Re: OT: Bike quiz

2009-06-13 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 08:04:18PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: From: Larry Colen On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 07:25:26PM -0400, John Francis wrote: On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 02:21:36PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: I was driving in San Francisco over Memorial day weekend and one morning saw a

Re: OT: Bike quiz

2009-06-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: John Francis Subject: Re: OT: Bike quiz Any cyclist who gets run over by a car or truck because of not giving way at a Yield sign, let alone at a Stop sign, is reaping the rewards of their own stupidity. I very nearly took out a teenaged kid on a

Re: Peso - Editorial comment on Second Avenue

2009-06-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: ann sanfedele Subject: Re: Peso - Editorial comment on Second Avenue The English use two fingers where Americans use one. That's rather hard to do if it's the two middle ones The English just have weird fetishes is all. William Robb -- PDML

Re: Peso - Editorial comment on Second Avenue

2009-06-13 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 07:51:26PM -0600, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: ann sanfedele Subject: Re: Peso - Editorial comment on Second Avenue The English use two fingers where Americans use one. That's rather hard to do if it's the two middle ones The

Re: Peso - Editorial comment on Second Avenue

2009-06-13 Thread ann sanfedele
John Francis wrote: On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 07:51:26PM -0600, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: ann sanfedele Subject: Re: Peso - Editorial comment on Second Avenue The English use two fingers where Americans use one. That's rather hard to do if it's the two

Re: PESO: Thunderbolt and lightning

2009-06-13 Thread Jack Davis
Years ago, when I lived in the mid-west, I tried catching a bolt of lightening on film. No chance! By the time I realized there had been a flash, it was too late. You just have to open the shutter, wait and hope. The darker the scene the better. At least with digital you can delete and try

Re: Don't you just hate it when............

2009-06-13 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, Just did a frantic search for the 1st copy of the M 35mm f2 lens I have. After going thru everything, I verified that I do still have two copies before I sold one on ebay. Now to stop my wife from setting fire to the pile in the middle of the family room... When she says 'Did all of this

Re: FW: OT: How thick should your chickens' stockings be?

2009-06-13 Thread Bob Sullivan
Bob W., I'd probably be a vegetarian if that's how I had to get my meat. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Bob Wp...@web-options.com wrote: Maybe you should try it yourself rather than relying on the word of others. When we lived in Singapore in the 60s my mother bought the

Re: FW: OT: How thick should your chickens' stockings be?

2009-06-13 Thread P. J. Alling
John Sessoms wrote: From: P. J. Alling Domestic Turkeys were re-imported into the Americas bu the pilgrim fathers, the originals were brought to Europe by the Spanish who stole them from the Aztecs, the birds got to England and the Netherlands by way of the Ottoman Empire thus the name, or

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