On 10/11/2024 15:45, Titus G wrote:
On 10/11/24 08:42, William Hyde wrote:
D wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving theWhy SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many drug
users on the street.
Parts of it, yes.
I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or
vagrants.
This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave them a
beating, and dumped them in the next county.ÿ Somebody else's problem. >>>>
problem! =)
So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided it is
illegal and hurts people you dislike.
Now that D is here, the entertainment level is surpassing the Jibini level.
Nah, D's not as entertaining as Terry, he's really just a one-trick pony.
Terry could come out with new lines and bounce around like a
grass-hopper in a BugCatcher - and probably would have baited D into an apoplexy, consistency was not one of his strong points. :-)
On 11/9/2024 11:47 AM, Paul S Person wrote:two.
On Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:56:24 -0800, Robert Woodward
<robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
=20
In article <lsesij93jemheqibovvadf4n9n33u3aj9i@4ax.com>,=20
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
On 7 Nov 2024 23:45:56 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
Seattle doesn't want you. We are actually considering reviving the >>>>>> Lesser Seattle movement of the past.
Remember, it always rains in Seattle.
Might be a nice place for a Worldcon, though.
Unless we are under a Heat Dome and the power fails.
More a danger for a Westercon, but still possible.
Or we get another dose of Freezing Rain. One lasting more than one
day.
Thankfully, the Worldcon won't be in December, January, or February.
What part of "it always rains in Seattle" don't you understand?
=20
But I agree that that only instance of freezing rain that I
experienced was on a 12/23.
=20
Small tornadoes are rare, but not unknown. Maybe once a decade or =
I've been to Seattle twice, both times it was beautifully sunny.
The second time was while I was taking training at Microsoft, in
Redmond. At the start of the course, everyone was asked to stand
up and introduce themselves. I did, and added 'Clearly, I've been
lied to about the climate here. Everytime I've been here the weather
has be great."
There was silence, then someone yelled "Don't let that man leave!".
On 11/9/2024 12:03 PM, Paul S Person wrote:about in
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024 09:54:47 -0500, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
=20
On 11/9/2024 8:32 AM, D wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
D=A0 <nospam@example.net> wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
Thank you Paul, that confirms what I have so far been thinking =
Idaho.
Or Montana.
locationsterms of places to move to. I have also heard good things about = Wyoming,
South dakota, and someone, as strange as it may sound, also = recommended
the far eastern parts of oregon. Not sure about that one, but that >>>>>> was one
recommendation as well.
Oregon is weird because it has a very wide mix of different =
thewith
very different cultures in the same state and while you might like =
(becausefar eastern part, you won't like the state politics as a whole =
It isneither side does).
Sounds like sweden! No one likes the politics and very different
cultures depending on the area you are in.
You would like Wyoming if you like long distances with nothing.=A0 =
likealmost the opposite of Europe in terms of just being able to feel =
notyou are nowhere.=A0 I find that pleasant for a while, but not = long-term.
Sounds excellent! Since I generally do not like people, being in the
middle of nowhere, with a dog or two sounds like heaven! Sadly it is=
thatgoing to fly with the wife since she wants culture, opera and all =
anstuff. So I imagine that sadly, in the end, it would have to be 2-3
hours by car from some kind of bigger city. =3D(
You might like Alaska in that Alaska is filled with people who have=
alsointense interest in personal independence.=A0 Unfortunately it is =
couldfilled with people who have problems who had thought that if they =
broughtjust get to Alaska that everything would be fine, and so they =
couldtheir problems with them to Alaska.
Alaska is on my list! I did find anchorageopera.org so maybe that =
=20work! ;)
Alaska, unfortunately for your politics, has a government that
interferes in the free market, with a Universal Basic Income
scheme
The state has a $50 billion Permanent Fund, and sends checks
to every resident each year. The amount varies by year,
$1200 - $3000 being typical.
Actually, it's more of a "everybody gets a share of the profits from
our oil" program.
=20
And its taxable federally. Even the checks sent to the kids.
How does that work? The minimum income for Federal taxes is
$13,850. The checks don't come anywhere near that. Is it that
they family has to file jointly?
--=20The whole point of UBI is that the UBI itself is not taxed. Only
additional income is taxed.
=20
Whether this is actually a good idea is a good question. But in 200
years, when most jobs are done by machines and positions filled by
humans are filled either by lottery (the losers -- rather, draftees --
serve) or the courts ("I sentence you to be City Manager for three
years") because nobody wants to work since most people can not for
lack of job availability.
=20
But as long as we have more jobs than people to employ, UBI is
probably not ready for prime time.
I"m actually fully in favor of UBI, but it seems to run
contrary to 'D's seemingly Objectivist philosophy.
ObSF: I first heard of the idea of a UBI in PJF's
"Riders of the Purple Wage".
On 11/9/2024 5:03 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:would
D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
So if not having a lot of people around is a good thing, Wyoming =
O_o I've driven across both Wyoming and Texas more than once. Wyoming=20 >ain't "tiny".=20probably work.
Do you think I would be allowed to wear a cowboy hat and walk around
with a gun in Wyoming? That would be a strong incentive!
Wyoming is tiny and Texas is huge and both will allow you to do these
things. Actually having cattle is no longer considered necessary to
wear the hat.
--scott
=20
And if Texas is "huge" what does that make Alaska?
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024 19:20:07 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/9/2024 5:03 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
D <nospam@example.net> wrote:O_o I've driven across both Wyoming and Texas more than once. Wyoming
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
So if not having a lot of people around is a good thing, Wyoming would >>>>> probably work.
Do you think I would be allowed to wear a cowboy hat and walk around
with a gun in Wyoming? That would be a strong incentive!
Wyoming is tiny and Texas is huge and both will allow you to do these
things. Actually having cattle is no longer considered necessary to
wear the hat.
--scott
ain't "tiny".
Not by the standards of, say, Rhode Island.
It is quite normal for the Great Plains.
And if Texas is "huge" what does that make Alaska?
Big enough that Texas could be made the third-largest State by
dividing Alaska in two (if done evenly enough).
On 11/10/2024 8:40 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024 19:20:07 -0800, Dimensional TravelerMy apologies, for some reason I was thinking of Montana.
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/9/2024 5:03 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
D <nospam@example.net> wrote:O_o I've driven across both Wyoming and Texas more than once. Wyoming
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
So if not having a lot of people around is a good thing, Wyoming would >>>>>> probably work.
Do you think I would be allowed to wear a cowboy hat and walk around >>>>> with a gun in Wyoming? That would be a strong incentive!
Wyoming is tiny and Texas is huge and both will allow you to do these
things. Actually having cattle is no longer considered necessary to
wear the hat.
--scott
ain't "tiny".
Not by the standards of, say, Rhode Island.
It is quite normal for the Great Plains.
On 11/9/2024 11:47 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
On Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:56:24 -0800, Robert Woodward
<robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
In article <lsesij93jemheqibovvadf4n9n33u3aj9i@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
On 7 Nov 2024 23:45:56 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
Seattle doesn't want you. We are actually considering reviving the >>>>>> Lesser Seattle movement of the past.
Remember, it always rains in Seattle.
Might be a nice place for a Worldcon, though.
Unless we are under a Heat Dome and the power fails.
More a danger for a Westercon, but still possible.
Or we get another dose of Freezing Rain. One lasting more than one
day.
Thankfully, the Worldcon won't be in December, January, or February.
What part of "it always rains in Seattle" don't you understand?
But I agree that that only instance of freezing rain that I
experienced was on a 12/23.
Small tornadoes are rare, but not unknown. Maybe once a decade or two.
I've been to Seattle twice, both times it was beautifully sunny.
On 10/11/2024 15:45, Titus G wrote:
On 10/11/24 08:42, William Hyde wrote:
D wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving theWhy SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many drug
users on the street.
Parts of it, yes.
I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or
vagrants.
This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave them a
beating, and dumped them in the next county.ÿ Somebody else's problem. >>>>
problem! =)
So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided it is
illegal and hurts people you dislike.
Now that D is here, the entertainment level is surpassing the Jibini
level.
Nah, D's not as entertaining as Terry, he's really just a one-trick pony.
Terry could come out with new lines and bounce around like a
grass-hopper in a BugCatcher - and probably would have baited D into an apoplexy, consistency was not one of his strong points.ÿ :-)
ÿÿÿÿCheers,
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Garyÿÿÿ B-)
Sounds excellent! Since I generally do not like people, being in the
middle of nowhere, with a dog or two sounds like heaven! Sadly it is not >going to fly with the wife since she wants culture, opera and all that >stuff. So I imagine that sadly, in the end, it would have to be 2-3 hours
by car from some kind of bigger city. =(
You might like Alaska in that Alaska is filled with people who have an
intense interest in personal independence. Unfortunately it is also
filled with people who have problems who had thought that if they could
just get to Alaska that everything would be fine, and so they brought
their problems with them to Alaska.
Alaska is on my list! I did find anchorageopera.org so maybe that could >work! ;)
On 2024-11-10, Gary R. Schmidt <grschmidt@acm.org> wrote:
On 10/11/2024 15:45, Titus G wrote:
On 10/11/24 08:42, William Hyde wrote:Nah, D's not as entertaining as Terry, he's really just a one-trick pony.
D wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving theWhy SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many drug >>>>>>> users on the street.
Parts of it, yes.
I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or
vagrants.
This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave them a >>>>>> beating, and dumped them in the next county.ÿ Somebody else's problem. >>>>>
problem! =)
So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided it is
illegal and hurts people you dislike.
Now that D is here, the entertainment level is surpassing the Jibini level. >>
Terry could come out with new lines and bounce around like a
grass-hopper in a BugCatcher - and probably would have baited D into an
apoplexy, consistency was not one of his strong points. :-)
Very true, though I'm not sure inconsistency is the right word. I found
him quite consistent with himself, just very non-categorizable. He
certainly would poke fun at anyone he found foolish. I miss him.
Chris
On 11/9/2024 5:03 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Wyoming is tiny and Texas is huge and both will allow you to do theseO_o I've driven across both Wyoming and Texas more than once. Wyoming >ain't "tiny".
things. Actually having cattle is no longer considered necessary to
wear the hat.
And if Texas is "huge" what does that make Alaska?
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
D wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
Why SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many drug
users on the street.
Parts of it, yes.
I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or
vagrants.
This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave them a
beating, and dumped them in the next county.ÿ Somebody else's problem.
Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving the
problem! =)
So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided it is
illegal and hurts people you dislike.
Nope... the correct interpretation is that as long as I have to endure government and having my money stolen in the form of taxes, I prefer
that it does something that aligns with my interests. Shipping drug
users somewhere
else would align with my interests, so there you are correct.
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/9/2024 4:04 PM, D wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
So if not having a lot of people around is a good thing, Wyoming would >>>> probably work.
Do you think I would be allowed to wear a cowboy hat and walk around
with a gun in Wyoming? That would be a strong incentive!
For citizens who meet the other requirements for firearms possession,
yes. You don't even need a permit. I'm not sure about green card
holders.
pt
Hooray! =D Yet another dream that the US would make come true! It truly
is the land of the free compared with shitty old europe which I
passionately hate so much!
On 10/11/24 23:44, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
On 10/11/2024 15:45, Titus G wrote:
On 10/11/24 08:42, William Hyde wrote:
D wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving theWhy SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many drug >>>>>>> users on the street.
Parts of it, yes.
I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or
vagrants.
This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave them a >>>>>> beating, and dumped them in the next county. Somebody else's problem. >>>>>
problem! =)
So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided it is
illegal and hurts people you dislike.
Now that D is here, the entertainment level is surpassing the Jibini
level.
Nah, D's not as entertaining as Terry, he's really just a one-trick pony.
Terry could come out with new lines and bounce around like a
grass-hopper in a BugCatcher - and probably would have baited D into an
apoplexy, consistency was not one of his strong points. :-)
    Cheers,
       Gary   B-)
Yes, exactly. I wish he was still here to make mincemeat of D.
The current entertainment for me comes from the replies to D, not D's
extreme views and his prejudices but these replies are all restrained
and polite rather than full-on Jibini bloodthirsty.
