500, you wrote: On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 07:34:42AM -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote: > My parents live in: >Country: United States >State:Pennsylvania >County: Montgomery >Township: Upper Providence >Borough/Village: Collegeville >School District

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 08:10 02-11-2002 -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote: Kevin T. I shouldn't be here. Then why are you? :-) Jeroen "Just curious" van Baardwijk __ Wonderful-World-of-Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com _

RE: Some things are too good to last

2002-11-02 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 12:44 01-11-2002 -0600, John Horn wrote: > Second, it would not make any difference if I would put such messages > on a website, because those messages are already a matter of public > record (they are available from at least two on-line archives). Last time I checked, neither of those archiv

Re: Some things are too good to last

2002-11-02 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 12:55 01-11-2002 -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > If he uses that sort of methods, he is likely to use other > questionable reasons as well to decide whether or not to fire an > employee (such as "how often does this employee leave his desk to get > some coffee?" and "I am a smoker -- is this empl

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Kevin Tarr
Question: What da 'ell else interstate is there to drive on? If there were interstate dirt roads and interstate monorails and interstate skateboard ramps, then I could see the need for the word highway to diferentiate one interstate system from another. But dere ain't. Oh the stentorian saying

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Kevin Tarr
> I'd love to vote Lib, but they see WAY out there, haven't heard a coherent > Lib yet. Saw a PSA from a Lib today and he said the countries problems were > all tied to the banking system! Most Libertarian arguments are best made in 3-minute segments and not itty-bitty soundbites, I think. (This

Re: List request: Cancer links

2002-11-02 Thread Jim Sharkey
Jon Gabriel wrote: >It looks like the Sloan Kettering docs may have caught the tumors >in time. I guess prayers can be answered That's great to hear, Jon. You can't ask for a better hospital when it comes to oncology. At least she has a chance. Jim _

Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test)

2002-11-02 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 07:28 PM 10/31/2002 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: >> And Neneh Cherry's song too! > >I'm not familiar with that one, I heard it once in 1989 at an event in downtown Buffalo during the summer, where a pair of amazing jugglers used it as part of their routine. I remembered that I thought that the

Re: G*overnment Divisions Re: Got back from early voting a littlewhile ago

2002-11-02 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 07:34:42AM -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote: > My parents live in: >Country: United States >State:Pennsylvania >County: Montgomery >Township: Upper Providence >Borough/Village: Collegeville >School District: Perkiomen Valley Maybe you can explain

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread Jim Sharkey
John D. Giorgis wrote: >>I think NY wins this one: thruways, parkways, freeways, turnpikes, >>interstates. > >Ahem. I grew up in NY State and I *never* heard the word >"turnpike." Its a *thruway.* Perhaps he was adding NJ into the mix, which *does* have a turnpike. And he left off "ex

G*overnment Divisions Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread John D. Giorgis
My parents live in: Country: United States State:Pennsylvania County: Montgomery Township: Upper Providence Borough/Village: Collegeville School District: Perkiomen Valley JDG ___ John D. Giorgis -

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 10:51 PM 11/1/2002 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: >Most Libertarian arguments are best made in 3-minute segments and not >itty-bitty soundbites, I think. (This is off the top of my head and >thinking about various Lib arguments I've heard and read.) While true in my experience, these same Lib

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 07:41 PM 11/1/2002 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: >I consider it better than voting straight ticket, anyway; my impression >of "straight ticket" voters is that they depend on a political party to >make all their decisions for them. I know that isn't fair, as many of >them vote in the primary. Exa

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 12:27 AM 11/2/2002 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >In a message dated 11/1/2002 9:55:02 PM US Mountain Standard Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > ><< >>Now, how about a rant just for the sake of a rant? > >> > >>Why da hell is it I-5 in California, I-10 in Arizona, I-20 in New Mexico, > >>I-12 i

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-02 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 11:05 PM 11/1/2002 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: >> Ahem. I grew up in NY State and I *never* heard the word "turnpike." >> Its a *thruway.* > >What do you call a toll road, then? The Thruway. JDG ___ John D. Giorgis -

water

2002-11-02 Thread The Fool
More good reasons to drink distilled water: http://ens-news.com/ens/nov2002/2002-11-01-06.asp ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Water conservation

2002-11-02 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 10:16 01-11-2002 -0800, Matt Grimaldi wrote: > Showering together usually makes the showering time four to ten times > longer O:-) Not if they shower with a member of the opposite-to-their-sexual- preference sex. So, what if you are bisexual? Jeroen "Tough question" van Baardwijk ___

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-02 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 20:09 31-10-2002 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: So, there you have it. That *is* how UNSC reform will end up - only the professionals haven't figured it out yet. Given the absence of smileys, I take it that the above is to be taken seriously. Well, in that case: sheesh, you really are arroga

Re: Water conservation

2002-11-02 Thread Ray Ludenia
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What do you get when a midget showers with Mae West? > > One dry midget. > > William Taylor > - > I thought I'd just toss this off towards Australia. Careful, Dwarf tossing is illegal in Aus! Regards, Ray. ___

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