Chip with simple program for Toy

[Dbowey]

LGarth posted:

I grewup on the South coast....

I"m having a great time, I'm house sitting / cat care taking and I'm
on my buds broadband connection. I just watch Nova and had a
sandwich for dinner. I need a monitor to repair a computer here
so it seems I will have to go home and get a 15" as I don't fancy
moving my buds 21" hernia kit.

As the saying goes, it's a rough life but somebody has to do it.

Was that the Nova about the String Theory? Interesting, but needs a few beers
to wash it down.

Don

 

[Ross Mac]

"Lord Garth" <LGarth@Tantalus.net> wrote in message
news:IVWnb.16$Ai7.10@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com...

"Keith R. Williams" <krw@attglobal.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a09f6d1817fcaf6989ac1@enews.newsguy.com...
In article <yOVnb.518$m57.123@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>,
LGarth@Tantalus.net says...

I found out real quick that -15 degree air is not to be breathed
without
a muffler. Man, *that* hurt!

-15 degrees! That's *warm*. Sheesh I don't think it got much above
that here in January/February this year. A couple of hours shoveling
snow at -15 degrees is quite invigorating. ;-)


I did that for my sister there in Maine but only after putting a
muffler around my face. Then the plow came by any filled it
up again!

Wasn't that a Bill Murray movie????

 

[Ross Mac]

"Keith R. Williams" <krw@attglobal.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a08f8684804783998a7fc@enews.newsguy.com...

In article <WFBnb.18667$Ec1.1668615@bgtnsc05-
news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, macroeng@example.invalid says...
Yummm....pickled spotted owl...
There is a funny story about that creature in California...
They were trying to save an old growth forest and claimed it was "the
only
habitat" of the spotted owl....Well they save the forest and sometime
later,
a nest was found...Yup, in a Kmart sign....another in a scoop left
behind
from a backhoe!....

It's not a funny story at all. Million$ were lost by this ruse
by ELF & co. Face it many forests could be saved by proper
logging. Yes, even (and especially) the old-growth forests.

Turn the forests over to the foresters, not the self-proclaimed
eco-nuts.

--
Keith
I thought I would reply to this once again....I live in the forest too....I

have a large number of tress in the 200 foot class around my home....and you
are correct....let the foresters handle the forest not the "ecos"....they
really don't know how the whole system works...If you never thin out the
forest...it will thin itself out in the form of a huge fire...so hey...my
story about the spotted owl was just me getting a kick out of the "ecos" and
not a hit on all the folks that lost jobs, homes and incomes....take care
Keith.....Ross

 

[Ross Mac]

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote in
message news:7u8upvki68i5ma3j7qiuvqa16v11avsjm0@4ax.com...

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 22:10:11 GMT, "Ross Mac"
macroeng@example.invalid> wrote:

Now I'm hungry...think I'll go thaw out some of that good Pacific
Salmon!.......


Uh, the top-posting is annoying. I wish you wouldn't do that.

John

I did not mean to reply to this one "on the top"...I suppose that annoys

(probably spelt wrong) the old timers!.....My newsreader puts the cursor on
top and that is the way I have replied to email for about the last 10 years,
old habits are hard to break....In any event I aim to please, top posting is
over!....take care John, Ross

 

[Keith R. Williams]

In article <pan.2003.10.29.20.41.25.941344@cerebrumconfus.it>,
excretatauris@cerebrumconfus.it says...

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 22:11:50 -0500, Keith R. Williams wrote:

Last I was there they didn't think
much of furriners, particularly those from the south of the (CA)
border.

Every time I've been there, I've found folks most friendly. Even *after*
they've seen the CA plates

Maybe them wet-backs from south of the border have been behaving
themselves lately (I doubt it), but last time I was in OR they
*hated* the 'fornians! Everyone else was more or less OK, but if
you smelled like a 'fornian, you had better watch your shoulder.

Indeed I've seen similar things here. Particularly from the LI
crowd that moved here the year before I did. (Last one in wants
to close the gates).