D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
Sounds excellent! Since I generally do not like people, being in the
middle of nowhere, with a dog or two sounds like heaven! Sadly it is not
going to fly with the wife since she wants culture, opera and all that
stuff. So I imagine that sadly, in the end, it would have to be 2-3 hours
by car from some kind of bigger city. =(
You will not find European-grade opera in many places in the US. (I will
say surprisingly good things about here in Williamsburg, VA). Hmm... but
if you're looking for isolationist politics, quiet rural areas, and
proximity to a good opera company you could consider New Mexico. Also
very dry, but you can wear a cowboy hat and carry a pistol and still go
to the Santa Fe Opera which is really pretty amazingly good.
Maybe Central City Colorado too? Colorado is another oddly divided state.
You might like Alaska in that Alaska is filled with people who have an
intense interest in personal independence. Unfortunately it is also
filled with people who have problems who had thought that if they could
just get to Alaska that everything would be fine, and so they brought
their problems with them to Alaska.
Alaska is on my list! I did find anchorageopera.org so maybe that could
work! ;)
You could do worse. But they aren't the Met or the KO, let alone La Scala.
On 11/11/24 04:14, Chris Buckley wrote:
On 2024-11-10, Gary R. Schmidt <grschmidt@acm.org> wrote:
On 10/11/2024 15:45, Titus G wrote:
On 10/11/24 08:42, William Hyde wrote:
D wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving the >>>>>> problem! =)Why SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many drug >>>>>>>> users on the street.
Parts of it, yes.
I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or
vagrants.
This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave them a >>>>>>> beating, and dumped them in the next county. Somebody else's problem. >>>>>>
So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided it is >>>>> illegal and hurts people you dislike.
Now that D is here, the entertainment level is surpassing the Jibini level.
Nah, D's not as entertaining as Terry, he's really just a one-trick pony. >>>
Terry could come out with new lines and bounce around like a
grass-hopper in a BugCatcher - and probably would have baited D into an
apoplexy, consistency was not one of his strong points. :-)
Very true, though I'm not sure inconsistency is the right word. I found
him quite consistent with himself, just very non-categorizable. He
certainly would poke fun at anyone he found foolish. I miss him.
Chris
He would have had a field day with D.
I think that Terry's problem was that, perhaps from boredom, he would sometimes seek a serious argument with and abuse posters whose views
were the same as his just to annoy and demonstrate who was the top dog.
He was intelligent, knowledgeable, insightful but aggressively nasty and spiteful. I miss him too.
D wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
D wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving theWhy SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many drug users >>>>>> on the street.
Parts of it, yes.
I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or
vagrants.
This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave them a >>>>> beating, and dumped them in the next county. Somebody else's problem. >>>>
problem! =)
So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided it is
illegal and hurts people you dislike.
Nope... the correct interpretation is that as long as I have to endure
government and having my money stolen in the form of taxes, I prefer that >> it does something that aligns with my interests. Shipping drug users
somewhere
else would align with my interests, so there you are correct.
So violence to other people doesn't bother you, as long as it is in your interests.
Clearly, if there were no government, you and like-minded people would hire some thugs to beat up the indigent and send them to other areas.
Because it aligns with your interests.
Like-minded people in those areas would also hire thugs to beast up the indigent and send them to your area. Eventually the thugs would realize that
it would be less work just to beat you up and take your money. And you'd have a government again.
William Hyde
D wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/9/2024 4:04 PM, D wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
So if not having a lot of people around is a good thing, Wyoming would >>>>> probably work.
Do you think I would be allowed to wear a cowboy hat and walk around
with a gun in Wyoming? That would be a strong incentive!
For citizens who meet the other requirements for firearms possession,
yes. You don't even need a permit. I'm not sure about green card
holders.
pt
Hooray! =D Yet another dream that the US would make come true! It truly is >> the land of the free compared with shitty old europe which I passionately >> hate so much!
Some years ago Duke University ran a job search for a senior scientist.
An American scientist resident in Denmark was flown in and gave an exceptionally good talk. At dinner the conversation turned to his life in Denmark, and he seemed very happy with it.
So told him that, while I was not myself on the search committee, I thought it was almost certain that he'd be offered the job and asked if he would take
it.
"Absolutely not!" he said, puzzled that I would even ask.
So opinions differ.
Duke is in Durham, NC, possibly too warm for your wife. And it has lots of sidewalks to attract liberals, though as I found in an October walk, ankle-destroying breaks in the sidewalk can be obscured by colourful autumn leaves.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/9/2024 5:03 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Wyoming is tiny and Texas is huge and both will allow you to do theseO_o I've driven across both Wyoming and Texas more than once. Wyoming
things. Actually having cattle is no longer considered necessary to
wear the hat.
ain't "tiny".
Okay, by European standards it's far from tiny.
And if Texas is "huge" what does that make Alaska?
Ginormous.
Duke is in Durham, NC, possibly too warm for your wife. And it has lots
of sidewalks to attract liberals, though as I found in an October walk, >ankle-destroying breaks in the sidewalk can be obscured by colourful
autumn leaves.
ÿÿÿÿAnd yet we have American citizens who did not know that
Biden had dropped out and did not know that Harris and Walz were
the candidates of the Democratic party. As shown by search engines
queried on Election Day.
ÿÿÿÿAmericans prefer games to the duties of citizenship,
one of which is to stay well informed as to political matters.
ÿÿÿÿbliss
On 9/11/24 08:26, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
snip
ÿÿÿÿAnd yet we have American citizens who did not know that
Biden had dropped out and did not know that Harris and Walz were
the candidates of the Democratic party. As shown by search engines
queried on Election Day.
George Carlin said that Americans only vote for the waiters who will lie
to get your tip whilst serving up the same old shit from the same old kitchen. Those using the search engines knew which group of waiters they wanted, the Democratic party in this scenario. It didn't matter whether
it was led by a dithering old pedophile succumbing to something like alzheimers or a non-white female who froze in mid-speech when the tele-prompter failed. Perhaps these people had switched channels
whenever political crap appeared on tv or perhaps they had read the
published policies of both the Republican and Democrat Political Party Manifestos, (as, of course, have all rasfw readers, here), and made a
serious choice based on their findings and trust that those they elected would fulfill that trust.
(Brief pause whilst I roll around on the floor laughing.)
If Idi Amin or [Insert favourite corporal here, Marines Ineligible],
stood for President for YOUR party, (after, of course, the published
policies of both the Republican and Democrat Political Party Manifestos
had been studied), would you vote for that other group of waiters?
ÿÿÿÿAmericans prefer games to the duties of citizenship,
one of which is to stay well informed as to political matters.
There are far too many vested interests who profit from you being ill informed. Wouldn't it be better to develop a skill in life as did The
Player of Games, (Iain M Banks), who was manipulated into achieving
political ends by devious means.
ÿÿÿÿbliss
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/9/2024 5:03 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Wyoming is tiny and Texas is huge and both will allow you to do theseO_o I've driven across both Wyoming and Texas more than once. Wyoming >ain't "tiny".
things. Actually having cattle is no longer considered necessary to
wear the hat.
Okay, by European standards it's far from tiny.
And if Texas is "huge" what does that make Alaska?
Ginormous.
On 10/11/24 23:44, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:a
On 10/11/2024 15:45, Titus G wrote:
On 10/11/24 08:42, William Hyde wrote:
D wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
Why SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many drug >>>>>>> users on the street.
Parts of it, yes.
I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or
vagrants.
This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave them =
isbeating, and dumped them in the next county.=A0 Somebody else's = problem.
Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving the
problem! =3D)
So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided it =
pony.=20illegal and hurts people you dislike.
Now that D is here, the entertainment level is surpassing the Jibini
level.
Nah, D's not as entertaining as Terry, he's really just a one-trick =
an=20
Terry could come out with new lines and bounce around like a
grass-hopper in a BugCatcher - and probably would have baited D into =
apoplexy, consistency was not one of his strong points.=A0 :-)
=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0Cheers,
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Gary=A0=A0=A0 B-)
Yes, exactly. I wish he was still here to make mincemeat of D.
The current entertainment for me comes from the replies to D, not D's
extreme views and his prejudices but these replies are all restrained
and polite rather than full-on Jibini bloodthirsty.
On Sun, 10 Nov 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:not
D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
Sounds excellent! Since I generally do not like people, being in the
middle of nowhere, with a dog or two sounds like heaven! Sadly it is =
thatgoing to fly with the wife since she wants culture, opera and all =
hoursstuff. So I imagine that sadly, in the end, it would have to be 2-3 =
willby car from some kind of bigger city. =3D(
You will not find European-grade opera in many places in the US. (I =
butsay surprisingly good things about here in Williamsburg, VA). Hmm... =
goif you're looking for isolationist politics, quiet rural areas, and
proximity to a good opera company you could consider New Mexico. Also
very dry, but you can wear a cowboy hat and carry a pistol and still =
state.to the Santa Fe Opera which is really pretty amazingly good.
Maybe Central City Colorado too? Colorado is another oddly divided =
We'll see... I couldn't care less. The wife will judge the quality.an
You might like Alaska in that Alaska is filled with people who have =
couldintense interest in personal independence. Unfortunately it is also
filled with people who have problems who had thought that if they =
broughtjust get to Alaska that everything would be fine, and so they =
couldtheir problems with them to Alaska.
Alaska is on my list! I did find anchorageopera.org so maybe that =
to=20work! ;)
You could do worse. But they aren't the Met or the KO, let alone La = Scala.
Sigh... at some point in the future I will be forced by the wife to go =
La Scala. I wish she would not like travelling so much. =3D(
D wrote:would
=20
=20
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
=20
On 11/9/2024 4:04 PM, D wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
So if not having a lot of people around is a good thing, Wyoming =
=20probably work.
Do you think I would be allowed to wear a cowboy hat and walk around
with a gun in Wyoming? That would be a strong incentive!
For citizens who meet the other requirements for firearms possession,
yes. You don't even need a permit. I'm not sure about green card
holders.
pt
Hooray! =3DD Yet another dream that the US would make come true! It = truly=20
is the land of the free compared with shitty old europe which I=20
passionately hate so much!
Some years ago Duke University ran a job search for a senior scientist.=20
An American scientist resident in Denmark was flown in and gave an=20 >exceptionally good talk. At dinner the conversation turned to his life=20
in Denmark, and he seemed very happy with it.
So told him that, while I was not myself on the search committee, I=20 >thought it was almost certain that he'd be offered the job and asked if=20
he would take it.
"Absolutely not!" he said, puzzled that I would even ask.
So opinions differ.
Duke is in Durham, NC, possibly too warm for your wife. And it has lots=
of sidewalks to attract liberals, though as I found in an October walk,=20 >ankle-destroying breaks in the sidewalk can be obscured by colourful=20 >autumn leaves.
On 11/10/2024 8:40 AM, Paul S Person wrote:would
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024 19:20:07 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
=20
On 11/9/2024 5:03 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
So if not having a lot of people around is a good thing, Wyoming =
aroundprobably work.
Do you think I would be allowed to wear a cowboy hat and walk =
thesewith a gun in Wyoming? That would be a strong incentive!
Wyoming is tiny and Texas is huge and both will allow you to do =
Wyomingthings. Actually having cattle is no longer considered necessary toO_o I've driven across both Wyoming and Texas more than once. =
wear the hat.
--scott
My apologies, for some reason I was thinking of Montana.ain't "tiny".=20
Not by the standards of, say, Rhode Island.
=20
It is quite normal for the Great Plains.
=20
And if Texas is "huge" what does that make Alaska?=20
Big enough that Texas could be made the third-largest State by
dividing Alaska in two (if done evenly enough).
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:30:17 +1300, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
On 10/11/24 23:44, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
On 10/11/2024 15:45, Titus G wrote:
On 10/11/24 08:42, William Hyde wrote:
D wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving the >>>>>> problem! =)Why SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many drug >>>>>>>> users on the street.
Parts of it, yes.
I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or
vagrants.
