Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy Date: 9 Nov 2024 20:41:08 GMT Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <38b4c4eb-2ab5-df94-0baa-c2d7fcdda60d@example.net> <7c5edef0-d4ec-a8fc-3f70-8ffa2a2b1df0@example.net> <2132040480.752628420.877076.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <10a1e4fa-c029-1ce7-173f-da67ddf34c16@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net hYirOfewjG9vdypdhXTNLQT1DFtB3z+9oGWkx1l6o/YbgZa83N Cancel-Lock: sha1:KurQ/6UNIIZ+a12eJxrh7yz593A= sha256:vFO1oc3lpmhfFWJENJeoU3oDxOcA5xytamuzF2KLArg= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:228778 comp.os.linux.misc:60825 On Sat, 9 Nov 2024 13:11:42 +0100, D wrote: > Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt. For me, its just an animal, > and if I feel the need to see one I can just go to the Zoo and save a > tonne of money, time and hassle. It was also dirty, hot, and annoying > when I had to have 2 AK-47 guards when walking around in Nairobi (this > was several decades ago). The Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument adjoins the Mexican border. Quitobaquito Springs lies in the border and for a while armed park rangers would take visitors to it in a van. The last time I was down I could drive out by myself. I was armed, of course. Apparently it's completely closed now. https://www.nps.gov/orpi/learn/historyculture/quitobaquito-springs.htm You don't have to go to Nairobi to be in an informal war zone.