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Celebrating the creator of Cobol
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| klshafer@att.net 2006-12-14, 6:55 pm |
| I never got one of _those_ nanoseconds, BUT - I did get about 30 clock
seconds alone with her...
I think it was about 1985, and I was living in a big apartment house,
in Pentagon City, which is about halfway between the Pentagon and
Crystal City, in what is probably formally known (as an incorporated
city) as Arlington, VA.
I got on the elevator to ride down, and there she was. I must have
stared at her on the elevator ride down, not quite believing my
experience, though I had heard she lived in that building. She didn't
look at me, but she did stand even a bit more ramrod straight, and even
puffed out her chest some more.
Nothing was said. Nothing needed to be.
I still remember it.
Ken
Howard Brazee wrote:
> On 14 Dec 2006 09:40:26 -0800, "andrewmcdonagh"
> <andrewmcdonagh@gmail.com> wrote:
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> How many of us got one of her nanoseconds?
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| HeyBub 2006-12-21, 6:55 pm |
| Kelly Bert Manning wrote:
> Global warming is already costing Canadians billions every year and
> will be
> up to a large fraction of the GDP, world wide, during our children's
> life
> times. Mountain Pine beetles killing every pine tree in BC is just
> part of
> the loss which is already happening. Malaria is going upslope in the
> Andes
> as mosquitos are able to survive farther up the mountains than in the
> past.
Uh, the trend over the past decade is a global LOWERING of average
temperatures.
If global warming is in progress, the problems you mention (snow resorts,
etc.) will be more than offset by longer growing seasons.
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| Donald Tees 2006-12-21, 6:55 pm |
| HeyBub wrote:
> Kelly Bert Manning wrote:
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> Uh, the trend over the past decade is a global LOWERING of average
> temperatures.
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> If global warming is in progress, the problems you mention (snow resorts,
> etc.) will be more than offset by longer growing seasons.
>
>
The longest growing season is in the Sahara. It solves little there ...
Donald
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| HeyBub 2006-12-21, 6:55 pm |
| Donald Tees wrote:
> The longest growing season is in the Sahara. It solves little there
> ...
That's because the godless Italians (Romans at the time) chopped down all
the trees.
Look at other places with the same latitude: Saudi Arabia for one.
Besides, I was talking about the growing season in Canada where they grow
things like, er, otters.
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| Donald Tees 2006-12-21, 6:55 pm |
| HeyBub wrote:
> Donald Tees wrote:
>
> That's because the godless Italians (Romans at the time) chopped down all
> the trees.
I also live in Canada. We too have chopped down all the tress. The
forests are just about gone, in fact, for the whole of North America.
We are in the process of paving it though, so sand should not be a problem.
>
> Look at other places with the same latitude: Saudi Arabia for one.
>
> Besides, I was talking about the growing season in Canada where they grow
> things like, er, otters.
Ah yes, but that takes water. We are poisoning the water. Would you
drink untreated water that was just sitting there, out in the open? I
can *remember* when the great lakes were full of drinkable water. Now
they are full of piss, and the fish are gone.
Donald
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| Pete Dashwood 2006-12-21, 6:55 pm |
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"Donald Tees" <donald_tees@donald-tees.ca> wrote in message
news:emeo48$n7i$1@aioe.org...
> HeyBub wrote:
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> I also live in Canada. We too have chopped down all the tress. The
> forests are just about gone, in fact, for the whole of North America. We
> are in the process of paving it though, so sand should not be a problem.
>
>
And (a favourite of mine) beaver.... :-)
> Ah yes, but that takes water. We are poisoning the water. Would you
> drink untreated water that was just sitting there, out in the open? I can
> *remember* when the great lakes were full of drinkable water. Now they
> are full of piss, and the fish are gone.
>
> Donald
>
So the fish pissed off?
Where would they go....?
Bass Strait
Cape Cod
Bream lighthouse
Florida (just for the halibut...)
Salt Hake City
DeTrout
Bismarck (only the herrings...)
Sardinea
Guppysburg
Monkgomery
Atmanta
Sharkansas
Washlington
Of course, all the Lesbian fish go on bicycles...
The rest go on skates.
Pete.
