Max wrote:
Yes.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
mao
Just drove home from Grand Rapids airport with my Mother. She came back from
Florida if you can believe it. Blizzard conditions with 30 mph winds. 45
minute trip took 2 hours 15 minutes. Last 1/2 hour on back roads bucking drifts
that kept engine temps at about a third below normal. 84 300D
Curly wrote:
I am going to revive an old topic. I tried loading the latest
ubuntu on a P4 box, and it choked for 2 reasons. 14.04 requires
a dvd... the installer sez the machine video won't support 14.04.
I though one major selling point was that it did not require the
latest hardware?
With a couple bags of sand tubes, or a couple big toolboxes in the
trunk, that is a good combination for winter. Well done!
Just drove home from Grand Rapids airport with my Mother. She came
back from Florida if you can believe it. Blizzard conditions with
30 mph winds. 45 minute trip took
Andrew sez:
We are down to earth, solid, and put everything in perspective.
I can go for the first 2, but I don't get the connection with the last one.
down to earth, solid, ... as a rock and just as stubborn. ; )
(from a stubborn hard-headed kraut who is not a geologist)
I am going to revive an old topic. I tried loading the latest ubuntu
on a P4 box, and it choked for 2 reasons. 14.04 requires a dvd, and
no player on the old box. So I put in a dvd. Then the installer
sez the machine video won't support 14.04.I though one major
selling point was that
On Jan 8, 2015 6:27 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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I am going to revive an old topic. I tried loading the latest ubuntu on
a P4 box, and it choked for 2 reasons.
Ubuntu is intended to be a user friendly Linux, and has the overhead to
achieve it. Something from the
Dan wrote:
...I have met very highly educated people who are total idiots.
Are we all idiots?
How has this thread derailed from agorism to idiot?
From Wiki:
Agorism is a libertarian social philosophy that advocates creating a
society in which all relations between people are voluntary exchanges
Craig wrote:
That reminds me of an episode that occurred when we were living off-grid
south of Calhan, Colorado.
We lived south of Ellicott, CO at Drennan 1985-1990. When did you
live south of Calhan? Calhan had the fairgrounds. We had the
absolute best alluvial groundwater in the world -
Formal education vs idiocy? IMHO little to no correlation!
My grandfather had an 8th-grade education. Poet, philosopher,
seeker of knowledge, janitor.
-- Jim
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Curly wrote:
I am going to revive an old topic. I tried loading the latest
ubuntu on a P4 box, and it choked for 2 reasons. 14.04 requires
a dvd... the installer sez the machine video won't support 14.04.
I though one major selling point was that it did not require the
latest
On Thu, 8 Jan 2015 22:01:24 -0600 fmiser via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Yup. I don't pay much attention to MSWin - but there is not
software claiming it needs at least Win7 to run... One of
these days I'll actually have to abandon XP. *sigh*
I went to update the maps on our
On Thu, 8 Jan 2015 21:11:48 -0500 Tim Crone via Mercedes
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On Jan 8, 2015 6:27 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
rant 7 is no improvement,
I love W7 (professional, never used home). On the same machine it
booted faster, and did about
On Thu, 8 Jan 2015 20:31:46 -0600 Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com
wrote:
Craig wrote:
That reminds me of an episode that occurred when we were living
off-grid south of Calhan, Colorado.
We lived south of Ellicott, CO at Drennan 1985-1990. When did you
live south of Calhan?
We lived
Yes.
Max Dillon,
Charleston SC
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We are down to earth, solid, and put everything in perspective.
On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes
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Right on. Physicists are notorious idiots, whereas it's very hard to find
a Geologist who meet the criteria.
Geologists have rocks in
Some have mush in their heads
--R
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Right on. Physicists are notorious idiots, whereas it's very hard to
find
a Geologist who meet the criteria.
Geologists have rocks in their heads
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She will ask specifically. I'll have to let her drive it, and if the
performance is equal or better, she would probably go for it.
She thrashes cars, so I might have some concerns about its longevity under such
conditions. That being said, I pushed for the four banger when we bought the
car,
I know of them. Keene is apparently a hotbed of libritarianism. There are loads
of videos on Youtube of kids there messing with the police. It all went wrong
last October during the pumpkin festival. I live about a half hour south, just
over the MA line. We go to Keene often, most recently I
Never use your head to clear a blockage in your snowblower.
-Curt
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Subject: [MBZ] OT: Test Your Snow Blower IQ – Take The Quiz
Interesting quiz:
185HP ought to satisfy anybody. A TBI late '80s GM V8 only made 150ish. It'll
be all up high but the car should be geared to take advantage of it. Tell her
that F1 cars regularly spin their engines MUCH faster.Explain that she's been
brainwashed to want a v6...
Or just don't buy a Mazda 6. :)
Do you go over the line to buy liquor and smokes?
Dan who once looked at buying a house in Nashua
On Jan 8, 2015, at 8:35 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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I know of them. Keene is apparently a hotbed of libritarianism. There are
loads of videos on Youtube of
Her parents brainwashed her years ago that a six is a minimum for safety
purposes, e.g., trying to pull out into traffic in a hurry. There's no use in
trying to explain otherwise, although if their four cylinder mill will make the
car stand up on its hind legs, she would probably be satisfied.
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He meant me. I can take it.
You are sarcastic, not an idiot :)
And yeah, after looking at it, he probably did
He meant me. I can take it. Especially after spending 4.5 hr last
night at a City of Charleston Board of Zoning Appeals hearing last
night and mixing it up with a couple of the real idiots on the
board, and developers.