--
Keith

 

[Keith R. Williams]

In article <j8dupv8tnkfhruvh3luo0aaa9ptfrjlfj2@4ax.com>,
jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com says...

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 21:59:16 -0500, Keith R. Williams
krw@attglobal.net> wrote:


One thing I've noticed about the coast is that personalities seem to
change fairly linearly from south to north. In the south, people tend
to be materialistic, superficial, and glamorous; as you go north,
people get earthier, plainer, and nicer. The trend holds up pretty
well from San Diego to Juneau. I picked San Francisco as a nice
compromise between glitz and boredom.

Dunno. I've found the SD area quite nice, though grossly over-
populated. LA simply sucks bilge-water. The mid-state (San
Lois) absolutely beautiful with friendly people to match.
SillyValley is cute, but I wouldn't want to live there. SF, you
*must* be kidding! I'd rather live in NYC (and there is a zero
chance of that!).


I've spent some months in NYC, and have no burning desire to go back.

I spent ~20 years 70 miles north of NYC. Other than Broadway
shows (some were excellent, most not) I wouldn't give you two ¨Řţănts for the place. What a dump.

The thing I like about SF is the spectacular terrain; I live one block
from a genuine canyon with a stream running down the middle, and about
a mile from a 950-foot mountain that's a joy to hike. And the weather
is wonderful... no mosquitoes, no ragweed, cool most of the year. For
that, one can overlook a few (OK, a few hundred thousand) freaks and
lunatics. SF is green and gold, NYC is the color of concrete.

Please be happy. SF is a nice place to visit, but no I have no
interest in living there. The one business trip I had in SF
(most were in Silly valley) I only wish my wife could have been
with me (right in the financial district-top of the cable cars).

OTOH, the hookers just a few blocks from the hotel wouldn't have
interested her much.

http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=O_EKM.p_0ToPzW1Wh3lYf4U-&csz=San+Francisco%2C+CA+94131-2921&country=us&resize=s

NO, I don't believe your monotonic rule from south to north.
...though what do I know. I live on the far corner of the US.
;-)

No, not monotonic, but the trend is real. It shows up nicely in women.
In SoCal, there are gorgeous, dressed-to-kill, surgically perfected,
materialistic ***ches galore (like Dallas),

Don't get me started on Dallas! What a moronic city! The people
are superficial (much of my wife's family is in Dallas, BTW).
The women (particularly the young ones) are stupid. Their
fathers even more so, because they buy heir "princesses" hot cars
so they can kill themselves. The kidz drive like the spoiled
brats they are.

Not to mention that Dallas is the *ugliest* city I've ever had
the "pleasure" of visiting. What a dump.

and as you move up the
coast, they get plainer, brainier, less 'beautiful' (in the
made-for-TV sense) but a lot more interesting.

Well, it's not monotonic, nor universal. The thing that
impressed me about SoCal was the number of young women who had
lizard skin.

--
Keith

 

[Keith R. Williams]

In article <3PGnb.19222$Ec1.1699745@bgtnsc05-
news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, macroeng@example.invalid says...

I agree Keith...that the loss of jobs was not funny...I was just joking
about the owl habitat.....did mean to offend....

The loss of jobs is only part of the problem. The loss of life
(human) in favor of animal (the three toed toad, or whatever) is
another issue. The destruction of property and *murder* is a
different kettle...

No, I didn't take you seriously. Owls will survive. They're
amazing creatures and don't need anything more than some place to
roost and some small creatures to eat. Hell, the spotted owls
have been found taking up residence in WallMart signs. ...only
"old-growth" WallMart signs, to be sure. ;-)

ELFs are another story. They're simply terrorists and must be
treated as such. ...shot on sight!

--
Keith

==

"Keith R. Williams" <krw@attglobal.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a08f8684804783998a7fc@enews.newsguy.com...
In article <WFBnb.18667$Ec1.1668615@bgtnsc05-
news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, macroeng@example.invalid says...
Yummm....pickled spotted owl...
There is a funny story about that creature in California...
They were trying to save an old growth forest and claimed it was "the
only
habitat" of the spotted owl....Well they save the forest and sometime
later,
a nest was found...Yup, in a Kmart sign....another in a scoop left
behind
from a backhoe!....

