Over the last three weeks, this echo has had 11 people post more than
one time.
Seems to be pretty dead.
Jeff and Lee dominate by the sheer number of their posts.
All smoke and
no fire, all fluff and no nuggets, makes me wonder where'e the beef.
It ain't here.
Over the last three weeks, this echo has had 11 people post more than one time
Jeff and Lee dominate by the sheer number of their posts.
That would be largely due to Brandolini's Law: "The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude larger than is needed to produce it."
Over the last three weeks, this echo has had 11 people post more than on time
For FIDO, and most FTNs, that is pretty good.
Jeff and Lee dominate by the sheer number of their posts.
That would be largely due to Brandolini's Law: "The amount of energy nee to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude larger than is needed to pro it."
The output of one of those two people listed, and who is not quoted in this message, is near 100% BS.
I think Bjourn would have to have a better-than-your-average-Swede knowledge of US
and Cajun culture to pose as Lee.
I think Bjourn would have to have a better-than-your-average-Swede knowledge of US
and Cajun culture to pose as Lee.
(That's a novel spelling of my name. If you skip the 'o' you'd be pronouncing my name perfectly though. Might be good to know, the next
time you speak about ABBA or one of the best tennis players ever...)
I've never even been to Louisiana. The closest I've been, working a couple of weeks, is Orlando, FL.
I speak a passable French, but I don't like Cajun cooking. I do love Queen Ida though, ever since I first watched her on Swedish TV in 1980:
https://youtu.be/_c0pH4iYLcA
What were you doing in Orlando for just a couple of weeks?
What were you doing in Orlando for just a couple of weeks?
I attended a CA conference. And it was late July, so two weeks was
more than enough. After that I went on to NYC for another couple of
weeks, but that wasn't all that different, just not the daily, afternoon thunder storms.
Oh. BTW, this was 2001. I returned home September 7th...
Oh. BTW, this was 2001. I returned home September 7th...
Yikes.
Yeah, kind of a close call. My wife (R.I.P.) was with me on that
trip, and we wanted to go up on one of the towers, but with it's $18
fee, we decided to take the Empire State ($9) instead. We also had Sleepless in Seattle in fresh memory, so it really was a no-brainer.
Ah, sorry to hear about your wife. I, too, have lost a spouse.
Brian Franklin wrote to All <=-
Jeff and Lee dominate by the sheer number of their posts.
Jeff and Lee dominate by the sheer number of their posts.
They have plenty of time on their hands. No job. Living in their moms' basements. They can't go out during the day because their moms would
see them and ask them when they are going to get a job and move out.
| Over the last three weeks, this echo has had 11 people post more than one time.
| Seems to be pretty dead.
|
| Jeff and Lee dominate by the sheer number of their posts. All smoke
and no | fire, all fluff and no nuggets, makes me wonder where'e the
beef. +-[BF=>All]
Part of the reason you don't get many responses on your posts to All is because our left-wing contingent is likely finding a difficult time refuting what you post.
That's one reason I'm reluctant to subscribe to the Lee/Bjorn theory. I think Bjourn would have to have a better-than-your-average-Swede knowledge of US and Cajun culture to pose as Lee.
Part of the reason you don't get many responses on your posts to All is because our left-wing contingent is likely finding a difficult time refuting what you post.
Nah, just gotta pick your battles and not have too many irons in the fire. All I recall seeing so far is a derogatory reference to Biden in relation to the economy and a complaint about the quality and quantity of posts in this echo. Ho hum.
I'm not sure what the right's obsession with my mom's (non-existent, incidentally) basement is, but that is not where I live.
There is a small kernel of truth in your claim, though. I live with my future mother-in-law, or rather she lives with my fiancee and I. She lives in our house because she's advanced in years, and we don't charge her rent.
Part of the reason you don't get many responses on your posts to Al because our left-wing contingent is likely finding a difficult time refuting what you post.
Nah, just gotta pick your battles and not have too many irons in the fir All I recall seeing so far is a derogatory reference to Biden in relatio the economy and a complaint about the quality and quantity of posts in t echo. Ho hum.
