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From: Eeyore on 10 Nov 2006 18:38 unsettled wrote: > Jonathan Kirwan wrote: > >Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > >>>"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message > >>> > >>>>Not that we're > >>>>lily-white, but we don't exactly go around skewering babies for > >>>>snacks either. > >>> > >>>How's that for damnation by faint praise? How far we've fallen from our > >>>high ideals--from "Give me liberty or give me death!" and "E pluribus unum" > >>>to "At least we don't skewer babies for snacks!" > >> > >>Fields has warranted a nickname. > >> > >>Impaler ! > > > > > > No, that would need to be 'almost Impaler.' Doesn't quite rank up > > there with the best of them, yet. ;) > > Several of you need to get back on your meds. That roast Iraqi baby in your oven's ready for eating. Graham
From: Eeyore on 10 Nov 2006 19:19 lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message > > Jonathan Kirwan wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>>lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > >>>>"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote > >>>> > >>>>>Not that we're > >>>>>lily-white, but we don't exactly go around skewering babies for > >>>>>snacks either. > >>>> > >>>>How's that for damnation by faint praise? How far we've fallen from our > >>>>high ideals--from "Give me liberty or give me death!" and "E pluribus > >>>>unum" > >>>>to "At least we don't skewer babies for snacks!" > >>> > >>>Fields has warranted a nickname. > >>> > >>>Impaler ! > >> > >> > >> No, that would need to be 'almost Impaler.' Doesn't quite rank up > >> there with the best of them, yet. ;) > > > > > > Several of you need to get back on your meds. > > Hey, it was Fields that pointed out that our standard for decency involves > not cannibalizing our young. The phrase 'ignorant swine' was coined for the likes of Impaler Fields. Graham
From: Ben Newsam on 10 Nov 2006 19:18 On 10 Nov 2006 06:33:37 -0800, |||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk wrote: >Ben Newsam wrote: >> That would explain it. We don't get termites here. > >Actually we do have termites in the UK. Although only in a very >restricted zone (~2 houses) in N Devon and every possible attempt is >being made to annihilate them. Including nasty pesticides not normally >licenced for use in the UK. AFAIK So far without success. As the >winters get milder they will be potentially more of a problem if they >ever manage to spread. > >http://www.pwbelg.clara.net/termites/index.html That's very interesting. Thanks.
From: lucasea on 10 Nov 2006 20:23 "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message news:bb827$45551ee2$4fe4e9c$1729(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > > Krupp had shut it down because it was > not profitable to operate. Proud of your ability to look that up on Google? Here's a hint....that's why almost every single out-of-operation steel mill is out of operation.... > China, of course, is hard > put to keep making employment for the population ....and of course, they are hard-pressed for the steel to build their burgeoning industrial infrastructure. There's a good reason that people use the phrase "steel in the ground" to refer to industrial means of production. > The whole thing is a bit of a stretch, unless one is > off their meds. With this obsession you have with knowing what medications people take and when, you sound more than a little hypocritical when you rail against a national health care system. You want to be able to tell other people what medication to take and when, but you refuse to let the government make that decision for you? Eric Lucas
From: krw on 10 Nov 2006 21:00
In article <G0U4h.2000$6t.1433(a)newssvr11.news.prodigy.com>, lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net says... > > "krw" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message > news:MPG.1fbdbbbe595b5dcf989adc(a)news.individual.net... > > > > Properly treated the wood will even live under water. Many piers > > are made out of the stuff, and it's a lot better than creosote. > > IIRC, it's still allowed for ground contact/underground/underwater > > use, but not for homeowners (decks and such). > > My understanding was that its production was outlawed for any purpose, but > you could be right--I only have direct knowledge of home use. I'm not sure either, but I seem to remember that it's still available for marine use. > > The recycled plastic > > products are likly a better idea anyway. > > Almost certainly, although its use as surface boards on decks has been a > problem--it gets really slippery when it's wet. "Trex", and the like, doesn't look like it would be slippery. -- Keith |