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  • make it so theirs doesn't fit ours. that way we can force people to buy our parts

    06/14/2008 12:15:52 PM PDT · by Mike Acker · 43 replies · 69+ views
    2008-06-14 | mike acker
    the plug on the left has been in common use for years. there is nothing wrong with it except we have lots and lots of them in bushel baskets. so some goon make the one on the right. not that it is better in any way: it isn'tthis is done for one reason only and that is to force us customers to buy their part.this is a PITA, as well as a waste of money and also bad for the environment as it is a waste of resourcesgenerally I'm a free market guy but this? sheesh! we need UL to...
  • AERIE MARY BLASTED (NY POST IS FINALLY BEGINNING TO TAKE THE RIGHT SIDE IN THE HAWK STORY)

    12/16/2004 6:29:59 AM PST · by presidio9 · 60 replies · 1,715+ views
    NY Post ^ | December 16, 2004
    Mary Tyler Moore has been pecking at her co-op board and neighbors for evicting the renowned hawks from her posh Fifth Avenue building — but yesterday they crowed back, accusing her of orchestrating the pro-bird campaign as a personal vendetta. "She has a big ax to grind," said a board source. "A lot of her activism is bent on vengeance after the co-op board turned down a potential buyer for her apartment." Moore was the most vociferous of the residents of 927 Fifth Ave. to oppose the board's decision to take down Pale Male and Lola's nest, even joining the...
  • vanity - does snakes have legs?

    08/26/2004 11:32:48 AM PDT · by InvisibleChurch · 34 replies · 669+ views
    i know that snakes don't have legs when they are born, but it's my understanding that snakes show some sort of leg growth while they are developing ... is this so and are there any pictures of this?