Am I back on-line?
Better yet, am I back to stay this time, or will my machine crash again in
a day or two like it did the last time?
Reinstalling Windows over and over and over is _so_ much fun, especially
when you have to guess each time what is keeping it from working and what
has to be
At 11:29 PM 10/23/02, Stephen Beecroft wrote:
I do agree with at least one thing you've said: High priests are far
more likely to be active than elders.
Physically?
;-)
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
At 09:35 PM 10/30/02, Marc A. Schindler wrote:
Turns out the earlier speculation I had posted about which gas was used
against the Chechen terrorists in the Moscow theatre was wrong: Russian
officials are saying it was fenatyl, an opiate some 50 times more potent
than morphine.
Not to be
At 12:26 PM 11/10/02, Steven Montgomery wrote:
At 10:56 AM 11/10/2002, you wrote:
It's something the party takes a lot of ribbing for, but arose because in the
Depression era, or even early for all I can remember, the Prairie-based
Populist
group, the Progressives, joined with the Tory, Bay
At 11:12 PM 11/15/02, Clifford Dubery wrote:
What do you make of the following?
Clifford M Dubery
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | WorldNetDaily
7 nukes in U.S., warns al-Qaida
Man claiming to be top bin Laden operative threatens to kill
millions,
That the news hasn't gotten down under yet that the
At 08:43 PM 11/16/02, Marc A. Schindler wrote:
The term theobromine, incidentally, comes from Greek, drink of the
Gods, and
was applied to chocholate in drinkable form when it was first brought to
Europe.
Theophylline, however, does not mean friend of the gods, as one might
naively guess
At 09:03 PM 11/16/02, Marc A. Schindler wrote:
Interesting -- I didn't know that. A case of faux amis (false cognates). So
what's phylline from? The only thing I can think of, going from my limited
knowledge of Greek, is type in the sense of something that's in a class of
things that have
At 09:07 PM 11/16/02, Stephen Beecroft wrote:
-Ronn-
(FWIW, I've been unable to find out why there is apparently no
such compound as 1,7-trimethylxanthine.
Perhaps because the 1,7 and the tri prefixes are mutually exclusive?
Just a guess. :)
Oops. I meant 1,7-dimethylxanthine . . .
At 09:29 PM 11/16/02, Stephen Beecroft wrote:
-Ronn-
(FWIW, I've been unable to find out why there is apparently no
such compound as 1,7-trimethylxanthine.
Oops. I meant 1,7-dimethylxanthine . . .
Also called paraxanthine; described as an adenosine receptor ligand
and a major metabolite of
At 09:43 PM 11/16/02, Marc A. Schindler wrote:
Oh, NOW you've opened a can of worms.
Recall that the only way to re-can worms after the can has been opened is
to use a larger can.
Ronn -- a short lecture on chemical
nomenclature if you don't mind. What *do* those numbers before a chemical
At 09:56 PM 11/16/02, Stacy Smith wrote:
It shocked me to realize that coffee has theophylline in it. That's
considered a medicine by doctors. I think it dilates the
bronchials. Interesting.
Caffeine can be used as a bronchodilator, too, and in fact was once used
for that purpose.
At 12:12 AM 11/17/02, Rick Mathis wrote:
At 07:56 PM 11/16/2002 -0800, Stacy wrote:
It shocked me to realize that coffee has theophylline in it. That's
considered a medicine by doctors. I think it dilates the
bronchials. Interesting.
For what it's worth, I've used a couple of cans of Pepsi
turned out to be 100% correct: it is
completely overcast. I could barely make out where the Moon is in the
west. And these clouds are supposed to turn into the *other* kind of
showers later today . . .
At least there are the memories of last year's storm . . .
-- Ronn! :)
Ronn Blankenship
At 10:48 AM 11/21/02, Marc A. Schindler wrote:
Several JTF2 units have been rotated out of Afghanistan, specifically
two sniper units, 6-3-Alpha A and 6-3-Alpha B. They have some
interesting stories about sharing their sleeping positions (they didn't
have bags, they just slept with plant and sand
At 05:01 PM 11/23/02 -0500, Jon Spencer wrote:
Raw vegetables will cause excessive gas for about two weeks when you start
eating them. This is the case for everyone that I know who has started to
better their diet. But after two weeks, your gut acclimates to the veggies
and you have no more
At 12:00 PM 11/26/02 -0700, Marc A. Schindler wrote:
DRES (Defence Research Establishment Suffield) is in the news these days
as it's the only place, apparently, that U.S. marines can do training
with live chemical and biological agents.
