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Here's a few "when I lived there" posts from bAss. Kinda like thousands
of panels sold since...........

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Hmm.  Maybe "eve" really is a female.  At 110 Kg, I'd venture she
doesn't
get asked out much.  I wonder how the rabbit tasted.  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.


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I did say it's not my field of study.


DR wrote:
> Definitely not your field of study Mr.. Bass. (32 feet per
> second per second)

> Good imitation of a stereotypical ignorant gentleman
> of the southern regions of your country. Unfortunately
> this kind of satire is no longer appreciated by anyone
> with any sensitivity towards the feelings of the less
> educated and impoverished.



First of all, I had no idea you were a Southerner.  Second, the satire
was
not directed at you or even at anyone of southern origin.  As it
happens, I
have lived in the South and liked it.  I've ben considering moving back
some
day.

Finally, you are hardly the one to discuss sensitivity, my friend.


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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. :)

East of 41?  Yes, that area sure has changed.  I live in the Amberlea
neighborhood -- Proctor and MacIntosh -- which was all orange groves
back
when you lived here. BTW, 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."


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> I think you misunderstood me.  What I meant is there is no such thing as
> "the" NEC.  There are many different versions of the NEC in use at the
same
> time, with modifications, as the basis of state and local electrical


codes.

Ahh, yes.  That is quite true.



> 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.


Well, no.  That's not accurate.  We have a plethora of standards.  But
that
is no impediment to UL and ULC deciding (should they in fact so decide)
to
issue a single version of UL requirements.  After all, UL is a
non-governmental agency which acts independantly of any and all state
and
provincial governments.  They can pretty much do whatever they deem
best.
It is then up to every state and Province what they will do with the UL

standards.

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.


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.  UL doesn't the NEC as law.  Only govenments write
laws.
But UL certainly has a major affect on it.


> You would have to merge the standards of all those governments with
> whatever standards Canada has.


Not really.  If UL and ULC standards became one and the same, the
combined
standard would not have to incorporate local, federal or
state/provincial
laws.  UL & ULC don't care what California, New Jersey or the Newfies
say.
They issue their standards and California, New Jersey and Newfoundland
are
free to codify them or not.  But if UL/ULC does ever decide to set the
same
standards for both countries, it is highly probable that various
legislative
bodies will codify them as they have in the past.


> Not impossible, but a much bigger job than it would first appear.


Probably so.


> Even if the relevant organizations could come up with a single NEC
> for both the U.S.A. and Canada, it would not solve the problem
> because the NEC is only a model code, not a law.


Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of a singular UL
standard.
Perhaps I may have accidentally said NEC.  Of cvourse the result might
well
be a greater degree of commonality between codes above and below the
border.


> A UL/ULC merger makes a lot of sense to me.  The organizations are
> driven by business, not government.


Yes.


> Seismic protection would be a good idea in a lot more states than
> California and Connecticut.  The east coast had a moderate quake
> not too long ago.


True.  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 church
office
building.  An engineer who worked for Martin-Marietta was chatting with
me
and the pastor.   He said the plate was foor 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.  :^)


> And one of the largest known earthquakes in the continental U.S.A.
> occurred in the midwest and altered the course of the Mississippi
> River.


When was that?  Not in modern times I assume.


> I live in a part of California that does not get many quakes.
> But I have lived in the Bay Area and Southern California where
> they are common.


I lived in San Francisco for a while back in the sixties.  No quakes
when I
was there, but my brother was there when the big one hit a few years
back.


> More than once I watched a ground wave move across my living room.


That's got to be a scary moment.


> Once I was landing a small plane and saw one move down
> the runway.


What are you flying?  I've never seen anything like that while flying.
The
worst I ever had was a sudden squall that came up while I was a
short-hour
student on solo.  Winds on the ground were 18G28 out of 290.  The
active was
20 and I couldn't do it so I got my short field training right then and

there without benefit of a CFI.  I caught a little shear coming in on
29
(the short runway).  Talk about pucker factor.  Whoa!  :^)


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


Lots of fun, eh?

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SLO is indeed a beautiful place. I visited there in 1968 (or was it
'69?).
Friends from SF tell me it is still one of the best places to live.
However,
I really love SW Florida.  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.


