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The other day I felt energetic. I also felt claustrophobic, that feeling
you get just before you pass out from lack of oxygen ............... I had to take stuff to the dump. Anyhoo, I took stuff to the dump. Included was a piece of black carpet that had been laying around forever. I felt gratification, satisfaction, and nearly an orgasm as I tossed things that had tripped me, sat around forever, and just disorganized my life. GOOD RIDDANCE. Fast forward. I went quail hunting for the last couple of days. After I got home, I went to wrenching on the ATV and checking things. I decided I needed a piece of carpet in the bottom of my hard box to keep things from bouncing. ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! It's at the dump. Why is it that when you take stuff to the dump, you need it within a few days? This is about the sixty third time this has happened. How do they know? Steve |
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"Steve B" wrote in message
news:ymZvf.7118$JT.6458@fed1read06... Why is it that when you take stuff to the dump, you need it within a few days? This is about the sixty third time this has happened. How do they know? A serious response may be out of order here, but I've wondered the same thing myself. Seriously (if you'll excuse the expression), I think that the "trasher's remorse" stimulates the part of the brain that thinks of creative and useful things to do with old junk. I'm hanging on to my 19th century drawknives and those three WWII 28-Vdc electric motors. You just never know. Oh, and the two packs of Sandvik HSS power-hacksaw blades... -- Ed Huntress |
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Steve B wrote:
... Why is it that when you take stuff to the dump, you need it within a few days? ... Maybe not for carpet, but for more unusual stuff, my theory is that you forget about it until you take it to the dump. So, you might have used it if you had remembered that you had it, but you had forgotten about it. Until you clean out and take it to the dump. It's sort of a Catch 22: you don't need it when you have it and you need it when you don't have it. Bob |
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And the carpet man has a small piece that is only 10x in size and costs money.
Martin Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net NRA LOH & Endowment Member NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder Bob Engelhardt wrote: Steve B wrote: ... Why is it that when you take stuff to the dump, you need it within a few days? ... Maybe not for carpet, but for more unusual stuff, my theory is that you forget about it until you take it to the dump. So, you might have used it if you had remembered that you had it, but you had forgotten about it. Until you clean out and take it to the dump. It's sort of a Catch 22: you don't need it when you have it and you need it when you don't have it. Bob ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote in message ... And the carpet man has a small piece that is only 10x in size and costs money. Martin Eastburn Lucky for me, there's a carpet store near me. Plus, there's all that carpet rolled up in the attic I forgot about. If the Missus didn't toss it, that is. She cleaned up some last week. Steve |
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On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 20:04:25 -0500, "Ed Huntress"
wrote: "Steve B" wrote in message news:ymZvf.7118$JT.6458@fed1read06... Why is it that when you take stuff to the dump, you need it within a few days? This is about the sixty third time this has happened. How do they know? A serious response may be out of order here, but I've wondered the same thing myself. Seriously (if you'll excuse the expression), I think that the "trasher's remorse" stimulates the part of the brain that thinks of creative and useful things to do with old junk. I'm hanging on to my 19th century drawknives and those three WWII 28-Vdc electric motors. You just never know. Oh, and the two packs of Sandvik HSS power-hacksaw blades... Lol..I just bought..or traded rather..a power hacksaw. I knew I had those blade around for something besides knife making. Though..it does come with a pretty good sized package of Starrett bimetal hacksaw blades... Gunner The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose and for someone else to pay when things go wrong. In the past few decades, a peculiar and distinctive psychology has emerged in England. Gone are the civility, sturdy independence, and admirable stoicism that carried the English through the war years .. It has been replaced by a constant whine of excuses, complaints, and special pleading. The collapse of the British character has been as swift and complete as the collapse of British power. Theodore Dalrymple, |
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Steve B wrote:
The other day I felt energetic. I also felt claustrophobic, that feeling you get just before you pass out from lack of oxygen ............... I had to take stuff to the dump. Anyhoo, I took stuff to the dump. Included was a piece of black carpet that had been laying around forever. I felt gratification, satisfaction, and nearly an orgasm as I tossed things that had tripped me, sat around forever, and just disorganized my life. GOOD RIDDANCE. Fast forward. I went quail hunting for the last couple of days. After I got home, I went to wrenching on the ATV and checking things. I decided I needed a piece of carpet in the bottom of my hard box to keep things from bouncing. ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! It's at the dump. Why is it that when you take stuff to the dump, you need it within a few days? Yeeah, but. Isn't it odd that we deeply discount the value of unobstructed walkways and clean horizontal surfaces? They can be the most effective stimulus to creative thought, yes? --Winston |
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"Gunner" wrote in message
... Lol..I just bought..or traded rather..a power hacksaw. I knew I had those blade around for something besides knife making. See, that's the full-blown packrat mentality: Hang on to those saw blades, you never know when a saw will turn up. I keep a Ferrari piston on my bookshelf for the same reason. -- Ed Huntress |
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How do they know? Steve Maybe we need to reorganize the way we do things. We could take a tip from Windows and have a "trash bin" to temporarily house the stuff we throw out, and then after a reasonable amount of time actually carry it to the dump. Hmmm...I wonder. Us really hard case pack rats could have someone else do the final dirty deed. Probably wouldn't help, though. This is probably as deeply ingrained as Murphy's Law.GRIN Ron Thompson On the Beautiful Florida Space Coast, right beside the Kennedy Space Center, USA http://www.plansandprojects.com My hobby pages are he http://www.plansandprojects.com/My%20Machines/ Severe stupidity is self correcting, but mild stupidity is rampant in the land. -Ron Thompson |
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I keep a Ferrari piston on my bookshelf for the same reason.
-- Ed Huntress I have an ignition switch for a 30' Searay and a pair of size 4 lace panties. |
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"Tom Gardner" wrote in message
. com... I keep a Ferrari piston on my bookshelf for the same reason. -- Ed Huntress I have an ignition switch for a 30' Searay... An ignition switch? That's a long reach, but maybe... ...and a pair of size 4 lace panties. New or used? -- Ed Huntress |
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On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 13:05:58 GMT, Ron Thompson
wrote: Maybe we need to reorganize the way we do things. We could take a tip from Windows and have a "trash bin" to temporarily house the stuff we throw out, and then after a reasonable amount of time actually carry it to the dump. Hmmm...I wonder. Us really hard case pack rats could have someone else do the final dirty deed. We usually do..they are called Next of Kin. Gunner The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose and for someone else to pay when things go wrong. In the past few decades, a peculiar and distinctive psychology has emerged in England. Gone are the civility, sturdy independence, and admirable stoicism that carried the English through the war years .. It has been replaced by a constant whine of excuses, complaints, and special pleading. The collapse of the British character has been as swift and complete as the collapse of British power. Theodore Dalrymple, |
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On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 15:59:54 GMT, "Tom Gardner"
wrote: I keep a Ferrari piston on my bookshelf for the same reason. -- Ed Huntress I have an ignition switch for a 30' Searay and a pair of size 4 lace panties. Coool!! Were they both removed from service? Gunner The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose and for someone else to pay when things go wrong. In the past few decades, a peculiar and distinctive psychology has emerged in England. Gone are the civility, sturdy independence, and admirable stoicism that carried the English through the war years .. It has been replaced by a constant whine of excuses, complaints, and special pleading. The collapse of the British character has been as swift and complete as the collapse of British power. Theodore Dalrymple, |
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Tom Gardner wrote:
I keep a Ferrari piston on my bookshelf for the same reason. -- Ed Huntress I have an ignition switch for a 30' Searay and a pair of size 4 lace panties. I'm still wondering why "panties" are plural and "bra" is singular..... That's probably as inane as wodering why if money doesn't grow on trees most banks have branches. Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) "Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented." |
