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Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-(
Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they got wet :-( ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:49:52 -0800, John Larkin
wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:47:32 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-( Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they got wet :-( ...Jim Thompson Apply for Federal aid! John Must be climate change ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:47:32 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote: Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-( Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they got wet :-( ...Jim Thompson Apply for Federal aid! John |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-( Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they got wet :-( ...Jim Thompson Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com Posting from Google? See http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google/ "Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" came out in April. See details at http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html |
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:10:12 -0700, Tim Wescott
wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-( Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they got wet :-( ...Jim Thompson Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff. I love 110°F !! Makes the snow birds fly away ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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and served by Fedex?
Take your pick! |
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Tim Wescott wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote: Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-( Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they got wet :-( ...Jim Thompson Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff. But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder every year. 2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty 2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it 2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-( 2007: Will order at least 5 cords Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex? -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com |
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:34:48 -0800, Joerg
wrote: SparkyGuy wrote: and served by Fedex? Take your pick! Yeah, I know. Freight services go everywhere. But I'd like that to be more than the monthly DC-3 lumbering in from El Norte. My first commercial flights were in DC-3's... nice planes. Good feeling of comfort... you could see the ground most of the time ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg wrote:
Tim Wescott wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-( Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they got wet :-( Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff. But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder every year. 2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty 2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it 2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-( 2007: Will order at least 5 cords Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex? I hear the Caymans are nice, with no income tax and no extradition. ;-) Cheers! RIch |
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg
wrote: Tim Wescott wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-( Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they got wet :-( ...Jim Thompson Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff. But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder every year. 2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty 2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it 2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-( 2007: Will order at least 5 cords Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex? Primary Cause of Global Warming found... The DHMO Institute Houston, Texas http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/dhmo.html ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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SparkyGuy wrote:
and served by Fedex? Take your pick! Yeah, I know. Freight services go everywhere. But I'd like that to be more than the monthly DC-3 lumbering in from El Norte. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com |
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Joerg wrote:
Tim Wescott wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-( Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they got wet :-( ...Jim Thompson Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff. But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder every year. 2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty 2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it 2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-( 2007: Will order at least 5 cords Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex? I saw that movie. Starring Tom Hanks, right? -- Paul Hovnanian ------------------------------------------------------------------ Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" while looking for a rock. |
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Joerg wrote:
Rich Grise wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg wrote: Tim Wescott wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-( Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they got wet :-( Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff. But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder every year. 2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty 2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it 2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-( 2007: Will order at least 5 cords Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex? I hear the Caymans are nice, with no income tax and no extradition. ;-) But I bet real estate is unaffordable for anyone below the Rockefellers. That's because all the friends of the current administration are moving there before '08, driving up property prices. Those that aren't moving to Dubai, that is. -- Paul Hovnanian ------------------------------------------------------------------ If Bill gates had a dime for every windows machine that crashed... Wait a minute, he does! |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:34:48 -0800, Joerg wrote: SparkyGuy wrote: and served by Fedex? Take your pick! Yeah, I know. Freight services go everywhere. But I'd like that to be more than the monthly DC-3 lumbering in from El Norte. My first commercial flights were in DC-3's... nice planes. Good feeling of comfort... you could see the ground most of the time ;-) Oh, nothing against the DC-3. It's a mighty fine airplane. My first commercial flight was a long-haul. Across the ocean in a DC-8. Capitol Airways. Here it is: http://www.airplane-pictures.net/image2124.html http://www.airplane-pictures.net/image2124.html The best flight of all was in a Boeing Stearman. Open cockpit, leather cap, goggles and my T-shirt was slowly being decorated with oil splatters. Initially the pilot asked me whether I'd be squirmish about aerobatics. "Nope". "Great. Lets go south of Hwy 50 then where there are no houses, in case we screw up". Luckily my wife did not overhear that. Best of all, the pilot let me have the plane for a while, just before turning final on landing. It was actually this one: http://images.thewavemag.com/images/...4000/13410.jpg -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com |