This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave them a >>>>>>> beating, and dumped them in the next county.ÿ Somebody else's problem. >>>>>>
So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided it is >>>>> illegal and hurts people you dislike.
Now that D is here, the entertainment level is surpassing the Jibini
level.
Nah, D's not as entertaining as Terry, he's really just a one-trick pony. >>>
Terry could come out with new lines and bounce around like a
grass-hopper in a BugCatcher - and probably would have baited D into an
apoplexy, consistency was not one of his strong points.ÿ :-)
ÿÿÿÿCheers,
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Garyÿÿÿ B-)
Yes, exactly. I wish he was still here to make mincemeat of D.
The current entertainment for me comes from the replies to D, not D's
extreme views and his prejudices but these replies are all restrained
and polite rather than full-on Jibini bloodthirsty.
Of course, this discussion ignores the possibility that D /is/ Jabini.
On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 22:27:51 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
On Sun, 10 Nov 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
D <nospam@example.net> wrote:We'll see... I couldn't care less. The wife will judge the quality.
Sounds excellent! Since I generally do not like people, being in the
middle of nowhere, with a dog or two sounds like heaven! Sadly it is not >>>> going to fly with the wife since she wants culture, opera and all that >>>> stuff. So I imagine that sadly, in the end, it would have to be 2-3 hours >>>> by car from some kind of bigger city. =(
You will not find European-grade opera in many places in the US. (I will >>> say surprisingly good things about here in Williamsburg, VA). Hmm... but >>> if you're looking for isolationist politics, quiet rural areas, and
proximity to a good opera company you could consider New Mexico. Also
very dry, but you can wear a cowboy hat and carry a pistol and still go
to the Santa Fe Opera which is really pretty amazingly good.
Maybe Central City Colorado too? Colorado is another oddly divided state. >>
Sigh... at some point in the future I will be forced by the wife to go toYou might like Alaska in that Alaska is filled with people who have an >>>>> intense interest in personal independence. Unfortunately it is also >>>>> filled with people who have problems who had thought that if they could >>>>> just get to Alaska that everything would be fine, and so they brought >>>>> their problems with them to Alaska.
Alaska is on my list! I did find anchorageopera.org so maybe that could >>>> work! ;)
You could do worse. But they aren't the Met or the KO, let alone La Scala. >>
La Scala. I wish she would not like travelling so much. =(
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you
might like.
Of course, if you look like a Northern European and speak English
without a foreign accent ("foreign" possibly including the Northeast)
and don't wave your green card in their faces they may never catch on.
On 11/10/24 20:29, Titus G wrote:lie
On 9/11/24 08:26, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
snip
=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0And yet we have American citizens who did not know that=20
Biden had dropped out and did not know that Harris and Walz were
the candidates of the Democratic party. As shown by search engines
queried on Election Day.
George Carlin said that Americans only vote for the waiters who will =
theyto get your tip whilst serving up the same old shit from the same old
kitchen. Those using the search engines knew which group of waiters =
whetherwanted, the Democratic party in this scenario. It didn't matter =
electedit was led by a dithering old pedophile succumbing to something like
alzheimers or a non-white female who froze in mid-speech when the
tele-prompter failed. Perhaps these people had switched channels
whenever political crap appeared on tv or perhaps they had read the
published policies of both the Republican and Democrat Political Party
Manifestos, (as, of course, have all rasfw readers, here), and made a
serious choice based on their findings and trust that those they =
Manifestoswould fulfill that trust.
(Brief pause whilst I roll around on the floor laughing.)
=20
If Idi Amin or [Insert favourite corporal here, Marines Ineligible],
stood for President for YOUR party, (after, of course, the published
policies of both the Republican and Democrat Political Party =
had been studied), would you vote for that other group of waiters?
=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0Americans prefer games to the duties of citizenship,=20
one of which is to stay well informed as to political matters.
There are far too many vested interests who profit from you being ill
informed. Wouldn't it be better to develop a skill in life as did The
Player of Games, (Iain M Banks), who was manipulated into achieving
political ends by devious means.
=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0bliss
Well the corporal I am thinking of ingratiated himself with the
elder statesman of his nation as well as the Corporate Interests and
the Military. It seems their are parallels, some what askew, but the
story line is still there. Before long the elder statesman was out
of action and the former corporal rose to lead his nation into
infamy and war, while he pretended that the projects begun under
a more liberal administration were his ideas.
In article <vgr22b$qbn$1@panix2.panix.com>,
kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/9/2024 5:03 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Wyoming is tiny and Texas is huge and both will allow you to do theseO_o I've driven across both Wyoming and Texas more than once. Wyoming
things. Actually having cattle is no longer considered necessary to
wear the hat.
ain't "tiny".
Okay, by European standards it's far from tiny.
And if Texas is "huge" what does that make Alaska?
Ginormous.
Ahem, Western Australia wants a few words with you.
On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:06:22 -0500, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
D wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/9/2024 4:04 PM, D wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
So if not having a lot of people around is a good thing, Wyoming would >>>>>> probably work.
Do you think I would be allowed to wear a cowboy hat and walk around >>>>> with a gun in Wyoming? That would be a strong incentive!
For citizens who meet the other requirements for firearms possession,
yes. You don't even need a permit. I'm not sure about green card
holders.
pt
Hooray! =D Yet another dream that the US would make come true! It truly
is the land of the free compared with shitty old europe which I
passionately hate so much!
Some years ago Duke University ran a job search for a senior scientist.
An American scientist resident in Denmark was flown in and gave an
exceptionally good talk. At dinner the conversation turned to his life
in Denmark, and he seemed very happy with it.
So told him that, while I was not myself on the search committee, I
thought it was almost certain that he'd be offered the job and asked if
he would take it.
"Absolutely not!" he said, puzzled that I would even ask.
So opinions differ.
Duke is in Durham, NC, possibly too warm for your wife. And it has lots
of sidewalks to attract liberals, though as I found in an October walk,
ankle-destroying breaks in the sidewalk can be obscured by colourful
autumn leaves.
Saves the city from having to fix the sidewalks: out of sight, out of
mind.
Well, until they get sued, anyway.
(The local university once install a road bump that injured five
people, one of whom died. The fifth, who didn't die, won a $16M
judgement against them. Only then did they remove it and replace it
with something less dangerous. Never underestimate the power of a
lawsuit payout to change minds.)
On 11/10/2024 10:10 PM, Robert Woodward wrote:
In article <vgr22b$qbn$1@panix2.panix.com>,Alaska is prettier.ÿ :P
ÿ kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
Dimensional Travelerÿ <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/9/2024 5:03 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Wyoming is tiny and Texas is huge and both will allow you to do these >>>>> things.ÿ Actually having cattle is no longer considered necessary to >>>>> wear the hat.O_oÿ I've driven across both Wyoming and Texas more than once.ÿ Wyoming >>>> ain't "tiny".
Okay, by European standards it's far from tiny.
And if Texas is "huge" what does that make Alaska?
Ginormous.
Ahem, Western Australia wants a few words with you.
On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:06:22 -0500, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
D wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/9/2024 4:04 PM, D wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
So if not having a lot of people around is a good thing, Wyoming would >>>>>> probably work.
Do you think I would be allowed to wear a cowboy hat and walk around >>>>> with a gun in Wyoming? That would be a strong incentive!
For citizens who meet the other requirements for firearms possession,
yes. You don't even need a permit. I'm not sure about green card
holders.
pt
Hooray! =D Yet another dream that the US would make come true! It truly
is the land of the free compared with shitty old europe which I
passionately hate so much!
Some years ago Duke University ran a job search for a senior scientist.
An American scientist resident in Denmark was flown in and gave an
exceptionally good talk. At dinner the conversation turned to his life
in Denmark, and he seemed very happy with it.
So told him that, while I was not myself on the search committee, I
thought it was almost certain that he'd be offered the job and asked if
he would take it.
"Absolutely not!" he said, puzzled that I would even ask.
So opinions differ.
Duke is in Durham, NC, possibly too warm for your wife. And it has lots
of sidewalks to attract liberals, though as I found in an October walk,
ankle-destroying breaks in the sidewalk can be obscured by colourful
autumn leaves.
Saves the city from having to fix the sidewalks: out of sight, out of
mind.
Well, until they get sued, anyway.
(The local university once install a road bump that injured five
people, one of whom died. The fifth, who didn't die, won a $16M
judgement against them. Only then did they remove it and replace it
with something less dangerous. Never underestimate the power of a
lawsuit payout to change minds.)
On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:11:46 -0800, Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
On 11/10/24 20:29, Titus G wrote:
On 9/11/24 08:26, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
snip
ÿÿÿÿAnd yet we have American citizens who did not know that
Biden had dropped out and did not know that Harris and Walz were
the candidates of the Democratic party. As shown by search engines
queried on Election Day.
George Carlin said that Americans only vote for the waiters who will lie >>> to get your tip whilst serving up the same old shit from the same old
kitchen. Those using the search engines knew which group of waiters they >>> wanted, the Democratic party in this scenario. It didn't matter whether
it was led by a dithering old pedophile succumbing to something like
alzheimers or a non-white female who froze in mid-speech when the
tele-prompter failed. Perhaps these people had switched channels
whenever political crap appeared on tv or perhaps they had read the
published policies of both the Republican and Democrat Political Party
Manifestos, (as, of course, have all rasfw readers, here), and made a
serious choice based on their findings and trust that those they elected >>> would fulfill that trust.
(Brief pause whilst I roll around on the floor laughing.)
If Idi Amin or [Insert favourite corporal here, Marines Ineligible],
stood for President for YOUR party, (after, of course, the published
policies of both the Republican and Democrat Political Party Manifestos
had been studied), would you vote for that other group of waiters?
ÿÿÿÿAmericans prefer games to the duties of citizenship,
one of which is to stay well informed as to political matters.
There are far too many vested interests who profit from you being ill
informed. Wouldn't it be better to develop a skill in life as did The
Player of Games, (Iain M Banks), who was manipulated into achieving
political ends by devious means.
ÿÿÿÿbliss
Well the corporal I am thinking of ingratiated himself with the
elder statesman of his nation as well as the Corporate Interests and
the Military. It seems their are parallels, some what askew, but the
story line is still there. Before long the elder statesman was out
of action and the former corporal rose to lead his nation into
infamy and war, while he pretended that the projects begun under
a more liberal administration were his ideas.
I believe he also had the Brownshirts [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung], which were both larger
and more disciplined than any "militia" existing in the USA today.
So the parallel fails at the critical point: no large disciplined
group of thugs designated as Republican Party security to carry out
Trump's will.
IOW, no "oomph" in the streets. As the failure on Jan 6 showed. 1000+ protestors tried/convicted/plead out, only -- what? 6? -- militia
members.
Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 11/10/2024 10:10 PM, Robert Woodward wrote:That's debatable.
In article <vgr22b$qbn$1@panix2.panix.com>,Alaska is prettier.ÿ :P
ÿ kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
Dimensional Travelerÿ <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/9/2024 5:03 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Wyoming is tiny and Texas is huge and both will allow you to do these >>>>>> things.ÿ Actually having cattle is no longer considered necessary to >>>>>> wear the hat.O_oÿ I've driven across both Wyoming and Texas more than once.
Wyoming
ain't "tiny".
Okay, by European standards it's far from tiny.
And if Texas is "huge" what does that make Alaska?
Ginormous.
Ahem, Western Australia wants a few words with you.
I'd probably pick Alaska, but some people like beaches, oceans, warmth,
and that sort of thing.
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as >accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you
might like.
I believe he also had the Brownshirts >[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung], which were both larger
and more disciplined than any "militia" existing in the USA today.
So the parallel fails at the critical point: no large disciplined
group of thugs designated as Republican Party security to carry out
Trump's will.
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:30:17 +1300, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
On 10/11/24 23:44, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
On 10/11/2024 15:45, Titus G wrote:
On 10/11/24 08:42, William Hyde wrote:
D wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving the >>>>>> problem! =)Why SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many drug >>>>>>>> users on the street.
Parts of it, yes.
I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or
vagrants.
