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  1. Thread: Wind Farms

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    Re: Wind Farms

    Like these:



    from - http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/12/Flagship-German-Offshore-Wind-Farm-Project-Humiliated-by-Technical-Faults
  2. Thread: Wind Farms

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    Re: Wind Farms

    'Was referring the subjective environmental costs of coal mining.
  3. Thread: Wind Farms

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    Re: Wind Farms

    Expansion of alternative power generation has been slowing steadily. As the economies struggle, gov't subsidies are dropping and expansion slows.

    Not. There is some pressure vessel storage. ...
  4. Thread: Wind Farms

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    Re: Wind Farms

    No.
    The inescapable fact is that the wind is often slow or calm. In those periods, something MUST deliver the power the wind mills don't. Until real scalable storage is possible (not even on the...
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    Re: About Christianity in general

    Norm, I don't agree with you on much. But, on that, I do.

    Jesus set a pretty good example and we humans manage to mess it up pretty consistently. Was he the 'son' of God? 'Don't know. Did he...
  6. Re: Not all of life's changes are for the best, are they?

    Crap. Sorry to hear. 'Went through that about 14 mo's. ago. But, even in the face of uncertainty, keep the chin up and hit the bricks hard. There are jobs to be had. I was able to get a little...
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    Re: Okay, COnservatives, What's The Plan?

    With only 1/3 of the government, the best we can hope for is that the CONSERVATIVES (Republicans are just as useless as liberal democrats) are able to do two things: dramatically retard the growth of...
  8. Thread: repairs

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    Re: repairs

    Guy with his first new place decides he'll buy a parrot for some company. He finds a beautiful bird at the local pet store that apparently doesn't talk... but, he'll train it... get the full parrot...
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    Re: Best wood for motor bed in bilge

    Thanks for the info. While I had my suspicions about the use of the samson posts, I would never have trusted my own craftsmanship on the new posts nearly enough to lift the hull with them. I agree...
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    Re: Best wood for motor bed in bilge

    Sorry.
    The images are on my home web server and for some reason it was tangled up. I've refreshed things. If you're still up for educating this amateur, please try the links again.


    As for...
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    Re: Best wood for motor bed in bilge

    All,
    Thanks for the education.

    Jim, yeah, I have a demolition to do, yet. But, it appears to me that the longer outer longitundinal stringers were originally just through bolted into the...
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    Best wood for motor bed in bilge

    Hello All,

    Sorry for the blasphemy, but, her hull is fiberglass and this is a forum on woodenboat.com. But,.... you guys are the ones that know about playing with wood in the water and the parts...
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    I do not agree with everything President Bush...

    I do not agree with everything President Bush does and says, but, you agressive and insulting attacks beg a response.

    One at a time....

    1 - "Everyone knows Bush is an idiot." Well then, so...
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    I am a rank amateur, but, having spent a lot of...

    I am a rank amateur, but, having spent a lot of time in 15-25' outboard boats......

    Move the console back a little to soften the ride. The further forward, the more vertical movement. The...
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    Meerkat, you make my case for me. The gov't is...

    Meerkat, you make my case for me. The gov't is the domain of the political parties, as you so correctly point out. To expect them to magically develop the kind of nimbleness and effectiveness...
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    Veterans are a special case. When our government...

    Veterans are a special case. When our government employs a person and enters into a contract with that person either by mutual agreement of by force (e.g. selective service), then the government is...
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    Definately not. That is not my assertion. ...

    Definately not. That is not my assertion. Rather, I believe there are more effective and humane models that we can use to support those who truely need it. This really comes down to a question of...
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    I am what you'd likely label a 'conservative.' I...

    I am what you'd likely label a 'conservative.' I have no trouble reconciling my religion with my stance on social programs. There are a few general dynamics at work.

    Several of my more liberal...
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    What an astonishingly arrogant question. I'll...

    What an astonishingly arrogant question. I'll second the assertion that you are fishing far far to small a pond.
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    Three moles crawlin' along in a mole hole one...

    Three moles crawlin' along in a mole hole one morning.
    The first says, "Hmmm, I smell pancakes."
    The second says, "Hmm, I smell butter."
    The third says, "All I smell is molasses."
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    Did you hear about

    the cannibal that passed his grandmother in the woods? ;-)

    Sorry, that was pretty bad. But, then again, I like poor humour. I keep myself chuckling, anyway.
  22. Thread: "Irreducible"

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    If you have a reciever hitch on the truck, maybe...

    If you have a reciever hitch on the truck, maybe build a set of rollers that fit into the receiver and put a winch in the front of the bed?

    'just an idea.

    a little crude ascii art...
    <pre>
    ...
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    Damn crying shame, there :(

    Damn crying shame, there :(
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    Agreed. But, it is clear that the national...

    Agreed. But, it is clear that the national forest system was created with the explicit intent of preserving the commercial value of the forests and to facilitate their use. That commercial value...
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    As I understand it, the 'National Forrests' were...

    As I understand it, the 'National Forrests' were not set aside as parks. They were originally created to preserve the opportunity to use the resources in the forests.

    From a letter written by...
  26. These are good things to believe and to think...