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> > Stream?- 5 miles, the "bit T"(Tennessee) about 12 miles, massive lake,
15
> > miles.


> > 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



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Hmm.  What town are you in?  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.

Anyway, you really ought to get away to Sunshineville some time. It's
great
down here.


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Hmm.  Close by your office?  I used to live in Roselle.  A certain
large,
national office is located about a stone's throw from where I lived,
but not
in Roselle itself.  Are we talking about *that* c-station?  Hint: lots
of
medical emergency buttons. <g>

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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.


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Robert L Bass


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Where in NJ, Gregg?  I grew up there, too.


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> Ok... no riding story here... but I would have to disagree about region
> affecting friendliness.  I have lived in NJ most of my life and have
visited
> new york city from time to time.  I find that the amount of time a person
> feels that they have has a great influence on the friendliness factor...
> hereafter referred to as the FF.


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I'm not worried about it.  My systems don't false.  Are you worried?

Side note: Just how big is DeKalb?  144,000 alarm calls per year works
out
to about one every 3-1/2 minutes.  That's a lot of alarm calls.


As to your question, the cities and towns regulate themselves. I don't
see
$100 for the fourth offense as inflated if we accept the theory that
the
police departments use. It costs to pay two officers for the time
needed to
respond to the alarm. They figure to recoup some of that expense and a
false
alarm fine seems to them a reasonable way of doing so.


The other side of the argument says that the officers would be paid to
roam
the streets anyway and that alarm response is not a real expense. There
is
merit to both arguments.


I lived in W Hartford, CT, for many years.  We had a workable alarm
ordinance. Any homeowner or business could have up to four false alarms

within 12 months without being charged. After that there were
escalating
fines. The implementation was good in that officers would leave a note
describing what conditions they observed. This sometimes helped clients

realize what they were doing wrong or (not so common) alarm companies
diagnose a troubled system.


If a resident had several warnings, a note was sent to the alarm
company as
well. If a fine was assessed, the resident could avoid paying it by
having
the alarm company call the PD and notify them what steps had been taken
to
remedy the problem.


This approach borrowed somewhat from the NBFAA model ordinance. I think
it
was a reasonably good system.
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>> I assume you meant I-495, no?

> Yep, it is now I-495. Back then it was Route 128..



That's right, and Hondo Havlicek was one of the best basketball players
in
the country.  One year (I don't remember when) there was a heavy fog on
128
and it caused something like a 101-car smashup.


> and the Mass Pike didn't exist.


I think the Pike was already built when I got there but I may be wrong.
 I
lived in Belmont during the early 60's.  Boston was an adventure for a
young
teen in those days.

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> Most people don't realize this but...Provincetown
> really is the gay Capital of the World. I'm not
> surprised, they love throwing rocks at Boston. It
> will never fully pass...Boston is a little too Irish
> for such activity.


Now that you mention it I do recall that.  Several years ago I drove
out to
the Cape with a good friend of mine.  We went to Rock Harbor to see a
place
where I once lived in the mid-seventies.  After visiting a while we
decided
to drive out to P'town.  I noticed there were lots of openly gay
couples and
my pal remarked that they probably assumed the same of us.  :^)

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> Depends on the state... For instance in Oklahoma, it's 3.2% while in Texas
> it's 5% (nicknamed 6-point beer).


Hmm.  When I was a teenager I lived in Colorado for a while.  They had
something called "3-2" beer.  I think it was made by Coors.  Would that
mean
it had 3.2% alcohol in it?

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Bob La Londe wrote:

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> > Bob La Londe wrote:


> > > The first La Londe in this country in my line came over in 1680 or
there
> > > abouts as a french soldier.


> > A conscript or a volunteer?


> Not really sure.  Given the family history of such.  Probably a volunteer.
> My dad and unlce were both volunteers in the Vietname era, my grandfather
> was a WWII volunteer.  My great grand father was in WWI also a volunteer.
I
> know in some of these "volunteer" was redundant.



