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From: unsettled on 5 Feb 2007 07:16 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > In article <37e41$45c71987$4fe75e8$6833(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: > >>krw wrote: >> >> >>>In article <eq4j4v$8ss_002(a)s795.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... > > <snip> > >>>>I *finally* got to use my expensive VRRROOOMMM machine. Then >>>>spent the rest of my energy chipping ice with what was left. >>>>I only had two inches to blow. It must have rained a some >>>>point. >>> >>> >>>I've used mine a bunch so far this year. Nothing more than four or >>>five inches though. The last few times was less than 2". Ice on >>>the bottom is no fun at all. Ice on the top or middle is no >>>problem. I'll often leave some snow if it's going to get warm >>> >> >>I use a lot of salt because there's nothing else reasonably >>doable here. > > > I don't like it coming into the house. The salt from the roads > makes enough of a mess. I'm not out in the country. Shoes come off at the door all year round. I never thought I'd come to this. >>Of course with the outdoor temperature sitting >>at -18 this morning as I went out to switch propane tanks >>(house ~50 when I got up) salt doesn't do much good other >>than provide a little surface grip. > > > oomph. That's cold. > > >>I've spent ~850 gallons of propane so far this heating year >>(starting in August) with ~600 remaining to see me through >>July. > > > I gained weight somehow and haven't had to have my thermostat > set high. I bought 700 gallons of oil for the year. It was > very warm in December so I'm ahead. Difference in house size and climate accounts for a lot of the difference. My daytime temp is 68, night 62. Great for sleeping under a really warm quilt. > Do you depend on the propane for your hot water? Yes, and for clothes drying.
From: jmfbahciv on 5 Feb 2007 07:19 In article <45C4C558.69D6D2AA(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >T Wake wrote: >> >> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >> > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> Pay attention to what happened in Boston yesterday; especially >> >> >> >> follow what happens after this and what the critics are saying >> >> >> >> and what these critics don't say. One thing you need to know >> >> >> >> is that the mayor of Boston is the only politician here who >> >> >> >> is taking the warnings of 9/11 seriously. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >Would you care to explain for us who don't live there >> >> >> >what it is that happened in Boston ? >> >> >> >> >> >> It's too long to explain. Magic incantations are: gorilla marketing, >> >> >> Turner Broadcasting; the Cartoon channel and some movie about >> >> >> hair (I haven't figured this one out yet); Boston temporarily >> >> >> shut down. >> >> > >> >> > Completely failing as ever to say the word bomb and hoax. >> >> > >> >> > I've heard elsewhere about this now. The police in Boston acted >> >> > correctly. I hope whatever nitiwit thought this one up goes to jail. >> >> >> >> To be honest, I have no idea how this incident in Boston shows the Mayor >> >> there is the "only politician [there] who is taking the warnings of [11 >> >> Sep] seriously." >> > >> >Several other cities also had the 'suspicious devices' planted yet no action >> >was taken about them. >> >http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/01/31/mass_suspi >> cious_devices_called_a_hoax/ >> >> That supports my statement that only a few politicians are >> taking this threat seriously. > >You could also say that the reaction in Boston was an over-reaction. If there was no reaction, I'd expect C-4 packages wrapped up in cartoons. It was a good exercise that was not constrained by pretending. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 5 Feb 2007 07:21 In article <45C4E540.D12FB04A(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >MassiveProng wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >T Wake wrote: >> >> >> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >> >> > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> Pay attention to what happened in Boston yesterday; especially >> >> >> >> >> follow what happens after this and what the critics are saying >> >> >> >> >> and what these critics don't say. One thing you need to know >> >> >> >> >> is that the mayor of Boston is the only politician here who >> >> >> >> >> is taking the warnings of 9/11 seriously. >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >Would you care to explain for us who don't live there >> >> >> >> >what it is that happened in Boston ? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> It's too long to explain. Magic incantations are: gorilla marketing, >> >> >> >> Turner Broadcasting; the Cartoon channel and some movie about >> >> >> >> hair (I haven't figured this one out yet); Boston temporarily >> >> >> >> shut down. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Completely failing as ever to say the word bomb and hoax. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > I've heard elsewhere about this now. The police in Boston acted >> >> >> > correctly. I hope whatever nitiwit thought this one up goes to jail. >> >> >> >> >> >> To be honest, I have no idea how this incident in Boston shows the Mayor >> >> >> there is the "only politician [there] who is taking the warnings of [11 >> >> >> Sep] seriously." >> >> > >> >> >Several other cities also had the 'suspicious devices' planted yet no action >> >> >was taken about them. >> >> >http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/01/31/mass_suspi >> >> cious_devices_called_a_hoax/ >> >> >> >> That supports my statement that only a few politicians are >> >> taking this threat seriously. >> > >> >You could also say that the reaction in Boston was an over-reaction. >> >> >> I agree. The most they should be able to charge TN with is illegal >> sign affixment. > >Having seen the things now, I'd certainly say it was an over-reaction. <snip> At least you people are consistent. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 5 Feb 2007 07:22 In article <45C4C5FA.D258272E(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >> > >> >What is clear is that any improvised device showing >> >batteries and wires is presently suspicious to the >> >police. That's got the potential to shut down cities >> >and airports. Leaving a large ghetto blaster at Logan >> >Airport would probably shut down the building it was >> >found in. >> >> Did the plane that fell on Scotland have a radio filled >> with explosive? > >In baggage in the hold IIRC. > >What's your point ? Unbelievable. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 5 Feb 2007 07:36
In article <_MSdnbOuSKCaQVjYnZ2dnUVZ8t-nnZ2d(a)pipex.net>, "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >news:eq4jbn$8ss_004(a)s795.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >> In article <45C4C99E.5FE95E2D(a)hotmail.com>, >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >>>> It's also clear that this group, who keep trying to prove me wrong, >>>> doesn't >>>> have any idea how these Muslims live, think or believe. >>> >>>And you do ? >> >> I'm learning. It became my high priority after 9/11. > >This carries the not quite hidden implication you think that your "learning" >(and any subseqent discoveries) will change anything in the rest of the >world. Why shouldn't it? > >You also have the (hardly hidden at all) implication in several posts that >*you* are the only person who has learned anything and you are the only >person who can come up with plans. I don't if I can produce a plan. I haven't gotten to that point yet. > >That your plans are nonsense, and when you try to demonstrate learning it is >incorrect, fazes you not at all. So let me see if I understand you. The only way I can learn is to never make a mistake. Thus, until I am sure I won't make a mistake, I can't do anything. No wonder you don't realize what reality is. > >>> >>>Do tell about your real-world experience of Muslims. >> >> My experience wouldn't have included people who eschewed >> Western technology. In order to know how to fight and defend >> from these people, I need to know my enemy. > >Eh? Do you know what eschewed means? Shun. To take great care to avoid. > I thought you said the threat was from >Muslims who wanted to get rid of all the western stuff? Yes. What do you think eschew means? > >I shouldn't be surprised, but this makes no sense here. I am quickly coming to the conclusion that you have serious reading comprehension problems. I know I don't write perfectly clearly (that takes months to hone a good sentence) but my writing isn't that muddled. /BAH |