It's not a funny story at all. Million$ were lost by this ruse
by ELF & co. Face it many forests could be saved by proper
logging. Yes, even (and especially) the old-growth forests.

Turn the forests over to the foresters, not the self-proclaimed
eco-nuts.

--
Keith

 

[Keith R. Williams]

In article <Ok_nb.199134$0v4.15500761@bgtnsc04-
news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, macroeng@example.invalid says...

"Keith R. Williams" <krw@attglobal.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a08f8684804783998a7fc@enews.newsguy.com...
In article <WFBnb.18667$Ec1.1668615@bgtnsc05-
news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, macroeng@example.invalid says...
Yummm....pickled spotted owl...
There is a funny story about that creature in California...
They were trying to save an old growth forest and claimed it was "the
only
habitat" of the spotted owl....Well they save the forest and sometime
later,
a nest was found...Yup, in a Kmart sign....another in a scoop left
behind
from a backhoe!....

It's not a funny story at all. Million$ were lost by this ruse
by ELF & co. Face it many forests could be saved by proper
logging. Yes, even (and especially) the old-growth forests.

Turn the forests over to the foresters, not the self-proclaimed
eco-nuts.

--
Keith
I thought I would reply to this once again....I live in the forest too....I
have a large number of tress in the 200 foot class around my home....and you
are correct....let the foresters handle the forest not the "ecos"....they
really don't know how the whole system works...If you never thin out the
forest...it will thin itself out in the form of a huge fire...so hey...my
story about the spotted owl was just me getting a kick out of the "ecos" and
not a hit on all the folks that lost jobs, homes and incomes....

Indeed! I was in an argument with someone today about these
fires. His position was that these "nuts" shouldn't be building
their houses where there was a possibility of fires. He equated
it to building along the flood-planes of the Mississippi or along
the coasts. ...a disaster waiting to happen.

My counter-argument is that we *know* how to manage forests (for
profit, even) and are capable of doing just that. We're *not*
capable of holding back water. We are capable of squeezing it
here to cause more problems there (Whack-a-Mole), but we simply
cannot control water. Forrests are *easy*, by comparison.

--
Keith

 

[Keith R. Williams]

In article <hmGnb.19188$Ec1.1698265@bgtnsc05-
news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, macroeng@example.invalid says...

OK...it sure seems to be a bone of contention with some folks....but

It indeed is annoying. Quote-and-respond is the accepted
protocol. It works. Please try it.

--
Keith

 

[Keith R. Williams]

In article <Dp_nb.199141$0v4.15502275@bgtnsc04-
news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, macroeng@example.invalid says...

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote in
message news:7u8upvki68i5ma3j7qiuvqa16v11avsjm0@4ax.com...
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 22:10:11 GMT, "Ross Mac"
macroeng@example.invalid> wrote:

Now I'm hungry...think I'll go thaw out some of that good Pacific
Salmon!.......


Uh, the top-posting is annoying. I wish you wouldn't do that.

John

I did not mean to reply to this one "on the top"...I suppose that annoys
(probably spelt wrong) the old timers!.....My newsreader puts the cursor on
top and that is the way I have replied to email for about the last 10 years,
old habits are hard to break....

Get a proper newsreader. OE is horrible.

In any event I aim to please, top posting is
over!....take care John, Ross

Thank you!

--
Keith

 

[Keith R. Williams]

In article <o0gupvk8vtlat3k25ojai1duhon5095oht@4ax.com>,
jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com says...

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 22:06:29 -0500, Keith R. Williams
krw@attglobal.net> wrote:

In article <gvotpv8qq9g9g7dl2c2c6kesep4voddqai@4ax.com>,
jjlarkin@highSNIPlandTHIStechPLEASEnology.com says...

49 square miles, over 4000 restaurants.

If you don't believe me, show up and I'll demonstrate.

John, you buying? ;-)


Sure. Bottom-posters only, of course.

What about us "quoters"?

