Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize
Cliff
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/President-Obama-Accepts-Nobel-Peace-Prize-78955552.html
"President Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize"
"U.S. President Barack Obama said his "accomplishments are slight" compared to
other Nobel laureates such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela."
No winger ever won one.
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Cliff
lab~rat >:-)
<Clhuprich...@aoltmovetheperiodc.om> puked:
>
>http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/President-Obama-Accepts-Nobel-Peace-Prize-78955552.html
> "President Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize"
> "U.S. President Barack Obama said his "accomplishments are slight"
Finally something comes out of his mouth that is only an exaggeration
and not an outright lie.
--
lab~rat >:-)
Do you want polite or do you want sincere?
Cliff
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/President-Obama-Accepts-Nobel-Peace-Prize-78955552.html
"President Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize"
Too_Many_Tools
wrote:
> http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/President-Obama-Accepts-Nobe...
> Â "President Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize"
> Â "U.S. President Barack Obama said his "accomplishments are slight" compared to
> other Nobel laureates such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela."
>
> Â No winger ever won one.
> --
> Cliff
And no winger likely ever will.
They get shoes and tomatoes thrown at them instead.
TMT
Beam Me Up Scotty
BottleBob
Cliff:
By "winger" I assume you mean a Republican.
Here is a list of U.S. winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, and what I
could find of their political affiliation.
1906, Theodore Roosevelt Republican
1912, Elihu Root Republican
1919, Woodrow Wilson Democrat
1925, Charles G. Dawes Republican
1929, Frank B. Kellogg Republican
1931, Jane Addams Campaigned for Theodore Roosevelt
1931, Nicholas Murray Butler Republican
1945, Cordell Hull ?
1946, Emily Greene Balch ?
1946, John R. Mott ?
1950, Ralph Bunche ?
1953, George C. Marshall ?
1962, Linus Pauling ?
1964, Martin Luther King Jr. Republican
1970, Norman Borlaug ?
1973, Henry Kissinger Republican
1986, Elie Wiesel ?
1997, Jody Williams ?
2002, Jimmy Carter Democrat
2007, Al Gore Democrat
2009, Barack Obama Democrat
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Lib Loo
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Indeed.
tankfixer
Clhuprich...@aoltmovetheperiodc.om says...
A winger accepted one today...
cncmillgil
wrote:
> http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/President-Obama-Accepts-Nobe...
> Â "President Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize"
> Â "U.S. President Barack Obama said his "accomplishments are slight" compared to
> other Nobel laureates such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela."
>
> Â No winger ever won one.
> --
> Cliff
Hmmm....... win Nobel "PEACE" prize & send 30k troops to
Afghanistan......... whats wrong with this picture?
Kinda like some shop owners I've worked for, Hurry up & get this job
done so I can lay you off!
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Crossfire
The Nobel prize became a joke when that queer Palestinian leader Arafat
got one. It became a disgrace when Algore got one, and it became an
embarrassment when Tar Baby got one.
Curly Surmudgeon
wrote:
> Too_Many_Tools wrote:
>> On Dec 10, 9:07 am, Cliff <Clhuprichguessw...@aoltmovetheperiodc.om>
>> wrote:
>>> http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/President-Obama-Accepts-
Nobe...
>>> "President Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize" "U.S. President Barack
>>> Obama said his "accomplishments are slight" compared to
>>> other Nobel laureates such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson
>>> Mandela."
>>>
>>> No winger ever won one.
>>> --
>>> Cliff
>>
>> And no winger likely ever will.
>>
>> They get shoes and tomatoes thrown at them instead.
>>
>> TMT
>
> The Nobel prize became a joke when that queer Palestinian leader Arafat
> got one.
Two questions:
1- Do you any evidence that Arafat was homosexual?
2- What leads you to believe homosexuality is an insult?
> It became a disgrace when Algore got one, and it became an
> embarrassment when Tar Baby got one.
You, too, are a sub-human piece of shit. There are many issues with
Obama that you can rationally object about and take him to task on. Race
is not one of them.
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Curly,
Don't let political correctness get in the way of the facts. As much
as "tar baby" sounds like a racial slur, it's not. It means 'dilemma'
or 'trap' and comes from Uncle Remus' "Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby."