    These are good things to believe and to think about.

    For the purposes of this discussion, I'll share my thinking with you.

    The universe is infinite in space and time. In an infinite universe...
  27. OK. What "if's" would you change to 'givens' or...

    OK. What "if's" would you change to 'givens' or 'assumptions'? .... beyond what I just typed above.
  28. "according to some definitions" is not a...

    "according to some definitions" is not a statement of reality --- it's a statement of supposition.

    Lacking any evidence to indicate what god is (or even if god is), there is no foundation to say...
  29. back to the topic....... If as density/mass...

    back to the topic.......
    If as density/mass increases, time/space compresses to the point of being meaningless as 'time' and 'space' (compresses to the 'point', get it? ;) ) and if, according to...
  30. And yet our mathematics says that it ain't so. ...

    And yet our mathematics says that it ain't so. What is on a one-way trip is our perception, not our beings.[/b]</font>[/QUOTE]The math attempts to describe our physical and temporal situation as...
  31. Yet, our perception of it 'seems' to indicate...

    Yet, our perception of it 'seems' to indicate that we are on a one-way trip across or through that extent. Perception being the best account we have for reality, I seem to be moving through time.
  32. I didn't think the denatured stuff was safe to...

    I didn't think the denatured stuff was safe to drink smile.gif
  33. no problems here.... smile.gif sometimes I...

    no problems here.... smile.gif sometimes I just sit and ponder...with a beer...... and a nice sunset..... and a nice wife:) and .... well you get the idea
  34. If, as density increases, space-time warps…time...

    If, as density increases, space-time warps…time is relative… until, in the case of a singularity (one of those things at the core of a black hole), time ceases to be meaningful (according to our...
  35. More clear, huh? .... ponder.... ponder... You...

    More clear, huh? .... ponder.... ponder... You must have better ESP than I. I'm still not sure which way this thing is going. If the Iraqi security forces continue to come online and continue to...
  36. If the allied powers had lost WWII, would that...

    If the allied powers had lost WWII, would that have meant the fighting was the wrong decision?
    The current situation in Iraq or any eventual situation in Iraq does not or would not in and of...
  37. Thread: Prayers please.

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    Done.

    Done.
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    2004 or Later Saturn Vue with the V6 AWD. It is...

    2004 or Later Saturn Vue with the V6 AWD.
    It is not an off-road 4 wheel drive,but it is a decent on-road all-wheel drive for winter driving.
    The V6 from 2004 and after has a Honda drive train with...
  39. Thread: Poor Rumsfeld

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    Hang in there Kevin. There are others like you...

    Hang in there Kevin. There are others like you out here. It's just that some of us are tired of trying to reason with our more liberal compatriots. Ditto to a lot of your philosophy. Disengage...
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    Sorry for the wide post, but, I wanted to display...

    Sorry for the wide post, but, I wanted to display
    the pics in their real resolution/size to make a point.

    I now use an Olympus Stylus 410 which is a 4 mp camera. However, until I broke it (fell...
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    From Water Missions International...

    From Water Missions International...

    I know these guys personally. If you'd like to help in a real on-the-ground kind of way, check them out. Very cost effective way to get drinkable water...
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    http://www.saturnfans.com/photos/watermark.php?fil...

    http://www.saturnfans.com/photos/watermark.php?file=9661

    Bugatti EB16 Veyron
    1001 hp
    16 cylinders
    4 turbos
    carbon fiber everything
    and gorgeous...
    :eek:
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    Yeah, but, when I was 13, Marie was a real babe ...

    Yeah, but, when I was 13, Marie was a real babe tongue.gif
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    This gets complicated in a hurry.... The...

    This gets complicated in a hurry....
    The rest.... http://news.ft.com/cms/s/08423a00-83da-11da-9017-0000779e2340.html

    Also, I work in an arena that includes oceangraphers and the like and I have...
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    I don't think that is sufficient in this case. ...

    I don't think that is sufficient in this case. The flaw is in the code that MS uses to read several different media types. So, when you view a Web page that has a JPG image, the PC must read and...
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    In his book 'A Brief History of Time' Stephen...

    In his book 'A Brief History of Time' Stephen Hawking explains in plain english the physics that takes us all the way back just a fraction of a second after the big noise. Then at the very end of...
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    I live in Charleston, SC and did in 1989...

    I live in Charleston, SC and did in 1989 (hurricane Hugo). I evacuated by family the day before and returned alone the day after. During the week immediately after the storm, I was glad to have a...
  48. Thread: Life Sux...

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    Damn rotten news. Keep the chin up. You'll...

    Damn rotten news.
    Keep the chin up.
    You'll be in my thoughts and prayers.
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    Yea, I found a book that talks about the Palmer...

    Yea, I found a book that talks about the Palmer Scott yard as related to Carl Bettle. It has a chapter on the man Palmer Scott and the yard and describes the fire and flood.
    The book.....

    Heart...
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    Pretty lines..... I ran across another Palmer...

    Pretty lines.....

    I ran across another Palmer Scott that resembles yours at http://www.merrymaiden.com/index.htm

    And, I have a Palmer Scott of a completely different flavor......
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