Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-26 Thread andrew strasfogel
Speaking of using cadavers for fuel, in Soylent Green (1974) the issue was a dwindling food supply. Now, there's no shortage of food, it's the Fuel that we need. On 9/24/05, TimothyPilgrim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...to fuel the state! Tim 1982 300TD Moby On 9/23/05, redghost [EMAIL

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-26 Thread Potter, Tom E
] Behalf Of redghost Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:03 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel We do not need more Corn based beer! Get some barley or wheat, rice and corn are good for pigs and chickens. If you are going to distill the corn, maybe a nice corn

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-26 Thread redghost
) 215-2877 Fax: (713) 215-2551 Mobile: (832) 794-0536 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of redghost Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:03 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel We do not need more Corn based beer

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-26 Thread Potter, Tom E
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:31 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel But what the hell would you make out of soy? Soy sauce? Tofu? On Monday, September 26, 2005, at 11:10 AM, Potter, Tom E wrote: Whiskey is good. They have lots of sugar cane in LA

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-24 Thread David Brodbeck
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:18:29 -0400, TimothyPilgrim wrote ...roll of the tongue (or care to try) heard in French, Spanish and the Scottish brogue. Also heard in Finnish. I've known Fins who had trouble with the English flat R, because Finnish Rs are always rolled. Finnish also doesn't

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-24 Thread Hans Neureiter
Cats don't like me. So put them to use for something I don't mind. (Hate to look into my tank from noe on) On 9/20/05, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think that's in PETA's charter... On 9/17/05, TimothyPilgrim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not so, in fact, perhaps PETA

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-24 Thread redghost
Watched that CSI last night. The pre-rendered folks in the trunk of the chevy gave me a great idea. Just haul dead fat folks to the desert and leave them in old car trunks. After a few days, the fat will have boiled off, and we can drain it and process it for fuel. On Thursday, September

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-24 Thread redghost
Outside death row in TX ought to provide enough fuel On Thursday, September 22, 2005, at 07:24 AM, Christopher McCann wrote: Wow. I'm not crazy about seals, but I do like the chocolate points and have dibs on a kitten from the next littler of a beautiful choco pnt mom. ANYWAY, THIS WHOLE

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-24 Thread TimothyPilgrim
...to fuel the state! Tim 1982 300TD Moby On 9/23/05, redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Outside death row in TX ought to provide enough fuel

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-23 Thread Harry
, 2005 3:13 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel As  for who would pay that for a cat the answer would be me. If ya want to use dead animals for fuel then I'm sure you can get enough energy out of the usual road kill. And if that isn't enough you can go for the pests that plague us

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-23 Thread Chuck Landenberger
Chris, Ich war auf Deutschland und ZWIEBEL ist ssveebel in transliteration ie is a dipthong where the second vowel takes control. In english an example would be chief Notwithstanding some memory loss during the 50 odd years since I was in Germany.. Take care, Chuck On

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-23 Thread Christopher McCann
Chuck, Ha! Caught you! I know about IE and EI in German. In your first e-mail you wrote: ZWEIBEL IIRC, pronounced zveebel then in your second e-mail you wrote: ZWIEBEL ist ssveebel SO, it is certainly sveebel, but see why I thought it was svibel (long i)? Anyway, it is now certain that i

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-23 Thread Luther Gulseth
Chris and Chuck, I've gotta step in now. zwiebel would be pronounced tsveebehl. Z is always a ts sound. You have your vowels correct, but consonants are lacking some. gutten tag, Luther , over half Deutsch Chuck, Ha! Caught you! I know about IE and EI in German. In your first

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-23 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:48:39 -0400 Chuck Landenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 22, 2005, at 1:39 PM, Christopher McCann wrote: exactly - I thought of the Onion's version of the story - how do you say onion in German? CM Chris, ZWEIBEL IIRC, pronounced

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-23 Thread David Brodbeck
Mike Canfield wrote: Harry.Don't forget the coon, skunk and opossum were here before OUR civilization destroyed thier environment so now they have to live in ours and we call them the nusciance Actually, I dunno about skunks and 'possums, but there are actually *more* raccoons in a

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-23 Thread andrew strasfogel
Hey Chuck- Have you regaled us yet about the Event and your return home? On 9/22/05, Chuck Landenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 22, 2005, at 1:39 PM, Christopher McCann wrote: exactly - I thought of the Onion's version of the story - how do you say onion in German? CM

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-23 Thread Chuck Landenberger
Luther, Danke, Chuck On Sep 22, 2005, at 10:07 PM, Luther Gulseth wrote: Chris and Chuck, I've gotta step in now. zwiebel would be pronounced tsveebehl. Z is always a ts sound. You have your vowels correct, but consonants are lacking some. gutten tag, Luther , over half Deutsch

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-23 Thread andrew strasfogel
The auf deutsch z is a very tricky sound for non-Germans to master. OTOH, I remember a German youth who was hilasiously trying to learn how to pronounce French words beginning with S or C, e.g. cela. He could only say zela. We tried in vain for hours to get the seemingly straightforward

