Re: OT: Election Commentary

2012-11-12 Thread John Sessoms
Sent: November 11, 2012 11/11/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Election Commentary Many years ago, while planning my first visit to Alaska - a month long backpack trip with my then 5 year old son wife, centered around 2 weeks in Denali National Park - I investigated

Re: OT: Election Commentary

2012-11-11 Thread mike wilson
On 10/11/2012 19:53, Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of mike wilson Have to agree with P.J. about this. There was an incident last year(?) when a guy was walking no more than a mile or so from his house and was attacked by an old, dying (of starvation)

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2012-11-11 Thread mike wilson
On 11/11/2012 07:44, David Mann wrote: On Nov 11, 2012, at 4:12 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: It may have been a gummy bear [...] http://www.vat19.com/dvds/26-pound-party-gummy-bear.cfm That will kill you as surely as a toothless grizzly. Might take about the same length

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2012-11-11 Thread kwaller
. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com Subject: Re: OT: Election Commentary On 10/11/2012 16:12, mike wilson wrote: On 10/11/2012 11:37, P. J. Alling wrote: Unpleasant though in may be ya got

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2012-11-11 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
into one. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com Subject: Re: OT: Election Commentary On 10/11/2012 16:12, mike wilson wrote: On 10/11/2012 11:37, P. J. Alling wrote: Unpleasant though in may be ya

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2012-11-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
: OT: Election Commentary Many years ago, while planning my first visit to Alaska - a month long backpack trip with my then 5 year old son wife, centered around 2 weeks in Denali National Park - I investigated having a weapon with me knowing full well that we would be in Grizzly bear country

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2012-11-10 Thread P. J. Alling
Unpleasant though in may be ya got to think about this stuff. On 11/10/2012 1:08 AM, Tim Bray wrote: Damn we’re a cheery bunch. On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 9:06 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: AK47 or the equivalent, unless it's fully automatic isn't good enough for a bear of

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2012-11-10 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling Unpleasant though in may be ya got to think about this stuff. Not for the next week or so. Like Popeye, That's all I can stands and I can't stands no more! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

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2012-11-10 Thread mike wilson
On 10/11/2012 11:37, P. J. Alling wrote: Unpleasant though in may be ya got to think about this stuff. Have to agree with P.J. about this. There was an incident last year(?) when a guy was walking no more than a mile or so from his house and was attacked by an old, dying (of starvation)

Re: OT: Election Commentary

2012-11-10 Thread mike wilson
On 10/11/2012 16:12, mike wilson wrote: On 10/11/2012 11:37, P. J. Alling wrote: Unpleasant though in may be ya got to think about this stuff. Have to agree with P.J. about this. There was an incident last year(?) when a guy was walking no more than a mile or so from his house and was

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2012-11-10 Thread Walt
On 11/10/2012 9:17 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 10/11/2012 16:12, mike wilson wrote: On 10/11/2012 11:37, P. J. Alling wrote: Unpleasant though in may be ya got to think about this stuff. Have to agree with P.J. about this. There was an incident last year(?) when a guy was walking no more than

Re: OT: Election Commentary

2012-11-10 Thread mike wilson
On 10/11/2012 17:23, Walt wrote: On 11/10/2012 9:17 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 10/11/2012 16:12, mike wilson wrote: On 10/11/2012 11:37, P. J. Alling wrote: Unpleasant though in may be ya got to think about this stuff. Have to agree with P.J. about this. There was an incident last year(?)

RE: OT: Election Commentary

2012-11-10 Thread Bob W
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of mike wilson Have to agree with P.J. about this. There was an incident last year(?) when a guy was walking no more than a mile or so from his house and was attacked by an old, dying (of starvation) Grizzly. It may have been a gummy

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2012-11-10 Thread David Mann
On Nov 11, 2012, at 4:12 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: It may have been a gummy bear [...] http://www.vat19.com/dvds/26-pound-party-gummy-bear.cfm :) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

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2012-11-09 Thread John Sessoms
Remembering the secret of the bear, I find a small, easily concealable .22 pistol to be far more useful when hiking in grizzly bear country. Confronted by a grizzly, pull it out and shoot whoever you're hiking with in the knee, then run like hell! From: Stan Halpin Don't forget that real men

