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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 28 Mar 2010 14:00 On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:41:59 -0500, §nühw¤£f wrote: > =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> > clouded the waters of pure thought with > news:holgoq$cl3$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > >> On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:21:06 -0700, §ñühw¤£f wrote: >> >>> In message <hojiks$ous$8(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Hachiroku_ >>> wrote: >>>> On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:16:36 -0500, >>>> çnühwäãf wrote: >>>> >>>> >> Just as long as it swings away from me, we're cool. >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> > How long have you had this fear of adventurous doors? >>>> >>>> >>>> Ever since I was about...that old. >>>> My mother was scared by a door when she was carrying me. I could never >>>> listen to The Doors. Especially stuff like "ghosts crowd the child's >>>> fragile eggshell mind" (Jim must have known Aratzio...) >>>> >>> THe Doors was a reference to a book by Aldous Huxley IIRC...they were >>> my fav band for a while. I even have books about Morrison. >> >> I beleive the reference was "...and open the doors of perception." >> >> I've read "No one here gets out alive" by Sugarman (Could he have >> predicted this thread?) and "Light My Fire, the true story of the Doors" >> by Manzarek. Both interesting works if you're a Doors fan. >> > The one I read hadda piccy of Jim on the cover. ^_^ That was Sugarman's book. He was about 14 when he got hooked up with Jim and the band just took a liking to him. > > >>>> Give me the creeps just thinking about it... >>>> >>> Jim was a raging alcoholic. Maybe if you got shitfaced before listening >>> it would seem less scarey? >> >> Think of this: every time you hear him singing, he's drunk! He couldn't >> go into the studio or appear on stage without drinking. >> > Yep. THus his reported visions and talking to indian spirits etc. > >> Sugarman said in "No one here..." that Morrison would trip in the >> morning and write the lyrics, and then drink in the afternoon, >> especially before going to record. I also heard (unverified) that he >> bought a Shelby GT500 and forgot where he parked it. >> > I'd be suprised it it didnt end up in a wad somewhere in laurel canyon :) > > > >>>> Why, even the cars I own only have 2 doors! They gang up on me >>>> otherwise. >>>> >>>> >>> Jeep with no doors. Problem solved. >> >> Oh, Jeeze! Now you went and triggered my fear of falling... >> > Four point harness. Ah, yes! I keep thinking the loose seat belts in cars now,. I hate em. If I'm going to be strapped in I want to be strapped in! > >>> Bikes are better. >> >> I have a couple bikes, but it's been a while. I have to shed some winter >> weight before riding... >> > Your motorcycles must be tiny! I gave up on motorcycles a long time ago. Too many people on the road that either don't see you or don't care. After a ride one Sunday (Orange bike, Yamaha RD400 with the light on...) I almost got hit 5 times, I put For Sale on the RD and bought a DT250 (on/off road...mostly OFF!) I mean a Mountain bike and an old Fuji I found behind a store and reworked into a decent bicycle. > >> Amazing after all these years the Doors still sound good. >> >> > Classics. But not cliched. I won't play Lynyrd Skynyrd anymore (even with someone yelling out FREEBIRD!!!) but we're working up some Doors songs. A shortened version of LA Woman, we're going to try People Are Strange and see if people like it, and the main part of the Soft Parade. We once played Light My Fire in 3:30, full version with the keyboard solo and all...
From: Aratzio on 28 Mar 2010 14:31 On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:45:12 -0400, in the land of 24hoursupport.helpdesk, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> got double secret probation for writing: >On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:40:13 -0700, Aratzio wrote: > >> On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:36:02 -0400, in the land of 24hoursupport.helpdesk, >> Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> got double secret probation for writing: >> >>>On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:29:17 -0700, ���hw��f wrote: >>> >>>>> Not so much *comptetive* as obsessive. >>>>> >>>> So he's Low Hanging Fruit. >>> >>>Far better than low hanging nuts... >>> >>> >> Well, that was stupid, so your record so far is intact. > > >The irony... > The lamer had to look up another word used in reference to himself and then tried to use it, failing again.
From: Jane Galt on 28 Mar 2010 17:13 Rocky <wookiee(a)att.net> wrote : > On Mar 27, 4:55�pm, Jane Galt <Jan...(a)gulch.xyz> wrote: >> >> Well I have the laptop so need to use it now. > > Fair enough. > >> A friend suggested a tablet awhile back but never did tell me what she me > ant >> by that, or suggest a model to look at. So I got the laptop. > > Yes, what model tablet is a problem because the battery doesn't last > very long on some of the older tablet computers like the Compaq TC1100 > and on some of the newer tablets computers with a touch screen like > the TX2000 writing on them can be a problem because you can't rest > your hand on the screen. > > And if you want a really good Tablet computer like one made by Motion > Computing you will probably pay an arm and a leg for it. > http://www.motioncomputing.com/products/tablet_pc_J34.asp > > BTW a Tablet computer with builtin bluetooth can easily be used with a > bluetooth mouse or bluetooth keyboard and even get the internet from a > cell phone. > > BTW the old Motion Computing LE1700 comes with GPS software that works > with a bluetooth GPS and it is spooky how well it can track your every > move. > Dont they cost a whole lot more too? Like $800+ ? -- Jane Galt "There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism - by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide." -- Ayn Rand
From: Rocky on 29 Mar 2010 06:58 On Mar 28, 3:13 pm, Jane Galt <Jan...(a)gulch.xyz> wrote: > Rocky <wook...(a)att.net> wrote : > > > BTW the old Motion Computing LE1700 comes with GPS software that works > > with a bluetooth GPS and it is spooky how well it can track your every > > move. > > Dont they cost a whole lot more too? Like $800+ ? Boy did you call that one. I bought a used LE1700 for around $850 since part of the deal was a in a trade. BTW when the LE1700s were new they sold for over $2000.
From: �n�hw��f on 29 Mar 2010 10:36
=?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> clouded the waters of pure thought with news:hoo4vg$74s$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:30:49 -0500, §nühw¤£f wrote: > >>> The bastards smashed the windows and stole it anyway... >>> >>> I KNEW I shoulda wired the coil to the gearshift... >>> >>> >> Which would give them a nasty shock? > > > At least. A modern coil is about 25,000 volts. > Good test for bad spark plug wires: open the hood in a very dark > area or at night with no lights on. See any blue sparks? Now, to > verify the bad wire, grab it! ;) > > Everyone that has worked on a car has done it once. Ratzio's going > to go off on this for sure, but the best high-voltage stunt I ever > pulled was with an electric fence (also ~25,000 volts...) We were > drunk one night and pulled over for a 'rest', and I didn't see the > fence running through the shrubs below me and made my bladder > gladder... > > Imagine THAT! > Gee, this is just like being on Granpas porch and he's spinning yarns! -- http://www.skepticalscience.com/ cageprisoners.com|www.snuhwolf.9f.com|www.eyeonpalin.org _____ ____ ____ __ /\_/\ __ _ ______ _____ / __/ |/ / / / / // // . . \\ \ |\ | / __ \ \ \ __\ _\ \/ / /_/ / _ / \ / \ \| \| \ \_\ \ \__\ _\ /___/_/|_/\____/_//_/ \_@_/ \__|\__|\____/\____\_\ |