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-23 Thread TimothyPilgrim
Likewise, there aren't many instances of the th sound in French, so my name always comes out Teemotay. Conversely, few Anglos can get a good roll of the tongue (or care to try) heard in French, Spanish and the Scottish brogue. Tim On 9/23/05, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The auf

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-22 Thread Christopher McCann
How pricey? My purebred Blue Point Siamese was $100. What annoys me about this thread is not the dead cat part, but that, I don't *think* anyone has said anything of relevance. I read the entire site in English and it is absolutely fascinating. It differs from the Carthage plant in that it does

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-22 Thread Harry
Mines a Seal Point and according to the latest prices for the bloodlines of the cat I have some spend upwards of $500 for them. Heck, ya think thats alot have ya ever priced a sphynx? $1500 to $3000 for one thats get this totally hairless Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-22 Thread Harry
As for who would pay that for a cat the answer would be me. If ya want to use dead animals for fuel then I'm sure you can get enough energy out of the usual road kill. And if that isn't enough you can go for the pests that plague us and scatter garbage and disease like coons, skunk and possum.

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-22 Thread Harry
geez, so I like animals give me a break [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not worth it anyway if the cat was pricy. Might as well keep it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harry ) wrote: Sorry guys but this shit of using dead cats as fuel is just making me sick. I'm just a loyal pet owner of a pricy siamese

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-22 Thread Mike Canfield
That's cuz you can par boil them with less cleaningMakes the Lo Mein easier to makeLOLOL, Mike - Original Message - From: Harry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 3:00 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-22 Thread Mike Canfield
Message - From: Harry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 3:13 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel As for who would pay that for a cat the answer would be me. If ya want to use dead animals for fuel then I'm sure you can

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-22 Thread Richard Smith
there). Think of The Matrix..People as batteriesHow far off is that, really? Mike - Original Message - From: Harry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 3:13 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel As for who would pay

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-22 Thread Christopher McCann
Wow. I'm not crazy about seals, but I do like the chocolate points and have dibs on a kitten from the next littler of a beautiful choco pnt mom. ANYWAY, THIS WHOLE THING ABOUT DEAD CATS IS STUPID! There is one place in the US that is using this technology and they are not confiscating cats or

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-22 Thread TimothyPilgrim
The way I understand it, the German who the story was written about had been interviewed by a less-than-respectable newspaper (i.e. tabloid) and he was giving straight answers to questions about his waste-disposal process. Then he was asked, almost jokingly I'd assume, if his process could use

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-22 Thread Christopher McCann
exactly - I thought of the Onion's version of the story - how do you say onion in German? CM --- TimothyPilgrim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The way I understand it, the German who the story was written about had been interviewed by a less-than-respectable newspaper (i.e. tabloid) and he was

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-22 Thread John M McIntosh
I was reading that they recently banned putting cow remains in chicken food after the mad cow in Texas because someone pointed out the chickens toss/scratch the food about down into the floor which is then swept up and the bird dung/feathers/bits/deadcowbits get ground up and made into cow

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-22 Thread Christopher McCann
sheep offal was banned from cattle feed years ago becuase of fears that the sheep version of mad cow would jump over to cows. All mammals have a version of mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)...in people it's called Krutzfeld-Jacob Disease (spelling certainly wrong) disease which

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-22 Thread John Ervine
Christopher McCann wrote: ...in people it's called Krutzfeld-Jacob Disease (spelling certainly wrong) disease which also has a variant disease. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Prions scare me... -- John L. Ervine 1981 240D 4-spd 268+kmi 1980 300TD 170+kmi 1980 300SD 277+kmi 1977 280S 4-spd

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-22 Thread Chuck Landenberger
On Sep 22, 2005, at 1:39 PM, Christopher McCann wrote: exactly - I thought of the Onion's version of the story - how do you say onion in German? CM Chris, ZWEIBEL IIRC, pronounced zveebel.. or maybe sveebel Take care, Chuck

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-22 Thread Don Teresa Merriman
Have you ever wondered why it´s called PMS? Cuz Mad Cow Disease was already used! On 9/22/05, Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sheep offal was banned from cattle feed years ago becuase of fears that the sheep version of mad cow would jump over to cows. All mammals have a version of

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-22 Thread Christopher McCann
interestingly, the German inventor was asked if all priones were destroyed in the process. He said yes. Chris --- John Ervine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christopher McCann wrote: ...in people it's called Krutzfeld-Jacob Disease (spelling certainly wrong) disease which also has a variant

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-22 Thread Christopher McCann
thanks - I think the pronunciation would be svibel (long i). CM --- Chuck Landenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 22, 2005, at 1:39 PM, Christopher McCann wrote: exactly - I thought of the Onion's version of the story - how do you say onion in German? CM Chris,

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-22 Thread Christopher McCann
I might be laughing, but for fear of women lurkers, I am totally offended! :-) Chris --- Don Teresa Merriman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you ever wondered why it´s called PMS? Cuz Mad Cow Disease was already used! On 9/22/05, Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sheep offal

