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From: John Larkin on 11 Jul 2010 11:23 On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:50:33 -0700 (PDT), dagmargoodboat(a)yahoo.com wrote: >On Jul 10, 5:48�pm, John Larkin ><jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >> On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:26:32 -0700 (PDT), dagmargoodb...(a)yahoo.com >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >On Jul 10, 11:35�am, John Larkin >> ><jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >> >> On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:03:34 -0600, m II <c...(a)in.the.hat> wrote: >> >> >Joerg wrote: >> >> >> >> Out here the ultimate cat's meouw would be an all tricked-out truck with >> >> >> a huge engine, and where you need a ladder to get in. >> >> >> >4 X 4 = IQ �for some of those people. I swear, they must be forced to >> >> >get a lobotomy before they can drive those things. They seem to be bent >> >> >on destroying nature with empty beer cans and quarter mile long >> >> >burn-outs through the bird nesting areas. >> >> >> >They're the Archies of the automotive world. >> >> >> >mike >> >> >> I love the names of these vehicles: Sierra, Tundra, Outback, Tahoe, >> >> Sequoia, Yukon, all the places they are designed to destroy. >> >> >> Blazer, n: forest clear-cutting device >> >> >> Xterra, v: latin for "destroy the earth" >> >> >> John >> >> >Canyonero: >> >> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4QgWRycd7I&feature=related >> >> That's great. > >"Twelve yards long and two lanes wide, > sixty-five tons of American pride, > Canyonero... Canyonero" > >> Do you know why a man gets excited by a woman dressed in leather? >> Because it makes her smell like a new truck. > >Hmmm, I've never owned a truck...maybe I've been missing something? >(I've been thinking a pickup would be handy these days.) > >Cheers, >James A hatchback with a roof rack is might handy. [1] And it looks a little more macho, not that things like that make a particle of difference to me, dude. John [1] I wonder if anybody has ever tried hauling a single really big load on two or more cars with roof racks. That would be fun to see.
From: Jim Thompson on 11 Jul 2010 11:57 On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:38:49 +0200, German <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >On 11.07.2010 03:03, John Larkin wrote: [snip] >> >> I haven't yet figured out the door locks. It will lock itself whenever >> it feels like. I don't dare leave the keys in the car, because it >> might decide to lock me out. > >Seems to be same with VW. I heard about this "feature" from a friend two >or three years ago, who got locked out by his car. I didn't believe it >at first hearing, because I thought, why would VW want to upset their >customers considering this could happen far from home, where one doesn't >has his spare key at hand and has to call the breakdown service. > [snip] I had a VW (Avis rental) in Germany decide the driver's side door would be forever locked :-( Fortunately I was able to climb over the gear-box hump and get in and out from the passenger side. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | Obama isn't going to raise your taxes...it's Bush' fault: Not re- newing the Bush tax cuts will increase the bottom tier rate by 50%
From: m II on 11 Jul 2010 13:47 krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: > Bullshit. There were no "promises" made to Tibet. One of MANY pages, if you care to look. ============================================= By March 10, 1959 the US Government had been involved in the affairs of Tibet for almost a decade. This relationship, which was to continue through 1974, carried commitments some of which were fulfilled and others from which our government walked away. The motivation for our involvement was mixed, and its legacy was one of both good will and disappointment. The accomplishments were similarly varied, ranging from dismal to those that had lasting value. The consequences of these actions taken over a period of twenty-five years a quarter of a century ago are s till with us today. Prior to 1949, the US Government had taken only occasional and passing interest in Tibet. Since 1913 its Chinese suzerain had exercised no authority there, and the Tibetans had been managing their own affairs in splendid isolation under the benign eye of its friendly British India neighbor. Now a new and aggressive power was taking over in Beijing, capable of exercising full military and political control of an area it intended to reclaim as its own. Washington was forced to take a new inventory of what its policy concerning Tibet should be. Weighing the threat of contributing