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"Tom Gardner" wrote in message
. com... I keep a Ferrari piston on my bookshelf for the same reason. A friend of mine in Bonsall, California, has a Ferrari Dino that was a centerfold in Car and Driver. Next time we go, I'm making him take it out from under the dust cover, and I am taking my picture with it. Such a car! He also has two Maseratis, a Lamborghini, two Porsches, and a Volvo (for runs to the store.) Must be tough. Steve Steve |
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On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 13:05:58 GMT, Ron Thompson
wrote: Maybe we need to reorganize the way we do things. We could take a tip from Windows and have a "trash bin" to temporarily house the stuff we throw out, and then after a reasonable amount of time actually carry it to the dump. Hmmm...I wonder. It's called "the back shed" - the one where, about every other year, I toss a handfuls of moth balls through the holes in the floor to encourage the black kitties with white stripes to go four doors up the street and visit the guy with the wildlife control business. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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Jeff Wisnia wrote:
I'm still wondering why "panties" are plural and "bra" is singular..... That's probably as inane as wodering why if money doesn't grow on trees most banks have branches. Jeff And are pants singular or plural? ans: singular at the top and plural at the bottom. ...lew... |
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You take one lousy week off to join Thorax at the Elvis concert, and this
is what happens: Jeff Wisnia writes on Sun, 08 Jan 2006 18:25:21 -0500 in rec.crafts.metalworking : Tom Gardner wrote: I keep a Ferrari piston on my bookshelf for the same reason. -- Ed Huntress I have an ignition switch for a 30' Searay and a pair of size 4 lace panties. I'm still wondering why "panties" are plural and "bra" is singular..... That's probably as inane as wodering why if money doesn't grow on trees most banks have branches. Sheesh, any one knows that money doesn't grow on trees, it comes from mint plants. And as Daniel the spaniel responded when his father said "Motorcycles don't grow on trees!" "Of course not, they come from plants!" tschus pyotr -- pyotr filipivich. as an explaination for the decline in the US's tech edge, James Niccol wrote "It used to be that the USA was pretty good at producing stuff teenaged boys could lose a finger or two playing with." |
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Lew Hartswick wrote:
Jeff Wisnia wrote: I'm still wondering why "panties" are plural and "bra" is singular..... That's probably as inane as wodering why if money doesn't grow on trees most banks have branches. Jeff And are pants singular or plural? ans: singular at the top and plural at the bottom. ...lew... And there's even a name for those kind of words, it's "plurale tantum": http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plurale_tantum More than any of us needed to know, 'eh? Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) "Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented." |
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On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 15:37:20 -0800, with neither quill nor qualm,
"Steve B" quickly quoth: "Tom Gardner" wrote in message . com... I keep a Ferrari piston on my bookshelf for the same reason. A friend of mine in Bonsall, California, Hey, that's 7 miles from where I used to live! (Vista, CA) has a Ferrari Dino that was a centerfold in Car and Driver. Next time we go, I'm making him take it out from under the dust cover, and I am taking my picture with it. Such a car! He also has two Maseratis, a Lamborghini, two Porsches, and a Volvo (for runs to the store.) Must be tough. Yeah, there are a lot of rich uckfays in the Bonsall/Fallbrook area. Have you ever seen the old Lamborghini 4WDs? I'll bet they'd be as much fun as the high-speed sweeties. http://www.lambocars.com/archive/lm/lm.htm "Be the change you want to see in the world." --Mahatma Gandhi - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://diversify.com Website Application Programming |
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On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 03:58:15 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, Lew
Hartswick quickly quoth: Jeff Wisnia wrote: I'm still wondering why "panties" are plural and "bra" is singular..... That's probably as inane as wodering why if money doesn't grow on trees most banks have branches. Jeff And are pants singular or plural? ans: singular at the top and plural at the bottom. A single unit is known as a pair of pants, sir. Go figure. "Be the change you want to see in the world." --Mahatma Gandhi - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://diversify.com Website Application Programming |
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