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John Fields
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 Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:49 am Post subject: Re: No One Ever Said Post Peak Oil Would Be A Rose Garden |
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:17:02 -0500, Kris Krieger <me@dowmuff.in>
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[quote]John Fields <jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote in
news:an1194dqj2qulg5jp55155fjurc2l155dt@4ax.com:
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:53:49 -0700 (PDT), Bret Cahill
BretCahill@aol.com> wrote:
You do want people to not dismiss you out of hand?
BINGO!
This guy must have an IQ above single digits!
He figgered it out!
Here, I>ll spell out the obvious:
If you don>t like my posts, then don>t read them.
Don>t respond to them.
Go to alt.conspiracy with all the other nut jobs.
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Guess what, Brat?
This is USENET (Well, it is for those of us who don>t play baby games
through Google groups) where anyone is free to read your posts and, if
they feel like it, to comment in any way they want to.
And guess what else?
There>s not one goddam thing you can do about it except jump up and
down and whine and cry and stamp your little feet and hold your breath
until you turn blue in the face, LOL!
JF
Er, why don>t y>all just plonk him...?
[/quote]
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I can>t speak for anyone else, of course, but the reason I don>t is
because I>m having fun rattling his cage.
Cruel, perhaps, but these uppity monkeys have to be reminded of their
place, dontcha know. ;)
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[quote]You know you can>t change his mind, which means that trying to do so is a
waste of time and energy.
[/quote]
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Au contraire!
Lately he>s taken to replying to posts to which he can>t refute with:
"Huge.
Cite?
Show your calculations."
Or variants thereof.
Clearly a sign of panic leading to retreat, a severance of diplomatic
ties, and perhaps the first sign of a crack in the dam...
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[quote]Life is too short to waste it on such unconstructive games
[/quote]
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But I enjoy the sport of it and don>t mind using up some of my life
jousting, so what>s wrong with that?
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[quote]- and every time you reply, it means you>ve allowed
him ot get you worked up to some degree, and no matter how small that
degree migh tbe, it means you>re allowing him to manipulate you into
playing his games on his terms. Does that really make any sense?
[/quote]
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What makes you think _I>m_ not the troll?
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[quote]He keeps telling people to stop reading his posts. I figure that the only
polite (and sensible) thing to do is oblige him.
[/quote]
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It would be if he meant it, but what he>s really saying is: "Don>t
post if you disagree with me."
JF |
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T. Keating
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:49 am Post subject: Re: No One Ever Said Post Peak Oil Would Be A Rose Garden |
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On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:16:33 +1000, "Rod Speed"
<rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
[quote]T. Keating <tkusenet@ktcnslt.com> wrote
Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
The reason we don>t have more nuclear plants has nothing to do with
environmentalists, it has to do with economics and right-wing ideology.
It has more to do with a mindless reaction to 3 mile island.
Let>s see..
TMI Unit 2 went into meltdown less than four months after
going on-line for the first time!!!.. (Dec 1978 ->March 1979)..
That>s one hell of a rate of return.. NOT...
And the french had enough of a clue to produce 80% of their electricity
using nukes anyway and got a hell of a lot of advantages from doing that.
We werent actually stupid enough to give up on widebody aircraft when
we did have a few of them go bang and produce a lousy rate of return.
And the operators released over two million curries into the local environment.
Fart in the bath compared with what all those coal fired power stations are doing.
And its India that produces most curries, TMI produced curies.
Sending several thousand area residents to early deaths
Bare faced pig ignorant lie.
and scores of others facing increased occurances of radiation related illnesses.
Bare faced pig ignorant lie.
[/quote]
Just the truth...
All previous predictions & claims, (prior to 2005), based on
exposure to ionizing radiation were INVALIDATED by the NAS>s no
threshold dose adoption, The new position also recognized that many
other aliments can be the result of ionizing radiation exposure. |
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Kris Krieger
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:38 am Post subject: Re: No One Ever Said Post Peak Oil Would Be A Rose Garden |
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John Fields <jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote in
news:bbj194hcu2gikcqof8eg73cgnijtf87kmd@4ax.com:
[quote]On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:17:02 -0500, Kris Krieger <me@dowmuff.in
wrote:
[...]