Curly Surmudgeon
<i.am.kil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Curly,
> Don't let political correctness get in the way of the facts. As much as
> "tar baby" sounds like a racial slur, it's not. It means 'dilemma' or
> 'trap' and comes from Uncle Remus' "Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby."
I'm aware of the origins however derogatory useage in reference to a
black man is obvious. No plausable denial in this case.
Note the useage: "Tar Baby" in upper case indicates a proper noun.
--
Regards, Curly
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Buerste
"Curly Surmudgeon" <CurlySu...@live.com> wrote in message
news:hfudsg$8bo$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
> On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:27:30 -0800, "Killing, Inc."
> <i.am.kil...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Curly,
>> Don't let political correctness get in the way of the facts. As much as
>> "tar baby" sounds like a racial slur, it's not. It means 'dilemma' or
>> 'trap' and comes from Uncle Remus' "Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby."
>
> I'm aware of the origins however derogatory useage in reference to a
> black man is obvious. No plausable denial in this case.
>
> Note the useage: "Tar Baby" in upper case indicates a proper noun.
>
> --
> Regards, Curly
>
How niggardly of you.
Spehro Pefhany
wrote:
Why don't you go to a shopping mall and formicate in public?
Patriot Games
>http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/President-Obama-Accepts-Nobel-Peace-Prize-78955552.html
> "President Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize"
Oops! Caught LYING (again):
"Dr. Henry Alfred Kissinger (born May 27, 1923), is a German-born
American political scientist, diplomat, and recipient of the Nobel
Peace Prize. He served as National Security Advisor and later
concurrently as Secretary of State in the Nixon Administration."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kissinger
Patriot Games
On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:07:06 -0500, Cliff
<Clhuprich...@aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote:
>http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/President-Obama-Accepts-Nobel-Peace-Prize-78955552.html
> "President Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize"
> No winger ever won one.
Oops! Caught LYING (again):
RogerN
unfulfilled. Peace is sending 30,000 more troops to war? Obama won the
peace prize because the idiots that believed his lies are just like the
idiots that voted for him. Check for yourself, the data is available. The
Democrats lied and said if they won the would cure all 3 years ago. They
won, they lied. The Democrats lied and said if they won, they would fix all
1 year ago, they won, they lied. The fools are those that voted for the
Democrats, sorry for the cruel fact, but still a fact.
The facts exist, do you want to show a graph of Obama's race for presidency
and the economy? I didn't thing so.
So, who voted for Obama? Blacks voted for him largely based on race
(proven). New voters voted on him because they didn't know of the Democrat
lie 2 year prior(proven, a large portion of Obama support was new voters).
And that leaves the others, they voted for him because they were plain
outright stupid. The cruel facts are the facts!
(not to you personally Cliff, just trying to fuel your OT post :-)
RogerN
"Cliff" <Clhuprich...@aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote in message
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BottleBob
> Bottlebob showed your lie to be a lie.
Roger:
Not exactly. I saw something that didn't sound kosher, so I did a
little research to try and find out if it were true or not. The
intention of my original post was to try to correct an error. For
something to be a "lie" you'd have to prove that someone was
intentionally trying to be deceptive.
Why would someone "lie" about something that could so easily be
checked or verified?
> "Cliff" <Clhuprich...@aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote in message
>> "President Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize" "
>>
>> No winger ever won one. -- Cliff
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He was conservative but not an extreme.
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Buerste
"Spehro Pefhany" <spef...@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message
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No, but I do masticate in public while dreaming of her uvula!
GPN
> Cliff wrote:
> >http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/President-Obama-Accepts-Nobe...
> > Â "President Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize"
> > Â "U.S. President Barack Obama said his "accomplishments are slight" compared to
> > other Nobel laureates such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela."
>
> > Â No winger ever won one.
>
> Cliff:
>
> Â Â Â Â By "winger" I assume you mean a Republican.
>
> Â Â Â Â Here is a list of U.S. winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, and what I
> could find of their political affiliation.
Hi Bob,
In fairness, it's not correct to simply define
"winger" as being a Republican, or even "Conservative".
Winger's are a particular subset of the Right Wing that's
more readily compared to being a Western variant of
the East's Islamic Fundamentalists, or more succinctly,
religious sociopaths who integrate politics as a tool.
