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From: jmfbahciv on 3 Nov 2006 08:30 In article <454B4204.F6B04682(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >> >Eeyore wrote: >> >> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> >> >>>I am not talking about oil becoming uncompetitive. I am talking >> >>>about oil suddenly becoming unavailable. That should be a >> >>>scenario considered by all heads of state, not just the US. >> >> >> >> It's not going to happen short of nuclear war. >> > >> >You're obviously not old enough to personally >> >remember the fuel crisis of the early 1970's. >> > >> Right. > >Wrong. I do recall it and I have the fuel vouchers to prove it. That was an embargo which was a reduction of production and a selection of favored customers. I'm not talking about an embargo. I'm thinking about scenarios where all production is stopped. > > >> And it was made worse by Nixon instituting government >> controls which made the supply even tighter and the mob >> psychology go into berserk mode overnight. > >Have you already forgotten the reason for the Arab Embargo ? Yes. I don't remember all the details. /BAH
From: lucasea on 3 Nov 2006 08:34 "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message news:67d4c$454b0bbf$4fe74c1$30350(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > >> "JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message >> news:iualk291t97f8404q1sh653htevg49g4s6(a)4ax.com... >> >>>On 2 Nov 2006 18:23:32 -0800, "MooseFET" <kensmith(a)rahul.net> Gave us: >>> >>> >>>>He is right. The new drug can't be the exact same chemical as the old >>>>one... >>> >>> Bullshit. Patents get RENEWED BEFORE they expire. >> >> >> Where did you get *that* silly idea??? You might just want to go back to >> insults--at least you understand those. > > You argue like a first grader. Even if that's true, it doesn't change the fact that you have your facts wrong. You *don't* understand patents, and yet you go around telling other people that they don't. Learn something, why don't you. Eric Lucas
From: jmfbahciv on 3 Nov 2006 08:31 In article <454B4233.5A43B385(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> The embargo was reducing deliveries to certain countries unless >> they capitulated into obeying. > >No it wasn't. Go read some history. Will do. I'm working on 1991 and 1947 at the moment. /BAH
From: lucasea on 3 Nov 2006 08:37 "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message news:2e9$454b1044$4fe74c1$30452(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > > I'm really getting weary of your games. This from the guy who wastes countless posts worth of bandwidth just calling people sophomoric names. Let's give him a hand, ladies and gentlemen. Ya gotta love him. Eric Lucas
From: Spehro Pefhany on 3 Nov 2006 08:54
On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 12:30:34 -0000, the renowned "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >news:eia884$8qk_011(a)s880.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >> In article <b0b87$454896c9$4fe760b$14253(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, >> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >>>> In article <4546F871.E7AD0EB5(a)hotmail.com>, >>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>unsettled wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Also compare the availability of goods and services in Europe >>>>>>and other places in the world to ours. >>>>> >>>>>What !!!! >>>>> >>>>>Are you being funny ? >>>> >>>> >>>> No, he's not. There are a lot of Europeans who come to the US >>>> to shop. >>> >>>There have been many flights bringing Europeans to shop at >>>the Mall of America in Minnesota. Straight in, shop all day, >>>get back on the plane the same day and go back. >> >> I hadn't heard that one. > >Neither had I. It seems unusual for people to fly over 10 hours each way to >go shopping. The prices there really must be rock bottom. > >> I suspect it would be the place to >> go with everything in the same building. > >Strangely, we have things like that in Europe as well. Wow. Do any Americans ever make the trek to Europe to shop? Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff(a)interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |