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Don Stockbauer
Aug 28, 2012, 1:09:59 AM8/28/12
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Just in case you were planning on getting it and finishing it off over your lunch break.
tian
Sep 6, 2012, 2:03:36 AM9/6/12
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On 08/27/2012 10:09 PM, Don Stockbauer wrote:
> Just in case you were planning on getting it and finishing it off over your lunch break.
I'm still working on Jared Diamond's Collapse. I was making good
> Just in case you were planning on getting it and finishing it off over your lunch break.
progress on it while riding the bus, but I've been holding at page 388
for weeks. I only have to get to 525ish to finish it.
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Tian
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The Green pin I got from a Kiwi in Baltimore is on a Louisiana quarter.
Don Stockbauer
Sep 6, 2012, 7:47:09 PM9/6/12
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On Thursday, September 6, 2012 12:56:35 AM UTC-5, tian wrote:
> On 08/27/2012 10:09 PM, Don Stockbauer wrote: > Just in case you were planning on getting it and finishing it off over your lunch break. I'm still working on Jared Diamond's Collapse. I was making good progress on it while riding the bus, but I've been holding at page 388 for weeks. I only have to get to 525ish to finish it. -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added an update on the current state of my garden. The Green pin I got from a Kiwi in Baltimore is on a Louisiana quarter.
That page 388 must have a LOT of juicy stuff!!!
> On 08/27/2012 10:09 PM, Don Stockbauer wrote: > Just in case you were planning on getting it and finishing it off over your lunch break. I'm still working on Jared Diamond's Collapse. I was making good progress on it while riding the bus, but I've been holding at page 388 for weeks. I only have to get to 525ish to finish it. -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added an update on the current state of my garden. The Green pin I got from a Kiwi in Baltimore is on a Louisiana quarter.
tian
Sep 7, 2012, 3:19:10 AM9/7/12
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The Green pin I got from a Kiwi in Baltimore's on a Mississippi quarter.
Don Stockbauer
Sep 7, 2012, 10:42:49 PM9/7/12
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On Friday, September 7, 2012 2:12:37 AM UTC-5, tian wrote:
> On 09/06/2012 04:47 PM, Don Stockbauer wrote: > On Thursday, September 6, 2012 12:56:35 AM UTC-5, tian wrote: >> On 08/27/2012 10:09 PM, Don Stockbauer wrote:> Just in case you were planning on getting it and finishing it off over your lunch break. I'm still working on Jared Diamond's Collapse. I was making good progress on it while riding the bus, but I've been holding at page 388 for weeks. I only have to get to 525ish to finish it. -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added an update on the current state of my garden. The Green pin I got from a Kiwi in Baltimore is on a Louisiana quarter. > > That page 388 must have a LOT of juicy stuff!!! Not really. I've just been busy with other stuff. Now I'm up to 412... -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added an update on the current state of my garden. The Green pin I got from a Kiwi in Baltimore's on a Mississippi quarter.
So, is is his theory that everything will collapse and everyone will die?????
> On 09/06/2012 04:47 PM, Don Stockbauer wrote: > On Thursday, September 6, 2012 12:56:35 AM UTC-5, tian wrote: >> On 08/27/2012 10:09 PM, Don Stockbauer wrote:> Just in case you were planning on getting it and finishing it off over your lunch break. I'm still working on Jared Diamond's Collapse. I was making good progress on it while riding the bus, but I've been holding at page 388 for weeks. I only have to get to 525ish to finish it. -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added an update on the current state of my garden. The Green pin I got from a Kiwi in Baltimore is on a Louisiana quarter. > > That page 388 must have a LOT of juicy stuff!!! Not really. I've just been busy with other stuff. Now I'm up to 412... -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added an update on the current state of my garden. The Green pin I got from a Kiwi in Baltimore's on a Mississippi quarter.
Don Stockbauer
Sep 9, 2012, 9:30:21 AM9/9/12
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that's pretty extreme. maybe only like 98% of everybody will die?
Mudge
Sep 9, 2012, 1:31:01 PM9/9/12
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On 2012-09-09 07:30:21 -0600, Don Stockbauer said:
> that's pretty extreme. maybe only like 98% of everybody will die?
The cockroaches will survive !
> that's pretty extreme. maybe only like 98% of everybody will die?
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Don Stockbauer
Sep 9, 2012, 5:24:31 PM9/9/12
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Perhaps they'll all combine and self-organize into.....COCKROACH-MAN!!!!!!!
Don Stockbauer
Sep 9, 2012, 5:26:24 PM9/9/12
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ps - what's the opposite of 'cockroach'???
Mudge
Sep 9, 2012, 8:32:26 PM9/9/12
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On 2012-09-09 15:26:24 -0600, Don Stockbauer said:
> ps - what's the opposite of 'cockroach'???
You've got me - what ??
> ps - what's the opposite of 'cockroach'???
By the way - what's the name of your town - I've forgotten !
My daughter just went through Houston on her way to Richmond Virginia !
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Don Stockbauer
Sep 9, 2012, 10:40:34 PM9/9/12
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On Sunday, September 9, 2012 7:32:29 PM UTC-5, Mudge wrote:
> On 2012-09-09 15:26:24 -0600, Don Stockbauer said: > ps - what's the opposite of 'cockroach'??? You've got me - what ?? By the way - what's the name of your town - I've forgotten ! My daughter just went through Houston on her way to Richmond Virginia ! -- The Canadian Curmudgeon (in Calgary) Remove noxious CO2 - plant many trees
I would guess that it's (a very personal part of the female anatomy) - roach.
> On 2012-09-09 15:26:24 -0600, Don Stockbauer said: > ps - what's the opposite of 'cockroach'??? You've got me - what ?? By the way - what's the name of your town - I've forgotten ! My daughter just went through Houston on her way to Richmond Virginia ! -- The Canadian Curmudgeon (in Calgary) Remove noxious CO2 - plant many trees
Victoria. Look like 120 miles southwest of Houston. So - where was she coming from when she went through Houston? If Laredo she would have gone through our fair city. I could have shown her the ranch! Big oak trees. The barn! The windmill! The pecan trees! The Guadalupe river! My oud leaky trailer house! The entrance to the ranch, where I just cleaned out the weeds and vines. Cows! The Guadalupe River! The old dilapidated Airstream on its banks. All that!
Mudge
Sep 10, 2012, 12:50:21 PM9/10/12
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On 2012-09-09 20:40:34 -0600, Don Stockbauer said:
> Victoria. Look like 120 miles southwest of Houston. So - where was
> she coming from when she went through Houston? If Laredo she would
> have gone through our fair city. I could have shown her the ranch!
> Big oak trees. The barn! The windmill! The pecan trees! The
> Guadalupe river! My oud leaky trailer house! The entrance to the
> ranch, where I just cleaned out the weeds and vines. Cows! The
> Guadalupe River! The old dilapidated Airstream on its banks. All that!
She was coming from Calgary and why the travel bods routed her through
> Victoria. Look like 120 miles southwest of Houston. So - where was
> she coming from when she went through Houston? If Laredo she would
> have gone through our fair city. I could have shown her the ranch!
> Big oak trees. The barn! The windmill! The pecan trees! The
> Guadalupe river! My oud leaky trailer house! The entrance to the
> ranch, where I just cleaned out the weeds and vines. Cows! The
> Guadalupe River! The old dilapidated Airstream on its banks. All that!
Houston is beyond me - any time I've been to the Eastern USofA i've
been routed through Chicago or Toronto which is mor logical from here
but who knows what the Airlines are doing these days.
And, I thought you were in Victoria but wasn't sure - thanks !
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Don Stockbauer
Sep 10, 2012, 7:13:18 PM9/10/12
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I should have known she was flying not driving which precludes all that visiting.
tian
Sep 12, 2012, 3:34:15 AM9/12/12
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On 09/09/2012 02:26 PM, Don Stockbauer wrote:
> ps - what's the opposite of 'cockroach'???
roachcock
> ps - what's the opposite of 'cockroach'???
Don Stockbauer
Sep 12, 2012, 9:39:04 AM9/12/12
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Hof would be proud of you, thinking of variants.
Don Stockbauer
Sep 13, 2012, 10:21:11 AM9/13/12
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or variant, anyway. see his "Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies."
Don Stockbauer
Sep 14, 2012, 1:05:44 PM9/14/12
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On Thursday, September 13, 2012 9:21:11 AM UTC-5, Don Stockbauer wrote:
> or variant, anyway. see his "Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies."
If you see a bunch of ants, all different kinds, they would be varyants, right?
> or variant, anyway. see his "Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies."
Don Stockbauer
Sep 17, 2012, 11:28:05 AM9/17/12
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keep hofstadters memory alive.
post random nonsense if nothing else.a
post random nonsense if nothing else.a
Mudge
Sep 17, 2012, 12:14:19 PM9/17/12
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On 2012-09-17 09:28:05 -0600, Don Stockbauer said:
> keep hofstadters memory alive.
> post random nonsense if nothing else.a
There isn't any "Random" nonsense - it's all quite well planned, innit ???
> keep hofstadters memory alive.
> post random nonsense if nothing else.a
And how can we avoid keeping his memory alive - he's still alive, innee ???
Don Stockbauer
Sep 17, 2012, 1:51:20 PM9/17/12
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well planned nonsense it is, then.
one may be alive but faded out, not saying that
DRH is anything like that.
one may be alive but faded out, not saying that
DRH is anything like that.
Don Stockbauer
Sep 17, 2012, 3:39:33 PM9/17/12
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he's alive and well everywhere but here.
Mudge
Sep 17, 2012, 4:39:25 PM9/17/12
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On 2012-09-17 13:39:33 -0600, Don Stockbauer said:
> he's alive and well everywhere but here.
By "here" you mean the "Usenet" which is sick all over. Something I do
> he's alive and well everywhere but here.
not understand since the "Social Media" is full of advertising and
sales pitches while all is quiet here and we can same the same things
here as there !
Don Stockbauer
Sep 17, 2012, 5:43:16 PM9/17/12
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What I meant is here in alt.fan.hofstadter. There's bound to be all kinds of people who could post here but they don't. Why that is I'm not sure.
Don Stockbauer
Sep 17, 2012, 8:34:44 PM9/17/12
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On Monday, September 17, 2012 4:43:16 PM UTC-5, Don Stockbauer wrote:
> What I meant is here in alt.fan.hofstadter. There's bound to be all kinds of people who could post here but they don't. Why that is I'm not sure.
Maybe there are top secret admiration sites for DRH that only the Illuminati know about!
> What I meant is here in alt.fan.hofstadter. There's bound to be all kinds of people who could post here but they don't. Why that is I'm not sure.
Mudge
Sep 18, 2012, 3:42:04 PM9/18/12
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Don Stockbauer
Sep 18, 2012, 10:02:13 PM9/18/12
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Can you imagine Hofstadter in facebook? "Douglas, what beautiful pics of Australia you posted from your vacation."
Or "Douglas, can you identify this old piece of machinery? It's Babbage's Analytical Engine!!!!!!"
Or "Douglas, can you identify this old piece of machinery? It's Babbage's Analytical Engine!!!!!!"
Don Stockbauer
Sep 19, 2012, 12:00:11 AM9/19/12
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On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 9:02:13 PM UTC-5, Don Stockbauer wrote:
> Can you imagine Hofstadter in facebook? "Douglas, what beautiful pics of Australia you posted from your vacation." Or "Douglas, can you identify this old piece of machinery? It's Babbage's Analytical Engine!!!!!!"
Actually, Hof does have a facebook page. About all it has is his wiki entry. You can't friend him there. Oddly, under "friend activity" (and I'm not his FB friend due to the above) there lies my post from the FB Global Brain group describing his tongue-in-ckeek 6 word autobiography. If I'm not his FB friend, how did that post get there?
> Can you imagine Hofstadter in facebook? "Douglas, what beautiful pics of Australia you posted from your vacation." Or "Douglas, can you identify this old piece of machinery? It's Babbage's Analytical Engine!!!!!!"
tian
Sep 19, 2012, 3:24:34 AM9/19/12
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On 09/17/2012 02:43 PM, Don Stockbauer wrote:
> What I meant is here in alt.fan.hofstadter. There's bound to be all kinds of people who could post here but they don't. Why that is I'm not sure.
Many have never heard of this place. To visit requires the URL and a
> What I meant is here in alt.fan.hofstadter. There's bound to be all kinds of people who could post here but they don't. Why that is I'm not sure.
reason to go there.It depresses me to admit this, but reading my stuff
isn't often a reason to go someplace. People seem to need titilation
for nothing. Not like they get that from us....
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Tian
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The Green pin I got from a Kiwi in Baltimore's on a Maine quarter.
Don Stockbauer
Sep 19, 2012, 7:40:54 AM9/19/12
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ok. then they'll not read about hof here. i'm beginning to think "Who cares?"
Don Stockbauer
Sep 19, 2012, 2:07:40 PM9/19/12
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On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:40:55 AM UTC-5, Don Stockbauer wrote:
> ok. then they'll not read about hof here. i'm beginning to think "Who cares?"
He's made it already via his own devices. So why should we put out effort here?
> ok. then they'll not read about hof here. i'm beginning to think "Who cares?"
tian
Sep 21, 2012, 9:07:04 PM9/21/12
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On 09/19/2012 04:40 AM, Don Stockbauer wrote:
> ok. then they'll not read about hof here. i'm beginning to think "Who cares?"
That's a question I ponder a lot. Right now I'm more thinking about bike
> ok. then they'll not read about hof here. i'm beginning to think "Who cares?"
party!
The Green pin I got from a Kiwi in Baltimore's on an Arkansas quarter.
Don Stockbauer
Sep 21, 2012, 10:29:36 PM9/21/12
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sounds like good exercise. better than wasting time here
Don Stockbauer
Sep 21, 2012, 10:50:57 PM9/21/12
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On Friday, September 21, 2012 9:29:36 PM UTC-5, Don Stockbauer wrote:
> sounds like good exercise. better than wasting time here
Why waste time on a fan group which has a misleading name?
> sounds like good exercise. better than wasting time here
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