This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave them a >>>>>>> beating, and dumped them in the next county.ÿ Somebody else's problem. >>>>>>
So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided it is >>>>> illegal and hurts people you dislike.
Now that D is here, the entertainment level is surpassing the Jibini
level.
Nah, D's not as entertaining as Terry, he's really just a one-trick pony. >>>
Terry could come out with new lines and bounce around like a
grass-hopper in a BugCatcher - and probably would have baited D into an
apoplexy, consistency was not one of his strong points.ÿ :-)
ÿÿÿÿCheers,
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Garyÿÿÿ B-)
Yes, exactly. I wish he was still here to make mincemeat of D.
The current entertainment for me comes from the replies to D, not D's
extreme views and his prejudices but these replies are all restrained
and polite rather than full-on Jibini bloodthirsty.
Of course, this discussion ignores the possibility that D /is/ Jabini.
Amtrak and Greyhound (or other such buses) ... would probably
encounter the lahar. Roads and tracks take time to replace. Bridges
take even longer.
And the memory of Dunkirk will be replaced with the memory of Seattle....
Paul S Person wrote:
On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:06:22 -0500, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
D wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/9/2024 4:04 PM, D wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
So if not having a lot of people around is a good thing, Wyoming >>>>>>> would
probably work.
Do you think I would be allowed to wear a cowboy hat and walk around >>>>>> with a gun in Wyoming? That would be a strong incentive!
For citizens who meet the other requirements for firearms possession, >>>>> yes. You don't even need a permit. I'm not sure about green card
holders.
pt
Hooray! =D Yet another dream that the US would make come true! It truly >>>> is the land of the free compared with shitty old europe which I
passionately hate so much!
Some years ago Duke University ran a job search for a senior scientist.
An American scientist resident in Denmark was flown in and gave an
exceptionally good talk.ÿ At dinner the conversation turned to his life
in Denmark, and he seemed very happy with it.
So told him that, while I was not myself on the search committee, I
thought it was almost certain that he'd be offered the job and asked if
he would take it.
"Absolutely not!" he said, puzzled that I would even ask.
So opinions differ.
Duke is in Durham, NC, possibly too warm for your wife.ÿ And it has lots >>> of sidewalks to attract liberals, though as I found in an October walk,
ankle-destroying breaks in the sidewalk can be obscured by colourful
autumn leaves.
Saves the city from having to fix the sidewalks: out of sight, out of
mind.
Well, until they get sued, anyway.
Halifax was the exact opposite.ÿ They fixed sidewalks which were
perfectly fine.ÿ The reason being that the city is mildly corrupt, and people wanted those contracts. Still, they were a pleasure to walk on.
For contrast, sidewalks on the Dalhousie campus in Halifax were a
positive danger, but never fixed as the University always had something different to spend its limited cash on.ÿ Like office redecoration for administrators.
An elderly retired professor died from a fall owing to broken sidewalks
at A&M.ÿ The site was taped off, but not repaired in the two years
before I left Texas.
Some years ago there was a competition in Toronto to find the oldest bit
of sidewalk.ÿ The winning pavement was dated 1918 and was in perfect
shape.ÿ It was, however, under a bridge and thus somewhat sheltered.
(The local university once install a road bump that injured five
people, one of whom died. The fifth, who didn't die, won a $16M
judgement against them. Only then did they remove it and replace it
with something less dangerous. Never underestimate the power of a
lawsuit payout to change minds.)
In Texas the payout would have been limited to 500k.
I wasn't hurt enough to consider suing Durham.ÿ Besides, if one demands
low taxes one gets low service, and I can't sue the voters, can I?
Caveat Pedestrem.
(Someone correct my Latin, I'm sure that's wrong).
William Hyde
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
I believe he also had the Brownshirts
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung], which were both larger
and more disciplined than any "militia" existing in the USA today.
So the parallel fails at the critical point: no large disciplined
group of thugs designated as Republican Party security to carry out
Trump's will.
Trump attempted in 2020 in Oregon to use Federal police to shut down demonstrations and he mostly got away with it.
I think that use was actually constitutional although the courts never
got a chance to rule on it. I don't think it -should- be constitutional however.
--scott
On 11/11/2024 9:53 AM, Paul S Person wrote:snip
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:30:17 +1300, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
On 10/11/24 23:44, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
Terry could come out with new lines and bounce around like a
grass-hopper in a BugCatcher - and probably would have baited D into an >>>> apoplexy, consistency was not one of his strong points.ÿ :-)
ÿÿÿÿÿCheers,
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Garyÿÿÿ B-)
Yes, exactly. I wish he was still here to make mincemeat of D.
The current entertainment for me comes from the replies to D, not D's
extreme views and his prejudices but these replies are all restrained
and polite rather than full-on Jibini bloodthirsty.
Of course, this discussion ignores the possibility that D /is/ Jibini.
On 11/11/2024 1:42 PM, William Hyde wrote:
Paul S Person wrote:
On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:06:22 -0500, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
D wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/9/2024 4:04 PM, D wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
So if not having a lot of people around is a good thing, Wyoming >>>>>>>> would
probably work.
Do you think I would be allowed to wear a cowboy hat and walk around >>>>>>> with a gun in Wyoming? That would be a strong incentive!
For citizens who meet the other requirements for firearms possession, >>>>>> yes. You don't even need a permit. I'm not sure about green card
holders.
pt
Hooray! =D Yet another dream that the US would make come true! It
truly
is the land of the free compared with shitty old europe which I
passionately hate so much!
Some years ago Duke University ran a job search for a senior scientist. >>>>
An American scientist resident in Denmark was flown in and gave an
exceptionally good talk.ÿ At dinner the conversation turned to his life >>>> in Denmark, and he seemed very happy with it.
So told him that, while I was not myself on the search committee, I
thought it was almost certain that he'd be offered the job and asked if >>>> he would take it.
"Absolutely not!" he said, puzzled that I would even ask.
So opinions differ.
Duke is in Durham, NC, possibly too warm for your wife.ÿ And it has
lots
of sidewalks to attract liberals, though as I found in an October walk, >>>> ankle-destroying breaks in the sidewalk can be obscured by colourful
autumn leaves.
Saves the city from having to fix the sidewalks: out of sight, out of
mind.
Well, until they get sued, anyway.
Halifax was the exact opposite.ÿ They fixed sidewalks which were
perfectly fine.ÿ The reason being that the city is mildly corrupt, and
people wanted those contracts. Still, they were a pleasure to walk on.
For contrast, sidewalks on the Dalhousie campus in Halifax were a
positive danger, but never fixed as the University always had
something different to spend its limited cash on.ÿ Like office
redecoration for administrators.
An elderly retired professor died from a fall owing to broken
sidewalks at A&M.ÿ The site was taped off, but not repaired in the two
years before I left Texas.
Some years ago there was a competition in Toronto to find the oldest
bit of sidewalk.ÿ The winning pavement was dated 1918 and was in
perfect shape.ÿ It was, however, under a bridge and thus somewhat
sheltered.
(The local university once install a road bump that injured five
people, one of whom died. The fifth, who didn't die, won a $16M
judgement against them. Only then did they remove it and replace it
with something less dangerous. Never underestimate the power of a
lawsuit payout to change minds.)
In Texas the payout would have been limited to 500k.
I wasn't hurt enough to consider suing Durham.ÿ Besides, if one
demands low taxes one gets low service, and I can't sue the voters,
can I?
Caveat Pedestrem.
(Someone correct my Latin, I'm sure that's wrong).
William Hyde
Texas damage lawsuits are limited to $500K plus actual economic damages.
ÿI am not sure how the economic damage of a death would be calculated
but it could be in the millions for taking care of dependents.
Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 11/11/2024 1:42 PM, William Hyde wrote:
Paul S Person wrote:
On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:06:22 -0500, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
D wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/9/2024 4:04 PM, D wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
So if not having a lot of people around is a good thing,
Wyoming would
probably work.
Do you think I would be allowed to wear a cowboy hat and walk >>>>>>>> around
with a gun in Wyoming? That would be a strong incentive!
For citizens who meet the other requirements for firearms
possession,
yes. You don't even need a permit. I'm not sure about green card >>>>>>> holders.
pt
Hooray! =D Yet another dream that the US would make come true! It >>>>>> truly
is the land of the free compared with shitty old europe which I
passionately hate so much!
Some years ago Duke University ran a job search for a senior
scientist.
An American scientist resident in Denmark was flown in and gave an
exceptionally good talk.ÿ At dinner the conversation turned to his
life
in Denmark, and he seemed very happy with it.
So told him that, while I was not myself on the search committee, I
thought it was almost certain that he'd be offered the job and
asked if
he would take it.
"Absolutely not!" he said, puzzled that I would even ask.
So opinions differ.
Duke is in Durham, NC, possibly too warm for your wife.ÿ And it has >>>>> lots
of sidewalks to attract liberals, though as I found in an October
walk,
ankle-destroying breaks in the sidewalk can be obscured by colourful >>>>> autumn leaves.
Saves the city from having to fix the sidewalks: out of sight, out of
mind.
Well, until they get sued, anyway.
Halifax was the exact opposite.ÿ They fixed sidewalks which were
perfectly fine.ÿ The reason being that the city is mildly corrupt,
and people wanted those contracts. Still, they were a pleasure to
walk on.
For contrast, sidewalks on the Dalhousie campus in Halifax were a
positive danger, but never fixed as the University always had
something different to spend its limited cash on.ÿ Like office
redecoration for administrators.
An elderly retired professor died from a fall owing to broken
sidewalks at A&M.ÿ The site was taped off, but not repaired in the
two years before I left Texas.
Some years ago there was a competition in Toronto to find the oldest
bit of sidewalk.ÿ The winning pavement was dated 1918 and was in
perfect shape.ÿ It was, however, under a bridge and thus somewhat
sheltered.
(The local university once install a road bump that injured five
people, one of whom died. The fifth, who didn't die, won a $16M
judgement against them. Only then did they remove it and replace it
with something less dangerous. Never underestimate the power of a
lawsuit payout to change minds.)
In Texas the payout would have been limited to 500k.
I wasn't hurt enough to consider suing Durham.ÿ Besides, if one
demands low taxes one gets low service, and I can't sue the voters,
can I?
Caveat Pedestrem.
(Someone correct my Latin, I'm sure that's wrong).
William Hyde
Texas damage lawsuits are limited to $500K plus actual economic
damages. ÿÿI am not sure how the economic damage of a death would be
calculated but it could be in the millions for taking care of dependents.
In the case of the man whose head was run over by an A&M vehicle, 500k
wasÿ the limit.ÿ It made quite a stir on campus at the time.
I'm happy to hear that things have improved, to some degree.
William Hyde
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as
accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you
might like.
This is true, but I think it is perhaps more important to point out
that gay men and grand opera go together like beans and cornbread and
you not apt to find a city with a good opera community that also does
not have a substantial (if sometimes desperately closeted) gay community. --scott
On 11/11/2024 9:53 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:30:17 +1300, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
On 10/11/24 23:44, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
On 10/11/2024 15:45, Titus G wrote:
On 10/11/24 08:42, William Hyde wrote:
D wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
Why SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many drug >>>>>>>>> users on the street.
Parts of it, yes.
I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or >>>>>>>> vagrants.
This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave them a >>>>>>>> beating, and dumped them in the next county. Somebody else's >>>>>>>> problem.
Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving the >>>>>>> problem! =)
So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided it is >>>>>> illegal and hurts people you dislike.
Now that D is here, the entertainment level is surpassing the Jibini >>>>> level.
Nah, D's not as entertaining as Terry, he's really just a one-trick pony. >>>>
Terry could come out with new lines and bounce around like a
grass-hopper in a BugCatcher - and probably would have baited D into an >>>> apoplexy, consistency was not one of his strong points. :-)
    Cheers,
       Gary   B-)
Yes, exactly. I wish he was still here to make mincemeat of D.
The current entertainment for me comes from the replies to D, not D's
extreme views and his prejudices but these replies are all restrained
and polite rather than full-on Jibini bloodthirsty.
Of course, this discussion ignores the possibility that D /is/ Jabini.
D is not curt and nasty.