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| HeyBub 2006-12-22, 3:55 am |
| Donald Tees wrote:
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> I also live in Canada. We too have chopped down all the tress. The
> forests are just about gone, in fact, for the whole of North America.
> We are in the process of paving it though, so sand should not be a
> problem.
I think you're selling the wood to the U.S. I do know that we have more
trees in the U.S. now that we did when Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
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>
> Ah yes, but that takes water. We are poisoning the water. Would you
> drink untreated water that was just sitting there, out in the open?
Well, I, for one, don't drink "designer" water, so maybe I'll have to. And
with genetic engineering, we may very well have a waterless otter soon.
> I
> can *remember* when the great lakes were full of drinkable water. Now
> they are full of piss, and the fish are gone.
Thank goodness. That means the Great Lakes are no longer full of fish piss.
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| Alistair 2006-12-22, 7:55 am |
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HeyBub wrote:
> Donald Tees wrote:
I wonder where the evidence for that statement comes from.
[color=darkred]
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> That's because the godless Italians (Romans at the time) chopped down all
> the trees.
Err, no. Read "Sahara Man: Travelling with the Tuareg" by Jeremy
Keenan. He describes areas that are wooded. He also mentions that a
sizeable number of people drown in the Sahara and not in oases.
>
> Look at other places with the same latitude: Saudi Arabia for one.
>
> Besides, I was talking about the growing season in Canada where they grow
> things like, er, otters.
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| Alistair 2006-12-22, 7:55 am |
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Donald Tees wrote:
> HeyBub wrote:
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> I also live in Canada. We too have chopped down all the tress. The
> forests are just about gone, in fact, for the whole of North America.
> We are in the process of paving it though, so sand should not be a problem.
You will need to use sand to make concrete when laying your paving and
tarmacadam. There are at least two types of sand. The one you use is
sharp sand and you'll need to ship that in from Saudi.
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>
> Ah yes, but that takes water. We are poisoning the water. Would you
> drink untreated water that was just sitting there, out in the open? I
> can *remember* when the great lakes were full of drinkable water. Now
> they are full of piss, and the fish are gone.
The River Thames apparently (don't ask me for proof) passes through six
people before it reaches the sea.
>
> Donald
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| Richard 2006-12-22, 6:55 pm |
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Alistair wrote:
> The River Thames apparently (don't ask me for proof) passes through six
> people before it reaches the sea.
You should at least be able to name those six, and are they in series
or parallel ?
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| Pete Dashwood 2006-12-22, 6:55 pm |
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"Alistair" <alistair@ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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<snip>>
> The River Thames apparently (don't ask me for proof) passes through six
> people before it reaches the sea.
>
Ah, yes...urban myth...
Entertaining and interesting, but unlikely.
I remember hearing this 25 years ago. You'd think by now they would have
built better catchment, distribution and treatment... The number should be
at least 8, given the size of the population now and then.
Another "interesting" story circulating at the same time was that, with an
increasing number of women taking birth control pills, the water passed
through their kidneys was acquiring female hormones. This was supposed to
account for the increasing Gay population in London.
Many people believe this is true.
And there are giant blind crocodiles living in the sewers of New York....
Pete.
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| Pete Dashwood 2006-12-22, 6:55 pm |
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"Richard" <riplin@Azonic.co.nz> wrote in message
news:1166817734.757147.298610@a3g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
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> Alistair wrote:
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> You should at least be able to name those six, and are they in series
> or parallel ?
>
I. P. Daly
Jimmy Riddle
Seymour Rivers
Tante Piss (representing the French community)
Wun Long Pee (representing the Chinese community)
and
Mustapha Leak (representing the Islamic community)
Definitely in series... it's a seriesous business.
Pete.
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| Alistair 2006-12-23, 7:55 am |
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Richard wrote:
> Alistair wrote:
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> You should at least be able to name those six, and are they in series
> or parallel ?
If I recall my physics correctly, the parallel series would be the line
of least resistance?
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| Alistair 2006-12-23, 7:55 am |
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Pete Dashwood wrote:
> "Alistair" <alistair@ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1166790422.178779.233570@80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com...
> <snip>>
>
> Ah, yes...urban myth...
>
> Entertaining and interesting, but unlikely.
I don't hink it is an urban myth. But who cares? I don't live in the
Thames area and my water comes from a nearby lake.
>
> I remember hearing this 25 years ago. You'd think by now they would have
> built better catchment, distribution and treatment... The number should be
> at least 8, given the size of the population now and then.
There are serious water problems in the UK so the number of
pre-processing consumers may well have to be upped.
>
> Another "interesting" story circulating at the same time was that, with an
> increasing number of women taking birth control pills, the water passed
> through their kidneys was acquiring female hormones. This was supposed to
> account for the increasing Gay population in London.
>
> Many people believe this is true.
>
There are female hormones in UK water supplies due to the use of the
pill. It has been putatively linked with the decline in male sperm
(quality and quantity) in the UK. However, I am not aware of any link
to increasing gay populations. There was a recent BBC news article
linking being the fourth son with an increased probability of being gay
(due to the mother's body responding to male proteins and rejecting
them with increasing vigour with each successive male birth).
> And there are giant blind crocodiles living in the sewers of New York....
I've seen footage of alligators being pulled out of Florida's sewers
and drains. So not so far from the truth. Did you see the cases of the
alligators taking on pythons? Two recent cases ended in mutually
assured deaths of the protagonists.
>
> Pete.
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| In article <1166881294.066997.298330@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>,
Alistair <alistair@ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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>Pete Dashwood wrote:
[snip]
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>I've seen footage of alligators being pulled out of Florida's sewers
>and drains. So not so far from the truth.
It may be as far from the truth, Mr Maclean, as Florida is from New
York... such beasts are native to the latter state, not the former.
DD
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| SkippyPB 2006-12-23, 6:55 pm |
| On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:31:11 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf@panix.com ()
enlightened us:
>In article <1166881294.066997.298330@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>,
>Alistair <alistair@ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
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>It may be as far from the truth, Mr Maclean, as Florida is from New
>York... such beasts are native to the latter state, not the former.
>
>DD
Gators couldn't live in a sewer because of temperatures and bacteria.
Here's a link to a good explanation of this urban myth:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/al...ewer_gators.htm
Regards,
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| HeyBub 2006-12-23, 6:55 pm |
| SkippyPB wrote:
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> Gators couldn't live in a sewer because of temperatures and bacteria.
> Here's a link to a good explanation of this urban myth:
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> http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/al...ewer_gators.htm
>
We've got gators here in Texas. I'm tellin' you, a gator can live anywhere
it damn well wants to live. Even Lousiana.
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| Alistair 2006-12-23, 6:55 pm |
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SkippyPB wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:31:11 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf@panix.com ()
> enlightened us:
>
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> Gators couldn't live in a sewer because of temperatures and bacteria.
> Here's a link to a good explanation of this urban myth:
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> http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/al...ewer_gators.htm
>
Second time around (google trashed it first time):
Nice link. Cheers. Crocs (alligators are a form of crocodilian) to my
knowledge do not change colour dependant upon exposure to light nor
would they be blind (but they would be hypersensitive to light) if kept
in sewers.
Does any one remember the game "The Boggit" where you get bitten upon
the bum when sat on the toilet? I'd be more worried about sewer
dwelling pythons than crocs (crocs can't get round my u-bend).
> Regards,
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| Robert Jones 2006-12-24, 7:55 am |
| What about little nippers?
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| HeyBub 2006-12-24, 6:55 pm |
| Robert Jones wrote:
> What about little nippers?
No need to be racist.
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| SkippyPB 2006-12-24, 6:55 pm |
| On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:18:21 -0600, "HeyBub" <heybubNOSPAM@gmail.com>
enlightened us:
>SkippyPB wrote:
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>We've got gators here in Texas. I'm tellin' you, a gator can live anywhere
>it damn well wants to live. Even Lousiana.
>
They are native to Louisiana. I know because I lived in New Orleans
for over 2 years. They were common in the swamps.
Regards,
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| Michael Mattias 2006-12-24, 6:55 pm |
| >>We've got gators here in Texas. I'm tellin' you, a gator can live anywhere
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> They are native to Louisiana. I know because I lived in New Orleans
> for over 2 years. They were common in the swamps.
And you laugh at ice, snow and cold?
MCM
Racine WI
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