My great grandfather was conscripted into the Czar's army around the
turn of
the last century.  The army did not give any pay -- only minimal food
and
ammunition.  His family was left to starve.  He was put on a troop
train to
go fight somewhere.  At a stop along the way he slipped off the train
and
made his way back home.  There he gathered his family together and they

walked across Europe, caught a boat to England and eventually made
their way
on a tramp steamer to the US.  I understand the family arrived in two
groups
starting in 1903 or thereabouts.

They lived in New York City until my great grandfather had enough money
to
get an apartment in New Jersey.  The whole family boarded the ferry
across
the Hudson and then walked along the train tracks to a town called
Roselle.
My father was born there and I was born two towns away.  My grandfather

fought in WWI.  My father was a flight engineer instructor on B-29
bombers.
He was assigned in Texas training other men to fly those beasts.  My
generation was fortunate.  None of my brothers nor I was drafted.  Two
of us
were called up during the Vietnam war but good fortune and a couple of
minor
physical afflictions kept us out of the service.


One of my uncles was an Air Force lifer.  He volunteered for Vietnam
and was
killed there when I was a teenager, maybe 16 or 17 years old.  Many of
my
friends went to the war.  Some were killed.  Some were traumatized.
Most
just had a bunch of lousy experiences.  The worst thing for some was
coming
home to ungrateful countrymen who cared nothing about their sacrifice.

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Are you anywhere near the District?  I once lived in Georgetown a few
decades ago.  In fact, I once walked down the stairwell made famous by
the
movie, "The Exorcist."

Those were some crazy times.  The war was going on and the country was
in
turmoil.  If you're old enough to remember the Mayday event (hmmm, what
year
was that anyway... I *am* getting old), you might also remember that
someone
had the bright idea to dump huge boxes of soap suds into several
prominent
fountains.  Now, I don't want to say anything, but...  :*)



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George Crawford said:
: T, Patrick Culp wrote:
: My point was that there is no place in the US that
:
: > does not get darned cold sometimes.  To go south
: > far enough to not ever need cold weather camping
: > gear one would have to get much closer to the
: > Equator than the US is.
:
:   Hawaii is quite close and is in the tropics.  Nice
: camping.  While the top of the Mona Kea can get quite cold
: since it is around 14000 ft most everywhere else is really
: nice.  Lived there 5 years and thought I was cold when it
: hit 60.  Brrr.
:
:   American Somoa is nice too.  :-)
:
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: George Crawford
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:
: '70 Westy will be running again in Feb. 98


Personally I prefer camping when it's cold at night.  My favorite
adventures were solo hikes in the mountains near Taos and also near
Lake Tahoe nearly 30 years ago.  The winter trips were more
challenging, but tons more fun.


The toll of the years and all those calories makes a solo winter hike
unlikely for me any more.  But if I can ever get a few hardy souls
(with hardened soles) from my church interested, I'd love to do Mt
Washington or some of Vermont's peaks in the winter.


Blue Skies and Happy New Year,
Robert L Bass

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Ken Levitt wrote:

> It is not the Charles River, it is Boston Harbor.  And they do have cell
> antennas in the tunnel.  (Also radio stations)



I probably ought to know that since I lived up there for 4 -5 years in
the
mid-sixties.

Robert


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> One year I had a cottage right on the beach in Bayville...not 50 feet from
> the water. We had a small boat anchored offshore, we'd swim out to the
> boat
> and go fishing. We lived for practically nothing that year..just fresh
> fish,
> stolen lobsters, and Harvey Wallbangers...what a combo.


I remember my first (and last) Harvey Wallbanger.  When I turned 18 my
older
brother and his GF took me to a bar in NY somewhere.  We lived in NJ
then
and the drinking age was 21 there.  My brother introduced me to HW and
a few
other mixed nightmares.

Then his GF asked me to dance with her.  I didn't know how to dance at
the
time but she convinced me to try.  I was half in the bag and I'm sure
it was
a sight.  Not until we finally sat down again did she tell me that we
had
just entered a dance contest.


The embarrassment probably had as much to do with my decision not to
drink
again as the wretched headache I got the next day.  I doubt I've had
more
than a gallon of alcohol in the 38 years since.  :^)


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