"Humans 'very likely' making earth warmer" is wrong - Page 57

02-09-2007, 01:13 PM

Rod Speed wrote:
> Bill Baka <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>> dgk wrote:
>>> On 9 Feb 2007 08:33:46 -0800, "donquijote1954"
>>> <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Feb 6, 12:36 am, "Fred G. Mackey" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>>>> Bill Baka wrote:
>>>>>> The automotive engineers know this but they are paid to shut up
>>>>>> and design cars that sell. Joe Consumer does not want to have to
>>>>>> downshift to pass someone. That gives the somewhat slow Joe a
>>>>>> sense of power under the hood, which in turn sells cars.
>>>>> I'm no expert on cars, engines, or transmissions, but I do miss my
>>>>> old car with the 5-speed manual transmission.
>>>>>
>>>>> I saw nothing wrong with downshifting to get a little more
>>>>> acceleration - make that a LOT more. The car I drive now is similar in many
>>>>> respects - better in quite a few, but the fact that it's automatic offers
>>>>> me few advantages beyond being able to drink coffee while in stop
>>>>> and go traffic. That wasn't a problem when I had a manual transmission - I learned
>>>>> to drink my coffee between shifts.
>>>> Ban automatic cars (except for the handicap) and the stupid and
>>>> dangerous will go the way of the dinosaur. Whoever is not fit to
>>>> drive stick, should ride a bike --or ride the bus. One-speed bikes
>>>> should be all right though.
>>> I've always preferred manual but they really are impractical in the
>>> big city. Plus, I managed to break an ankle in 1997 while at a big
>>> getaway with about 50 people (I landed very awkwardly from my
>>> mountain bike). Only one person out of those 50 could drive my car
>>> home. My next car was automatic.
>> Impractical is a stick in San Francisco. They put stop signs at the
>> top of a hill and unless you have a hand operated emergency brake you
>> can roll back and get the car behind you. That's the one place where
>> I don't want to have a stick.
>
> Your gross incompetance is your problem, as always.
>
>

02-09-2007, 01:19 PM

"donquijote1954" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>On Feb 6, 8:00 pm, Bill Baka <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>> >> As far as available land, what kind of
>> >> crop can you plant in the Himalayas? All that land going to waste.
>>
>> > You didn't answer my question. You predicted that 99.9% of the
>> > world's food-producing capability was going to go away. I'm still
>> > curious what your thought process was on that one. And I've been in
>> > the Himalayas - they grow plenty (including poppies and pot).
>
>> That wasn't a question that really deserved an answer. It should be
>> obvious that more people will build more buildings and thus there will
>> be less land available. The oceans are getting over fished so that
>> resource will soon run out. Do you expect we will farm the moon or
>> something?
>
>I think they expect God to come from the skies with a cornucopia of
>fruits and vegetables. Well, of course, he will come in an SUV (Hummer
>most likely) killing pagans since there's no fruits and vegetables for
>all. Cyclists though got no place in Heaven 'cause they voted for
>Gore, who endorsed homosexuals, etc, etc.

Oh, so YOU think 99.9 percent of the available farmland will be
overcome with development too, huh? You'd better hope there's a place
in heaven for those with no math skills. ;-)

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
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Home of the $795 ti frame

02-09-2007, 01:19 PM

Rod Speed wrote:
> Bill Baka <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>> Impractical is a stick in San Francisco. They put stop signs at the
>> top of a hill and unless you have a hand operated emergency brake you
>> can roll back and get the car behind you. That's the one place where
>> I don't want to have a stick.
>
> Your gross incompetance is your problem, as always.
>
>
Should I even bother with *******s?
Or should I be nice and just call you an idiot who has never tried a
stick in S.F.???
Try it,then bitch about it.
It can be done with a foot emergency brake but you have to pull the
release at the same time as letting out the clutch and giving it gas,
while wearing out the release mechanism.