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Rich Grise wrote:
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg wrote: Tim Wescott wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-( Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they got wet :-( Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff. But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder every year. 2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty 2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it 2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-( 2007: Will order at least 5 cords Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex? I hear the Caymans are nice, with no income tax and no extradition. ;-) But I bet real estate is unaffordable for anyone below the Rockefellers. I am honest with taxes so that doesn't bother me. However, the tort laws should not be so out of control and none of these regulatory hurdles for business. IOW the least amount of bureaucrats. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com |
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Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:
Joerg wrote: Tim Wescott wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-( Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they got wet :-( ...Jim Thompson Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff. But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder every year. 2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty 2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it 2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-( 2007: Will order at least 5 cords Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex? I saw that movie. Starring Tom Hanks, right? Yes, very good movie. Of course I didn't mean that island :-) -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com |
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Joerg wrote:
Rich Grise wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg wrote: Tim Wescott wrote: -- snip -- But I bet real estate is unaffordable for anyone below the Rockefellers. I am honest with taxes so that doesn't bother me. However, the tort laws should not be so out of control and none of these regulatory hurdles for business. IOW the least amount of bureaucrats. My understanding is that it's not so much the tort laws as the juries, and the cultural forces that bring them to their own peculiar mind set. As long as we have a constitutional "right of redress" it'll be hard to overcome that sort of thing with legislation -- not to say that it'll be easy to get entire regions full of people to admit that dumping hot coffee on your crotch is a stupid thing to do, no matter who poured the cup... As far as regulatory hurdles -- well, yes. But I bet you don't want a copper mine to get established right upstream from you that's free to dump arsenic in the stream water and the air you breath, either. California does seem to have an extra special way of adding regulatory hurdles, but I shouldn't talk given that Oregon isn't all that far behind. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com Posting from Google? See http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google/ "Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" came out in April. See details at http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html |
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:52:30 -0700, Tim Wescott
wrote: Joerg wrote: Rich Grise wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg wrote: Tim Wescott wrote: -- snip -- But I bet real estate is unaffordable for anyone below the Rockefellers. I am honest with taxes so that doesn't bother me. However, the tort laws should not be so out of control and none of these regulatory hurdles for business. IOW the least amount of bureaucrats. My understanding is that it's not so much the tort laws as the juries, and the cultural forces that bring them to their own peculiar mind set. As long as we have a constitutional "right of redress" it'll be hard to overcome that sort of thing with legislation -- not to say that it'll be easy to get entire regions full of people to admit that dumping hot coffee on your crotch is a stupid thing to do, no matter who poured the cup... As far as regulatory hurdles -- well, yes. But I bet you don't want a copper mine to get established right upstream from you that's free to dump arsenic in the stream water and the air you breath, either. California does seem to have an extra special way of adding regulatory hurdles, but I shouldn't talk given that Oregon isn't all that far behind. And don't move to Arizona either, government is overpowering here :-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:11:25 -0800, Joerg
wrote: Rich Grise wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg wrote: Tim Wescott wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-( Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they got wet :-( Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff. But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder every year. 2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty 2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it 2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-( 2007: Will order at least 5 cords Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex? I hear the Caymans are nice, with no income tax and no extradition. ;-) But I bet real estate is unaffordable for anyone below the Rockefellers. I am honest with taxes so that doesn't bother me. However, the tort laws should not be so out of control and none of these regulatory hurdles for business. IOW the least amount of bureaucrats. Bumper sticker: QUESTION AUTHORITY Better bumper sticker: IGNORE AUTHORITY John |
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:40:33 -0700, John Larkin
wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:11:25 -0800, Joerg wrote: [snip] But I bet real estate is unaffordable for anyone below the Rockefellers. I am honest with taxes so that doesn't bother me. However, the tort laws should not be so out of control and none of these regulatory hurdles for business. IOW the least amount of bureaucrats. Bumper sticker: QUESTION AUTHORITY Better bumper sticker: IGNORE AUTHORITY John Oldest son, while in elementary school, chastised by teacher regarding respecting authority, replied, "My parents taught me to question authority" ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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John Larkin wrote:
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:11:25 -0800, Joerg wrote: Rich Grise wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg wrote: Tim Wescott wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-( Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they got wet :-( Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff. But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder every year. 2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty 2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it 2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-( 2007: Will order at least 5 cords Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex? I hear the Caymans are nice, with no income tax and no extradition. ;-) But I bet real estate is unaffordable for anyone below the Rockefellers. I am honest with taxes so that doesn't bother me. However, the tort laws should not be so out of control and none of these regulatory hurdles for business. IOW the least amount of bureaucrats. Bumper sticker: QUESTION AUTHORITY Better bumper sticker: IGNORE AUTHORITY Even better bumper sticker: BE THE AUTHORITY :-) -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com |
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:40:33 -0700, John Larkin
wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:11:25 -0800, Joerg wrote: Rich Grise wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg wrote: Tim Wescott wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-( Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they got wet :-( Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff. But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder every year. 2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty 2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it 2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-( 2007: Will order at least 5 cords Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex? I hear the Caymans are nice, with no income tax and no extradition. ;-) But I bet real estate is unaffordable for anyone below the Rockefellers. I am honest with taxes so that doesn't bother me. However, the tort laws should not be so out of control and none of these regulatory hurdles for business. IOW the least amount of bureaucrats. Bumper sticker: QUESTION AUTHORITY Better bumper sticker: IGNORE AUTHORITY --- Not true. "QUESTION MC²" is better than "IGNORE MC²" -- JF |
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:45:18 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote: Oldest son, while in elementary school, chastised by teacher regarding respecting authority, replied, "My parents taught me to question authority" ;-) --- Like they say in Oz, "Good on you." :-) -- JF |
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Tim Wescott wrote:
Joerg wrote: Rich Grise wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg wrote: Tim Wescott wrote: -- snip -- But I bet real estate is unaffordable for anyone below the Rockefellers. I am honest with taxes so that doesn't bother me. However, the tort laws should not be so out of control and none of these regulatory hurdles for business. IOW the least amount of bureaucrats. My understanding is that it's not so much the tort laws as the juries, and the cultural forces that bring them to their own peculiar mind set. As long as we have a constitutional "right of redress" it'll be hard to overcome that sort of thing with legislation -- not to say that it'll be easy to get entire regions full of people to admit that dumping hot coffee on your crotch is a stupid thing to do, no matter who poured the cup... But there should be a legal limit as to how much of the loot the lawyers get to keep. Also, the part that seems to be missing but places a huge damper on the more frivolous kind of suits in places like Germany: If someone files an iffy lawsuit and loses he or she is obligated to pay any and all expenses of the other party. Including travel expenses and work time (and that can really add up). Sure, there still are folks who try that kind of stuff over there. Once. As far as regulatory hurdles -- well, yes. But I bet you don't want a copper mine to get established right upstream from you that's free to dump arsenic in the stream water and the air you breath, either. Sure there needs to be common sense and punishment for gross endangerment and negligence. I have quite exhaustive liability waivers in my consulting agreements without which I won't take a client. However, that does not protect against gross and blatantly obvious negligence. And it shouldn't. California does seem to have an extra special way of adding regulatory hurdles, but I shouldn't talk given that Oregon isn't all that far behind. They throw real rocks into the machinery at times. When I ran a division of our company we had 10-hour shifts because some people like that. Especially Asians. They somehow have a greater sense of family responsibilities than many others so they try their utmost not to put grandma into a nursing home. If they can rotate 4-day weeks so that one is always home that works and we tried to accommodate this. Then, out of the blue, body politicus changed the rules where anything above 8 hours a day required 1.5x overtime pay. You could only go to 10 hours if all emloyees wanted that but we couldn't possibly do that to, for example, single moms. Kablouie. We were forced to go back to 8-hour shifts. I had people in my office crying. When our roofer told me that he had to lay off 100% of his staff because workers comp rates would otherwise put him out of biz it made me sad. He did our metal roof all alone. Took four weeks. His back will definitely be shot before he cane ever retire. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com |
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:56:40 -0500, John Fields
wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:45:18 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: Oldest son, while in elementary school, chastised by teacher regarding respecting authority, replied, "My parents taught me to question authority" ;-) --- Like they say in Oz, "Good on you." :-) This is the very same son whose kindergarten teacher said he's either going to be a very successful businessman or a big-time crook ;-) He writes software. I don't which category that puts him in ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:23:57 +0000, Joerg wrote:
Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote: Joerg wrote: Tim Wescott wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-( Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they got wet :-( Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff. But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder every year. 2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty 2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it 2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-( 2007: Will order at least 5 cords Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex? I saw that movie. Starring Tom Hanks, right? Yes, very good movie. Of course I didn't mean that island :-) I was kind of surprised that he didn't build a radio out of coconut shells. ;-P Cheers! Rich |
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Joerg wrote:
John Larkin wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:11:25 -0800, Joerg wrote: Rich Grise wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg wrote: Tim Wescott wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-( Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they got wet :-( Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff. But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder every year. 2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty 2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it 2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-( 2007: Will order at least 5 cords Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex? I hear the Caymans are nice, with no income tax and no extradition. ;-) But I bet real estate is unaffordable for anyone below the Rockefellers. I am honest with taxes so that doesn't bother me. However, the tort laws should not be so out of control and none of these regulatory hurdles for business. IOW the least amount of bureaucrats. Bumper sticker: QUESTION AUTHORITY Better bumper sticker: IGNORE AUTHORITY Even better bumper sticker: BE THE AUTHORITY :-) From a small sign that I had on the left rear of my stepvan, and in a small font: "If you can read this, Pray" If you were close enough to read it, you only had a second or so till you slammed into the back of the truck. The sign on the right rear simply read, "Back off!" -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:07:15 -0800, Joerg
wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:34:48 -0800, Joerg wrote: SparkyGuy wrote: and served by Fedex? Take your pick! Yeah, I know. Freight services go everywhere. But I'd like that to be more than the monthly DC-3 lumbering in from El Norte. My first commercial flights were in DC-3's... nice planes. Good feeling of comfort... you could see the ground most of the time ;-) Oh, nothing against the DC-3. It's a mighty fine airplane. My first commercial flight was a long-haul. Across the ocean in a DC-8. Capitol Airways. Here it is: http://www.airplane-pictures.net/image2124.html http://www.airplane-pictures.net/image2124.html The best flight of all was in a Boeing Stearman. Open cockpit, leather cap, goggles and my T-shirt was slowly being decorated with oil splatters. Initially the pilot asked me whether I'd be squirmish about aerobatics. "Nope". "Great. Lets go south of Hwy 50 then where there are no houses, in case we screw up". Luckily my wife did not overhear that. Best of all, the pilot let me have the plane for a while, just before turning final on landing. It was actually this one: http://images.thewavemag.com/images/...4000/13410.jpg Nice. The only time I've ever got close to motion sickness was after an hour in a Cessna Aerobat. A tech who worked for me was an aerobatics instructor and took me for a ride. He did vertical stalls, loops, snap rolls, barrel rolls, all that stuff. We stole a bunch of really cheap toilet paper from work... toss it out, let it unfurl, and see how many times you can slice it in half before it hits the water. *Then* he took me to lunch! John |
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Rich Grise wrote:
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:23:57 +0000, Joerg wrote: Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote: Joerg wrote: Tim Wescott wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-( Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they got wet :-( Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff. But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder every year. 2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty 2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it 2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-( 2007: Will order at least 5 cords Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex? I saw that movie. Starring Tom Hanks, right? Yes, very good movie. Of course I didn't mean that island :-) I was kind of surprised that he didn't build a radio out of coconut shells. ;-P I'm pretty sure there was an ELT beacon in that last package he didn't open. -- Paul Hovnanian ------------------------------------------------------------------ Matter cannot be created or destroyed, nor can it be returned without a receipt. |
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:45:18 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:40:33 -0700, John Larkin wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:11:25 -0800, Joerg wrote: [snip] But I bet real estate is unaffordable for anyone below the Rockefellers. I am honest with taxes so that doesn't bother me. However, the tort laws should not be so out of control and none of these regulatory hurdles for business. IOW the least amount of bureaucrats. Bumper sticker: QUESTION AUTHORITY Better bumper sticker: IGNORE AUTHORITY John Oldest son, while in elementary school, chastised by teacher regarding respecting authority, replied, "My parents taught me to question authority" ;-) ...Jim Thompson Which is sort of one of those recursive paradoxes. John |
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg
wrote: Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex? Australia has all those benefits and it is an island albeit an 'island continent'. |
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Ross Herbert wrote:
