Hey, folks - - - -
I have a number of Web clients who are smart enough to do their own
maintenance and updating of their web sites, but for whom DreamWeaver
or other big-ticket GUI web design program would be overkill.
Anybody recommend a less expensive alternative, designed for smarter-
Hey - - -- -- (re-sent to avoid the accidental O-T)
About 2,347 years ago I built a utility in Fox to parse a HTML page
and convert links to lower case. (I also have one to change the file
names.) This was because I built my very first web site for my
company in Winders, and my ISP was, of
Warning! Warning!! Microsoft rant ahead!
All who rail about M$ bashing delete this message NOW!
You have been warned.
It happened again.
Last year, I got a nice little data conversion project which fits one
of my other specialties: publishing with InDesign. So I thunk: what
the heck,
Hey - - -- - -- -- --
I'm confused. (Before anyone else: So what's new?)
I am writing text to an Adobe proprietary format, called a tagged-
text file. Don't worry about that, not too important to the story,
but for the curious, is an ASCII file; the format is a sorta-hybrid
among XML, plain
Hey -- --
Since my Linux box is dead, and I deeply disparage iTunes (See! It
isn't just M$ I bash.g), what Winders music player do you all
like? Preferably open source or freebie, of course.
Features I like:
-- Search/Sort on any MP3 tag
-- The ability to turn off any cut without
Please, someone, give me a swift kick to the brain:
What is the SET command to make a SQL statement in VFP9 so you don't
have to GROUP BY every frickin' field in the table?
I thought it was enginebehavior but I can't find it in the Help - -
- -
Thanks -- - --
Ken
OK, I'm working on this in a SQL statement (MySQL):
Have 3 fields from 2 tables which need to be combined to make up a
single field address field in an export file. The three fields are:
- location.address1
- location.address2
- person_location.mailcode
The mail_code belongs to the instance of
Hey - - - - -
My current web app has an eCommerce aspect, for which we need to do
web-based credit card processing.
I have found this process among the most frustrating of my
professional life. The processing company has been as unresponsive
beyond belief. It has taken us *months* just to
Hey - - --
My wife has it on her laptop. I chose it intentionally, as I still
derive a reasonable % of my income from teaching, and more and more
of the programs I teach, especially Adobe stuff, requires XP or newer
to run. I thought it was reasonable to try Vista and see how it is,
I haven't tried this in 8, but in the old days, if the graphic is a
BMP, we needed a .msk (mask) file to accompany it.
To create a .msk file:
- open the button graphic in your favourite graphics program
- invert the colours
- save it with the same name, but use a .msk extension
Be sure to
From News of the Weird:
Facing a state budget crisis in July, California Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger fired about 10,000 temporary and part-time workers and
ordered the 200,000 permanent employees to be paid only the minimum
wage of $6.55 an hour until the legislature passed a crisis-solving
, LLC
Kenneth Kixmoeller wrote:
From News of the Weird:
Facing a state budget crisis in July, California Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger fired about 10,000 temporary and part-time workers
and
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Kevin wrote:
I guess that's an interesting question.
Oops, I guess I was too subtle:
- If *you* just had a bunch of your staff fired, and
- *You* faced a wage cut to minimum wage
- _If_only_ you could update the personnel database --
Would this task become impossible to you, too?
Ken
Hey - -
Anybody have a surplus XP Pro license that I can buy? Alternately, do
you know a reliable site where I can buy a legit copy cheap? Lots of
copies on fleaBay, but my trust level is not too high.
It has gotten to the point that I need a post-W2K machine, and I
refuse to do Vista. I
check out www.buycheapsoftware.com
i get lots of software from them. reliable, fast shipping, great
pricing
Thanks Gil ( Michael) - - - -
Gee, at $153 (with shipping) it still seems higher than I was
expecting for an officially obsolete product. FWIW, NewEgg has it
cheaper, $139. I
repeat, because I forgot to fix the subject - - -
Sorry, for a few reasons I am just using the archives today --
Mike W, your messages are coming to the archives as pure
gibberish, so I have no idea what you are saying --
check out www.buycheapsoftware.com
i get lots of
Oops, my mistake. the 300 number I gave you was for last Thursday.
the total number arrested was around 800. My apologies.
