On 8/24/2015 3:22 PM, Robert Green wrote:

I tried that approach, initially. But, the little bugger kept trying to
extort money from me! Kept threatening to kill Schrodinger's cat! I
never got up the nerve to peek in the box to see if he carried out
his twisted threats!! Sick little bugger! :-/

I haven't seen Schrodinger's cat since Pavlov's dog starting hanging around.

Damn dog... drooling all over the place! And who the hell hung that
**BELL** on his collar???

I'm afraid to look in the box.

Until you do, we can, at least, *pretend* all is well!

[I wonder if even *listening* for a tell-tale purr is considered risky?]

I decided that it wasn't going to be worth the effort to salvage a
cheap fluorescent fixture!

I am on the edge about it. I like the diffuse light but the newer
higher-efficiency ones really do flicker.

Electronic ballast?

I really don't know - they are sealed and I just swap them out. I'll look
more carefully if I decide to keep them. I just know there are green ended
bulbs, narrow tube bulbs, metal ended bulbs. I suppose I should go to
Google and figure it all out but the fixtures aren't very well marked so I
am not even sure what I would be able to determine what was what.

I think the replacements make the most sense when you have things
like "in-ceiling fixtures" as are common in businesses. For a "shop light
hanging on chains", I think you have more options.

I'm very sensitive to light, shadow, reflection, etc. E.g., when I
installed
the overhead lighting in the kitchen, I very carefully considered where
I would be standing when *needing* the light most (e.g., food prep,
cooking, etc.) to ensure their placement wouldn't end up casting shadows
(*MY* shadow!) in my work area!

That's why I am so found of my 100 LED "showerhead" flashlight. The four
inch diameter head is broad enough for the LEDs to cast a very eery (but
easy to see with) light that doesn't have the harsh shadows of other
flashlights with much smaller light sources. Plus the bluish tint really
counteracts the aging yellow eyeball problem. They aren't well-made,
unfortunately, and many have failed. But they are so well-suited to the
task I just keep buying replacements. Harbor Freight sells one that came
sealed tight (not a return) with 3 of the 100 LEDs already DOA.

I am not fond of HF products. I might buy an *anvil* from them
(i.e., just a block of steel!) but the more "involved" the tools
get, the less confidence I have in their offerings.

[I used to work for a major US hand-tool manufacturer so I see lots of
"issues" in their products that never would have made it through our
"quality" screening]

That said, I have several of their disposable DMM's lying around the house.
They're small and a lot easier to use than my bulky 6.5 digit DMM :-/

I could
live with that if the LEDs were bluish, not yellowish and if the battery
compartment contacts didn't fall out after the first use.

If it was otherwise reliable, you could try (?) replacing the LEDs.
IMO, the toughest part of a product is the packaging.

For some odd reason in addition to the walkway lamps burning out
frequently
for some odd reason the scorpions seemed to like them, too.

(!!) Hmm, I haven't noticed that. I rarely have to "service" the fixtures
so, for all I know, they could be *packed* with scorpions!

That's a heart-warming thought. Last month I saw a small paper hornet's
nest on the side of the house. By the time I got to it last night it was
the size of a human head. I got to use the yellow Tyvek jumpsuit, face mask
and respirator I bought as a Halloween costume (Walter White of Breaking
Bad).

ROTFL! Yeah, critters don't stop working just because you've turned your
interest elsewhere!

I cut down a tree some years back. I was slow getting the last of the
"cut logs" out of the back yard. When I got around to it, termites had
eaten the underside of the log out!

The incandescent bulbs we've used in these places haven't lasted long at
all. But, then again, I was using 20W units so they might naturally be
short-lived.

I forget what sort of bulbs he was using but I do recall they soaked up the
heat all day long and that he had to use fairly well-sealed (meaning poorly
ventilated) units to keep the scorpions and other vermin out. I think it
eventually turned out that all the bulbs he bought were from a defective
batch. The early adopters get the arrows in the back, just like the Old
West pioneers.

Why keep the critters out? Were they interfering with the light
distribution or cosmetics? If they only represent a problem when
he has to *open* the enclosure, just do so with gloves on, etc.

Our fixtures are essentially open at the bottom. So, something *could*
crawl inside. But, unless they crawled on top of the bulb, we'd never
be able to detect that without disassembling the fixture.

On 8/24/2015 10:00 AM, rbowman wrote:

What I'm waiting for is the LED driving light kits for bikes to come
down a little more. When you live with the aforementioned Bambis
wandering around at night the more light the better on a bike.

There are at least a couple LED lights that
really light up the night. Perhaps a 3 watt
D cell LED light, taped to the frame?

--
..
Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
.. www.lds.org
..
..

On 8/24/2015 2:57 PM, Don Y wrote:
I've always found it amusing how "folks who hear voices" are locked
up in mental institutions. But, folks who claim *God* talks to them
(or, in some other way COMMUNICATES his WILL) consider themselves
to be SANE!

Likewise, how folks refuse to believe that "this" could just magically
*happen* -- it must have been CREATED through conscious effort! Yet,
are perfectly willing to accept that their "god" magically popped
into existence!

"No thanks. I stopped believing in INVISIBLE FRIENDS when I was
a young child -- about the same time I figured out that Santa
wasn't real!"

[Apologies to any folks who actually still thought Santa *was* real!
It's not a "Christian nation", either! boo hoo]

This guy will help convert you to Islam. He is
really convincing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKb1TFKUKbs

Silence! I keel you!

--
..
Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
.. www.lds.org
..
..

On 8/24/2015 2:57 PM, Don Y wrote:
"No thanks. I stopped believing in INVISIBLE FRIENDS when I was
a young child -- about the same time I figured out that Santa
wasn't real!"

[Apologies to any folks who actually still thought Santa *was* real!
It's not a "Christian nation", either! boo hoo]

I'm a Christian, and I have an invisible friend,
called the Holy Ghost.

--
..
Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
.. www.lds.org
..
..

On 8/24/2015 3:52 PM, micky wrote:
Only my main shower, I replaced hte head when I first got here. This was
1983 so it wasn't even water-saving, I guess, but I wanted
water-wasting. Well, I don't take long showers nor do I put the water
on very far.


CY: Treat your self some day.... full flow shower
some time.


In Jordan, I'd only had showers for weeks and the hotel room had a bath,
but the built-in stopper didn't work. They'd broken it on purpose to
prevent people from taking baths. But I really wanted one, so I took
the plastic-like wrapper from a candy bar, opened it up and put it over
the drain. It worked well.


CY: Duct tape has many uses.


--
..
Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
.. www.lds.org
..
..

On 8/24/2015 4:06 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:

I thought his words were quite clear. His EPA has
been turned into a weapon to destroy industry because
of the moonbat ideas of the Progressive Liberal
Leftists Commiecrat Freaks. Our Mulatto in Chief has
gotten worse during his second term because he doesn't
have to worry about reelection. I may not live long
enough to see the repair of the damage he's done to
The United States and our world image. Dammit, we need
another scary President, that is, scary to the rest of
the world. Iran released the hostages after Reagan
became President and Gaddafi/Qaddafi shut the frak up
after Reagan sent him a message via U.S. warplanes.
Hell, even The USSR started to crumble due to Reagan's
policies. Remember SDI or The Star Wars project? The
Soviet Union tried to keep up and it broke them
financially. I once worked at what is now The Ronald
Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site in the
late 80's. It was supposed to develop an ICBM shield
for the U.S. but an Army Officer told me that the
mission changed it's focus to protecting U.S. satellites.
This was in the 1980's and the focus may be back to a
missile shield. You may have seen some of the missile
interception tests on TV or YouTube.
Kwaj Cats and Roi Rats rule! ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Island Monster


Even I'd be a more commanding president than some of the
folks we've had in my life time. I mean, everyone would
respect me when I came back from clubbing baby seals to
death and lighting kittens on fire.

--
..
Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
.. www.lds.org
..
..

On 8/24/2015 6:00 PM, Robert Green wrote:
Well, they've learned more about how to cheat and not get caught. (-:
Remember the recent laminated wood/formaldehyde incident? They offered two
qualities of flooring. One that could never pass the test and one that
could and for the right number of reminbi's they'd somehow manage to mark
the failing flooring as A-OK. But they wanted to make sure they had
accomplices. (-:

Exactly! Furthermore, anybody dumb enough to buy from Liquid Lumberdators deserves whatever cheap **** they get.
If folks want quality they should go to a quality retailer.

On 08/24/2015 02:06 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:
Did you watch the video of what he said?

No, I watched him lie in person.

[snip]

Photos of a Costco twin-pack of Feit brand four foot LED tubes
that somehow or other are drop-in replacements for fluorescents
and work through the ballasts. As I said elsewhere, my head hurts
trying to visualize the wave forms...

http://www.dburstein.com/images/0-fl...nt-led-102.jpg
and
http://www.dburstein.com/images/0-fl...nt-led-104.jpg

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__________________________________________________ ___
Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key

[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]

On 08/24/2015 12:36 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:
The nuns hated me and my brothers because we questioned what we were being told.

I distinctly remember my Missal had a number of questions to ask
yourself to prepare to make a sincere Act of Confession. One of them
puzzled me. "Sister Mary Margaret, what is 'passionate dancing'?"

Then there was all that tip-toeing around adultery. Today they could
just give the kids the URL for Ashley Madison.

On 08/24/2015 05:40 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
How about if you write to the Mormon Church in Salt Lake,
and suggest that the boys in white shirts and black name
plates all be issued AK-47 and bomb belts?

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

Kill two birds with one stone. Or at least two Elders.

On Monday, August 24, 2015 at 3:06:48 PM UTC-5, Uncle Monster wrote:

Did you watch the video of what he said? I thought his words were quite clear. His EPA has been turned into a weapon to destroy industry because of the moonbat ideas of the Progressive Liberal Leftists Commiecrat Freaks. Our Mulatto in Chief has gotten worse during his second term because he doesn't have to worry about reelection. I may not live long enough to see the repair of the damage he's done to The United States and our world image. Dammit, we need another scary President, that is, scary to the rest of the world. Iran released the hostages after Reagan became President and Gaddafi/Qaddafi shut the frak up after Reagan sent him a message via U.S. warplanes. Hell, even The USSR started to crumble due to Reagan's policies. Remember SDI or The Star Wars project? The Soviet Union tried to keep up and it broke them financially. I once worked at what is now The Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site in the late 80's. It was supposed to develop an ICBM shield for the U.S. but an Army Officer told me that the mission changed it's focus to protecting U.S. satellites. This was in the 1980's and the focus may be back to a missile shield. You may have seen some of the missile interception tests on TV or YouTube. Kwaj Cats and Roi Rats rule! ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Island Monster

You need different meds...Star Wars? GMAFB...billions upon billions for something that could easily be countered with minimal technology. Take another nap and give it a rest.

On 08/24/2015 04:00 PM, Robert Green wrote:
Punishing a bad guy's family is very profitable, as the English Tudor kings
discovered. Yesterday it was Castle Bowman, today it's castle Green.
Tomorrow it's whomever didn't **** the king off's castle. A very powerful
motive for not effing with the King. Was it "History of the World" where he
says: "Aahhh! It's good to be the king."

Reforming the religion is also good. Thomas Cromwell and his cronies
made a bundle out of the confiscated Church property and Henry got a new
punch. It didn't turn out too well for Tommy. Too bad they didn't round
up all the Cromwells and execute them, saving the world from Oliver.

On 08/24/2015 05:27 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
There are at least a couple LED lights that
really light up the night. Perhaps a 3 watt
D cell LED light, taped to the frame?

I've thought along those lines given the price of Denalis:

http://www.twistedthrottle.com/brand/denali/

You get the mounts, wiring harness, relay, and dimmer module but $380 is
still a stiff price. However 2 10W LEDs do shed a bit of light.

On 8/24/2015 6:22 PM, danny burstein wrote:
[snip]

Photos of a Costco twin-pack of Feit brand four foot LED tubes
that somehow or other are drop-in replacements for fluorescents
and work through the ballasts. As I said elsewhere, my head hurts
trying to visualize the wave forms...

Dunno. They could transformer couple to get down to a better working
voltage. *Or*, just rectify and chop *that* (buck regulator) to
feed the LEDs.

I'd be interested to know how efficient the system is -- watts in
vs. watts delivered to the LEDs. I suspect there are still
some issues (I know there have been some recalled products from
"dangerous overheating" -- which suggests too much lost in heat
in the process!)

In Don Y writes:

I'd be interested to know how efficient the system is -- watts in
vs. watts delivered to the LEDs. I suspect there are still
some issues (I know there have been some recalled products from
"dangerous overheating" -- which suggests too much lost in heat
in the process!)

Lie this one?

http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2015/...lls-LED-Lamps/

- they claim to have sold 700,000 of them. My mind boggles.


--
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Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key

[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]

On 8/24/2015 7:02 PM, danny burstein wrote:
In Don Y writes:

I'd be interested to know how efficient the system is -- watts in
vs. watts delivered to the LEDs. I suspect there are still
some issues (I know there have been some recalled products from
"dangerous overheating" -- which suggests too much lost in heat
in the process!)

Lie this one?

http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2015/...lls-LED-Lamps/

- they claim to have sold 700,000 of them. My mind boggles.

Could well be. I forget the name of the vendor. I just remember
the overheating. One has to wonder just how hot they got... *or*,
if the plastic just has a low melting point.

On 8/24/2015 9:26 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 08/24/2015 05:40 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
How about if you write to the Mormon Church in Salt Lake,
and suggest that the boys in white shirts and black name
plates all be issued AK-47 and bomb belts?

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

Kill two birds with one stone. Or at least two Elders.

Murphy's law of bombs: If anything can blow up,
it will. And at the worst possible time.

-
..
Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
.. www.lds.org
..
..

"danny burstein" wrote in message
...
In Don Y
writes:

I'd be interested to know how efficient the system is -- watts in
vs. watts delivered to the LEDs. I suspect there are still
some issues (I know there have been some recalled products from
"dangerous overheating" -- which suggests too much lost in heat
in the process!)

Lie this one?

http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2015/...lls-LED-Lamps/

- they claim to have sold 700,000 of them. My mind boggles.

Now you have me worried. I was just about to hit the local Home Depot but
burned up lamps do not have a high Spouse Approval Factor. We've had
several of the older CFL self-immolate and though nothing caught fire, the
house stank of burning plastic for days.

--
Bobby G.

On 08/24/2015 01:36 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:

[snip]

The nuns hated me and my brothers because we questioned what we were being told. Me and my
brother use the example,"Sister Godzilla, do you mean that this God fella is going to smite
me dead and send me to Hell because I looked up Christina's dress? I'm six, don't you think
God has better things to do than to kill me?" Oh those nuns hated our guts and were convinced
that me and my brothers were the spawn of Satan. Sister Godzilla was an American nun, then in
the second grade the school was taken over by Irish nuns who believe capital punishment for
any infraction by small children is an excellent idea. o_O

"But I'm already going to Hell because I talked in class yesterday. It
DOESN'T MATTER what I do today, there's nothing worse than hell."

--
God is real, unless declared integer.

On 8/25/2015 8:48 AM, Robert Green wrote:
"danny burstein" wrote in message
...
In Don Y
writes:

I'd be interested to know how efficient the system is -- watts in
vs. watts delivered to the LEDs. I suspect there are still
some issues (I know there have been some recalled products from
"dangerous overheating" -- which suggests too much lost in heat
in the process!)

