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Old September 6th, 2004, 02:47 AM
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"grisgrisfunk" wrote:


I agree... Connecticut is a hazardous state to drive in, and that's an
everyday occurence. People here only know one speed, FAST. Crazy reckless
drivers. Once in awhile a person from Massachusetts will cross the border,
they're even worse. We call them Massholes!

So I agree, every state has it's hazards. I deal with them everyday on the
road.

Mike R.


Where do you find a road that you can speed on? Most of the time the
traffic congestion prevents it.
I grew up in CT and never knew what speeding truly was until I moved
away.
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Old September 6th, 2004, 02:54 AM
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IN-10-CITY wrote:


Funny, I've lived in Florida for 41 years, and the 4 or 5 houses that
I've lived in are all still standing. The Carolinas have gotten hit
more than we have, and they still have to deal with winter. I'd like
to know where you live bozo.

You probably need a lot explained to you.


The areas of NC that are actually often hit by hurricanes, not the
remnants, don't usually have much of winter. NC is a big state in an
east-west direction.
But of course you knew that.
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Old September 6th, 2004, 03:16 AM
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"Brian" wrote in message
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"grisgrisfunk" wrote:


I agree... Connecticut is a hazardous state to drive in, and that's

an
everyday occurence. People here only know one speed, FAST. Crazy

reckless
drivers. Once in awhile a person from Massachusetts will cross the

border,
they're even worse. We call them Massholes!

So I agree, every state has it's hazards. I deal with them everyday

on the
road.

Mike R.


Where do you find a road that you can speed on? Most of the time the
traffic congestion prevents it.
I grew up in CT and never knew what speeding truly was until I moved
away.


Your kidding?!!! How long ago did you move away? Grant it, there is
traffic from time to time, but when there isn't, LOOK OUT! Have you ever
been on I95, I91, Merrit Parkway, Wilbur Cross Parkway, just to name a few,
where there isn't somebody going a 100 mph and swirving in and out of
traffic like there's some kind of emergency? Then God forbid you are not
going over 70mph, it looks like they are riding in your back seat with you!
They don't leave room for error.

There is not a day go by where I don't see a near miss or some kind of
accident due to reckless driving. There is almost an accident every day on
the Wilbur Cross at exit 59 because your suppose to yield before you get on
the highway and the car from behind rams the car that yields. I almost think
that some people here don't know what a yield sign means.

Mike R.


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Old September 6th, 2004, 03:38 AM
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On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 18:40:55 -0700, "Richard Johnson"
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"eüphemism" wrote in message
...

puzzled wrote in message
...
A massive hurricane seems to hit Florida every few years. I really

don't
understand why people continue to live there. Don't they get tired of

having
to evacuate every summer, and having their houses destroyed? Someone

explain
this to me.



You should probably review the specifics with more care. I lived in

Florida
for 25 years and endured only one hurricane - it was a Cat-1 wimp named
"David" in 1979. Andrew was the only really devastating hurricane that

came
close to where I lived - and it was terrible. It was supposed to hit the
Palm Beaches, but it never turned north and just went straight in - it
actually "missed" the most major population areas of south Florida. Had

it
come in 50 miles further north, the damage could have easily been 10 times
worse.

This is the first hurricane in modern history to affect this extensive of

a
stretch of population. There have never been evacuations involving 2
million people. This storm is "raking" the coast starting just at Ft.
Lauderdale all the way up to at least Melbourne. Nasty, nasty, nasty.

Property values have gone ****house in Florida over the last four years.
Maybe this will stop that madness.

This season will clearly be a modern record for the number of people
directly impacted by hurricanes. The bad news is that there are three
months of hurricane season remaining - and there's another storm already

out
there - by the name of Ivan.

You may marvel at the stupidity of Floridians as they hunker down during
these storms. That's okay. They have all snickered at your expense as

they
sat on the porch, sipping coolers and watching the coverage of those
relentless winter storms that bury the north every single year. The shots
of people slowly sliding their cars into poles, walls or other vehicles

was
always my personal favorite.