He is the one that pointed out the full story behind another's sad tale about someone who went to jail after her probation officer told her it
was OK to vote. He has made a couple of posts about what is going on in Canada.
I'm not sure what the right's obsession with my mom's (non-existent, incidentally) basement is, but that is not where I live.
There is a small kernel of truth in your claim, though. I live with my f mother-in-law, or rather she lives with my fiancee and I. She lives in o house because she's advanced in years, and we don't charge her rent.
So I guess it only applies if the future mom-in-law forces you to spend most of your time in your basement. :)
Jeff and Lee dominate by the sheer number of their posts.
They have plenty of time on their hands. No job. Living in their moms' basements. They can't go out during the day because their moms would see them and ask them when they are going to get a job and move out.
I suppose, but here's the kicker: I don't have a basement, either. It seems that they're just not as prevalent in Texas as they are elsewhere. Or maybe it's just Central Texas. I have no idea why it is, but I've never lived in a home with a basement.
My grandparents had a "basement," as they called it, but
that didn't really count because it was really just the closed-in lower area of a coastal home built on stilts. There weren't even any internal stairs connecting the two levels; one had to go outside to go up or down.
I suppose, but here's the kicker: I don't have a basement, either. It se that they're just not as prevalent in Texas as they are elsewhere. Or ma it's just Central Texas. I have no idea why it is, but I've never lived home with a basement.
Interesting. Maybe a high water table or something. We have them here. Of the houses I grew up in, two were "bi-levels," where the lower level
is finished and only slightly more above ground than a basement, and the other one had a basement.
Homes in my area often don't have basements. We are far above the river in the area I am in, but the water table is still high. You cannot have
a basement without a sump pump here. My basement would flood without
one, while my next door neighbor's home has a spring underneath half of it. When it rains, they get water under the house that is pumped out. Their house sits slightly higher than mine.
We also have clay soil, so the water only sinks thorugh the top soil and then hits the clay, which takes longer to penetrate. Under that is limestone. If it rains a lot, walking around my backyard is like walking on a sponge.
My grandparents had a "basement," as they called it, but
that didn't really count because it was really just the closed-in lower of a coastal home built on stilts. There weren't even any internal stair connecting the two levels; one had to go outside to go up or down.
I have seen those. There are some homes down near the river here that
are built like that.
Interesting. Maybe a high water table or something. We have them here. Of the houses I grew up in, two were "bi-levels," where the lower level is finished and only slightly more above ground than a basement, and the other one had a basement.
Got me. It is pretty hilly here, though, and the whole area is sitting on top of an aquifer.
Homes in my area often don't have basements. We are far above the river in the area I am in, but the water table is still high. You cannot have a basement without a sump pump here. My basement would flood without one, while my next door neighbor's home has a spring underneath half of it. When it rains, they get water under the house that is pumped out. Their house sits slightly higher than mine.
As far as I know, we don't have a lot of sump pumps here, either.
We don't have much clay, but one doesn't have to dig far to get to limestone here. That limestone is responsible for the aforementioned aquifer, and also a good number of caves.
I have seen those. There are some homes down near the river here that are built like that.
The bottom part of their house was semi-finished and served as storage, a garage, and a workshop. As far as I know, it never flooded more than a few inches. They were about three blocks from the seawall in Galveston.
Interesting. Maybe a high water table or something. We have them Of the houses I grew up in, two were "bi-levels," where the lower l is finished and only slightly more above ground than a basement, an other one had a basement.
Got me. It is pretty hilly here, though, and the whole area is sitting o of an aquifer.
I didn't mention this the first time, but aren't several areas of Texas prone to tornadoes?
Homes in my area often don't have basements. We are far above the in the area I am in, but the water table is still high. You cannot a basement without a sump pump here. My basement would flood witho one, while my next door neighbor's home has a spring underneath hal it. When it rains, they get water under the house that is pumped ou Their house sits slightly higher than mine.
As far as I know, we don't have a lot of sump pumps here, either.
Without basements, you may not need them.
We don't have much clay, but one doesn't have to dig far to get to limes here. That limestone is responsible for the aforementioned aquifer, and a good number of caves.
