in article 1114056695.762368.157630@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com, Peter K. at p.kootsookos@iolfree.ie wrote on 04/21/2005 00:11:> Rick Lyons wrote: > >> I heard someone say today, on the radio, that the new >> Pope is, "God's Rothweiler."i think it's commonly spelled "Rottweiler" or less commonly "Rotweiler". but "Rothweiler" is a long held family name and it's likely the breed was named after some "noble" family line that developed the breed.> I liked the joke that played on NPR about him, and how persuasive he > could be:Peter, you get NPR in Ireland???!! Coool! at least some folks across the pond can get some exposure to American thought that isn't apparent in the politics and foreign policy of the last 5 years.> Ratzinger and two other clergy were standing at the Pearly Gates, and > one by one are taken in to meet their Maker. > > The first one goes in, and comes out crying and saying "How could I > have been so wrong!". > > The second one goes in, and comes out crying and saying "How could I > have been so wrong!". > > Ratzinger goes in, and God comes out crying and saying "How could I > have been so wrong!".i enjoyed that, too. i ain't RC, but i was pretty disappointed in this particular election. but, as some of the cardinals and other talking heads have said right after the election, "let's give the guy a chance". so it's not quite as bad as January 20, 2001. that asshole i knew was really bad, from the very beginning. -- r b-j rbj@audioimagination.com "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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robert bristow-johnson wrote:> Peter, you get NPR in Ireland???!! Coool! at least some folks > across the pond can get some exposure to American thought that > isn't apparent in the politics and foreign policy of the > last 5 years.:-) No, actually, I've moved to Connecticut and quite quickly "discovered" WFCR and the other NPR channels around here (when I don't want to blow the cobwebs away by just listening to trashy rock or pop). Ciao, Peter K.
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in article 1114104935.505997.37390@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com, Peter K. at p.kootsookos@iolfree.ie wrote on 04/21/2005 13:35:> robert bristow-johnson wrote: > >> Peter, you get NPR in Ireland???!! Coool! at least some folks >> across the pond can get some exposure to American thought that >> isn't apparent in the politics and foreign policy of the >> last 5 years. > > :-) > > No, actually, I've moved to Connecticut and quite quickly "discovered" > WFCR and the other NPR channels around here (when I don't want to blow > the cobwebs away by just listening to trashy rock or pop).cool! when you decide to swing up north here (say, on the way to Montreal), lemme know. i'd like to at least "do lunch" or, perhaps walk up a small mountain or something with you. unfortunately, my way to NYC takes me through NY state and not CT. but maybe i could go down I-91 for a change. where in CT are you? -- r b-j rbj@audioimagination.com "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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robert bristow-johnson wrote: ...> cool! when you decide to swing up north here (say, on the way to Montreal), > lemme know. i'd like to at least "do lunch" or, perhaps walk up a small > mountain or something with you. unfortunately, my way to NYC takes me > through NY state and not CT. but maybe i could go down I-91 for a change. > where in CT are you?Why do people do lunch and have sex? It seems to me much more linguistically reasonable to have lunch and do sex. Go figure! Jerry -- "Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it." -- Richard P. Feynman (Nobel Prize, Physics) ������������������������������������������������������������������������
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in article tbGdnYR1K901k_XfRVn-oA@rcn.net, Jerry Avins at jya@ieee.org wrote on 04/21/2005 16:35:> robert bristow-johnson wrote: > > ... > >> cool! when you decide to swing up north here (say, on the way to Montreal), >> lemme know. i'd like to at least "do lunch" or, perhaps walk up a small >> mountain or something with you. unfortunately, my way to NYC takes me >> through NY state and not CT. but maybe i could go down I-91 for a change. >> where in CT are you? > > Why do people do lunch and have sex? It seems to me much more > linguistically reasonable to have lunch and do sex. Go figure!who said anything about sex?!! whoa! hey Peter: i don't swing that way!!! (sorry Jerry, it was just my first visceral reaction. i know what you're meaning. George Carlin used to do a bit about this very issue. "Why is it that we drive in the parkway and park in the driveway?") -- r b-j rbj@audioimagination.com "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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robert bristow-johnson wrote:> cool! when you decide to swing up north here (say, on the way to > Montreal), lemme know. i'd like to at least "do lunch" or, perhaps > walk up a small mountain or something with you.Careful! I might take you up on that. ;-)> unfortunately, my way to NYC takes me > through NY state and not CT. but maybe i could go down I-91 for > a change. where in CT are you?Around Hartford (East and West). Ciao, Peter K.
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robert bristow-johnson wrote:> > who said anything about sex?!! whoa! hey Peter: i don't swing that > way!!! >;-) That's OK, neither do I. Ciao, Peter K.
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On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:35:29 -0700, "Bhaskar Thiagarajan" <bhaskart@deja.com> wrote:>"Rick Lyons" <R.Lyons@_BOGUS_ieee.org> wrote in message >news:42671843.220209515@news.sf.sbcglobal.net... ><Snip> >> >> By the way, where is Ray Andraka? If he won the >> Lottery and is now drinking red wine & living in Southern >> France, I'm gonna be super ticked off!! > >From what I know, he's waay too busy with various jobs as well as trying to >publish a book at the same time. Rick - I'm sure you could give him a few >tips in this dept (namely - if he is (or not) going to move to Southern >France and sip on red wine off his book royalties) :-) > >Cheers >BhaskarHi Bhaskar, actually, I met Ray last year at a tech conference and he told me he was beginning to write a book. We sat there drinking beer after the conference and I was unsuccessful in talking him out of the book idea. ;-) As it turns out, I've written a list of suggestions for anyone who wants to write a technical book. (It's mostly a list a mistakes that I made, and maybe my list can help a new author avoid some of the heartache that I had.) Last year, I sent that list of suggestions to Ray Andraka. Now I've never been to Southern France and I don't drink red wine, so Ray's "on his own" with regard those things. See ya' Bhaskar, [-Rick-]
Reply by ●April 22, 20052005-04-22
robert bristow-johnson wrote:>> Rick Lyons wrote: >> >>> I heard someone say today, on the radio, that the new >>> Pope is, "God's Rothweiler." > > i think it's commonly spelled "Rottweiler" or less commonly > "Rotweiler". but "Rothweiler" is a long held family name and > it's likely the breed was named after some "noble" family line > that developed the breed.Actually, the Rottweiler is said to descend from herding dogs accompanying the Roman legions over the alps. In Rottweil, an old Roman imperial city near Lake Constance, the dog we know under that name since the Middle Ages was bred. Breeding was largely a pursuit of butchers, who controlled livestock trade in the region. Rottweil became a center of that business in the 19th century. Martin PS. Since some here enjoy language, I'd like to check my translation of a new signature with you natives. Which of the following lines sounds more natural to you? The quote is from Paracelsus. To none other shall belong who can be himself. To noone else shall belong who can be himself.
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