From: Eeyore on


unsettled wrote:

> "Innovator. One who recognizes opportunities and
> organizes resources to take advantage of the opportunity."
>
> That's *not* an employee.

It certainly could be.

Graham

From: T Wake on

<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
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> In article <GsSdnfyAiLgRp9LYnZ2dnUVZ8sSdnZ2d(a)pipex.net>,
> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>>
>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>>news:einbk7$8qk_007(a)s943.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com...
>>> In article <454C9C11.F26D71E5(a)hotmail.com>,
>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >Do you guys not have fireplaces any more ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Only for show.
>>>>
>>>>I have 3 working ones.
>>>
>>> I have one that is functional. But it doesn't do anything useful.
>>> I can't cook nor heat with it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Are you saying that it's OK to pollute the air for heating?
>>>>
>>>>A good stove can be 90% efficient.
>>>
>>> That's not good enough if you're burning wood.
>>
>>What efficiency would you require for burning wood?
>
> No smoke at all.

What percentage would that require? Which laws of physics have to be
circumvented?


From: Eeyore on


Ken Smith wrote:

> T Wake <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
> >"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >> Nobody's appeasing anyone not suggesting they should do.
> >
> >unsettled (and those like him) have no case to put forward. As a result they
> >have to rely on scare terms such as the ubiquitous "Nazi" reference, mixed
> >in with what they view as cutting insults.
> >
> >How can you be an appeaser when there is no Nazi state to appease?
>
> There really is something that looks a lot like appeasing. Closing the
> Prince Sultan Airbase in 2003 sort of quacks like appeasement of the
> extremists.

If by extremists you mean the population of Saudi I guess you're right.

Graham

From: Eeyore on


lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote:

> "Ken Smith" <kensmith(a)green.rahul.net> wrote in message
>
> > There really is something that looks a lot like appeasing. Closing the
> > Prince Sultan Airbase in 2003 sort of quacks like appeasement of the
> > extremists.
>
> The extremists I think we really need to stop appeasing are the Religious
> Right and the Republicans who they are currently leading around by the nose.
> Tomorrow's our chance.

Good luck with that ! I'll be watching with great interest.

Graham

From: Ben Newsam on
On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:45:15 -0600, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com>
wrote:

>The America that has been handed to you on a silver
>platter, in fact.

Oh dear, I do hope not. I thought we[1] had got rid of all those
tiresome colonials long ago.

>I'm happy to appease them forever. Their ideology has
>withstood the test of time, while yours keeps failing
>only to be recycled by the next generation.

So, what is it about recycling every generation that isn't "standing
the test of time"?

[1] In case you hadn't noticed, not everyone lives in America.