Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off?...

[Peeler]

On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 20:45:59 +0100, cretinous Carlos E.R., another brain
dead troll-feeding senile ASSHOLE, blathered:

He was lucky. Here the last one I heard, died. Or the other person in
the other front seat.

MORE of your useless senile shit, you useless troll-feeding senile cretinous
spick?

 

[Peeler]

On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 20:47:42 +0100, cretinous Carlos E.R., another brain
dead troll-feeding senile ASSHOLE, blathered:


> Different country, different language

Two trolling retards, both with exactly the same shit for brains!

 

[rbowman]

On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:15:30 -0700, John Larkin wrote:

They were primitive, barbaric, dangerous, leaky, unreliable, and great
fun.

I had a \'82 AH Sprite, essentially the same as a Midget. The gas gauge
didn\'t work and one evening I ran out about three blocks from home. It was
level ground so I could easily walk beside it. The plan was going good
until I came to an intersection with a cop directing traffic. \"Do you
always take your car for a walk?\"

I think it had a top speed of 80 mph on a good day. The \'62 had a slightly
larger engine than the Bugeye but the same inadequate brakes which made
life interesting. To put the top up, you got a frame, the side curtains,
and the canvas out of the trunk, erected the frame, put the canvas over
it, snapped it down around the perimeter, put the side curtains in place,
and tightened the thumbscrews.

That was the theory. In sudden rain storms you motored on and got soaked
because you were going to anyway.

I bought a tonneau cover where you had to install the snaps to fit. I did
the job on a hot summer day and you could bounce a quarter off it. Come
fall and colder weather I could just about push the car down the driveway
trying to get it zipped and snapped.

My brother in law asked how the thing handled in a sarcastic tone. I did a
bootlegger turn. \'Oh\' he said, very quietly.

 

[rbowman]

On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:40:04 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> Mine were pretty reliable, But then I spent most saturdays fixing them.

That was part of the fun. Work on them Saturday afternoon and go to the
dirt track races Saturday night.

 

[rbowman]

On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 02:15:04 -0000, Commander Kinsey wrote:

Long time before I worked out what Chartreuse was, though.

Sounds like a French delicacy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartreuse_(liqueur)

My father always told me not to drink anything that looks like swamp water
or turns cloudy when you add water. I did try ouzo back in the day and
survived.

 

[rbowman]

On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 02:14:09 -0000, Commander Kinsey wrote:

My Chemistry teacher once came in 10 minutes late in a fluster. His
excuse was his wife (my cooking teacher) was \"putting on her makeup with
a shovel\". She looked like Al Bundy\'s wife in Married With Children,
but way more makeup.

I recently bought an airbrush. The instruction manual has a few phrases
like \'remove all makeup buildup around the nozzle\'. Rather scary to
contemplate.

 

[alan_m]

On 22/03/2023 17:15, John Larkin wrote:

They were primitive, barbaric, dangerous, leaky, unreliable, and great
fun.

Fun until you get older and just want the comfort



--
mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

 

[Peeler]

On 23 Mar 2023 03:23:46 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:


> That was part of the fun.

Come on, the ONLY fun you ever had was hearing yourself talking, you
abnormal pathological bigmouth! LOL

BTW, I see that you are getting your hopes high again that you might
eventually win this game. LOL KEEP hoping, my favourite punching bag! LMAO

--
Another one of the resident senile bigmouth\'s idiotic \"cool\" lines:
\"If you\'re an ax murderer don\'t leave souvenir photos on your phone.\"
\"MID: <k7ssc7F8mt9U3@mid.individual.net>\"

 

[Peeler]

On 23 Mar 2023 03:20:59 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:

I had a \'82 AH Sprite, essentially the same as a Midget. The gas gauge
didn\'t work

THRILLING, THRILLING, THRILLING ...as just about everything about you, you
pathological drama queen! LMAO

--
More of the pathological senile gossip\'s sick shit squeezed out of his sick
head:
\"Skunk probably tastes like chicken. I\'ve never gotten that comparison,
most famously with Chicken of the Sea. Tuna is a fish and tastes like a
fish. I will admit I\'ve had chicken that tasted like fish. I don\'t think I
want to know what they were feeding it.\"
MID: <k44t5lFl1k3U4@mid.individual.net>

 

[Peeler]

On 23 Mar 2023 04:53:03 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:


> I recently bought an airbrush.