Ken
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maybe you are just repeating what you heard from the radio, and yer
not really using that word , personally ?
That is what they call themselves. I agree that advocating anarchy as
a social convention is idiotic. Who wants to live in a society with
no order? The fact that they were organized
maybe you are just repeating what you heard from the radio, and yer
not really using that word , personally ?
That is what they call themselves. I agree that advocating anarchy as
a social convention is idiotic. Who wants to live in a society with
no order? The fact that they were
Ricardo wrote:
So please, refrain from using half baked thoughts and phrases and
read a
little.
OK, so you want to play look it up? Try government. Government by
is nature is compulsory, a few intellectually vacant anarchist
philosophers notwithstanding. Good government gets its
My apologies to the list for having stripped out the subject line. I
guess anarchy took over my brain.
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Ed wrote:
IMO, the fatal flaw here is that it assumes that all individuals have
'good' flowing out of them.
It seems to me that all extremist (that is to say simplistic)
philosophies suffer from a similar flaw: believing that others
believe as they do, and if they don't, they should. Which
I have a lady friend who claims that 18,000 protesters were arrested
last night in Minneapolis - St. Paul, and many were tasered
St. Paul, please. Please don't lump St. Paul with our fat ugly sister
to the west.
I just moments ago heard on the radio that just over 300 (314?)
people were
FireFox is now at 3.0.1 and I downloaded it recently. So far so
good.
Thanks, Rick = ==
With the deafening silence to my question, it seemed like people were
collectively Well, duh about upgrading.
I did it with one machine, and just now (I was rebooting another
machine) my last add-ons
Hi, folks -- - --- -
Sorta back from an extended family vacation - - trying to work my way
through the 719,053-item to do list from my main current client...
Quick question: when FireFox 3 first came out, many of you said
Wait -- that there were still issues to be resolved. Have there
been
On Jul 18, 2008, at 11:23 AM, Ted Roche wrote:
I thought at first it was a bad PhotoShop parody of an MS site
People missed the link on the original blog post:
-- Thank goodness link this /link is the...
NO WAY it could be real... __stephen must have made that comment!! g
Bad Ken
On Jul 18, 2008, at 11:35 AM, Stephen Russell wrote:
that the dude is pointing the wrong way
on the track as the lane is about to turn ;-.
I'm glad you added the wink -- the rest of your post -- well --
sorry --- I don't get it. How many non-sequiturs can one pack into a
single post?
On Jul 17, 2008, at 8:07 AM, MB Software Solutions General Account
wrote:
I see him being one the
celebrity judges in the upcoming new Gong Show.
I see him ending up (sooner than later) in a pine box.
Ken
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Ideas opinions, please -- --
A couple of you may remember that I used to run my own web server
here in the Jaguar Marketing Services Global Headquarters (my
basement). Back in March/April, my quasi-legal web server died a
premature death. I decided to go to an ISP rather than build/buy/fix
It is amazing how contentious those User Group officer elections can be!
Ken
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On Jul 14, 2008, at 11:18 AM, Ed Leafe wrote:
I think that it's poking fun at the lunatics who insist on claiming
that such ludicrous descriptions have any relation to reality.
Yes, that's right. Satire is hard to do well. Maybe if they also had
the McCains in similar stereotype on
On Jul 14, 2008, at 11:31 AM, David Crooks wrote:
Yes, that's right. Satire is hard to do well. Maybe if they
also had the McCains in similar stereotype on the same cover
it would have worked better...
Like 1 foot in the grave...
And her with in a cheerleader outfit.
On Jul 14, 2008, at 11:35 AM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote:
I guess if you don't know right from wrong by now there is no
helping you.
.. and if you don't understand the Constitution, there is no hope for
you. Can you say Machiavelli?? I bet you can!