That is of course because they closed Fort McClellan to
At 09:51 AM 11/26/02 -0500, Jon Spencer wrote:
Speaking of bathroom humor :-)
This is not so humorous. Whoever came up with these don't work toilets need
to be flushed down one of them!
Then aren't you glad Al Gore wasn't elected President so he could force
more stuff like that down
At 06:04 PM 11/29/02 -0700, Marc A. Schindler wrote:
Yesterday morning (28/11) my wife was up early and saw the meteor of her
life. A very bright greenish-white fireball that lasted for 7 seconds
streaked from east to west across the southern sky. Local scientists
think it hit the surface near
At 07:18 PM 12/1/02 -0700, Marc A. Schindler wrote:
Oh. Should have added one more minor thing. BoMor is a contraction
preferred by
Brent Metcalfe, who edited the book in which this paper appeared, and who
likewise
does not believe in the historicity of the Book of Mormon -- Metcalfe was
exxed
At 09:58 PM 12/1/02 -0800, Stacy Smith wrote:
How do I decrease my sensitivity to cold?
Wear a sweater.
Always glad to help,
--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
At 04:15 PM 12/8/02 -0900, John W. Redelfs wrote:
I haven't received any mail from the list in two days. I didn't notice
this until just now because other family members have been taking their
turns at the computer. The Topica people say there is no problem at their
end. Is it possible that
At 10:35 PM 12/12/02 -0800, Stacy Smith wrote:
Hi. Any idea why I am getting mail from vendors who:
1. Think I like wine when I don't touch a drop?
2. Think I am Fundamentalist Protestant when I'm not?
3. Send me objectionable dirty mail?
4. Want to consider me a home owner when I don't own
It could have been be worse . . .
http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/press_releases/text.asp?pid=355
May 27, 2003
Contact: Tim Stephens (831) 459-2495; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
UC Santa Cruz Press Release
Massive tsunami sweeps Atlantic Coast in asteroid impact scenario
for March 16, 2880
FOR IMMEDIATE
At 05:23 AM 5/28/03 -0700, Stacy Smith wrote:
Producing braille materials and cassettes may be more costly in the long
run than computerizing.
Maybe. But do (or can) all blind people use computers? Do you have any
idea what percentage of blind people are not computer literate, and if that
At 01:44 AM 5/29/03 +0800, Mark Gregson wrote:
It could have been be worse . . .
Massive tsunami sweeps Atlantic Coast in asteroid impact scenario
However, other calculations show that for asteriods under one kilometer in
diameter the tsunami wouldn't be unbelievably massive. The US Navy did a
Iraqi missile targeted coalition HQ during war
From Henry Schuster
CNN
CAMP DOHA, Kuwait (CNN) --The Iraqi military came within seconds of
possibly wiping out the headquarters of the coalition ground forces with a
missile on March 27, U.S. military officials said. The missile was
intercepted
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2003/01/05/do0502.xml
This is what happens when governments try to ban guns
By Mark Steyn
(Filed: 05/01/2003)
You would think if gun control was going to work anywhere it would be on
a small island. Particularly a small island at whose
At 10:14 AM 5/31/03 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Steven Montgomery:
Test. (My email has been bouncing. This is a test to see
if the problems have been resolved)
___
No bounce at this end. You message landed with a
solid thud. But, not to waste a perfectly good email:
Many years
At 03:36 AM 6/1/03 +, Jim Cobabe wrote:
_Finding Nemo_ is a fun film, really entertaining and uplifting. Worth
seeing.
Following the fine example of one of the principals in the film, I am
now learning to speak whale.
Doesn't that require you to be able to breathe through the top of your
At 03:45 PM 6/1/03 +, Jim Cobabe wrote:
Grampa Bill in Savannah wrote:
Jim Cobabe wrote:
_Finding Nemo_ is a fun film, really entertaining and uplifting. Worth
seeing.
Following the fine example of one of the principals in the film, I am
now learning to speak whale.
At 05:25 PM 6/19/03 -0600, Steven Montgomery wrote:
At 01:08 PM 6/19/2003, you wrote:
At 12:16 PM 6/18/03 -0600, Steven Montgomery wrote:
At 11:46 AM 6/18/2003, you wrote:
I am in the SLC-Provo-Orem area for the next several days. If anyone
would like to get together for lunch or something
At 09:59 PM 6/19/03 -0400, Maj Tom Merrill wrote:
Folks
I guess I'll turn off the lurk mode and bring up something about which I
have a passionate opinion. The subject is royal families.
There is someone in my stake who comes from what some would call a
prominent family. They teach in
At 09:59 PM 6/19/03 -0400, Maj¹ Tom Merrill wrote:
Folks
I guess I'll turn off the lurk mode and bring up something about which I
have a passionate opinion. The subject is royal families.