Er, why don>t y>all just plonk him...?
---
I can>t speak for anyone else, of course, but the reason I don>t is
because I>m having fun rattling his cage.
Cruel, perhaps, but these uppity monkeys have to be reminded of their
place, dontcha know. ;)
[/quote]
Fair enough ;) AS long as it>s entertaining, hey, go for it <L!>
[quote]---
You know you can>t change his mind, which means that trying to do so
is a waste of time and energy.
---
Au contraire!
Lately he>s taken to replying to posts to which he can>t refute with:
"Huge.
Cite?
Show your calculations."
Or variants thereof.
Clearly a sign of panic leading to retreat, a severance of diplomatic
ties, and perhaps the first sign of a crack in the dam...
[/quote]
I>ve seen those. I just resent the time it tkaes to DL them, open them
in hopes fo seeing useful info, and having it just bedrivel. I>m
inpatient that way ;)
[quote]---
Life is too short to waste it on such unconstructive games
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But I enjoy the sport of it and don>t mind using up some of my life
jousting, so what>s wrong with that?
[/quote]
Nothing, as long as you know what you>re doing, why you>re doing it, and
having fun ;)
I>ve just seen too many folks who get caught up in this sort of thing, so
that was my Obsessive Cautionary Note.
But, nah, whatever people have *fun* doing, hey, whatever floats the
proverbial boat ;)
[quote]---
- and every time you reply, it means you>ve allowed
him ot get you worked up to some degree, and no matter how small that
degree migh tbe, it means you>re allowing him to manipulate you into
playing his games on his terms. Does that really make any sense?
---
What makes you think _I>m_ not the troll?
[/quote]
Because:
- I>ve seen you provide good info;
- your posts tend to be well-written;
- if someone disagrees with something you wrote, you don>t just tell them
they>re "stupid".
Probably a few more...
[quote]---
He keeps telling people to stop reading his posts. I figure that the
only polite (and sensible) thing to do is oblige him.
---
It would be if he meant it, but what he>s really saying is: "Don>t
post if you disagree with me."
JF
[/quote]
True, but I don>t disagree with him so much as I find him just plain
disagreeable. Some of my best friens, and most interesting exchanges,
have started out as a disagrrement, but that>s because those
disagreements became a discussion, rather than disintegrating into name-
calling - I find name-calling diagreeable, because it>s irrational,
meaningless, and unconstructive.
But I>m not in any way telling anyone what to do per se, just stating (in
my admittedly imperfect and socially-chllenged way!) what the situation
seems to me to be, just in case it might help someone else.
OK, I>ll get back down off my box now... |
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Rod Speed
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:40 am Post subject: Re: No One Ever Said Post Peak Oil Would Be A Rose Garden |
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T. Keating <tkusenet@ktcnslt.com> wrote
[quote]Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
T. Keating <tkusenet@ktcnslt.com> wrote
Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
The reason we don>t have more nuclear plants has nothing to do with
environmentalists, it has to do with economics and right-wing ideology.
It has more to do with a mindless reaction to 3 mile island.
Let>s see..
TMI Unit 2 went into meltdown less than four months after
going on-line for the first time!!!.. (Dec 1978 ->March 1979)..
That>s one hell of a rate of return.. NOT...
And the french had enough of a clue to produce 80% of their electricity
using nukes anyway and got a hell of a lot of advantages from doing that.
We werent actually stupid enough to give up on widebody aircraft when
we did have a few of them go bang and produce a lousy rate of return.
And the operators released over two million curries into the local environment.
Fart in the bath compared with what all those coal fired power stations are doing.
And its India that produces most curries, TMI produced curies.
Sending several thousand area residents to early deaths
Bare faced pig ignorant lie.
and scores of others facing increased occurances of radiation related illnesses.
Bare faced pig ignorant lie.
Just the truth...
[/quote]
You>re lying, again.
[quote]All previous predictions & claims, (prior to 2005), based on exposure to
ionizing radiation were INVALIDATED by the NAS>s no threshold dose adoption,
[/quote]
Irrelevant to your bare faced lie about actual deaths seen.