Ken
On Jul 14, 2008, at 11:33 AM, Ed Leafe wrote:
if they had *dared* make fun of McCain, or any Republican,
for that matter, the backlash would have been faster and more
hysterical
Oh, come on, Ed -- The reaction would have been equal and opposite.
Fanatics are fanatics regardless of their
On Jul 14, 2008, at 11:45 AM, Ed Leafe wrote:
On a magazine called The New Yorker?
Oh, I suppose that plays into it. I'll concede a partial point... g
Ken
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On Jul 14, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote:
Are you trying to tell me that the people who wrote the
constitution meant
for guilty people to walk free ?
Um, yeah. It is merely the bulwark upon which our entire justice
system is based:
-- http://tinyurl.com/55ur78
(or)
On Jul 14, 2008, at 12:07 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote:
you think the intent of the constitution was followed because a
jury found
him not guilty on a technicality ?
Yup. That is the law. Did you ever actually *go* to school? or pay
attention to things that didn't fall in line with your
On Jul 14, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Vince Teachout wrote:
guilty until proven innocent...
or innocent until proven guilty,
Or as Virgil wants: Innocent until his own lawyer somehow personally
divines that his client is guilty.
Sheesh!
Ken
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On Jul 14, 2008, at 12:38 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote:
But as I said earlier, if you don't know the difference between
wrong and
right by now, theres nothing that I can do to help you.
Theres an old saying.
If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the problem.
Another
Inside the Distiller, there are various default quality settings. You
can set your own. If you don't, you will be using the Standard
profile which will give you anti-aliasing problems, especially for
gray scale line art.
To get there, go to (in Windows) go to the Preferences for the
Adobe
On Jul 11, 2008, at 4:59 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote:
I'm pretty sure I will get a judgement, but probably never collect the
funds.
If you have a bank account number (from a check, for example), for a
small fee you can send a county sheriff over to collect. I don't
remember the details,
I should have said over to the bank to collect a judgement.
On Jul 11, 2008, at 5:43 PM, Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh wrote:
On Jul 11, 2008, at 4:59 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote:
I'm pretty sure I will get a judgement, but probably never collect
the
funds.
If you have a bank account number
On Jul 7, 2008, at 8:06 AM, Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote:
The Jewish people believe the messiah is still yet to come
Don't you trim *anything*? Your posts are annoying in and of
themselves, but never trimming the preceding mail makes them doubly
so. It is also inconsiderate of Ed and his
On Jul 6, 2008, at 4:31 PM, Bob Calco wrote:
I don't need to--it's just that that's all you respond to. I've put
forth
many a tightly-reasoned argument, and usually the response from you is
crickets.
Well-reasoned arguments never change the minds of anyone. Long-held
beliefs and
On Jul 5, 2008, at 7:39 AM, Pete Theisen wrote:
Eh, this is off the wall, but you need 100k, you have some equity
Eh, Pete -- she's upside-down on the mortgage == negative equity.
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On Jul 2, 2008, at 10:41 AM, Davuluri, Murali K. wrote:
Ed
Would you please replace this email account
[EMAIL PROTECTED] with [EMAIL PROTECTED] ?
Thanks
KrishnA
Just unsubscribe and re-subscribe with the new address
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On Jul 2, 2008, at 10:59 AM, Paul McNett wrote:
I sent a drunken message the other night to [OT], insulting everyone
there.
It showed up in [OT] today. (And in the archives, too.) Want a take
back? Sometimes I do.
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On Jul 2, 2008, at 2:21 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account wrote:
LOL!!! 2 months ago was Masturbation Month!!!
Damn! I missed it! Does that mean I need to make up for lost time?
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On Jul 2, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Vince Teachout wrote:
Damn! I missed it! Does that mean I need to make up for lost time?
Naw, you have to hold it until next year.
I guess I need to learn to type one-handed.
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On Jun 28, 2008, at 4:52 AM, Michael Madigan wrote:
I hate incompetence.
So there's your new t-shirt: Incompetance Stinks! (for bonus
points, spell it that way.)
