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  Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2024-12-24 11:12 -0500
    Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-12-24 11:26 -0500
      Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-12-25 16:20 +0000
        Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2024-12-31 18:27 -0500
      Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2024-12-31 18:25 -0500
        Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-12-31 18:32 -0500
          Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2024-12-31 18:42 -0500
            Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-12-31 18:50 -0500
              Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2024-12-31 19:03 -0500
                Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-12-31 19:39 -0500
                  Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-01 02:07 +0000
                    Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-12-31 21:22 -0500
                      Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-01 03:01 +0000
                Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-01 02:04 +0000
                Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-01-01 07:44 -0500
            Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-01 01:53 +0000
          Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-01 01:50 +0000
        Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-01 01:45 +0000
    Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-24 18:56 +0000
      Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2024-12-31 18:34 -0500
    Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2024-12-24 16:38 -0500
      Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-12-27 03:31 +0000
        Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-12-26 22:35 -0500
        Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-27 04:43 +0000
      Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2024-12-31 18:26 -0500
    Re: Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2024-12-24 20:43 -0500

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#681203 — Merry Christmas to cola friends and foes

I'm heading out of town for a while.

Best wishes to everyone.

to be continued...

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#681204

DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:

>I'm heading out of town for a while.
>
>Best wishes to everyone.
>
>to be continued...


Safe travels, friend.

-- 
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

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#681235

Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote at 16:26 this Tuesday (GMT):
> DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
>
>>I'm heading out of town for a while.
>>
>>Best wishes to everyone.
>>
>>to be continued...
>
>
> Safe travels, friend.


Yeah, travel safe.
-- 
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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#681944

On 12/25/2024 11:20 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
> Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote at 16:26 this Tuesday (GMT):
>> DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm heading out of town for a while.
>>>
>>> Best wishes to everyone.
>>>
>>> to be continued...
>>
>>
>> Safe travels, friend.
> 
> 
> Yeah, travel safe.

Thanks man

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#681942

On 12/24/2024 11:26 AM, Joel wrote:
> DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
> 
>> I'm heading out of town for a while.
>>
>> Best wishes to everyone.
>>
>> to be continued...
> 
> 
> Safe travels, friend.


Thanks.  It was, but spending 12 hours on the road definitely exposes 
you to idiots and danger.

A very large pickup just barely ahead of me started swerving into my 
lane at 75 with no signal.  A quick honk kept them from hitting me.

And something weird happened later: a Tesla driven by a negroid shadowed 
us for a couple miles, staying in a blind spot to my right.  I sped up 
or slowed down significantly and within seconds he was matching our 
speed and in the same spot.  It could not have happened by coincidence. 
Don't know what his major malfunction was - testing autopilot maybe? 
Then he seriously tailgated another car for a while, and moved on.

I arrived there and back home alive!

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#681946

DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:

>>> I'm heading out of town for a while.
>>>
>>> Best wishes to everyone.
>>>
>>> to be continued...
>> 
>> Safe travels, friend.
>
>Thanks.  It was, but spending 12 hours on the road definitely exposes 
>you to idiots and danger.
>
>A very large pickup just barely ahead of me started swerving into my 
>lane at 75 with no signal.  A quick honk kept them from hitting me.
>
>And something weird happened later: a Tesla driven by a negroid shadowed 
>us for a couple miles, staying in a blind spot to my right.  I sped up 
>or slowed down significantly and within seconds he was matching our 
>speed and in the same spot.  It could not have happened by coincidence. 
>Don't know what his major malfunction was - testing autopilot maybe? 
>Then he seriously tailgated another car for a while, and moved on.
>
>I arrived there and back home alive!


Yeah there are some poor drivers out there, but there but for the
grace of God go I, I was younger and full of testosterone once.  Glad
I never killed myself, doing something retarded on the road.

-- 
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

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#681949

On 12/31/2024 6:32 PM, Joel wrote:
> DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
> 
>>>> I'm heading out of town for a while.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes to everyone.
>>>>
>>>> to be continued...
>>>
>>> Safe travels, friend.
>>
>> Thanks.  It was, but spending 12 hours on the road definitely exposes
>> you to idiots and danger.
>>
>> A very large pickup just barely ahead of me started swerving into my
>> lane at 75 with no signal.  A quick honk kept them from hitting me.
>>
>> And something weird happened later: a Tesla driven by a negroid shadowed
>> us for a couple miles, staying in a blind spot to my right.  I sped up
>> or slowed down significantly and within seconds he was matching our
>> speed and in the same spot.  It could not have happened by coincidence.
>> Don't know what his major malfunction was - testing autopilot maybe?
>> Then he seriously tailgated another car for a while, and moved on.
>>
>> I arrived there and back home alive!
> 
> 
> Yeah there are some poor drivers out there, but there but for the
> grace of God go I, I was younger and full of testosterone once.  Glad
> I never killed myself, doing something retarded on the road.


No doubt.  I risked my and my friends' and strangers' lives many times 
in my teens, mostly just driving too fast.  Not reckless and maniacal, 
but too fast to stop if someone pulled out of a side street.

6 months after high school graduation (my first quarter in college) a 
couple of my 18-year-old friends from high school died in a car 
accident.  One lived on my dorm hall, and was home for Christmas break 
when it happened.  It was very upsetting.

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#681953

DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:

>>>>> I'm heading out of town for a while.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best wishes to everyone.
>>>>>
>>>>> to be continued...
>>>>
>>>> Safe travels, friend.
>>>
>>> Thanks.  It was, but spending 12 hours on the road definitely exposes
>>> you to idiots and danger.
>>>
>>> A very large pickup just barely ahead of me started swerving into my
>>> lane at 75 with no signal.  A quick honk kept them from hitting me.
>>>
>>> And something weird happened later: a Tesla driven by a negroid shadowed
>>> us for a couple miles, staying in a blind spot to my right.  I sped up
>>> or slowed down significantly and within seconds he was matching our
>>> speed and in the same spot.  It could not have happened by coincidence.
>>> Don't know what his major malfunction was - testing autopilot maybe?
>>> Then he seriously tailgated another car for a while, and moved on.
>>>
>>> I arrived there and back home alive!
>> 
>> Yeah there are some poor drivers out there, but there but for the
>> grace of God go I, I was younger and full of testosterone once.  Glad
>> I never killed myself, doing something retarded on the road.
>
>No doubt.  I risked my and my friends' and strangers' lives many times 
>in my teens, mostly just driving too fast.  Not reckless and maniacal, 
>but too fast to stop if someone pulled out of a side street.
>
>6 months after high school graduation (my first quarter in college) a 
>couple of my 18-year-old friends from high school died in a car 
>accident.  One lived on my dorm hall, and was home for Christmas break 
>when it happened.  It was very upsetting.


Yeah, it's tragic.  We need cars but they are hazards, in the hands of
people without the perspective to stay safe.

-- 
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

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#681957

On 12/31/2024 6:50 PM, Joel wrote:
> DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
> 
>>>>>> I'm heading out of town for a while.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best wishes to everyone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to be continued...
>>>>>
>>>>> Safe travels, friend.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.  It was, but spending 12 hours on the road definitely exposes
>>>> you to idiots and danger.
>>>>
>>>> A very large pickup just barely ahead of me started swerving into my
>>>> lane at 75 with no signal.  A quick honk kept them from hitting me.
>>>>
>>>> And something weird happened later: a Tesla driven by a negroid shadowed
>>>> us for a couple miles, staying in a blind spot to my right.  I sped up
>>>> or slowed down significantly and within seconds he was matching our
>>>> speed and in the same spot.  It could not have happened by coincidence.
>>>> Don't know what his major malfunction was - testing autopilot maybe?
>>>> Then he seriously tailgated another car for a while, and moved on.
>>>>
>>>> I arrived there and back home alive!
>>>
>>> Yeah there are some poor drivers out there, but there but for the
>>> grace of God go I, I was younger and full of testosterone once.  Glad
>>> I never killed myself, doing something retarded on the road.
>>
>> No doubt.  I risked my and my friends' and strangers' lives many times
>> in my teens, mostly just driving too fast.  Not reckless and maniacal,
>> but too fast to stop if someone pulled out of a side street.
>>
>> 6 months after high school graduation (my first quarter in college) a
>> couple of my 18-year-old friends from high school died in a car
>> accident.  One lived on my dorm hall, and was home for Christmas break
>> when it happened.  It was very upsetting.
> 
> 
> Yeah, it's tragic.  We need cars but they are hazards, in the hands of
> people without the perspective to stay safe.

We visited my wife's extended family over the holiday.  One of her 
cousins bought their 17- and 18-year-old daughters brand new 2024 
vehicles: a Dodge Hornet GT and a Subaru BRZ.  They're responsible girls 
as far as I know, but those are very fast cars.  Definitely wouldn't 
have been my first choices for a teenager.

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#681970

DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:

>We visited my wife's extended family over the holiday.  One of her 
>cousins bought their 17- and 18-year-old daughters brand new 2024 
>vehicles: a Dodge Hornet GT and a Subaru BRZ.  They're responsible girls 
>as far as I know, but those are very fast cars.  Definitely wouldn't 
>have been my first choices for a teenager.


Yeah, I just don't get it, fast cars are fun to drive to be sure, but
getting tickets isn't, getting a suspended license isn't, losing the
ability to fuckin' walk isn't.

-- 
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

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#681991

On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 19:39:19 -0500, Joel wrote:

> Yeah, I just don't get it, fast cars are fun to drive to be sure, but
> getting tickets isn't, getting a suspended license isn't, losing the
> ability to fuckin' walk isn't.

I've reached the point where I rarely exceed the limit. otoh I don't waste 
any time getting from 0 to whatever the limit is. There is room in one of 
Dante's circles of hell for people who pull away from a stop sign like 
Granny Gump. 

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#681992

rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

>> Yeah, I just don't get it, fast cars are fun to drive to be sure, but
>> getting tickets isn't, getting a suspended license isn't, losing the
>> ability to fuckin' walk isn't.
>
>I've reached the point where I rarely exceed the limit. otoh I don't waste 
>any time getting from 0 to whatever the limit is. There is room in one of 
>Dante's circles of hell for people who pull away from a stop sign like 
>Granny Gump. 


I will do 65-70 on a clear freeway, but other than that I am largely
within the limit or only a trivial amount above.  Driving at this
point in my life is a talent, not a game.  I didn't get lucky enough
to survive to this age, without an appreciation for not being
physically mangled or dead.

-- 
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

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#682004

On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 21:22:52 -0500, Joel wrote:

> I will do 65-70 on a clear freeway, but other than that I am largely
> within the limit or only a trivial amount above.  Driving at this point
> in my life is a talent, not a game.  I didn't get lucky enough to
> survive to this age, without an appreciation for not being physically
> mangled or dead.

In this state you might get run over. Outside of where they pass through 
cities or some twisty stuff going up Overlook Pass the limit on I-90, 
I-94, and I-15 is 80 mph. 

Oddly, very few go over 80 and then it's only 2 or 3 mph possibly from 
inattention unlike the east coast or California where everybody is 10 to 
15 mph over. 

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#681990

On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 19:03:56 -0500, DFS wrote:

> We visited my wife's extended family over the holiday.  One of her
> cousins bought their 17- and 18-year-old daughters brand new 2024
> vehicles: a Dodge Hornet GT and a Subaru BRZ.  They're responsible girls
> as far as I know, but those are very fast cars.  Definitely wouldn't
> have been my first choices for a teenager.

Lucky kid. The last time I was in the Toyota showroom the Toyota 86, which 
is basically the same as the BRZ, was calling my name. I've gotten 
competent with FWD but I was weaned on RWD cars and prefer them.

one thing that saved me was the hideous green color that was an extra 
charge. If I bought one it wouldn't have been that one. The Brits may like 
BRG but green cars were bad luck where I come from. My '73 Mustang was 
green and met an untimely death one foggy morning.

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#682039

On 12/31/24 7:03 PM, DFS wrote:
> On 12/31/2024 6:50 PM, Joel wrote:
>> DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> I'm heading out of town for a while.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best wishes to everyone.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> to be continued...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Safe travels, friend.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.  It was, but spending 12 hours on the road definitely exposes
>>>>> you to idiots and danger.
>>>>>
>>>>> A very large pickup just barely ahead of me started swerving into my
>>>>> lane at 75 with no signal.  A quick honk kept them from hitting me.
>>>>>
>>>>> And something weird happened later: a Tesla driven by a negroid 
>>>>> shadowed
>>>>> us for a couple miles, staying in a blind spot to my right.  I sped up
>>>>> or slowed down significantly and within seconds he was matching our
>>>>> speed and in the same spot.  It could not have happened by 
>>>>> coincidence.
>>>>> Don't know what his major malfunction was - testing autopilot maybe?
>>>>> Then he seriously tailgated another car for a while, and moved on.
>>>>>
>>>>> I arrived there and back home alive!
>>>>
>>>> Yeah there are some poor drivers out there, but there but for the
>>>> grace of God go I, I was younger and full of testosterone once.  Glad
>>>> I never killed myself, doing something retarded on the road.

