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Lloyd Gilbert
was given visitor pass number 42.
Lloyd
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Tian
> I went for a job interview this morning at a very large building. I
> was given visitor pass number 42.
>
The other day I bought a page of 42 cent stamps featuring civil rights
pioneers. Mary Church Terrell, Mary White Ovington, J. R. Clifford,
Joel Elias Spingarn, Oswald Garrison Villard, Daisy Gaston Bates,
Charles Hamilton Houston, Walter White, Medgar Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer,
Ella Baker, and Ruby Hurley are all there.
Actually, they are two per stamp. If I just listed the people whose
names are VERY NEAR a 42, the list would just be Mary White Ovington,
Joel Elias Spingarn, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Walter White.
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Lloyd Gilbert
>Lloyd Gilbert wrote:
>> I went for a job interview this morning at a very large building. I
>> was given visitor pass number 42.
>>
>That's cool.
>
>The other day I bought a page of 42 cent stamps featuring civil rights
>pioneers. Mary Church Terrell, Mary White Ovington, J. R. Clifford,
>Joel Elias Spingarn, Oswald Garrison Villard, Daisy Gaston Bates,
>Charles Hamilton Houston, Walter White, Medgar Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer,
>Ella Baker, and Ruby Hurley are all there.
>
>Actually, they are two per stamp. If I just listed the people whose
>names are VERY NEAR a 42, the list would just be Mary White Ovington,
>Joel Elias Spingarn, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Walter White.
I don't recognise any of those names. Except possibly Ella Baker (some
very dim bells ringing).
Tian
> On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:29:17 -0700, Tian <tnha...@aceweb.com> wrote:
>
>> Lloyd Gilbert wrote:
>>> I went for a job interview this morning at a very large building. I
>>> was given visitor pass number 42.
>>>
>> That's cool.
>>
>> The other day I bought a page of 42 cent stamps featuring civil rights
>> pioneers. Mary Church Terrell, Mary White Ovington, J. R. Clifford,
>> Joel Elias Spingarn, Oswald Garrison Villard, Daisy Gaston Bates,
>> Charles Hamilton Houston, Walter White, Medgar Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer,
>> Ella Baker, and Ruby Hurley are all there.
>>
>> Actually, they are two per stamp. If I just listed the people whose
>> names are VERY NEAR a 42, the list would just be Mary White Ovington,
>> Joel Elias Spingarn, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Walter White.
>
> I don't recognise any of those names. Except possibly Ella Baker (some
> very dim bells ringing).
>
of. I'd only heard of Ella Backer because there is a Center in Oakland
named after her. I think Walter White had a mention in some documentary
about the Montgomery Bus Boycott or something like that. I think Medgar
Evers was a martyr, meaning some normal guy that died whose name became
a rallying cry.
(peeks at stamp backs) Want me to post these thumbnail bios somewhere?
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Lloyd Gilbert
>Lloyd Gilbert wrote:
<snip>
>> I don't recognise any of those names. Except possibly Ella Baker (some
>> very dim bells ringing).
>>
>Medgar Evers, Walter White, and Ella Baker are the only ones I'd heard
>of. I'd only heard of Ella Backer because there is a Center in Oakland
>named after her. I think Walter White had a mention in some documentary
>about the Montgomery Bus Boycott or something like that. I think Medgar
>Evers was a martyr, meaning some normal guy that died whose name became
>a rallying cry.
Medgar is an odd name. By odd I mean "I don't believe I've ever heard
of anyone called that before".
>(peeks at stamp backs) Want me to post these thumbnail bios somewhere?
I'm sure wikipedia can suffice for my curiosity, thanks.
Tian
> On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:16:53 -0700, Tian <tnha...@aceweb.com> wrote:
>
>> Lloyd Gilbert wrote:
> <snip>
>
>>> I don't recognise any of those names. Except possibly Ella Baker (some
>>> very dim bells ringing).
>>>
>> Medgar Evers, Walter White, and Ella Baker are the only ones I'd heard
>> of. I'd only heard of Ella Backer because there is a Center in Oakland
>> named after her. I think Walter White had a mention in some documentary
>> about the Montgomery Bus Boycott or something like that. I think Medgar
>> Evers was a martyr, meaning some normal guy that died whose name became
>> a rallying cry.
>
> Medgar is an odd name. By odd I mean "I don't believe I've ever heard
> of anyone called that before".
I'm constantly meeting someone else with a name I've not heard before.
Usually that means they aren't from an ethnic group I know about, but
not always. I met a hippie named Krishna that got it from having parents
in an Ashram or something like that. He was into biodiesel as a great
technology for reducing our fossil fuel addiction, if the biodiesel
comes from a sustainable path of production. I am so "on that page!"
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Tian
"Global warming isn't just an ecological and financial dilemma, it is an
ethical one that opens up unsettling questions about justice, fairness,
responsibilities and obligations." Archbishop Desmond Tutu & James Leape
Dave Adalian
news:gt0j9...@enews2.newsguy.com...
> Lloyd Gilbert wrote:
>> On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:16:53 -0700, Tian <tnha...@aceweb.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Lloyd Gilbert wrote:
>> <snip>
>>
>>>> I don't recognise any of those names. Except possibly Ella Baker (some
>>>> very dim bells ringing).
>>>>
>>> Medgar Evers, Walter White, and Ella Baker are the only ones I'd heard
>>> of. I'd only heard of Ella Backer because there is a Center in Oakland
>>> named after her. I think Walter White had a mention in some documentary
>>> about the Montgomery Bus Boycott or something like that. I think Medgar
>>> Evers was a martyr, meaning some normal guy that died whose name became
>>> a rallying cry.
>>
>> Medgar is an odd name. By odd I mean "I don't believe I've ever heard
>> of anyone called that before".
>
> I'm constantly meeting someone else with a name I've not heard before.
> Usually that means they aren't from an ethnic group I know about, but not
> always. I met a hippie named Krishna that got it from having parents
> in an Ashram or something like that. He was into biodiesel as a great
> technology for reducing our fossil fuel addiction, if the biodiesel comes
> from a sustainable path of production. I am so "on that page!"
>
I've heard promising things about using algae to make biofuels. I also read
recently about an attempt to find genes that will cause bacteria to produce
gasoline analogues. They've found the genes and spliced them in place, but
as an unfortunate side-effect of their excreting gasoline-like substances
the bacteria were poisoned by their own waste. However, the researchers
seemed to think they've got a solution in sight.
If it suddenly becomes possible to produce as much petroleum as the world
wants on-demand, the ecology doesn't stand a chance.
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