Do you FedEx? You're a little far for lunch. ;-)

--
Keith

 

[Keith R. Williams]

In article <IVWnb.16$Ai7.10@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com>,
LGarth@Tantalus.net says...

"Keith R. Williams" <krw@attglobal.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a09f6d1817fcaf6989ac1@enews.newsguy.com...
In article <yOVnb.518$m57.123@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>,
LGarth@Tantalus.net says...

I found out real quick that -15 degree air is not to be breathed without
a muffler. Man, *that* hurt!

-15 degrees! That's *warm*. Sheesh I don't think it got much above
that here in January/February this year. A couple of hours shoveling
snow at -15 degrees is quite invigorating. ;-)


I did that for my sister there in Maine but only after putting a
muffler around my face. Then the plow came by any filled it
up again!

Mufflers are for sissies! Seriously, when it's *cold* it's
rather nice here. I simply hate it when it's 30ish. It's always
wet and gloomy. When it's cold (<0F) it's usually sunny and dry.
It's the dry cold, ya' know. ;-)

One expects plows to fill one's driveway. I'd just cleaned my
driveway out last year and was about to jump in the shower when I
heard the plow coming through (again). I looked out and the kind
driver went around my driveway and pushed it up on the other
side. Over the years I've found they do that, when possible, to
clean driveways.

OTOH, I just spent $1300 on snow tires for my wife's and son's
cars. Me? I don't need no steenkin' snow tires. I have a 4WD
off-road truck. I can go anywhere, even off the road! ...and if
I'm off-road, I *meant* to be there! That's my story and I
sticking to it! ;-)

--
Keith

 

[Lord Garth]

"Dbowey" <dbowey@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20031029193809.23834.00000309@mb-m21.aol.com...

LGarth posted:
I grewup on the South coast....

I"m having a great time, I'm house sitting / cat care taking and I'm
on my buds broadband connection. I just watch Nova and had a
sandwich for dinner. I need a monitor to repair a computer here
so it seems I will have to go home and get a 15" as I don't fancy
moving my buds 21" hernia kit.

As the saying goes, it's a rough life but somebody has to do it.

Was that the Nova about the String Theory? Interesting, but needs a few
beers
to wash it down.

Don

Yes, that was the one, well two as it was 2 parts this week and at least
another next Tuesday. I washed it down with a 7-UP as I don't like beer.
Hops and my taste buds don't get along.

 

[Lord Garth]

"Ross Mac" <macroeng@example.invalid> wrote in message
news:LXZnb.199092$0v4.15498814@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...

"Lord Garth" <LGarth@Tantalus.net> wrote in message
news:IVWnb.16$Ai7.10@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com...

"Keith R. Williams" <krw@attglobal.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a09f6d1817fcaf6989ac1@enews.newsguy.com...
In article <yOVnb.518$m57.123@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>,
LGarth@Tantalus.net says...

I found out real quick that -15 degree air is not to be breathed
without
a muffler. Man, *that* hurt!

-15 degrees! That's *warm*. Sheesh I don't think it got much above
that here in January/February this year. A couple of hours shoveling
snow at -15 degrees is quite invigorating. ;-)


I did that for my sister there in Maine but only after putting a
muffler around my face. Then the plow came by any filled it
up again!

Wasn't that a Bill Murray movie????

I don't know, was it perhaps 'Groundhog Day' ?

 

[John Larkin]

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 22:50:17 -0500, Keith R. Williams
<krw@attglobal.net> wrote:

Please be happy. SF is a nice place to visit, but no I have no
interest in living there. The one business trip I had in SF
(most were in Silly valley) I only wish my wife could have been
with me (right in the financial district-top of the cable cars).

Downtown is the worst part of the city. We rarely go there. The
western end - GG park, the Great Highway, Land's End, the Presidio are
quiet and beautiful. I carry baggies in my back pocket during late
summer so I can pick blackberries when I see them. If all this place
was just downtown and Fisherman's Wharf, I'd be far away.

John

 

[Lord Garth]

"Keith R. Williams" <krw@attglobal.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a0a53fe7be38b8998a807@enews.newsguy.com...

In article <IVWnb.16$Ai7.10@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com>,
LGarth@Tantalus.net says...