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2012-11-09 Thread Bob W
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Remembering the secret of the bear, I find a small, easily concealable .22 pistol to be far more useful when hiking in grizzly bear country. Confronted by a grizzly, pull it out and shoot whoever you're hiking with in the

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2012-11-09 Thread P. J. Alling
AK47 or the equivalent, unless it's fully automatic isn't good enough for a bear of any kind. Just not accurate enough, and the AR-15 derived competition isn't powerful enough. Really only good against varmints up to 200 pounds, with poor slope armor on their skulls. On 11/8/2012 11:03 PM,

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2012-11-09 Thread Tim Bray
Damn we’re a cheery bunch. On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 9:06 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: AK47 or the equivalent, unless it's fully automatic isn't good enough for a bear of any kind. Just not accurate enough, and the AR-15 derived competition isn't powerful enough. Really

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2012-11-08 Thread John Sessoms
! Will you advance redemption in #Christ before politics? No. B -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Collin Brendemuehl Sent: 07 November 2012 14:04 To: pdml Subject: Re: OT: Election Commentary I posted on Twitter earlier today ... The #church #Christian

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2012-11-08 Thread P. J. Alling
Meta question. Does anything put through Google Translate really make sense? On 11/7/2012 4:08 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net: I posted on Twitter earlier today ... The #church #Christian has survived all from Nero to #communism It will survive

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2012-11-08 Thread John Sessoms
Current day Republican Party leadership pretty much confirms for me Abraham Lincoln's statement that You *CAN* fool some of the people all of the time. They've been taken over by the preachers of hate the tinfoil hat brigade. Selling their inheritance for a mess of pottage. From: Tim Bray

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2012-11-08 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Current day Republican Party leadership pretty much confirms for me Abraham Lincoln's statement that You *CAN* fool some of the people all of the time. They've been taken over by the preachers of hate the tinfoil hat brigade. Selling their inheritance for a mess of pottage. Sometimes what is

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2012-11-08 Thread John Sessoms
French song lyrics, but you have to put them through one line at a time. Or was that Babel Fish? From: P. J. Alling Meta question. Does anything put through Google Translate really make sense? On 11/7/2012 4:08 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net: I

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2012-11-08 Thread John Sessoms
From: DagT I can agree with you there, being relatively conservative by Norwegians standards. One reason why republikanske are not very popular around here is that they usually don't seam to know much about the world outside the US. And in the previous election they used Skandinavia as an

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2012-11-08 Thread John Sessoms
Blame the French. They held their National Assembly in a tennis court it refers to which side of the bleachers they sat on. From: David J Brooks On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 1:57 AM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: Hey, I acknowledge being moderately left of the Canadian center, which makes

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2012-11-08 Thread Miserere
Yeah John, Scandinavia is for girly men. I want to live poor and die young, hopefully at the hands (paws?) of a grizzly bear in the woods (where I'm forced to live because I can't afford a house and there is no help from the government for scientists living below the poverty line). —M.

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2012-11-08 Thread Bob Sullivan
Well then, you're one of those 'Birther' guys aren't you. There won't be enough woods left in the good old US of A to accomidate them all. Maybe we could loose count of them. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah John, Scandinavia is for girly

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2012-11-08 Thread Jostein Øksne
- Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net Sometimes what is called conventional wisdom is neither. Two books here are useful to correct such ignorance. Roy Clouser?s The Myth of Religious Neutrality and William Cavanaugh?s The Myth of Religious Violence Two

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2012-11-08 Thread Bob W
French song lyrics, but you have to put them through one line at a time. Or was that Babel Fish? From: P. J. Alling Meta question. Does anything put through Google Translate really make sense? Not entirely convinced about that. Gainsbourg: As the wave unresolved I go, I go and I

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2012-11-08 Thread Stan Halpin
Don't forget that real men have an AK-47 or equivalent in the woods with them, no mere grizzly would be an issue. stan Sent from my iPad On Nov 8, 2012, at 1:25 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah John, Scandinavia is for girly men. I want to live poor and die young, hopefully at

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2012-11-07 Thread mike wilson
Who'd have thought that politics could be so divisive? On 07/11/2012, AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: Oh, well. Thanks for sharing you too, P. J. P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Stuff it Bob, Keep this off the list. On 11/6/2012 10:39 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:

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2012-11-07 Thread Paul Stenquist
If it was all that divisive, there would be more response to the post. It just doesn't' belong here. It can be found all over the web. Paul On Nov 7, 2012, at 5:43 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Who'd have thought that politics could be so divisive? On 07/11/2012, AlunFoto

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2012-11-07 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
I posted on Twitter earlier today ... The #church #Christian has survived all from Nero to #communism It will survive #bho Will you advance redemption in #Christ before politics? And a very good book to read ... The Myth of Religious Violence, by William T. Cavanaugh. *** As a corollary to

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2012-11-07 Thread Bob W
-Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Collin Brendemuehl Sent: 07 November 2012 14:04 To: pdml Subject: Re: OT: Election Commentary I posted on Twitter earlier today ... The #church #Christian has survived all from Nero to #communism

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2012-11-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: The #church #Christian has survived all from Nero to #communism It will survive #bho Hey, less of the political chit-chat. Let's talk about religion instead! Sure, that would be better. Read any Alan Watts lately? Do you

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2012-11-07 Thread Bob Sullivan
: 07 November 2012 14:04 To: pdml Subject: Re: OT: Election Commentary I posted on Twitter earlier today ... The #church #Christian has survived all from Nero to #communism It will survive #bho Will you advance redemption in #Christ before politics? And a very good book to read ... The Myth

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2012-11-07 Thread Bob W
-evolved into his own pongid ancestor! Will you advance redemption in #Christ before politics? No. B -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Collin Brendemuehl Sent: 07 November 2012 14:04 To: pdml Subject: Re: OT: Election

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2012-11-07 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net: I posted on Twitter earlier today ... The #church #Christian has survived all from Nero to #communism It will survive #bho Will you advance redemption in #Christ before politics? I put that through Google Translate and it still makes

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2012-11-07 Thread Jostein Øksne
- Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com Poor old Dawkins - he laughed so much he nearly re-evolved into his own pongid ancestor! So that's what happened. I thought for a moment he had felt the Touch of His Noodly Appendage. Thanks for clearing that up, Bob! Jostein

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2012-11-07 Thread DagT
7. nov. 2012 kl. 20:56 skrev Bob W p...@web-options.com: At the last meeting of the International Pinko Commie Global Atheist Alliance for the Socialist-Evolutionary Destruction of Christianity meeting (Long Eaton Church Hall, 6pm every Monday except Bank Holidays and Christmas Eve),

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2012-11-07 Thread Tim Bray
Hey, I acknowledge being moderately left of the Canadian center, which makes me a raving commie by US standards, but I think it’s good for politics when there are sensible conservatives saying things like “don’t go so fast, don’t queer the business pitch, don’t assume spending more will solve the

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2012-11-07 Thread DagT
I can agree with you there, being relatively conservative by Norwegians standards. One reason why republikanske are not very popular around here is that they usually don't seam to know much about the world outside the US. And in the previous election they used Skandinavia as an example of a

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2012-11-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Stuff it Bob, Keep this off the list. On 11/6/2012 10:39 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Looks like Obama is back as US President. Romney, the challenger, had some serious problems. 1. He is so rich that didn't relate to the average 'Joe in the street.' ($250 million personal wealth) 2. To get the

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2012-11-06 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Thanks for sharing, Bob. Jostein Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like Obama is back as US President. Romney, the challenger, had some serious problems. 1. He is so rich that didn't relate to the average 'Joe in the street.' ($250 million personal wealth) 2. To get the

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2012-11-06 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Oh, well. Thanks for sharing you too, P. J. P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Stuff it Bob, Keep this off the list. On 11/6/2012 10:39 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Looks like Obama is back as US President. Romney, the challenger, had some serious problems. 1. He is so rich that