There is someone in my stake who comes from what some would call a
prominent family. They teach in
At 05:38 AM 6/20/03 -0700, Grampa Bill in Savannah wrote:
Maj Tom Merrill wrote:
...according to them, some families within Israel have been singled out
for greatness. That there are lineages that have been set aside to rule
and reign over the rest of us.
What is the opinion of the group?
At 04:40 PM 6/20/03 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It seems to me that the tradition of hand shaking is diminishing somewhat
in LSD social circles, the ones I'm in, that is. And for that, I'm quite
glad. I don't want to shake hands with anyone, quite frankly. It's just a
germy thing to do and
At 04:45 AM 6/21/03 -0500, Paul Osborne wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 04:05:08 + Jim Cobabe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
My hand shakes a lot too.
Whadda ya think we oughta do about it?
Stop spreading your nasty germs, Jimmyboy. ;-))
Did you know that I actually packed two cans of lysol spray
At 11:12 AM 6/21/03 -0600, Steven Montgomery wrote:
At 10:48 AM 6/21/2003, you wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 10:06:02 -0600 Steven Montgomery
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You ought to be even more grateful then that the mid-eastern
tradition of
greeting is not followed then.
Why? What do they do?
At 07:15 AM 6/25/03 -0400, Elmer L. Fairbank wrote:
At 10:05 AM 6/24/2003 -0600, Uncle Ronn wrote:
Just for clarity: not me!
I'm beginning to think that perhaps people should be exposed to as many
germs as possible, starting with early childhood. That way the body can
build up its immune
Concerning 2 Nephi 25:23 . . .
At 12:58 AM 7/13/03 -0500, Stacy Smith wrote:
It says after all we can do, not after all we do.
Exactly. No matter how much we do, we can never do enough to save
ourselves. We are all dependent upon God's grace, even after doing
everything we can possibly do.
At 10:03 AM 7/13/03 -0600, George Cobabe wrote:
Come on folks - this is an easy list. You can do all of this and still have
time left over for all the rest you might want to do.
Your exaltation depends more upon your acceptance of the atonement, which no
one has mentioned so far, than ANYTHING
At 07:16 AM 7/17/03 -0400, Elmer L. Fairbank wrote:
At 01:55 PM 7/13/2003 -0500, St Stacy wrote:
What would such a test consist of? Physical
endurance? Brainwashing? Torture or something less diabolical such as
integrity? What about martyrdom? Can we have any stories?
I wonder if for many
closer than usual when it is opposite from the sun. I
don't think it is a sign of anything.
Thanks,
John
/Quote
So I guess that shoots my theory all to heck--doesn't it?
FWIW, on this matter I agree completely with Brother Pratt.
-- Ronn! :)
Ronn Blankenship
Instructor of Astronomy/Planetary
At 04:04 PM 7/13/03 -0600, George Cobabe wrote:
I am not sure that any personal story I could come up with would be of any
interest to any of you, and of course would not be any of your concerns.
However, I am personally convinced that the test will consist of what ever
it takes to try you to the
At 06:48 AM 7/17/03 -0700, Bill Johnson wrote:
I don't think one will know for sure that their election has been made
sure until one has died. As long as we live and breathe, we are sinning. A
scripture that says something to the effect of: All has sinned and has
come short of the glory of God
Why should those who follow God in this age or era expect a test which is
different from that faced by people who follow God in any other age or era,
if that is what you are saying? Most people do not have an opportunity to
do great and special things for which their names will go down in
At 08:52 PM 8/12/03 -0600, R. Kent Francis wrote:
Kent Francis writes:
If we look at the Bible as history, the distances involved are less than 500
miles by 100 miles and the area was inhabited by Phoenesian, Philistines,
Syrians, Egyptians and other peoples in addition to the Israelites... who
Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
Luke 18:13.
Again, does God work off a checklist, or does He desire a broken heart
and
a contrite spirit?
At 08:21 PM 8/11/03 -0400, Jon Spencer wrote:
He works off of a checklist.
__x_ Broken heart
__x_ Contrite Spirit
__x_ Ordinances completed
Not a member
At 12:58 AM 7/13/03 -0500, Stacy Smith wrote:
It says after all we can do, not after all we do. That's not to say
we don't repent and repent often. I'll give you a scenario. Suppose
someone commits sin no. 760 of the day but it is a tiny thing and he
hardly notices. It is certainly nothing
At 09:21 PM 8/22/03 -0500, Stacy Smith wrote:
You imply there is a difference between disfellowshipment and excommunication.