Ken
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Taking this all on face value:
1) Attended Columbia University where he majored in Political Science
with a speciality in Internal Relations.
He was preparing to be a politician.
2) worked at Business International Corporation and New York Public
Interest Research Group.
The first one
On Jun 27, 2008, at 2:11 PM, Michael Madigan wrote:
Once again a politician gets preferential treatment
Oh, gee. Let me think: If I sell a car to John Doe, he gets a car.
If I sell it to The Dishonorable Mayor Babykisser, he gets a car and
I get $100,000 worth of publicity. Decisions,
On Jun 26, 2008, at 6:37 AM, Gil Hale wrote:
cCustNum with mCustNum, ;
RECORD mThisRecord
But there shouldn't be a comma after mCustNum -- I would think that
would break the scope statement.
Ken
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On Jun 24, 2008, at 12:57 PM, Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote:
By the way, what's the difference.
Gee, posting a question like this *after* you have expounded
endlessly on the topic.
Ken
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On Jun 23, 2008, at 5:34 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account
wrote:
Tell me again what you'd like to see (since it's not nuclear energy)?
Let me predict (hands to my head): Conservation! Now! In other
words, the whole society has to change the way it does things. Right
Now.
On Jun 19, 2008, at 5:30 AM, Bob Calco wrote:
These parents were deluded by false doctrine
They would say the same of you.
Ken
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On Jun 19, 2008, at 8:43 AM, Bob Calco wrote:
These parents were deluded by false doctrine
They would say the same of you.
What is your view? If I am deluded, I would appreciate pointers in
the right
direction.
I'm not saying you are deluded, I'm saying that the parents and their
On Jun 19, 2008, at 11:48 AM, Bob Calco wrote:
Well, I do believe people should be free to pursue whatever noble
or wacky
ideas they want to pursue, as long as they DON'T push anyone off a
bridge
who disagrees.
In the words of that great statesman, Pat Paulsen: Picky, picky,
picky.
In case you missed it:
It took us years to live down that last time Minnesota was the
laughingstock of the USA, when Jesse The Body (sans mind) Ventura
was elected Governor of this fine state. Now, it is poised to
reclaim that title by electing as our new U.S. Senator: Al (I'm
Smarter
Thanks for reminding me about those. g Of them, though, only the
ViQueens losses were really embarrassing. The others are just a
product of living in a Socialist state, to which I have long ago
resigned myself.
I agree with Michael -- fix your eMail client. Annoying.
On Jun 17, 2008, at
On Jun 7, 2008, at 10:02 AM, Ted Roche wrote:
Don't
drive in the city of Boston; that's a job best left to professionals,
maniacs and locals, but that's redundant.
I second that: Metropolitan Boston driving is an exercise in Fear.
Drivers there are the worst I've encountered in the USA. I
On Jun 6, 2008, at 11:07 AM, Michael Madigan wrote:
I said she was anti-American. She says...
You explained that, now please explain why Keep the White House
white isn't racist.
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On Jun 6, 2008, at 11:39 AM, Michael Madigan wrote:
OK, let's see if this fits into your politically-correct world
Keep the White House White in 2008.
Still doesn't explain anything. I guess you don't have an
explanation, ergo, those calling you a racist are right?
On Jun 6, 2008, at 6:50 PM, Michael Madigan wrote:
OK dipshit
And you object to being called a troll. Your picture is next to it
in the dictionary,
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On Jun 5, 2008, at 9:33 AM, Bob Calco wrote:
from first principles as someone who believes in a
_republican_ (vs., e.g., democratic) form of government. At least,
let's
start there.
Well written, Bob.
Ken
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A little hijack:
Oh, gee -- A New York *PE/Health* teacher. She said she'd be
embarrassed to show her kids her bruises. She should be embarrassed
to exhibit her corpulence.
Ken
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Is that your subtle way of telling us that you are moving on from
your current project?
Ken
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On May 21, 2008, at 10:46 AM, John Harvey wrote:
It's also the number 1 Best Seller of all time.
