"Vic Baron" wrote:
> that's it - healthy, happy and prosperous New Year to all!
------------------------------------------
Back at everybody and good riddance to the first decade of this
century.
===============================
"Brian Grella" wrote:
> So, the big question is do we say twenty ten OR two thousand and
> ten??
------------------------------------------
I vote for Twenty Ten.
Lew
"Larry Jaques" wrote:
> They have to hire a lead abatement contractor
>
>
> This is a contractor who has:
>
> A) registered with the federal gov't.
> B) paid the fees.
> C) sent worker/attended lead abatement school @ several hundred
> bucks
> per class per worker.
> D) taken the lead abatement test and passed.
> E) uses extreme care when sanding lead-based paint, following all
> lead
> dust containment methods using new high-priced containment gear.
> F) stores said gnarlyass toxic WMD stuff in special, high-priced,
> fed-approved containers.
> G) sends the lead paint in those caontainers to fed-approved toxic
> waste sites and pays the enormous fees for dumping.
> H) does all the paperwork throughout this dog and pony show.
*********************************
Nobody said cleaning up one's nest was cheap, just necessary.
Ever wonder why there are fewer gas stations?
The cost of remedial site restoration is a given, but then comes the
double wall underground tank replacement if the station remains in
service.
Tri-Clor clean-ups is another..
Along with lead paint, just a few more items that require clean up.
Lew
+
In article <QBa%[email protected]>, Vic
Baron <[email protected]> wrote:
> that's it - healthy, happy and prosperous New Year to all!
At least two out of three!
Happy, happy, joy, joy!
In article <[email protected]>, Larry Jaques
<novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:05:13 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone
> <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> scrawled the following:
>
> >In article <QBa%[email protected]>, Vic
> >Baron <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> that's it - healthy, happy and prosperous New Year to all!
> >
> >At least two out of three!
>
> Happy and healthy, right? Ditto here.
I'd hit that.
> >Happy, happy, joy, joy!
>
> C'mon down. I'll take you out to fine dining at Taco Bell and show
> you how to use the 3 Shells.
Just make sure you have enough powdered toast!
In article <[email protected]>, Larry Jaques
<novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
> And gasoline for that smokin' Olds 442. Where'd THAT come from way
> forward then?
Cupla years back I drove to the homestead to get grampa's boat. Dad had
it shrink wrapped for me, after grampa died. It's a 14 foot moulded
hull money sink, but it was his, and now its mine. Nothing else
matters.
Brother Brian (the useful one of three... high steel and stainless
welder, knowns his shit) is there to check things out before I haul off
home on a 9 hour drive. Turns out the wheel bearings on the trailer are
shot, not unexpected. He has the welding truck and there's a bit of
repair that's worth doing. Gets done.
So. anyway.
1957 Johnson Seahorse 35 HP outboard. Brian cracks open the gas tank
and starts laughing his ass off.
I have a 5 gallon tank of leaded gas. 25 years, it's been sitting, and
likely as good as the day it was refined.
Even better? It's "purple gas". Gramps was a farmer and bought the dyed
stuff tax free.
In article <[email protected]>, Lew Hodgett
<[email protected]> wrote:
> "Dave Balderstone" wrote:
>
> > 1957 Johnson Seahorse 35 HP outboard. Brian cracks open the gas tank
> > and starts laughing his ass off.
>
> Had a 5HP one that was all sleeve brgs.
>
> Mix gas/oil around 25:1, not 50:1 for today's engines and you will be
> a happy camper.
Yup. 50:1 happened about 1960.
It's a hoot taking my kids out on the lake in Gramps's boat. I'm sure
he's laughing his ass off watching me sort things out.
In article <[email protected]>, Larry Jaques
<novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
> Except in a 2-stroke weed eater, I've never had a problem with year or
> 5 old gas. You?
Nope. I've never had an explosion in a DC hose, either.
On Dec 31, 6:38=A0pm, "Vic Baron" <[email protected]> wrote:
> that's it - healthy, happy and prosperous New Year to all!
>
> Vic
>
> --
> There are 10 kinds of people - those who understand binary and those who
> don't
Happy New Year to you as well.
So, the big question is do we say twenty ten OR two thousand and ten??
On Dec 31 2009, 8:55=A0pm, Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com>
wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:39:39 -0600, the infamous -MIKE-
> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>
> >> Happy New Year to you as well.
>
> >> So, the big question is do we say twenty ten OR two thousand and ten??
>
> >Either, except leave the "and." =A0It's grammatically and numerically
> >incorrect.
>
> Just Say: Oh Ten. =A0
> Reason: jus'cuz.
>
> --
> =A0 Sex is Evil, Evil is Sin, Sin is Forgiven.
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Gee, ain't religion GREAT?
I say we use: 2 - naught - one - naught cuz it's the Minwax way of
doing things! LOL!
Jums
On Jan 1, 12:27=A0am, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Vic Baron" wrote:
> > that's it - healthy, happy and prosperous New Year to all!
>
> ------------------------------------------
> Back at everybody and good riddance to the first decade of this
> century.
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D"Brian Grella" wrote:
> > So, the big question is do we say twenty ten OR two thousand and
> > ten??
>
> ------------------------------------------
> I vote for Twenty Ten.
>
> Lew
Oh-ten
On Dec 31, 6:38=A0pm, "Vic Baron" <[email protected]> wrote:
> that's it - healthy, happy and prosperous New Year to all!
>
> Vic
>
> --
> There are 10 kinds of people - those who understand binary and those who
> don't
Same same to all all. Safe and prosperous 2010 and beyond to you and
yours.
"Vic Baron" <[email protected]> wrote in news:QBa%m.292774$mn3.90127@en-
nntp-03.dc1.easynews.com:
> that's it - healthy, happy and prosperous New Year to all!
>
> Vic
And from me to you all too!
--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid
"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Except in a 2-stroke weed eater, I've never had a problem with year or
> 5 old gas. You?
>
Nope. But then that was then. Now is now. Thanks to all of the folks that
spend their days thinking of how to protect us from everything, we now have
oxygenated fuels and ethanol fuels. New problems now. Fuels today have an
affinity for water and very quickly become very acidic. Now we get to deal
with new problems such as carb seals disintegrating, etc. The crap they
foist on us just brings more and more new problems. I don't even bother to
keep 5 gallon cans of fuel on hand anymore, if I can't plan on using the
over the period of a couple of months. And to think - there were times when
the gas tank in my '45 Allis Chalmers WC might have gone a year without
having been re-fueled - with no problems.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:07:29 -0700, the infamous Mark & Juanita
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:
> wrote:
>
>... snip
>>>I have a 5 gallon tank of leaded gas. 25 years, it's been sitting, and
>>>likely as good as the day it was refined.
>>
>> Except in a 2-stroke weed eater, I've never had a problem with year or
>> 5 old gas. You?
>>
>
> Don't know about others, but if I leave gas in my lawn mower carb for even
>a couple of weeks, it's a major effort getting it started the next time.
>Shut off the gas and let it run itself out, no problem, a couple of pulls
>and it takes off. Gas over 6 months old also seems to have the same effect.
>In our area, we have to have one of those cafe blends during parts of the
>year, I suspect that may have something to do with it.
>
>... snip
>> As of yesterday, all contractors in the USA have to test (and control)
>> all paint for lead for areas over 6 square feet. It's going to cost
>> me $25 (min) to test granny's barn paint for lead, so estimates are
>> going to start costing people.
>
> So, what happens if the test comes back positive for lead?
They have to hire a lead abatement contractor
This is a contractor who has:
A) registered with the federal gov't.
B) paid the fees.
C) sent worker/attended lead abatement school @ several hundred bucks
per class per worker.
D) taken the lead abatement test and passed.
E) uses extreme care when sanding lead-based paint, following all lead
dust containment methods using new high-priced containment gear.
F) stores said gnarlyass toxic WMD stuff in special, high-priced,
fed-approved containers.
G) sends the lead paint in those caontainers to fed-approved toxic
waste sites and pays the enormous fees for dumping.
H) does all the paperwork throughout this dog and pony show.
I'll likely stop doing any painting in the future. It just ain't worth
the hassle, even if some grandmas _can_ afford it. Most won't be able
to. Luckily, I didn't do much painting anyway, and most of that was
inside, so it won't be a real loss. Then again, I might make good
referral fees from the guys willing to do the fed dance.
Oh, for those who don't play by the rules, the EPA penalties can be
"up to $32,500 per violation, per day." God bless em!
See www.nahb.org/leadpaint for more info.
Oops, update: It takes effect on Earth Day, Apr 22, 2010.
>> Lead paint was banned for sale in the US 32 years ago.
>>
>> Do you feel safer yet?
>
> Oh yeah, just loads safer. /sarcasm
They've also saved us from asbestos, CO2, and plastic tits.
(see sig)
--
***********************************************************
"Boy, I feel safer now that Martha Stewart is behind bars!
O.J. is walking around free, Osama Bin Laden too, but they
take the one woman in America willing to cook and clean
and work in the yard and haul her ass to jail."
--Tim Allen
***********************************************************
On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:44:30 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> scrawled the following:
>In article <[email protected]>, Larry Jaques
><novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:05:13 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone
>> <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> scrawled the following:
>>
>> >In article <QBa%[email protected]>, Vic
>> >Baron <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> that's it - healthy, happy and prosperous New Year to all!
>> >
>> >At least two out of three!
>>
>> Happy and healthy, right? Ditto here.
>
>I'd hit that.
>
>> >Happy, happy, joy, joy!
>>
>> C'mon down. I'll take you out to fine dining at Taco Bell and show
>> you how to use the 3 Shells.
>
>Just make sure you have enough powdered toast!
And gasoline for that smokin' Olds 442. Where'd THAT come from way
forward then?
--
Sex is Evil, Evil is Sin, Sin is Forgiven.
Gee, ain't religion GREAT?
On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 11:01:51 -0800 (PST), the infamous Jimmy Mac
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>On Dec 31 2009, 8:55 pm, Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com>
>wrote:
>> On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:39:39 -0600, the infamous -MIKE-
>> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>>
>> >> Happy New Year to you as well.
>>
>> >> So, the big question is do we say twenty ten OR two thousand and ten??
>>
>> >Either, except leave the "and." It's grammatically and numerically
>> >incorrect.
>>
>> Just Say: Oh Ten.
>> Reason: jus'cuz.
>>
>> --
>> Sex is Evil, Evil is Sin, Sin is Forgiven.
>> Gee, ain't religion GREAT?
>
>I say we use: 2 - naught - one - naught cuz it's the Minwax way of
>doing things! LOL!
Repent, thinner, and stain no more!
--
Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.
--Thomas Paine
> Happy New Year to you as well.
>
> So, the big question is do we say twenty ten OR two thousand and ten??
Either, except leave the "and." It's grammatically and numerically
incorrect.
--
-MIKE-
"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com
[email protected]
---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Vic Baron" wrote:
>> that's it - healthy, happy and prosperous New Year to all!
> ------------------------------------------
> Back at everybody and good riddance to the first decade of this century.
> ===============================
> "Brian Grella" wrote:
>> So, the big question is do we say twenty ten OR two thousand and ten??
> ------------------------------------------
> I vote for Twenty Ten.
>
> Lew
>
>
My wife and I were discussing this on the way home, and we decided just
"Ten" would be enough. The rest of you seems to be deciding between four and
five syllables, while one will get the job done.
Happy New Year everyone and thank you for teaching me so dang much last year
and for being good company!
Bill
On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:39:39 -0600, the infamous -MIKE-
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>> Happy New Year to you as well.
>>
>> So, the big question is do we say twenty ten OR two thousand and ten??
>
>
>Either, except leave the "and." It's grammatically and numerically
>incorrect.
Just Say: Oh Ten.
Reason: jus'cuz.
--
Sex is Evil, Evil is Sin, Sin is Forgiven.
Gee, ain't religion GREAT?
wrote:
... snip
>>I have a 5 gallon tank of leaded gas. 25 years, it's been sitting, and
>>likely as good as the day it was refined.
>
> Except in a 2-stroke weed eater, I've never had a problem with year or
> 5 old gas. You?
>
Don't know about others, but if I leave gas in my lawn mower carb for even
a couple of weeks, it's a major effort getting it started the next time.
Shut off the gas and let it run itself out, no problem, a couple of pulls
and it takes off. Gas over 6 months old also seems to have the same effect.
In our area, we have to have one of those cafe blends during parts of the
year, I suspect that may have something to do with it.
... snip
> As of yesterday, all contractors in the USA have to test (and control)
> all paint for lead for areas over 6 square feet. It's going to cost
> me $25 (min) to test granny's barn paint for lead, so estimates are
> going to start costing people.
>
So, what happens if the test comes back positive for lead?
> Lead paint was banned for sale in the US 32 years ago.
>
> Do you feel safer yet?
Oh yeah, just loads safer. /sarcasm
>
> --
> Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.
> --Thomas Paine
--
There is never a situation where having more rounds is a disadvantage
Rob Leatham
On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:09:49 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> scrawled the following:
>In article <[email protected]>, Larry Jaques
><novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>
>> And gasoline for that smokin' Olds 442. Where'd THAT come from way
>> forward then?
>
>Cupla years back I drove to the homestead to get grampa's boat. Dad had
>it shrink wrapped for me, after grampa died. It's a 14 foot moulded
>hull money sink, but it was his, and now its mine. Nothing else
>matters.
>
>Brother Brian (the useful one of three... high steel and stainless
>welder, knowns his shit) is there to check things out before I haul off
>home on a 9 hour drive. Turns out the wheel bearings on the trailer are
>shot, not unexpected. He has the welding truck and there's a bit of
>repair that's worth doing. Gets done.
>
>So. anyway.
>
>1957 Johnson Seahorse 35 HP outboard. Brian cracks open the gas tank
>and starts laughing his ass off.
Welding + gasoline fumes finally got him, did they?
Oh.
>I have a 5 gallon tank of leaded gas. 25 years, it's been sitting, and
>likely as good as the day it was refined.
Except in a 2-stroke weed eater, I've never had a problem with year or
5 old gas. You?
>Even better? It's "purple gas". Gramps was a farmer and bought the dyed
>stuff tax free.
Cool! That Olds surely had leaded gas in it, too.
Question: Do you feel that the removal of lead from our ecosystem has
resulted in a smarter and more savvy civilization?
I don't, either. If anything, society seems to be dumbing down.
As of yesterday, all contractors in the USA have to test (and control)
all paint for lead for areas over 6 square feet. It's going to cost
me $25 (min) to test granny's barn paint for lead, so estimates are
going to start costing people.
Lead paint was banned for sale in the US 32 years ago.
Do you feel safer yet?
--
Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.
--Thomas Paine
On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:05:13 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> scrawled the following:
>In article <QBa%[email protected]>, Vic
>Baron <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> that's it - healthy, happy and prosperous New Year to all!
>
>At least two out of three!
Happy and healthy, right? Ditto here.
>Happy, happy, joy, joy!
C'mon down. I'll take you out to fine dining at Taco Bell and show
you how to use the 3 Shells.
--
Sex is Evil, Evil is Sin, Sin is Forgiven.
Gee, ain't religion GREAT?
On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:30:01 -0700, the infamous Mark & Juanita
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>Vic Baron wrote:
>
>> that's it - healthy, happy and prosperous New Year to all!
>>
>> Vic
>>
>
> ... and from here also. May 2010 bring happiness and prosperity.
Dittoes from SoOr. Nappy Hoo Year, watch for drunks if you're out.
--
Sex is Evil, Evil is Sin, Sin is Forgiven.
Gee, ain't religion GREAT?