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-21 Thread Mitch Haley
TimothyPilgrim wrote: Not so, in fact, perhaps PETA could be brought on-board with this idea! It's a win-win situation - they get to kill pets to save them from suffering, and we get to burn them in our cars! http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050914/cgw054.html?.v=22 Thanks, I hadn't seen that

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-21 Thread Harry
Sorry guys but this shit of using dead cats as fuel is just making me sick. I'm just a loyal pet owner of a pricy siamese named Raja and I doubt he would approve even in his demise Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TimothyPilgrim wrote: Not so, in fact, perhaps PETA could be brought

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-21 Thread TimothyPilgrim
What's the problem with recycling waste matter? If I could cheaply run my car off of table scraps, yard waste, and dead animals, why wouldn't I? It's recycling of otherwise discarded waste unless you compost. The only reason I wouldn't convert my dog to biodiesel is because I'm going to get him

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-21 Thread stevebailey3373
It's not worth it anyway if the cat was pricy. Might as well keep it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harry ) wrote: Sorry guys but this shit of using dead cats as fuel is just making me sick. I'm just a loyal pet owner of a pricy siamese named Raja and I doubt he would approve even in his demise Mitch

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-21 Thread TimothyPilgrim
Who'd pay for a cat? Tim 1982 300TD Moby On 9/21/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not worth it anyway if the cat was pricy. Might as well keep it.

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-21 Thread andrew strasfogel
You can now clone a precious cat if you havethe $$s... On 9/21/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not worth it anyway if the cat was pricy. Might as well keep it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harry ) wrote: Sorry guys but this shit of using dead cats as fuel is just making me sick.

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-21 Thread TimothyPilgrim
Now there's an idea: Find out which breed of cat has the best energy content, then clone from a single specimen, further refining the offspring generation by generation to yield the highest amount of energy possible per individual. Then place them in homes of diesel people who happen to like cats

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-20 Thread andrew strasfogel
I don't think that's in PETA's charter... On 9/17/05, TimothyPilgrim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not so, in fact, perhaps PETA could be brought on-board with this idea! It's a win-win situation - they get to kill pets to save them from suffering, and we get to burn them in our cars!

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-20 Thread Mitch Haley
andrew strasfogel wrote: I don't think that's in PETA's charter... Nope, it's just in their practices. The Humane Society has a few (very few) no-kill shelters, but the one PETA shelter at their home office has a kill ratio closer to a slaughterhouse.

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-17 Thread TimothyPilgrim
Not so, in fact, perhaps PETA could be brought on-board with this idea! It's a win-win situation - they get to kill pets to save them from suffering, and we get to burn them in our cars! http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050914/cgw054.html?.v=22 http://www.petakillsanimals.com/petaKillsAnimals.cfm

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-16 Thread Sunil Hari
It's like Back to the Future's Mr. Fusion has become a reality, except a far more useful product comes out ;) On 9/15/05, Ron Dwelle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's an interesting story--using dead cats for fuel: http://makeashorterlink.com/?X13563ECB or

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-16 Thread Marshall Booth
Ron Dwelle wrote: Here's an interesting story--using dead cats for fuel: If dead cats work, so will dead people! Sort of a variation on Soylent Green. Marshall -- Marshall Booth Ph.D. Ass't Prof. (ret.) Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology 1300 BST Pittsburgh PA

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-16 Thread Peter Frederick
That particular newspaper seem to be about the equivalent of the National Enquirer as far as that article goes. Biodiesel can easily be made from waste fats, but that isn't what the inventor was doing, he was using trash, not dead animals. Peter

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-16 Thread Richard Smith
I don't know. Sounds to me like the Chinese restaurants could make a killing. I mean think about it. Almost all of a cat can be served on the buffet. Then whats left can be turned into fuel. Its a win win scenario! On 9/15/05, Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That particular

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-16 Thread frederick w moir
Make room! Make room! Fred Moir Lynn MA If dead cats work, so will dead people! Sort of a variation on Soylent Green. Marshall -- Marshall Booth Ph.D. Ass't Prof. (ret.) Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology 1300 BST Pittsburgh PA 15261 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-16 Thread Mike Canfield
Better get busy crossing off warning labels so we have plenty of fuel;) Mike - Original Message - From: frederick w moir [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 9:54 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel Make room

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-16 Thread Harry  M.
I sure hope people don't get the wrong idea about this one, we'll be hearing the animal rights activists screaming foul!! Sunil Hari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's like Back to the Future's Mr. Fusion has become a reality, except a far more useful product comes out ;) On 9/15/05, Ron Dwelle

Re: [MBZ] Using dead cats as fuel

2005-09-16 Thread Christopher McCann
alphakat.de - his site - read all about it. fascinating. cm --- Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That particular newspaper seem to be about the equivalent of the National Enquirer as far as that article goes. Biodiesel can easily be made from waste fats, but that isn't what the