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| Started by | c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> |
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| First post | 2026-08-18 01:44 -0400 |
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What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-18 01:44 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-18 01:59 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-18 06:05 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-08-18 08:10 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-18 11:33 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-18 22:16 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 03:32 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 14:05 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-19 13:23 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 14:10 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 15:15 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 21:53 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-19 22:54 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> - 2026-08-20 10:31 -0300
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-21 13:10 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> - 2026-08-20 10:30 -0300
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-20 18:04 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 14:01 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 15:24 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 22:07 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-22 04:02 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-22 06:48 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-22 16:15 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-08-23 21:52 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-24 01:07 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-24 11:15 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-24 19:26 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-25 11:45 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-25 18:39 +0000
Power lines Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-08-25 06:48 -0700
Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-25 15:10 +0100
Re: Power lines Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-08-26 18:04 -0700
Re: Power lines c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-27 03:23 -0400
Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-27 12:09 +0100
Re: Power lines c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-27 22:15 -0400
Re: Power lines rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-28 03:21 +0000
Re: Power lines c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-28 02:42 -0400
Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-28 13:15 +0100
Re: Power lines rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-28 18:40 +0000
Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 10:37 +0100
Re: Power lines rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-29 20:13 +0000
Re: Power lines "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-08-29 21:28 +0100
Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 23:23 +0100
Re: Power lines rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-29 22:47 +0000
Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 23:20 +0100
Re: Power lines "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-30 13:43 +0200
Re: Power lines Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-30 15:49 +0000
Re: Power lines rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-30 18:40 +0000
Re: Power lines "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-30 21:23 +0200
Re: Power lines rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-30 19:36 +0000
Re: Power lines Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-31 15:50 +0000
Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-28 13:09 +0100
Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-28 13:06 +0100
Re: Power lines rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-27 14:19 +0000
Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-27 15:25 +0100
Re: Power lines c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-27 22:24 -0400
Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-28 13:18 +0100
Re: Power lines Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-08-28 05:56 -0700
Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-28 15:33 +0100
Re: Power lines Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2026-08-28 16:06 +0000
Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 10:30 +0100
Re: Power lines rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-28 18:51 +0000
Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 10:39 +0100
Re: Power lines rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-29 20:26 +0000
Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 23:25 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-25 01:46 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-25 11:50 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-25 18:43 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-26 04:07 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Enoch Powell <e.powell@tutanatu.kom> - 2026-08-27 10:54 -0600
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-27 19:11 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Enoch Powell <e.powell@tutanatu.kom> - 2026-08-27 12:57 -0600
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-28 12:55 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-28 18:25 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-28 00:27 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-28 00:45 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-28 13:02 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2026-08-28 16:13 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 10:32 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-29 19:38 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 22:57 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-30 06:10 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-27 22:55 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-25 23:34 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2026-08-26 04:27 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-26 08:57 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-08-27 06:30 -0700
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-27 13:57 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-27 22:22 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-28 13:16 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-28 18:36 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-28 19:42 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 10:28 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-29 20:04 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 23:18 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-29 22:50 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-30 18:03 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-30 18:35 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-31 00:43 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-31 02:21 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-31 12:33 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-31 09:22 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-31 13:01 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-31 03:00 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-31 12:47 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-31 18:36 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? "Stanislav N. aka pztrn" <pztrn@oldproto.invalid> - 2026-08-30 07:55 +0500
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-30 02:08 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-30 06:30 +0000
[OT] Russian Federation, wars (was: Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ?) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-30 10:04 +0100
Re: [OT] Russian Federation, wars Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-30 10:22 +0100
Re: [OT] Russian Federation, wars "Stanislav N. aka pztrn" <pztrn@oldproto.invalid> - 2026-08-30 16:13 +0500
Re: [OT] Russian Federation, wars The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-30 18:12 +0100
Re: [OT] Russian Federation, wars "Stanislav N. aka pztrn" <pztrn@oldproto.invalid> - 2026-08-30 16:47 +0500
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-29 13:58 +0200
