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According to my son it is gravitationally challenged.

2 so far today.

How did you know that we are " fat " although I do admit a few pounds.

OOPS!

Best of luck from a Vietnam Vet and I hope you don't need it. Let me know if the sand still tastes like s***. It certainly did when I was in Saudi Arabia on a National Guard " exercise " just prior to the last conflict.

Thank you very much for the positive position. Too many of us get negative in these threads.

Golden Retrievers of course. Poster comes in really handy when I need a pull going uphill! But he isn't interested in caches at all. Squirrels, gophers, deer, kitty cats and so on are his main trip.

What would you like to hear?

Could someone who knows Signal personally please ask if he finds any of this offensive?

I lke it! I like it a lot! ~Shaggy~ Yeah, but who is he calling a bad customer?

I'm offended by the popcorn smilie No one had posted it yet, I thought I'd try it out. I meant it in a humourous, non-offensive way. I'm offended by people being offended.

Is there a major difference between mere memorization and the ability to gain knowledge? After all, some of the idiot savants around can show enormous amounts of memory without much comprehension. I have worked with autistic sub teens who would quote entire newspaper articles on a random ( seemingly ) basis.

Hang in there Rothstafari even if you did screw up it's not the end of the world. If the person above me is correct most of the flack is coming from people talking out of the sides of their necks. Happy ( probably belated ) anniversary.

Well I hope that there was at least some commercial representation of Groundspeak. I mean, if you have an office and all, you need to act corporate. Dress down Fridays. And I certainly hope you have a Vice President of Marketing. If not, I think Dogbert may be available for consults.

Excellant advice. I also change my air filter a little more often than called for in the service manual.

Thank you, Sparrowhawk, I resemble that remark. I just had a hard time translating it from martian.

Actually Kitty Boy shown earlier in this thread is quite large also. Same general breed, American Red and the vet wants me to put him on a diet because he " can't feel his heart. " Fat Chance!

I intend to reserve my opinion until I have enough information to make an intelligent decision on whether I like this or not.

As with all "social problems" there is no one solution and we have yet to reach the balance needed to affect this problem. It is a mirror image of our society and being the escapist that I am my only wish is that we of the L5 society can find a propulsion system and get the heck off of this rock. Probably not in my lifetime. Oh well. I agree with sbell. no more posts to this thread.

Are those martian curse words?

Any dissertation on the conditions causing people to be homeless must also address personality disorder. Many homeless people have been through major tramas which bring on syndromes such as substance abuse, bi-polar, schizophrenia, multiple personality and more of the things that it is very difficult for rational people to deal with. My personal feeling is that these third order defenses become chemically based over time unless there is chemical intervention and group counseling. Picture yourself as not trusting anyone around you and having no social network to lean on and you will get a minor idea of the way most of the homeless people feel in their daily lives. Couple that with the way most people look at and treat the homeless and it gets a little closer to their worldview. Most of the ones I have dealt with have so little trust that they do not well in any type of adjunctive therapy. End of sermon

One of the major problems with electrical drives is the inefficiency of the electric motor. I have been following a project at a local company where they are experimenting with alternate wiring materials. Secondhand rumor has it that there may be some success at rates of 60% to 70% efficiencies. This would revolutionize the entire market.

Looks pretty good to me. Be proud, Andy!

Wow, a veiled personal attack in a sentence which apologizes for personal attacks. I bet that took some planning. Why marginalize other people's points of view? I don't get it. Apparently, we disagree. That's fine. While I certainly believe that society should help those in need, I believe that all should be required to take personal responsibility for their actions and should not merely feed off of society. I really think that the homeless is better served when they can be identified and steered to appropriate assistance. Ignoring them and letting them as suggested by some in this thread does absolutely nothing to solve the problem. Actually I think that we essentially agree. After looking the thread over I must admit that I overreacted. The process you are unclear about is called passive/aggressive behavior. Sorry.

I think you guys all need to up your meds! Don't stop please!