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg wrote: Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex? Australia has all those benefits and it is an island albeit an 'island continent'. Yeah, but what I heard from engineers there the authorities are behaving rather destructive to small business. Exorbitant import tariffs and so on. A socialistic trend ain't my cuppa tea. Small business is the foundation of innovation and a region's well-being and I expect politicians to understand that ;-) So I should add to the list: Good biz climate, conservative gvt. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com |
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On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:18:48 GMT, Joerg
wrote: Ross Herbert wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg wrote: Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex? Australia has all those benefits and it is an island albeit an 'island continent'. Yeah, but what I heard from engineers there the authorities are behaving rather destructive to small business. Exorbitant import tariffs and so on. A socialistic trend ain't my cuppa tea. Small business is the foundation of innovation and a region's well-being and I expect politicians to understand that ;-) So I should add to the list: Good biz climate, conservative gvt. Wait until you see what the Democrats are going to do ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:18:48 GMT, Joerg wrote: Ross Herbert wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg wrote: Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex? Australia has all those benefits and it is an island albeit an 'island continent'. Yeah, but what I heard from engineers there the authorities are behaving rather destructive to small business. Exorbitant import tariffs and so on. A socialistic trend ain't my cuppa tea. Small business is the foundation of innovation and a region's well-being and I expect politicians to understand that ;-) So I should add to the list: Good biz climate, conservative gvt. Wait until you see what the Democrats are going to do ;-) I sure hope they don't engage in protectionism. That never really works. We electronics guys are blessed with lots of domestic manufacturers but during a recent laser project I came to realize how much specialty stuff we have to buy overseas. Not for cost reasons, we really didn't have much of a choice. It gets really old when, like it seems at times in AUS, there are high tariffs but there is no industry left to be "protected" anymore. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com |
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On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:29:31 +0000, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Joerg wrote: John Larkin wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:11:25 -0800, Joerg Rich Grise wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg wrote: Tim Wescott wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-( Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they got wet :-( Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff. But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder every year. 2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty 2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it 2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-( 2007: Will order at least 5 cords Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex? I hear the Caymans are nice, with no income tax and no extradition. ;-) But I bet real estate is unaffordable for anyone below the Rockefellers. I am honest with taxes so that doesn't bother me. However, the tort laws should not be so out of control and none of these regulatory hurdles for business. IOW the least amount of bureaucrats. Bumper sticker: QUESTION AUTHORITY Better bumper sticker: IGNORE AUTHORITY Even better bumper sticker: BE THE AUTHORITY :-) From a small sign that I had on the left rear of my stepvan, and in a small font: "If you can read this, Pray" If you were close enough to read it, you only had a second or so till you slammed into the back of the truck. The sign on the right rear simply read, "Back off!" I've always wanted one that says, "Caution! I brake for tailgaters!" Cheers! Rich |
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"Rich Grise" wrote in message ... Even better bumper sticker: BE THE AUTHORITY :-) From a small sign that I had on the left rear of my stepvan, and in a small font: "If you can read this, Pray" If you were close enough to read it, you only had a second or so till you slammed into the back of the truck. The sign on the right rear simply read, "Back off!" I've always wanted one that says, "Caution! I brake for tailgaters!" "All men are idiots. I married their king". Love to stick one on Laura Bush's car! |
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"Spehro Pefhany" wrote in message ... "All men are idiots. I married their king". Love to stick one on Laura Bush's car! Be sure to dash up really quickly to stick it on the back of her car, she's usually in a hurry. The Secret Service would beat me up! |
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Homer J Simpson wrote:
"Spehro Pefhany" wrote in message ... "All men are idiots. I married their king". Love to stick one on Laura Bush's car! Be sure to dash up really quickly to stick it on the back of her car, she's usually in a hurry. The Secret Service would beat me up! Really? They are supposed to shoot first, then find out where you came from. Go for it. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:32:46 GMT, the renowned "Homer J Simpson"
wrote: "Rich Grise" wrote in message .. . Even better bumper sticker: BE THE AUTHORITY :-) From a small sign that I had on the left rear of my stepvan, and in a small font: "If you can read this, Pray" If you were close enough to read it, you only had a second or so till you slammed into the back of the truck. The sign on the right rear simply read, "Back off!" I've always wanted one that says, "Caution! I brake for tailgaters!" "All men are idiots. I married their king". Love to stick one on Laura Bush's car! Be sure to dash up really quickly to stick it on the back of her car, she's usually in a hurry. |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:56:40 -0500, John Fields wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:45:18 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: Oldest son, while in elementary school, chastised by teacher regarding respecting authority, replied, "My parents taught me to question authority" ;-) --- Like they say in Oz, "Good on you." :-) This is the very same son whose kindergarten teacher said he's either going to be a very successful businessman or a big-time crook ;-) He writes software. I don't which category that puts him in ;-) ...Jim Thompson The two catagories are not necessrily exclusive. -- JosephKK Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.Â*Â* --Schiller |
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