Pipelines are GREAT until they leak/ignite. On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 10:21 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> But pipelines are bad... > I see the protestors almost every week in Keene. I'm not sure if they're > Mao's buddies or what. > A couple years ago the price of natural gas (and thus electricity) here > spiked because theres only one pipeline that feeds all of New England and > we had a really cold winter with the "polar vortex". Didn't bother us much, > we don't use a lot of electrons and heat with oil and wood but some people > got pinched. > My neighbor is against any pipelines, says he's not worried about rising > prices because he doesn't use many electrons either. I don't think he's > thought through what will happen if his employer moves somewhere that > energy is cheaper... > -Curt > > > From: Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: Floyd Thursby <buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 10:11 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Anybody want an '82 Lincoln Continental on BAT? > > Those were the product of Jimmuh Cahtah and his Moral Equivalent of War > (MEOW) about the A-rabs screwing us on oil. > > An interesting dimension of that whole deal back then I got from a > friend I had gone to school with along in there, who worked for GATX > Corp. which basically owned all the rail tankers and storage facilities > for oil, gasoline, etc. He told me that every tanker they owned at the > time was parked on railroad sidings hold oil etc. while there were > "shortages" and prices were spiking. There was not one drop of capacity > anywhere to ship anything, which was causing lots of other issues, and > there was no capacity to store any more product. But their inventory of > tankers etc. was completely booked which was good for their profits. > Magically the "shortage" ended with high prices, and everyone was making > big money. Thanks, Jimmuh! BTW I think Warren Buffett is in that > business now... which makes one wonder why certain pipelines were > delayed... > > --FT > > > On 6/19/17 10:00 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > > Wow. Ford Fairmont. My brother had a two door Ford Fairmont, in green. > Totally forgot about it until I read this. > > > > What a POS that car was.... > > > > -D > > > >> On Jun 19, 2017, at 9:57 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> "1982 was the first year for the all-new downsized Lincoln Continental, > based on the Ford Fox platform." > >> > >> I knew that all the luxo-barges were being downsized in my high school > days in an effort to meet emissions and CAFE requirements, but I didn't > know the Continental was put on the Mustang/Fairmont platform. Is that true? > >> > >> Mitch. > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > -- > --FT > Winston Churchill: > “Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, > large or petty, > never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. > Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of > the enemy.” > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
