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From: jmfbahciv on 16 Nov 2006 07:57 In article <d-udncDlPLC3-cbYRVnyvw(a)pipex.net>, "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >news:ejf5ti$8qk_008(a)s792.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >> In article <4559C9DC.3A55227D(a)hotmail.com>, >> 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: >>>> >> >>>> >> >How much do you pay for your dial-up connection ? >>>> >> >>>> >> I have two. For the newsgroup access, I used to pay $30/month. >>>> >> I definitely got what I paid for. >>>> >> >>>> >> Then it got bought out and the priced was reduced; as a result, >>>> >> I also got what I paid for :-((. >>>> > >>>> >Over here you can get an ADSL connection for ?12.99 a month. >>>> >>>> I can get connection for $5/month if I wish a lack of service. >>> >>>What do you mean by 'lack of service' ? >>> >>>Is this more negative thinkiong ? >> >> No. I'm quite fussy since I was in the computer biz. >> If there's problem, I'd like to be able to analyze and >> produce are reason for the problem within 10 minutes. >> I can't do that if I have to go through the usual help >> desk sales menu before dealing with the problem. I also >> want to talk with somebody who can touch the computer systems >> rather than a desk in India. > >So what you mean is, because your computer knowledge stagnated thirty years >ago you don't want to learn how to problem solve modern technology? Are you really proud of displaying your inability to think? /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 16 Nov 2006 07:58 In article <455B28C8.DA0099BA(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >> >> >> I don't want bells and whistles. I want pure, unadulterated >> >> comm service. All the fluff is a waste of CPU cycles and my >> >> time. >> > >> >Yet you can not access the web. Not really a working communications service, >> >is it? >> >> I run software on my computer that cannot salivate and chew gum at >> the same time. As a result of this lack of computing ability, >> it crashes because of buffer overruns. > >Do you have an aversion to upgrading ? At the moment, yes. I have other things that have to be done and I don't wish to spend my energy on upgrading. > >Ppl are giving away lower end Pentiums now ! > >There's an auction on ebay uk that ends in 5 hours for no less that *five* >Pentium 600 PCs - ok they've had the hard drives and memory removed but these are >inexpensively replaced and the current high bid is...... > >99 pence ! for five computers It's not price. It is thinking and bodily energy that I don't have enough of. /BAH
From: krw on 16 Nov 2006 08:08 In article <8d6da$455b5fe3$4fe757a$19048(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, unsettled(a)nonsense.com says... > krw wrote: > > > In article <9fbce$455b1e5e$49ecfcb$16796(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, > > unsettled(a)nonsense.com says... > > > >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> > >>>In article <kgl6h.25069$TV3.20095(a)newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>, > >>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > >>>>news:4559DA19.3B5B7EC8(a)hotmail.com... > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>And you like to imply things that just aren't true. You weren't living > >>>>>>>on > >>>>>>>"$2/day". > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Right. It was $2/month. > >>>>> > >>>>>And you can also clean a whole house in 15 mins ? > >>>> > >>>>The thing that she conveniently glosses over > >>> > >>> > >>>I did not gloss over it. I assumed that you were able to think > >>>well enough to fill in those blanks. ARe you really that thinking > >>>disabled that I have to specifically spec out all aspects? > >>> > >>>I said college. It was already established the decade that > >>>occurred. I should have known better because you have shown > >>>in this thread that you cannot read two sentences and figure > >>>out how they relate. > >> > >> > >>I sure hope he's not one of those you're trying > >>to learn something from. > >> > > > > One thing she's trying to learn is the reasons behind people's > > attitude. One way to learn is to poke the specimen. ;-) > > That's more a causality sort of thing IMO. "Reasons" are > much harder to come by though I agree some superficial > level can be achieved even here in usenet. > I know BAH pretty well by chatting with her, here on the Usenet. There is a *lot* of information to be had without ever meeting face-to-face. -- Keith
