RC

Robatoy

25/07/2009 3:15 PM

OT: If you could spend an hour with someone, dead or alive. someone who could not lie...

Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
teacher.)

Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)


This topic has 65 replies

Mt

"Max"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

25/07/2009 9:26 PM


"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:540d1307-81a6-4839-9be0-cf09ce09d6d6@b15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 25, 8:00 pm, "Max" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
> > teacher.)
>
> > Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)
>
> What restrictions would you put on......uh....conduct, activity, behavior?
>
> Max

You mean like strangling W ?

Politicians would be somewhere very near the bottom of my list.
I had more in mind a tryst with some extraordinarily attractive and willing
femme fatale.

Max (while we're dreaming)

Pp

Puckdropper

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/07/2009 2:35 AM

Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote in news:1b8a1170-4437-4d3d-b236-
[email protected]:

> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
> teacher.)
>
> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)

The living guy. If the dead guy could not lie, he'd have to sit or stand
and that'd be a bit creepy.

Puckdropper
--
"The potential difference between the top and bottom of a tree is the
reason why all trees have to be grounded..." -- Bored Borg on
rec.woodworking

To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm

Mt

"Max"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

25/07/2009 6:00 PM


"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
> teacher.)
>
> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)

What restrictions would you put on......uh....conduct, activity, behavior?

Max

LM

"Lee Michaels"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 11:49 AM


"HeyBub" wrote
>
> Uh, yeah, I do understand General Relativity. My undergraduate degree was
> in Physics (with a double major in Math). 'Course that was before all this
> new fangled shit got popular - like quantum mechanics and string theory.
>
Doncha know?? It is a new age religion now.


LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/10/2009 9:34 PM

On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:13:29 -0800, the infamous charlieb
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:

>Richard Feynman.

Dickie Rocks!

--
The only reason I would take up exercising is
so that I could hear heavy breathing again.

RC

Robatoy

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/07/2009 6:51 AM

On Jul 26, 7:41=A0am, "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
> > On Jul 25, 8:00 pm, "Max" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> >>news:[email protected]..=
.
>
> >>> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
> >>> teacher.)
>
> >>> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)
>
> >> What restrictions would you put on......uh....conduct, activity,
> >> behavior?
>
> >> Max
>
> > You mean like strangling W ?
>
> I think they have a pill for BDS. Or maybe a 12-step program.
>
> You need to get better so you can enjoy the Jeb Bush presidency. Followed=
by
> that good-looking Hispanic nephew.
>
> By then, the dynasty will be firmly established and it's only a small ste=
p
> to a monarchy.
>
> Psst! Don't tell anybody about that being the goal of the conservatives.
> They might not understand.

Ahhh yes, and your response wasn't predictable?
Anybody who refers to a syndrome coined by that loon Krauthammer loses
credibility right quick.

To the Bush Apologists:
(I think it was Jeremiah who said:)
"Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which
have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not."

Besides, I made it clear in the subject header that this individual
'could not lie' when interviewed. Somehow, even with my imagination, I
cannot see that as a possibility with Bush. <G>

Sc

Sonny

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/07/2009 5:47 AM

With myself when I was 17, with a list of dos and don'ts, stock tips,
various other bits of information and advice, etc.

Sonny

cc

charlieb

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

25/07/2009 8:13 PM

Richard Feynman.

Di

"Dave in Houston"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/07/2009 10:48 AM


"Gordon Shumway" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> I think Linda Lovelace might be fun. For the remaining 55 minutes of
> the hour how about Dale Earnhardt.

You might be a redneck . . . .

Dave in Houston

sS

[email protected] (Scott Lurndal)

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

27/07/2009 4:57 PM

Robatoy <[email protected]> writes:
>Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
>teacher.)
>
>Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)

Walter Cronkite.

scott

sS

[email protected] (Scott Lurndal)

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 9:43 PM

"HeyBub" <[email protected]> writes:
>J. Clarke wrote:
>>>
>>> Uh, yeah, I do understand General Relativity. My undergraduate degree
>>> was in Physics (with a double major in Math). 'Course that was before
>>> all this new fangled shit got popular - like quantum mechanics and
>>> string theory.
>>
>> I didn't pick up on something in my first reply--you got your physics
>> degree before _quantum_ _mechanics_? And yet you got an
>> undergraduate General Relativity course? Something is very wrong
>> with this picture.
>
>Humpf! Even Einstein said 'God does not throw dice!'

Actually, the exact quote was:

"Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing. But an inner voice tells me that
it is not yet the real thing. The theory says a lot, but does not really
bring us any closer to the secret of the 'old one'. I, at any rate, am
convinced that He does not throw dice."

And regardless of the quote, Einstein didn't believe in a personal god.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

n

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

25/07/2009 7:51 PM

On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:15:49 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
>teacher.)
>
>Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)

This man:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-256639

John

SS

Stuart

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/07/2009 12:06 AM

In article
<[email protected]>,
Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
> teacher.)

> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)

Is St. Paul the apostle allowed?

If not, my mother's mother.

We are involved in researching my family tree and there some questions I'd
love answered.

RC

Robatoy

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

25/07/2009 6:56 PM

On Jul 25, 8:00=A0pm, "Max" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
> > teacher.)
>
> > Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)
>
> What restrictions would you put on......uh....conduct, activity, behavior=
?
>
> Max

You mean like strangling W ?

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/10/2009 9:20 PM

On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:00:59 -0600, the infamous "Max"
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:

>
>"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
>> teacher.)
>>
>> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)
>
>What restrictions would you put on......uh....conduct, activity, behavior?

"You're only after a piece of my asp, aren't you?" --Cleo

--
The only reason I would take up exercising is
so that I could hear heavy breathing again.

GS

Gordon Shumway

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/07/2009 3:19 PM

On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:48:12 -0500, "Dave in Houston" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>"Gordon Shumway" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>
>> I think Linda Lovelace might be fun. For the remaining 55 minutes of
>> the hour how about Dale Earnhardt.
>
> You might be a redneck . . . .
>
>Dave in Houston

HeHeHe. No I'm not but I could see it could look that way.

G.S.

RC

Robatoy

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

27/07/2009 6:21 PM

On Jul 27, 9:12=A0pm, Mike <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jul 27, 4:43=A0pm, jtpryan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Jul 25, 6:15=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
> > > teacher.)
>
> > > Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)
>
> Tesla - I can't begin to imagine the ideas that guy died with

For sure. He's up there on my list too. Fascinating guy.

Mm

Mike

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

27/07/2009 6:12 PM

On Jul 27, 4:43=A0pm, jtpryan <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jul 25, 6:15=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
> > teacher.)
>
> > Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)


Tesla - I can't begin to imagine the ideas that guy died with

CG

Charlie Groh

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

27/07/2009 11:23 PM

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:01:28 -0500, Steve Turner
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Robatoy wrote:
>> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
>> teacher.)
>>
>> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)
>
>Frank Zappa.

...and then Edgar Rice Burroughs!

cg

LB

Larry Blanchard

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/07/2009 11:21 AM

On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:15:49 -0700, Robatoy wrote:

> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English teacher.)
>
> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)

Aristotle

--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw

jj

jo4hn

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

25/07/2009 7:50 PM

Robatoy wrote:
> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
> teacher.)
>
> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)
I would like to share an hour and a bit of whiskey with Churchill. I
assume that he is off limits. Next up, my grandfathers, neither of whom
I knew (my parents came along a bit late in life). Both were
immigrants, one from Sweden, the other from Norway. I would like to
know if some of the stories about the Swede are true. The Norskie was a
merchant seaman and must have a few stories of his own.
mahalo,
j4

LH

"Lew Hodgett"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 4:37 PM

RE: Subject

Since this is a wood working forum, Norm.

Lew

Hh

"HeyBub"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 3:13 PM

J. Clarke wrote:
>>
>> Uh, yeah, I do understand General Relativity. My undergraduate degree
>> was in Physics (with a double major in Math). 'Course that was before
>> all this new fangled shit got popular - like quantum mechanics and
>> string theory.
>
> I didn't pick up on something in my first reply--you got your physics
> degree before _quantum_ _mechanics_? And yet you got an
> undergraduate General Relativity course? Something is very wrong
> with this picture.

Humpf! Even Einstein said 'God does not throw dice!'

Hh

"HeyBub"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

27/07/2009 6:31 AM

Robatoy wrote:
>>
>> But what qualifies him to speak on this subject is his medical
>> degree from Harvard and his board certification in psychiatry by the
>> American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, plus his tenure as Chief
>> Resident in Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital. During
>> that time, he and a colleague identified a syndrome associated with
>> manic-depressives which is now part of the standard works on bipolar
>> disorders. His seminal paper, "The Epidemiology of Mania," has much
>> to say about BDS, even though it was written thirty years ago.
>>
>
> Those credentials don't cover up the fact that he's a kook and his
> lunacy disqualifies all his other achievements. The fucker's nuts.
> But you know that and you're just playin' wiff me.

He's certainly a better judge of whether he's nuts than you or I.

And, I admit, I get a certain satisfaction from raising the adrenaline level
of liberals.

I went to a Tea Party rally not long ago (it was to protest Nancy Pelosi's
visit to hype her new book), and, would you believe it, there was a
Communist there selling (donation) a newsletter! The young man was very
polite and his spiel was along the lines of "hear the other side." That is,
he was polite until I finished with him.

I put my hand on his shoulder and said (paraphrased): "My son, when I was
your age and even younger, I, too, had a paper route. There's nothing better
to learn the capitalist system at a young age where sacrifice, diligence,
and hard work will generate success. Buy low and sell high, you can't go
wrong. I am SO proud of you! Heck, you might grow up to be an industry
leader!"

He knocked my hand aside, threw down his papers, and damn near shed his
skin. He went off on a spittle-flecked, profanity-laced tirade of volcanic
proportions. From little brown babies in Africa to the space program, he
covered all the outrages. He was so exercised that his colleague had to drag
him away screaming.

For a second or two, I thought I might have to put him down to ease his
misery ("It looked as if he had something in his hand, which I took to be a
knife, and I was in fear of my life so I discharged my weapon...") but the
youngster, surrounded as he was by retired Marines and granny-ladies with
sharpened knitting needles, brilliantly substituted invective for violence.

God put kitty-cats and progressives on earth so the rest of us would have
something to torment.

Life is good.

Ff

FrozenNorth

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 6:55 PM

d.williams wrote:
> Way too many interesting humans to spend an hour with. I don't know if I'd
> really waste my one hour on this, but I'd like to hear what Lee Harvey
> Oswald would have to say.
>
F**k, that wasn't Ted, damn.

--
Froz...

Hh

"HeyBub"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 10:34 AM

J. Clarke wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the correction. He WAS 26 when he wrote the paper that
>> eventually earned him a Nobel Prize. General Relativity, however, was
>> merely a generalized case of Special Relativity which he also
>> published at 26.
>
> You really don't grasp General Relativity if you believe it to be
> "merely" _anything_. General Relativity, while it reduces to Special
> Relativity for one case and to Newtonian Mechanics for another, was
> pretty much a rewriting of the whole of physics.
>

Uh, yeah, I do understand General Relativity. My undergraduate degree was in
Physics (with a double major in Math). 'Course that was before all this new
fangled shit got popular - like quantum mechanics and string theory.

EH

Elrond Hubbard

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/07/2009 1:28 AM

Gordon Shumway <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

>>Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
>>teacher.)


> I think Linda Lovelace might be fun. For the remaining 55 minutes of
> the hour how about Dale Earnhardt.


Yeah, that guy could drive in circles for hours better than lots of people.
Fascinating, Jim.

Hh

"HeyBub"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/07/2009 6:41 AM

Robatoy wrote:
> On Jul 25, 8:00 pm, "Max" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
>>> teacher.)
>>
>>> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)
>>
>> What restrictions would you put on......uh....conduct, activity,
>> behavior?
>>
>> Max
>
> You mean like strangling W ?

I think they have a pill for BDS. Or maybe a 12-step program.

You need to get better so you can enjoy the Jeb Bush presidency. Followed by
that good-looking Hispanic nephew.

By then, the dynasty will be firmly established and it's only a small step
to a monarchy.

Psst! Don't tell anybody about that being the goal of the conservatives.
They might not understand.

Ll

"Lee"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

25/07/2009 10:22 PM

Or Malloof
"Lee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The late Sam Mallof
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
>> teacher.)
>>
>> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)
>
>

jj

jtpryan

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

27/07/2009 1:43 PM

On Jul 25, 6:15=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
> teacher.)
>
> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)

Einstein. Tom Wolfe.

-Jim

RC

Robatoy

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

27/07/2009 6:16 AM

On Jul 27, 7:31=A0am, "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
>
> >> But what qualifies him to speak on this subject is his medical
> >> degree from Harvard and his board certification in psychiatry by the
> >> American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, plus his tenure as Chief
> >> Resident in Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital. During
> >> that time, he and a colleague identified a syndrome associated with
> >> manic-depressives which is now part of the standard works on bipolar
> >> disorders. His seminal paper, "The Epidemiology of Mania," has much
> >> to say about BDS, even though it was written thirty years ago.
>
> > Those credentials don't cover up the fact that he's a kook and his
> > lunacy disqualifies all his other achievements. The fucker's nuts.
> > But you know that and you're just playin' wiff me.
>
> He's certainly a better judge of whether he's nuts than you or I.
>
> And, I admit, I get a certain satisfaction from raising the adrenaline le=
vel
> of liberals.
>
> I went to a Tea Party rally not long ago (it was to protest Nancy Pelosi'=
s
> visit to hype her new book), and, would you believe it, there was a
> Communist there selling (donation) a newsletter! The young man was very
> polite and his spiel was along the lines of "hear the other side." That i=
s,
> he was polite until I finished with him.
>
> I put my hand on his shoulder and said (paraphrased): "My son, when I was
> your age and even younger, I, too, had a paper route. There's nothing bet=
ter
> to learn the capitalist system at a young age where sacrifice, diligence,
> and hard work will generate success. Buy low and sell high, you can't go
> wrong. I am SO proud of you! Heck, you might grow up to be an industry
> leader!"
>
> He knocked my hand aside, threw down his papers, and damn near shed his
> skin. He went off on a spittle-flecked, profanity-laced tirade of volcani=
c
> proportions. From little brown babies in Africa to the space program, he
> covered all the outrages. He was so exercised that his colleague had to d=
rag
> him away screaming.
>
> For a second or two, I thought I might have to put him down to ease his
> misery ("It looked as if he had something in his hand, which I took to be=
a
> knife, and I was in fear of my life so I discharged my weapon...") but th=
e
> youngster, surrounded as he was by retired Marines and granny-ladies with
> sharpened knitting needles, brilliantly substituted invective for violenc=
e.
>
> God put kitty-cats and progressives on earth so the rest of us would have
> something to torment.
>
> Life is good.

I think you should have a go at Tim Daneliuk. You sound a lot like
him, you know, all those adverbs and adjectives to put some artificial
substance to usually very weak positions.... That I would pay to
see.... not very much mind you.. maybe $ 2.00?
Right-wingers seem to like to eat each other on so many levels. <G>
Give Rush a call!

r

Rr

RicodJour

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/10/2009 10:52 PM

On Oct 27, 12:34=A0am, Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com>
wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:13:29 -0800, the infamous charlieb
> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>
> >Richard Feynman.
>
> Dickie Rocks!
>
> --
> The only reason I would take up exercising is =A0
> =A0so that I could hear heavy breathing again. =A0

Hey Larry. There are a couple of threads from 1994 that you haven't
gotten to - get cracking.

R

Hh

"HeyBub"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 3:12 PM

J. Clarke wrote:
>>
>> Uh, yeah, I do understand General Relativity. My undergraduate degree
>> was in Physics (with a double major in Math). 'Course that was before
>> all this new fangled shit got popular - like quantum mechanics and
>> string theory.
>
> Must be some school you went to where they have an undergraduate
> course in General Relativity. At most schools they can't get enough
> math into the student until the second year of grad school.

We topologists can do math standing on our heads.

RC

Robatoy

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/07/2009 6:14 PM

On Jul 26, 2:05=A0pm, "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
>
> >> I think they have a pill for BDS. Or maybe a 12-step program.
>
> >> You need to get better so you can enjoy the Jeb Bush presidency.
> >> Followed by that good-looking Hispanic nephew.
>
> >> By then, the dynasty will be firmly established and it's only a
> >> small step to a monarchy.
>
> >> Psst! Don't tell anybody about that being the goal of the
> >> conservatives. They might not understand.
>
> > Ahhh yes, and your response wasn't predictable?
> > Anybody who refers to a syndrome coined by that loon Krauthammer loses
> > credibility right quick.
>
> He's entitled. He earned an honors degree in economics and he has a Pulit=
zer
> Prize.
>
> But what qualifies him to speak on this subject is his medical degree fro=
m
> Harvard and his board certification in psychiatry by the American Board o=
f
> Psychiatry and Neurology, plus his tenure as Chief Resident in Psychiatry=
at
> the Massachusetts General Hospital. During that time, he and a colleague
> identified a syndrome associated with manic-depressives which is now part=
of
> the standard works on bipolar disorders. His seminal paper, "The
> Epidemiology of Mania," has much to say about BDS, even though it was
> written thirty years ago.
>

Those credentials don't cover up the fact that he's a kook and his
lunacy disqualifies all his other achievements. The fucker's nuts.
But you know that and you're just playin' wiff me.

Hh

"HeyBub"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

27/07/2009 10:26 PM

jtpryan wrote:
> On Jul 25, 6:15 pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
>> teacher.)
>>
>> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)
>
> Einstein. Tom Wolfe.
>

Not Einstein. There's been only one mathematician that ever created anything
worthwhile after the age of 30. Einstein got his Nobel Prize for a paper he
wrote when he was 29. 'Course he got his prize in physics.... Never mind.

No, if you're wanting to spend time with a math whiz, better make it Newton.

Or, shucks, I'll let you buy ME a beer or two.

Hh

"HeyBub"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

27/07/2009 6:24 PM

Robatoy wrote:
>>
>> God put kitty-cats and progressives on earth so the rest of us would
>> have something to torment.
>>
>> Life is good.
>
> I think you should have a go at Tim Daneliuk. You sound a lot like
> him, you know, all those adverbs and adjectives to put some artificial
> substance to usually very weak positions.... That I would pay to
> see.... not very much mind you.. maybe $ 2.00?
> Right-wingers seem to like to eat each other on so many levels. <G>
> Give Rush a call!
>

Yes, we conservatives are good with adjectives and adverbs while our
counterparts are generally better with four-letter words. To illustrate,
there's the joke about the southern girl who came running home to her mother
the day after the honeymoon.

"Oh momma, he's a beast! No sooner do we get to our new cottage than he
starts with the four-letter words! It was more than a body should bear."

"What four-letter words, dear?"

"Oh it was just awful. It was 'cook' and 'iron' and 'dust' and 'wash'! Oh
momma, it was just unbearable."

Regarding Tim Daneliuk, never heard of him. Is he like a hobbit?

As for right-wingers 'eating their own,' Heh! Drudge has a splash regarding
a Dem proposal to levy a 10% tax on non-medical cosmetic surgical procedures
(i.e., Botox, hair-transplants, etc.) complete with pictures of a shocked
Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden.

Ll

"Lee"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

25/07/2009 10:22 PM

The late Sam Mallof
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
> teacher.)
>
> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)

MD

Morris Dovey

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

25/07/2009 9:17 PM

Robatoy wrote:
> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
> teacher.)
>
> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)

Hmm. Are we conjuring spirits in the present, or going to when they were
alive? And can I take a laptop computer? :)

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

MD

Morris Dovey

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/07/2009 7:57 AM

Sonny wrote:

> With myself when I was 17, with a list of dos and don'ts, stock tips,
> various other bits of information and advice, etc.

I had a similar thought, but realized that I wouldn't have listened.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

MD

Morris Dovey

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/07/2009 3:37 PM

jo4hn wrote:

> I would like to share an hour and a bit of whiskey with Churchill.

If you get the opportunity to ask, I'm curious as to what he traded
(either directly or by implication) to Stalin at Potsdam.

I'm curious, but hope to not have the opportunity to ask.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

MD

Morris Dovey

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/07/2009 3:59 PM

Morris Dovey wrote:
> jo4hn wrote:
>
>> I would like to share an hour and a bit of whiskey with Churchill.
>
> If you get the opportunity to ask, I'm curious as to what he traded
> (either directly or by implication) to Stalin at Potsdam.
>
> I'm curious, but hope to not have the opportunity to ask.

Historical short-circuit: "Potsdam" should have been "Yalta".

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

ST

Steve Turner

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

27/07/2009 9:01 PM

Robatoy wrote:
> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
> teacher.)
>
> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)

Frank Zappa.

--
"Our beer goes through thousands of quality Czechs every day."
(From a Shiner Bock billboard I saw in Austin some years ago)
To reply, eat the taco.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/

JC

"J. Clarke"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

27/07/2009 10:03 PM

Mike wrote:
> On Jul 27, 4:43 pm, jtpryan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Jul 25, 6:15 pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
>>> teacher.)
>>
>>> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)
>
>
> Tesla - I can't begin to imagine the ideas that guy died with

Fermat--be interesting to see his 'marvelous proof'.

JC

"J. Clarke"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 5:00 AM

HeyBub wrote:
> jtpryan wrote:
>> On Jul 25, 6:15 pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
>>> teacher.)
>>>
>>> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)
>>
>> Einstein. Tom Wolfe.
>>
>
> Not Einstein. There's been only one mathematician that ever created
> anything worthwhile after the age of 30. Einstein got his Nobel Prize
> for a paper he wrote when he was 29. 'Course he got his prize in
> physics.... Never mind.

Actually it he was 26 when he published it. But the work for which he is
_remembered_ is General Relativity, which he published when he was 35.

> No, if you're wanting to spend time with a math whiz, better make it
> Newton.
>
> Or, shucks, I'll let you buy ME a beer or two.

JC

"J. Clarke"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 11:03 AM

HeyBub wrote:
> J. Clarke wrote:
>> HeyBub wrote:
>>> jtpryan wrote:
>>>> On Jul 25, 6:15 pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
>>>>> teacher.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)
>>>>
>>>> Einstein. Tom Wolfe.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not Einstein. There's been only one mathematician that ever created
>>> anything worthwhile after the age of 30. Einstein got his Nobel
>>> Prize for a paper he wrote when he was 29. 'Course he got his prize
>>> in physics.... Never mind.
>>
>> Actually it he was 26 when he published it. But the work for which
>> he is _remembered_ is General Relativity, which he published when he
>> was 35.
>>
>
> Thanks for the correction. He WAS 26 when he wrote the paper that
> eventually earned him a Nobel Prize. General Relativity, however, was
> merely a generalized case of Special Relativity which he also
> published at 26.

You really don't grasp General Relativity if you believe it to be "merely"
_anything_. General Relativity, while it reduces to Special Relativity for
one case and to Newtonian Mechanics for another, was pretty much a rewriting
of the whole of physics.

> There is a theory (pardon the reference) that Einstein got his Nobel
> for his work in relativity, but the Nobel Prize committee couldn't
> actually award the prize for such a controversial (at the time)
> concept.

The work for which they did award it had also been controversial until it
was experimentally validated.

MD

Morris Dovey

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 11:05 AM

Lee Michaels wrote:
> "HeyBub" wrote
>> Uh, yeah, I do understand General Relativity. My undergraduate degree was
>> in Physics (with a double major in Math). 'Course that was before all this
>> new fangled shit got popular - like quantum mechanics and string theory.
>>
> Doncha know?? It is a new age religion now.

Hmm. It does have at least one advantage over NAR: it's given rise to
miracles that can be produced (and reproduced) by 'ordinary' folks...

So says this non-physicist with a patent in the mill for a method of
absorbing 99.99999% of incident solar radiation in a concentrating
collector (I got tired of having to wear welding goggles to protect my
eyes). :)

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

JC

"J. Clarke"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 1:37 PM

HeyBub wrote:
> J. Clarke wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks for the correction. He WAS 26 when he wrote the paper that
>>> eventually earned him a Nobel Prize. General Relativity, however,
>>> was merely a generalized case of Special Relativity which he also
>>> published at 26.
>>
>> You really don't grasp General Relativity if you believe it to be
>> "merely" _anything_. General Relativity, while it reduces to Special
>> Relativity for one case and to Newtonian Mechanics for another, was
>> pretty much a rewriting of the whole of physics.
>>
>
> Uh, yeah, I do understand General Relativity. My undergraduate degree
> was in Physics (with a double major in Math). 'Course that was before
> all this new fangled shit got popular - like quantum mechanics and
> string theory.

Must be some school you went to where they have an undergraduate course in
General Relativity. At most schools they can't get enough math into the
student until the second year of grad school.

JC

"J. Clarke"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 1:41 PM

HeyBub wrote:
> J. Clarke wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks for the correction. He WAS 26 when he wrote the paper that
>>> eventually earned him a Nobel Prize. General Relativity, however,
>>> was merely a generalized case of Special Relativity which he also
>>> published at 26.
>>
>> You really don't grasp General Relativity if you believe it to be
>> "merely" _anything_. General Relativity, while it reduces to Special
>> Relativity for one case and to Newtonian Mechanics for another, was
>> pretty much a rewriting of the whole of physics.
>>
>
> Uh, yeah, I do understand General Relativity. My undergraduate degree
> was in Physics (with a double major in Math). 'Course that was before
> all this new fangled shit got popular - like quantum mechanics and
> string theory.

I didn't pick up on something in my first reply--you got your physics degree
before _quantum_ _mechanics_? And yet you got an undergraduate General
Relativity course? Something is very wrong with this picture.

FS

Frank Stutzman

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 8:41 PM

HeyBub <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> We topologists can do math standing on our heads.
>


Yeah, but you can't tell the difference between a doughnut and a coffee cup.

--
Frank Stutzman

JC

"J. Clarke"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 5:33 PM

HeyBub wrote:
> J. Clarke wrote:
>>>
>>> Uh, yeah, I do understand General Relativity. My undergraduate
>>> degree was in Physics (with a double major in Math). 'Course that
>>> was before all this new fangled shit got popular - like quantum
>>> mechanics and string theory.
>>
>> I didn't pick up on something in my first reply--you got your physics
>> degree before _quantum_ _mechanics_? And yet you got an
>> undergraduate General Relativity course? Something is very wrong
>> with this picture.
>
> Humpf! Even Einstein said 'God does not throw dice!'

Which has what bearing on the point in question?

AB

Andrew Barss

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 10:50 PM

HeyBub <[email protected]> wrote:
: J. Clarke wrote:
:>>
:>> Thanks for the correction. He WAS 26 when he wrote the paper that
:>> eventually earned him a Nobel Prize. General Relativity, however, was
:>> merely a generalized case of Special Relativity which he also
:>> published at 26.
:>
:> You really don't grasp General Relativity if you believe it to be
:> "merely" _anything_. General Relativity, while it reduces to Special
:> Relativity for one case and to Newtonian Mechanics for another, was
:> pretty much a rewriting of the whole of physics.
:>

: Uh, yeah, I do understand General Relativity. My undergraduate degree was in
: Physics (with a double major in Math). 'Course that was before all this new
: fangled shit got popular - like quantum mechanics and string theory.

Hmm. QM got popular sometime around eighty years ago, didn't it?
You're older than one would have thought.


-- Andy Barss

JC

"J. Clarke"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 7:33 PM

Andrew Barss wrote:
> HeyBub <[email protected]> wrote:
>> J. Clarke wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the correction. He WAS 26 when he wrote the paper that
>>>> eventually earned him a Nobel Prize. General Relativity, however,
>>>> was merely a generalized case of Special Relativity which he also
>>>> published at 26.
>>>
>>> You really don't grasp General Relativity if you believe it to be
>>> "merely" _anything_. General Relativity, while it reduces to
>>> Special Relativity for one case and to Newtonian Mechanics for
>>> another, was pretty much a rewriting of the whole of physics.
>>>
>
>> Uh, yeah, I do understand General Relativity. My undergraduate
>> degree was in Physics (with a double major in Math). 'Course that
>> was before all this new fangled shit got popular - like quantum
>> mechanics and string theory.
>
> Hmm. QM got popular sometime around eighty years ago, didn't it?
> You're older than one would have thought.

Yep, late '20s to early '30s. Not sure when it became a standard part of
the undergraduate physics curriculum--it was in the late '60s though, at
which time General Relativity wasn't all that common even in graduate
physics programs.

Hh

"HeyBub"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 7:09 AM

J. Clarke wrote:
> HeyBub wrote:
>> jtpryan wrote:
>>> On Jul 25, 6:15 pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
>>>> teacher.)
>>>>
>>>> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)
>>>
>>> Einstein. Tom Wolfe.
>>>
>>
>> Not Einstein. There's been only one mathematician that ever created
>> anything worthwhile after the age of 30. Einstein got his Nobel Prize
>> for a paper he wrote when he was 29. 'Course he got his prize in
>> physics.... Never mind.
>
> Actually it he was 26 when he published it. But the work for which
> he is _remembered_ is General Relativity, which he published when he
> was 35.
>

Thanks for the correction. He WAS 26 when he wrote the paper that eventually
earned him a Nobel Prize. General Relativity, however, was merely a
generalized case of Special Relativity which he also published at 26.

There is a theory (pardon the reference) that Einstein got his Nobel for his
work in relativity, but the Nobel Prize committee couldn't actually award
the prize for such a controversial (at the time) concept.

Hh

"HeyBub"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/07/2009 6:46 AM

charlieb wrote:
> Richard Feynman.

For those that are not particularly familiar with Feynman:

RING-RING

"Hello..."

"Is this Dr. Feynman?"

"Yes."

"Dr. Richard P. Feynman?"

"Yes."

"Dr Feynman, my name is Joe Blow. I'm the charge d'affaires to the Court of
King Gustaf V of Norway. It is my distinct pleasure to inform you that you
have been awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics!"

"Do you have any idea what the hell time it is in California?"

".... uh, I beg your pardon..."

"It is three o'clock in the goddamn morning! Call back after nine!"

CLICK

"...???..."

AG

"Axel Grease"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/07/2009 2:12 AM

"charlieb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Richard Feynman.

Superb choice.
May his spirit visit Tuva.

Axel

MH

"Martin H. Eastburn"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 8:12 PM

While I like Einstein, my degree in Physics was in E&M so it is
James Clerk Maxwell.

When 42 he developed differential equations...

At 57 he was still publishing books.
An Elementary Treatise on Electricity Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1881, 1888.
He was born in 1831.

He died of abdominal cancer -
likely from an experiment on a bench that exposed him above the belt.

Martin


HeyBub wrote:
> jtpryan wrote:
>> On Jul 25, 6:15 pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
>>> teacher.)
>>>
>>> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)
>> Einstein. Tom Wolfe.
>>
>
> Not Einstein. There's been only one mathematician that ever created anything
> worthwhile after the age of 30. Einstein got his Nobel Prize for a paper he
> wrote when he was 29. 'Course he got his prize in physics.... Never mind.
>
> No, if you're wanting to spend time with a math whiz, better make it Newton.
>
> Or, shucks, I'll let you buy ME a beer or two.
>
>

GS

Gordon Shumway

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

25/07/2009 6:02 PM

On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:15:49 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
>teacher.)
>
>Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)

I think Linda Lovelace might be fun. For the remaining 55 minutes of
the hour how about Dale Earnhardt.

G.S.

Sk

Swingman

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 1:21 PM

J. Clarke wrote:
> HeyBub wrote:


>> was in Physics (with a double major in Math). 'Course that was before
>> all this new fangled shit got popular - like quantum mechanics and
>> string theory.
>
> I didn't pick up on something in my first reply--you got your physics degree
> before _quantum_ _mechanics_? And yet you got an undergraduate General
> Relativity course? Something is very wrong with this picture.

Nothing wrong with the picture at all ... CLEARLY stated "_before_" it
got popular.

--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 10/22/08
KarlC@ (the obvious)

kk

krw

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/07/2009 11:24 AM

On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:41:01 -0500, "HeyBub" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Robatoy wrote:
>> On Jul 25, 8:00 pm, "Max" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>>> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
>>>> teacher.)
>>>
>>>> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)
>>>
>>> What restrictions would you put on......uh....conduct, activity,
>>> behavior?
>>>
>>> Max
>>
>> You mean like strangling W ?
>
>I think they have a pill for BDS. Or maybe a 12-step program.
>
>You need to get better so you can enjoy the Jeb Bush presidency. Followed by
>that good-looking Hispanic nephew.

You forgot the twins.

>By then, the dynasty will be firmly established and it's only a small step
>to a monarchy.
>
>Psst! Don't tell anybody about that being the goal of the conservatives.
>They might not understand.

MH

"Martin H. Eastburn"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 8:22 PM

I have that double degree - and watched the industry and fellows in research -
I was to be in High energy research but my beloved mother was passing away so
I went by the low road.

Particles were in the primary ones and not the fancy ones - and we had fewer
elements as well. Atomic physics was different than today. I was taught
by a Manhattan experiment PhD. As he put it, he was a technician.

Some things were sorted out - but the massive amount of particles discovered
and elements was interesting.

I was able to deal with near field radiation when others had no idea and many
continue.

Martin

Swingman wrote:
> J. Clarke wrote:
>> HeyBub wrote:
>
>
>>> was in Physics (with a double major in Math). 'Course that was before
>>> all this new fangled shit got popular - like quantum mechanics and
>>> string theory.
>>
>> I didn't pick up on something in my first reply--you got your physics
>> degree before _quantum_ _mechanics_? And yet you got an undergraduate
>> General Relativity course? Something is very wrong with this picture.
>
> Nothing wrong with the picture at all ... CLEARLY stated "_before_" it
> got popular.
>

Rr

Roy

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/07/2009 12:52 PM

On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:15:49 -0700, Robatoy wrote:

>
> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English teacher.)
>
> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)


My Dad.


Regards,
Roy

dw

"d.williams"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

28/07/2009 5:52 PM

Way too many interesting humans to spend an hour with. I don't know if I'd
really waste my one hour on this, but I'd like to hear what Lee Harvey
Oswald would have to say.

Hh

"HeyBub"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/07/2009 1:05 PM

Robatoy wrote:
>>
>> I think they have a pill for BDS. Or maybe a 12-step program.
>>
>> You need to get better so you can enjoy the Jeb Bush presidency.
>> Followed by that good-looking Hispanic nephew.
>>
>> By then, the dynasty will be firmly established and it's only a
>> small step to a monarchy.
>>
>> Psst! Don't tell anybody about that being the goal of the
>> conservatives. They might not understand.
>
> Ahhh yes, and your response wasn't predictable?
> Anybody who refers to a syndrome coined by that loon Krauthammer loses
> credibility right quick.
>

He's entitled. He earned an honors degree in economics and he has a Pulitzer
Prize.

But what qualifies him to speak on this subject is his medical degree from
Harvard and his board certification in psychiatry by the American Board of
Psychiatry and Neurology, plus his tenure as Chief Resident in Psychiatry at
the Massachusetts General Hospital. During that time, he and a colleague
identified a syndrome associated with manic-depressives which is now part of
the standard works on bipolar disorders. His seminal paper, "The
Epidemiology of Mania," has much to say about BDS, even though it was
written thirty years ago.

He served in the Carter administration and was a speech-writer for Walter
Mondale.

Unfortunately, there is no cure for BDS - it can only be controlled. And if
BDS did not exist, supporters of the current administration would have
invented it. As Eric Hoffer said: "A mass movement can exist without a god,
but it will always fail without a devil. Every mass movement must have
something to hate."

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

26/10/2009 9:30 PM

On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:22:49 GMT, the infamous "Lee"
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:

>>> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English
>>> teacher.)
>>>
>>> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)

>>"Lee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>> The late Sam Mallof

>Or Malloof

Do you mean "Sam Maloof", Lee? I spent an hour with him in a
furniture gallery/museum in Oceanside, CA about 8 years ago. He was a
cool olde farte. I stumped him when I asked what specific joinery
technique he used in his rocker arm/back. <g> I regret not getting a
signed book, but the old pocketbook couldn't afford an extra Grant at
the time. I'd love to have taken a chairbuilding class with him.
( this book http://fwd4.me/1UO )


I'd spend time with Winston Churchill, Thomas Jefferson, or James
Madison. They'd have firsthand knowledge on how to deal with the
increasingly hostile, idiotic, socialist/authoritarian/Islamic? gov't
we're experiencing right now.

P.S: How's your ammo stock? We may need to hunt for food, etc. some
day soon.

--
The only reason I would take up exercising is
so that I could hear heavy breathing again.

Ll

"Leon"

in reply to Robatoy on 25/07/2009 3:15 PM

27/07/2009 9:18 AM


"Roy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:15:49 -0700, Robatoy wrote:
>
>>
>> Who would you spend that hour with. (Certainly not my English teacher.)
>>
>> Skip the obvious, like Jesus, OJ, Hitler (not in that order.....)
>
>
> My Dad.


Like minds, :~)

I would choose my two grand fathers, both died before I was born.


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