Using that definition, Cliff's quite correct, no "winger"
has ever won the NPP. The closest there's been that
I'm aware of is 1973's Henry Kissinger (who didn't
base his actions in Cambodia on religious grounds),
and Yasser Arafat, who while a terrorist, was more
politically than religiously motivated.
GPN
rayk...@rnsmte.com
"RogerN" <re...@midwest.net> wrote in message
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Clitt never won a hall pass to the bathroom in grade school......he just
walked around with a load in his pants.
Things havent changed much.
LOL
RogerN
"BottleBob" <bott...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:K72dnZakh-kJnr7W...@earthlink.com...
> RogerN wrote:
>> Bottlebob showed your lie to be a lie.
>
> Roger:
>
> Not exactly. I saw something that didn't sound kosher, so I did a little
> research to try and find out if it were true or not. The intention of my
> original post was to try to correct an error. For something to be a "lie"
> you'd have to prove that someone was intentionally trying to be deceptive.
>
> Why would someone "lie" about something that could so easily be checked or
> verified?
>
Because they want to be flamed by wingers? Why does Cliff make these posts
and cross post to all kinds of newsgroups? He enjoys stirring the pot and
watching the idiots go at it, I was doing my part to try to stir :-) But
then you come along and apply logic and reason, you owe Cliff an apology and
a proper flaming, and promise not to do it again :-) You smeared this topic
with logic and reason but at least you wiped most of the cross posted
groups. We need a moderator, you might accidently let out that Cliff also
posts useful and helpful information, but usually he emails it to avoid
damaging his OT post reputation :-)
>
>> "Cliff" <Clhuprich...@aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote in message
>
>>> "President Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize" "
>>>
>>> No winger ever won one. -- Cliff
>
> --
> BottleBob
> http://home.earthlink.net/~bottlbob
Are you working again BottleBob? I saw some on topic posts thought maybe
you un-retired.
RogerN
BottleBob
>> By "winger" I assume you mean a Republican.
>>
>> Here is a list of U.S. winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, and what I
>> could find of their political affiliation.
>
>
> Hi Bob,
> In fairness, it's not correct to simply define
> "winger" as being a Republican, or even "Conservative".
> Winger's are a particular subset of the Right Wing that's
> more readily compared to being a Western variant of
> the East's Islamic Fundamentalists, or more succinctly,
> religious sociopaths who integrate politics as a tool.
GPN:
Those hair follicles are being laser sliced pretty thin. LOL
I think the definition of "winger" needs more clarification. I would
think that the general consensus of the term is that you've got right
wingers and you have left wingers. Ideologically left leaning vs.
ideologically right leaning.
People are often considered either right or left wingers without any
religious component. As some left wingers can be intensely religious -
and some right wingers are not religious at all, it doesn't seem that
religious belief is a universal defining characteristic of "wingerness".
> Using that definition, Cliff's quite correct, no "winger"
> has ever won the NPP. The closest there's been that
> I'm aware of is 1973's Henry Kissinger (who didn't
> base his actions in Cambodia on religious grounds),
> and Yasser Arafat, who while a terrorist, was more
> politically than religiously motivated.
I'm not sure that the Republicans that have been awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize could, or could not, be characterized as "wingers" as you
define the term. This seems to be a gray area, and would require more
detailed analysis of each person's political views contrasted &
compared to one's specific definition of "winger".
Someone could use the term "winger" to mean just about anything they
want it to mean at the moment they are using it, and something
different the next time they use it. But in that case it would lose
it's constancy & usefulness as a general & universal defining
characteristic.
Bottom line: The term as Cliff has used it on many occasions appears
to reference individuals belonging to the Republican party. If he
means something different, then he'll have to give his own definition
of what the term means to him.
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BottleBob
> "BottleBob" <bott...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:K72dnZakh-kJnr7W...@earthlink.com...
>> RogerN wrote:
>>> Bottlebob showed your lie to be a lie.
>> Roger:
>>
>> Not exactly. I saw something that didn't sound kosher, so I did a little
>> research to try and find out if it were true or not. The intention of my
>> original post was to try to correct an error. For something to be a "lie"
>> you'd have to prove that someone was intentionally trying to be deceptive.