From: krw on 16 Nov 2006 08:08 In article <ejf4nd$8qk_002(a)s792.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... > In article <MPG.1fc3bbe568ee60e1989b38(a)news.individual.net>, > krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: > >In article <ejccic$8ss_003(a)s858.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... > >> In article <eja0cc$9nk$1(a)blue.rahul.net>, > >> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: > >> >In article <ej9pql$8qk_007(a)s785.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, > >> > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote: > >> >>In article <4557506C.83F6D696(a)earthlink.net>, > >> >[....] > >> >>> A tap is for threading holes. > >> >> > >> >>What? Explain, please? > >> > > >> >The tool for threading (cutting threads on the inside surface of) a hole > >> >is called a "rap". Imagine a threaded bolt with 4 grooves cut along its > >> >length adn a square head. It is made from very hard metal. You drill a > >> >hole and then run the tap in. The it is held by a tee-handle. You turn > >> >it one turn in and then back a half and so on. > >> > >> Thanks. I used to thread pipe for my Dad. He never called > >> it a tap. He called a threader. > > > >A pipe "threader" would be called a "die". > > > >> He had two kinds; one was > >> easy to use and the other one was a PITA for a little weak > >> kid to use. > > > >....but he made you use the hard one? ;-) > > > Yea, how did you know? After a few years chatting, I think I even know your dad! ;-) ....not so different than mine (though raised in a general store he was an EE prof). > I always wanted to do the easy one. That was fun. The machine shop where my dad worked had a pipe die set. They'd let me use it (with supervision) for a project I was doing. After I was all done the bastards showed me the power threader (similar to what HomeDespot has now). ;-) Ah well, the die wasn't all that hard to use. One just had to make sure it was square with the pipe before one started cutting. -- Keith
From: jmfbahciv on 16 Nov 2006 08:20
In article <MPG.1fc5b8c43468d032989b90(a)news.individual.net>, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >In article <ejf4nd$8qk_002(a)s792.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... >> In article <MPG.1fc3bbe568ee60e1989b38(a)news.individual.net>, >> krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >> >In article <ejccic$8ss_003(a)s858.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... >> >> In article <eja0cc$9nk$1(a)blue.rahul.net>, >> >> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: >> >> >In article <ej9pql$8qk_007(a)s785.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >> >> > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote: >> >> >>In article <4557506C.83F6D696(a)earthlink.net>, >> >> >[....] >> >> >>> A tap is for threading holes. >> >> >> >> >> >>What? Explain, please? >> >> > >> >> >The tool for threading (cutting threads on the inside surface of) a hole >> >> >is called a "rap". Imagine a threaded bolt with 4 grooves cut along its >> >> >length adn a square head. It is made from very hard metal. You drill a >> >> >hole and then run the tap in. The it is held by a tee-handle. You turn >> >> >it one turn in and then back a half and so on. >> >> >> >> Thanks. I used to thread pipe for my Dad. He never called >> >> it a tap. He called a threader. >> > >> >A pipe "threader" would be called a "die". >> > >> >> He had two kinds; one was >> >> easy to use and the other one was a PITA for a little weak >> >> kid to use. >> > >> >....but he made you use the hard one? ;-) >> > >> Yea, how did you know? > >After a few years chatting, I think I even know your dad! ;-) >....not so different than mine (though raised in a general store he >was an EE prof). > >> I always wanted to do the easy one. That was fun. > >The machine shop where my dad worked had a pipe die set. They'd >let me use it (with supervision) for a project I was doing. After >I was all done the bastards showed me the power threader (similar >to what HomeDespot has now). ;-) I never saw a power threader operate. > Ah well, the die wasn't all that >hard to use. One just had to make sure it was square with the pipe >before one started cutting. The one that was hard to use moved in a ratchet manner and had only one handle. The easy one had two handles with the threading cutters in the middle. IIRC, it had a lot of "holes" you could pipes in to. But I don't remember how Dad chose which holes to use. What was your project? /BAH /BAH |