Sure -- I have at least 3 of them, plus Bible software (which has
become obsolete given available Web tools). Has no bearing on the
fact or fiction thereof. Whatever your beliefs or lack of
On May 21, 2008, at 11:03 AM, Ed Leafe wrote:
Of course. And by that standard, Britney Spears is far superior to
Mozart.
Superior in what regard? I'd definitely sleep with Britney Spears
before Mozart. gdr
So does that mean that you'd sleep with Jesus before Mohammed or the
Workplace-friendly but the URL might not make it through some
filters. I think the real URL says it all.
http://wonkette.com/391872/flying-penis-invades-russian-political-scene
- or -
http://tinyurl.com/6jpy6f
Ken
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On May 19, 2008, at 5:26 PM, Pete Theisen wrote:
... what unofficial ones make up the other 7
plus one?
Jeez -- anyone knows! States of:
- Denial (12 counties)
- Apathy, or something. Whatever.
- Antagonism -- what kinda frickin' idiot doesn't know that?
- PC, with the capital
On May 17, 2008, at 1:15 PM, Paul McNett wrote:
I happen to think tinyurls are rude
Gee, it never occurred to me that someone would think that... I'll
try to remember to post both.
Ken
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I think that it is literally true that I have only *once* seen riders
of the the type of motorcycle that people call a crotch rocket
drive responsibly. They never go less than 10 mph past the speed
limit on city streets, and much more on the highway, and lots of
weaving, racing in traffic,
On May 16, 2008, at 10:35 AM, Adam Buckland wrote:
I see so many idiots blasting past
traffic on bikes and then 100 yards further on their bike is wedged
into
the side of a car that was pulling out through the traffic.
The whole category should get a special Darwin Award.
The Car Talk
On May 16, 2008, at 11:27 AM, MB Software Solutions General Account
wrote:
Run---don't walk, but RUN---from this client.
...no matter *how* hungry you are... (??)
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On May 16, 2008, at 8:44 PM, Ed Leafe wrote:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/Bizarro.asp?date=20080516
Strange --- I just read that comic in the morning paper about 10
minutes ago (yeah -- I'm a bit behind), and my first thought was:
ProFox.
Ken
On May 16, 2008, at 9:59 PM, Ed Leafe wrote:
Great minds think alike. And apparently, so do lesser minds! ;-)
My Whore-O-Scope says: it isn't a good night to agree on such things.
My planets are in the seventh house, descending into two big moons.
I have a headache. Off to bed I go...
On May 13, 2008, at 12:09 PM, Pete Theisen wrote:
The metabolism of sugar is more benign than that of HFCS,
Sheep!!!
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On May 13, 2008, at 5:46 PM, Paul Hill wrote:
It is NF:
It is *marked* NF, but people were starting to inject US politics
into the thread. Hence the request to keep it NF (rather than
straying into [OT]).
But, haven't y'all beat the tar out of this thread? It has taken so
many twists
FWIW, all of my data entry controls keep track themselves of whether
the user has made a change to their contents. That way, I can just
spin through the controls to find out what has been changed, which I
find much simpler than using the after-the-fact functions.
Ken
On May 9, 2008, at
On May 5, 2008, at 12:30 PM, Ed Leafe wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24463225/
Bad taste in Life; bad taste in Death, literally and figuratively.
Ken
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On May 5, 2008, at 2:09 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account wrote:
http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com/images/programming_at_myrtle_beach.jpg
Aah, by far the nicest office I've ever had!
Too bad this is only temporary
Is the pool the office? g I assume this is your view, not the
On May 5, 2008, at 3:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Are you recommending the euthanzation of the damaged second place
finisher?
When it comes to politics: yes!! (the winner, too).
Anyone who actually wants to be in high elected office, especially
President, is _de facto_ disqualified
It is a typo. It is Minnesota, so it is supposed to be COLD. (Sitting
in my basem, er, office in why hasn't it warmed up yet greater St.
Paul.)
Glad I could clear this up for you. ducking
Ken
On May 2, 2008, at 9:32 AM, Patrick Bibro wrote:
What is CCLD?
