OT: Curl up with a book....

On Jan 25, 1:51=A0pm, "Steve W." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Edward Hennessey wrote:
> > and you might die laughing. See:
>
> >http://www.abebooks.com/books/weird/index.shtml
>
> > Now you can find a volume that will do double duty as both
> > a go(ing)-away gift and next year's Xmas present.
> > And there is both metal and wood content.
>
> > Funnier yet, some of the titles I've digested conceal fine
> > scholarship. But "How to Teach
> > Physics to Your Dog" may have it backwards?
>
> > Regards,
>
> > Edward Hennessey
>
> Hey, "Old Tractors, and the Men who love them" isn't a weird book......

In fact, I think that's the most interesting collection of books I've
ever seen. Far more interesting, informative and entertaining than
any bestseller's list or anything of that ilk.

R

On Jan 25, 3:29=A0pm, "Steve W." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bill wrote:
> > On 1/25/2011 1:51 PM, Steve W. wrote:
> >> Edward Hennessey wrote:
> >>> and you might die laughing. See:
>
> >>>http://www.abebooks.com/books/weird/index.shtml
>
> >>> Now you can find a volume that will do double duty as both
> >>> a go(ing)-away gift and next year's Xmas present.
> >>> And there is both metal and wood content.
>
> >>> Funnier yet, some of the titles I've digested conceal fine
> >>> scholarship. But "How to Teach
> >>> Physics to Your Dog" may have it backwards?
>
> >>> Regards,
>
> >>> Edward Hennessey
>
> >> Hey, "Old Tractors, and the Men who love them" isn't a weird book.....=
.
>
> > Sounds like a sexist book, no??? (LOL)
>
> > Bill
>
> Not if you know Roger.... I have signed copies of most of his tractor
> books. Most are written with easy humor and from a "Here is what I did
> and why you shouldn't do the same thing" POV
>
> --
> Steve W.

I plan to visit the annual LIAR'S FESTIVAL held in Roger's home town
of Dannebrog, Nebraska next year if I can. I am not into old tractors
because I still have a sore butt from bouncing around on them when I
was a kid. However I do appreciate the tools that are needed to
restore old tractors and I'll bet Roger has some nice ones.

DL

"pyotr filipivich" wrote:

> Well, Florida lost it's grapes over 100 years ago, and now the
> Orange
>Groves are slowly bing closed as they freeze and die. The smell of
>orange blossoms used to hit you not long after you crossed the state
>borders. Now, most are south of Orlando.
-------------------------------------
The orange groves in SoCal have been history for years being replaced
with housing developments and shopping centers.

The almond and pistachio groves are still around in the central
valley.

Lew

Gerald Miller wrote:

> So buy the book "101 more uses for a dead cat" or something like that
> in their list.


Excellent!!! I had that book when it first came out. Still remember my
favorite - the pencil sharpener.

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-Mike-
[email protected]

On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:38:52 -0800, "Edward Hennessey"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Steve W." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Edward Hennessey wrote:
>>> and you might die laughing. See:
>>>
>>> http://www.abebooks.com/books/weird/index.shtml
>>>
>>> Now you can find a volume that will do double duty as both
>>> a go(ing)-away gift and next year's Xmas present.
>>> And there is both metal and wood content.
>>>
>>> Funnier yet, some of the titles I've digested conceal fine
>>> scholarship. But "How to Teach
>>> Physics to Your Dog" may have it backwards?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Edward Hennessey
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Hey, "Old Tractors, and the Men who love them" isn't a weird
>> book......
>
>SW:
>
>Ever have a word open up for you one day? "Tractor" did that once,
>ping ponging through local stops at
>
>tract
>"area," late 15c., "period or lapse of time," from L. tractus "track,
>course, s
>pace, duration," lit, "a drawing out or pulling," from stem of trahere
>"to pull,
> draw," from PIE base *tragh- "to draw, drag, move" (cf. Slovenian
>trag
>"trace, track," M.Ir. tragud "ebb," perhaps with a variant form
>*dhragh-;
>see drag). The meaning "stretch of land or water" is first recorded
>1550s.
>
>tractable
>"manageable," c.1500, from L. tractabilis "that may be touched,
>handled,
>or managed," from tractare "to handle, manage"
>
>traction
>1610s, "a drawing or pulling," from M.L. tractionem (nom. tractio)
>a drawing" (mid-13c.), noun of action from stem of L. trahere "to
>pull,
>draw" (see tract (1)). Sense of "rolling friction of a vehicle" first
>appears 1825.
>
>before the return trip to
>
>tractor
>1856, "something that pulls," earlier used of a quack device
>consisting
>of two metal rods which were supposed to relieve {draw out}rheumatism
>(1798,
>in full Perkins's metallic tractor), from M.L. tractor, from stem of
>L. trahere
>"to pull, draw" (see tract (1)). Sense of "an engine or vehicle for
>pulling wagons
>or plows" is first recorded 1901, from earlier traction engine (1859).
>The meaning
>"powerful truck for pulling a freight trailer" is first found 1926;
>tractor-trailer is
>attested from 1949.
>
>So, tractors make things manageable (tractable) by pulling (traction)
>them out
>over time across a space(tract). And, naturally,
>that's why we have "tractor pulls", though it is a little redundant.
>
>Credit here goes to www.etymonline.com for the root cuttings.
>
>Regards,
>
>Edward Hennessey
>
>
>
>
>
The other SW

That sounds like my sis, she just loves all that root word stuff. Also
reminded me of one of those power parties when this chick asked what
other things I did and I told her and her boy friend that I make solar
trackers. About a half hour later she said to someone else that I made
solar tractors. I had even explained that they follow the sun, what a
da. Boy, if I could plow directly with solar energy I'd be super
rich.


SW

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>>
>> "Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>> "Edward Hennessey" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>>>> "Edward Hennessey" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>> news:[email protected]:
> <snip>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Edward Hennessey
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, Edward, but "Han" is quite a normal nickname for someone
>>>>> named
>>>>> Johan. Definitely not uncommon in the Netherlands. (I am now a
>>>>> US
>>>>> citizen)
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Best regards
>>>> H:
>>>>
>>>> Apologies for the belated reply. Good to meet a fellow from the
>>>> polder
>>>> lands.
>>>
>>> Thanks, but I have in the US since 1969 ...
>>>
>>>> Your revelation means my "Han Solo" theory is kaput. However, if
>>>> anyone ever calls you "Cool Han(d)" or "Slow Han(d), can we
>>>> switch
>>>> names?
>>
>> H:
>>>
>>> Edward is a good name, so, sure, any time!!
>>
>> I will whisper that it is currently experiencing something of an
>> upswing
>> with lasses in on all the vampire rage. If you take the alias,
>> "Who's
>> neckst?" is a muli-purpose line you get for free.
>>
>>>> I've pushed and plodded through some of the scientific work in
>>>> the
>>>> former Dutch East Indies by your historical compatriots. Very
>>>> impressive and disciplined stuff, especially in comparison to
>>>> other
>>>> European countries operating in Indo.
>>>
>>> I haven't made a comparative study, but there are indeed studies
>>> that the Dutch "invention" of cooperative economics, science and
>>> administrative efforts were what gave rise to the DUtch Golden
>>> age,
>>> mimicked and superseded by other nations somewhat later on.
>>

H:

>> You're right, the discipline and organization in the work speaks
>> for
>> itself.
>>
>>> Grandpa was in the sugar in the Dutch East Indies, Dad an organic
>>> chemist in Holland, and after university in Holland, I was a
>>> biochemist in the US until last Novemer when I retired.

You'll like this: "jubilado" is the jubilant Spanish word for a
retiree.
Instead of using the phrase "senior citizens", Spanish has "personas
de la tercera edad" or "persons of the third age". Possibilities do
not impel me to find out what any "fourth age" might be....

>>
>> The Dutch title "Doctorandus" has a sonorous presence all its own.
>
> That's a "Latin" phrase literally meaning he who should earn a
> docotor's
> title (PhD, etc.). I did indeed get the PhD.
>

Here is a page which apparently suggests some change and international
variation in the term:

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

>> If biochem left any signal imprint, it was the memory of esters.
>> How
>> entertaining it was putting those molecules through their aromatic
>> transformations.
>
> I have been involved with research dealing with blood, blood vessel
> wall
> and platelets (which stop bleeding and cause strokes and heart
> attacks).
> Our aims were to find out more about what keeps blood flowing when
> it
> should and prevent blood vessel blockages. But I retired ...
>

Though it may be of remote pertinence to your own work,
today brought me a page discussing the controversy about
an arguable heart in a dinosaur discovered by a friend.
The PDF is temporarily at the URL below. It's free now.
Paid access to the journal involved will be required later.

http://www.stratfit.org/cleland/clelandetal2011heart.pdf


>>> You're in the LA area?
>>
>> Yes, along with the current edition of temperature as a
>> good thing. Yesterday, we may have hit 80 in the sun, and the
>> sun didn' see much competition from the clouds except their
>> decorative efforts in later afternoon.
>>>
>>> Best regards from snowy NJ!
>>
>> Having exposure to snowy RI and MA, may you find shelter
>> indoors or be on the move outside.
>
> I'm not as bothered by it as some are. If I were fitter I'd have
> been
> xcountry skiing, but last summer I broke my leg badly, and although
> healed, it left me a bit scared. Maybe later this PM. There still
> is a
> LOT of snow here, and the temp is ~35F, so not bad.

We both earned that club badge. I woke up once from an event which
revealed my lower leg had apparently acquired a new joint midway. You
never remember the pain but I firmly recall the angle seemed
neither esthetic nor potentially useful. Don't worry, you'll get
better with time. Demands of a vigorous dog often are encouraging.

Een goede gezondheid en met betrekking tot,

Edward Hennessey

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> "Edward Hennessey" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>> H:
>>
>> You're welcome. And I like the name. It, amidst other associations,
>> puts the
>> mind to the Hindu deity Hanuman. The tales spun around him are
>> fascinating.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Edward Hennessey
>
> Thanks, Edward, but "Han" is quite a normal nickname for someone
> named
> Johan. Definitely not uncommon in the Netherlands. (I am now a US
> citizen)
>
> --
> Best regards
> Han
> email address is invalid

H:

Apologies for the belated reply. Good to meet a fellow from the polder
lands.
Your revelation means my "Han Solo" theory is kaput. However, if
anyone
ever calls you "Cool Han(d)" or "Slow Han(d), can we switch names?

I've pushed and plodded through some of the scientific work in the
former
Dutch East Indies by your historical compatriots. Very impressive and
disciplined stuff, especially in comparison to other European
countries
operating in Indo.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

Bill Gill wrote:
>
> On 1/25/2011 1:58 AM, Edward Hennessey wrote:
> > and you might die laughing. See:
> >
> > http://www.abebooks.com/books/weird/index.shtml
> >
> > Now you can find a volume that will do double duty as both
> > a go(ing)-away gift and next year's Xmas present.
> > And there is both metal and wood content.
> >
> > Funnier yet, some of the titles I've digested conceal fine
> > scholarship. But "How to Teach
> > Physics to Your Dog" may have it backwards?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Edward Hennessey
> >
> >
> >
>
> "How to Teach Physics to Your Dog" is a fairly decent popular approach
> to quantum physics. Any body who is interested in how the world works
> might like to read it.


They need a copy of 'Electronics For Dogs'. :)


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pyotr filipivich wrote:
>
> "Michael A. Terrell" <[email protected]> on Mon, 31 Jan 2011
> 21:34:50 -0500 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
> >
> >pyotr filipivich wrote:
> >>
> >> "Michael A. Terrell" <[email protected]> on Thu, 27 Jan 2011
> >> 18:52:02 -0500 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
> >> >
> >> >"J. Clarke" wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hey, anybody wanna deliver some of that global warming to Connecticut?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > And a little to Florida? we've broke a bunch of record low
> >> >temperatures recently.
> >>
> >> Just think how cold it would be, were it _not_ for Global
> >> Warming....
> >
> >
> > Well, Florida lost it's grapes over 100 years ago, and now the Orange
> >Groves are slowly bing closed as they freeze and die. The smell of
> >orange blossoms used to hit you not long after you crossed the state
> >borders. Now, most are south of Orlando.
>
> Hmm, maybe it is time to re consider annexing Cuba.


I'm all for that. If we send all the deatbeats, losers & usenet
trolls to Havana, the Cubans will head for Europe. :)


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John wrote:
>
> Michael A. Terrell wrote:
> >
> > pyotr filipivich wrote:
> >>
> >> "Michael A. Terrell"<[email protected]> on Thu, 27 Jan 2011
> >> 18:52:02 -0500 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
> >>>
> >>> "J. Clarke" wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hey, anybody wanna deliver some of that global warming to Connecticut?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> And a little to Florida? we've broke a bunch of record low
> >>> temperatures recently.
> >>
> >> Just think how cold it would be, were it _not_ for Global
> >> Warming....
> >
> >
> > Well, Florida lost it's grapes over 100 years ago, and now the Orange
> > Groves are slowly bing closed as they freeze and die. The smell of
> > orange blossoms used to hit you not long after you crossed the state
> > borders. Now, most are south of Orlando.
> >
> >
>
> I remember reading that oranges were grown in south Georgia many years ago.


My first trip to Florida was in the mid '60s, and I don't recall any
in Georgia, but the scent of Orange Blossoms was overpowering about 15
minutes into Florida. Most of that trip was along US 25, since I-75 was
still under construction.


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John wrote:
>
> Lew Hodgett wrote:
> > "pyotr filipivich" wrote:
> >
> >> Well, Florida lost it's grapes over 100 years ago, and now the
> >> Orange
> >> Groves are slowly bing closed as they freeze and die. The smell of
> >> orange blossoms used to hit you not long after you crossed the state
> >> borders. Now, most are south of Orlando.
> > -------------------------------------
> > The orange groves in SoCal have been history for years being replaced
> > with housing developments and shopping centers.
> >
> > The almond and pistachio groves are still around in the central
> > valley.
> >
> > Lew
> >
> >
>
> A farmer makes the most money when he raises houses.


Only once. The trees produced for generations, till they froze and
died.


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Lew Hodgett wrote:
> "pyotr filipivich" wrote:
>
>> Well, Florida lost it's grapes over 100 years ago, and now the
>> Orange
>> Groves are slowly bing closed as they freeze and die. The smell of
>> orange blossoms used to hit you not long after you crossed the state
>> borders. Now, most are south of Orlando.
> -------------------------------------
> The orange groves in SoCal have been history for years being replaced
> with housing developments and shopping centers.
>
> The almond and pistachio groves are still around in the central
> valley.
>
> Lew
>
>


A farmer makes the most money when he raises houses.


John

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>
> pyotr filipivich wrote:
>>
>> "Michael A. Terrell"<[email protected]> on Thu, 27 Jan 2011
>> 18:52:02 -0500 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
>>>
>>> "J. Clarke" wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey, anybody wanna deliver some of that global warming to Connecticut?
>>>
>>>
>>> And a little to Florida? we've broke a bunch of record low
>>> temperatures recently.
>>
>> Just think how cold it would be, were it _not_ for Global
>> Warming....
>
>
> Well, Florida lost it's grapes over 100 years ago, and now the Orange
> Groves are slowly bing closed as they freeze and die. The smell of
> orange blossoms used to hit you not long after you crossed the state
> borders. Now, most are south of Orlando.
>
>


I remember reading that oranges were grown in south Georgia many years ago.

John

"Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Edward Hennessey" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> and you might die laughing. See:
>>
>> http://www.abebooks.com/books/weird/index.shtml
>>
>> Now you can find a volume that will do double duty as both
>> a go(ing)-away gift and next year's Xmas present.
>> And there is both metal and wood content.
>>
>> Funnier yet, some of the titles I've digested conceal fine
>> scholarship. But "How to Teach
>> Physics to Your Dog" may have it backwards?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Edward Hennessey
>
> Thanks! I posted the link on my facebook page as "someone else
> posted
> this".
>
> --
> Best regards
> Han
> email address is invalid

H:

You're welcome. And I like the name. It, amidst other associations,
puts the
mind to the Hindu deity Hanuman. The tales spun around him are
fascinating.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

"Steve W." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Edward Hennessey wrote:
>> and you might die laughing. See:
>>
>> http://www.abebooks.com/books/weird/index.shtml
>>
>> Now you can find a volume that will do double duty as both
>> a go(ing)-away gift and next year's Xmas present.
>> And there is both metal and wood content.
>>
>> Funnier yet, some of the titles I've digested conceal fine
>> scholarship. But "How to Teach
>> Physics to Your Dog" may have it backwards?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Edward Hennessey
>>
>>
>>
>
> Hey, "Old Tractors, and the Men who love them" isn't a weird
> book......

SW:

Ever have a word open up for you one day? "Tractor" did that once,
ping ponging through local stops at

tract
"area," late 15c., "period or lapse of time," from L. tractus "track,
course, s
pace, duration," lit, "a drawing out or pulling," from stem of trahere
"to pull,
draw," from PIE base *tragh- "to draw, drag, move" (cf. Slovenian
trag
"trace, track," M.Ir. tragud "ebb," perhaps with a variant form
*dhragh-;
see drag). The meaning "stretch of land or water" is first recorded
1550s.

tractable
"manageable," c.1500, from L. tractabilis "that may be touched,
handled,
or managed," from tractare "to handle, manage"

traction
1610s, "a drawing or pulling," from M.L. tractionem (nom. tractio)
a drawing" (mid-13c.), noun of action from stem of L. trahere "to
pull,
draw" (see tract (1)). Sense of "rolling friction of a vehicle" first
appears 1825.

before the return trip to

tractor
1856, "something that pulls," earlier used of a quack device
consisting
of two metal rods which were supposed to relieve {draw out}rheumatism
(1798,
in full Perkins's metallic tractor), from M.L. tractor, from stem of
L. trahere
"to pull, draw" (see tract (1)). Sense of "an engine or vehicle for
pulling wagons
or plows" is first recorded 1901, from earlier traction engine (1859).
The meaning
"powerful truck for pulling a freight trailer" is first found 1926;
tractor-trailer is
attested from 1949.

So, tractors make things manageable (tractable) by pulling (traction)
them out
over time across a space(tract). And, naturally,
that's why we have "tractor pulls", though it is a little redundant.

Credit here goes to www.etymonline.com for the root cuttings.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> "Sunworshipper" <SW@GWNTUNDRA> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:38:52 -0800, "Edward Hennessey"
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>"Steve W." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >>news:[email protected]...
> >>> Edward Hennessey wrote:
> >>>> and you might die laughing. See:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.abebooks.com/books/weird/index.shtml
> >>>>
> >>>> Now you can find a volume that will do double duty as both
> >>>> a go(ing)-away gift and next year's Xmas present.
> >>>> And there is both metal and wood content.
> >>>>
> >>>> Funnier yet, some of the titles I've digested conceal fine
> >>>> scholarship. But "How to Teach
> >>>> Physics to Your Dog" may have it backwards?
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>>
> >>>> Edward Hennessey
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Hey, "Old Tractors, and the Men who love them" isn't a weird
> >>> book......
> >>
> >>SW:
> >>
> >>Ever have a word open up for you one day? "Tractor" did that once,
> >>ping ponging through local stops at
> >>
> >>tract
> >>"area," late 15c., "period or lapse of time," from L. tractus
> >>"track,
> >>course, s
> >>pace, duration," lit, "a drawing out or pulling," from stem of
> >>trahere
> >>"to pull,
> >> draw," from PIE base *tragh- "to draw, drag, move" (cf. Slovenian
> >>trag
> >>"trace, track," M.Ir. tragud "ebb," perhaps with a variant form
> >>*dhragh-;
> >>see drag). The meaning "stretch of land or water" is first recorded
> >>1550s.
> >>
> >>tractable
> >>"manageable," c.1500, from L. tractabilis "that may be touched,
> >>handled,
> >>or managed," from tractare "to handle, manage"
> >>
> >>traction
> >>1610s, "a drawing or pulling," from M.L. tractionem (nom. tractio)
> >>a drawing" (mid-13c.), noun of action from stem of L. trahere "to
> >>pull,
> >>draw" (see tract (1)). Sense of "rolling friction of a vehicle"
> >>first
> >>appears 1825.
> >>
> >>before the return trip to
> >>
> >>tractor
> >>1856, "something that pulls," earlier used of a quack device
> >>consisting
> >>of two metal rods which were supposed to relieve {draw
> >>out}rheumatism
> >>(1798,
> >>in full Perkins's metallic tractor), from M.L. tractor, from stem of
> >>L. trahere
> >>"to pull, draw" (see tract (1)). Sense of "an engine or vehicle for
> >>pulling wagons
> >>or plows" is first recorded 1901, from earlier traction engine
> >>(1859).
> >>The meaning
> >>"powerful truck for pulling a freight trailer" is first found 1926;
> >>tractor-trailer is
> >>attested from 1949.
> >>
> >>So, tractors make things manageable (tractable) by pulling
> >>(traction)
> >>them out
> >>over time across a space(tract). And, naturally,
> >>that's why we have "tractor pulls", though it is a little redundant.
> >>
> >>Credit here goes to www.etymonline.com for the root cuttings.
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>
> >>Edward Hennessey
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > The other SW
> >
> > That sounds like my sis, she just loves all that root word stuff.
> > Also
> > reminded me of one of those power parties when this chick asked what
> > other things I did and I told her and her boy friend that I make
> > solar
> > trackers. About a half hour later she said to someone else that I
> > made
> > solar tractors. I had even explained that they follow the sun, what
> > a
> > da. Boy, if I could plow directly with solar energy I'd be super
> > rich.
> >
> >
> >
>
> SW:
>
> Half an hour later, at the right kind of party, you would learn you
> were the
> cause of global warming with that solar tractor beam thingy.
>
> Regards,
>
> Edward Hennessey

Hey, anybody wanna deliver some of that global warming to Connecticut?

pyotr filipivich wrote:
>
> "Michael A. Terrell" <[email protected]> on Thu, 27 Jan 2011
> 18:52:02 -0500 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
> >
> >"J. Clarke" wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey, anybody wanna deliver some of that global warming to Connecticut?
> >
> >
> > And a little to Florida? we've broke a bunch of record low
> >temperatures recently.
>
> Just think how cold it would be, were it _not_ for Global
> Warming....


Well, Florida lost it's grapes over 100 years ago, and now the Orange
Groves are slowly bing closed as they freeze and die. The smell of
orange blossoms used to hit you not long after you crossed the state
borders. Now, most are south of Orlando.


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You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a band-aid on it, because it's
Teflon coated.

Larry W wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Bill Gill <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 1/25/2011 1:58 AM, Edward Hennessey wrote:
>>> and you might die laughing. See:
>>>
>>> http://www.abebooks.com/books/weird/index.shtml
>>>
>>> Now you can find a volume that will do double duty as both
>>> a go(ing)-away gift and next year's Xmas present.
>>> And there is both metal and wood content.
>>>
>>> Funnier yet, some of the titles I've digested conceal fine
>>> scholarship. But "How to Teach
>>> Physics to Your Dog" may have it backwards?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Edward Hennessey
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> "How to Teach Physics to Your Dog" is a fairly decent popular approach
>> to quantum physics. Any body who is interested in how the world works
>> might like to read it.
>>
>> Bill
>
> I suppose the lesson includes chasing Schrodinger's cat?
>


Sure... If it's there?

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"Edward Hennessey" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> and you might die laughing. See:
>
> http://www.abebooks.com/books/weird/index.shtml
>
> Now you can find a volume that will do double duty as both
> a go(ing)-away gift and next year's Xmas present.
> And there is both metal and wood content.
>
> Funnier yet, some of the titles I've digested conceal fine
> scholarship. But "How to Teach
> Physics to Your Dog" may have it backwards?
>
> Regards,
>
> Edward Hennessey

Thanks! I posted the link on my facebook page as "someone else posted
this".

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Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

"Edward Hennessey" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> H:
>
> You're welcome. And I like the name. It, amidst other associations,
> puts the
> mind to the Hindu deity Hanuman. The tales spun around him are
> fascinating.
>
> Regards,
>
> Edward Hennessey

Thanks, Edward, but "Han" is quite a normal nickname for someone named
Johan. Definitely not uncommon in the Netherlands. (I am now a US
citizen)

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Han
email address is invalid

"Edward Hennessey" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

>
> "Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> "Edward Hennessey" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]:
>>
>>> H:
>>>
>>> You're welcome. And I like the name. It, amidst other associations,
>>> puts the
>>> mind to the Hindu deity Hanuman. The tales spun around him are
>>> fascinating.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Edward Hennessey
>>
>> Thanks, Edward, but "Han" is quite a normal nickname for someone
>> named
>> Johan. Definitely not uncommon in the Netherlands. (I am now a US
>> citizen)
>>
>> --
>> Best regards
>> Han
>> email address is invalid
>
> H:
>
> Apologies for the belated reply. Good to meet a fellow from the polder
> lands.

Thanks, but I have in the US since 1969 ...

> Your revelation means my "Han Solo" theory is kaput. However, if
> anyone ever calls you "Cool Han(d)" or "Slow Han(d), can we switch
> names?

Edward is a good name, so, sure, any time!!

> I've pushed and plodded through some of the scientific work in the
> former Dutch East Indies by your historical compatriots. Very
> impressive and disciplined stuff, especially in comparison to other
> European countries operating in Indo.

I haven't made a comparative study, but there are indeed studies that the
Dutch "invention" of cooperative economics, science and administrative
efforts were what gave rise to the DUtch Golden age, mimicked and
superseded by other nations somewhat later on.

Grandpa was in the sugar in the Dutch East Indies, Dad an organic chemist
in Holland, and after university in Holland, I was a biochemist in the US
until last Novemer when I retired.

> Regards,
>
> Edward Hennessey

You're in the LA area?

Best regards from snowy NJ!

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Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

"Edward Hennessey" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

>
> "Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> "Edward Hennessey" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]:
>>
>>>
>>> "Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> "Edward Hennessey" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>> news:[email protected]:
<snip>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Edward Hennessey
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Edward, but "Han" is quite a normal nickname for someone
>>>> named
>>>> Johan. Definitely not uncommon in the Netherlands. (I am now a
>>>> US
>>>> citizen)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best regards
>>> H:
>>>
>>> Apologies for the belated reply. Good to meet a fellow from the
>>> polder
>>> lands.
>>
>> Thanks, but I have in the US since 1969 ...
>>
>>> Your revelation means my "Han Solo" theory is kaput. However, if
>>> anyone ever calls you "Cool Han(d)" or "Slow Han(d), can we switch
>>> names?
>
> H:
>>
>> Edward is a good name, so, sure, any time!!
>
> I will whisper that it is currently experiencing something of an
> upswing
> with lasses in on all the vampire rage. If you take the alias, "Who's
> neckst?" is a muli-purpose line you get for free.
>
>>> I've pushed and plodded through some of the scientific work in the
>>> former Dutch East Indies by your historical compatriots. Very
>>> impressive and disciplined stuff, especially in comparison to other
>>> European countries operating in Indo.
>>
>> I haven't made a comparative study, but there are indeed studies
>> that the Dutch "invention" of cooperative economics, science and
>> administrative efforts were what gave rise to the DUtch Golden age,
>> mimicked and superseded by other nations somewhat later on.
>
> You're right, the discipline and organization in the work speaks for
> itself.
>
>> Grandpa was in the sugar in the Dutch East Indies, Dad an organic
>> chemist in Holland, and after university in Holland, I was a
>> biochemist in the US until last Novemer when I retired.
>
> The Dutch title "Doctorandus" has a sonorous presence all its own.

That's a "Latin" phrase literally meaning he who should earn a docotor's
title (PhD, etc.). I did indeed get the PhD.

> If biochem left any signal imprint, it was the memory of esters. How
> entertaining it was putting those molecules through their aromatic
> transformations.

I have been involved with research dealing with blood, blood vessel wall
and platelets (which stop bleeding and cause strokes and heart attacks).
Our aims were to find out more about what keeps blood flowing when it
should and prevent blood vessel blockages. But I retired ...

>> You're in the LA area?
>
> Yes, along with the current edition of temperature as a
> good thing. Yesterday, we may have hit 80 in the sun, and the
> sun didn' see much competition from the clouds except their
> decorative efforts in later afternoon.
>>
>> Best regards from snowy NJ!
>
> Having exposure to snowy RI and MA, may you find shelter
> indoors or be on the move outside.

I'm not as bothered by it as some are. If I were fitter I'd have been
xcountry skiing, but last summer I broke my leg badly, and although
healed, it left me a bit scared. Maybe later this PM. There still is a
LOT of snow here, and the temp is ~35F, so not bad.

> Regards,
>
> Edward Hennessey


--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

I'm going to snip vigorously ...

"Edward Hennessey" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

>
<snip>
>
> You'll like this: "jubilado" is the jubilant Spanish word for a
> retiree.
> Instead of using the phrase "senior citizens", Spanish has "personas
> de la tercera edad" or "persons of the third age". Possibilities do
> not impel me to find out what any "fourth age" might be....

I'm thoroughly enjoying retirement ... :) :)

>>> The Dutch title "Doctorandus" has a sonorous presence all its own.

Han said:
>> That's a "Latin" phrase literally meaning he who should earn a
>> docotor's title (PhD, etc.). I did indeed get the PhD.
>>
>
> Here is a page which apparently suggests some change and international
> variation in the term:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctorandus

That confirms my understanding. But I wasn't totally aware of the
changes due to the Bologna Accords of 1999.

<snip>
>> I have been involved with research dealing with blood, blood vessel
>> wall and platelets (which stop bleeding and cause strokes and heart
>> attacks). Our aims were to find out more about what keeps blood
>> flowing when it should and prevent blood vessel blockages.
>> But I retired ...
>>
>
> Though it may be of remote pertinence to your own work,
> today brought me a page discussing the controversy about
> an arguable heart in a dinosaur discovered by a friend.
> The PDF is temporarily at the URL below. It's free now.
> Paid access to the journal involved will be required later.
>
> http://www.stratfit.org/cleland/clelandetal2011heart.pdf

Interesting article. Sounds like that "heart" was more a sort of crop,
but I didn't really read more than the abstract.

<snip>
>>> Having exposure to snowy RI and MA, may you find shelter
>>> indoors or be on the move outside.
>>
>> I'm not as bothered by it as some are. If I were fitter I'd have
>> been xcountry skiing, but last summer I broke my leg badly, and
>> although healed, it left me a bit scared. Maybe later this PM. There
>> still is a LOT of snow here, and the temp is ~35F, so not bad.
>
> We both earned that club badge. I woke up once from an event which
> revealed my lower leg had apparently acquired a new joint midway. You
> never remember the pain but I firmly recall the angle seemed
> neither esthetic nor potentially useful. Don't worry, you'll get
> better with time. Demands of a vigorous dog often are encouraging.

I fell (7/7), and landed about 2 feet down in nice soft sand, but the
foot was at the wrong angle to the leg - both fibula and tibia broken
just above the ankle. Got operated on and plated and screwed, and was
out of recovery in 3-4 hrs. Almost completely healed now, with
apparently full mobility. Lucky me!

> Een goede gezondheid en met betrekking tot,
Thanks for the Dutch, especially the good health. But "met betrekking
tot" means 'in relation to' and begs the question to what?
<big grin>
> Edward Hennessey

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Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

"Edward Hennessey" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Let's make that "hier is op zoek naar jou", not that it
> means anything idiomatic in Dutch or approximates the
> next word.

This is getting closer to chat or email, so maybe we should continue this
via email I'm at yahoo, and are called opahan.
(Opa is sort of like Grandpa in Dutch, or German)

--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

"Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm going to snip vigorously ...

H:

The editor gets all the credit. Hence, so no one can accuse you of
hogging the limelight...

SNIP happens.

>
> "Edward Hennessey" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> Here is a page which apparently suggests some change and
>> international
>> variation in the term:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctorandus
>
> That confirms my understanding. But I wasn't totally aware of the
> changes due to the Bologna Accords of 1999.
>
> <snip>

When we are talking confusion, it's all baloney to me.


>>> I have been involved with research dealing with blood, blood
>>> vessel
>>> wall and platelets (which stop bleeding and cause strokes and
>>> heart
>>> attacks). Our aims were to find out more about what keeps blood
>>> flowing when it should and prevent blood vessel blockages.
>>> But I retired ...
>>>
>>
>> Though it may be of remote pertinence to your own work,
>> today brought me a page discussing the controversy about
>> an arguable heart in a dinosaur discovered by a friend.
>> The PDF is temporarily at the URL below. It's free now.
>> Paid access to the journal involved will be required later.
>>
>> http://www.stratfit.org/cleland/clelandetal2011heart.pdf
>
> Interesting article. Sounds like that "heart" was more a sort of
> crop,
> but I didn't really read more than the abstract.
>
> <snip>

If by "crop" you intend that fossilized plant matter has influenced
formation of the yet fully uncertain structures some interpret as a
heart,
that case seems to be gaining support. My bet is there will be a
few more rounds before this issue approaches closure.

Chance and natural processes are great at producing psuedofossils
and other things easy to wrongly assume have unnatural portent.
In example, a vertebrae once found was clearly inscribed "GA" by
deposit of manganese dendrites. If you know any sect worshipping
the almighty GA, I'll cut you in on the big money.

>>>> Having exposure to snowy RI and MA, may you find shelter
>>>> indoors or be on the move outside.
>>>
>>> I'm not as bothered by it as some are. If I were fitter I'd have
>>> been xcountry skiing, but last summer I broke my leg badly, and
>>> although healed, it left me a bit scared. Maybe later this PM.
>>> There
>>> still is a LOT of snow here, and the temp is ~35F, so not bad.
>>
>> We both earned that club badge. I woke up once from an event which
>> revealed my lower leg had apparently acquired a new joint midway.
>> You
>> never remember the pain but I firmly recall the angle seemed
>> neither esthetic nor potentially useful. Don't worry, you'll get
>> better with time. Demands of a vigorous dog often are encouraging.
>
> I fell (7/7), and landed about 2 feet down in nice soft sand, but
> the
> foot was at the wrong angle to the leg - both fibula and tibia
> broken
> just above the ankle. Got operated on and plated and screwed, and
> was
> out of recovery in 3-4 hrs. Almost completely healed now, with
> apparently full mobility. Lucky me!

You've got the right attitude. Few consolations have more
savory intelligence than "It could have been a much worse".
Next time, stay away from Kryptonite sand.

>
>> Een goede gezondheid en met betrekking tot,
> Thanks for the Dutch, especially the good health. But "met
> betrekking
> tot" means 'in relation to' and begs the question to what?
> <big grin>

Well, we have verified proof that my relation to Dutch justifies
the word "plodding" in capitals. Like any language you
come at slowly with a wet fingertip and dictionary by your
side, it's easier to figure out what is said than say anything.
But it does makes the girls giggle. And a giggle means you're
halfway to finding a volunteer native translator with a
sense of humor.

Let's make that "hier is op zoek naar jou", not that it
means anything idiomatic in Dutch or approximates the
next word.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

"Michael A. Terrell" <[email protected]> on Thu, 27 Jan 2011
18:52:02 -0500 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
>
>"J. Clarke" wrote:
>>
>> Hey, anybody wanna deliver some of that global warming to Connecticut?
>
>
> And a little to Florida? we've broke a bunch of record low
>temperatures recently.

Just think how cold it would be, were it _not_ for Global
Warming....

tschus
pyotr

--
pyotr filipivich
We will drink no whiskey before its nine.
It's eight fifty eight. Close enough!

"Sunworshipper" <SW@GWNTUNDRA> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:38:52 -0800, "Edward Hennessey"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Steve W." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>> Edward Hennessey wrote:
>>>> and you might die laughing. See:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.abebooks.com/books/weird/index.shtml
>>>>
>>>> Now you can find a volume that will do double duty as both
>>>> a go(ing)-away gift and next year's Xmas present.
>>>> And there is both metal and wood content.
>>>>
>>>> Funnier yet, some of the titles I've digested conceal fine
>>>> scholarship. But "How to Teach
>>>> Physics to Your Dog" may have it backwards?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Edward Hennessey
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hey, "Old Tractors, and the Men who love them" isn't a weird
>>> book......
>>
>>SW:
>>
>>Ever have a word open up for you one day? "Tractor" did that once,
>>ping ponging through local stops at
>>
>>tract
>>"area," late 15c., "period or lapse of time," from L. tractus
>>"track,
>>course, s
>>pace, duration," lit, "a drawing out or pulling," from stem of
>>trahere
>>"to pull,
>> draw," from PIE base *tragh- "to draw, drag, move" (cf. Slovenian
>>trag
>>"trace, track," M.Ir. tragud "ebb," perhaps with a variant form
>>*dhragh-;
>>see drag). The meaning "stretch of land or water" is first recorded
>>1550s.
>>
>>tractable
>>"manageable," c.1500, from L. tractabilis "that may be touched,
>>handled,
>>or managed," from tractare "to handle, manage"
>>
>>traction
>>1610s, "a drawing or pulling," from M.L. tractionem (nom. tractio)
>>a drawing" (mid-13c.), noun of action from stem of L. trahere "to
>>pull,
>>draw" (see tract (1)). Sense of "rolling friction of a vehicle"
>>first
>>appears 1825.
>>
>>before the return trip to
>>
>>tractor
>>1856, "something that pulls," earlier used of a quack device
>>consisting
>>of two metal rods which were supposed to relieve {draw
>>out}rheumatism
>>(1798,
>>in full Perkins's metallic tractor), from M.L. tractor, from stem of
>>L. trahere
>>"to pull, draw" (see tract (1)). Sense of "an engine or vehicle for
>>pulling wagons
>>or plows" is first recorded 1901, from earlier traction engine
>>(1859).
>>The meaning
>>"powerful truck for pulling a freight trailer" is first found 1926;
>>tractor-trailer is
>>attested from 1949.
>>
>>So, tractors make things manageable (tractable) by pulling
>>(traction)
>>them out
>>over time across a space(tract). And, naturally,
>>that's why we have "tractor pulls", though it is a little redundant.
>>
>>Credit here goes to www.etymonline.com for the root cuttings.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Edward Hennessey
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> The other SW
>
> That sounds like my sis, she just loves all that root word stuff.
> Also
> reminded me of one of those power parties when this chick asked what
> other things I did and I told her and her boy friend that I make
> solar
> trackers. About a half hour later she said to someone else that I
> made
> solar tractors. I had even explained that they follow the sun, what
> a
> da. Boy, if I could plow directly with solar energy I'd be super
> rich.
>
>
>

SW:

Half an hour later, at the right kind of party, you would learn you
were the
cause of global warming with that solar tractor beam thingy.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

Edward Hennessey wrote:
> and you might die laughing. See:
>
> http://www.abebooks.com/books/weird/index.shtml
>
> Now you can find a volume that will do double duty as both
> a go(ing)-away gift and next year's Xmas present.
> And there is both metal and wood content.
>
> Funnier yet, some of the titles I've digested conceal fine
> scholarship. But "How to Teach
> Physics to Your Dog" may have it backwards?
>
> Regards,
>
> Edward Hennessey
>
>
>

Hey, "Old Tractors, and the Men who love them" isn't a weird book......


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(='.'=)
(")_(")

On 1/25/2011 1:51 PM, Steve W. wrote:
> Edward Hennessey wrote:
>> and you might die laughing. See:
>>
>> http://www.abebooks.com/books/weird/index.shtml
>>
>> Now you can find a volume that will do double duty as both
>> a go(ing)-away gift and next year's Xmas present.
>> And there is both metal and wood content.
>>
>> Funnier yet, some of the titles I've digested conceal fine
>> scholarship. But "How to Teach
>> Physics to Your Dog" may have it backwards?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Edward Hennessey
>>
>>
>>
>
> Hey, "Old Tractors, and the Men who love them" isn't a weird book......
>

Sounds like a sexist book, no??? (LOL)

Bill

Bill wrote:
> On 1/25/2011 1:51 PM, Steve W. wrote:
>> Edward Hennessey wrote:
>>> and you might die laughing. See:
>>>
>>> http://www.abebooks.com/books/weird/index.shtml
>>>
>>> Now you can find a volume that will do double duty as both
>>> a go(ing)-away gift and next year's Xmas present.
>>> And there is both metal and wood content.
>>>
>>> Funnier yet, some of the titles I've digested conceal fine
>>> scholarship. But "How to Teach
>>> Physics to Your Dog" may have it backwards?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Edward Hennessey
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Hey, "Old Tractors, and the Men who love them" isn't a weird book......
>>
>
> Sounds like a sexist book, no??? (LOL)
>
> Bill
>

Not if you know Roger.... I have signed copies of most of his tractor
books. Most are written with easy humor and from a "Here is what I did
and why you shouldn't do the same thing" POV


--
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"Edward Hennessey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> and you might die laughing. See:
>
> http://www.abebooks.com/books/weird/index.shtml
>
> Now you can find a volume that will do double duty as both
> a go(ing)-away gift and next year's Xmas present.
> And there is both metal and wood content.
>
> Funnier yet, some of the titles I've digested conceal fine
> scholarship. But "How to Teach
> Physics to Your Dog" may have it backwards?
>
> Regards,
>
> Edward Hennessey
>
>
>


Most of the books I saw there have normal looking titles. "Trout Madness" by
Robert Traver was one which resided on my bookshelf for a number of years.
He also wrote "Anatomy of a Murder" which was Michigan based as were his
fishing books.

--
"He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy! "
Brian's Mum

On 1/25/2011 1:58 AM, Edward Hennessey wrote:
> and you might die laughing. See:
>
> http://www.abebooks.com/books/weird/index.shtml
>
> Now you can find a volume that will do double duty as both
> a go(ing)-away gift and next year's Xmas present.
> And there is both metal and wood content.
>
> Funnier yet, some of the titles I've digested conceal fine
> scholarship. But "How to Teach
> Physics to Your Dog" may have it backwards?
>
> Regards,
>
> Edward Hennessey
>
>
>

"How to Teach Physics to Your Dog" is a fairly decent popular approach
to quantum physics. Any body who is interested in how the world works
might like to read it.

Bill

In article <[email protected]>,
Bill Gill <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 1/25/2011 1:58 AM, Edward Hennessey wrote:
>> and you might die laughing. See:
>>
>> http://www.abebooks.com/books/weird/index.shtml
>>
>> Now you can find a volume that will do double duty as both
>> a go(ing)-away gift and next year's Xmas present.
>> And there is both metal and wood content.
>>
>> Funnier yet, some of the titles I've digested conceal fine
>> scholarship. But "How to Teach
>> Physics to Your Dog" may have it backwards?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Edward Hennessey
>>
>>
>>
>
>"How to Teach Physics to Your Dog" is a fairly decent popular approach
>to quantum physics. Any body who is interested in how the world works
>might like to read it.
>
>Bill

I suppose the lesson includes chasing Schrodinger's cat?

--
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation
with the average voter. (Winston Churchill)

Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar. org

CaveLamb wrote:
> Larry W wrote:
>>
>> I suppose the lesson includes chasing Schrodinger's cat?
>
> Sure... If it's there?
>
Oh, for heaven's sakes! The cat is dead! Nobody's fed or watered the
thing in almost 85 years!

Cheers!
Rich

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
> pyotr filipivich wrote:
>> "Michael A. Terrell" <[email protected]> on Thu, 27 Jan 2011
>> >"J. Clarke" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hey, anybody wanna deliver some of that global warming to Connecticut?
>> >
>> > And a little to Florida? we've broke a bunch of record low
>> >temperatures recently.
>>
>> Just think how cold it would be, were it _not_ for Global
>> Warming....
>
> Well, Florida lost it's grapes over 100 years ago, and now the Orange
> Groves are slowly bing closed as they freeze and die. The smell of
> orange blossoms used to hit you not long after you crossed the state
> borders. Now, most are south of Orlando.
>
In the 1950's, the house where we lived and all the neighbors had wild
grapes that they'd make wine out of. In suburban Minneapolis, MN, for
whatever that's worth. Apparently they're a perennial, because we had
grapes every hear.

Cheers!
Rich

On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:11:46 -0800, Rich Grise
<[email protected]> wrote:

>CaveLamb wrote:
>> Larry W wrote:
>>>
>>> I suppose the lesson includes chasing Schrodinger's cat?
>>
>> Sure... If it's there?
>>
>Oh, for heaven's sakes! The cat is dead! Nobody's fed or watered the
>thing in almost 85 years!
>
>Cheers!
>Rich
So buy the book "101 more uses for a dead cat" or something like that
in their list.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

"Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Edward Hennessey" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>>
>> "Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> "Edward Hennessey" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> news:[email protected]:
>>>
>>>> H:
>>>>
>>>> You're welcome. And I like the name. It, amidst other
>>>> associations,
>>>> puts the
>>>> mind to the Hindu deity Hanuman. The tales spun around him are
>>>> fascinating.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Edward Hennessey
>>>
>>> Thanks, Edward, but "Han" is quite a normal nickname for someone
>>> named
>>> Johan. Definitely not uncommon in the Netherlands. (I am now a
>>> US
>>> citizen)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best regards
>>> Han
>>> email address is invalid
>>
>> H:
>>
>> Apologies for the belated reply. Good to meet a fellow from the
>> polder
>> lands.
>
> Thanks, but I have in the US since 1969 ...
>
>> Your revelation means my "Han Solo" theory is kaput. However, if
>> anyone ever calls you "Cool Han(d)" or "Slow Han(d), can we switch
>> names?

H:
>
> Edward is a good name, so, sure, any time!!

I will whisper that it is currently experiencing something of an
upswing
with lasses in on all the vampire rage. If you take the alias, "Who's
neckst?" is a muli-purpose line you get for free.

>> I've pushed and plodded through some of the scientific work in the
>> former Dutch East Indies by your historical compatriots. Very
>> impressive and disciplined stuff, especially in comparison to other
>> European countries operating in Indo.
>
> I haven't made a comparative study, but there are indeed studies
> that the
> Dutch "invention" of cooperative economics, science and
> administrative
> efforts were what gave rise to the DUtch Golden age, mimicked and
> superseded by other nations somewhat later on.

You're right, the discipline and organization in the work speaks for
itself.

>
> Grandpa was in the sugar in the Dutch East Indies, Dad an organic
> chemist
> in Holland, and after university in Holland, I was a biochemist in
> the US
> until last Novemer when I retired.

The Dutch title "Doctorandus" has a sonorous presence all its own.

If biochem left any signal imprint, it was the memory of esters. How
entertaining it was putting those molecules through their aromatic
transformations.

> You're in the LA area?

Yes, along with the current edition of temperature as a
good thing. Yesterday, we may have hit 80 in the sun, and the
sun didn' see much competition from the clouds except their
decorative efforts in later afternoon.
>
> Best regards from snowy NJ!

Having exposure to snowy RI and MA, may you find shelter
indoors or be on the move outside.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

"Michael A. Terrell" <[email protected]> on Mon, 31 Jan 2011
21:34:50 -0500 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
>
>pyotr filipivich wrote:
>>
>> "Michael A. Terrell" <[email protected]> on Thu, 27 Jan 2011
>> 18:52:02 -0500 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
>> >
>> >"J. Clarke" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hey, anybody wanna deliver some of that global warming to Connecticut?
>> >
>> >
>> > And a little to Florida? we've broke a bunch of record low
>> >temperatures recently.
>>
>> Just think how cold it would be, were it _not_ for Global
>> Warming....
>
>
> Well, Florida lost it's grapes over 100 years ago, and now the Orange
>Groves are slowly bing closed as they freeze and die. The smell of
>orange blossoms used to hit you not long after you crossed the state
>borders. Now, most are south of Orlando.

Hmm, maybe it is time to re consider annexing Cuba.


tschus
pyotr

--
pyotr filipivich
We will drink no whiskey before its nine.
It's eight fifty eight. Close enough!

"RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
On Jan 25, 1:51 pm, "Steve W." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Edward Hennessey wrote:
> > and you might die laughing. See:
>
> >http://www.abebooks.com/books/weird/index.shtml
>
> > Now you can find a volume that will do double duty as both
> > a go(ing)-away gift and next year's Xmas present.
> > And there is both metal and wood content.
>
> > Funnier yet, some of the titles I've digested conceal fine
> > scholarship. But "How to Teach
> > Physics to Your Dog" may have it backwards?
>
> > Regards,
>
> > Edward Hennessey
>
> Hey, "Old Tractors, and the Men who love them" isn't a weird
> book......

In fact, I think that's the most interesting collection of books I've
ever seen. Far more interesting, informative and entertaining than
any bestseller's list or anything of that ilk.

R

Amen.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

"J. Clarke" wrote:
>
> Hey, anybody wanna deliver some of that global warming to Connecticut?


And a little to Florida? we've broke a bunch of record low
temperatures recently.


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