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From: m II on 11 Jul 2010 20:12 John Larkin wrote: > [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. I don't need no steeenkin' help... http://snipurl.com/z9g50 mike
From: German on 12 Jul 2010 07:07 On 12.07.2010 01:39, m II wrote: > German wrote: > >>> It's excellent, better than that of many of the American posters here. >> >> Thank you. Means a lot to me by a native speaker. Google Translate >> helped a bit and it took me some time. > > > Be careful with Google Translate. I am surprised it hasn't started a war > yet. > > Try this: Place a German sentence into it and translate to English. Take > that English translation and translate it to Spanish. Do that for five > or six languages, in a row. > > The result that comes out at the far end does NOT look like what you put > in. The process is far from perfect. I'm aware that it is far from perfect and therefore use it only as a dictionary and for translating short phrases, just to get an idea. I don't trust it blindly and check if the translations make sense. But thanks anyway for the advice. A German
From: Bill Bowden on 12 Jul 2010 19:49 On Jul 11, 6:53 am, "k...(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" <k...(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: > On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:50:33 -0700 (PDT), dagmargoodb...(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? > > They're handy for hauling lumber home from the BORG. I gotta take a run or > two up North to fetch some furniture. It doesn't fit well in a car. ;-) > > >(I've been thinking a pickup would be handy these days.) > > Indeed they are. Since having one, I'd not be without one. Yes, I love my little Ford ranger 3.0 liter 6 cylinder, gets about 20MPG on the road. Everything is manual, 5 speed, door locks, and (Armstrong power windows) crank down types. It also has a 2X60 air conditioner (roll down 2 windows and go 60 MPH). Heaviest load I had was a V8 engine using a forklift to load and unload. I used to drive it for a an auto parts place. Some parts are pretty big. But I got fired for driving too slow and not running enough red lights. Nowadays, I just drive it on weekends and walk most other places. -Bill
From: krw on 12 Jul 2010 20:01 On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:49:13 -0700 (PDT), Bill Bowden <wrongaddress(a)att.net> wrote: >On Jul 11, 6:53�am, "k...(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" ><k...(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: >> On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:50:33 -0700 (PDT), dagmargoodb...(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? >> >> They're handy for hauling lumber home from the BORG. �I gotta take a run or >> two up North to fetch some furniture. �It doesn't fit well in a car. �;-) � >> >> >(I've been thinking a pickup would be handy these days.) >> >> Indeed they are. �Since having one, I'd not be without one. > >Yes, I love my little Ford ranger 3.0 liter 6 cylinder, gets about >20MPG on the road. Everything is manual, 5 speed, door locks, and >(Armstrong power windows) crank down types. It also has a 2X60 air >conditioner (roll down 2 windows and go 60 MPH). Heaviest load I had >was a V8 engine using a forklift to load and unload. I used to drive >it for a an auto parts place. Some parts are pretty big. But I got >fired for driving too slow and not running enough red lights. >Nowadays, I just drive it on weekends and walk most other places. Mine is a 4.0L Ranger with all the gizmos, including auto (SWMBO wouldn't let me buy a stick), air, power windows, door locks, and 4WD Off-road. I needed the 4WD in Vermont and need the AC here. ;-)
From: Bill Bowden on 12 Jul 2010 21:44
On Jul 10, 11:27 pm, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terr...(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > Bill Bowden wrote: > > > Another question might be "Where" are they going to invest surplus > > profits other than US securities, which can be exchanged on a minutes > > notice? > > > Why don't the Chinese just buy gold instead of US bonds? > > Who has enough gold to sell them? > Anybody that wants to sell it at the right price. Actually, they could buy other stuff besides gold. US real estate, silver, commodities, toilet paper, rice, etc. So why do they keep buying worthless US bonds? Is there some other country that has a better credit rating? -Bill |