Lie this one?

http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2015/...lls-LED-Lamps/

- they claim to have sold 700,000 of them. My mind boggles.

Now you have me worried. I was just about to hit the local Home Depot but
burned up lamps do not have a high Spouse Approval Factor. We've had
several of the older CFL self-immolate and though nothing caught fire, the
house stank of burning plastic for days.

That's why it's important to know the internal circuit topology.

Most consumer kit is frighteningly marginally designed. Micropennies
become significant! So, often things are designed on the bleeding
edge in terms of performance (er, "safety").

I've encountered LCD monitors from (what you would *think* were)
respectable manufacturers (HP?) that were actually *fire* hazards!
(with this eventually publicly acknowledged). Imagine the monitor
on which you are reading this "suddenly" catching fire! :-(

"Honey, the computer's on fire!"

On Monday, August 24, 2015 at 8:22:12 PM UTC-5, rbowman wrote:
On 08/24/2015 12:36 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:
The nuns hated me and my brothers because we questioned what we were being told.

I distinctly remember my Missal had a number of questions to ask
yourself to prepare to make a sincere Act of Confession. One of them
puzzled me. "Sister Mary Margaret, what is 'passionate dancing'?"

Then there was all that tip-toeing around adultery. Today they could
just give the kids the URL for Ashley Madison.

I remember my first grade teacher, Sister Godzilla, forcing a kid named Joey chew Octagon Soap because he uttered a curse word. The poor kid was standing in front of class crying and chewing the soap with bubbles coming out of his mouth. It was torture for all us other kids because it was hysterically funny and we couldn't so much as let out a snicker much less laugh because we knew we would be next if we did. Back in the middle of the last century, the method used to control the behavior of children was the application of copious amounts of abject terror. I had a professor at UAB tell me that nuns minored in education and majored in child abuse. It's probably a good thing that they don't officially reproduce. o_O

[8~{} Uncle Terrorized Monster

On Monday, August 24, 2015 at 8:29:34 PM UTC-5, bob_villa wrote:
On Monday, August 24, 2015 at 3:06:48 PM UTC-5, Uncle Monster wrote:

Did you watch the video of what he said? I thought his words were quite clear. His EPA has been turned into a weapon to destroy industry because of the moonbat ideas of the Progressive Liberal Leftists Commiecrat Freaks. Our Mulatto in Chief has gotten worse during his second term because he doesn't have to worry about reelection. I may not live long enough to see the repair of the damage he's done to The United States and our world image. Dammit, we need another scary President, that is, scary to the rest of the world. Iran released the hostages after Reagan became President and Gaddafi/Qaddafi shut the frak up after Reagan sent him a message via U.S. warplanes. Hell, even The USSR started to crumble due to Reagan's policies. Remember SDI or The Star Wars project? The Soviet Union tried to keep up and it broke them financially. I once worked at what is now The Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site in the late 80's. It was supposed to develop an ICBM shield for the U.S. but an Army Officer told me that the mission changed it's focus to protecting U.S. satellites. This was in the 1980's and the focus may be back to a missile shield. You may have seen some of the missile interception tests on TV or YouTube. Kwaj Cats and Roi Rats rule! ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Island Monster

You need different meds...Star Wars? GMAFB...billions upon billions for something that could easily be countered with minimal technology. Take another nap and give it a rest.

