What is it? Weekend Edition 8

On Nov 2, 9:18=A0pm, "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <ef5e3cfa-4eb3-4676-a152-
> [email protected]>, [email protected] says...
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> > On Nov 2, 2:16 pm, Gunner Asch <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > "Confiscating wealth from those who have earned it, inherited it,
> > > or got lucky is never going to help 'the poor.' Poverty isn't
> > > caused by some people having more money than others, just as obesity
> > > isn't caused by McDonald's serving super-sized orders of French fries
> > > Poverty, like obesity, is caused by the life choices that dictate
> > > results." - John Tucci,
>
> > What an offensive and narrow-minded quote. Does John Tucci really
> > believe that everyone in America has the opportunity to rise out of
> > poverty? Or, as Reagan used to say, "Anyone can grow up to be a
> > millionaire"? I sure hope I never get that limited a view of the
> > complexities of poverty. I grew out of it, and I attribute at least
> > 50% of my success to blind luck, not life choices. Its anything but a
> > level playing field out there, no matter how much Tucci wants it to be
> > otherwise, in order to justify his point of view.
>
> Analyze your "blind luck" carefully and you'll likely find that others
> had the same "blind luck" and didn't do anything with it.
>
> But do you believe that robbing the rich will make the poor rich?

No, but I do believe that the playing field in a capitalist democratic
system is tilted in favor of the wealthy, and that its too easy for
them who have, to get more. Not 'robbing the rich', just putting a
governor on it.

Winston wrote:
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> Michael A. Terrell wrote:
> >
> > "DoN. Nichols" wrote:
> >>
> >> On 2010-11-02, Winston [email protected]? wrote:
> >> ? DoN. Nichols wrote:
> >> ?
> >> ? (...)
> >> ?
> >> ?? And how many people do you expect to know how to decode that
> >> ?? these days given how few do bottom posting? :-)
> >> ?
> >> ? Whfg ybt gb uggc://jjj.ebg13.pbz/vaqrk.cuc
> >> ? naq cnfgr lbhe grkg vagb gur jvaqbj.
> >>
> >> Lbh cbfg gur vafgehpgvbaf ba ubj gb ebg13 qrpbqr (be rapbqr,
> >> fvapr vg vf n erirefvoyr cebprff) *va* ebg13.
> >>
> >> Lbh zhfg ernyyl abg jnag gubfr jub qba'g xabj gb yrnea. :-)
> >>
> >> Enjoy,
> >> DoN.
> >
> >
> > No need to make it too easy on the NOOBS. ;-)
>
> Think of the message as a reward, after someone spends
> half an hour writing a decoder in BASIC.


The last decoder I wrote in basic was to disassemble the firmware OS
in a Commodre 1581 disk drive.


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Steve Turner wrote:
>
> On 11/1/2010 11:19 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
> ?
> ? Winston wrote:
> ??
> ?? DoN. Nichols wrote:
> ??
> ?? (...)
> ??
> ??? And how many people do you expect to know how to decode that
> ??? these days given how few do bottom posting? :-)
> ??
> ?? Whfg ybt gb uggc://jjj.ebg13.pbz/vaqrk.cuc
> ?? naq cnfgr lbhe grkg vagb gur jvaqbj.
> ??
> ?? --Jvafgba
> ?
> ?
> ? Or just right click and select rot-13 in Netscape.
>
> I was looking for that in Thunderbird when the message first came through, but
> for some reason that option no longer exists.


Thnderbird has made way too many changes for my taste. I still use
Netscape 4.8 for newsgroups. I've been told that it doesn't work with
Vista or 7, though. This is an XP system, in spite of what the headers
say.


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Politicians should only get paid if the budget is balanced, and there is
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Rob H. wrote:
> These photos were all recently sent to me, the first three were
> submitted by people looking to identify the items, I've already
> posted them on my site sometime in the last six years so you can test
> your memory on them.
>
> 30.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic30.jpg
>
>
> 31.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic31.jpg
>
>
> 32.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic32.jpg
>
>
> These last two haven't been posted on the web site before:
>
> 33.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic33a.jpg
>
>
> 34. This one is a little unusual in that some people might recommend
> that its purpose not be discussed in polite company:
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic34a.jpg
>
>
>
> Rob

#32 is used to strip corn from the ears for canning or for those of us who
can't bite it from the ear for one reason or another .

--
Snag
Learning keeps
you young !

In article <[email protected]>,
DoN. Nichols <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 2010-11-01, Ted Schuerzinger <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 1 Nov 2010 01:27:36 GMT, DoN. Nichols wrote:
>>
>>> Women normally take longer to do their thing with a normal
>>> john, because of the extra layers which have to be removed and replaced,
>>
>> Actually, it's because they all stop to gossip. ;-)
>
> That is taken care of in the (long) line before getting into the
>johns in the situation which I described (snipped).
>
>> I'm reminded of the old joke:
>>
>> What are the three fastest forms of mass communication?
>> Gryrcubar, gryrtencu, gryy n jbzna.
>
> And how many people do you expect to know how to decode that
>these days given how few do bottom posting? :-)
>
> Furrfu!


"For extra security, and to foil spammers, all my postings are double-rot13
encoded."

In article <ef5e3cfa-4eb3-4676-a152-
[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>
> On Nov 2, 2:16 pm, Gunner Asch <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > "Confiscating wealth from those who have earned it, inherited it,
> >  or got lucky is never going to help 'the poor.' Poverty isn't
> >  caused by some people having more money than others, just as obesity
> > isn't caused by McDonald's serving super-sized orders of French fries
> > Poverty, like obesity, is caused by the life choices that dictate
> > results." - John Tucci,
>
> What an offensive and narrow-minded quote. Does John Tucci really
> believe that everyone in America has the opportunity to rise out of
> poverty? Or, as Reagan used to say, "Anyone can grow up to be a
> millionaire"? I sure hope I never get that limited a view of the
> complexities of poverty. I grew out of it, and I attribute at least
> 50% of my success to blind luck, not life choices. Its anything but a
> level playing field out there, no matter how much Tucci wants it to be
> otherwise, in order to justify his point of view.

Analyze your "blind luck" carefully and you'll likely find that others
had the same "blind luck" and didn't do anything with it.

But do you believe that robbing the rich will make the poor rich?

Winston wrote:
>
> DoN. Nichols wrote:
>
> (...)
>
> > And how many people do you expect to know how to decode that
> > these days given how few do bottom posting? :-)
>
> Whfg ybt gb uggc://jjj.ebg13.pbz/vaqrk.cuc
> naq cnfgr lbhe grkg vagb gur jvaqbj.
>
> --Jvafgba


Or just right click and select rot-13 in Netscape.


--
Politicians should only get paid if the budget is balanced, and there is
enough left over to pay them.

On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:05:50 -0700, Rich Grise <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:10:29 -0400, Rob H. wrote:
>> "Rich Grise" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:11:48 -0400, Steve W. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 34. This one is a little unusual in that some people might recommend
>>>>> that its purpose not be discussed in polite company:
>>>>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic34a.jpg
>>>>
>>> A pee chute for liberated women? ;-)
>>
>> Correct! Except it's for use by a man who wants to keep his shoes dry.
>> It's called a boot saver and was also used as a cane.
>>
>LOL!
>
>Many years ago, I saw an article in Hustler Mag, about some little
>funnel-thing somebody was marketing to enable women to pee at a urinal;
>there was a pic (from behind) of some woman standing at a urinal using
>this little device.
>
>I don't think it ever caught on. ;-)
>
>Thanks!
>Rich
>
Oddly enough..there are a significant number of women who use these
things, but dont wave them around. Long haul truck drivers, tour bus
drivers, etc etc.

I know at least 5 ladies who keep one in their gear.

Gunner

"Confiscating wealth from those who have earned it, inherited it,
or got lucky is never going to help 'the poor.' Poverty isn't
caused by some people having more money than others, just as obesity
isn't caused by McDonald's serving super-sized orders of French fries
Poverty, like obesity, is caused by the life choices that dictate
results." - John Tucci,

"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> These photos were all recently sent to me, the first three were submitted
> by people looking to identify the items, I've already posted them on my
> site sometime in the last six years so you can test your memory on them.
>
>
> 30.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic30.jpg
>
>
> 31.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic31.jpg
>
>
> 32.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic32.jpg
>
>
> These last two haven't been posted on the web site before:
>
> 33.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic33a.jpg
>
>
> 34. This one is a little unusual in that some people might recommend that
> its purpose not be discussed in polite company:
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic34a.jpg
>
>
>
> Rob


30: is a wire stripper

31: is a type of hand operated vise

32: has been answered

33: is a home made overhead candle holder

34: is part of an easel stand

Rob H. wrote the following:
> These photos were all recently sent to me, the first three were
> submitted by people looking to identify the items, I've already posted
> them on my site sometime in the last six years so you can test your
> memory on them.
>
>
> 30.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic30.jpg
A claw clipper for an animal?
>
>
> 31.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic31.jpg
>
>
> 32.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic32.jpg
>
>
> These last two haven't been posted on the web site before:
>
> 33.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic33a.jpg

A candle holder?
>
>
> 34. This one is a little unusual in that some people might recommend
> that its purpose not be discussed in polite company:
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic34a.jpg
A device for checking plumb?
>
>
>
> Rob


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In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

Rich Grise wrote the following:
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:10:29 -0400, Rob H. wrote:
>
>> "Rich Grise" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>> On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:11:48 -0400, Steve W. wrote:
>>>
>>>>> 34. This one is a little unusual in that some people might recommend
>>>>> that its purpose not be discussed in polite company:
>>>>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic34a.jpg
>>>>>
>>> A pee chute for liberated women? ;-)
>>>
>> Correct! Except it's for use by a man who wants to keep his shoes dry.
>> It's called a boot saver and was also used as a cane.
>>
>>
> LOL!
>
> Many years ago, I saw an article in Hustler Mag, about some little
> funnel-thing somebody was marketing to enable women to pee at a urinal;
> there was a pic (from behind) of some woman standing at a urinal using
> this little device.
>
> I don't think it ever caught on. ;-)
>
> Thanks!
> Rich
>
>
>

I only read Hustler for the pictures. :-)
First, it would have to be used in the Men's room. No urinals in the
Woman's room.
Secondly, it would have to be washed afterwards, unless it is disposable.
Lastly, unless it was a foldable paper funnel, where would it be kept
between visits?

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

On Nov 2, 2:16=A0pm, Gunner Asch <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Confiscating wealth from those who have earned it, inherited it,
> =A0or got lucky is never going to help 'the poor.' Poverty isn't
> =A0caused by some people having more money than others, just as obesity
> isn't caused by McDonald's serving super-sized orders of French fries
> Poverty, like obesity, is caused by the life choices that dictate
> results." - John Tucci,

What an offensive and narrow-minded quote. Does John Tucci really
believe that everyone in America has the opportunity to rise out of
poverty? Or, as Reagan used to say, "Anyone can grow up to be a
millionaire"? I sure hope I never get that limited a view of the
complexities of poverty. I grew out of it, and I attribute at least
50% of my success to blind luck, not life choices. Its anything but a
level playing field out there, no matter how much Tucci wants it to be
otherwise, in order to justify his point of view.

--riverman

#30 looks like a can opener

On 10/30/2010 11:31 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> These photos were all recently sent to me, the first three were
> submitted by people looking to identify the items, I've already posted
> them on my site sometime in the last six years so you can test your
> memory on them.
>
>
> 30.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic30.jpg
>
>
> 31.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic31.jpg
>
>
> 32.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic32.jpg
>
>
> These last two haven't been posted on the web site before:
>
> 33.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic33a.jpg
>
>
> 34. This one is a little unusual in that some people might recommend
> that its purpose not be discussed in polite company:
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic34a.jpg
>
>
>
> Rob

"DoN. Nichols" wrote:
>
> On 2010-11-02, Winston [email protected]? wrote:
> ? DoN. Nichols wrote:
> ?
> ? (...)
> ?
> ?? And how many people do you expect to know how to decode that
> ?? these days given how few do bottom posting? :-)
> ?
> ? Whfg ybt gb uggc://jjj.ebg13.pbz/vaqrk.cuc
> ? naq cnfgr lbhe grkg vagb gur jvaqbj.
>
> Lbh cbfg gur vafgehpgvbaf ba ubj gb ebg13 qrpbqr (be rapbqr,
> fvapr vg vf n erirefvoyr cebprff) *va* ebg13.
>
> Lbh zhfg ernyyl abg jnag gubfr jub qba'g xabj gb yrnea. :-)
>
> Enjoy,
> DoN.


No need to make it too easy on the NOOBS. ;-)


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Politicians should only get paid if the budget is balanced, and there is
enough left over to pay them.

On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:03:59 -0700, Winston <[email protected]>
wrote:

>DoN. Nichols wrote:
>
>(...)
>
>> And how many people do you expect to know how to decode that
>> these days given how few do bottom posting? :-)
>
>Just log to http://www.rot13.com/index.php
>and paste your text into the window.
>
>--Winston

?

Not everyone is butt ignorant.

Shrug

Gunner

"Confiscating wealth from those who have earned it, inherited it,
or got lucky is never going to help 'the poor.' Poverty isn't
caused by some people having more money than others, just as obesity
isn't caused by McDonald's serving super-sized orders of French fries
Poverty, like obesity, is caused by the life choices that dictate
results." - John Tucci,

"Rich Grise" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:11:48 -0400, Steve W. wrote:
>>>
>>> 34. This one is a little unusual in that some people might recommend
>>> that its purpose not be discussed in polite company:
>>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic34a.jpg
>>
> A pee chute for liberated women? ;-)
>
> Cheers!
> Rich
>

Wooden speculum for ummmm - you know.

"Michael Kenefick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> #30 looks like a can opener

It does look like one but it was made for another purpose.

>> 32.
>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic32.jpg


> #32 is used to strip corn from the ears for canning or for those of us who
> can't bite it from the ear for one reason or another .


Correct

"Rich Grise" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:05:20 -0400, Rob H. wrote:
>> "Michael Kenefick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> #30 looks like a can opener
>>
>> It does look like one but it was made for another purpose.
>
> Generic sheet metal cutter, ancestor of the nibbler?
>
> Thanks,
> Rich
>

It isn't for use on metal.

> 30: is a wire stripper
>
> 31: is a type of hand operated vise

Both incorrect


> 32: has been answered
>
> 33: is a home made overhead candle holder

Yes, it's for holding candles but it's for a very particular use, the word
'overhead' could be considered correct but a more specific term would be
better

> 34: is part of an easel stand

Nope

Rob H. wrote:
> These photos were all recently sent to me, the first three were
> submitted by people looking to identify the items, I've already posted
> them on my site sometime in the last six years so you can test your
> memory on them.
>
>
> 30.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic30.jpg

Looks sort of like an old seam ripper. May even be a bag ripper.


> 31.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic31.jpg

I use mine as a nutcracker.

>
> 32.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic32.jpg

Used to remove corn kernels from the cob.

>
> These last two haven't been posted on the web site before:
>
> 33.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic33a.jpg

Candle chandelier?

>
> 34. This one is a little unusual in that some people might recommend
> that its purpose not be discussed in polite company:
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic34a.jpg

????

>
>
> Rob

--
Steve W.

"WayneJ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:op.vle08fgsnatzq9@dellilah...
> On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:36:37 -0700, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>> 33: is a home made overhead candle holder
>>
>> Yes, it's for holding candles but it's for a very particular use, the
>> word 'overhead' could be considered correct but a more specific term
>> would be better
>>
>
> Must not be any scandahoovians here!
>
> How about on the head -- St. Lucys day.
>
> WayneJ


Yes, it's a Lucia crown, worn on St. Lucy's day, as seen here:

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=lucia+crown&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS228US228&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1296&bih=620

>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic30.jpg
>
> Looks sort of like an old seam ripper. May even be a bag ripper.

Nope

>> 31.
>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic31.jpg
>
> I use mine as a nutcracker.


Yep, it's a nut cracker


>> 32.
>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic32.jpg
>
> Used to remove corn kernels from the cob.

Correct


>> 33.
>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic33a.jpg
>
> Candle chandelier?


Partially correct


>> 34. This one is a little unusual in that some people might recommend
>> that its purpose not be discussed in polite company:
>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic34a.jpg
>
> ????
>
>>
>>
>> Rob
>
> --
> Steve W.

"Rich Grise" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:11:48 -0400, Steve W. wrote:
>>>
>>> 34. This one is a little unusual in that some people might recommend
>>> that its purpose not be discussed in polite company:
>>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic34a.jpg
>>
> A pee chute for liberated women? ;-)


Correct! Except it's for use by a man who wants to keep his shoes dry.
It's called a boot saver and was also used as a cane.


Rob

On 10/31/10 1:55 PM, Willem wrote:

> http://www.shewee.com/
>
>
> SaSW, Willem

Aah! Samantha Fountain invented it. They also sell sexy pink pants
with a discreet hole for the spout. I'll have to get a Shewee and some
of those pants. No more indecent exposure charges on the long walk home
from a night of drinking!

It's recommended for scuba divers. I wonder if it would also work in a
swimming pool. ;)

On 10/31/10 6:41 PM, George W Frost wrote:
> "J Burns"<[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On 10/31/10 1:55 PM, Willem wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.shewee.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> SaSW, Willem
>>
>> Aah! Samantha Fountain invented it. They also sell sexy pink pants with
>> a discreet hole for the spout. I'll have to get a Shewee and some of
>> those pants. No more indecent exposure charges on the long walk home from
>> a night of drinking!
>>
>> It's recommended for scuba divers. I wonder if it would also work in a
>> swimming pool. ;)
>
> Years ago, I was talking to a retired WW2 Air Force pilot
> He was telling me that they used to have a pipe connected, plastic or
> rubber, to the pilots water outlet and when they wanted a pee, they just did
> The pipe was trailed to the outside and blew away in the wind.
> He called it a Pissaphone pipe.
> Guess it would stop having to go outside on the wing for a leak
>
>
The Steven Canyon Show ran from 1958 to 1960. In one episode, the
civilian passenger in a 2-seat fighter pressed his eye against what he
thought was a bomb sight, then asked over the intercom, "What's this?"

"That's the relief tube."

> 30.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic30.jpg


I'll go ahead and post the answer for this one, it's a shoemaker's welt
trimmer, a cutting tool used with a pushing motion to trim the outer edge of
a welt after stitching.


Rob

DoN. Nichols wrote:

(...)

> And how many people do you expect to know how to decode that
> these days given how few do bottom posting? :-)

Whfg ybt gb uggc://jjj.ebg13.pbz/vaqrk.cuc
naq cnfgr lbhe grkg vagb gur jvaqbj.

--Jvafgba

On 11/1/2010 11:19 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>
> Winston wrote:
>>
>> DoN. Nichols wrote:
>>
>> (...)
>>
>>> And how many people do you expect to know how to decode that
>>> these days given how few do bottom posting? :-)
>>
>> Whfg ybt gb uggc://jjj.ebg13.pbz/vaqrk.cuc
>> naq cnfgr lbhe grkg vagb gur jvaqbj.
>>
>> --Jvafgba
>
>
> Or just right click and select rot-13 in Netscape.

I was looking for that in Thunderbird when the message first came through, but
for some reason that option no longer exists.

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On 11/2/10 10:21 AM, humunculus wrote:
> On Nov 2, 9:18 pm, "J. Clarke"<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> But do you believe that robbing the rich will make the poor rich?
>
> No, but I do believe that the playing field in a capitalist democratic
> system is tilted in favor of the wealthy, and that its too easy for
> them who have, to get more. Not 'robbing the rich', just putting a
> governor on it.
>
Millions of English used to live and make their living on public lands.
The king decided his friends could become very rich if he privatized
these lands. Over two or three centuries, millions of displaced people
starved. Darwin called it survival of the fittest. Dickens called it
survival of the fattest. The cheap labor of the desperately poor made
the industrial revolution very profitable.

In America, most settlers were supposed to end up like slaves because
only corporations were to own land. The Indians thought that would ruin
the environment. By selling land to a corporation, Samoset got legal
recognition that Indians, not the king, were the owners. They used that
recognition to give or sell land to individual farmers. That's how
democracy took root among New England colonists.

George Washington and Henry Knox wanted to prevent democracy from
spreading. They came up with a scheme of calling Indian tribes nations.
It was illegal for a member of one of these "nations" to give a white
guy a break by giving or selling him land. Instead, the Army would be
called in to force a self-styled Indian leader to cede a bunch of land,
which would end up in the hands of powerful whites.

DoN. Nichols wrote:
> On 2010-11-02, Winston<[email protected]> wrote:
>> DoN. Nichols wrote:
>>
>> (...)
>>
>>> And how many people do you expect to know how to decode that
>>> these days given how few do bottom posting? :-)
>>
>> Whfg ybt gb uggc://jjj.ebg13.pbz/vaqrk.cuc
>> naq cnfgr lbhe grkg vagb gur jvaqbj.
>
> Lbh cbfg gur vafgehpgvbaf ba ubj gb ebg13 qrpbqr (be rapbqr,
> fvapr vg vf n erirefvoyr cebprff) *va* ebg13.
>
> Lbh zhfg ernyyl abg jnag gubfr jub qba'g xabj gb yrnea. :-)

Sometimes I'm overly recursive.

:)

--Winston

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>
> "DoN. Nichols" wrote:
>>
>> On 2010-11-02, Winston [email protected]? wrote:
>> ? DoN. Nichols wrote:
>> ?
>> ? (...)
>> ?
>> ?? And how many people do you expect to know how to decode that
>> ?? these days given how few do bottom posting? :-)
>> ?
>> ? Whfg ybt gb uggc://jjj.ebg13.pbz/vaqrk.cuc
>> ? naq cnfgr lbhe grkg vagb gur jvaqbj.
>>
>> Lbh cbfg gur vafgehpgvbaf ba ubj gb ebg13 qrpbqr (be rapbqr,
>> fvapr vg vf n erirefvoyr cebprff) *va* ebg13.
>>
>> Lbh zhfg ernyyl abg jnag gubfr jub qba'g xabj gb yrnea. :-)
>>
>> Enjoy,
>> DoN.
>
>
> No need to make it too easy on the NOOBS. ;-)

Think of the message as a reward, after someone spends
half an hour writing a decoder in BASIC.

Heh.

--Winston

DoN. Nichols wrote:

(...)

> I don't think that I would want to try it in INTERCAL, however. :-)

I had to look that one up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTERCAL

"Caution! Under no circumstances confuse the mesh with the interleave
operator, except under confusing circumstances!"

That is a Riot! Reminds me of Douglas Adams.

http://www.earthstar.co.uk/drive.htm

:)

--Winston

Robert Bonomi wrote:

(...)

> "For extra security, and to foil spammers, all my postings are double-rot13
> encoded."

I can't get to a browser right now. What did Bob say?
Can anybody decode this for me?

--Winston

DoN. Nichols wrote:

(...)

> Download the original paper on it and read that if you haven't.
> I remember being introduced to it at an early local computer club
> meeting, perhaps around 1978 or so.

That sure resonates with anyone who bashed their head against
a thorough but completely useless instruction manual or 'man entry'.
(Timidly raises hand.)

> Better -- it was written (in part) by one of the two programmer
> responsible for the original Adventure. :-)

..Who were bright enough to warrant sunscreen and shades.

>> http://www.earthstar.co.uk/drive.htm
>
> Hmm ... I don't remember reading that in _HHGTTG_ -- some
> supplementary publication, or my failing memory?

Perhaps you dismissed it as 'too improbable'.
:)

See section 3.3:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_in_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy

Just now I realized that I want to be Douglas Adams
when I grow up.

http://www.douglasadams.com/

--Winston

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:19:18 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>Winston wrote:
>>
>> DoN. Nichols wrote:
>>
>> (...)
>>
>> > And how many people do you expect to know how to decode that
>> > these days given how few do bottom posting? :-)
>>
>> Whfg ybt gb uggc://jjj.ebg13.pbz/vaqrk.cuc
>> naq cnfgr lbhe grkg vagb gur jvaqbj.
>>
>> --Jvafgba
>
>
> Or just right click and select rot-13 in Netscape.
Or IE
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:36:37 -0700, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:


>> 33: is a home made overhead candle holder
>
> Yes, it's for holding candles but it's for a very particular use, the
> word 'overhead' could be considered correct but a more specific term
> would be better
>

Must not be any scandahoovians here!

How about on the head -- St. Lucys day.

WayneJ


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On 1 Nov 2010 01:27:36 GMT, DoN. Nichols wrote:

> Women normally take longer to do their thing with a normal
> john, because of the extra layers which have to be removed and replaced,

Actually, it's because they all stop to gossip. ;-)

I'm reminded of the old joke:

What are the three fastest forms of mass communication?
Gryrcubar, gryrtencu, gryy n jbzna.

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On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:05:20 -0400, Rob H. wrote:
> "Michael Kenefick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> #30 looks like a can opener
>
> It does look like one but it was made for another purpose.

Generic sheet metal cutter, ancestor of the nibbler?

Thanks,
Rich

On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:37:57 -0400, Rob H. wrote:
> "Rich Grise" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:05:20 -0400, Rob H. wrote:
>>> "Michael Kenefick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> #30 looks like a can opener
>>>
>>> It does look like one but it was made for another purpose.
>>
>> Generic sheet metal cutter, ancestor of the nibbler?
>
> It isn't for use on metal.

Thanks. I just now saw "wire stripper" by $OTHER_POSTER, and I wanna
change my vote. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:11:48 -0400, Steve W. wrote:
>>
>> 34. This one is a little unusual in that some people might recommend
>> that its purpose not be discussed in polite company:
>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic34a.jpg
>
A pee chute for liberated women? ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:10:29 -0400, Rob H. wrote:
> "Rich Grise" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:11:48 -0400, Steve W. wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 34. This one is a little unusual in that some people might recommend
>>>> that its purpose not be discussed in polite company:
>>>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic34a.jpg
>>>
>> A pee chute for liberated women? ;-)
>
> Correct! Except it's for use by a man who wants to keep his shoes dry.
> It's called a boot saver and was also used as a cane.
>
LOL!

Many years ago, I saw an article in Hustler Mag, about some little
funnel-thing somebody was marketing to enable women to pee at a urinal;
there was a pic (from behind) of some woman standing at a urinal using
this little device.

I don't think it ever caught on. ;-)

Thanks!
Rich

Rob H. wrote the following:
>> 30.
>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album11/pic30.jpg
>
>
> I'll go ahead and post the answer for this one, it's a shoemaker's
> welt trimmer, a cutting tool used with a pushing motion to trim the
> outer edge of a welt after stitching.
>
>
> Rob

The glue all over the handle shoulda given it away. :-)

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willshak wrote:
) Rich Grise wrote the following:
)> On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:10:29 -0400, Rob H. wrote:
)>
)>> "Rich Grise" <[email protected]> wrote in message
)>> news:[email protected]...
)>>> A pee chute for liberated women? ;-)
)>>>
)>> Correct! Except it's for use by a man who wants to keep his shoes dry.
)>> It's called a boot saver and was also used as a cane.
)>>
)>>
)> LOL!
)>
)> Many years ago, I saw an article in Hustler Mag, about some little
)> funnel-thing somebody was marketing to enable women to pee at a urinal;
)> there was a pic (from behind) of some woman standing at a urinal using
)> this little device.
)>
)> I don't think it ever caught on. ;-)
)>
)> Thanks!
)> Rich
)>
)>
)>
)
) I only read Hustler for the pictures. :-)
) First, it would have to be used in the Men's room. No urinals in the
) Woman's room.
) Secondly, it would have to be washed afterwards, unless it is disposable.
) Lastly, unless it was a foldable paper funnel, where would it be kept
) between visits?

http://www.shewee.com/


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On 2010-10-31, willshak <[email protected]> wrote:
> Rich Grise wrote the following:

[ ... ]

>> Many years ago, I saw an article in Hustler Mag, about some little
>> funnel-thing somebody was marketing to enable women to pee at a urinal;
>> there was a pic (from behind) of some woman standing at a urinal using
>> this little device.
>>
>> I don't think it ever caught on. ;-)

I know of at least one woman who uses one of some brand or other
(yes, there are several makers). She passes as a man in a Civil War
re-enactment troupe, and needs to be able to relieve herself against a
tree as the other soldiers do.

[ ... ]

> I only read Hustler for the pictures. :-)
> First, it would have to be used in the Men's room. No urinals in the
> Woman's room.

You've never been in a men's room which has been "liberated" by
a crowd of women? Typically at a concert venue where there are just as
many women's johns as men's -- but not anything to take the place of the
urinals. Women normally take longer to do their thing with a normal
john, because of the extra layers which have to be removed and replaced,
so there is never time during the intermission to handle all of them who
need to go.

> Secondly, it would have to be washed afterwards, unless it is disposable.
> Lastly, unless it was a foldable paper funnel, where would it be kept
> between visits?

A container to store it after use until it can be washed. Or --
just wash it when she washes her hands at the sink.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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On 2010-11-01, Ted Schuerzinger <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 1 Nov 2010 01:27:36 GMT, DoN. Nichols wrote:
>
>> Women normally take longer to do their thing with a normal
>> john, because of the extra layers which have to be removed and replaced,
>
> Actually, it's because they all stop to gossip. ;-)

That is taken care of in the (long) line before getting into the
johns in the situation which I described (snipped).

> I'm reminded of the old joke:
>
> What are the three fastest forms of mass communication?
> Gryrcubar, gryrtencu, gryy n jbzna.

And how many people do you expect to know how to decode that
these days given how few do bottom posting? :-)

Furrfu!

Enjoy,
DoN.

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On 2010-11-02, Winston <[email protected]> wrote:
> DoN. Nichols wrote:
>
> (...)
>
>> And how many people do you expect to know how to decode that
>> these days given how few do bottom posting? :-)
>
> Whfg ybt gb uggc://jjj.ebg13.pbz/vaqrk.cuc
> naq cnfgr lbhe grkg vagb gur jvaqbj.

Lbh cbfg gur vafgehpgvbaf ba ubj gb ebg13 qrpbqr (be rapbqr,
fvapr vg vf n erirefvoyr cebprff) *va* ebg13.

Lbh zhfg ernyyl abg jnag gubfr jub qba'g xabj gb yrnea. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

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On 2010-11-03, Winston <[email protected]> wrote:
> Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>>
>> "DoN. Nichols" wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2010-11-02, Winston [email protected]? wrote:
>>> ? DoN. Nichols wrote:
>>> ?
>>> ? (...)
>>> ?
>>> ?? And how many people do you expect to know how to decode that
>>> ?? these days given how few do bottom posting? :-)
>>> ?
>>> ? Whfg ybt gb uggc://jjj.ebg13.pbz/vaqrk.cuc
>>> ? naq cnfgr lbhe grkg vagb gur jvaqbj.
>>>
>>> Lbh cbfg gur vafgehpgvbaf ba ubj gb ebg13 qrpbqr (be rapbqr,
>>> fvapr vg vf n erirefvoyr cebprff) *va* ebg13.
>>>
>>> Lbh zhfg ernyyl abg jnag gubfr jub qba'g xabj gb yrnea. :-)
>>>
>>> Enjoy,
>>> DoN.
>>
>>
>> No need to make it too easy on the NOOBS. ;-)
>
> Think of the message as a reward, after someone spends
> half an hour writing a decoder in BASIC.

Or -- sat down and decoded it by hand. (Not too difficult --
just tedious.)

Also -- not too difficult to write a decoder in C (or perl, or
pretty much any reasonable language). Lots of ways to do it.

I don't think that I would want to try it in INTERCAL, however. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

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On 2010-11-03, Winston <[email protected]> wrote:
> DoN. Nichols wrote:
>
> (...)
>
>> I don't think that I would want to try it in INTERCAL, however. :-)
>
> I had to look that one up.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTERCAL
>
> "Caution! Under no circumstances confuse the mesh with the interleave
> operator, except under confusing circumstances!"
>
> That is a Riot! Reminds me of Douglas Adams.

Download the original paper on it and read that if you haven't.
I remember being introduced to it at an early local computer club
meeting, perhaps around 1978 or so.

Better -- it was written (in part) by one of the two programmer
responsible for the original Adventure. :-)

> http://www.earthstar.co.uk/drive.htm

Hmm ... I don't remember reading that in _HHGTTG_ -- some
supplementary publication, or my failing memory?

Enjoy,
DoN.

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"J Burns" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 10/31/10 1:55 PM, Willem wrote:
>
>> http://www.shewee.com/
>>
>>
>> SaSW, Willem
>
> Aah! Samantha Fountain invented it. They also sell sexy pink pants with
> a discreet hole for the spout. I'll have to get a Shewee and some of
> those pants. No more indecent exposure charges on the long walk home from
> a night of drinking!
>
> It's recommended for scuba divers. I wonder if it would also work in a
> swimming pool. ;)

Years ago, I was talking to a retired WW2 Air Force pilot
He was telling me that they used to have a pipe connected, plastic or
rubber, to the pilots water outlet and when they wanted a pee, they just did
The pipe was trailed to the outside and blew away in the wind.
He called it a Pissaphone pipe.
Guess it would stop having to go outside on the wing for a leak