Or maybe you have 3 feet, no doubt all of them left.

Only those who have driven S.F. know what I mean.

Reply to jerk mode off.

Bill Baka

02-09-2007, 01:38 PM

Curtis L. Russell wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 06:13:53 +1100, "Rod Speed" wrote:
>
>> Its silly buying a car on the basis of such a rare event.
>
> Perhaps, but bad knees aren't rare. Working a clutch is a problem for
> many people, even those that know how to use a stick.

Example: the weeks after childbirth With STITCHES. If you plan on
driving a car for a long time, some sort of injury that makes using a
clutch problematic, if not agonizing, is almost inevitable.

--
Cheers, Bev
===================================
New sig on order, watch this space.

02-09-2007, 01:38 PM

Joe Fischer wrote:
> On Fri, Bill Baka <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>> schools...........
>> I would say that is a problem with the county officials either
>> completely blowing it, or getting their pockets lines to ignore the obvious.
>> Bill Baka
>
> Probably not, where there is an influx of residents,
> all public services are short of money.
>
> And in some towns, like mine, the school may
> close because there are not enough students to make
> the payroll, for 150 grade school students, laws require
> a school superintendent with an advances degree,
> a principle, and accredited teachers to qualify for
> federal funds.

Unlike your town this was an approved 1,500 house development that was
marginally passed by the county. I suppose the county officials are to
blame for this flub.
>
> With high fuel costs, look for more people
> moving south, or closer to work and schools and
> shopping centers, or if oil stays above $60
> a collapse of the world economy.

The fuel cost apparently was a non-issue with the people buy the houses
in last year's real estate frenzy. This is 40 miles north of the jobs in
Sacramento, so everyone who bought one of these houses is driving 80
miles a day in traffic that is beginning to rival the San Francisco,
Silicon valley, Oakland mess.
The idiots (I mean real idiots) who bought into these houses have about
a tenth acre and only got the houses maybe $20,000--$40,000 less than in
Sacramento. Now that the housing boom has flopped for now they all have
negative equity. In addition to the 2 SUVs some of them even bought
riding lawn mowers to one up the neighbors. No surprise that a lot of
the houses are up for a foreclosure sale, yet the Mexican 'Carpenters'
are still building like crazy. What really gets me is the husband and
wife more often than not take their own individual SUVs the 80 miles
each way because they work at different places.
It kind of seems to me it would have been easier to just buy a slightly
more expensive house in Sacramento instead of wearing out two new SUVs.
As is the way with the bicycle group, these people are properly looked
down upon for stupidity and pollution. Wearing out 2 SUVs and the gas to
do it trumps the minuscule savings on the house.
>
> Garages and large commercial buildings
> where there is not a lot of business are not heated
> with modern heaters any more.
>
> Sitting in an upholstered chair with a
> propane radiant heater to warm the front feels
> pretty good when it is 20 or 30 degrees below
> normal.
>
> Just some normal weather would be
> nice.

Amen on the weather.
>
> Joe Fischer
>
Bill Baka

02-09-2007, 01:41 PM

adm wrote:
> "dgk" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
> news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
>> On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:55:47 -0800, The Real Bev
>> <bashley101+[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>
>>> Bill Baka wrote:
>>> My grandkids live in an affluent (not rich, but containing mostly those
>>> monster tract homes that are going for $3/4 million now) district. They
>>> have "lockdown" drills. That's what's supposed to happen when a weapon
>>> or other threat is discovered. The kids drop flat on the floor and the
>>> staff turns out the lights. I need to find out more...
>> Unfortunately that would appear to be a smart thing to plan for
>> considering the number of actual incidents. Back when we were kids we
>> had those idiot abomb drills. Climb under the desk and put your head
>> between your legs. And, as the precocious kids added, kiss your ass
>> goodbye.
>
> Do you not think that making weapons far harder to get hold of might help a
> bit ?
>
>
>
No. There would just be a black market for guns. We just need to get rid
of some people and maybe arrest them before the fact. Many times the
shooter has had a history of animal abuse or other signs that he is
whacko, and the police never put 2 and 2 together.
Bill Baka

