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Feeling blue on brown Christmas? No, we're in the pink
St. Paul Pioneer Press ^
| 12/27/06
| JOE SOUCHERAY
Posted on 12/27/2006 5:03:04 AM PST by rhema
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posted on
12/27/2006 5:03:08 AM PST
by
rhema
To: rhema
Why in my day we 23 feet of snow, and that was in July!
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posted on
12/27/2006 5:35:10 AM PST
by
Valin
(History takes time. It is not an instant thing.)
To: Valin
"Why in my day we 23 feet of snow, and that was in July!"
And you lived in Florida!
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posted on
12/27/2006 5:46:41 AM PST
by
Salamander
(And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent.......)
To: rhema
The scientific illiteracy in this country is amazing. "Global Warming" doesn't mean it's going to be continously warmer, either spacially or temporally. It's a term indicating the type of climate change we're having, and the writer makes exactly the point that one effect of the climate change is greater variability in weather.
For Christmas, I received a geology textbook that my great-grandmother used in high school. Even as a professional scientist, I found it was a mildly challenging read in places. I realized that not a single public school high school student I know (I substitute taught locally when they needed help) could understand that book. It's no wonder we have such ridiculous views on science these days.
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posted on
12/27/2006 5:46:55 AM PST
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: Valin
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posted on
12/27/2006 5:59:34 AM PST
by
rhema
("Break the conventions, keep the commandments." -- G. K. Chesterton)
To: rhema
My elder liberal sister was sitting at the Christmas Eve dinner table spouting off aboot the weather,and even admitted they saw the Al Gore infomercial....I was laffin at her....then came the punchline,the people on her block in Chanhassen decided that this coming summer they would have 1 'community' lawnmower between 6-7 houses,this was to do their part in lowering 'greenhouse gases'....when confronted by the question 'what is the difference if it is 1 lawnmower mowing 7 lawns or 7 mowing 7?' well,the answer was 'they won't be getting mowed all at the same time' ...at that point I had to open another bottle of wine.
To: Salamander
We had to 43 miles one way in raaaaaging blizzards just to get to school. In fact the only time we had schools was during raaaaaging blizzards. And for Christmas all we'd get is a stick, and let me tell you we were darn glad to get even that!
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posted on
12/27/2006 6:11:40 AM PST
by
Valin
(History takes time. It is not an instant thing.)
To: Valin
the 12 of us lived in a small cardboard box in the hallway!
8
posted on
12/27/2006 7:00:44 AM PST
by
castle05
(gun control means consistently hitting where you're aiming)
To: castle05
You had a cardboard box! Damn cake eaters.
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posted on
12/27/2006 7:03:16 AM PST
by
Valin
(History takes time. It is not an instant thing.)
To: Minnesoootan
Actually, the loonies might have a good idea for the wrong reason. If you know you are going to settle in a neighborhood for a while, we ought to consider buying stock in things. Like 5 neighbors chip in for a snow blower. It would save money. I know some blocks do community dinners. The wives don't feel like cooking all the time, so there are about 25 people in like 7 families, and each cooks one huge meal for dinner once a week. The other families get to do other things the other six nights a week, and just show up and eat, then leave when they are done.
Totally off topic I know. But it gave me the thought. I would pitch in with a few neighbors to get a really really excellent lawn mower, rather than four of us spending more money per person on crappier models.
To: dogbyte12
yup,it sounds good on paper but then consider the logistics involved with scheduling lawn mowin and snow blowin and then maintenance on a high mileage peice of equipment...and don't forget to factor in that you might not like yer neighbor 'Bob' all that well after all....and why are just the wives cooking all the time? ;-)
To: Minnesoootan
If I remember the story, all the wives are housewives. Dinner is ready just after the husbands get home from work. It's just practicality more than anything. My wife is on bed rest now. I can tell you I am tired of cooking. If I could take turns with the neighbors I would jump at the chance to only produce 1 dinner a week.
To: Minnesoootan
That is hilarious-
I asked my liberal inlaws why I should believe Al gore-
I said I would listen to their tripe if they could tell
me what post secondary schools Al went to, and what the
outcome was...- for good measure I wanted them to find
what Tommy Lee Jones (Gore's roomate at Harvard )had to
say about Al.
p.s. - Al went to 2 other post secondary scools-
Vanderbilt Divinity- and then Law school-
he flunked out of divinity- and supposedly
left law school ( his records are sealed )
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posted on
12/27/2006 7:35:48 AM PST
by
mj1234
To: Minnesoootan
My elder liberal sister was sitting at the Christmas Eve dinner table spouting off aboot the weather,and even admitted they saw the Al Gore infomercial....I was laffin at her....then came the punchline,the people on her block in Chanhassen decided that this coming summer they would have 1 'community' lawnmower between 6-7 houses,this was to do their part in lowering 'greenhouse gases'....when confronted by the question 'what is the difference if it is 1 lawnmower mowing 7 lawns or 7 mowing 7?' well,the answer was 'they won't be getting mowed all at the same time' ...at that point I had to open another bottle of wine. Great story; you may want to send it to the Mayor himself.
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posted on
12/27/2006 7:43:59 AM PST
by
Caleb1411
("These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own." G. K. C)
To: Valin; castle05
the 12 of us lived in a small cardboard box in the hallway! You had a cardboard box! Damn cake eaters.
You had a hallway? You must have been part of the bourgeoisie that escaped these environs.
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posted on
12/27/2006 7:50:56 AM PST
by
Caleb1411
("These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own." G. K. C)
To: Minnesoootan
then came the punchline,the people on her block in Chanhassen decided that this coming summer they would have 1 'community' lawnmower between 6-7 houses,this was to do their part in lowering 'greenhouse gases'....when confronted by the question 'what is the difference if it is 1 lawnmower mowing 7 lawns or 7 mowing 7?' well,the answer was 'they won't be getting mowed all at the same time' The problem with Socialism/Communism is that the right people haven't done it yet. < /sarcasm >
You should start a pool on when this little socialistic brainstorm will result in a resounding "Uff Da! Vhat vas we tinkin' Ole!?!"
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posted on
12/27/2006 7:59:49 AM PST
by
N. Theknow
((Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.))
To: Minnesoootan
I would have suggested a community goat.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:03:00 AM PST
by
razorback-bert
(Posted by Time's Man of the Year)
To: Minnesoootan
I would have suggested a community goat.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:03:02 AM PST
by
razorback-bert
(Posted by Time's Man of the Year)
To: Caleb1411
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:04:38 AM PST
by
Valin
(History takes time. It is not an instant thing.)
To: N. Theknow
The problem with Socialism/Communism is that the right people haven't done it yet. < /sarcasm > Someone caught my hi-lited 'community' lawnmower! ;-)
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