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From: Ben Newsam on 10 Nov 2006 09:25 On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:01:56 +0000, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> My folks, >> who will not see 80 again, dug a dry well by hand in the >> summer of 2005. > >Dare I ask why ? Maybe they didn't know how to dig a wet one.
From: Ben Newsam on 10 Nov 2006 09:30 On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:01:56 +0000, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> My folks, >> who will not see 80 again, dug a dry well by hand in the >> summer of 2005. > >Dare I ask why ? I think we would call that a "sink" rather than a "well", or possibly a "soakaway".
From: John Larkin on 10 Nov 2006 10:02 On Fri, 10 Nov 06 12:59:20 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >In article <45535C91.5F6C3E61(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >unsettled wrote: >>> >> Lloyd Parker wrote: >>> >> > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >>> >>> >> > Yeah, like a few million more Kurds is just what Turkey needs. >>> >> >>> >> I don't know what Turkey will do. I am the messenger. >>> > >>> >Turkey will do what they're told to do or lose out big time. >>> >>> Oh, the irony. >> >>The EU has a very big carrot and a very big stick. > >The carrot has worms and the stick has termites. >That makes them useless to be used for their original purpose. > >Dang! I tied a knot in this thread :-))). > >/BAH Turkey can just make promises, join the EU, then revert to whatever behavior it really likes. Like my brit friends say, CE means Can't Enforce. John
From: Eeyore on 10 Nov 2006 10:04 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >unsettled wrote: > >> >> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> >> > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> >>I object because they're not heavy industry. > >> >> > > >> >> > Now define heavy industry. > >> >> > >> >> Heavy industry is capital intensive and difficult to relocate. > >> > > >> >Not impossible though. > >> > > >> >Asian companies have bought entire US steel plants and moved them > overseas. > >> > >> What does that mean..."move"? Did they dismatle the furnace, move > >> it and then rebuild it? > > > >Yes. More than just furnaces btw. > > Was it frugal to move the plant bricks? I would think they would > build their own. I know people moving things like enviromental > chambers and such but they aren't moving the physical plants. They were interested in the heavy machinery. Graham
From: Eeyore on 10 Nov 2006 10:04
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: > >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> >" The days of inheriting a bicycle shop that grew into an airframe > >> >> >manufacturing enterprise are gone. " > >> >> > >> >> Good grief. Pendantic. > >> > > >> >Seeking clarity. > >> > > >> >> Yep. Nowadays, nobody has to wait for > >> >> their parents to die before making oddles of money. > >> > > >> >Most ppl aren't capable of making oodles of money. > >> > >> In today's global economy, lots more people have the opportunity > >> to make lots of money. And they don't even have to think of > >> something new. All they have to do is not spend what they make > >> on expense items. > > > >If only it were that simple ! > > It is. I shall venture to differ. Graham |