--R
I thought he meant no shortage of idiots when algore shows up at a
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From: Andrew Strasfogel
Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 11:00 AM
To: Rick Knoble
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Free Talk Live radio
Why do you assumeI was referring to Craig?
Because of the thread progression.
On Thu, 08 Jan 2015 09:55:29 -0500 Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I'm a little confused with the thread progression, but I will say that just
because someone doesn't have a formal education does not mean they're an idiot,
by any stretch of the imagination. For that matter, I have met very highly
educated people who are total idiots.
Dan
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I was not trying to suggest our car was indicative of all Mazdas, just that
this has been our experience based on where the car has been located.
I've never looked at information on any of the Mazda forums regarding rust.
I'll check it out.
Dan
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On Jan 8, 2015, at 10:11
Now I'm tempted to go try one. One of my favorite rental cars was a Mazda 6
although that probably had more to do with where I was and the roads I was
traveling. Nova Scotia is beautiful country when the weather is nice and
miserable when it isn't. If the car guy in our AAA mag thought it was
Just as a data point, our 2005 Mazda 6 spent almost three years in the Midwest,
and was exposed to the typical snow, sand and road salt. Other than some
superficial surface rust on the undercarriage, there is no evidence of rust on
any of the body panels that I've seen.
Dan
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I'm not knowledgable on the Mazda makes, models, years but it has been my
observation that Mazda 3 and 6 models made in the 2000s are quite rust prone.
Perhaps less than three years salt exposure not enough? Perhaps your model year
was not affected? This is just a general observation on my
algorism us when Algore shows up in a town to give a speech on global warming,
and it snows 2 feet.
--R
On 1/7/15 10:13 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote:
On Wed, 7 Jan 2015 21:00:57 -0600 Mountain Man via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Liberty radio from Keene, NH - has anyone heard
185HP ought to satisfy anybody.
Our 450 SL (V8) had around 160 HP. My 200D has around 60HP,
maybe, and it is surprisingly drivable. It will make it to
freeway speed by the end of our (old, short) onramp. Not so
the poor, pathetic 240D automatic we once had, which took
a mile or so more to
I see there is no shortage of idiots around...
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On Thu, 08 Jan 2015 09:55:29 -0500 Rich Thomas via Mercedes
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algorism us when Algore shows up in a town to give a speech on global
I take personal offense at you referring to a nuclear physicist (Craig) as an
idiot.
Please retract that statement.
Rick
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I think the 1.8 turbo VW Audi engine is phenomenal. I drove a friends old Audi
A4 and it was really, really fast. No need for a six cylinder nowadays.
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On Jan 8, 2015, at 11:57 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
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On 08/01/2015 7:31 AM, Dan Penoff
He meant me. I can take it. Especially after spending 4.5 hr last
night at a City of Charleston Board of Zoning Appeals hearing last night
and mixing it up with a couple of the real idiots on the board, and
developers.
--R
On 1/8/15 11:53 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote:
I take
Yeah, if the AC dogged it down that would be a major problem. The AC is pretty
much permanently on in her car...today would be one of the few exceptions.
Dan
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On Jan 8, 2015, at 11:57 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
On 08/01/2015 7:31 AM, Dan Penoff via
Mazda a is not a good match for New England winters based on my observation of
significant rust in 4-8 year old cars. Check out rear quarter panel areas. Not
good.
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On Jan 8, 2015, at 9:29 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Now I'm tempted to go
On Thu, 08 Jan 2015 09:55:29 -0500 Rich Thomas via Mercedes
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algorism us when Algore shows up in a town to give a speech on global
warming, and it snows 2 feet.
That's what I thought, too, but the website defines it as
algorism
[al-guh-riz-uh m]
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On Thu, 08 Jan 2015 09:55:29 -0500 Rich Thomas via Mercedes
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algorism us when Algore shows up
Not that weird. Just about every year you'll hear about some idiot losing a
hand clearing a blockage with the snowblower running and somebody else holding
the augur control on. Or they tie the control on so they can reach in.I don't
even reach in if its off, I've seen too many cases where I
On 08/01/2015 7:31 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
She will ask specifically. I'll have to let her drive it, and if the
performance is equal or better, she would probably go for it.
She thrashes cars, so I might have some concerns about its longevity under such
conditions. That being
On Thu, 8 Jan 2015 16:56:01 + (UTC) Curt Raymond
curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Not that weird. Just about every year you'll hear about some idiot
losing a hand clearing a blockage with the snowblower running and
somebody else holding the augur control on. Or they tie the control on
so they
Right on. Physicists are notorious idiots, whereas it's very hard to find
a Geologist who meet the criteria.
On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
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I'm a little confused with the thread progression, but I will say that
just because someone
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Right on. Physicists are notorious idiots, whereas it's very hard to find
a Geologist who
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Thursday it is fining Honda
$70 million — the largest civil penalty levied against an automaker — for
not reporting to regulators some 1,729 complaints that its vehicles caused
deaths and injuries, and for not reporting warranty claims.
The
I should think that the government has more information on death and
injury in automobiles than the car makers do.
RB
On 08/01/2015 2:41 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Thursday it is fining Honda
$70 million — the largest civil
Transportation Secretary Anthony vincinte Foxx said the fines reflect the
government's determination to take a tough stance against automakers who
withhold safety information from regulators...(unless they pad our
pockets as well as toada.)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration said
Right on. Physicists are notorious idiots, whereas it's very hard to find
a Geologist who meet the criteria.
Geologists have rocks in their heads
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Agree! Who *meets *the criteria.
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