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Shaun Barrett

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From: Cairns, Queensland, Australia

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

Byron writes:-

In that case, they'll set off world-wide EMP bursts, and send us pitiful humans back to the Stone Age...

    Why should they side with the islamic fundamentalists?

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Palomar

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Registered: 2002-05-30

Posts: 9,734

Re: Apropos of Nothing

Byron writes:-

In that case, they'll set off world-wide EMP bursts, and send us pitiful humans back to the Stone Age...

    Why should they side with the islamic fundamentalists?

*Lol!  Good come-back, Shaun. 

In my opinion, persons (of any sort) who are anti-progress are a perversion of nature's desire to evolve, expand, grow, learn, etc.

--Cindy

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

clark

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

We encourage others to learn, but we fear what others might learn.

Byron

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From: Florida, USA

Registered: 2002-05-16

Posts: 844

Re: Apropos of Nothing

Why should they side with the islamic fundamentalists?

Why should they side with any of us?

It would be logical to think that any alien race (who would probably be millions of years ahead of us) that did happen to make a pit stop on this planet would view us as a bunch of underdeveloped primates killing each other for...what? 

Perhaps they will be kind to us and leave us alone, except perhaps for something like disabling every single nuclear weapon on Earth simply as an "insurance policy" against the potential destruction of Earth from ourselves.

In any case, I'm with the camp that think we just need to bring our boys home, not just from Iraq, but from everywhere else as well.  Surely it's become obvious by now that our meddling has only made things worse, not better.  As for the oil, gas prices have never been higher, and it's high time for us to start looking / developing other sources of energy...before we get into a real mess...

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clark

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

Tom Leher sang it best, 'Send the Marines'. That and "killing pigeons in the park'.

Palomar

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

*The funniest thing I almost did:

In 1990 my sister (Susan), her boyfriend (Jeff), and I took an overnight road trip to Chicago.  Around 3:00 a.m. Jeff was snoozing on the backseat of my car.  My sister was driving, I was in the passenger's seat.  Susan and I were giggly from sleep deprivation, when she suddenly proposed a prank we could play on Jeff:

She would begin jerking the car left and right while honking the horn --  I'd switch the flashlight off and on, and twirl it around -- while both screaming hysterically.

She said, "Just imagine Jeff's face when he wakes up, thinking we're getting into a car wreck!" 

We didn't do it, of course, but I wonder how Jeff did manage to keep sleeping through our TRYING to keep our laughter muffled, and our snickering, while visualizing actually pulling the prank. 

--Cindy  <little devil>

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

clark

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

My neighbor used to work for a Space Camp in Turkey.

Byron

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From: Florida, USA

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

They really have a Space Camp in Turkey?

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clark

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

really.

clark

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

Do you realize, after today, Mars only gets further away?

There's a message in there, somewhere.

Echus_Chasma

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

I was on New Zealand radio this morning, and I managed to advertise the Mars Society. (I was interviewed last night at a lecture about Mars at Wellington's Carter Obervatory.)

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Palomar

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

I was on New Zealand radio this morning, and I managed to advertise the Mars Society. (I was interviewed last night at a lecture about Mars at Wellington's Carter Obervatory.)

*Hey!  Way to go!   

--Cindy

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

Josh Cryer

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

Hey Echus_Chasma, that's awesome!

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Some useful links while MER are active. [url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html]Offical site[/url] [url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html]NASA TV[/url] [url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/]JPL MER2004[/url] [url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html]Text feed[/url]
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The amount of solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth totals some 3.9 million exajoules a year.

sethmckiness

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

hmm.. don't remember.. high enough.

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clark

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

I fought the law, and the law won.

Josh Cryer

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

You got a speeding ticket?

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Some useful links while MER are active. [url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html]Offical site[/url] [url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html]NASA TV[/url] [url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/]JPL MER2004[/url] [url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html]Text feed[/url]
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The amount of solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth totals some 3.9 million exajoules a year.

clark

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

something like that. Let's just say I got ticketed for going the wrong way on the one way street of life...

Palomar

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

*This morning I had my first McGriddle (McDonald's breakfast sandwich).  Rarely do "MickyD's" in the morning, but it was good; it tasted like egg, cheese, and bacon between a waffle. 

Reminds me of a restaurant in California, which I saw on TV:  They only serve fried chicken and waffles.  What a combination!    But people say the saltiness of the chicken goes great with the waffles and syrup...some diners were rolling the chicken up inside, burrito style.  I'd try it.  I love food. 

--Cindy

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

clark

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

They only serve fried chicken and waffles.  What a combination!

Great after a dip in the ocean. 

Palomar

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

They only serve fried chicken and waffles.  What a combination!

Great after a dip in the ocean. 

*So you've eaten at that restaurant, Clark?  I don't remember the name of it.  Maybe it's a franchise now?

--Cindy

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

clark

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N Waffles is the name.

But locals just call it Roscoe's.

Palomar

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

*Two of my phobias: 

Getting struck by lightning.
Escalators (no kidding...I refuse to get on them, always opting for stairs or an elevator).

*My 2 favorite colors:

Orange and yellow    I love warm colors.

--Cindy

P.S.: 

EDIT:  Happy -belated- birthday to Clark!  Hope you had a good one! 

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

clark

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

There is no dignity in being eaten by an animal.

My birthday has already passed. Mars was the gift.

Josh Cryer

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

Cindy, my mom is also afraid of esclators, and elevators, especially glass ones, it's a pain in the butt to walk to the stairs whenever we go to a mall. And it just so happens that most malls have lots of esclators and glass elevators!

BTW, how many words per minute can you type? You have gained 71 posts on me in only a few weeks!

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Some useful links while MER are active. [url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html]Offical site[/url] [url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html]NASA TV[/url] [url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/]JPL MER2004[/url] [url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html]Text feed[/url]
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The amount of solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth totals some 3.9 million exajoules a year.

Palomar

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Re: Apropos of Nothing

Josh:  "Cindy, my mom is also afraid of esclators, and elevators, especially glass ones, it's a pain in the butt to walk to the stairs whenever we go to a mall. And it just so happens that most malls have lots of esclators and glass elevators!"

*Glass elevators:  I just can't watch them initially start upwards, but I always grip support bars really hard (blanched knuckles).  I can ride in them, but I admit a level of fear as well.  Not many glass elevators around here.  Besides...climbing stairs is good execise!

Josh:  "BTW, how many words per minute can you type? You have gained 71 posts on me in only a few weeks!"

*I type 130 words per minute...after errors.  I'm a professional typist, 16+ years of experience.   

You'll catch up and surpass me soon, no doubt; I'm considering building a modest web site for my 18th century Enlightenment studies, in particular to link to my Yahoo! Group.  Time to evolve!  And time consuming...

--Cindy

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)