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From: bill.sloman on 6 Aug 2006 07:28 John Fields wrote: > On 5 Aug 2006 11:16:38 -0700, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org wrote: > > > > >John Fields wrote: > >> On 3 Aug 2006 15:19:07 -0700, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org wrote: > >> > >> > > >> >John Fields wrote: > >> > >> >> --- > >> >> I write at several levels simultaneously. Didn't you notice? ;) > >> > > >> >Nice try. > >> > >> --- > >> That's a 'no', then? > > > >Have you stopped beating your significant other? > > --- > No, Chess just isn't her game, it seems. Mine neither. My wife insists on playing Scrabble, where her language skills give her a real advantage - she wins about 95% of the time. -- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen
From: John Fields on 6 Aug 2006 07:37 On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 21:30:30 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >John Fields wrote: >> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:44:59 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax >> <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> So, you're soft on Islamic terrorism... >> >> --- >> I'm not soft on _any_ brand of terrorism, as you should be well >> aware of by now, but it seems to me that that's not really what >> matters to you, what you're interested in doping is needling me. >> Why is that? >> > >Because I smell hypocrisy in your vicinity. --- A dog smells his own first... -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: John Fields on 6 Aug 2006 07:59 On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 21:39:06 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > >Phat Bytestard wrote: > >> On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 11:47:40 -0700, John Larkin >> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> Gave us: >> >> >The B-52's are scheduled to be retired in 2040, at which time they'll >> >be 80 years old. >> > >> >> As the oldest still in service airframe in history. > >DC3 ? > >Graham --- I believe there are still a few DC-2/C46's flying around -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: John Fields on 6 Aug 2006 08:02 On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 22:42:19 +0200, "Frank Bemelman" <f.bemelmanq(a)xs4all.invalid.nl> wrote: >"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> schreef in bericht >news:14r9d2ldb9qah9lovh4ke8esggi3m1clv9(a)4ax.com... >> On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 01:20:24 +0200, "Frank Bemelman" >> <f.bemelmanq(a)xs4all.invalid.nl> wrote: >>> >>>No, but about half the polulace voted so that the electors had a >>>good chance keeping him in the saddle. In my book, that is the same. >> >> --- >> Half a nation of fools is the same as a nation of fools? >> --- > >Yes, one can safely say that. The average nation has only >5% of fools, that's all normal and to be expected. With >50% of fools (a factor of 10) an exageration by a factor >of 2 isn't such a big deal. > >But, I settle for 'half a nation of fools' if that makes >you happier. > >Of course, now that we agree on that, it raises all kinds >of other questions. --- There was no agreement there, I was merely commenting on your questionable arithmetic. -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: John Fields on 6 Aug 2006 08:03
On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 21:43:13 +0100, John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In message <11v9d2t7tp9uakv4jb22smt6qjrmjp3fe1(a)4ax.com>, dated Sat, 5 >Aug 2006, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> writes >>What resources other than the US's help do you think Israel has which >>it could use to defend against a perpetual attack and not fall? > >Nukes; that's a good reason to keep the US aid flowing. --- LOL!, Point taken. -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer |