Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox rant

2008-05-30 Thread Bill R
I sent money to the Red Cross after Katrina. Figured you can't really go wrong there. Incidentally they thanked me by sending me spam email twice a week begging for more for two years thereafter. Allan For some reason I never give to them. Could be that the husband of one of my wife's

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox rant

2008-05-30 Thread Mitch Haley
Wonko the Sane wrote: I sent $25 to Biden. I am still getting send title -- er, send money emails. Last one yesterday! I sent $100 to Ron Paul for President. I get fewer, and more informative, emails from that then I get from my local congresscritter after I asked him to cosponsor a bill a year

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox rant

2008-05-30 Thread Mitch Haley
Bill R wrote: the salary of the CEO - $.5M I think. If the CEO of the Red Cross makes $500k, that puts him/her below the Executive Vice President of the NRA, Wayne send me money LaPierre. I think the NRA pays Chris Cox closer to $500k. Wayne's around 2/3 mil cash, plus another 200k or so in

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics

2008-05-30 Thread Luther
or Greensburg, KS last summer... Luther On Thu, 29 May 2008 17:02:47 -0500, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With that much damage, you'd think it was Moore, OK sorry to see it happen elsewhere as well. -- Luther KB5QHUAlma, Ark '87 300SDL (272,xxx mi) head case '85 Ford F250

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox rant

2008-05-30 Thread Bill Ringgold
want your donation to do - subsidize a top heavy salary rate or just a decent wage? Bill -Original Message- From: Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: 5/30/08 8:30 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox rant

2008-05-30 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha Rich Thomas wrote: I am really starting to wonder about you. I think those flying eggbeaters addled your gulliver. You might want to consider applying for full disability. --R Wonko the Sane wrote: I sent $25 to Biden. Don't get me wrong -- I like the

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox rant

2008-05-30 Thread Wonko the Sane
Show me the money. On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hahahahahahahahahahahahaha Rich Thomas wrote: I am really starting to wonder about you. I think those flying eggbeaters addled your gulliver. You might want to consider applying for full

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox rant

2008-05-30 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
you are off the deep end tonight Wonko the Sane wrote: Show me the money. On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hahahahahahahahahahahahaha Rich Thomas wrote: I am really starting to wonder about you. I think those flying eggbeaters addled your

[MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics

2008-05-29 Thread Wonko the Sane
http://tinyurl.com/3zkq6r -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor:

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics

2008-05-29 Thread andrew strasfogel
Wow - what chaos. Anybody hurt? On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://tinyurl.com/3zkq6r -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics

2008-05-29 Thread Wonko the Sane
Six killed. http://blogs.trb.com/news/weather/weblog/wgnweather/2008/05/the_devastating_sunday_parkers.html On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:24 PM, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow - what chaos. Anybody hurt? On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics

2008-05-29 Thread Bill R
strasfogel Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:24 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics Wow - what chaos. Anybody hurt? On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://tinyurl.com/3zkq6r -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics

2008-05-29 Thread Loren Faeth
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of andrew strasfogel Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:24 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics Wow - what chaos. Anybody hurt? On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://tinyurl.com/3zkq6r -- LT

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics

2008-05-29 Thread OK Don
] Parkersburg IA tornado pics Wow - what chaos. Anybody hurt? On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://tinyurl.com/3zkq6r -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics

2008-05-29 Thread Loren Faeth
tee' water towers though. BillR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of andrew strasfogel Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:24 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics Wow - what chaos. Anybody hurt

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics

2008-05-29 Thread Rich Thomas
, 2008 1:24 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics Wow - what chaos. Anybody hurt? On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://tinyurl.com/3zkq6r -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics

2008-05-29 Thread Wonko the Sane
Naw, that is just Todd's yard as it normally looks. On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just heard that they are finding stuff from Parkersburg in Wisconsin. -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics

2008-05-29 Thread LWB250
In the mid 80s we had a tornado pass just south of the house in Greenwood, IN. You could hear it from the house, but it was so dark outside you couldn't see anything. We didn't have a basement, so we hunkered down in the corner of the house and covered ourselves with some heavy blankets. The

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox rant

2008-05-29 Thread Bill R
Of Loren Faeth Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 5:35 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics That is exactly what I said. The difference is that we heard about Homestead for years in the media, because it was Florida. Parkersburg won't be heard outside of Iowa

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox rant

2008-05-29 Thread Wonko the Sane
Probably appropriate but too late, since they were already ... well, never mind. On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Bill R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The county AIDS coordinating council I was a member of sent two cases of condoms, ... -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox rant

2008-05-29 Thread Wonko the Sane
On a more serious note, I think that when a disaster hits (anywhere) folks want to help but simply don't know how to. Some of the issues you mentioned are nothing more than the result of well intentioned groups and individuals grasping at straws to do *something*. You mentioned having a garage

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox rant

2008-05-29 Thread Bill R
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wonko the Sane Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:45 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox rant On a more serious note, I think that when a disaster hits (anywhere) folks want to help but simply don't know how

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox rant

2008-05-29 Thread Jim Cathey
raisin farms [those are retirement communities for the uninitiated] I always heard them as the more alliterative raisin ranch. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox rant

2008-05-29 Thread Bill R
We could always ask them what they prefer .. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Cathey Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:25 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox rant raisin

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox rant

2008-05-29 Thread Allan Streib
Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You mentioned having a garage sale and sending money. But to whom do you send the money? Some are reluctant to send money because it is unknown (unless one takes the time to do the research) how much of that money actually gets to those in need and how

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox rant

2008-05-29 Thread OK Don
That's what turns me off from donating --- Incidentally they thanked me by sending me spam email twice a week begging for more for two years thereafter. -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics. -Benjamin Disraeli and/or Mark Twain '90 300D

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox rant

2008-05-29 Thread Wonko the Sane
I rest my case. I sent $25 to Biden. I am still getting send title -- er, send money emails. Last one yesterday! It has gone from make me President emails to re-elect me to the Senate emails. Don't get me wrong -- I like the guy, but I am not going to send money from Iowa to help elect a

Re: [MBZ] Parkersburg IA tornado pics - and a long soapbox rant

2008-05-29 Thread Rich Thomas
I am really starting to wonder about you. I think those flying eggbeaters addled your gulliver. You might want to consider applying for full disability. --R Wonko the Sane wrote: I sent $25 to Biden. Don't get me wrong -- I like the guy, ___