Re: 100 Feet of Earth For A Marking Stone
Hactar
Don K <d...@comcast.net> wrote:
> "Les Albert" <lalb...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:otb3h51s6t4eqafq8...@4ax.com...
> > On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:20:49 GMT, Opus the Penguin
> > <opusthepen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Dying would be just fine. It's the not dying that would get to me.
> >>Stories like this make me think about getting a cyanide tooth, just
> >>in case.
> >
> > Does your religion allow suicide with no consequences to you in the
> > afterlife? In "Beetlejuice" the suicides in the afterlife all were
> > assigned clerical office duties.
>
> I'm not a theologian, but the way to get around that would be to have
> a "knockout" tooth to bite down on when faced with a painful death.
> It would render me unconscious for a day or so, in the hope that I
> will either expire within that time frame or be rescued.
Murphy says you'll have particularly nasty attackers who'll wait until
you're conscious before resuming the torture.
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Hactar
John Hatpin <RemoveThi...@gmailAndThisToo.com> wrote:
> DT wrote:
>
> > In article <Xns9CD1AC42F36EAop...@192.168.1.101>,
> > opusthepen...@gmail.com says...
> >
> > >>> Stories like this make me think about getting a cyanide
> > >>> tooth, just in case.
> >
> > >> tongue alone, or do you need hands/flippers?
> >
> > >I'm fuzzy on the details. I'm not sure if you have to be careful not
> > >to bite down too hard once it's installed or what. Ideally, I'd want
> > >something that couldn't be triggered accidentally...
> >
> > It's OK, you would probably get a refund if it went off accidently.
> >
> > Here lies Opus and his cyanide tooth,
> > He bit too hard and he went -poof-
>
> "He probably didn't wanna",
> Said the Chief Coronah,
> "But sadly, we have no proof."
If you say them "cy'nide" and "puroof" you get a sorta-limerick.
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Hactar
Snidely <snide...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 30, 9:36�pm, Mark Steese <mark_ste...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > "art...@yahoo.com" <art...@yahoo.com> wrote in news:2f65d343-0ffc-4f7f-
> > 9e7d-9b0cf3922...@j11g2000vbi.googlegroups.com:
> >
> > > On Nov 28, 4:14�pm, Veronique <veroniqueuni...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/26/national/..
> > > .
> >
> > >> "A Utah cave's narrow crevice that trapped and eventually killed a
> > >> medical student will become his final resting place, and the dangerous
> > >> cavern will be permanently sealed."
> >
> > >> One of my nightmares.
> >
> > > I heard a story about some cave divers that that got lost. One of them
> > > killed or tried to kill another for their oxygen, but they all died
> > > anyways.
> > > Not my idea of good time.
> >
> > If they all died, how was it determined that one of them killed or tried to
> > kill one of the others?
>
> Candlestick in the library.
>
> These was a case out here in the west that I heard about from a SAR
> person. Some teenagers poking around an old mine decided to swim
> through a flooded section to see what was in the next chamber. The
> SAR people called in a special team to recover the bodies, because of
> the risk that the SAR team would suffocate. I'm not sure if ordinary
> diving equipment was considered insufficient, or if training issues
> were the primary factor. The atmosphere in the next chamber had high
> CO2 and low O2 levels, AIUI.
Well, the divers presumably had SCUBA so atmosphere shouldn't have been
a problem. I'm going with "training".
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Snidely
> Snidely <snidely....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > These was a case out here in the west that I heard about from a SAR
> > person. Some teenagers poking around an old mine decided to swim
> > through a flooded section to see what was in the next chamber. The
> > SAR people called in a special team to recover the bodies, because of
> > the risk that the SAR team would suffocate. I'm not sure if ordinary
> > diving equipment was considered insufficient, or if training issues
> > were the primary factor. The atmosphere in the next chamber had high
> > CO2 and low O2 levels, AIUI.
>
> Well, the divers presumably had SCUBA so atmosphere shouldn't have been
> a problem. I'm going with "training".
Well, it could be an equipment issue that had to do with the type of
mask or regulator. But I didn't take thorough enough notes to
recreate the exact presentation of details.
/dps
DT
<e0954dd3-4d2e-4883...@e27g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
snide...@gmail.com says...
Equipment, training, whatever. It seems to me that anytime you are hundreds
of feet below ground with no resupply method, and are depending on
breathing gear to stay alive, failure is *definitely* an option.