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-08-29 10:11 -0700
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-29 22:20 +0200
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-29 23:06 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-30 02:14 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-30 06:35 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-30 19:28 +0200
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-31 02:15 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 22:55 +0100
Salmonella (Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ?) Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-08-30 09:28 -0700
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-30 19:27 +0200
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-30 18:31 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-30 21:30 +0200
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-30 19:43 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-30 21:57 +0200
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-31 02:35 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-31 02:50 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-31 18:29 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-31 01:52 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-31 12:47 +0200
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-31 12:37 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-31 15:50 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-31 18:41 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Enoch Powell <e.powell@tutanatu.kom> - 2026-08-31 17:07 -0600
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 22:49 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-27 16:32 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-27 22:44 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-19 12:57 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 14:03 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-19 22:24 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-18 22:07 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 03:42 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-19 02:14 -0400
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 14:13 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 14:14 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 15:27 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-19 16:57 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 14:02 +0100
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 13:54 +0000
Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-19 22:21 -0400
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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
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| Date | 2026-08-29 20:13 +0000 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <nfgsr9FprcuU54@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #90815 |
On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:37:54 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > yeah. making the same mistake as everyone else doesn't make it not a > mistake People today don't read any more. Some studies suggest the average high school graduate reads at a 6th grade level. People can't read anymore. I've known at least two people who were completely illiterate. One was a woman who was a good cook but I was always glad dog food cans had pictures of dogs on the labels and not tomatoes.
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| From | "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> |
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| Date | 2026-08-29 21:28 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <20260829212855.f619fb506bba676006afbbec@127.0.0.1> |
| In reply to | #90840 |
On 29 Aug 2026 20:13:29 GMT rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote: > On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:37:54 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > > > yeah. making the same mistake as everyone else doesn't make it not a > > mistake People today don't read any more. > > Some studies suggest the average high school graduate reads at a 6th grade > level. People can't read anymore. I've known at least two people who were > completely illiterate. One was a woman who was a good cook but I was > always glad dog food cans had pictures of dogs on the labels and not > tomatoes. > Tain't just reedin'; it's akchooal thinkin folk kaint be bovered wiv no more; Ah, gets all I need to no from trooth soshul. -- Bah, and indeed Humbug.
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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2026-08-29 23:23 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <116vm5v$3j6fu$9@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #90845 |
On 29/08/2026 21:28, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote: > On 29 Aug 2026 20:13:29 GMT > rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote: > >> On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:37:54 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >>> yeah. making the same mistake as everyone else doesn't make it not a >>> mistake People today don't read any more. >> >> Some studies suggest the average high school graduate reads at a 6th grade >> level. People can't read anymore. I've known at least two people who were >> completely illiterate. One was a woman who was a good cook but I was >> always glad dog food cans had pictures of dogs on the labels and not >> tomatoes. >> > > Tain't just reedin'; it's akchooal thinkin folk kaint be bovered wiv no > more; Ah, gets all I need to no from trooth soshul. > Twas ever thus BUT in times gone by it wasn't those people who were applauded. When I think of the Kardashians and their vapid opinions and lifestyle choices I want to phone Dignitas... Or yet another Duck-lipped Diva trying to be an 'influencer' -- For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. Jonathan Swift
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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
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| Date | 2026-08-29 22:47 +0000 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <nfh5rdFprcuU65@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #90860 |
On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 23:23:59 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > Twas ever thus BUT in times gone by it wasn't those people who were > applauded. > When I think of the Kardashians and their vapid opinions and lifestyle > choices I want to phone Dignitas... Good news! You've got Milo Yappydopolis back! Please keep him this time.
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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2026-08-29 23:20 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <116vlvj$3j6fu$8@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #90840 |
On 29/08/2026 21:13, rbowman wrote: > On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:37:54 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> yeah. making the same mistake as everyone else doesn't make it not a >> mistake People today don't read any more. > > Some studies suggest the average high school graduate reads at a 6th grade > level. People can't read anymore. I've known at least two people who were > completely illiterate. One was a woman who was a good cook but I was > always glad dog food cans had pictures of dogs on the labels and not > tomatoes. > In South Africa no one would buy the baby food in tins and bottles. When they asked the African women why they didn't buy it they said because clearly it contained cooked dead babies.. -- When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it. Frédéric Bastiat
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| From | "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
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| Date | 2026-08-30 13:43 +0200 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <nfija5F3giU8@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #90859 |
On 2026-08-30 00:20, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 29/08/2026 21:13, rbowman wrote:
>> On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:37:54 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>
>>> yeah. making the same mistake as everyone else doesn't make it not a
>>> mistake People today don't read any more.
>>
>> Some studies suggest the average high school graduate reads at a 6th
>> grade
>> level. People can't read anymore. I've known at least two people who were
>> completely illiterate. One was a woman who was a good cook but I was
>> always glad dog food cans had pictures of dogs on the labels and not
>> tomatoes.
>>
> In South Africa no one would buy the baby food in tins and bottles. When
> they asked the African women why they didn't buy it they said because
> clearly it contained cooked dead babies..
>
>
Oh MY! :-O
--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.
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| From | Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> |
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| Date | 2026-08-30 15:49 +0000 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <3iYkS.50890$Lg4.47271@fx05.iad> |
| In reply to | #90893 |
On 2026-08-30, Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote: > On 2026-08-30 00:20, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> On 29/08/2026 21:13, rbowman wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:37:54 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> >>>> yeah. making the same mistake as everyone else doesn't make it not a >>>> mistake People today don't read any more. >>> >>> Some studies suggest the average high school graduate reads at a 6th >>> grade >>> level. People can't read anymore. I've known at least two people who were >>> completely illiterate. One was a woman who was a good cook but I was >>> always glad dog food cans had pictures of dogs on the labels and not >>> tomatoes. >> >> In South Africa no one would buy the baby food in tins and bottles. When >> they asked the African women why they didn't buy it they said because >> clearly it contained cooked dead babies.. >> > Oh MY! :-O I heard this described in part of a list of classic marketing blunders caused by not being familiar with local customs. Apparently it's a convention there that a picture on the label depicts what's inside. -- /~\ Charlie Gibbs | In this world there are \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | two kinds of people: X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | 1. Those who can extrapolate / \ if you read it the right way. | from incomplete data.
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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
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| Date | 2026-08-30 18:40 +0000 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <nfjbpjFprcuU74@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #90907 |
On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:49:19 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > I heard this described in part of a list of classic marketing blunders > caused by not being familiar with local customs. Apparently it's a > convention there that a picture on the label depicts what's inside. In the US the picture on the outside often is more appetizing than what you find inside. The Japanese take it to the Nth degree. https://www.today.com/food/trends/sampuru-japanese-art-fake-food-rcna26990
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| From | "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
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| Date | 2026-08-30 21:23 +0200 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <nfjeadF3giU9@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #90918 |
On 2026-08-30 20:40, rbowman wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:49:19 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
>> I heard this described in part of a list of classic marketing blunders
>> caused by not being familiar with local customs. Apparently it's a
>> convention there that a picture on the label depicts what's inside.
>
> In the US the picture on the outside often is more appetizing than what
> you find inside. The Japanese take it to the Nth degree.
>
> https://www.today.com/food/trends/sampuru-japanese-art-fake-food-rcna26990
>
Wow :-D
--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.
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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
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| Date | 2026-08-30 19:36 +0000 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <nfjf2oFprcuU78@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #90921 |
On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:23:57 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: > On 2026-08-30 20:40, rbowman wrote: >> On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:49:19 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> >>> I heard this described in part of a list of classic marketing blunders >>> caused by not being familiar with local customs. Apparently it's a >>> convention there that a picture on the label depicts what's inside. >> >> In the US the picture on the outside often is more appetizing than what >> you find inside. The Japanese take it to the Nth degree. >> >> https://www.today.com/food/trends/sampuru-japanese-art-fake-food- rcna26990 >> > Wow :-D Very handy. When my wife visited Japan she may have lived on okonomiyaki since that was the only thing she knew by name without the point and shoot technique. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okonomiyaki She had a Japanese pen pal and met up with her and her brother for lunch. Brother and friends walked in front, women followed behind. My wife showed constraint unusual for her, being a 'liberated' woman. Just as well since she had about 6" and 50 pounds on the average Japanese male.
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| From | Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> |
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| Date | 2026-08-31 15:50 +0000 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <ophlS.21797$I1t6.20844@fx43.iad> |
| In reply to | #90925 |
On 2026-08-30, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote: > She had a Japanese pen pal and met up with her and her brother for lunch. > Brother and friends walked in front, women followed behind. My wife showed > constraint unusual for her, being a 'liberated' woman. Just as well since > she had about 6" and 50 pounds on the average Japanese male. Someone asked a Muslim woman why she always walked behind her husband. She replied, "Land mines." -- /~\ Charlie Gibbs | In this world there are \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | two kinds of people: X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | 1. Those who can extrapolate / \ if you read it the right way. | from incomplete data.
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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2026-08-28 13:09 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <116rtpb$28guo$17@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #90719 |
On 28/08/2026 04:21, rbowman wrote: > On Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:15:12 -0400, c186282 wrote: > >> On 8/27/26 07:09, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> On 27/08/2026 08:23, c186282 wrote: >>>> Shit, an insulation breech.. >>> >>> ...breAch >> >> I see it spelled both ways. A "breech" is a 'gap', a 'breach' is an >> 'opening' that has presented itself. > > https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breech > > The firearms usage is understandable since you are shoving the cartridge > up its ass. Exactly so. Those vulgar gunners when faced with loading the gun from the other end, coined the term... Look up 'kissing the gunners daughter' for a bit of random naval history... -- There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. Mark Twain
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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2026-08-28 13:06 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <116rtkk$28guo$16@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #90710 |
On 28/08/2026 03:15, c186282 wrote: > On 8/27/26 07:09, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> On 27/08/2026 08:23, c186282 wrote: >>> Shit, an insulation breech.. >> >> ...breAch > > I see it spelled both ways. A "breech" is > a 'gap', a 'breach' is an 'opening' that > has presented itself. > A breech is not a gap. It is the arse end of a gun, or a human. As in breech loader, or breech birth where the babies shithole comes first. It is also an archaic name for trousers (pants to you) modified in US englsish to 'britches' rather than 'breeches' and in northern UK dialects to 'breeks' Breach is a *break*. Juts because no gives a shit about spelling or ever looks it up doesn't magfically change the etymology of a word. And brakes are not breaks, either. -- In todays liberal progressive conflict-free education system, everyone gets full Marx.
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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
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| Date | 2026-08-27 14:19 +0000 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <nfavc5FprcuU20@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #90665 |
On Thu, 27 Aug 2026 03:23:57 -0400, c186282 wrote: > Shit, an insulation breech and anybody walking by DROPS DEAD on the > spot ! There are a couple of places where a trail follows a high voltage transmission line for a while. I'm not real comfortable with the humming and occasional crackling sounds.
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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2026-08-27 15:25 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <116phd0$1hq1d$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #90683 |
On 27/08/2026 15:19, rbowman wrote: > On Thu, 27 Aug 2026 03:23:57 -0400, c186282 wrote: > >> Shit, an insulation breech and anybody walking by DROPS DEAD on the >> spot ! > > There are a couple of places where a trail follows a high voltage > transmission line for a while. I'm not real comfortable with the humming > and occasional crackling sounds. Had it run over my garden here, too low to put up a second storey. Paid a lot to get it underground, but it trebled the property value and enabled me to build a much larger house. -- "And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch". Gospel of St. Mathew 15:14
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| From | c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> |
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| Date | 2026-08-27 22:24 -0400 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <zX6dnaSqj-fYbA33nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #90683 |
On 8/27/26 10:19, rbowman wrote: > On Thu, 27 Aug 2026 03:23:57 -0400, c186282 wrote: > >> Shit, an insulation breech and anybody walking by DROPS DEAD on the >> spot ! > > There are a couple of places where a trail follows a high voltage > transmission line for a while. I'm not real comfortable with the humming > and occasional crackling sounds. Humming is normal. "Crackling" is NOT ! Walk further away.