My post wasn't directed at you because I'm sure you'd never understand the subject matter. You have no idea what was really going on back then except for the feces you swallowed that was spewed with great regularity(no pun) by the Liberal media. You have no fraking idea of the secret technology being used by the U.S. government today. A lot of what was science fiction at the turn of the century is now in regular use. The Cold War moved to Cyberspace years ago and it may sneak up and bite you on the ass someday and you'll never see it coming. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Cyber Monster

On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 12:43:15 PM UTC-5, notX wrote:
On 08/24/2015 01:36 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:

[snip]

The nuns hated me and my brothers because we questioned what we were being told. Me and my
brother use the example,"Sister Godzilla, do you mean that this God fella is going to smite
me dead and send me to Hell because I looked up Christina's dress? I'm six, don't you think
God has better things to do than to kill me?" Oh those nuns hated our guts and were convinced
that me and my brothers were the spawn of Satan. Sister Godzilla was an American nun, then in
the second grade the school was taken over by Irish nuns who believe capital punishment for
any infraction by small children is an excellent idea. o_O

"But I'm already going to Hell because I talked in class yesterday. It
DOESN'T MATTER what I do today, there's nothing worse than hell."
--


I have absolutely no fear of terrorists because I had nuns for teachers. All the terror was burned out of me at a young age. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Frightened Monster

On 8/26/2015 7:23 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 8/26/2015 7:26 AM, Uncle Monster wrote:


I have no children that I know of but if I did, I would have never
sent them to any religious or government school. I'd have found a good
private school or home schooled them to keep them out of the clutches
of religious wackos at the parochial schools or away from the
Progressive Liberal Leftist Commiecrat Freaks who've infested the
government schools for decades. Education is too important for
children to have religion or Politically Correct codswallop shoved
down their throats. Government schools are what's responsible for The
Dumbassification Of America. That's why there's an Affirmative Action
Moron in The White House. o_O

[8~{} Uncle Educated Monster


Depends on the kid. I went to 12 years of Catholic education and
survived. I learned to think for myself and make my own decision. The
exposure to the system made me aware of what is wrong with the world so
I could do better. Home schooling hides a lot of real life, IMO.

Home schooling can be a life experience.

--
Maggie

On 08/26/2015 02:49 PM, Oren wrote:
Hillary has a big ass.

You're one sick puppy if you're checking out Hillary's ass. The AARP
magazine digs up high maintenance old babes for the cover but she
certainly isn't one of them.

On 08/26/2015 07:06 AM, bob_villa wrote:
and remember...NO chewing!

No, just a lot of tongue action to get it off the roof of your mouth.

On 08/26/2015 06:23 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
Depends on the kid. I went to 12 years of Catholic education and
survived. I learned to think for myself and make my own decision. The
exposure to the system made me aware of what is wrong with the world so
I could do better. Home schooling hides a lot of real life, IMO.

Yeah, but the Catholic schools really mess up the Latin pronunciation. I
suppose that was another era when high school kids argued over Latin
pronunciation.

"Don Y" wrote in message
...
On 8/22/2015 11:11 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 08/22/2015 10:47 PM, Robert Green wrote:
One of the local universities has periodic auctions of surplus equipment.
Often some good deals to be had.

But, the catch is you have to take what you bought! So, that nice
pallet of computers might have a 5 pound jar of mercury hidden in
a box amongst it all.

I used to watch Storage Wars and I wondered how many times they've cut open
lockers to find either dead people or meth labs.

--
Bobby G.

"micky" wrote in message

stuff snipped

LOL. Did you hear that they've solved the traffic problem for New York
City. They made all the streets one-way west. Now it's New Jersey's
problem.

Reminds me of the parody of LOTR by the Lampoon called "Bored of the Rings."
They described a mythical ringed city with 9 huge concentric walls. The
royalty lived in the centermost ring. Garbage was routinely tossed over the
wall to the surrounding rings until it reached the outermost, poorest ring
where the inhabitants ate whatever came over the wall. Same principle.

(-;

--
Bobby G.

"rbowman" wrote in message
...
On 08/24/2015 04:00 PM, Robert Green wrote:
Punishing a bad guy's family is very profitable, as the English Tudor
kings
discovered. Yesterday it was Castle Bowman, today it's castle Green.
Tomorrow it's whomever didn't **** the king off's castle. A very
powerful
motive for not effing with the King. Was it "History of the World"
where he
says: "Aahhh! It's good to be the king."