--
Dennis
Xho Jingleheimerschmidt
> In article <20091202-...@DT.news.wowway.com>,
> DT <dthomp...@SPAMwowway.com> wrote:
>> Equipment, training, whatever. It seems to me that anytime you are hundreds
>> of feet below ground with no resupply method, and are depending on
>> breathing gear to stay alive, failure is *definitely* an option.
>
> that, if it fails and you can't make it work in a minute or so, you
> _die_.
If your auto brakes fail, you might not have nearly as much as a minute.
Xho
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Hactar
Brakes don't usually all go away totally and sudddenly. I've seen slow
overheat and fade over a period of a few dozen seconds, half (diagonal)
go away by catastrophic failure, and leaks causing a gradual lowering of
the activation point over one "press" (but you can always release and
re-press). The vacuum booster could spring a leak which would affect all
four wheels, but not totally because you have _some_ boosting effect and
even if not, non-boosted brakes work. In any case, there's always the
parking brake or downshifting to compensate, to some degree.
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Tim Wright
> In article <4b171b4d$0$29464$ed36...@nr5-q3a.newsreader.com>,
> Xho Jingleheimerschmidt <xho...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hactar wrote:
>>> In article <20091202-...@DT.news.wowway.com>,
>>> DT <dthomp...@SPAMwowway.com> wrote:
>>>> Equipment, training, whatever. It seems to me that anytime you are hundreds
>>>> of feet below ground with no resupply method, and are depending on
>>>> breathing gear to stay alive, failure is *definitely* an option.
>>> Yeah, I wouldn't want to be there, where you're dependent on equipment
>>> that, if it fails and you can't make it work in a minute or so, you
>>> _die_.
>> If your auto brakes fail, you might not have nearly as much as a minute.
>
> Brakes don't usually all go away totally and sudddenly. I've seen slow
> overheat and fade over a period of a few dozen seconds, half (diagonal)
> go away by catastrophic failure, and leaks causing a gradual lowering of
> the activation point over one "press" (but you can always release and
> re-press). The vacuum booster could spring a leak which would affect all
> four wheels, but not totally because you have _some_ boosting effect and
> even if not, non-boosted brakes work. In any case, there's always the
> parking brake or downshifting to compensate, to some degree.
>
shoe. I was on I35 in Austin when I just tapped my brakes and the left
rear wheel just locked up. 75mph and one wheel suddenly locks up is not
a fun ride. Managed to get the car onto the shoulder. Backed up just a
bit, and suddenly everything was better. Till the next time I touched
the brake pedal. Had to interrupt our vacation fo a brake job and a new
tire. That one was flat spotted down to the cord.
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Tim W
Onomatopoeia
A word that sounds like the sound it sounds like.
John Hatpin
Yes, but you have to be in motor vehicles anyway. That makes your
point moot.
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Hactar
Hank Gillette <hankgi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In article <Xns9CD731BCAF622op...@127.0.0.1>,> > Interestingly, the three Christmas songs I recall S&G recording were
> > all sacred rather than secular:
> >
> > Go Tell It on the Mountain
> > God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
> > Star Carol
>
> I think it's interesting how many Christmas songs were written or
> co-written by Jews.
>
> White Christmas
> The Christmas Song
> I'll Be Home For Christmas
> Silver Bells
> There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays
> It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
> Sleigh Ride
> Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
> Let It Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
>
> and of course, Away In A Manger.
Plus "The Night Santa Went Crazy" and "Christmas at Ground Zero".
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Charles Wm. Dimmick
> In article <hankgillette-9A4A...@news.astraweb.com>,
> Hank Gillette <hankgi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> In article <Xns9CD731BCAF622op...@127.0.0.1>,
>> Opus the Penguin <opusthepen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Interestingly, the three Christmas songs I recall S&G recording were
>>> all sacred rather than secular:
>>>
>>> Go Tell It on the Mountain
>>> God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
>>> Star Carol
>> I think it's interesting how many Christmas songs were written or
>> co-written by Jews.
>>
>> White Christmas
>> The Christmas Song
>> I'll Be Home For Christmas
>> Silver Bells
>> There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays
>> It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
>> Sleigh Ride
>> Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
>> Let It Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
>>
>> and of course, Away In A Manger.
>
> Plus "The Night Santa Went Crazy" and "Christmas at Ground Zero".
>
YMMV
Charles
Opus the Penguin
Not even "Away in a Manger"?
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John Hatpin
Or even "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen"?
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Hactar
Sure it's not "God Rest Ye Marry, Gentlemen"? ICBW...
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