RE: SPAM SPAM -- Re: [UC] taxi overcharging from airport

2004-12-09 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
To: Clinton, J. Scott Subject: Re: SPAM SPAM -- Re: [UC] taxi overcharging from airport I haven't read the taxi riders bill of rights so you might be correct. But it does seem that they should take you where you want to go once you get in the cab and commit to the fare. But it seems logical

Re: [UC] striking at strikes ....

2004-12-07 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
If they laid off all these people, they could afford to run septa and probably have a surplus. SEPTAs problems are much greater than the cost of their labour. While every Philadelphian has their stories of rude SEPTA workers, most of them do their jobs very well in work conditions that most of

Re: [UC] striking at strikes ....

2004-12-07 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
Title: Message Yes but that is the past and I'd like to think the vast majority of placesare past the point where they need unions and can get good labor and pay adecent wage w/o having to have it be over the top because a mass of peopleforce it to be. I'd like to think that too, but do you

RE: [UC] Lardassery (was striking at strikes ...)

2004-12-07 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
Perhaps I am wrong, but as you responded to my post, I am assuming that you are refering to me as being a member of the upper middle class who bemoans unions while doing nothing to help working people make a living wage. Please allow me a few pixels to defend myself. - I doubt my family would

RE: SPAM SPAM -- Re: [UC] Community improvement, one bill at a ti me

2004-12-01 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
Will one of our distinguised esquires comment on the probable outcome of such a court case or perhaps comment on what the path to get this portion of the bill overturned would be? I hear plenty of news coverage on how some part of a law was overturned by some court or other and I wonder how long

Re: [UC] taxi overcharging from airport

2004-11-30 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
- On 30 Nov, 2004, at 13:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Remember that all bad things are the fault of the GOP and vote Democrat. In a message dated 11/30/2004 11:38:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, Clinton, J. Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What do we, the citizens of the city, do about

RE: SPAM SPAM -- [UC] Crazy Idea for Restaurant That Only Sells O nly Cereal

2004-11-30 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
Though sounding gender-biased these days, my grandmother used to tell me that A fool and his money are soon parted. Her saying is as reasonable a buisness plan as many that have been floated in the past few years. -Original Message- From: Jonathan Cass [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

RE: [UC] Bike regulations: a pedestrian speaks

2004-11-23 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
with all those bells and whistles aren't equipped with either a bell or whistle? I wish I had a nickel for the times I have been hit or narrowly missed by a bike.[Clinton, J. Scott]my bike has a bell, and little else. no whistles. i ring my bell a heck of a lot although cars

[UC] Arcade at the Bridge (and art films)

2004-11-19 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
Title: Message regarding the regulars at the bridge: visit the riverview and see a film there sometime. You will come running back to The Bridge with open arms. -j. scott clinton -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November

RE: [UC] Oil vs. Gas Heat

2004-11-12 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
Title: Message Oil vs. Gas. talk about a battle of the titans. Okay, to put in an oil heater you are going to have to also have a storage tank. That isn't an insignifigant cost, but the tank will probably last the rest of your life so at least it won't have to be done twice. The tank will

[UC] Electric Heat

2004-11-12 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
Title: Message Or in a slightly more polite way: Yes, you can buy electric resistance heating for your home. Generally you can buy electric baseboard radient heaters very inexpensively. You will, however, find that the cost per kW/h is extremely high when compared with fosil fuels.

RE: [UC] Electric Heat

2004-11-12 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
CTED] Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 4:19 PMTo: 'Clinton, J. Scott'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: RE: [UC] Electric Heat Clinton, I've seen units that are fastened to walls that kick out both hot and cool air. They seem to have pipe work that goes to a machine outside of a house o

RE: [UC] Bush Victory

2004-11-03 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
I'm not exactly sure how this all relates to west philly, but I suppose that the election is the most newsworthy topic of discussion for most people; all of the lists I subscribe to are temporarially election discussion lists. So here's my plea. Try not to blame the outcome of the election on

[UC] Lupus Foundation Walk

2004-10-29 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
Title: Message Dear friends and neighbors, In August our family lost a very dear friend to a disease known as Lupus. I don't know all the particulars about the condition but all of my memories of Nathan include his daily struggles with the disease that he knew would ultimately take his

RE: [UC] replacing storm windows-- triple-track

2004-10-20 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
I don't have any specific reccomendations for you but that really isn't the hardest job; the real trick is getting a window that looks nice on your house and fits your windows. Because of the sizes of the windows on a lot of our homes, you may very well have to get custom windows. Installing the

RE: [UC] keeping the water out.

2004-10-19 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
Practitioner - Original Message - From: Clinton, J. Scott To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 2:23 PM Subject: [UC] keeping the water out. In keeping with kyles story of his oven repair, I have a similar positive

[UC] keeping the water out.

2004-10-18 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
Title: Message In keeping with kyles story of his oven repair, I have a similar positive story to tell about my roofer. I had polled this list back in the spring looking for someone who would do a good job with my leaky roof over my bay window and was rewarded with several names. I chose

RE: [UC] Re: Trolley service

2004-10-18 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
They are indeed destined for the rt15. The cars were supposed to be running already but because of some confusion with the track to and from their depot at 59th and Callowhill, they are sitting idle. The short reason that SEPTA spent something like $2mil/vehicle and they are now sitting idle is

[UC] RE: SPAM SPAM -- re: [uc] re: [uc] university city presents trol ley day, where 1938 meets today on the tracks

2004-10-07 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
When SEPTA replaced the PCC cars, many of them were sold around the world, most notably to San Francisco. Their success is what prompted SEPTA to spend money to referb the remaining PCC cars in their fleet instead of just letting them continue to rust. Actually, it wasn't the success of the

[UC] RE: SPAM SPAM -- [uc] re: medallion signature guarantee

2004-09-20 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
A medallion signature guarantee is something that was developed to make some money for someone. It is essentially the same thing as a notary, only different. I've had to obtain one to transfer securities various times. Fleet bank (now bank of america) tends to have a person who can provide

RE: [UC] SEPTA

2004-09-16 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
Hmmm. I heard SEPTA was Screwing Everyone in Philadelphia Time Again. Philadelphia has a weird relationship with its public transportation provider which is a semi-governmental agency that is accountable to nobody. The board of directors is nominated by the counties, the state house majority

[UC] RE: [uc] rethinking outdoor security lighting people

2004-09-10 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
'back in the day' when I lived at 46th near Spruce, I would often get off the El at 46th at night. I never thought twice about it until one day I noticed as I was cutting across the parking lot on Farragut north of Chestnut that there was a man following me and catching up rather quickly. I

[UC] roofing

2004-07-13 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
Title: Message Yesterdays rains found the weakest part of our roof and began leaking into our home. Does anyone on this list have a good recomendation for a roofer who can lay a flat-seamed copper roof on a bay window flat roof? I had previously talked with Russel Roofing who came out and

[UC] Christmas Trees

2003-11-26 Thread Clinton, J. Scott
So we're going to get a Chrstmas tree this year. A real one, that is. I never really bothered before, but last year while in exile in center city, my wife and I walked down to the neighborhood church where the boy scouts were selling trees and bought one. Is there a place in our new