How about that Hope and Change...
 

"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:07:59 -0500, Jim wrote:

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:57:08 -0500, Jim wrote:

Harry's chicken suit still fits him perfectly.

Now that's just going too far - insulting chickens like that.

I heard he actually went trick or treating dressed as a ballantial
chancroid.

Think about that one for a second. :)

The plum will never think of Harry in the same way again. We knew he has
a pustule problem,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but this. Who would have known? Except
for JPS, and Donnie, of course.
Think about that one for a second.

Well, I don't share your opinion of Don - I like Don. Sold him my
Princecraft and he was a delight to talk to in person. Interesting
guy. I stay away from his little wars with others in this group.

And I respect his knowledge of sailboats and his penchant for
historical knowledge of him home town. Not a lot of people know the
history of where they live or bother to take the time to learn.

The others? Yeah, I'd agree with you. :)


Why..thank you very much. Not often people say nice things about another
poster in here. ;-)

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"Don White" wrote in message
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"Jim" wrote in message
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Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:07:59 -0500, Jim wrote:

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:57:08 -0500, Jim wrote:

Harry's chicken suit still fits him perfectly.
Now that's just going too far - insulting chickens like that.

I heard he actually went trick or treating dressed as a ballantial
chancroid.

Think about that one for a second. :)

The plum will never think of Harry in the same way again. We knew he
has a pustule problem,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but this. Who would have known?
Except for JPS, and Donnie, of course.
Think about that one for a second.

Well, I don't share your opinion of Don - I like Don. Sold him my
Princecraft and he was a delight to talk to in person. Interesting
guy. I stay away from his little wars with others in this group.

And I respect his knowledge of sailboats and his penchant for
historical knowledge of him home town. Not a lot of people know the
history of where they live or bother to take the time to learn.

The others? Yeah, I'd agree with you. :)

I don't dislike Donnie. I Don't even know him. All I know is how he
presents himself here and offer him, I think, appropriate interaction
based on how he behaves.


So...if I'm a good boy and follow your party *like*, you'll like me?

correction...make that *line*

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In article ,
says...


Yeah...when I see you in your Village People 'sailor-boy' getup. ~~
Snerk
~~



Sad and unpatriotic.

Rob

You don't think the Village People were patriotic?



I heard they were Canadian.

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In article ,
says...

Somewhat like yours when the resident lowlifes trash my family members?


You get what you give.

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In article ,
says...


Say what?
Jimmy...you're showing signs of desperation.
You went back almost four years to find two posts of mine...
one admonishing Skipper & Bert about the New World Order
and the second...a reference to an AHL hockey team.
What the $%$# has that got to do with pustules?

Dude, the Internet has a long memory.

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In article ,
says...

So...if I'm a good boy and follow your party like, you'll like me?

Be a man and think for yourself. And, stop getting your panties tied up
in such big knots when someone pokes fun at you and your precious little
country, Canada. Every country has problems and Canada is not without
their share.

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On 11/6/09 10:46 PM, Tosk wrote:
In articlekdSdnQkY74W8SWnXnZ2dnUVZ_tJi4p2d@giganews. com,
says...

H the K wrote:
On 11/6/09 11:33 AM, Don White wrote:



Take your **** elsewhere, jerk.

Rob

Harry will never do that. He has been here spewing lies, and showing his
true colors for over a decade. He is a victim of serious abuse as a
child, and continues the cycle to this day, that's why his kids
abandoned him long ago. Either way, unfortunately there are still some
here stupid enough to engage him, and that attention, negative or
positive, is all he needs to cling on...



I wasn't the one with the incompetent, acting out drunk of a father. You
were.

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On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:40:39 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:55:55 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:26:20 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:11:04 -0800, jps wrote:

On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:56:05 -0600, wrote:

On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:22:00 -0800, jps wrote:

snipped for relevancy

Now we're into protecting against the next guy. It's not the
hostile
country, it's the hostile neighbor. We've grown small and petty.


