Re: Eaton Corp. to buy Cooper Industries

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Saturday, May 26, 2012 8:53:20 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
> On May 26, 12:00=A0pm, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Friday, May 25, 2012 9:34:14 PM UTC-5, Bob La Londe wrote:
> > > "mleuck" <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > >news:2dd3a9cb-6cdd-4636-8bf1-c6a0077a08a9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > On Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:51:11 PM UTC-5, Jim wrote:
> > > >> On Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:26:38 PM UTC-4, mleuck wrote:
> > > >> > On Monday, May 21, 2012 5:25:11 PM UTC-5, NickMark wrote:
> > > >> > >http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/energy/2012/05/eaton=
-to-ac...
> >
> > > >> > > This could bring a new player into the field
> >
> > > >> > I will never understand why a company like Cooper that produces =
product
> > > >> > is worth 12 billion but Facebook is worth 100?
> >
> > > >> > Jeez now I'm starting to sound like Jim
> >
> > > >> You just may be becoming a little bit smarter .... that's all.
> >
> > > >> But don't get all excited now. I'm sure it's just a case of Flower=
s for
> > > >> Algernon.
> >
> > > > You might have that backwards
> >
> > > You are getting flowers and Algernon is getting smarter?
> >
> > Funny part is most people reading this thread aren't old enough to have=
 any idea what all of us are talking about.- Hide quoted text -
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> > - Show quoted text -
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> I'm a Sci Fi fan... well I use to be.  I spend more time fishing or
> tinkering in my machine shop and reading machining books these days.

I stopped reading Sci Fi when the stories started to include castles, drago=
ns and swords intermixed with spaceships and rayguns.=20

I read lots and lots of Asimov, The Foundation and Robot series. Lot's of H=
einlein, Methuselah's Children and following Lazarus Long in subsequent nov=
els. Stranger in a strange land and Bradbury, A sound of Thunder, Fahrenhie=
t 451, I sing the body electric.=20

I liked the Dune series too.

And I liked most of Arthur Clarks work,except towards the end of his career=
. One of the most memorable was ( for me, anyway ),one by Clark. Not a prof=
ound or popular novel but just memorable because I never suspected what the=
 ending was until I read it. Childhoods End.=20

But now .... like you ... I read technical manuals and spec sheets and rese=
arch equipment for audio video installtions. I still try to watch out for a=
 good Sci Fi movie when I see an advertisement. Some of them are pretty goo=
d. I'm usually more impressed by the special effects nowdays, than the stor=
y line. Most memorable of the oldies is Forbidden planet and This planet ea=
rth.