Reforming the religion is also good. Thomas Cromwell and his cronies
made a bundle out of the confiscated Church property and Henry got a new
punch. It didn't turn out too well for Tommy.

A lot of the King's ministers, his wifes, his mistresses and their friends
and relatives all misplaced their heads involuntarily. IIRC, a few even got
drawn and quartered although I think even the king could not visit that
punishment on the nobility - only commoners. I do believe on rare occasions
he did "denobilize" someone to visit some horrible punishment on them. A
few even got hanged in chains and were then left to rot in place. That's
got to smell something awful. Just like radios have magic smoke in them,
humans have magic stink that escapes when they day (and for days afterward).

Too bad they didn't round
up all the Cromwells and execute them, saving the world from Oliver.

Do you think anyone named Cromwell has been elected to British office since
then? I would imagine it would be like Atlanta where very few Shermans are
to be found in the phonebook (or were, when I last looked 40 years ago).

--
Bobby G.

On 08/27/2015 05:32 AM, Robert Green wrote:
Do you think anyone named Cromwell has been elected to British office since
then? I would imagine it would be like Atlanta where very few Shermans are
to be found in the phonebook (or were, when I last looked 40 years ago).

Olly is one of my all time favorites. You really have to **** people off
to have them dig you up, give you a posthumous execution, and put your
head on a pike.

Churchill wanted to name a battleship HMS Oliver Cromwell but the king
wasn't enthusiastic. The Irish were testy enough without another
appearance of Cromwell. He still makes the lists of popular historical
figures though.

On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 21:59:59 -0600, rbowman
wrote:

On 08/26/2015 02:49 PM, Oren wrote:
Hillary has a big ass.

You're one sick puppy if you're checking out Hillary's ass. The AARP
magazine digs up high maintenance old babes for the cover but she
certainly isn't one of them.

Walter said it. I should have used quotation marks.

But her ass size needs to be known in case she gets a pants suit with
black & white prison strips. Is she one axe handle wide or two axe
handles wide -- plus size.

I pity the female correctional officer that may have to do a strip
search on Hillary. It could cause PTSD or reoccurring nightmares.

Silly!

"rbowman" wrote in message

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Oh, and I chewed the lead paint off the brightly colored beads on my
stroller.

I just read an article about how many people in Baltimore (including
recently "bounced to death in a police van" Freddy Gray) received huge
settlements (half mil) for being exposed to lead-based paints.

The interesting thrust of the article was about how there are firms that
specialize in "cashing in" those settlements for people in a lump sum. That
can be as low as $20K for a $500K settlement. And people TAKE those sort of
deals.

One law firm is now claiming if they were so addled by lead paint, they
couldn't enter into those contracts with competence. I would have to agree:
taking $20K when you'd be entitled to lifetime annuity payments totalling
$500K pretty much shows defacto incompetence.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...how-companies-
make-millions-off-lead-poisoned-poor-blacks/2015/08/25/7460c1de-
0d8c-11e5-9726-49d6fa26a8c6_story.html?tid=pm_pop_b

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Bobby G.

On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 07:32:38 -0400, Robert Green wrote:

Do you think anyone named Cromwell has been elected to British office since
then? I would imagine it would be like Atlanta where very few Shermans are
to be found in the phonebook (or were, when I last looked 40 years ago).

I know someone who had the surname "Hitler". He always went by another
family name though.

The only reason we (friends) became aware was that one day he announced
that he had officially changed his name. So I asked "What is is now?". He
replied with the name he had always used with us. "So what was it before",
I added. He repeated his first name. I just looked at him sort of sideways
and he quietly but clearly said "Hitler". I didn't ask any more questions.

On 08/27/2015 12:00 PM, Robert Green wrote:
The interesting thrust of the article was about how there are firms that
specialize in "cashing in" those settlements for people in a lump sum. That
can be as low as $20K for a $500K settlement. And people TAKE those sort of
deals.

There's the time value of money. of course that assumes you use the
money in hand now for more productive investments than suitcases of Colt 45.