Lynn
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 20:34:20 -0500, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
Or Mt Rainier erupts, sending a lahar downhill.
Which most recently was when 8000 years ago?
(Or would that be Mt Baker north of Seattle toward the Canadian
border? Both are volcanos that haven't erupted any time recently - I'm
afraid I've lost my via of Mt St Helen's ash which I was given by a
former student whose father had a cottage about 30 mi away from there
and saved the volcanic dust he had his eaves filled with)
On 11/11/2024 9:53 AM, Paul S Person wrote:drug
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:30:17 +1300, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
=20
On 10/11/24 23:44, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
On 10/11/2024 15:45, Titus G wrote:
On 10/11/24 08:42, William Hyde wrote:
D wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
Why SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many =
them ausers on the street.
Parts of it, yes.
I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or >>>>>>>> vagrants.
This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave =
thebeating, and dumped them in the next county.=A0 Somebody else's = problem.
Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving =
isproblem! =3D)
So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided it=
Jibiniillegal and hurts people you dislike.
Now that D is here, the entertainment level is surpassing the =
anlevel.
Nah, D's not as entertaining as Terry, he's really just a one-trick = pony.
Terry could come out with new lines and bounce around like a
grass-hopper in a BugCatcher - and probably would have baited D into=
=20apoplexy, consistency was not one of his strong points.=A0 :-)
=A0=A0=A0=A0Cheers,
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Gary=A0=A0=A0 B-)
Yes, exactly. I wish he was still here to make mincemeat of D.
The current entertainment for me comes from the replies to D, not D's
extreme views and his prejudices but these replies are all restrained
and polite rather than full-on Jibini bloodthirsty.
Of course, this discussion ignores the possibility that D /is/ Jabini.
D is not curt and nasty.
On 11/11/2024 1:42 PM, William Hyde wrote:=20
Paul S Person wrote:
On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:06:22 -0500, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
D wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/9/2024 4:04 PM, D wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
So if not having a lot of people around is a good thing, Wyoming=
aroundwould
probably work.
Do you think I would be allowed to wear a cowboy hat and walk =
possession,with a gun in Wyoming? That would be a strong incentive!
For citizens who meet the other requirements for firearms =
trulyyes. You don't even need a permit. I'm not sure about green card
holders.
pt
Hooray! =3DD Yet another dream that the US would make come true! It=
scientist.is the land of the free compared with shitty old europe which I
passionately hate so much!
Some years ago Duke University ran a job search for a senior =
life
An American scientist resident in Denmark was flown in and gave an
exceptionally good talk.=A0 At dinner the conversation turned to his=
ifin Denmark, and he seemed very happy with it.
So told him that, while I was not myself on the search committee, I
thought it was almost certain that he'd be offered the job and asked=
has lotshe would take it.
"Absolutely not!" he said, puzzled that I would even ask.
So opinions differ.
Duke is in Durham, NC, possibly too warm for your wife.=A0 And it =
walk,of sidewalks to attract liberals, though as I found in an October =
something=20=20ankle-destroying breaks in the sidewalk can be obscured by colourful
autumn leaves.
Saves the city from having to fix the sidewalks: out of sight, out of
mind.
Well, until they get sued, anyway.
Halifax was the exact opposite.=A0 They fixed sidewalks which were=20
perfectly fine.=A0 The reason being that the city is mildly corrupt, = and=20
people wanted those contracts. Still, they were a pleasure to walk on.
=20
For contrast, sidewalks on the Dalhousie campus in Halifax were a=20
positive danger, but never fixed as the University always had =
for=20different to spend its limited cash on.=A0 Like office redecoration =
sidewalks=20administrators.
=20
An elderly retired professor died from a fall owing to broken =
=20at A&M.=A0 The site was taped off, but not repaired in the two years=20
before I left Texas.
=20
Some years ago there was a competition in Toronto to find the oldest = bit=20
of sidewalk.=A0 The winning pavement was dated 1918 and was in perfect=
=20shape.=A0 It was, however, under a bridge and thus somewhat sheltered.
=20
=20
(The local university once install a road bump that injured five
people, one of whom died. The fifth, who didn't die, won a $16M
judgement against them. Only then did they remove it and replace it
with something less dangerous. Never underestimate the power of a
lawsuit payout to change minds.)
In Texas the payout would have been limited to 500k.
=20
I wasn't hurt enough to consider suing Durham.=A0 Besides, if one = demands=20
low taxes one gets low service, and I can't sue the voters, can I?
=20
Caveat Pedestrem.
=20
(Someone correct my Latin, I'm sure that's wrong).
=20
=20
William Hyde
Texas damage lawsuits are limited to $500K plus actual economic damages.=
I am not sure how the economic damage of a death would be calculated=20
but it could be in the millions for taking care of dependents.
On 11/11/24 08:14, Paul S Person wrote:that
On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:11:46 -0800, Bobbie Sellers
<bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
=20
On 11/10/24 20:29, Titus G wrote:
On 9/11/24 08:26, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
snip
=A0=A0=A0=A0And yet we have American citizens who did not know =
lieBiden had dropped out and did not know that Harris and Walz were
the candidates of the Democratic party. As shown by search engines
queried on Election Day.
George Carlin said that Americans only vote for the waiters who will=
oldto get your tip whilst serving up the same old shit from the same =
theykitchen. Those using the search engines knew which group of waiters =
whetherwanted, the Democratic party in this scenario. It didn't matter =
Partyit was led by a dithering old pedophile succumbing to something like
alzheimers or a non-white female who froze in mid-speech when the
tele-prompter failed. Perhaps these people had switched channels
whenever political crap appeared on tv or perhaps they had read the
published policies of both the Republican and Democrat Political =
aManifestos, (as, of course, have all rasfw readers, here), and made =
electedserious choice based on their findings and trust that those they =
Manifestoswould fulfill that trust.
(Brief pause whilst I roll around on the floor laughing.)
If Idi Amin or [Insert favourite corporal here, Marines Ineligible],
stood for President for YOUR party, (after, of course, the published
policies of both the Republican and Democrat Political Party =
illhad been studied), would you vote for that other group of waiters?
=A0=A0=A0=A0Americans prefer games to the duties of citizenship,
one of which is to stay well informed as to political matters.
There are far too many vested interests who profit from you being =
Theinformed. Wouldn't it be better to develop a skill in life as did =
thuggery.=20Player of Games, (Iain M Banks), who was manipulated into achieving
political ends by devious means.
=A0=A0=A0=A0bliss
Well the corporal I am thinking of ingratiated himself with the
elder statesman of his nation as well as the Corporate Interests and
the Military. It seems their are parallels, some what askew, but the
story line is still there. Before long the elder statesman was out
of action and the former corporal rose to lead his nation into
infamy and war, while he pretended that the projects begun under
a more liberal administration were his ideas.
I believe he also had the Brownshirts
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung], which were both larger
and more disciplined than any "militia" existing in the USA today.
=20
So the parallel fails at the critical point: no large disciplined
group of thugs designated as Republican Party security to carry out
Trump's will.
=20
IOW, no "oomph" in the streets. As the failure on Jan 6 showed. 1000+
protestors tried/convicted/plead out, only -- what? 6? -- militia
members.
One of the promises (yes he is poor at keeping promises)
made by the ineligible candidate was to pardon everyone involved
with January 6. As for the Republican thugs sorry they are MAGA
thugs and must include the Proud Boys and other brands of politial =
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
I believe he also had the Brownshirts >>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung], which were both larger
and more disciplined than any "militia" existing in the USA today.
So the parallel fails at the critical point: no large disciplined
group of thugs designated as Republican Party security to carry out
Trump's will.
Trump attempted in 2020 in Oregon to use Federal police to shut down >demonstrations and he mostly got away with it.
I think that use was actually constitutional although the courts never
got a chance to rule on it. I don't think it -should- be constitutional >however.
On 11/11/2024 10:46 PM, William Hyde wrote:
Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 11/11/2024 1:42 PM, William Hyde wrote:
Paul S Person wrote:
On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:06:22 -0500, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
D wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/9/2024 4:04 PM, D wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
So if not having a lot of people around is a good thing,
Wyoming would
probably work.
Do you think I would be allowed to wear a cowboy hat and walk >>>>>>>>> around
with a gun in Wyoming? That would be a strong incentive!
For citizens who meet the other requirements for firearms
possession,
yes. You don't even need a permit. I'm not sure about green card >>>>>>>> holders.
pt
Hooray! =D Yet another dream that the US would make come true! It >>>>>>> truly
is the land of the free compared with shitty old europe which I
passionately hate so much!
Some years ago Duke University ran a job search for a senior
scientist.
An American scientist resident in Denmark was flown in and gave an >>>>>> exceptionally good talk.ÿ At dinner the conversation turned to his >>>>>> life
in Denmark, and he seemed very happy with it.
So told him that, while I was not myself on the search committee, I >>>>>> thought it was almost certain that he'd be offered the job and
asked if
he would take it.
"Absolutely not!" he said, puzzled that I would even ask.
So opinions differ.
Duke is in Durham, NC, possibly too warm for your wife.ÿ And it
has lots
of sidewalks to attract liberals, though as I found in an October >>>>>> walk,
ankle-destroying breaks in the sidewalk can be obscured by colourful >>>>>> autumn leaves.
Saves the city from having to fix the sidewalks: out of sight, out of >>>>> mind.
Well, until they get sued, anyway.
Halifax was the exact opposite.ÿ They fixed sidewalks which were
perfectly fine.ÿ The reason being that the city is mildly corrupt,
and people wanted those contracts. Still, they were a pleasure to
walk on.
For contrast, sidewalks on the Dalhousie campus in Halifax were a
positive danger, but never fixed as the University always had
something different to spend its limited cash on.ÿ Like office
redecoration for administrators.
An elderly retired professor died from a fall owing to broken
sidewalks at A&M.ÿ The site was taped off, but not repaired in the
two years before I left Texas.
Some years ago there was a competition in Toronto to find the oldest
bit of sidewalk.ÿ The winning pavement was dated 1918 and was in
perfect shape.ÿ It was, however, under a bridge and thus somewhat
sheltered.
(The local university once install a road bump that injured five
people, one of whom died. The fifth, who didn't die, won a $16M
judgement against them. Only then did they remove it and replace it
with something less dangerous. Never underestimate the power of a
lawsuit payout to change minds.)
In Texas the payout would have been limited to 500k.
I wasn't hurt enough to consider suing Durham.ÿ Besides, if one
demands low taxes one gets low service, and I can't sue the voters,
can I?
Caveat Pedestrem.
(Someone correct my Latin, I'm sure that's wrong).
William Hyde
Texas damage lawsuits are limited to $500K plus actual economic
damages. ÿÿI am not sure how the economic damage of a death would be
calculated but it could be in the millions for taking care of
dependents.
In the case of the man whose head was run over by an A&M vehicle, 500k
wasÿ the limit.ÿ It made quite a stir on campus at the time.
I'm happy to hear that things have improved, to some degree.
William Hyde
His lawyer was terrible.
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 11/11/2024 9:53 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:30:17 +1300, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
On 10/11/24 23:44, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
On 10/11/2024 15:45, Titus G wrote:
On 10/11/24 08:42, William Hyde wrote:
D wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
Why SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many drug >>>>>>>>>> users on the street.
Parts of it, yes.
I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or >>>>>>>>> vagrants.
This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave >>>>>>>>> them a
beating, and dumped them in the next county.ÿ Somebody else's >>>>>>>>> problem.
Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving the >>>>>>>> problem! =)
So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided >>>>>>> it is
illegal and hurts people you dislike.
Now that D is here, the entertainment level is surpassing the Jibini >>>>>> level.
Nah, D's not as entertaining as Terry, he's really just a one-trick >>>>> pony.
Terry could come out with new lines and bounce around like a
grass-hopper in a BugCatcher - and probably would have baited D
into an
apoplexy, consistency was not one of his strong points.ÿ :-)
ÿÿÿÿÿCheers,
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Garyÿÿÿ B-)
Yes, exactly. I wish he was still here to make mincemeat of D.