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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2026-08-28 13:18 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <116rua0$28guo$20@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #90714 |
On 28/08/2026 03:24, c186282 wrote: > On 8/27/26 10:19, rbowman wrote: >> On Thu, 27 Aug 2026 03:23:57 -0400, c186282 wrote: >> >>> Shit, an insulation breech and anybody walking by DROPS DEAD on the >>> spot ! >> >> There are a couple of places where a trail follows a high voltage >> transmission line for a while. I'm not real comfortable with the humming >> and occasional crackling sounds. > > Humming is normal. "Crackling" is NOT ! > Of course it is., Corona discharge > Walk further away. > Whatever -- "What do you think about Gay Marriage?" "I don't." "Don't what?" "Think about Gay Marriage."
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| From | Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> |
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| Date | 2026-08-28 05:56 -0700 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <116s0h9$2bvoi$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #90757 |
On 2026-08-28 05:18, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 28/08/2026 03:24, c186282 wrote: >> On 8/27/26 10:19, rbowman wrote: >>> On Thu, 27 Aug 2026 03:23:57 -0400, c186282 wrote: >>> >>>> Shit, an insulation breech and anybody walking by DROPS DEAD on the >>>> spot ! >>> >>> There are a couple of places where a trail follows a high voltage >>> transmission line for a while. I'm not real comfortable with the humming >>> and occasional crackling sounds. >> >> Humming is normal. "Crackling" is NOT ! >> > Of course it is., Corona discharge > >> Walk further away. >> > Whatever If the powerline is overhead: I would not worry about these sounds. If it is underground, I would not walk on it if it is crackling. Especially in wet weather! -- Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California
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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2026-08-28 15:33 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <116s67d$2eap0$3@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #90760 |
On 28/08/2026 13:56, Lars Poulsen wrote: > On 2026-08-28 05:18, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> On 28/08/2026 03:24, c186282 wrote: >>> On 8/27/26 10:19, rbowman wrote: >>>> On Thu, 27 Aug 2026 03:23:57 -0400, c186282 wrote: >>>> >>>>> Shit, an insulation breech and anybody walking by DROPS DEAD on >>>>> the >>>>> spot ! >>>> >>>> There are a couple of places where a trail follows a high voltage >>>> transmission line for a while. I'm not real comfortable with the >>>> humming >>>> and occasional crackling sounds. >>> >>> Humming is normal. "Crackling" is NOT ! >>> >> Of course it is., Corona discharge >> >>> Walk further away. >>> >> Whatever > > If the powerline is overhead: I would not worry about these sounds. > If it is underground, I would not walk on it if it is crackling. > Especially in wet weather! > Corona discharge does not happen INSIDE a solid insulator . But its very much a feature of overheads. -- Any fool can believe in principles - and most of them do!
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| From | Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> |
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| Date | 2026-08-28 16:06 +0000 |
| Subject | Re: Power lines |
| Message-ID | <slrn1193cgs.gd.spamtrap42@one.localnet> |
| In reply to | #90764 |
On 2026-08-28, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote: > On 28/08/2026 13:56, Lars Poulsen wrote: >> On 2026-08-28 05:18, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> On 28/08/2026 03:24, c186282 wrote: >>>> On 8/27/26 10:19, rbowman wrote: >>>>> On Thu, 27 Aug 2026 03:23:57 -0400, c186282 wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Shit, an insulation breech and anybody walking by DROPS DEAD on >>>>>> the >>>>>> spot ! >>>>> >>>>> There are a couple of places where a trail follows a high voltage >>>>> transmission line for a while. I'm not real comfortable with the >>>>> humming >>>>> and occasional crackling sounds. >>>> >>>> Humming is normal. "Crackling" is NOT ! >>>> >>> Of course it is., Corona discharge >>> >>>> Walk further away. >>>> >>> Whatever >> >> If the powerline is overhead: I would not worry about these sounds. >> If it is underground, I would not walk on it if it is crackling. >> Especially in wet weather! >> > Corona discharge does not happen INSIDE a solid insulator . At least not in any solid insulator that's going to continue to be a solid insulator for an appreciable amount of time after that point. :-( -- Robert Riches spamtrap42@jacob21819.net (Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)
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