[quote]The new position also recognized that many other
aliments can be the result of ionizing radiation exposure.
[/quote]
Pity that coal fired power stations put out FAR more of that than TMI ever did. |
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Bret Cahill
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:56 am Post subject: Re: No One Ever Said Post Peak Oil Would Be A Rose Garden |
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I>m still waiting for an explanation on how anyone could believe that
circular furrows are impossible.
Bret Cahill |
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Bret Cahill
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:57 am Post subject: Re: No One Ever Said Post Peak Oil Would Be A Rose Garden |
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On Jul 30, 1:49�pm, John Fields <jfie...@austininstruments.com> wrote:
[quote]On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:17:02 -0500, Kris Krieger <m...@dowmuff.in
wrote:
John Fields <jfie...@austininstruments.com> wrote in
news:an1194dqj2qulg5jp55155fjurc2l155dt@4ax.com:
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:53:49 -0700 (PDT), Bret Cahill
BretCah...@aol.com> wrote:
You do want people to not dismiss you out of hand?
BINGO!
This guy must have an IQ above single digits!
He figgered it out!
Here, I>ll spell out the obvious:
If you don>t like my posts, then don>t read them.
Don>t respond to them.
Go to alt.conspiracy with all the other nut jobs.
---
Guess what, Brat?
This is USENET (Well, it is for those of us who don>t play baby games
through Google groups) where anyone is free to read your posts and, if
they feel like it, to comment in any way they want to.
And guess what else?
There>s not one goddam thing you can do about it except jump up and
down and whine and cry and stamp your little feet and hold your breath
until you turn blue in the face, LOL!
JF
Er, why don>t y>all just plonk him...?
---
I can>t speak for anyone else, of course, but the reason I don>t is
because I>m having fun rattling his cage.
Cruel, perhaps, but these uppity monkeys have to be reminded of their
place, dontcha know. ;)
---
You know you can>t change his mind, which means that trying to do so is a
waste of time and energy. �
---
Au contraire!
Lately he>s taken to replying to posts to which he can>t refute with:
"Huge.
Cite?
Show your calculations."
Or variants thereof.
Clearly a sign of panic leading to retreat, a severance of diplomatic
ties, and perhaps the first sign of a crack in the dam...
---
Life is too short to waste it on such unconstructive games
---
But I enjoy the sport of it and don>t mind using up some of my life
jousting, so what>s wrong with that?
---
- and every time you reply, it means you>ve allowed
him ot get you worked up to some degree, and no matter how small that
degree migh tbe, it means you>re allowing him to manipulate you into
playing his games on his terms. �Does that really make any sense?
---
What makes you think _I>m_ not the troll?
---
He keeps telling people to stop reading his posts. �I figure that the only
polite (and sensible) thing to do is oblige him.
---
It would be if he meant it, but what he>s really saying is: "Don>t
post if you disagree with me."
JF- Hide quoted text -
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Bret Cahill
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:02 am Post subject: Re: No One Ever Said Post Peak Oil Would Be A Rose Garden |
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[quote]He keeps telling people to stop reading his posts. �I figure that the only
polite (and sensible) thing to do is oblige him.
It would be if he meant it, but what he>s really saying is: "Don>t
post if you disagree with me."
[/quote]
I>ve been mocking you for two days and you are too clueless to figure
it out.
LOL!
Cite?
Show your calculations. |
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John Fields
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:15 pm Post subject: Re: No One Ever Said Post Peak Oil Would Be A Rose Garden |
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:02:11 -0700 (PDT), Bret Cahill
<BretCahill@aol.com> wrote:
[quote]He keeps telling people to stop reading his posts. ?I figure that the only
polite (and sensible) thing to do is oblige him.
It would be if he meant it, but what he>s really saying is: "Don>t
post if you disagree with me."
I>ve been mocking you for two days and you are too clueless to figure
it out.
LOL!
Cite?
Show your calculations.
[/quote]
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Geez, Brat, good job!
And done so cleverly, I might add!
JF |
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