And you don't see this in your behavior in this NG? Or in
Harry's?
Your next insult will be the anecdote to affirm what you've
described
of yourself above. Where does change begin?

Frankly, whateveryournameis, my disgust with the system has been
building since Reagan started this greedy bull****.

I'm plenty fed up and in no mood to be civil. If I heard a modicum
of
bitching from the right while Bush and Cheney were in office and
sending this country down a ******** between tax cuts and war, I'd
be
a little more flexible.

All the greedy assholes thought those tax dollars belonged to the
folks that put 'em in. Turns out they were loans from China.

Now the right wing shows up and starts bitching about spending when
it's about spending on health care and our economy. Didn't hear a
bloody peep when it was bullets, bombs and tax cuts.

So, your side hasn't much credibility (or any at all) and no
standing
to talk to me about civility nor patriotism.

If I offer you civility, consider it a gift.

The only thing you have to offer, or care to offer, is the death of
reason. You are far too removed from it to esteem its worth.


I think jps has a point though. I think he's wrong to not attempt
civility,
but it's a tough road.

Civility is only tough for those that extol its virtue but deny its
exercise, Em. Personal civility is as easily attainable as is
personal charity. A victim, though, will cheat himselves of both
virtues if he languishs in that miserable role, if I may apply some
unction to it (smarmy critter that I am).

himselves = himself (I've been reading too much Tolkien :)


I haven't done that in a long time. :)

If only I had more time to read! It seems I have to spend most of my
time earning a living...


I know the feeling. I'm fortunate in that I own my own business, I work
nearly 100% at home, and I don't have any set hours. Of course, the latter
isn't too good if it means being up at 1am to get things ready for the
next
morning at 8 am. I like to get up early, weather permitting, and go for a
run, so 1am gets old fast.

Sometimes I sit in front of the computer (like now), waiting for something
that will need a very quick response. I've done "nothing" for hours
sometimes. Then, it comes in a tidal wave. The crunch days are (right now)
usually Thurs through Monday (not much happens on Sat., but I have to
prepare for Sunday), with stuff just trickling in the other days. As the
holiday season approaches though, it'll expand to most of the week, but
that's only through mid-Jan.

That's interesting, Em. Is your business service-oriented? I have
entertained the notion of pursuing some type of work-at-home option
before; but, I don't trust myself. I'm not sure I'd have the
discipline to attend to the demands that any such vocation would
require. I suspect that I would wander off into all the small
avocations that I'm always tempted to indulge, as it is (like posting
in this NG, or reading some forlorn book). I've previously owned a
manufacturing concern, and I'm personally intimate with the demands of
a small business. Generally, it requires hard work, dedication, and
interminably long hours. I have to admire you for being able to
discipline yourself to work at home.


I actually have two careers, one I'm winding down and one has been ramping
up for a several years. My primary business right now is retail, domestic
and international (80/20) sales of used mid- to high-end designer clothes
(mostly for women and teens, but I don't descriminate against Martians). The
one I'm winding down is actually in a large part because of the demands of
customers 24/7 (it seems sometimes), who don't have a clue, and having to
deal with the US PTO nitpicky requirements. I used to enjoy the latter, but
I'm burned out. It's a strange and I think unlikely career change for me...
think aggressive coffee drinker to laid-back shopper.

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On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:35:26 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

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On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:40:39 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:55:55 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

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On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:02:53 -0600, wrote:

On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:26:20 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:11:04 -0800, jps wrote:

On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:56:05 -0600, wrote:

On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:22:00 -0800, jps wrote:

snipped for relevancy

Now we're into protecting against the next guy. It's not the
hostile
country, it's the hostile neighbor. We've grown small and petty.


And you don't see this in your behavior in this NG? Or in
Harry's?
Your next insult will be the anecdote to affirm what you've
described
of yourself above. Where does change begin?

Frankly, whateveryournameis, my disgust with the system has been
building since Reagan started this greedy bull****.

I'm plenty fed up and in no mood to be civil. If I heard a modicum
of
bitching from the right while Bush and Cheney were in office and
sending this country down a ******** between tax cuts and war, I'd
be
a little more flexible.

All the greedy assholes thought those tax dollars belonged to the
folks that put 'em in. Turns out they were loans from China.

Now the right wing shows up and starts bitching about spending when
it's about spending on health care and our economy. Didn't hear a
bloody peep when it was bullets, bombs and tax cuts.

So, your side hasn't much credibility (or any at all) and no
standing
to talk to me about civility nor patriotism.

If I offer you civility, consider it a gift.

The only thing you have to offer, or care to offer, is the death of
reason. You are far too removed from it to esteem its worth.


I think jps has a point though. I think he's wrong to not attempt
civility,
but it's a tough road.

Civility is only tough for those that extol its virtue but deny its
exercise, Em. Personal civility is as easily attainable as is
personal charity. A victim, though, will cheat himselves of both
virtues if he languishs in that miserable role, if I may apply some
unction to it (smarmy critter that I am).

himselves = himself (I've been reading too much Tolkien :)


I haven't done that in a long time. :)

If only I had more time to read! It seems I have to spend most of my
time earning a living...


I know the feeling. I'm fortunate in that I own my own business, I work
nearly 100% at home, and I don't have any set hours. Of course, the latter
isn't too good if it means being up at 1am to get things ready for the
next
morning at 8 am. I like to get up early, weather permitting, and go for a
run, so 1am gets old fast.

Sometimes I sit in front of the computer (like now), waiting for something
that will need a very quick response. I've done "nothing" for hours
sometimes. Then, it comes in a tidal wave. The crunch days are (right now)
usually Thurs through Monday (not much happens on Sat., but I have to
prepare for Sunday), with stuff just trickling in the other days. As the
holiday season approaches though, it'll expand to most of the week, but
that's only through mid-Jan.

That's interesting, Em. Is your business service-oriented? I have
entertained the notion of pursuing some type of work-at-home option
before; but, I don't trust myself. I'm not sure I'd have the
discipline to attend to the demands that any such vocation would
require. I suspect that I would wander off into all the small
avocations that I'm always tempted to indulge, as it is (like posting
in this NG, or reading some forlorn book). I've previously owned a
manufacturing concern, and I'm personally intimate with the demands of
a small business. Generally, it requires hard work, dedication, and
interminably long hours. I have to admire you for being able to
discipline yourself to work at home.


I actually have two careers, one I'm winding down and one has been ramping
up for a several years. My primary business right now is retail, domestic
and international (80/20) sales of used mid- to high-end designer clothes
(mostly for women and teens, but I don't descriminate against Martians). The
one I'm winding down is actually in a large part because of the demands of
customers 24/7 (it seems sometimes), who don't have a clue, and having to
deal with the US PTO nitpicky requirements. I used to enjoy the latter, but
I'm burned out. It's a strange and I think unlikely career change for me...
think aggressive coffee drinker to laid-back shopper.

The business I managed, of which I and a partner were primary
share-holders, eventually closed its doors because of a series of
unfortunate setbacks, including having a large OEM to which we sold
product go belly-up. And my business partner had contracted West Nile
when it was new to this area of the country. It went undiagnosed and
nearly killed her. We fought hard to keep the company going; but, we
just had too many concurrent setbacks. But, like you, I was burned
out - seriously burned out. (I dread looking at pictures of myself
from that time.) I eventually ended up working as an electrical
engineer designing wire harnesses for Cat Track-type vehicles and the
large mining trucks, using Pro Engineer Wildfire. That was a much
more peaceful gig. It took nearly a year for me to feel rested again.
(Honest!)

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On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:35:26 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

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On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:40:39 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:55:55 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:26:20 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

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On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:11:04 -0800, jps
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:56:05 -0600, wrote:

On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:22:00 -0800, jps
wrote:

snipped for relevancy

Now we're into protecting against the next guy. It's not the
hostile
country, it's the hostile neighbor. We've grown small and
petty.


And you don't see this in your behavior in this NG? Or in
Harry's?
Your next insult will be the anecdote to affirm what you've
described
of yourself above. Where does change begin?

Frankly, whateveryournameis, my disgust with the system has been
building since Reagan started this greedy bull****.

I'm plenty fed up and in no mood to be civil. If I heard a
modicum
of
bitching from the right while Bush and Cheney were in office and
sending this country down a ******** between tax cuts and war,
I'd
be
a little more flexible.

All the greedy assholes thought those tax dollars belonged to the
folks that put 'em in. Turns out they were loans from China.

Now the right wing shows up and starts bitching about spending
when
it's about spending on health care and our economy. Didn't hear
a
bloody peep when it was bullets, bombs and tax cuts.

So, your side hasn't much credibility (or any at all) and no
standing
to talk to me about civility nor patriotism.

If I offer you civility, consider it a gift.

The only thing you have to offer, or care to offer, is the death
of
reason. You are far too removed from it to esteem its worth.


I think jps has a point though. I think he's wrong to not attempt
civility,
but it's a tough road.

Civility is only tough for those that extol its virtue but deny its
exercise, Em. Personal civility is as easily attainable as is
personal charity. A victim, though, will cheat himselves of both
virtues if he languishs in that miserable role, if I may apply some
unction to it (smarmy critter that I am).

himselves = himself (I've been reading too much Tolkien :)


I haven't done that in a long time. :)

If only I had more time to read! It seems I have to spend most of my
time earning a living...


I know the feeling. I'm fortunate in that I own my own business, I work
nearly 100% at home, and I don't have any set hours. Of course, the
latter
isn't too good if it means being up at 1am to get things ready for the
next
morning at 8 am. I like to get up early, weather permitting, and go for
a
run, so 1am gets old fast.

Sometimes I sit in front of the computer (like now), waiting for
something
that will need a very quick response. I've done "nothing" for hours
sometimes. Then, it comes in a tidal wave. The crunch days are (right
now)
usually Thurs through Monday (not much happens on Sat., but I have to
prepare for Sunday), with stuff just trickling in the other days. As the
holiday season approaches though, it'll expand to most of the week, but
that's only through mid-Jan.

That's interesting, Em. Is your business service-oriented? I have
entertained the notion of pursuing some type of work-at-home option
before; but, I don't trust myself. I'm not sure I'd have the
discipline to attend to the demands that any such vocation would
require. I suspect that I would wander off into all the small
avocations that I'm always tempted to indulge, as it is (like posting
in this NG, or reading some forlorn book). I've previously owned a
manufacturing concern, and I'm personally intimate with the demands of
a small business. Generally, it requires hard work, dedication, and
interminably long hours. I have to admire you for being able to
discipline yourself to work at home.


I actually have two careers, one I'm winding down and one has been ramping
up for a several years. My primary business right now is retail, domestic
and international (80/20) sales of used mid- to high-end designer clothes
(mostly for women and teens, but I don't descriminate against Martians).
The
one I'm winding down is actually in a large part because of the demands of
customers 24/7 (it seems sometimes), who don't have a clue, and having to
deal with the US PTO nitpicky requirements. I used to enjoy the latter,
but
I'm burned out. It's a strange and I think unlikely career change for
me...
think aggressive coffee drinker to laid-back shopper.

The business I managed, of which I and a partner were primary
share-holders, eventually closed its doors because of a series of
unfortunate setbacks, including having a large OEM to which we sold
product go belly-up. And my business partner had contracted West Nile
when it was new to this area of the country. It went undiagnosed and
nearly killed her. We fought hard to keep the company going; but, we
just had too many concurrent setbacks. But, like you, I was burned
out - seriously burned out. (I dread looking at pictures of myself
from that time.) I eventually ended up working as an electrical
engineer designing wire harnesses for Cat Track-type vehicles and the
large mining trucks, using Pro Engineer Wildfire. That was a much
more peaceful gig. It took nearly a year for me to feel rested again.
(Honest!)


We're always on the lookout for ticks... We have the West Nile virus here.
They're always checking dead birds, spraying, and putting up traps. Nasty
disease.

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