"Keith R. Williams" <krw@attglobal.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a09f6d1817fcaf6989ac1@enews.newsguy.com...
In article <yOVnb.518$m57.123@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>,
LGarth@Tantalus.net says...

I found out real quick that -15 degree air is not to be breathed
without
a muffler. Man, *that* hurt!

-15 degrees! That's *warm*. Sheesh I don't think it got much above
that here in January/February this year. A couple of hours shoveling
snow at -15 degrees is quite invigorating. ;-)


I did that for my sister there in Maine but only after putting a
muffler around my face. Then the plow came by any filled it
up again!

Mufflers are for sissies! Seriously, when it's *cold* it's
rather nice here. I simply hate it when it's 30ish. It's always
wet and gloomy. When it's cold (<0F) it's usually sunny and dry.
It's the dry cold, ya' know. ;-)

One expects plows to fill one's driveway. I'd just cleaned my
driveway out last year and was about to jump in the shower when I
heard the plow coming through (again). I looked out and the kind
driver went around my driveway and pushed it up on the other
side. Over the years I've found they do that, when possible, to
clean driveways.

OTOH, I just spent $1300 on snow tires for my wife's and son's
cars. Me? I don't need no steenkin' snow tires. I have a 4WD
off-road truck. I can go anywhere, even off the road! ...and if
I'm off-road, I *meant* to be there! That's my story and I
sticking to it! ;-)

All I can tell you is that my nose moisture froze on one inhale and

the ice crystals made my nose bleed lightly. The muffler fixed that
quite well. Recall that it rarely freezes more than 5 days a year here
so I am unacclimated. Similarly, mountain folks feel envigorated
by the higher O2 at 300 feet here until the heat keels 'em over.

 

[Dbowey]

John posted, in part:

Downtown is the worst part of the city. We rarely go there. The
western end - GG park, the Great Highway, Land's End, the Presidio are
quiet and beautiful.

I enjoyed the same areas you did, but I also had a great time in downtown SF,
where I worked (74 New Montgomery). It was the late 60's - bra burning in a
barrel and prancing about topless was a daily thing for the girls, there were
wackos spouting their thoughts at Standard Plaza and street corners, Black
Panthers were strutting their stuff some days and looked sharp, but always
pissed off, the Berkley Barb was a good read. I enjoyed wandering around "the
Haight." A great man, S.I. Haiakawa was President of S.F State. And great
food was everywhere to be enjoyed.

And, as I quickly learned after being an idiot just once, when a young lady
asks " do you have the time?" she ain't asking where the clocks hands are
pointing.

Every city has its ugly areas, but few citys are as interesting as S.F.

Don

 

[John Larkin]

On 30 Oct 2003 16:47:26 GMT, dbowey@aol.com (Dbowey) wrote:

And, as I quickly learned after being an idiot just once, when a young lady
asks " do you have the time?" she ain't asking where the clocks hands are
pointing.

She must have been a horologist.

John

 

[Baphomet]

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote in
message news:kkh2qvojevvlovg58m4e3p2vb5ip1unttc@4ax.com...

On 30 Oct 2003 16:47:26 GMT, dbowey@aol.com (Dbowey) wrote:



And, as I quickly learned after being an idiot just once, when a young
lady
asks " do you have the time?" she ain't asking where the clocks hands are
pointing.


She must have been a horologist.

John

And what makes you so sure that "she" was a she?

 

[John Larkin]

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 12:23:21 -0800, "Baphomet"
<fandaDEATH2SPAMMERS@catskill.net> wrote:

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote in
message news:kkh2qvojevvlovg58m4e3p2vb5ip1unttc@4ax.com...
On 30 Oct 2003 16:47:26 GMT, dbowey@aol.com (Dbowey) wrote:



And, as I quickly learned after being an idiot just once, when a young
lady
asks " do you have the time?" she ain't asking where the clocks hands are
pointing.


She must have been a horologist.

John

And what makes you so sure that "she" was a she?

I never understood the appeal of prostitution. I mean, how can you be
sure she actually loves you?

John