The current entertainment for me comes from the replies to D, not D's
extreme views and his prejudices but these replies are all restrained
and polite rather than full-on Jibini bloodthirsty.
Of course, this discussion ignores the possibility that D /is/ Jabini.
D is not curt and nasty.
Lynn
Thank you Lynn. Occasionally I do admit that the old temper runs a bit
hot, but I do my best! =)
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Paul S Personÿ <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as
accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you
might like.
This is true, but I think it is perhaps more important to point out
that gay men and grand opera go together like beans and cornbread and
you not apt to find a city with a good opera community that also does
not have a substantial (if sometimes desperately closeted) gay community.
--scott
This is very troubling! Do you have some good advice about how to best protect oneself from gay men? I have recently imported a MAGA hat from
the US, would this be an effectice way to protect oneself? =/
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:40:55 -0800, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 20:34:20 -0500, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
Or Mt Rainier erupts, sending a lahar downhill.
Which most recently was when 8000 years ago?
(Or would that be Mt Baker north of Seattle toward the Canadian
border? Both are volcanos that haven't erupted any time recently - I'm
afraid I've lost my via of Mt St Helen's ash which I was given by a
former student whose father had a cottage about 30 mi away from there
and saved the volcanic dust he had his eaves filled with)
The longer it's been, the more pressure accumulates, and the more
likely it becomes.
This applies to earthquakes as well as volcanos. There is one
difference: a volcano can move off the "hot spot" and go dormant
indeed, but those pesky plates just keep on slippin' and slidin'.
On 11/12/2024 5:02 AM, D wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Paul S Personÿ <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as
accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you
might like.
This is true, but I think it is perhaps more important to point out
that gay men and grand opera go together like beans and cornbread and
you not apt to find a city with a good opera community that also does
not have a substantial (if sometimes desperately closeted) gay
community.
--scott
This is very troubling! Do you have some good advice about how to best
protect oneself from gay men? I have recently imported a MAGA hat from
the US, would this be an effectice way to protect oneself? =/
What do you need to protect yourself against?
pt
On 11/12/2024 4:03 AM, D wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 11/11/2024 9:53 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:30:17 +1300, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote: >>>>
On 10/11/24 23:44, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
On 10/11/2024 15:45, Titus G wrote:
On 10/11/24 08:42, William Hyde wrote:
D wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
Why SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many drug >>>>>>>>>>> users on the street.
Parts of it, yes.
I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or >>>>>>>>>> vagrants.
This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave them a >>>>>>>>>> beating, and dumped them in the next county. Somebody else's >>>>>>>>>> problem.
Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving the >>>>>>>>> problem! =)
So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided it is >>>>>>>> illegal and hurts people you dislike.
Now that D is here, the entertainment level is surpassing the Jibini >>>>>>> level.
Nah, D's not as entertaining as Terry, he's really just a one-trick >>>>>> pony.
Terry could come out with new lines and bounce around like a
grass-hopper in a BugCatcher - and probably would have baited D into an >>>>>> apoplexy, consistency was not one of his strong points. :-)
     Cheers,
        Gary   B-)
Yes, exactly. I wish he was still here to make mincemeat of D.
The current entertainment for me comes from the replies to D, not D's >>>>> extreme views and his prejudices but these replies are all restrained >>>>> and polite rather than full-on Jibini bloodthirsty.
Of course, this discussion ignores the possibility that D /is/ Jabini.
D is not curt and nasty.
Lynn
Thank you Lynn. Occasionally I do admit that the old temper runs a bit hot, >> but I do my best! =)
Terry Austin (gutless,jinbini) ran me and several others out of here back in 2000 or so with his antics. I did not come back until 2010 ??? when he had calmed down and he stopped nymshifting.
Lynn
On 11/12/2024 5:02 AM, D wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as
accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you
might like.
This is true, but I think it is perhaps more important to point out
that gay men and grand opera go together like beans and cornbread and
you not apt to find a city with a good opera community that also does
not have a substantial (if sometimes desperately closeted) gay community. >>> --scott
This is very troubling! Do you have some good advice about how to best
protect oneself from gay men? I have recently imported a MAGA hat from the >> US, would this be an effectice way to protect oneself? =/
What do you need to protect yourself against?
pt
On 13/11/24 10:46, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/12/2024 5:02 AM, D wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as >>>>> accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you
might like.
This is true, but I think it is perhaps more important to point out
that gay men and grand opera go together like beans and cornbread and
you not apt to find a city with a good opera community that also does
not have a substantial (if sometimes desperately closeted) gay
community.
--scott
This is very troubling! Do you have some good advice about how to best
protect oneself from gay men? I have recently imported a MAGA hat from
the US, would this be an effectice way to protect oneself? =/
What do you need to protect yourself against?
pt
Himself? Isn't it the case that the extreme homophobic is secretly
frightened that he may be homosexual himself?
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/12/2024 5:02 AM, D wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Paul S Personÿ <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as >>>>> accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you
might like.
This is true, but I think it is perhaps more important to point out
that gay men and grand opera go together like beans and cornbread and
you not apt to find a city with a good opera community that also does
not have a substantial (if sometimes desperately closeted) gay
community.
--scott
This is very troubling! Do you have some good advice about how to
best protect oneself from gay men? I have recently imported a MAGA
hat from the US, would this be an effectice way to protect oneself? =/
What do you need to protect yourself against?
pt
Homos of course!
On 11/13/2024 4:38 AM, D wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/12/2024 5:02 AM, D wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as >>>>>> accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you >>>>>> might like.
This is true, but I think it is perhaps more important to point out
that gay men and grand opera go together like beans and cornbread and >>>>> you not apt to find a city with a good opera community that also does >>>>> not have a substantial (if sometimes desperately closeted) gay
community.
--scott
This is very troubling! Do you have some good advice about how to best >>>> protect oneself from gay men? I have recently imported a MAGA hat from >>>> the US, would this be an effectice way to protect oneself? =/
What do you need to protect yourself against?
pt
Homos of course!
What do you think they're going to do to you?
pt
On 11/12/2024 8:30 AM, Paul S Person wrote:I'm
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:40:55 -0800, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
wrote:
=20
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 20:34:20 -0500, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
Or Mt Rainier erupts, sending a lahar downhill.
Which most recently was when 8000 years ago?
(Or would that be Mt Baker north of Seattle toward the Canadian
border? Both are volcanos that haven't erupted any time recently - =
afraid I've lost my via of Mt St Helen's ash which I was given by a=20
former student whose father had a cottage about 30 mi away from there
and saved the volcanic dust he had his eaves filled with)
The longer it's been, the more pressure accumulates, and the more
likely it becomes.
=20
This applies to earthquakes as well as volcanos. There is one
difference: a volcano can move off the "hot spot" and go dormant
indeed, but those pesky plates just keep on slippin' and slidin'.
So a good strong earthquake can take care of your volcano problem.
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 11/12/2024 4:03 AM, D wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 11/11/2024 9:53 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:30:17 +1300, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote: >>>>>D is not curt and nasty.
On 10/11/24 23:44, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
On 10/11/2024 15:45, Titus G wrote:
On 10/11/24 08:42, William Hyde wrote:
D wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
Why SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many >>>>>>>>>>>> drug
users on the street.
Parts of it, yes.
I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or >>>>>>>>>>> vagrants.
This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave >>>>>>>>>>> them a
beating, and dumped them in the next county.ÿ Somebody else's >>>>>>>>>>> problem.
Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and
solving the
problem! =)
So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided >>>>>>>>> it is
illegal and hurts people you dislike.
Now that D is here, the entertainment level is surpassing the >>>>>>>> Jibini
level.
Nah, D's not as entertaining as Terry, he's really just a one-
trick pony.
Terry could come out with new lines and bounce around like a
grass-hopper in a BugCatcher - and probably would have baited D >>>>>>> into an
apoplexy, consistency was not one of his strong points.ÿ :-)
ÿÿÿÿÿCheers,
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Garyÿÿÿ B-)
Yes, exactly. I wish he was still here to make mincemeat of D.
The current entertainment for me comes from the replies to D, not D's >>>>>> extreme views and his prejudices but these replies are all restrained >>>>>> and polite rather than full-on Jibini bloodthirsty.
Of course, this discussion ignores the possibility that D /is/ Jabini. >>>>
Lynn
Thank you Lynn. Occasionally I do admit that the old temper runs a
bit hot, but I do my best! =)
Terry Austin (gutless,jinbini) ran me and several others out of here
back in 2000 or so with his antics.ÿ I did not come back until
2010 ??? when he had calmed down and he stopped nymshifting.
Lynn
How come he was so successful given killfiles, regular expressions and
all the power of technology we have at our hands for not having to read things we do not want to read?
On 11/12/2024 5:02 AM, D wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Paul S Personÿ <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as
accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you
might like.
This is true, but I think it is perhaps more important to point out
that gay men and grand opera go together like beans and cornbread and
you not apt to find a city with a good opera community that also does
not have a substantial (if sometimes desperately closeted) gay
community.
--scott
This is very troubling! Do you have some good advice about how to best
protect oneself from gay men? I have recently imported a MAGA hat from
the US, would this be an effectice way to protect oneself? =/
What do you need to protect yourself against?
On Wed, 13 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/13/2024 4:38 AM, D wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/12/2024 5:02 AM, D wrote:
What do you need to protect yourself against?
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Paul S Personÿ <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to >>>>>>> point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not >>>>>>> be as
accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you >>>>>>> might like.
This is true, but I think it is perhaps more important to point out >>>>>> that gay men and grand opera go together like beans and cornbread and >>>>>> you not apt to find a city with a good opera community that also does >>>>>> not have a substantial (if sometimes desperately closeted) gay
community.
--scott
This is very troubling! Do you have some good advice about how to
best protect oneself from gay men? I have recently imported a MAGA
hat from the US, would this be an effectice way to protect oneself? =/ >>>>
pt
Homos of course!
What do you think they're going to do to you?
pt
Attack me with their penises. What do you think?
Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/12/2024 5:02 AM, D wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Paul S Personÿ <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as >>>>> accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you
might like.
This is true, but I think it is perhaps more important to point out
that gay men and grand opera go together like beans and cornbread and
you not apt to find a city with a good opera community that also does
not have a substantial (if sometimes desperately closeted) gay
community.
--scott
This is very troubling! Do you have some good advice about how to
best protect oneself from gay men? I have recently imported a MAGA
hat from the US, would this be an effectice way to protect oneself? =/
What do you need to protect yourself against?
Everything except climate change.
William Hyde
On 11/13/2024 3:38 AM, D wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 11/12/2024 4:03 AM, D wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 11/11/2024 9:53 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:30:17 +1300, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote: >>>>>>D is not curt and nasty.
On 10/11/24 23:44, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
On 10/11/2024 15:45, Titus G wrote:
On 10/11/24 08:42, William Hyde wrote:
D wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
Why SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many >>>>>>>>>>>>> drug
users on the street.
Parts of it, yes.
I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or >>>>>>>>>>>> vagrants.
This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave them >>>>>>>>>>>> a
beating, and dumped them in the next county. Somebody else's >>>>>>>>>>>> problem.
Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving >>>>>>>>>>> the
problem! =)
So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided it >>>>>>>>>> is
illegal and hurts people you dislike.
Now that D is here, the entertainment level is surpassing the Jibini >>>>>>>>> level.
Nah, D's not as entertaining as Terry, he's really just a one- trick >>>>>>>> pony.
Terry could come out with new lines and bounce around like a
grass-hopper in a BugCatcher - and probably would have baited D into >>>>>>>> an
apoplexy, consistency was not one of his strong points. :-)
     Cheers,
        Gary   B-)
Yes, exactly. I wish he was still here to make mincemeat of D.
The current entertainment for me comes from the replies to D, not D's >>>>>>> extreme views and his prejudices but these replies are all restrained >>>>>>> and polite rather than full-on Jibini bloodthirsty.
Of course, this discussion ignores the possibility that D /is/ Jabini. >>>>>
Lynn
Thank you Lynn. Occasionally I do admit that the old temper runs a bit >>>> hot, but I do my best! =)
Terry Austin (gutless,jinbini) ran me and several others out of here back >>> in 2000 or so with his antics. I did not come back until 2010 ??? when he
had calmed down and he stopped nymshifting.