to the further dismemberment of China and the enormous logistical and political problems involved in providing effective support to the Tibetans against a genuine desire to help a staunchly anti-Communist country, the State Department temporized. It thereby avoided the domestic dilemma of appearing to be hastening the demise of the Nationalists' hold over mainland China when the Truman administration and especially Secretary of State Acheson were already under attack for "losing China." In New Delhi, closer to the scene, the embassy was more concerned about the threat of a Communist occupied Tibet. It warned that "if we make no effort to demonstrate a friendly interest in Tibet until a Communist-dominated regime consolidates its hold on China, the impression will be created among the Tibetans that we were moved only by a desire to contain Communism and not to develop cordial relations with the Tibetan people." The Embassy was right. Almost fifty years later both the Dalai Lama and his elder brother told me that they felt the United States had used the Tibet as a pawn in the Cold War and they still resented it. http://snipurl.com/z97t7 =====================================================================
From: German on 11 Jul 2010 17:22 On 11.07.2010 17:57, Jim Thompson wrote: > On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:38:49 +0200, German<invalid(a)invalid.invalid> > wrote: > >> On 11.07.2010 03:03, John Larkin wrote: > [snip] >>> >>> I haven't yet figured out the door locks. It will lock itself whenever >>> it feels like. I don't dare leave the keys in the car, because it >>> might decide to lock me out. >> >> Seems to be same with VW. I heard about this "feature" from a friend two >> or three years ago, who got locked out by his car. I didn't believe it >> at first hearing, because I thought, why would VW want to upset their >> customers considering this could happen far from home, where one doesn't >> has his spare key at hand and has to call the breakdown service. >> > [snip] > > I had a VW (Avis rental) in Germany decide the driver's side door > would be forever locked :-( Fortunately I was able to climb over the > gear-box hump and get in and out from the passenger side. > > ...Jim Thompson Perhaps UK firmware version with enabled child lock on passenger's side door ;) A German
From: krw on 11 Jul 2010 18:52
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:23:06 -0700, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:50:33 -0700 (PDT), dagmargoodboat(a)yahoo.com >wrote: > >>On Jul 10, 5:48�pm, John Larkin >><jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>> On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:26:32 -0700 (PDT), dagmargoodb...(a)yahoo.com >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >On Jul 10, 11:35�am, John Larkin >>> ><jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>> >> On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:03:34 -0600, m II <c...(a)in.the.hat> wrote: >>> >> >Joerg wrote: >>> >>> >> >> Out here the ultimate cat's meouw would be an all tricked-out truck with >>> >> >> a huge engine, and where you need a ladder to get in. >>> >>> >> >4 X 4 = IQ �for some of those people. I swear, they must be forced to >>> >> >get a lobotomy before they can drive those things. They seem to be bent >>> >> >on destroying nature with empty beer cans and quarter mile long >>> >> >burn-outs through the bird nesting areas. >>> >>> >> >They're the Archies of the automotive world. >>> >>> >> >mike >>> >>> >> I love the names of these vehicles: Sierra, Tundra, Outback, Tahoe, >>> >> Sequoia, Yukon, all the places they are designed to destroy. >>> >>> >> Blazer, n: forest clear-cutting device >>> >>> >> Xterra, v: latin for "destroy the earth" >>> >>> >> John >>> >>> >Canyonero: >>> >>> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4QgWRycd7I&feature=related >>> >>> That's great. >> >>"Twelve yards long and two lanes wide, >> sixty-five tons of American pride, >> Canyonero... Canyonero" >> >>> Do you know why a man gets excited by a woman dressed in leather? >>> Because it makes her smell like a new truck. >> >>Hmmm, I've never owned a truck...maybe I've been missing something? >>(I've been thinking a pickup would be handy these days.) >> >>Cheers, >>James > >A hatchback with a roof rack is might handy. [1] And it looks a little >more macho, not that things like that make a particle of difference to >me, dude. I used to use roof racks to haul lumber; no fun at all. > >[1] I wonder if anybody has ever tried hauling a single really big >load on two or more cars with roof racks. That would be fun to see. It would be illegal in every state, not that it would stop many from trying. |