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From: spsffan on 5 May 2010 16:02 Glen Labah wrote: > In article <0001HW.C803B6500009E269B02919BF(a)news.west.earthlink.net>, > Ralph Herman <rlaherman(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >> On Sun, 2 May 2010 21:57:28 -0700, Glen Labah wrote >>> Giant pneumatic tube network? Or would that be too much like a rail >>> route? >>> >>> >> I vote for teleporting, > > > I don't. With the reduced commute times, that's too likely to allow > "those people" to live "here", and we have too many of "those kinds of > people" here already. > > On the other hand, giant catapults would be useful for all sorts of > things. > Catapults! Great idea. I nominate Sacramento for the first one! As for teleporting, we will get it the day after we get usable fusion power. It's only been 10 years away for the last 30 years.
From: Glen Labah on 5 May 2010 22:44 In article <2sv2u51v86f65otg8cnmi2appb86re57en(a)4ax.com>, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Last time on rec.autos.driving, Glen Labah <gl4317(a)yahoo.com> said: > > >In article <0001HW.C803B6500009E269B02919BF(a)news.west.earthlink.net>, > > Ralph Herman <rlaherman(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > >> On Sun, 2 May 2010 21:57:28 -0700, Glen Labah wrote > >> > > >> > Giant pneumatic tube network? Or would that be too much like a rail > >> > route? > >> > > >> > > >> > >> I vote for teleporting, > > > >I don't. With the reduced commute times, that's too likely to allow > >"those people" to live "here", and we have too many of "those kinds of > >people" here already. > > Here's what I don't get: you don't want "those" working people who > have good jobs in Silicon Valley to live in Santa Cruz, but you > actually encourage jobless, homeless beggars to come and live in Santa > Cruz by the hundreds and welcome them with open arms. > > What makes a panhandler more desirable as a Santa Cruz resident than a > gainfully-employed computer engineer? I don't live in Santa Cruz. I live in Oregon. We have large amounts of both pan handlers and computer engineers that have moved here from California. Though, from the sounds of it, Santa Cruz has the same problem we do: large numbers of people who are unemployed moving in thinking that somehow their lot in life will be better off if they move somewhere with extremely high unemployment, just because they saw a pretty picture in a magazine. How many Californians does it take to change a light bulb? 8. 1 to change the bulb and 7 to "share in the experience". How many Oregonians does it take to change a light bulb? 43. 1 to change the bulb and 42 to keep the Californians from moving here to "share in the experience". -- Please note this e-mail address is a pit of spam due to e-mail address harvesters on Usenet. Response time to e-mail sent here is slow.
From: Glen Labah on 5 May 2010 23:53 In article <84ergcF6ouU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Larry Sheldon <lfsheldon(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 5/5/2010 21:44, Glen Labah wrote: > > > How many Oregonians does it take to change a light bulb? > > > > 43. 1 to change the bulb and 42 to keep the Californians from moving > > here to "share in the experience". > > I remember the "Don't Californicate Oregon", "Welcome to Oregon, Now Go > Home", and "Keep Oregon Green, Leave Your Money On The Way Out" signs. What? And you don't remember Governor Tom McCall and his "Fine, come and visit, but whatever you do don't move here!" speech from that era that got some national attention as well? -- Please note this e-mail address is a pit of spam due to e-mail address harvesters on Usenet. Response time to e-mail sent here is slow.
From: jgar the jorrible on 6 May 2010 17:10 On May 5, 7:44 pm, Glen Labah <gl4...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > In article <2sv2u51v86f65otg8cnmi2appb86re5...(a)4ax.com>, > Scott in SoCal <scottenazt...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > Last time on rec.autos.driving, Glen Labah <gl4...(a)yahoo.com> said: > > > >In article <0001HW.C803B6500009E269B0291...(a)news.west.earthlink.net>, > > > Ralph Herman <rlaher...(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > >> On Sun, 2 May 2010 21:57:28 -0700, Glen Labah wrote > > > >> > Giant pneumatic tube network? Or would that be too much like a rail > > >> > route? > > > >> I vote for teleporting, > > > >I don't. With the reduced commute times, that's too likely to allow > > >"those people" to live "here", and we have too many of "those kinds of > > >people" here already. > > > Here's what I don't get: you don't want "those" working people who > > have good jobs in Silicon Valley to live in Santa Cruz, but you > > actually encourage jobless, homeless beggars to come and live in Santa > > Cruz by the hundreds and welcome them with open arms. > > > What makes a panhandler more desirable as a Santa Cruz resident than a > > gainfully-employed computer engineer? > > I don't live in Santa Cruz. I live in Oregon. We have large amounts of > both pan handlers and computer engineers that have moved here from > California. Though, from the sounds of it, Santa Cruz has the same > problem we do: large numbers of people who are unemployed moving in > thinking that somehow their lot in life will be better off if they move > somewhere with extremely high unemployment, just because they saw a > pretty picture in a magazine. > > How many Californians does it take to change a light bulb? > > 8. 1 to change the bulb and 7 to "share in the experience". > > How many Oregonians does it take to change a light bulb? > > 43. 1 to change the bulb and 42 to keep the Californians from moving > here to "share in the experience". > 9. One to change the bulb, and eight to protest about the nuclear power plant that generates the electricity that powers it. jg -- @home.com is bogus. http://www.unwind.com/jokes-funnies/locality/oregon.shtml http://www.ahajokes.com/oregon_jokes.html
From: Patrick Scheible on 6 May 2010 17:19
Glen Labah <gl4317(a)yahoo.com> writes: > In article <2sv2u51v86f65otg8cnmi2appb86re57en(a)4ax.com>, > Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Last time on rec.autos.driving, Glen Labah <gl4317(a)yahoo.com> said: > > > > >In article <0001HW.C803B6500009E269B02919BF(a)news.west.earthlink.net>, > > > Ralph Herman <rlaherman(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > >> On Sun, 2 May 2010 21:57:28 -0700, Glen Labah wrote > > >> > > > >> > Giant pneumatic tube network? Or would that be too much like a rail > > >> > route? > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> I vote for teleporting, > > > > > >I don't. With the reduced commute times, that's too likely to allow > > >"those people" to live "here", and we have too many of "those kinds of > > >people" here already. > > > > Here's what I don't get: you don't want "those" working people who > > have good jobs in Silicon Valley to live in Santa Cruz, but you > > actually encourage jobless, homeless beggars to come and live in Santa > > Cruz by the hundreds and welcome them with open arms. > > > > What makes a panhandler more desirable as a Santa Cruz resident than a > > gainfully-employed computer engineer? > > > I don't live in Santa Cruz. I live in Oregon. We have large amounts of > both pan handlers and computer engineers that have moved here from > California. Though, from the sounds of it, Santa Cruz has the same > problem we do: large numbers of people who are unemployed moving in > thinking that somehow their lot in life will be better off if they move > somewhere with extremely high unemployment, just because they saw a > pretty picture in a magazine. Actually it's a little different. Santa Cruz has many employed computer engineers who see on the map that Santa Cruz is only 30 miles by road from Cupertino, so they move there only to discover that the commute is anywhere from 1 to 2 hours each way and there are fatal accidents every month or so. They drive up the rents to the point where beach bums and students can no longer afford to live there, and since all their spare time is taken up driving over 17 the rest of the time they are too rushed and frazzled to be pleasant human beings. -- Patrick |