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From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 5 Aug 2006 07:19 Phat Bytestard wrote: > On Fri, 4 Aug 2006 14:58:24 +0200, "Bill Sloman" > <bill.sloman(a)ieee.org> Gave us: > >> Texas got very well paid for saving England - the phrase "over a barrell" >> does come to mind - and the gratitude that Texas can can expect to get over >> and above getting paid extortionate prices has to be correspondingly >> limited. That won't be the story that they fed you in civics class at >> school, but you don't believe in Father Christmas these days, and you should >> really outgrow the tales of the benevoltent Uncle Sam. > > It was much less than $8 a barrel back then, and it was a bargain, > considering that we had to ship it over to you. > > "Extortionate prices" = utter bullshit. > > It was top quality high end fuel. The problem with you is that I see the name on the posts and know that they say nothing, so I just mark them all read in bulk. Dirk
From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 5 Aug 2006 07:21 Eeyore wrote: > > Jim Yanik wrote: > >> John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote in >> news:EGRndMZvAz0EFw6f(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk: >> >>> In message <44d32761$0$16497$e4fe514c(a)dreader12.news.xs4all.nl>, dated >>> Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Frank Bemelman <f.bemelmanq(a)xs4all.invalid.nl> writes >>>> I'm told that China has enough dollars in the bank to *buy* the entire >>>> USA ;) >> the Japanese tried that a few years ago,lost their asses. > > Cite ? And when the per capita income of the Chinese is comparable to the Japanese the Chinese economy will be about 3x larger than the US. That's if they screw up. Otherwise it will be considerably bigger than that. Dirk
From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 5 Aug 2006 07:24 John Woodgate wrote: > In message <4ji12eF83vuqU2(a)individual.net>, dated Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Dirk > Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> writes >> And it will have to be one with enough teeth and muscle to fire on the >> Israelis as well as Hezbollah. > > Almost certainly it will never need to, in defence. Let us fervently > hope that it never fires on Israel in aggression. Given the number of UN positions attacked by the Israelis in the past, I expect a serious force to be able to return such fire. Dirk
From: Fred Bloggs on 5 Aug 2006 08:37 Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: > Fred Bloggs wrote: > >> >> >> Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: >> >>> Fred Bloggs wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: >>>> >>>>> Fred Bloggs wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Fred Bloggs wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Fred Bloggs wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> bill.sloman(a)ieee.org wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Your confidence is misplaced. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> My field-hockey team's fitness training includes an exercise >>>>>>>>>> called >>>>>>>>>> "hakkebillen" - literally "kick buttocks" - which involves >>>>>>>>>> running >>>>>>>>>> slowly while bring up your heels behind you as high as you can >>>>>>>>>> go. My >>>>>>>>>> knees aren't flexible enough to let me kick my own bottom this >>>>>>>>>> way, but >>>>>>>>>> I can try, and fail, repeatedly without falling over. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> You should take up Hindu squats- if you have knee problems then >>>>>>>>> do them with your feet kept flat. Work up to 500 reps: >>>>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_squat >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I just realized that article was written by a wimp. You can add >>>>>>>> resistance to the Hindu squats with this accessory-any of those >>>>>>>> Power Jumpers: >>>>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/search//002-4776722-5136856?&node=3375301&keywords=power%20jumper >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you want to totally destroy your knees. >>>>>>> Ditto 'chicken walking'. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> That's bull- I do thousands of them, traditionally on toes, and >>>>>> the knees never felt better. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> And some people smoke 50 a day all their lives and don't get cancer. >>>>> You don't know what your situation will be until its too late. >>>>> >>>>> Dirk >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> If your knee ligaments are weak then the Hindu squats will initially >>>> cause some residual discomfort- but they will eventually strengthen. >>>> Most idiopathic chronic joint pain is caused by disuse. So either >>>> you injured your knees in martial arts combat, or you are a wimp. >>> >>> >>> >>> My knees are fine, but ask any sports physiologist about Hindu squats >>> and they will look at you aghast. There are quite a few old exercises >>> that have been abandoned because of their potential for causing major >>> chronic injury. Any repetitive power exercise where the knee is bent >>> through more than 90 degrees should be abandoned. >>> >>> Dirk >> >> >> That may be good advice for the average people who don't know what >> they're doing. When you do the fast bottom brake in the Hindu squat, >> it should be by means of rapid contraction of the gluteals and >> quadriceps, the legs should not go untensed so that your bodyweight >> momentum jerks on the knee ligaments. A large number of repetitions >> fatigues these muscles which entices the performer to get sloppy and >> that is how they injure themselves, since almost all of the injuries >> are reported as resulting from high rep rates. A sensible person >> simply stops when their fatigue prevents proper execution. So your >> sports physiologist advice is ultimately correct, but not for the >> reasons you think. > > > It's because it causes damage to the knee joint itself, esp the cartilage. > > Dirk If you listen to every bit of warning coming from the so-called sports physiologist sector, even a brisk walk would be considered dangerous. Once again, the advice is probably good for the gigantic mass of dilettante fitness enthusiasts who irregularly trot into the their little designer gyms for their half-hearted excuse for a "workout" as indicated by a wee bit of elevated breathing rate and perspiration. The advice is not for and is ignored by the serious athletes with high pain tolerance who are training for a fundamentally dangerous/injurious activity of one form or another anyway. Almost *all* the combat sport trainers recommend Hindu squat in addition to the even more punishing plyometric high stress power jumps, of one form or another (burpee w/jump), for the development of the maximum explosive force development strength necessary for survival. These people do not seem to be falling out left and right with crippling knee damage, their knees are strong, and used as weapons in some cases. Since Sloman has been playing field hockey since his youth, he is experienced enough to experiment with Hindu squats, in my estimation.
From: John Woodgate on 5 Aug 2006 08:57
In message <44D490EF.9000605(a)nospam.com>, dated Sat, 5 Aug 2006, Fred Bloggs <nospam(a)nospam.com> writes >If you listen to every bit of warning coming from the so-called sports >physiologist sector, even a brisk walk would be considered dangerous. I believe that completely. (;-) It detracts from valuable computing time. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK |