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A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing!
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An engineering marvel
" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message ... A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html Pic: http://www.funonthenet.in/images/sto...aterbridge.jpg |
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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message ... A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html Google NYS Erie Canal (1 version) for examples nearer to home. |
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tak wrote:
" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message ... A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html Google NYS Erie Canal (1 version) for examples nearer to home. Can you imagine the weight of bridge structure, water & boats. I wouldn't want to spend too much time under it. |
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Don White wrote: tak wrote: " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message ... A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html Google NYS Erie Canal (1 version) for examples nearer to home. Can you imagine the weight of bridge structure, water & boats. I wouldn't want to spend too much time under it. Nah, I'd stay under it all day. It's not really that bad. For one thing, the water (the heaviest element) is a totally uniform load, meaning it's spread out over the entire surface, not a point load, plus, it's static not dynamic. Now, there is some tremendous loading going on, but it's all very easily accounted for, nothing abnormal going on. |
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"Don White" wrote in message ... tak wrote: " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message ... A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html Google NYS Erie Canal (1 version) for examples nearer to home. Can you imagine the weight of bridge structure, water & boats. I wouldn't want to spend too much time under it. boat adds absolutely no weight to this bridge... physics 101 |
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Don White wrote:
tak wrote: " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message ... A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html Google NYS Erie Canal (1 version) for examples nearer to home. Can you imagine the weight of bridge structure, water & boats. I wouldn't want to spend too much time under it. Theoretically, the weight of the water and boats is a constant. What varies is the people walking across or standing on the bridge. |
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JimH wrote:
A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html BFD -- The Erie Canal had one of these in 1836 over the Genesee river http://tinyurl.com/l55qb http://tinyurl.com/keff4 |
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"tak" wrote in message ... " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message ... A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html Google NYS Erie Canal (1 version) for examples nearer to home. Here is the URL with a drawing of the Aqueduct over the Genesee River (Still in use as the Broad Street Bridge. The Upper deck is the "street" and the lower deck is the (now idle) original aqueduct. http://www.nycanal.com/nycanalhistory.html |
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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message ... A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html http://www.nycanal.com/canaltour/mapindex.html Another aqueduct, in Palmyra, (hometown) lots of summer fishing here as a kid. Apparently, hydraulic engineering back in the early 1800's, wasn't up to task of controlling natural streams and the canal, hence the numerous devices to keep the waters separate. |
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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message ... A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html Here is the URL with a drawing of the Aqueduct over the Genesee River (Still in use as the Broad Street Bridge. The Upper deck is the "street" and the lower deck is the (now idle) original aqueduct. http://www.nycanal.com/nycanalhistory.html |
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Dan J.S. wrote: "Don White" wrote in message ... tak wrote: " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message ... A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html Google NYS Erie Canal (1 version) for examples nearer to home. Can you imagine the weight of bridge structure, water & boats. I wouldn't want to spend too much time under it. boat adds absolutely no weight to this bridge... physics 101 Prove it...!! |
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"basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... Dan J.S. wrote: "Don White" wrote in message ... tak wrote: " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message ... A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html Google NYS Erie Canal (1 version) for examples nearer to home. Can you imagine the weight of bridge structure, water & boats. I wouldn't want to spend too much time under it. boat adds absolutely no weight to this bridge... physics 101 Prove it...!! Think about what causes a boat to float (or anything to float). His point will come to you. Or Google displacement T |
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"basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... Dan J.S. wrote: "Don White" wrote in message ... tak wrote: " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message ... A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html Google NYS Erie Canal (1 version) for examples nearer to home. Can you imagine the weight of bridge structure, water & boats. I wouldn't want to spend too much time under it. boat adds absolutely no weight to this bridge... physics 101 Prove it...!! http://www.boatsafe.com/kids/021598kidsques.htm |
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"tak" wrote in message ... "basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... Dan J.S. wrote: "Don White" wrote in message ... tak wrote: " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message ... A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html Google NYS Erie Canal (1 version) for examples nearer to home. Can you imagine the weight of bridge structure, water & boats. I wouldn't want to spend too much time under it. boat adds absolutely no weight to this bridge... physics 101 Prove it...!! Think about what causes a boat to float (or anything to float). His point will come to you. Or Google displacement T You are absolutely right. It is all about displacement. And as said earlier the theory is very basic and discussed in High School physics. An earlier claim (by bassy) that the load is static is also wrong due to varying degrees of pedestrian traffic on either side of the bridge and possible wakes caused by boats traveling at higher speeds. I though bassy was structural design engineer. ;-) |
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"Bert Robbins" wrote in message ... "basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... Dan J.S. wrote: "Don White" wrote in message ... tak wrote: " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message ... A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html Google NYS Erie Canal (1 version) for examples nearer to home. Can you imagine the weight of bridge structure, water & boats. I wouldn't want to spend too much time under it. boat adds absolutely no weight to this bridge... physics 101 Prove it...!! http://www.boatsafe.com/kids/021598kidsques.htm Kevin never has been the brightest bulb in the marquee |
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"Bert Robbins" wrote in message ... "basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... Dan J.S. wrote: "Don White" wrote in message ... tak wrote: " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message ... A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html Google NYS Erie Canal (1 version) for examples nearer to home. Can you imagine the weight of bridge structure, water & boats. I wouldn't want to spend too much time under it. boat adds absolutely no weight to this bridge... physics 101 Prove it...!! http://www.boatsafe.com/kids/021598kidsques.htm "Boatsafe for *kids*". LOL! I hope Kevin can grasp the basic concept of displacement now. Our resident *structural design engineer* once again steps in it.......big time. ;-) |
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On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:03:30 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
comREMOVETHIS wrote: "Bert Robbins" wrote in message ... "basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... Dan J.S. wrote: "Don White" wrote in message ... tak wrote: " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message ... A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html Google NYS Erie Canal (1 version) for examples nearer to home. Can you imagine the weight of bridge structure, water & boats. I wouldn't want to spend too much time under it. boat adds absolutely no weight to this bridge... physics 101 Prove it...!! http://www.boatsafe.com/kids/021598kidsques.htm "Boatsafe for *kids*". LOL! I hope Kevin can grasp the basic concept of displacement now. Our resident *structural design engineer* once again steps in it.......big time. ;-) And he's probably got more sense than to bite at your troll. -- 'Til next time, John H ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** |
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"JohnH" wrote in message ... On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:03:30 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote: "Bert Robbins" wrote in message ... "basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... Dan J.S. wrote: "Don White" wrote in message ... tak wrote: " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message ... A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html Google NYS Erie Canal (1 version) for examples nearer to home. Can you imagine the weight of bridge structure, water & boats. I wouldn't want to spend too much time under it. boat adds absolutely no weight to this bridge... physics 101 Prove it...!! http://www.boatsafe.com/kids/021598kidsques.htm "Boatsafe for *kids*". LOL! I hope Kevin can grasp the basic concept of displacement now. Our resident *structural design engineer* once again steps in it.......big time. ;-) And he's probably got more sense than to bite at your troll. -- 'Til next time, John H ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** It is not a troll John. It is a statement of fact. ;-) |
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"basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... Prove it...!! Hey- dumfuk- Do you ever get tired of being wrong? |
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JimH wrote: "tak" wrote in message ... "basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... Dan J.S. wrote: "Don White" wrote in message ... tak wrote: " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message ... A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html Google NYS Erie Canal (1 version) for examples nearer to home. Can you imagine the weight of bridge structure, water & boats. I wouldn't want to spend too much time under it. boat adds absolutely no weight to this bridge... physics 101 Prove it...!! Think about what causes a boat to float (or anything to float). His point will come to you. Or Google displacement T You are absolutely right. It is all about displacement. And as said earlier the theory is very basic and discussed in High School physics. An earlier claim (by bassy) that the load is static is also wrong due to varying degrees of pedestrian traffic on either side of the bridge and possible wakes caused by boats traveling at higher speeds. I though bassy was structural design engineer. ;-) Uh, let's just say RELATIVELY static, okay? I mean, ****, Jim, if you want to pick nits, then NO load is EVER static. |
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George F wrote: "basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... Prove it...!! Hey- dumfuk- Do you ever get tired of being wrong? Your petty, childish name calling does nothing for your crediblilty. Care to prove the point, or just blindly think you are correct? |
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tak wrote: "basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... Dan J.S. wrote: "Don White" wrote in message ... tak wrote: " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message ... A water bridge for boats built over a river. Pretty amazing! http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html Google NYS Erie Canal (1 version) for examples nearer to home. Can you imagine the weight of bridge structure, water & boats. I wouldn't want to spend too much time under it. boat adds absolutely no weight to this bridge... physics 101 Prove it...!! Think about what causes a boat to float (or anything to float). His point will come to you. Or Google displacement T That's not proof. First of all, you need to ensure, and prove that the displaced water is moved OFF OF THE BRIDGE. If there are gates at either end, then it isn't. |
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Relatively static? Nope.
Hey, I was/am not nitpicking. Do you see the amount of foot traffic that bridge handles on both side of the canal? |
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JimH wrote: Relatively static? Nope. Hey, I was/am not nitpicking. Do you see the amount of foot traffic that bridge handles on both side of the canal? As I said, if you take static literally, there is NO SUCH THING as a static load, get it? Let's take a block of concrete sitting on this bridge. Static? Nope, not if you take it literally. It will gain moisture (thus mass) when it rains or is humid. It will lose moisture (thus mass) when it is dry. So, this being cyclic in nature, if you were to pick nits, it would be dynamic. Is this of VERY little affect? Depends on the amount of original mass intended for this bridge. Let's say our block weighs 2 million tons. The amount of dynamic load from the moisture, drying cycle is almost imperceptable, thus for all intents and purposes, we assume and design the load as static. Okay, let's now assume the block weighs a few ounces. Is the moisture now insignificant? Nope, not by a long shot. THEN we would assume that load to be dynamic and design the structure for such. Hence: The dynamic loads applied to that particular bridge by people walking across it are insignificant because of the massive static load of the water. I'd bet a lot of money that the only dynamic loads assigned to their analysis would be wind, earthquake, ponding from rain, snow, and other significant live loads like if the water rises during rainy seasons, etc. |
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Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the
displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? |
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JimH wrote: Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? nitpicking? Never? It's not what I believe, it's what is right! The "ever changing forces caused by boat wakes" is irrelevant. The bottom of the raised canal is a shear plane, and thus has been designed as a diaphram. |
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JimH wrote:
JimH wrote: Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? Nit Picking and Picking nits are both fairly common expressions. -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." |
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"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: JimH wrote: Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? Nit Picking and Picking nits are both fairly common expressions. -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Nitpicking certainly is. I have never before heard anyone use the expression 'picking nits' though. |
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:47:36 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
comREMOVETHIS wrote: "Reggie Smithers" wrote in message ... JimH wrote: JimH wrote: Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? Nit Picking and Picking nits are both fairly common expressions. -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Nitpicking certainly is. I have never before heard anyone use the expression 'picking nits' though. You need to get out and do some traveling - meet some people and talk to them. -- 'Til next time, John H ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** |
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JimH wrote:
"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: JimH wrote: Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? Nit Picking and Picking nits are both fairly common expressions. -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Nitpicking certainly is. I have never before heard anyone use the expression 'picking nits' though. They both are very common. Check out how often the expression is used on the web. http://www.google.com/search?q=picking+nits -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." |
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"JohnH" wrote in message ... On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:47:36 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote: "Reggie Smithers" wrote in message m... JimH wrote: JimH wrote: Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? Nit Picking and Picking nits are both fairly common expressions. -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Nitpicking certainly is. I have never before heard anyone use the expression 'picking nits' though. You need to get out and do some traveling - meet some people and talk to them. -- 'Til next time, John H ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** LOL! No thanks. My travel days are over and I am not accustomed to approaching strangers in the evening, while at home or away, and asking them if they want to have dinner with me. ;-) |
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Reggie Smithers wrote:
JimH wrote: "Reggie Smithers" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: JimH wrote: Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? Nit Picking and Picking nits are both fairly common expressions. -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Nitpicking certainly is. I have never before heard anyone use the expression 'picking nits' though. They both are very common. Check out how often the expression is used on the web. http://www.google.com/search?q=picking+nits I can remember in elementary school...the school nurse would find nits in one kids head and all the class would need a daily combing with those very fine tooth combs. Didn't pay to exchange hats. |
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JimH wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message ... On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:47:36 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote: "Reggie Smithers" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: JimH wrote: Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? Nit Picking and Picking nits are both fairly common expressions. -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Nitpicking certainly is. I have never before heard anyone use the expression 'picking nits' though. You need to get out and do some traveling - meet some people and talk to them. -- 'Til next time, John H ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** LOL! No thanks. My travel days are over and I am not accustomed to approaching strangers in the evening, while at home or away, and asking them if they want to have dinner with me. ;-) JimH, When you were traveling, did you ever go into the lounge for a drink, start chatting with the person next to you? I have to be honest, it seemed so natural to me, I never thought about it, and the people I was talking to didn't either. I also would always take my client out to dinner at least once a quarter. They were not only my client, but most of them were my friends. I found traveling to be an enjoyable experience. -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." |
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Don White wrote:
Reggie Smithers wrote: JimH wrote: "Reggie Smithers" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: JimH wrote: Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? Nit Picking and Picking nits are both fairly common expressions. -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Nitpicking certainly is. I have never before heard anyone use the expression 'picking nits' though. They both are very common. Check out how often the expression is used on the web. http://www.google.com/search?q=picking+nits I can remember in elementary school...the school nurse would find nits in one kids head and all the class would need a daily combing with those very fine tooth combs. Didn't pay to exchange hats. Somehow I never got any nits at school. -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." |
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"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message ... JimH wrote: "Reggie Smithers" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: JimH wrote: Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? Nit Picking and Picking nits are both fairly common expressions. -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Nitpicking certainly is. I have never before heard anyone use the expression 'picking nits' though. They both are very common. Check out how often the expression is used on the web. http://www.google.com/search?q=picking+nits -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." That may be true but I have never heard anyone use it. According to Google, it is also the most common phrase: http://www.google.com/search?q=picking+nits picking nits: 189,000 results http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=nitpicking&spell=1 nitpicking: 1,390,00 results But I guess this is just nitpicking. ;-) |
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Reggie Smithers wrote: Don White wrote: Reggie Smithers wrote: JimH wrote: "Reggie Smithers" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: JimH wrote: Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? Nit Picking and Picking nits are both fairly common expressions. -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Nitpicking certainly is. I have never before heard anyone use the expression 'picking nits' though. They both are very common. Check out how often the expression is used on the web. http://www.google.com/search?q=picking+nits I can remember in elementary school...the school nurse would find nits in one kids head and all the class would need a daily combing with those very fine tooth combs. Didn't pay to exchange hats. Somehow I never got any nits at school. Neither did I. I think it's too damned cold where I grew up for lice to live! |
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"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message ... JimH wrote: "JohnH" wrote in message ... On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:47:36 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote: "Reggie Smithers" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: JimH wrote: Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? Nit Picking and Picking nits are both fairly common expressions. -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Nitpicking certainly is. I have never before heard anyone use the expression 'picking nits' though. You need to get out and do some traveling - meet some people and talk to them. -- 'Til next time, John H ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** LOL! No thanks. My travel days are over and I am not accustomed to approaching strangers in the evening, while at home or away, and asking them if they want to have dinner with me. ;-) JimH, When you were traveling, did you ever go into the lounge for a drink, start chatting with the person next to you? I have to be honest, it seemed so natural to me, I never thought about it, and the people I was talking to didn't either. I also would always take my client out to dinner at least once a quarter. They were not only my client, but most of them were my friends. I found traveling to be an enjoyable experience. -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." When I was young and single I would go out to a local bar quite often after work while traveling, but not to talk to some bald guy at the bar sitting next to me but to see if I could get lucky. ;-) After I was married I was a good boy and stayed in my room watching TV or working on reports (dictating in the early years or working off the laptop). If I had to spend a weekend I would go out and see some of the local attractions. But you can see them only so many times before they are not a draw. I indeed found traveling enjoyable for the first 5 or so years of doing say, especially since I never did that with my previous jobs. After that, however, especially after getting married, all the cities looked alike to me and I was happy to get home. I was sometimes away for a 2 weeks........a real drag no matter how you paint it. Taking customers out to lunch or dinner is something I did regularly and do so today. But I never considered my customers/clients as *strangers*. Although I made friends with several of them and remain in contact with them even now I did not generally consider them my friends....that term has a special meaning for me. Just because I grew tired of traveling does not mean that I did not enjoy my *job*. Traveling is a PITA for *most* folks doing it for any length of time and on a regular basis. (That is not to say they do not like or love their job.) Add in the factors of traveling alone, airport delays, traffic, bad weather and crowded cities and you really have a ROYAL PITA. Not fun by any stretch of the imagination. That is why I wondered how often you really traveled. I am glad you enjoy traveling alone and elbowing up to strange men at bars. That is not my cup of tea by any stretch of the imagination. ;-) And I am certainly glad to be home most every night now. |
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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message . .. "Reggie Smithers" wrote in message ... JimH wrote: "Reggie Smithers" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: JimH wrote: Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? Nit Picking and Picking nits are both fairly common expressions. -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Nitpicking certainly is. I have never before heard anyone use the expression 'picking nits' though. They both are very common. Check out how often the expression is used on the web. http://www.google.com/search?q=picking+nits -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." That may be true but I have never heard anyone use it. According to Google, it is also the NOT most common phrase: http://www.google.com/search?q=picking+nits picking nits: 189,000 results http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=nitpicking&spell=1 nitpicking: 1,390,00 results But I guess this is just nitpicking. ;-) edit |
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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message . .. " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message . .. "Reggie Smithers" wrote in message ... JimH wrote: "Reggie Smithers" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: JimH wrote: Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Spin it anyway you want Bass, but you remain wrong, including on the displacement issue. And you do not account for the ever changing forces caused by boat wakes. But believe what you want. BTW: I have never heard of picking nits. Is that a local saying? Nit Picking and Picking nits are both fairly common expressions. -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." Nitpicking certainly is. I have never before heard anyone use the expression 'picking nits' though. They both are very common. Check out how often the expression is used on the web. http://www.google.com/search?q=picking+nits -- Reggie "That's my story and I am sticking to it." That may be true but I have never heard anyone use it. According to Google, it is also not the most common phrase: http://www.google.com/search?q=picking+nits picking nits: 189,000 results http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=nitpicking&spell=1 nitpicking: 1,390,00 results But I guess this is just nitpicking. ;-) edit dammit.......edit...edit |
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