Job Description :
CCLD FoxPro
Construction Codes and Licensing Division (CCLD) at the Minnesota
Department
of Labor
Now THAT sounds like a fun job!S
Actually, it sounds like something I wrote for the State of MN, gosh,
16, 17 years ago... I had forgotten about it.
Ken
Wall Street Journal:
http://tinyurl.com/4n8t5b
Ken
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On May 1, 2008, at 9:39 AM, Davuluri, Murali K. wrote:
You may view the message (before 05/16/2008) at the following web
address:
https://securemail.arbcbs.com/messenger/msg?x=d-2883305-xDEjGpk6
Any way you can stop this? I'm sure I'm not the only one who isn't
going to click into
On May 1, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Ed Leafe wrote:
Only the sender can stop this. Apparently he/she doesn't care if
anyone reads their posts (I know that I don't).
Yeah, the comment was directed to the sender, not you. I should have
been clearer. Some of his posts come through with the
On May 1, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Pete Theisen wrote:
Goodness, the Ds will tear him a new one over all that! Hasn't a
chance.
Yes, imagine a guy like that having the audacity to run for
President. The nerve.
Ken
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On May 1, 2008, at 10:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wall Street Journal:
http://tinyurl.com/4n8t5b
Did you actually read the article Ken, or just stick to
the headline? I'm certainly no fan of the guy, but it
raised my opinion of him.
I read the article, of course. I just thought
How about:
select
TableA.codeA,
TableA.codeB,
TableA.codeC,
.null. as codeD,
.null. as codeE
from TableA
UNION
select
TableB.codeA,
TableB.codeB,
null as codeC,
TableB.codeD,
.null. as codeE
from TableB
UNION
etc.
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OK, got it now. Seems that Miley should be happy with the money, read
somewhere she gets millions, and stop complaining, but that's just my
opinion.
But why is it OK for a magazine to take a 15-year-old girl, get her
all sexed-up, and publish it? She is topless, from what I hear, but
not
On Apr 29, 2008, at 11:40 AM, Ed Leafe wrote:
Name one generation that has not said this about their kids'
generation.
True enough, but I really think they are right this time, and
probably were at least at some points in the past. I think some of
the evidence is manifest: babies
On Apr 29, 2008, at 11:50 AM, Jean Laeremans wrote:
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 6:30 PM, Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
She is topless, from what I hear, but not technically exposed.
Meaning ?
No intent to spread misinformation, but the local morning DJ's (who
were looking
On Apr 29, 2008, at 12:06 PM, Ed Leafe wrote:
A critical question is whether this is new, or whether being
constantly bombarded with news like this is new.
That is what I meant by needing comparative data. There have always
been violent boys -- no question in my mind. There have
Yeah, the Hells Angels never did that. ;-)
...I know two classmates who were killed in high school
because of their mob interactions. So I guess I have a different
set of datapoints to
compare than you do.
Yes, you do, as I never had that close an association. But I guess I
On Apr 29, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Ed Leafe wrote:
To the extent that guns are so much more cheaply and easily obtained,
perhaps.
Yes, that is a factor, I agree. Killing en masse is much easier now.
Where we seem to disagree is that I believe that there is a social
factor in play. Gangs
On Apr 29, 2008, at 12:10 PM, Ed Leafe wrote:
And the NFL? You hate them, too? They have a much higher percentage
of thugs, as you like to call them.
The NBA actively promoted the thug image. Look at their
advertisements from a few years ago (post-Jordon, when they were in a
panic.)
On Apr 29, 2008, at 1:33 PM, Ed Leafe wrote:
Image, perhaps. But they have been typically much tougher on players
who got into legal trouble than the NFL.
Image is what I am talking about. The public face that they put on
what is cool. Thug == Cool.
OBTW, no, that is not the same
On Apr 29, 2008, at 12:28 PM, Jean Laeremans wrote:
And she probably wasn't around when those pictures were taken ?
No, apparently she was not, nor her parents, even though her dad
appears in the pictures, too.
We have a miracle!
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