THRILLING, THRILLING! People just can\'t get enough to learn ever more
details about your interesting personality. Innit, my punching bag? LOL

--
Another one of the resident senile bigmouth\'s idiotic, so very \"cool\" lines:
\"If you\'re an ax murderer don\'t leave souvenir photos on your phone.\"
\"MID: <k7ssc7F8mt9U3@mid.individual.net>\"

 

[Peeler]

On 3 Apr 2023 02:02:05 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:

I don\'t have much experience with stylists either. I\'m a partial Sikh; I
don\'t cut my hair or beard and I always carry a knife.

NO Sikh is a gossiping asshole like you, you self-admiring self-important
senile gay shithead! <BG>

--
Yet more of the so very interesting senile blather by lowbrowwoman:
\"My family loaded me into a \'51 Chevy and drove from NY to Seattle and
back in \'52. I\'m alive. The Chevy had a painted steel dashboard with two
little hand prints worn down to the primer because I liked to stand up
and lean on it to see where we were going.\"
MID: <j2kuc1F3ejsU1@mid.individual.net>

 

[Vir Campestris]

On 02/04/2023 20:34, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Frankly, crap in one ear was mad enough. Stereo crap was unusable

And channel space in MW bands is very limited

Google Shannon.

Shannon is a river in Ireland. And a city. And an airport.

Try \"Shannon\'s Law\" (no quotes needed). Google can be dumb!

Andy

 

[Vir Campestris]

On 02/04/2023 07:06, John Larkin wrote:

On 1 Apr 2023 18:23:26 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Sat, 01 Apr 2023 07:12:12 -0700, John Larkin wrote:

My kid\'s middle name is Noe. We named her for three San Francisco
streets.

How many syllables does that have? I\'m never sure about Zoe.

Two. Know-ee.

I think of Zoe with an umlaut on the E.

Zoë

might come over in your newsreader...

It\'s funny, I\'ve been to San Francisco lots of times for work. People
say it\'s their favo(u)rite city. I\'ve obviously never found the nice bit.

Andy

 

[The Natural Philosopher]

On 02/04/2023 23:49, SteveW wrote:

On 02/04/2023 15:00, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 2 Apr 2023 11:06:19 +0100, Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com
wrote:

On 01/04/2023 18:51, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:19:36 -0000, Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com
wrote:
On 22/03/2023 02:16, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Thu, 09 Mar 2023 16:51:43 -0000, John Larkin
jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:

The old Victorians and deco and moderne houses are quirky and
wonderful.

Best thing for inside and outside are half logs.

I expect most modern log cabins cheat that way, with insulation
between.

What\'s cheating about it?  There\'s no point in the half you can\'t see.

*Real* log cabins just have logs with some kind of caulking to keep out
the draughts. Building a small house and just sticking half logs inside
and out is just pretending to go back to nature.

I wonder how people survived in Nebraska in 1800, with no waterproof
parkas, no moon boots, uninsulated log cabins, no phone or internet,
no penicillin, no Safeway down the street.

Many died and many had good fires or stoves running 24 hours a day.

I saw a harrowing documentary about I think a wagon train that got
trapped by bad weather in a mountain pass and had to overwinter there. I
think as many died as survived

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party

Naturally it was a bright eyed bushy tailed progressive self styled
\'expert\' that decided to take a \'short cut\' trapping the whole party in
the Sierra Nevadas over winter.

Of the 87 people who entered the Wasatch Mountains, 48 survived.
That\'s progressive thinking for you.