>>
>> Why would someone "lie" about something that could so easily be checked or
>> verified?
>>
>
> Because they want to be flamed by wingers? Why does Cliff make these posts
> and cross post to all kinds of newsgroups?
Roger:
That's a good question. Why DO so many people seem to enjoy political
arguments when they obviously have no desire or intention of trying to
resolve or propose solutions to any political issues, but instead only
want to be insulting and confrontational?
They like the attention?
Want to be newsgroup vandals?
A Desire to impart their "wisdom"?
Are angry & bitter and have a need to take it out on others?
Bored and it gives their lives meaning?
Have the illusion that they are actually making a difference?
There are probably as many reasons as there are posters.
> He enjoys stirring the pot and
> watching the idiots go at it, I was doing my part to try to stir :-) But
> then you come along and apply logic and reason, you owe Cliff an apology and
> a proper flaming, and promise not to do it again :-) You smeared this topic
> with logic and reason but at least you wiped most of the cross posted
> groups.
I couldn't care less what the people in alt.usenet.kooks or any of the
political groups have to say so I usually strip those groups that
aren't machining related.
I don't mind discussing off-topic subjects among other machinists
though. The freewheeling break-room atmosphere and camaraderie of
others in the machining newsgroups is something I've always valued.
But IMO, all the crossposting to the kook and political groups is
destroying that.
> We need a moderator, you might accidently let out that Cliff also
> posts useful and helpful information, but usually he emails it to avoid
> damaging his OT post reputation :-)
>
> Are you working again BottleBob? I saw some on topic posts thought maybe
> you un-retired.
You can't usually do something you liked for decades and just turn off
your interest in it.
But no, I'm not un-retired, even though I did go in to the shop to
finish some parts a couple of Sunday's ago that had to be delivered
Monday morning - when my old boss asked me to.
>
> RogerN
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Eregon
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> In fairness, it's not correct to simply define
> "winger" as being a Republican, or even "Conservative".
The simple fact is that there are "wingers" at each end of the Political
Spectrum - both Left and Right. These are the extremists who have lost all
sight of the actual issues and are only aware of their own predjudices.
Within that context "Cliff" and TMT personify the Left "wingers".
Gray Ghost
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Why are you people bad mouthing this little stinky britches creep by calling
him a name that stands for one of my favorite snacks?
Not that I care but he needs a more appropriate nickname, like rotting
corpse.
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>> Are you working again BottleBob? I saw some on topic posts thought maybe
>> you un-retired.
>
> You can't usually do something you liked for decades and just turn off
>your interest in it.
> But no, I'm not un-retired, even though I did go in to the shop to
>finish some parts a couple of Sunday's ago that had to be delivered
>Monday morning - when my old boss asked me to.
So how did you feel about it when asked to saddle up once again?
Wes
John R. Carroll
Apropos of nothing whatsoever, my Mother sent me this today.
You probably knew a lot of it and forgot.
Ed will know somehng of the Hamtramck history.
How much do you remember? I remember it all.
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leading the nation in growth for that period.
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world's first urban freeway.
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Pharmacist, James A Vernor,
in 1866. Note: There were several 'elixirs' on the market at that time,
including what would later be
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the name 'soft' drink
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it out in the first six months.
In 1688, Father Jacques Marquette founded the first permanent settlement
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Mi in 1911. They were used in other towns and was how Centerline, Mi. got
its name.
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and Greenfield Village
Opened in 1904, the nation's oldest freshwater aquarium is the Belle Isle
Aquarium.
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was on the bottle.
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go? He went for Faygo, old fashion root beer.'
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Captain Jolly, Sagebrush
Shorty and maybe even Sergeant Satko Salute.
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Your address had a two-digit 'zone' before there were zip codes. Detroit
19, Michigan .
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deal in town. Roy O'Brien. It's the best deal in town.'
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--
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BottleBob
Wes:
They (my old boss and crew), keep asking me when I'm coming back. My
tools are still there (just in case). But my wife of 42 years dying
this past June still bothers me, so I'm still pretty much a hermit.
But I may go back in the future.
