On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:26:43 -0700 (PDT), the infamous
scrawled the following:

On Oct 10, 11:30 pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote:
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We're all running around like beheaded chickens and screaming for our
mommas. d8-)

Nah, your not. Your venting in newsgroups, like the rest of us. Liked some of your stuff in a previous topic, about your idea of the government being for the best interests of the country. Nice one. The Romans were pretty good at it, for several thousand years.


Andrew VK3BFA.

You, too, Andrew. You may want to re-read _On the Beach_. There are lots of
tips for Australians in there. I'm re-reading _Only Yesterday_, and trying
to judge if I can grow enough rutabagas in my backyard to survive. Maybe I
can raise some rabbits...

--
Ed Huntress

Mm, yes well - you covered a few things there Ed, and as I know your a
Smart ******* as we say here, not sure if your taking the **** or
what. (Translate that sentence if you can)

Smart-aleky bastid?


Whats a rutabaga? - is it edible - is it similar to Brussel Sprouts
(which are not)

Brussels sprouts are entirely edible if one cooks them properly and
adds real butter, salt, and pepper to them. Properly = THOROUGHLY.
Otherwise, they're hard as rocks and tasteless as hell.


Rabbits - speak to Don Forman about this, he hunts them in neighbours
backyards, manages to shoot them with Deadly Accuracy before they can
tear him to pieces..

I hear he uses HHGs on those deadly beasties. Works every time--if you
follow the proper ritual for it.
--snip--
And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out
the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three, no more, no less.
Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the
counting shalt be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either
count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is
right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be
reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards
thou foe, who being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.'
--snip--


On the Beach - a good read, by a British author, about how the Yanks
and the Russians screwed the world. Actually, all of Neville Shutes
books are pretty good - "Trustee from the Toolroom" has some nice
engineering passages in it. And its a Good Read. Its getting really
hard to find a good Trashy Novel - the sort you read for relaxation
and entertainment. I seem to be reading more and more metal related
books these days.

Neville Shute is a good read, alright. My favorite was his
machinist/spy novel, _Trustee From The Toolroom_.


Theres never been a shortage of apocryphal novels - what ****es me off
is when they run to several volumes, you get sucked right in, and
then........the library doesn't have the last/latest one. (See Trashy
Novel above - very rarely are they good enough to actually buy(instead
of books on Metalworking))

That's when you end up on eBay, to find the first or last of a series.


How come economics has its own language? - is it to hoodwink and flim-
flam us peasants, my budget is what I have left in me wallet after I
pay the bills. Don't have any debt, dont have a credit card (but do
have a debit card). This probably means I am weird. So be it. And I
know I am out of touch with Contemporary Economics, the stock market
seems to be run by people who base their decisions on reading Chicken
Entrails each morning.

Economics is finding some way to put commas into your bank account
balances. Voodoo and black magic seem to be 2 ways of doing that.


Someone once said "If you cant write a business proposal on one side
of a sheet of A4 paper, your probably bull****ting"

s/b "you're", and that's quite likely true.


The Emperor Has No Clothes - how come its taken so long to see this?

Politicians continue to wave money at the masses and it still catches
their eyes long enough for the vote.


Vegemite - an acquired taste, like American bourbon. But doesn't leave
you feeling crook in the guts next morning.

Vegemite, that's an Aussie's vegetarian version of SPAM, isn't it?


Who knows where all this economic stuff is going Ed - I dont. But as
the old Chinese curse says
"May you live in interesting times"

We got da curse.

Cheers!

--
"Given the low level of competence among politicians,
every American should become a Libertarian."
-- Charley Reese, Alameda Times-Star (California), June 17, 2003