Lynn
How come he was so successful given killfiles, regular expressions and all >> the power of technology we have at our hands for not having to read things >> we do not want to read?
He flooded every posting I and several others made with his infamous "Bark ! Bark ! Bark !" repeated a hundred times posting. It got old in a hurry. If you complained, he would just nymshift and do it again.
Lynn
Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/12/2024 5:02 AM, D wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as >>>>> accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you
might like.
This is true, but I think it is perhaps more important to point out
that gay men and grand opera go together like beans and cornbread and
you not apt to find a city with a good opera community that also does
not have a substantial (if sometimes desperately closeted) gay community. >>>> --scott
This is very troubling! Do you have some good advice about how to best
protect oneself from gay men? I have recently imported a MAGA hat from the >>> US, would this be an effectice way to protect oneself? =/
What do you need to protect yourself against?
Everything except climate change.
William Hyde
On 11/13/2024 10:22 AM, D wrote:
On Wed, 13 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/13/2024 4:38 AM, D wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/12/2024 5:02 AM, D wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to >>>>>>>> point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as >>>>>>>> accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you >>>>>>>> might like.
This is true, but I think it is perhaps more important to point out >>>>>>> that gay men and grand opera go together like beans and cornbread and >>>>>>> you not apt to find a city with a good opera community that also does >>>>>>> not have a substantial (if sometimes desperately closeted) gay
community.
--scott
This is very troubling! Do you have some good advice about how to best >>>>>> protect oneself from gay men? I have recently imported a MAGA hat from >>>>>> the US, would this be an effectice way to protect oneself? =/
What do you need to protect yourself against?
pt
Homos of course!
What do you think they're going to do to you?
pt
Attack me with their penises. What do you think?
Get therapy.
pt
On 11/13/24 14:23, William Hyde wrote:
Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/12/2024 5:02 AM, D wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as >>>>>> accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you >>>>>> might like.
This is true, but I think it is perhaps more important to point out
that gay men and grand opera go together like beans and cornbread and >>>>> you not apt to find a city with a good opera community that also does >>>>> not have a substantial (if sometimes desperately closeted) gay
community.
--scott
This is very troubling! Do you have some good advice about how to best >>>> protect oneself from gay men? I have recently imported a MAGA hat from >>>> the US, would this be an effectice way to protect oneself? =/
Get a Gender Reassigment Surgery and make sure everyone knows
about it. Gay Penises are only interested in having anything to do
with other penises. Without a penis you will no longer be attractive
to Gay Men (or attracked by them.)
It sounds like a severe thing to do but if you are immobilized
by fear of Gay Penisesit may be your only choice.
What do you need to protect yourself against?
Everything except climate change.
William Hyde
Tongue tightly in cheek.
bliss
On Wed, 13 Nov 2024, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
On 11/13/24 14:23, William Hyde wrote:
Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/12/2024 5:02 AM, D wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Paul S Personÿ <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to >>>>>>> point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not >>>>>>> be as
accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you >>>>>>> might like.
This is true, but I think it is perhaps more important to point out >>>>>> that gay men and grand opera go together like beans and cornbread and >>>>>> you not apt to find a city with a good opera community that also does >>>>>> not have a substantial (if sometimes desperately closeted) gay
community.
--scott
This is very troubling! Do you have some good advice about how to
best protect oneself from gay men? I have recently imported a MAGA
hat from the US, would this be an effectice way to protect oneself? =/
ÿÿÿÿGet a Gender Reassigment Surgery and make sure everyone knows
about it. Gay Penises are only interested in having anything to do
with other penises. Without a penis you will no longer be attractive
to Gay Men (or attracked by them.)
ÿÿÿÿIt sounds like a severe thing to do but if you are immobilized
by fear of Gay Penisesit may be your only choice.
This is not good advice. If we turn to realistic protection, What gun do
you prefer and recommend for protecting against homos? Is there any
special ammunition or will regular one do?
On Wed, 13 Nov 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 11/13/2024 3:38 AM, D wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 11/12/2024 4:03 AM, D wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 11/11/2024 9:53 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:30:17 +1300, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> >>>>>>> wrote:
On 10/11/24 23:44, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
On 10/11/2024 15:45, Titus G wrote:
On 10/11/24 08:42, William Hyde wrote:
D wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
Why SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with >>>>>>>>>>>>>> many drug
users on the street.
Parts of it, yes.
I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug >>>>>>>>>>>>> users or
vagrants.
This was because the local police grabbed those people, >>>>>>>>>>>>> gave them a
beating, and dumped them in the next county.ÿ Somebody >>>>>>>>>>>>> else's problem.
Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and >>>>>>>>>>>> solving the
problem! =)
So you are in fact in favour of government regulation,
provided it is
illegal and hurts people you dislike.
Now that D is here, the entertainment level is surpassing the >>>>>>>>>> Jibini
level.
Nah, D's not as entertaining as Terry, he's really just a one- >>>>>>>>> trick pony.
Terry could come out with new lines and bounce around like a >>>>>>>>> grass-hopper in a BugCatcher - and probably would have baited D >>>>>>>>> into an
apoplexy, consistency was not one of his strong points.ÿ :-) >>>>>>>>>
ÿÿÿÿÿCheers,
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Garyÿÿÿ B-)
Yes, exactly. I wish he was still here to make mincemeat of D. >>>>>>>> The current entertainment for me comes from the replies to D, >>>>>>>> not D's
extreme views and his prejudices but these replies are all
restrained
and polite rather than full-on Jibini bloodthirsty.
Of course, this discussion ignores the possibility that D /is/
Jabini.
D is not curt and nasty.
Lynn
Thank you Lynn. Occasionally I do admit that the old temper runs a
bit hot, but I do my best! =)
Terry Austin (gutless,jinbini) ran me and several others out of here
back in 2000 or so with his antics.ÿ I did not come back until
2010 ??? when he had calmed down and he stopped nymshifting.
Lynn
How come he was so successful given killfiles, regular expressions
and all the power of technology we have at our hands for not having
to read things we do not want to read?
He flooded every posting I and several others made with his infamous
"Bark ! Bark ! Bark !" repeated a hundred times posting.ÿ It got old
in a hurry.ÿ If you complained, he would just nymshift and do it again.
Lynn
Ahh, I see. But in the end you are here and he is not, so you won! =)
Terry Austin (gutless,jinbini)[ Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha]
back in 2000 or so with his antics.ÿ I did not come back until 2010 ???
when he had calmed down and he stopped nymshifting.
On 11/13/2024 4:38 AM, D wrote:
Homos of course!
What do you think they're going to do to you?
On 11/14/2024 2:36 AM, D wrote:
On Wed, 13 Nov 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 11/13/2024 3:38 AM, D wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 11/12/2024 4:03 AM, D wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 11/11/2024 9:53 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:30:17 +1300, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> >>>>>>>> wrote:
On 10/11/24 23:44, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
On 10/11/2024 15:45, Titus G wrote:
On 10/11/24 08:42, William Hyde wrote:
D wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
Why SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> drug
users on the street.
Parts of it, yes.
I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or >>>>>>>>>>>>>> vagrants.
This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave >>>>>>>>>>>>>> them a
beating, and dumped them in the next county. Somebody else's >>>>>>>>>>>>>> problem.
Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving >>>>>>>>>>>>> the
problem! =)
So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided >>>>>>>>>>>> it is
illegal and hurts people you dislike.
Now that D is here, the entertainment level is surpassing the >>>>>>>>>>> Jibini
level.
Nah, D's not as entertaining as Terry, he's really just a one- >>>>>>>>>> trick pony.
Terry could come out with new lines and bounce around like a >>>>>>>>>> grass-hopper in a BugCatcher - and probably would have baited D >>>>>>>>>> into an
apoplexy, consistency was not one of his strong points. :-) >>>>>>>>>>
     Cheers,
        Gary   B-)
Yes, exactly. I wish he was still here to make mincemeat of D. >>>>>>>>> The current entertainment for me comes from the replies to D, not >>>>>>>>> D's
extreme views and his prejudices but these replies are all
restrained
and polite rather than full-on Jibini bloodthirsty.
Of course, this discussion ignores the possibility that D /is/ >>>>>>>> Jabini.
D is not curt and nasty.
Lynn
Thank you Lynn. Occasionally I do admit that the old temper runs a bit >>>>>> hot, but I do my best! =)
Terry Austin (gutless,jinbini) ran me and several others out of here >>>>> back in 2000 or so with his antics. I did not come back until 2010 ??? >>>>> when he had calmed down and he stopped nymshifting.
Lynn
How come he was so successful given killfiles, regular expressions and >>>> all the power of technology we have at our hands for not having to read >>>> things we do not want to read?
He flooded every posting I and several others made with his infamous "Bark >>> ! Bark ! Bark !" repeated a hundred times posting. It got old in a
hurry. If you complained, he would just nymshift and do it again.
Lynn
Ahh, I see. But in the end you are here and he is not, so you won! =)
I found an obit a couple of years ago that might be for Terry so he might have passed away.
Lynn
On 14/11/24 14:51, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/13/2024 10:22 AM, D wrote:
On Wed, 13 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/13/2024 4:38 AM, D wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/12/2024 5:02 AM, D wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to >>>>>>>>> point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not >>>>>>>>> be as
accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you >>>>>>>>> might like.
This is true, but I think it is perhaps more important to point out >>>>>>>> that gay men and grand opera go together like beans and cornbread >>>>>>>> and
you not apt to find a city with a good opera community that also >>>>>>>> does
not have a substantial (if sometimes desperately closeted) gay >>>>>>>> community.
--scott
This is very troubling! Do you have some good advice about how to >>>>>>> best protect oneself from gay men? I have recently imported a MAGA >>>>>>> hat from the US, would this be an effectice way to protect
oneself? =/
What do you need to protect yourself against?
pt
Homos of course!
What do you think they're going to do to you?
pt
Attack me with their penises. What do you think?
Get therapy.
pt
The right wing US billionaire, Peter Thiel is a happily married
homosexual who used to keep a young male model boyfriend in luxury in a different state. Do you think he attacked JD Vance with his penis
causing JD to reverse his political stance? Of course not.
How would he ever have become a billionaire if he and his friends spent
their days attempting to attack fourteen year old unwanted Swedish boys seeking attention with their keyboards? He wouldn't have.
(I know that proof by isolated example is a fallacy but D won't so
therefore I will lull it, (him?), into a false sense of security so he
won't hear his parent, a recent convert to the thrill of that enormous
tra la la from the large bosomed stage singer in the frilly clothes,
answer the door to the trouserless hordes.)
On 13/11/24 09:51, Lynn McGuire wrote:
[ Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha]
Terry Austin (gutless,jinbini)
ran me and several others out of here
back in 2000 or so with his antics. I did not come back until 2010 ???
when he had calmed down and he stopped nymshifting.
What a laugh. Did these several others have names or were they perhaps
your imaginary friends?
I recall events differently.
1. That the insult in his latest signature he had had for some years was
to accuse someone of being stupider than Lynn.
2. That he never calmed down.
I find your positivity and enthusiasm for young adult SF incredible and
it almost outweighs your regular arrogant misinterpretations, (eg
Murder Bot), and your primitive political and religious views, (Covid,
AGW, Glossolalia). I also think you are a welcomed institution here and
I would be sad if you didn't or couldn't post.
In article <vh2en2$28j1c$1@dont-email.me>,
On 11/13/2024 4:38 AM, D wrote:
Homos of course!
What do you think they're going to do to you?
Take him to the opera of course!
--scott
Lynn McGuire wrote:
Terry Austin (gutless,jinbini)[ Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha] ran me and several others out of here
back in 2000 or so with his antics. I did not come back until 2010 ???
when he had calmed down and he stopped nymshifting.
What a laugh. Did these several others have names or were they perhaps
your imaginary friends?
I recall events differently.
1. That the insult in his latest signature he had had for some years was
to accuse someone of being stupider than Lynn.