02-09-2007, 01:46 PM

donquijote1954 wrote:
> On Feb 6, 8:00 pm, Bill Baka <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>>>> As far as available land, what kind of
>>>> crop can you plant in the Himalayas? All that land going to waste.
>>> You didn't answer my question. You predicted that 99.9% of the
>>> world's food-producing capability was going to go away. I'm still
>>> curious what your thought process was on that one. And I've been in
>>> the Himalayas - they grow plenty (including poppies and pot).
>
>> That wasn't a question that really deserved an answer. It should be
>> obvious that more people will build more buildings and thus there will
>> be less land available. The oceans are getting over fished so that
>> resource will soon run out. Do you expect we will farm the moon or
>> something?
>
> I think they expect God to come from the skies with a cornucopia of
> fruits and vegetables. Well, of course, he will come in an SUV (Hummer
> most likely) killing pagans since there's no fruits and vegetables for
> all. Cyclists though got no place in Heaven 'cause they voted for
> Gore, who endorsed homosexuals, etc, etc.
>
Like the Bible is supposed to say is "God helps he who helps himself",
but does that mean gluttony in a material way, or ruining the planet for
his own good? We will run out of usable land, even with modern farming
techniques, and I for one, enjoy my bicycle rides where the nearest
human is at least two miles away.
Of course the dimmer people following this thread would cut down the
trees and farm it, claiming they "improved" it.
Yeah, right.
Bill Baka

02-09-2007, 01:48 PM

The Real Bev wrote:

> My grandkids live in an affluent (not rich, but containing mostly those
> monster tract homes that are going for $3/4 million now) district. They
> have "lockdown" drills. That's what's supposed to happen when a weapon
> or other threat is discovered. The kids drop flat on the floor and the
> staff turns out the lights. I need to find out more...

Very little more to tell. Some staff member announces "LOCKDOWN!" over
the PA systm, kids drop to the floor and the lights go out until the
threat is eliminated. The kids are given no explanation of what or why,
just follow instructions.

I guess it's the modern version of "DROP!" (we never did "Duck and
cover," I didn't hear about that until I was middle-aged.), but at least
we knew that getting under our desks would save us from nuclear
annihilation.

--
Cheers, Bev
===================================
New sig on order, watch this space.

02-09-2007, 01:50 PM

Joe Fischer wrote:
> On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:55:47 -0800, The Real Bev
> <bashley101+[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>> My grandkids live in an affluent (not rich, but containing mostly those
>> monster tract homes that are going for $3/4 million now) district.
>
> Know any more jokes, the average home in the
> US is worth about $60,000, so maybe $750,000 homes
> should be called rich.
>
> Joe Fischer
>
It's a California thing. Like it's just soooo cool to live in a cookie
cutter, pre-fab, assembled by Mexicans, house that is way overpriced.
Houses in my 'Once country' area are going for $300,000 and the real
estate people have no problem finding buyers, many of whom are in
foreclosure within a year or so.
When I do decide to declare myself retired I know I can find houses for
under $20,000 in areas where all the jobs have gone offshore.
Bill Baka

02-09-2007, 01:54 PM

donquijote1954 wrote:
> On Feb 9, 3:22 pm, Bill Baka <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>> At least I drive a small car and have no use for an SUV. There are a lot
>> of 4 wheel drive cars that never even get near an off road experience.
>> Bill Baka
>
> Oh, everything is FAKE about them: their religiosity, their SUVs that
> never see dirt, and their devotion to democracy.
>
> The only thing real is that they LOVE WAR, and POLLUTE LIKE THERE'S NO
> TOMORROW.
>
> Oh, and they love Freedom Fries.
>
>
Typical show off Californians.
Bill Baka