From: Ken Smith on
In article <eo2o4k$8qk_002(a)s808.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>,
<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote:
>In article <eo0b49$t1i$12(a)blue.rahul.net>,
> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote:
>>In article <97fd$45a39f71$cdd08551$17405(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>,
>>unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
>>[....]
>>>I have problems with real sugar. Thank heavens for alternatives.
>>
>>Here here.
>>
>>
>>Lemonade made with fake stuff and real fresh lemons is great.
>
>Instead of using the fake sugar, use one orange.

Enough sugar is too much sugar. The fake stuff would let MT have lemonade
and keep his feet.

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From: Ken Smith on
In article <45A3EDC5.B080E410(a)hotmail.com>,
Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>
>> >MSG gives me the worst headache on the planet.
>>
>> I have problems with fake sugar, corn syrup and corn oil. Not
>> many things are made with real sugar anymore.
>
>That's a US problem. You use lots of 'fake sugar' since you grow lots of corn.

That isn't what I was refering to. You are however correct about the
subsidized corn.



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From: Ken Smith on
In article <eo2npd$8qk_001(a)s808.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>,
<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote:
[....]
>>Many of us no longer regularly charcoal grill.
>
>I know. I heard that California made it illegal.

Where ever did you hear that?


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From: unsettled on
Ken Smith wrote:

> In article <70760$45a3b157$cdd08584$17875(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>,
> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
>
>>Ken Smith wrote:
>>
>>>In article <bc150$45a38971$cdd0856d$16880(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>,
>>>unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
>
> [....]
>
>>>If they are "truly isolated" how could I have met them?
>>
>>I've met a few when I volunteered at shelters.
>
>
> Aside: good for you.
>
> The comment was meant more as a quip than anything based on the logic that
> if I met them, they would no longer be "truly isolated".
>
> I guess it is posible for someone with mental problems to become isolated.

Precisely.


From: unsettled on
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:

> In article <d47f7$45a39df4$cdd08551$17354(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>,
> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:

>>The longer this subthread goes on the sillier it gets.

>>Probably the entire thread actually.

> You are letting your silliness opinion color what you read.

Absurd.

> To
> deal with the real problems requires an acceptance of how
> peoples' and governments' reactions are going to be. Then
> you can make plans taking this in account.

Read Hayek.

> Nobody is going
> to automagically change their mind until it's too late.
> My goal is prevent the "too late"ness of this particular
> problem.

Salesmen all know one thing you keep missing. Deal with the
decision maker.

No matter what you might manage to convince the electorate
of, even if they voted as you would wish, you can't get
any significant change into a political system unless
you're convincing the legislators.

Here's a clue.

They're not reading usenet, never have been, and likely
never will.