But remember ffolks, its not cold that kills, its less than 1,5°C
warming that threatens the entire planet.

--
“I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the
greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most
obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of
conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which
they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by
thread, into the fabric of their lives.”

― Leo Tolstoy

 

[The Natural Philosopher]

On 03/04/2023 11:43, Vir Campestris wrote:

On 02/04/2023 20:34, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Frankly, crap in one ear was mad enough. Stereo crap was unusable

And channel space in MW bands is very limited

Google Shannon.

Shannon is a river in Ireland. And a city. And an airport.
And an engineer.

Try \"Shannon\'s Law\" (no quotes needed). Google can be dumb!

Andy

--
Of what good are dead warriors? … Warriors are those who desire battle
more than peace. Those who seek battle despite peace. Those who thump
their spears on the ground and talk of honor. Those who leap high the
battle dance and dream of glory … The good of dead warriors, Mother, is
that they are dead.
Sheri S Tepper: The Awakeners.

 

[The Natural Philosopher]

On 03/04/2023 11:46, Vir Campestris wrote:

On 02/04/2023 07:06, John Larkin wrote:
On 1 Apr 2023 18:23:26 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Sat, 01 Apr 2023 07:12:12 -0700, John Larkin wrote:

My kid\'s middle name is Noe. We named her for three San Francisco
streets.

How many syllables does that have? I\'m never sure about Zoe.

Two. Know-ee.

I think of Zoe with an umlaut on the E.

Zoë

might come over in your newsreader...

It\'s funny, I\'ve been to San Francisco lots of times for work. People
say it\'s their favo(u)rite city. I\'ve obviously never found the nice bit.

Andy

I went there a few times, it was the be-muscled hipsters with come
hither looks flaunting themselves in doorways that put me off.

I didnt feel safe. Same as Brighton.


--
Of what good are dead warriors? … Warriors are those who desire battle
more than peace. Those who seek battle despite peace. Those who thump
their spears on the ground and talk of honor. Those who leap high the
battle dance and dream of glory … The good of dead warriors, Mother, is
that they are dead.
Sheri S Tepper: The Awakeners.

 

[John Larkin]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2023 11:46:09 +0100, Vir Campestris
<vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 02/04/2023 07:06, John Larkin wrote:
On 1 Apr 2023 18:23:26 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Sat, 01 Apr 2023 07:12:12 -0700, John Larkin wrote:

My kid\'s middle name is Noe. We named her for three San Francisco
streets.

How many syllables does that have? I\'m never sure about Zoe.

Two. Know-ee.

I think of Zoe with an umlaut on the E.

Zoë

might come over in your newsreader...

It\'s funny, I\'ve been to San Francisco lots of times for work. People
say it\'s their favo(u)rite city. I\'ve obviously never found the nice bit.

Andy

Stay away from downtown, Fishermans Wharf, Chinatown, all that dense
tourist stuff. There are beautiful quirky neighborhoods, hills and
cliffs, beaches, old forts, stairways, lanes, patches of wilderness,
creeks, and one actual canyon with owls and coyotes. And some awesome
hikes and views.

We recently discovered a dam, which we\'d hiked past and missed for 30
years. I don\'t think any of our neighbors knew about it. Now they do.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wfj6pi0w99iopvi/Glen_Canyon_Dam.jpg?raw=1

Next time you\'re here, I can show you some cool stuff.

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Monday, April 3, 2023 at 10:48:09 PM UTC+10, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 03/04/2023 11:46, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 02/04/2023 07:06, John Larkin wrote:
On 1 Apr 2023 18:23:26 GMT, rbowman <bow...@montana.com> wrote:
On Sat, 01 Apr 2023 07:12:12 -0700, John Larkin wrote:

It\'s funny, I\'ve been to San Francisco lots of times for work. People
say it\'s their favo(u)rite city. I\'ve obviously never found the nice bit.

I went there a few times, it was the be-muscled hipsters with come
hither looks flaunting themselves in doorways that put me off.