There is indeed a difference. A member who is disfellowshipped remains a
member, although there are a number of things s/he is not allowed to do
which a member in good
At 11:44 AM 9/7/03 -0800, John W. Redelfs wrote:
DC 82:3
3 For of him unto whom much is given much is required; and he who sins
against the greater light shall receive the greater condemnation.
Does this scripture apply to those who have received baptism and then
fallen away from the gospel? How
At 04:41 AM 9/8/03 -0500, Stacy Smith wrote:
I am now positive that if one kills himself he will end up as a telestial
being. Am I right on this point?
Absolutely not according to the CHI or to what General Authorities have
said in General Conference.
-- Ronn! :)
At 08:37 AM 09/08/2003 -0500, I wrote:
At 04:41 AM 9/8/03 -0500, Stacy Smith wrote:
I am now positive that if one kills himself he will end up as a
telestial being. Am I right on this point?
Absolutely not according to the CHI or to what General Authorities have
said in General Conference.
At 04:52 PM 9/8/03 -0800, John W. Redelfs wrote:
maddogpierre wrote:
What do you recommend John, hanging at noon?
God will deal with them, on occasion involving the Bishop and Stake President.
Correct. He will. But the point I was getting at in my earlier message is
that if you are not God,
At 07:28 PM 9/15/03 -0500, Paul Osborne wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:48:07 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Oh! And I forgot...my husband has also literally broken his back at
work...when the store was being constructed, they didn't properly
cover an
area where pipes and that come up to the
At 09:18 PM 10/15/03 -0400, Noel B wrote:
Not that I would want to minimize what happened with sidewalk sleeze,
but I would take it over marching into the Roman Coliseum to face the
lions...
old joke time
And now in sports, this late score from the Coliseum:
Lions 39, Saints 0
[we now
At 08:09 AM 10/17/03 -0600, Steven Montgomery wrote:
Can one of you mathematical types out there explain the mathematical
terms, positional and juxtapositional to me? The quote comes from an
article entitled, Doing Business in Babylon, as found in the latest BYU
magazine (See it online
at:
. . . ?
;-)
- Original Message -
From: Ronn! Blankenship
To: Mormon-L ; Mormon-L ; Mormon Thinker ; LDS-Poll ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 9:22 AM
Subject: [mormon-l] Fwd: Very Sad News
I just received the following and am passing it along for all those
interested. Though shocking, given
At 01:07 AM 10/21/03 -0400, Jon Spencer wrote:
Regarding the news of Marc Schindler's death:
I'm saddened to hear this. I always found Marc to be great defender of the
faith. Marc and I had our disagreements but I liked him. I will miss him
too.
Personally, I have skipped ahead looking for
Well, _this_ is certainly entertaining . . .
At 08:48 PM 10/23/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is an autoresponder. I'll never see your message.
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This is an autoresponder. I'll never see your message.
At 09:32 PM 10/23/03 -0400, [EMAIL
At 12:24 AM 10/24/03 -0500, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
Well, _this_ is certainly entertaining . . .
At 08:48 PM 10/23/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is an autoresponder. I'll never see your message.
At 09:01 PM 10/23/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is an autoresponder. I'll never
Shouldn't someone change the subject line to Starts with Z Spelling?
-- Ronn! :)
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At 04:19 AM 11/4/03 -0700, Tom Matkin wrote:
I wish I could say that this malopropism was intentional. But I'm typing in
the dark here at 4:00 a.m. and the spell checker kept telling me to change
Lamanites to laminates
That's what happens when a Native American with Jewish ancestry is working
At 01:43 PM 11/7/03 -0900, John W. Redelfs wrote:
There is a worldwide BYU Alumni satellite broadcast tonight, but I don't
know the time. Is anyone here planning to attend? --JWR
I didn't know that the Shuttle was even flying again, much less taking
passengers, so I doubt if I'll be going to
At 07:25 PM 11/16/03 -0900, John W. Redelfs wrote:
Tomorrow it is exactly one month until the opening of The Lord of the
Rings: The Return of the King on December 17th. --JWR
Guess I ought to get around to renting and watching _The Two Towers_, then
. . .
-- Ronn! :)
At 12:33 PM 3/4/04, Gerald Smith wrote:
Interesting that all these gay marriage actions are taking place in
liberal coastline states. You just don't see any small towns in
Mississippi handing out marriage licenses like that, do you?
So are you suggesting that it must be something in the water?
At 09:25 PM 3/9/04, Grampa Bill in Savannah wrote:
Rick Mathis wrote:
So, Bill, is she married? I have a 25 year old menace to society who
doesn't seem to be making much movement in that direction.
=
Grampa answers.
She's single and IMHO a knock-out beauty. She
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