Is your curiosity driven by speculation of what YOU'LL decide when
retirement age comes? Or something else? <g>
--
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http://home.earthlink.net/~bottlbob
Wes
>Wes:
>
> They (my old boss and crew), keep asking me when I'm coming back. My
>tools are still there (just in case). But my wife of 42 years dying
>this past June still bothers me, so I'm still pretty much a hermit.
> But I may go back in the future.
>
> Is your curiosity driven by speculation of what YOU'LL decide when
>retirement age comes? Or something else? <g>
Just wondered if you missed doing what you did for most of your life.
I'm sorry I didn't notice the passing of your wife. I don't read a.m.c. often since it is
mostly ot garbage now.
People need time to mourn. If you have been playing hermit, maybe it was a good thing to
get out. Please accept my belated condolences on the passing of your dear wife.
About 8 years ago, I had 8 months between jobs. Until my savings ran out, I found I liked
being sorta retired. Health reasons and the uncertainty of what the retirement age will
be when I get there makes me think I'll be working right up to the end.
Wes
--
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government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home
in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller
Wes
>Wes wrote:
>> BottleBob <bott...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>>> Are you working again BottleBob? I saw some on topic posts thought
>>>> maybe you un-retired.
>>>
>>> You can't usually do something you liked for decades and just turn
>>> off your interest in it.
>>> But no, I'm not un-retired, even though I did go in to the shop to
>>> finish some parts a couple of Sunday's ago that had to be delivered
>>> Monday morning - when my old boss asked me to.
>>
>> So how did you feel about it when asked to saddle up once again?
>
>Apropos of nothing whatsoever, my Mother sent me this today.
>You probably knew a lot of it and forgot.
>Ed will know somehng of the Hamtramck history.
>
>
> How much do you remember? I remember it all.
>
> Bagley's Corner was the original name of Bloomfield Hills.
I wonder that it would do to property values if the name reverted?
>
> There are over 11,500 lakes in Michigan .
Didn't we get in a tiff with Minnesota over the 10,000 lake state or something on our
plates back in the 70's?
>
> In Sept. 1908, William C. Durant organized several independent automobile
>plants into what was to become General Motors.
>
> Michigan began charging an annual license fee of 50 cents in 1915 for
>Autos
Mom's used GMC Jimmy she bought for 5500 has a 116 dollar annual registration fee now.
My used Saturn SL I bought for 7800 has a 56 dollar annual registration fee. I guess now
they figure plates on what the vehicle originally cost. Not what they are worth now.
> In 1942, the Davison Freeway in Detroit was completed and became the
>world's first urban freeway.
I wonder what shape it is in now ;)
>
> The first soft drink, (Vernor's Ginger Ale) was introduced by a Detroit
>Pharmacist, James A Vernor,
> in 1866. Note: There were several 'elixirs' on the market at that time,
>including what would later be
> called Coca Cola. These contained alcohol, whereas Vernor's didn't. Thus
>the name 'soft' drink
I love Vernor's.
>
> In 1688, Father Jacques Marquette founded the first permanent settlement
>in what would later become Michigan .
Hard not to know that living here.
>
> The world's first shopping ma ll (Northland Mall), opened in the Detroit
>suburb of Southfield in 1954.News papers from overseas as well as this
>country wrote that it would never catch on......Duh?
I bet Walmart would blow their minds.
>
> The world's first painted highway center lines were featured in Trenton ,
>Mi in 1911. They were used in other towns and was how Centerline, Mi. got
>its name.
>
> Michigan ranks Number 1 nationally in the production of dog sleds.
Really?
>
> The nation's largest indoor/outdoor museum complex is Henry Ford Museum
>and Greenfield Village
And I've never been there. I keep hoping to get there.
>
> The onion is Michigan 's largest fresh-market vegetable crop.
It isn't potatoes?
>
> YOU'RE AN OLD DETROITER (OR JUST OLD) if .......
>
>
> You rode the elevator at J. L. Hudson's, which was 'run' by an elevator
>operator.
I'm old enough to remember elevator operators, I just wasn't in Detroit.
> You remember Twin Pines Dairy delivered milk and juice to the chute on the
>side of your house and Milky the Clown performed magic with the magic words
>'Twin Pines.'
I was living in Indiana back then. The "Home Juice Co." delivered milk and orange juice
to a insulated aluminum box on grandma's front porch.