2. That he never calmed down.
I find your positivity and enthusiasm for young adult SF incredible and
it almost outweighs your regular arrogant misinterpretations, (eg
Murder Bot), and your primitive political and religious views, (Covid,
AGW, Glossolalia). I also think you are a welcomed institution here and
I would be sad if you didn't or couldn't post.
In article <vh2en2$28j1c$1@dont-email.me>,
On 11/13/2024 4:38 AM, D wrote:
Homos of course!
What do you think they're going to do to you?
Take him to the opera of course!
Titus G wrote:
Lynn McGuire wrote:
Terry Austin (gutless,jinbini)[ Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha] ran me and several others out of here >>> back in 2000 or so with his antics.ÿ I did not come back until 2010 ???
when he had calmed down and he stopped nymshifting.
What a laugh. Did these several others have names or were they perhaps
your imaginary friends?
I recall events differently.
1. That the insult in his latest signature he had had for some years was
to accuse someone of being stupider than Lynn.
2. That he never calmed down.
I find your positivity and enthusiasm for young adult SF incredible and
it almost outweighs your regular arrogant misinterpretations, (eg
Murder Bot), and your primitive political and religious views, (Covid,
AGW, Glossolalia). I also think you are a welcomed institution here and
I would be sad if you didn't or couldn't post.
According to January 2023 WordsRated statistics, 51% of YA books are
purchased by people between the ages of 30 and 44, and 78% of those
buyers said that they intended to read the books themselves. In recent
years, librarians report that more middle grade readers (traditionally
eight- to 12-year-olds) are "reading up" to YA books.
<https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/93417-who-is-ya-for.html>
Although the article above advances arguments about why aged adults read Young Adult (YA) fiction, in my case it's quite simple. Young adult
fiction furnishes flights of fancy (eg escapism), to me.
The closer a given protagonist resembles me, both outwardly and inwardly, the better. The more easily digestible the science is, the
better.
Bohmian theory is hard. As is playing the apostate to debunk
Scientism invented by Science Fiction titan Francis "Shakespeare"
Bacon. From my perspective, Hubbard's Scientology is but a dull
reflection of Bacon's brilliant Scientism.
Yet, despite my proclivity for YA, the fight continues. Robert
Frederick offers world class research on Bacon. He recently released
another free episode:
The Gnostic Romeo and Juliet: Sex, Death, Violence and Vampires
Romeo and Juliet is possibly the most famous and popular
play of all time- it's filled with death, not love and
there is barely any romance! I make a detailed scene by
scene case that this play is hiding a horror movie.
<https://thehiddenlifeisbest.com/post/episode-17>
Danke,
--
Don.......My cat's )\._.,--....,'``. https://crcomp.net/reviews.php telltale tall tail /, _.. \ _\ (`._ ,. Walk humbly with thy God. tells tall tales.. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' Make 1984 fiction again.
Titus G wrote:here
Lynn McGuire wrote:
Terry Austin (gutless,jinbini)[ Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha] ran me and several others out of =
2010 ???back in 2000 or so with his antics.=C2=A0 I did not come back until =
waswhen he had calmed down and he stopped nymshifting.
What a laugh. Did these several others have names or were they perhaps
your imaginary friends?
I recall events differently.
1. That the insult in his latest signature he had had for some years =
andto accuse someone of being stupider than Lynn.
2. That he never calmed down.
I find your positivity and enthusiasm for young adult SF incredible =
andit almost outweighs your regular arrogant misinterpretations, (eg
Murder Bot), and your primitive political and religious views, (Covid,
AGW, Glossolalia). I also think you are a welcomed institution here =
recentI would be sad if you didn't or couldn't post.
According to January 2023 WordsRated statistics, 51% of YA books are
purchased by people between the ages of 30 and 44, and 78% of those
buyers said that they intended to read the books themselves. In =
years, librarians report that more middle grade readers =(traditionally
eight- to 12-year-olds) are "reading up" to YA books.
<https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-indust= ry-news/article/93417-who-is-ya-for.html>
Also looking at the amount of "Awfully Quite in here"
it ain't very quiet here and we should find better Subject headers.
On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 07:55:39 -0800, Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
<snippo>
Also looking at the amount of "Awfully Quite in here"
it ain't very quiet here and we should find better Subject headers.
IIRC, that post appeared on a day when I got a total of seven (7) new messages. So it seemed apropos to me at the time.
I've been to Seattle twice, both times it was beautifully sunny.
The second time was while I was taking training at Microsoft, in
Redmond. At the start of the course, everyone was asked to stand
up and introduce themselves. I did, and added 'Clearly, I've been
lied to about the climate here. Everytime I've been here the weather
has be great."
There was silence, then someone yelled "Don't let that man leave!".
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as >accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you
might like.
Of course, if you look like a Northern European and speak English
without a foreign accent ("foreign" possibly including the Northeast)
and don't wave your green card in their faces they may never catch on.
Ahem, Western Australia wants a few words with you.Alaska is prettier. :P
In article <vh2en2$28j1c$1@dont-email.me>,
On 11/13/2024 4:38 AM, D wrote:
Homos of course!
What do you think they're going to do to you?
Take him to the opera of course!
--scott
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 09:49:41 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
Ahem, Western Australia wants a few words with you.Alaska is prettier. :P
And Quebec is larger than Alaska and you are less likely to be eaten
by a bear...
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 09:49:41 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
Ahem, Western Australia wants a few words with you.Alaska is prettier. :P
And Quebec is larger than Alaska and you are less likely to be eaten
by a bear...
And Quebec is larger than Alaska and you are less likely to be eaten
by a bear...
On 2024-11-23, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
And Quebec is larger than Alaska and you are less likely to be eaten
by a bear...
Alaska: Total area 1,723,337 km²
Quebec: Total area 1,542,056 km²
(Wikipedia)
Yeah, thought so.
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 07:58:50 -0800, Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as
accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you
might like.
Of course, if you look like a Northern European and speak English
without a foreign accent ("foreign" possibly including the Northeast)
and don't wave your green card in their faces they may never catch on.
Maybe I should start driving south - I don't have a green card but accent-wise could probably pass.
But then my daughter has lived in the UK for 10 years and no one would
ever confuse her with a Brit when she speaks.
(Nor physically despite the fact she is descended from seven different European nationalities no further back than her great great
grandparents)
On 11/23/2024 2:43 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 09:49:41 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
Ahem, Western Australia wants a few words with you.Alaska is prettier. :P
And Quebec is larger than Alaska and you are less likely to be eaten
by a bear...
But its in CANADA!!! :P
On Sat, 23 Nov 2024, The Horny Goat wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 07:58:50 -0800, Paul S Person
<psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as
accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you
might like.
Of course, if you look like a Northern European and speak English
without a foreign accent ("foreign" possibly including the Northeast)
and don't wave your green card in their faces they may never catch on.
Maybe I should start driving south - I don't have a green card but
accent-wise could probably pass.
But then my daughter has lived in the UK for 10 years and no one would
ever confuse her with a Brit when she speaks.
(Nor physically despite the fact she is descended from seven different
European nationalities no further back than her great great
grandparents)
7!?! How is that even possible? ;)
On 11/24/2024 4:08 PM, D wrote:
On Sat, 23 Nov 2024, The Horny Goat wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 07:58:50 -0800, Paul S Person
<psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as
accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you
might like.
Of course, if you look like a Northern European and speak English
without a foreign accent ("foreign" possibly including the Northeast)
and don't wave your green card in their faces they may never catch on.
Maybe I should start driving south - I don't have a green card but
accent-wise could probably pass.
But then my daughter has lived in the UK for 10 years and no one would
ever confuse her with a Brit when she speaks.
(Nor physically despite the fact she is descended from seven different
European nationalities no further back than her great great
grandparents)
7!?! How is that even possible? ;)
Assuming no inbreeding, you have 16 great-great grandparents.
Its perfectly possible for them to come from 7 different
countries.
pt
On Sun, 24 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/24/2024 4:08 PM, D wrote:
On Sat, 23 Nov 2024, The Horny Goat wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 07:58:50 -0800, Paul S Person
<psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place toMaybe I should start driving south - I don't have a green card but
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as >>>>> accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you
might like.
Of course, if you look like a Northern European and speak English
without a foreign accent ("foreign" possibly including the Northeast) >>>>> and don't wave your green card in their faces they may never catch on. >>>>
accent-wise could probably pass.
But then my daughter has lived in the UK for 10 years and no one would >>>> ever confuse her with a Brit when she speaks.
(Nor physically despite the fact she is descended from seven different >>>> European nationalities no further back than her great great
grandparents)
7!?! How is that even possible? ;)
Assuming no inbreeding, you have 16 great-great grandparents.
Its perfectly possible for them to come from 7 different
countries.
pt
Noooo.... in europe we care about the purity of our race!
On 11/25/2024 4:59 AM, D wrote:
On Sun, 24 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/24/2024 4:08 PM, D wrote:
On Sat, 23 Nov 2024, The Horny Goat wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 07:58:50 -0800, Paul S Person
<psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place toMaybe I should start driving south - I don't have a green card but
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as >>>>>> accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you >>>>>> might like.
Of course, if you look like a Northern European and speak English
without a foreign accent ("foreign" possibly including the Northeast) >>>>>> and don't wave your green card in their faces they may never catch on. >>>>>
accent-wise could probably pass.
But then my daughter has lived in the UK for 10 years and no one would >>>>> ever confuse her with a Brit when she speaks.
(Nor physically despite the fact she is descended from seven different >>>>> European nationalities no further back than her great great
grandparents)
7!?! How is that even possible? ;)
Assuming no inbreeding, you have 16 great-great grandparents.
Its perfectly possible for them to come from 7 different
countries.
pt
Noooo.... in europe we care about the purity of our race!
We American mutts rejoice in our hybrid vigor.
pt
On 11/25/2024 4:59 AM, D wrote:
On Sun, 24 Nov 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 11/24/2024 4:08 PM, D wrote:
On Sat, 23 Nov 2024, The Horny Goat wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 07:58:50 -0800, Paul S Person
<psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
This seems to be a reasonable (but not optimal, perhaps) place to
point out that the very areas you are most attracted to may not be as >>>>>> accepting of "furriners" (and even less so of "immigrants") as you >>>>>> might like.
Of course, if you look like a Northern European and speak English
without a foreign accent ("foreign" possibly including the Northeast) >>>>>> and don't wave your green card in their faces they may never catch >>>>>> on.
Maybe I should start driving south - I don't have a green card but
accent-wise could probably pass.
But then my daughter has lived in the UK for 10 years and no one would >>>>> ever confuse her with a Brit when she speaks.
(Nor physically despite the fact she is descended from seven different >>>>> European nationalities no further back than her great great
grandparents)
7!?! How is that even possible? ;)
Assuming no inbreeding, you have 16 great-great grandparents.
Its perfectly possible for them to come from 7 different
countries.
pt
Noooo.... in europe we care about the purity of our race!
We American muttsÿ rejoice in our hybrid vigor.
pt
On 11/23/2024 2:43 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 09:49:41 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
Ahem, Western Australia wants a few words with you.Alaska is prettier. :P
And Quebec is larger than Alaska and you are less likely to be eaten
by a bear...
But its in CANADA!!! :P
On Sat, 23 Nov 2024 20:59:38 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/23/2024 2:43 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 09:49:41 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
Ahem, Western Australia wants a few words with you.Alaska is prettier. :P
And Quebec is larger than Alaska and you are less likely to be eaten
by a bear...
But its in CANADA!!! :P
At least for now...
And Quebec is larger than Alaska and you are less likely to be eaten
by a bear...
But its in CANADA!!! :P
At least for now...
I heard that Trump invited Turdeau to make Canada a US state. I wonder if
he will accept the offer?
On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 14:10:06 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
And Quebec is larger than Alaska and you are less likely to be eaten >>>>> by a bear...
But its in CANADA!!! :P
At least for now...
I heard that Trump invited Turdeau to make Canada a US state. I wonder if
he will accept the offer?
Canadian newspapers assumed Trump was trolling him - which he probably
was
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