I didn\'t feel safe. Same as Brighton.

Not something I noticed when I visited San Francisco. Maybe you have to be looking out for them.

But then I lived in Brighton UK for three years - from 1979 to 1982 - and felt perfectly safe there.

Somebody who thinks that Sheri S. Tepper\'s science fiction is worth quoting has to be pretty odd.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

[John Larkin]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2023 13:48:01 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
<tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 03/04/2023 11:46, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 02/04/2023 07:06, John Larkin wrote:
On 1 Apr 2023 18:23:26 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Sat, 01 Apr 2023 07:12:12 -0700, John Larkin wrote:

My kid\'s middle name is Noe. We named her for three San Francisco
streets.

How many syllables does that have? I\'m never sure about Zoe.

Two. Know-ee.

I think of Zoe with an umlaut on the E.

Zoë

might come over in your newsreader...

It\'s funny, I\'ve been to San Francisco lots of times for work. People
say it\'s their favo(u)rite city. I\'ve obviously never found the nice bit.

Andy
I went there a few times, it was the be-muscled hipsters with come
hither looks flaunting themselves in doorways that put me off.

I didnt feel safe. Same as Brighton.

I lived in the Castro, the gay mecca, for a couple of years. It was
fun and perfectly safe. We had an epic meal last night in the Castro,
at the Anchor Seafood restaurant. If they ever cook anything that\'s
not magical, we haven\'t found it.

At the Folsom Street Fair, the heavy s+m event, I accidentally bumped
into a giant bear-guy, huge and hairy and covered with leather straps
and not much else. He spun around and said \"Ok, ex-cuuuse me!\" in a
tiny squeaky voice. The boys are nice.

I met my wife in a gay bar here.

I seriously researched the USA for over six months, to restart my
life, and picked SF. People said \"but it\'s full of gay guys\" to which
the proper response is \"and smart beautiful single women.\"

AIDS and now the work-from-home thing has changed the demographics;
more crazy-dual-income breeders and dogs and kids. People meet at
google or apple, get married, and move here. Work from home makes it
easier to make and care for babies.

(New observation: are gay guys less inclined to have dogs?)

It\'s not a great place to hire engineers. Too many coders and MBAs.

 

[John Larkin]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2023 13:44:24 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
<tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 02/04/2023 23:49, SteveW wrote:
On 02/04/2023 15:00, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 2 Apr 2023 11:06:19 +0100, Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com
wrote:

On 01/04/2023 18:51, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:19:36 -0000, Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com
wrote:
On 22/03/2023 02:16, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Thu, 09 Mar 2023 16:51:43 -0000, John Larkin
jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:

The old Victorians and deco and moderne houses are quirky and
wonderful.

Best thing for inside and outside are half logs.

I expect most modern log cabins cheat that way, with insulation
between.

What\'s cheating about it?  There\'s no point in the half you can\'t see.

*Real* log cabins just have logs with some kind of caulking to keep out
the draughts. Building a small house and just sticking half logs inside
and out is just pretending to go back to nature.

I wonder how people survived in Nebraska in 1800, with no waterproof
parkas, no moon boots, uninsulated log cabins, no phone or internet,
no penicillin, no Safeway down the street.

Many died and many had good fires or stoves running 24 hours a day.

I saw a harrowing documentary about I think a wagon train that got
trapped by bad weather in a mountain pass and had to overwinter there. I
think as many died as survived

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party

Naturally it was a bright eyed bushy tailed progressive self styled
\'expert\' that decided to take a \'short cut\' trapping the whole party in
the Sierra Nevadas over winter.

Of the 87 people who entered the Wasatch Mountains, 48 survived.
That\'s progressive thinking for you.

But remember ffolks, its not cold that kills, its less than 1,5°C
warming that threatens the entire planet.

If you ever drive out I80, there is a museum and monument about the
Donner Party, in a tiny state park on Donner Lake.

The monument is huge, and there\'s a sign \"The snow was this high that
year.\"