>
> Your Mom saved Holden Red Stamps, S&H Green stamps, or Gold Bell Gift
>stamps, and you licked them into those little books.
I remember licking and sticking S&H into those books.
>
> Kresge's and Woolworth's were 'Dime Stores.'
SS Kresge's. My other Grandma used to take me there quite often.
Sadly, I remember when Detroit, Pittsburg, Akron, Dayton, ect were the names of industrial
power houses, not crumbling relics.
Wes
BottleBob
> BottleBob <bott...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Wes:
>>
>> They (my old boss and crew), keep asking me when I'm coming back. My
>> tools are still there (just in case). But my wife of 42 years dying
>> this past June still bothers me, so I'm still pretty much a hermit.
>> But I may go back in the future.
>>
>> Is your curiosity driven by speculation of what YOU'LL decide when
>> retirement age comes? Or something else? <g>
Wes:
At first I thought, that's funny, why didn't this reply of yours show
up in amc. Then I noticed that you forgot the "s" at the end of
"alt.machine(s).cnc".
>
> Just wondered if you missed doing what you did for most of your life.
I think about it. Heck, I was laying in bed looking at my new 5
bladed ceiling fan, and I started calculating the centerline angular
spread between the blades in my head (72 degrees). Stuff like that
pops into my mind all the time. LOL
I don't really miss the physical carrying of vises across the shop to
do the next setup. Or the, admittedly rare, loading of forklift sized
parts in the machines.
>
> I'm sorry I didn't notice the passing of your wife. I don't read a.m.c. often since it is
> mostly ot garbage now.
Yeah, I'll have to agree with you there. It only takes a few selfish
individuals to ruin a good thing.
> People need time to mourn. If you have been playing hermit, maybe it was a good thing to
> get out. Please accept my belated condolences on the passing of your dear wife.
Why thank you Wes, I appreciate your kind words. Here's a high school
prom picture of Fran. I met her 4 years later. Everybody in amc has
already seen it.
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee126/BottleBob_photo/Fran.jpg
> About 8 years ago, I had 8 months between jobs. Until my savings ran out, I found I liked
> being sorta retired. Health reasons and the uncertainty of what the retirement age will
> be when I get there makes me think I'll be working right up to the end.
Heh, yeah. They DO keep extending it don't they. LOL
>
> Wes
--
BottleBob
http://home.earthlink.net/~bottlbob
BottleBob
> I don't really miss the physical carrying of vises across the shop
> to do the next setup. Or the, admittedly rare, loading of forklift
> sized parts in the machines.
Slight correction. I didn't mean the PARTS were forklift sized. I
meant they were large enough that it took a forklift to put them in the
machine.
--
BottleBob
http://home.earthlink.net/~bottlbob
Lewis Hartswick
> You remember the 'Big Snow', Buffalo Bob, Howdy Doody, Clarabelle, Phineas
> T. Bluster, Princess Summer-Fall-Winter-Spring..
>
working on repairing TV sets in central PA. With just ONE
barely usable station to adjust sets. :-) 1950-51
...lew...
Michael A. Terrell
You were lucky! From the mid '60s on it was soap operas, game shows
and reruns of 'Dark Shadows'
--
Offworld checks no longer accepted!
Wes
>> People need time to mourn. If you have been playing hermit, maybe it was a good thing to
>> get out. Please accept my belated condolences on the passing of your dear wife.
>
> Why thank you Wes, I appreciate your kind words. Here's a high school
>prom picture of Fran. I met her 4 years later. Everybody in amc has
>already seen it.
>
>http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee126/BottleBob_photo/Fran.jpg
>
First impression seeing her smile and happy face is she is someone I'd like instantly. I'm
pretty good at first impressions.
Cliff
wrote:
> The Stars and Stripes first flew over Michigan soil on July 11, 1796.
The first Michigan college opened in 1833: Kalamazoo College.
IIRC the nations's largest (number of screens) movie theatre
complex was in Grand Rapids "Studio 28" (now closed I heard).
--
Cliff
BottleBob
> First impression seeing her smile and happy face is she is someone I'd like instantly. I'm
> pretty good at first impressions.
Wes:
Yes, your first impression was astute & accurate. She had a very
"bubbly" personality, and was liked by all who met her. She could
always make me laugh.