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From: Eeyore on 7 Nov 2006 10:50 lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > > > > The Republicans do not have a voting majority in Congress. > > What planet are you living on????? Maybe she used her time machine to look forward to Wednesday ? Graham
From: lucasea on 7 Nov 2006 10:55 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:45509E97.C3C693F2(a)hotmail.com... > > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >Yeah, so? That bitterness is a good summary of those peoples' >> >> >> >personal >> >> >> >experiences. How does that invalidate the study? >> >> >> >> >> >> The conclusions from the data showed the opposite. >> >> > >> >> >Eh ? Do explain what you mean. >> >> >> >> I did; I tried. The conclusions of the study were that people >> >> didn't have financial problems after retirement. >> > >> >I assume you mean after work or upon retirement ? I expect you wouldn't >> >have >> >any financial problems when pushing up the daisies ! >> > >> > >> >> It did not >> >> show that people had to reduce their styles of living at least >> >> several levels because the income was not enough. >> > >> >Whilst retirement plans were generous I'm sure that might be true. Given >> >the >> >recent cliff-like fall in the value of annuities it seems that ppl >> >retiring >> >in the futiure are going to have a much rockier ride. >> >> Stop. I was talking about a study done in 1969. You present a study done in 1969 as evidence of something happening *today*????? Sheesh. >> The term "retirement plan" didn't exist yet. Hmm...that's odd. My grandparents had pensions in 1969, and I remember my dad talking about his pension back then. And both had their own retirement savings back then too. In what sense did "retirement plans" not exist in 1969? > Ppl didn't retire in 1969 ? News to me. Eric Lucas
From: Eeyore on 7 Nov 2006 10:58 krw wrote: > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > > > > In addition, people burn the wood that is laced with arsenic. > > > > What kind of wood is laced with arsenic ? > > CCA (chromated copper arsenic) pressure treated lumber normally > used for ground contact, decks and such. Anyone caught burning it > should be forced to emigrate to Europe. It wouldn't be allowed here. Graham
From: unsettled on 7 Nov 2006 10:58 lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message > news:92d5d$45506124$4fe724c$5573(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > >>lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: >> >> >>>"Ken Smith" <kensmith(a)green.rahul.net> wrote in message >>>news:eip1jv$l49$2(a)blue.rahul.net... >>> >>> >>>>In article <Au2dnWKEQ78ZLNLYRVnyvw(a)pipex.net>, >>>>T Wake <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>news:454FAB77.221D4C96(a)hotmail.com... >>>> >>>>[....] >>>> >>>> >>>>>>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. >>> >>> >>>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. >> >> >>Perhaps you're talking about the people who have and >>maintain taditional American values. You know, the >>folks who made America great in the first place! >>The America that has been handed to you on a silver >>platter, in fact. >> >>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. > > > I would put that differently. Every few years, the population gets tired of > the smug and self-sanctimonious preachings of those who claim to be the > arbiters of "traditional American values", and try to get our society to > evolve in the direction of its citizens *thinking*, rather than reacting at > a gut level to their prejudices and hatreds. And then the > self-sanctimonious fear- and hate-mongers among us feel their grip on > society slipping, and redouble their efforts to pander to the prejudices and > basest emotions of the population--the "least common denominator", as it > were. "Hatred" and "base" are the hallmarks of your postings all along, see teh fine example above. But do tell me this. Why would you want to change something that has proved successful over long time periods? It seems to me that poeple like you want change for its own sake, with unknowable outcomes at the other end of the changed ideologies. > I don't expect it to stick this time either--but it's still worth > trying. It requires some sort of dementia in the listener before your sermon sticks. You might also want to take a look at a wonderful, now somewhat dated, book _How to win friends and influence people_. Try reading this first though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People
From: Eeyore on 7 Nov 2006 11:00
lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >>"krw" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message > > >>> but unless there is a wind blowing it's a mess. It stinks if it's still, > >> > >>Not if you're using a good, modern wood stove, and good dry (particularly > >>hard) wood. > > > > How do you make everybody do this? > > Why your desparate need to "make everybody do" things. Why not just let > them make their own decisions, and you make yours? Since dry wood burns better, it's in ppls' interest anyway. Graham |