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From: unsettled on 7 Nov 2006 11:26 lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > "krw" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message > news:MPG.1fba72a27da2d087989ab3(a)news.individual.net... > >>In article <4550A28F.B40C659F(a)hotmail.com>, >>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. > > > Production of this was made illegal in 2004 (I think, maybe earlier), but > for quite a few months thereafter, they were selling off existing stocks. > > Anyone who burns lumber (any kind) for heat either has more money than > sense, or has absolutely no money and is in survival mode. Even in healthy forests trees die out for a variety of reasons. Retired and with a bad back I can't handle the stuff, so I give it away to folks who want it. Your ideas on who uses wood and why is all wet.
From: unsettled on 7 Nov 2006 11:27 lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message > news:60919$4550aa97$49ecf0b$7006(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > >>You might also want to take a look at a wonderful, >>now somewhat dated, book _How to win friends and influence >>people_. > > > Another irony meter bites the big one. Well *you* would think so. I'm not working hard to convince anyone, but you seem to be. I wouldn't expect you to understand that.
From: unsettled on 7 Nov 2006 11:31 lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message > news:21f8a$4550ac39$49ecf0b$7036(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > >>lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: >> >> >>>"unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message >>>news:87663$455065eb$4fe724c$5663(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... >>> >>> >>>>Ken Smith wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>In article <92d5d$45506124$4fe724c$5573(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, >>>>>unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: >>>>> >>>>>[....] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>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. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>What traditional American values would these be? There never was a >>>>>golden age. It is a myth we all like to belive but if you look at the >>>>>past you find the horrors of today plus some. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>You know, the >>>>>>folks who made America great in the first place! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Read up on Franklin. You will find that he and most of the others who >>>>>made America great in the first place would make the religious right >>>>>blanch. >>>> >>>>What you've done this morning in two posts is to disclose >>>>the low esteem in which you hold people. You seem to have >>>>some idea that the base element always prevails. >>> >>> >>>Speaking for myself, not at all. I always hold out the hope that people >>>can rise above their basest instincts of hatred and fear. It's just that >>>every few years, we forget to keep a lookout for these things, and they >>>take over. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>The facts are somewhat different. Each human exhibits some >>>>degree of discontinuity in how they conduct their lives. >>>>Franklin did manage to achieve some pretty significant >>>>things, especially for someone whose first calling was >>>>as a tradesman/printer. >>> >>> >>>Uh...that was his point. That, and the fact that Franklin and many of >>>the others who made this country great had no use for your BS about >>>"traditional American values". >> >>It looks like you've once again purposely discounted >>the fact that most humans exhibit discontinuities. > > > Not at all. I'm well aware of it. > > > >>What >>that means is he didn't always observe the values he >>generally stood for. > > > What, exactly, would be your evidence that he "stood for" the same BS values > that you pomp on about? Everything I've read says he was a very > down-to-earth guy. > > > >>Your posts continue to reek of hatred for your >>fellow man. > > > Not at all. I just the behavior of people that try to act better than me > and tell me how to live my life. > > Eric Lucas Ahhh, now it comes out, the jealousy card. Jumping up and down with your hand in the air yelling "me too me too!" LOL Get over your own insignificance.
From: lucasea on 7 Nov 2006 11:43 "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message news:2991e$4550b10a$49ecf0b$7036(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > >> "krw" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message >> news:MPG.1fba72a27da2d087989ab3(a)news.individual.net... >> >>>In article <4550A28F.B40C659F(a)hotmail.com>, >>>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. >> >> >> Production of this was made illegal in 2004 (I think, maybe earlier), but >> for quite a few months thereafter, they were selling off existing stocks. >> >> Anyone who burns lumber (any kind) for heat either has more money than >> sense, or has absolutely no money and is in survival mode. > > Even in healthy forests trees die out for a variety > of reasons. Retired and with a bad back I can't > handle the stuff, so I give it away to folks who > want it. Your ideas on who uses wood and why is > all wet. I didn't say "wood", I said "lumber". Do you know the difference? Eric Lucas
From: lucasea on 7 Nov 2006 11:45
"unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message news:ea629$4550b166$49ecf0b$7036(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > >> "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message >> news:60919$4550aa97$49ecf0b$7006(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... >> >>>You might also want to take a look at a wonderful, >>>now somewhat dated, book _How to win friends and influence >>>people_. >> >> >> Another irony meter bites the big one. > > Well *you* would think so. I'm not working > hard to convince anyone, but you seem to be. You really need to stop projecting your needs onto others. All I'm doing is pointing out logical inconsistencies in this thread. And there are *lots* of them. I don't really care what anyone else thinks. Eric Lucas |