Re: Everywhere Man

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 "Everywhere Man" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>Here's a few "when I lived there" posts from bAss.

> From:  Robert L Bass  1998
>  I once lived on Cape Cod (1975-6) where my hosts raised rabbits.  I had the none too
>pleasant task of dispatching them prior to a large party one autumn day.
>They're kind of good if prepared just right.

BASS the RUGGED CAPE CODDER, RANCH HAND, and RELUCTANT KILLER.


>  From:  Robert L Bass  1999
> I have lived in the South and liked it.  I've been considering moving back
>some day.   Finally, you are hardly the one to discuss sensitivity, my friend.

BASS the SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN.
Sensitive but strong and pragmatic, with time to help anyone, but
intolerant of nonsense.   Think Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind.


> From:  Robert L Bass  - 2005
> Next time you're down we'll have to get together.  I've been learning
>all the best restaurants in the eight months since I got here. :)

BASS the SOCIALITE, GRACIOUS HOST and CONOSSIOUR


> I live in the Amberlea neighborhood -- Proctor and MacIntosh -- which was all orange groves
>back when you lived here.

BASS THE FARMER and AGRICULTURALIST, PROVIDER OF FOOD FOR THE WHOLE
COUNTRY.   BASS the HISTORIAN.

>  I also lived here many years ago. I worked on
> Longboat and Lido Keys back then.  In those days you could actually
> make a left turn onto the "Trail."

BASS THE ADVENTURER and TRAILBLAZER.
Embracing new frontiers, yet nostalgic for bygone places.

> From:  Robert L Bass - 2002

>For the sake of clarity, UL doesn't actually write a code.  They issue
>standards.  Governements can and do codify those standards.  As with
>California, many places add their own rules.
> We have state standards and local standards but no U.S. standards.

BASS the EDUCATOR.


>> I may be mincing words, but you cannot merge Canadian and U.S.
>> standards in the area of building codes because U.S. standards do
>> not exist.

> [The US has] a plethora of standards.  But  UL is a
> non-governmental agency which acts independantly of any and all state
> and provincial governments.  UL doens't actually write a code.  They issue
> standards.   It is then up to every state and Province what they will do
>  with the UL  standards.

BASS the INTERNTIONAL AMBASSADOR and STATESMAN


>Speaking of mincing words, allow me.  We have state and federal
>building
>codes.  Some of these are based at least in part on UL standards.  The
>NEC is one such code.   Only govenments write laws.
>But UL certainly has a major affect on it.

BASS the ATTORNEY, the COUNSELOR of LAW


>> Seismic protection would be a good idea in a lot more states than
>> California and Connecticut.

> We had a little quake in Connecticut just a few years ago.  I
> recall discussing the need for steel plates over doorways in our
> new churchoffice building.  An engineer who worked for Martin-Marietta
>  was chatting with me and the pastor.   He said the plate was for seismic
> activity.  With a smile I inquired as to whether they had also taken
>  into consideration tectonic activity.  He looked a little surprised until
> he noticed my grin.  :^)

BASS the YANKEE BUILDER, BASS the GEOLOGIST, BASS the FRIEND of CHURCH
and PASTOR.

>I lived in San Francisco for a while back in the sixties.   More than once I
> watched a ground wave move across my living room.
> Once I was landing a small plane and saw one move down the runway.

BASS the GOLD MINER.  BASS the AVIATOR.

> As it is now, I sleep through just about anything less than a 6.3
> on the Richter scale.

BASS the FEARLESS.


> From:  Robert L Bass - 2001

>SLO is indeed a beautiful place. I visited there in 1968 or '69).

BASS the LOVER of ART and BEAUTY.


>Friends from SF tell me it is still one of the best places to live.

BASS the FRIEND to MANY


> I've been in every one of the contiguous 48
>states and had a place of my own for a while in more than I care to
>count.  But Sarasota is IMO true paradise.

BASS the TRAVELER, BASS the SETTLER.


> I was in California before you and loved it.  Last time I was there in
>'84  I still loved it.

> Don't care for it as much as much as Alabama or N'awlins, but still
> southern California is a paradise.

> I lived in the LA area for 2 years, too much smog, too much traffic,
> central CA was much better, I loved San Luis Obispo.

BASS the WEST COAST EXPLORER.


> From:  Robert L Bass -  2001

> I lived in South Norwalk briefly a couple of
>decades ago. I used to protect a chain of sub shops in that area --
>B'port, Stratford, etc.

BASS the MARINER, the BOATBUILDER, the PROTECTOR.


>  From:  Robert L Bass - 1999
>  I used to live in Roselle.  [NJ?]

>  From:  Robert L Bass - 2001
> Groups:   alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
> Where in NJ, Gregg?  I grew up there, too.

BASS the COLONIST


>  I have lived in NJ  most of my life and have visited
> new york city from time to time.

BASS the COMMUTER


>  From:  Robert L Bass - 2001
>In the 60's I decided to see the entire US by thumb. I have traveled in
>all of the contiguous states, part of Canada and Mexico. I've seen
> Kansas'winter as well as its summer.  While August heat can be a trial, the
>winter wind across Kansas seems to be about as awful as anything I've
>experienced.

>The people were friendly though and the endless, gentle hills have a
>beauty of their own. During the summer months the sky is sometimes
> torn open by drenching thunder storms. I saw more tornadoes in two
> months in Kansas than in the rest of my travels.

BASS and the ZEN of  HITCHIKING.   BASS the METEOROLOGIST.

BASS the RENAISSANCE MAN.

Thank you Everywhere Man, for this compilation documenting the some of
the BassMans adventures and exploits.