Good to hear.

>>> No doubt.  I risked my and my friends' and strangers' lives many times
>>> in my teens, mostly just driving too fast.  Not reckless and maniacal,
>>> but too fast to stop if someone pulled out of a side street.
>>>
>>> 6 months after high school graduation (my first quarter in college) a
>>> couple of my 18-year-old friends from high school died in a car
>>> accident.  One lived on my dorm hall, and was home for Christmas break
>>> when it happened.  It was very upsetting.
>>
>>
>> Yeah, it's tragic.  We need cars but they are hazards, in the hands of
>> people without the perspective to stay safe.

Fortunately, vehicles have gotten vastly safer over the decades.  Of 
course, it was more due to government "nanny" intervention (regulation) 
than due to customer market forces. We can all recall how loud the 
protests were on seatbelt laws (the 'freedom' to go kill ourselves) yet 
we now accept them for granted.


> We visited my wife's extended family over the holiday.  One of her 
> cousins bought their 17- and 18-year-old daughters brand new 2024 
> vehicles: a Dodge Hornet GT and a Subaru BRZ.  They're responsible girls 
> as far as I know, but those are very fast cars.  Definitely wouldn't 
> have been my first choices for a teenager.

Two new cars just for just the kids, yet they probably also complained 
about how bad the Economy's been, right?  /s   I've been thinking about 
this narrative again this past week from the perspective of what we have 
today (& take for granted) vs the 1950s/60s.

For example, TV was free, not CATV, we didn't pay for Internet, 
cellphones, streaming services, and kid's toys weren't expensive like an 
XBox:  makes me wonder how much all of these expenses add to a monthly 
budget ... probably a quick $500 if not more ... before the +2 new cars.


-hh

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#681988

On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 18:42:48 -0500, DFS wrote:

> No doubt.  I risked my and my friends' and strangers' lives many times
> in my teens, mostly just driving too fast.  Not reckless and maniacal,
> but too fast to stop if someone pulled out of a side street.

I've walked away from three totals, two of which were rollovers. I was 
driving for one of them. I'm a very, very poor passenger.

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#681984

On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 18:32:11 -0500, Joel wrote:

> Yeah there are some poor drivers out there, but there but for the grace
> of God go I, I was younger and full of testosterone once.  Glad I never
> killed myself, doing something retarded on the road.

A recurring topic of conversation I talk to my ex is how we managed to get 
so old. She's had various medical problem throughout her life and I had a 
problem or two in my younger years. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKepgBntIZ8

Still willin' but not as crazy.

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#681982

On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 18:25:57 -0500, DFS wrote:

> And something weird happened later: a Tesla driven by a negroid shadowed
> us for a couple miles, staying in a blind spot to my right.  I sped up
> or slowed down significantly and within seconds he was matching our
> speed and in the same spot.  It could not have happened by coincidence.
> Don't know what his major malfunction was - testing autopilot maybe?
> Then he seriously tailgated another car for a while, and moved on.

He wasn't driving. The AI found a spot it liked and was doing an excellent 
job of maintaining position.

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#681212

On Tue, 24 Dec 2024 11:12:54 -0500, DFS wrote:

> I'm heading out of town for a while.
> 
> Best wishes to everyone.
> 
> to be continued...

I hope you weren't flying American. I read this morning that they have 
delays due to a 'vendor technology issue'.  They must be using Windows 
Server.

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#681947

On 12/24/2024 1:56 PM, rbowman wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Dec 2024 11:12:54 -0500, DFS wrote:
> 
>> I'm heading out of town for a while.
>>
>> Best wishes to everyone.
>>
>> to be continued...
> 
> I hope you weren't flying American. I read this morning that they have
> delays due to a 'vendor technology issue'.  They must be using Windows
> Server.


They're too smart to put GuhNoo idiots in charge of IT.

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