Lots of caves here, too. Before my time here, there was a bar called The Cave that was supposedly partially-set into a shallow cave in one of the cliffsides downtown. The locals may have been pulling my leg about it being partially in the cave, though. That area has been completely redeveloped before I became familiar enough with it to know.
Here, I don't know why they bother. The river in question, the Kentucky, is *much* older than the Ohio. When the Ohio floods, it does flood things, but it has a lot of room to spread out as the land around it is not very high. Here, when the Kentucky floods, those people's homes are down between two cliffs (one on either side of the river). So, the
water is more likely to go "up" instead of to spread out.
A friend used to have one of those houses that was built up on an above ground basement. That basement should have been built two stories tall instead of one. I helped them move out after the river got up into the second story of their living quarters one year. A lot of the locals like having places down there, though.
I didn't mention this the first time, but aren't several areas of Texas prone to tornadoes?
Yes. Not as bad as the midwest, but the danger is not trivial, either. I think the plains of North Texas are more prone to them than other parts, but they are certainly not unheard of here in Central Texas. We also have flooding when the rivers and creeks overflow due to heavy rainfall, but it is generally limited to certain areas because of the hilly terrain.
Lots of caves here, too. Before my time here, there was a bar called The
Cave that was supposedly partially-set into a shallow cave in one of the cliffsides downtown. The locals may have been pulling my leg about it being partially in the cave, though. That area has been completely redeveloped before I became familiar enough with it to know.
Interesting!
Here, I don't know why they bother. The river in question, the Kentucky,
is *much* older than the Ohio. When the Ohio floods, it does flood things, but it has a lot of room to spread out as the land around it is not very high. Here, when the Kentucky floods, those people's homes are down between two cliffs (one on either side of the river). So, the water is more likely to go "up" instead of to spread out.
Yikes. That's definitely a recipe for disaster.
Is it a commerce hub, being on the river? Without looking at a map, it seems like the cliffs would prevent the spread of people as well as water.
+-[BF=>> All]Over the last three weeks, this echo has had 11 people post more thanone time.
| Seems to be pretty dead.
|
| Jeff and Lee dominate by the sheer number of their posts. All smoke and no
| fire, all fluff and no nuggets, makes me wonder where'e the beef.
Part of the reason you don't get many responses on your posts to All is because our left-wing contingent is likely finding a difficult time refuting what you post.
So you are mostly hearing from people who agree with you.
I didn't mention this the first time, but aren't several areas of T prone to tornadoes?
Yes. Not as bad as the midwest, but the danger is not trivial, either. I think the plains of North Texas are more prone to them than other parts, they are certainly not unheard of here in Central Texas. We also have flooding when the rivers and creeks overflow due to heavy rainfall, but generally limited to certain areas because of the hilly terrain.
That could be one reason basements are more popular here. My house was built before, and surived a close call during, the 1974 superoutbreak.
My impression is that houses built after then usually have some kind of basement or accessible (and not cramped) crawl space.
When I was younger, we used to visit some of the local caves with school and youth groups. One thing that fascinated me was that one of the caves we visited in Southern Indiana was considered to be a part of the Mammoth Cave chain. It was fascinating to me considering that a rather large river, the Ohio, runs between them. :)
The sound of one hand clapping. Music to your own ears.
There are places around here that sell tornado shelters, basically a big tank with a hatch on top that gets buried in the yard. Sort of like a detached basement, I guess. We don't have one, but I imagine they deal with flooding by being completely sealed.
When I was younger, we used to visit some of the local caves with school and youth groups. One thing that fascinated me was that one of the caves
we visited in Southern Indiana was considered to be a part of the Mammoth
Cave chain. It was fascinating to me considering that a rather large river, the Ohio, runs between them. :)
Same here. The Mammoth Cave system was the inspiration for "Colossal Cave Adventure," the first interactive fiction computer game (1976). Developed on a PDP-10, the author used maps and recollections of his own Mammoth Cave explorations to populate it, and the original version had no sorcery or dragons or the like. It was an attempt to let people experience Mammoth Cave without having to actually go into it.
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