Ü


Actually it is what you get used to. As a native San Diegan, I never had
to put up with tornados, huge lighting storms, cockroachs as big as small
dogs, or hurricanes and heat with 100% humidity. I did put up with flea's,
earthquakes, and water that would dull a knife if you tried to cut it.
(When making concrete you only have to use a half a bag to get the same
volume as normal places...OK exaggeration...but that water was hard.) All
in all I would rather live in San Diego than Miami, any day of the week.
But Florida's waters are beautiful. I now live in the Pacific Northwest
(West of the Cascades). It is very beautiful here. The winters are mild,
and it is a bit rainy. But almost no insects (by comparison to anywhere in
the South or Northeast.). But...there are the things called volcanoes.


Everyone has a cross to carry - Volcanos can be a bitch but they don't
occur often (eruptions) in the CONUS. We in Sarasota have beautiful
beaches and considerable wealth - but few real jobs. We also are in
the first row on most hurricanes.

San Diego is beautiful too. My son lives there. Most of the people I
met there were too full of themselves. Very plastic. They have the
mudslides and the occasional earthquakes.

Of all the places in the USA I have been, I like Colorado Springs.
Great air, great view, great people. Can't think of a negative off
hand.
  #65  
Old September 6th, 2004, 04:30 AM
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"Budman" wrote in message
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On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 18:40:55 -0700, "Richard Johnson"
wrote:


"eüphemism" wrote in message
...

puzzled wrote in message
...
A massive hurricane seems to hit Florida every few years. I really

don't
understand why people continue to live there. Don't they get tired

of
having
to evacuate every summer, and having their houses destroyed? Someone
explain
this to me.



You should probably review the specifics with more care. I lived in

Florida
for 25 years and endured only one hurricane - it was a Cat-1 wimp named
"David" in 1979. Andrew was the only really devastating hurricane that

came
close to where I lived - and it was terrible. It was supposed to hit

the
Palm Beaches, but it never turned north and just went straight in - it
actually "missed" the most major population areas of south Florida.

Had
it
come in 50 miles further north, the damage could have easily been 10

times
worse.

This is the first hurricane in modern history to affect this extensive

of
a
stretch of population. There have never been evacuations involving 2
million people. This storm is "raking" the coast starting just at Ft.
Lauderdale all the way up to at least Melbourne. Nasty, nasty, nasty.

Property values have gone ****house in Florida over the last four

years.
Maybe this will stop that madness.

This season will clearly be a modern record for the number of people
directly impacted by hurricanes. The bad news is that there are three
months of hurricane season remaining - and there's another storm

already
out
there - by the name of Ivan.

You may marvel at the stupidity of Floridians as they hunker down

during
these storms. That's okay. They have all snickered at your expense as

they
sat on the porch, sipping coolers and watching the coverage of those
relentless winter storms that bury the north every single year. The

shots
of people slowly sliding their cars into poles, walls or other vehicles

was
always my personal favorite.

Ü


Actually it is what you get used to. As a native San Diegan, I never

had
to put up with tornados, huge lighting storms, cockroachs as big as small
dogs, or hurricanes and heat with 100% humidity. I did put up with

flea's,
earthquakes, and water that would dull a knife if you tried to cut it.
(When making concrete you only have to use a half a bag to get the same
volume as normal places...OK exaggeration...but that water was hard.)

All
in all I would rather live in San Diego than Miami, any day of the week.
But Florida's waters are beautiful. I now live in the Pacific Northwest
(West of the Cascades). It is very beautiful here. The winters are

mild,
and it is a bit rainy. But almost no insects (by comparison to anywhere

in
the South or Northeast.). But...there are the things called volcanoes.


Everyone has a cross to carry - Volcanos can be a bitch but they don't
occur often (eruptions) in the CONUS. We in Sarasota have beautiful
beaches and considerable wealth - but few real jobs. We also are in
the first row on most hurricanes.

San Diego is beautiful too. My son lives there. Most of the people I
met there were too full of themselves. Very plastic. They have the
mudslides and the occasional earthquakes.

Of all the places in the USA I have been, I like Colorado Springs.
Great air, great view, great people. Can't think of a negative off
hand.



For San Diego you need to add the cost of living (I think they were #1 not
too long ago) and wildfires. Recall that the Dolphin-Chargers game of last
season was relocated to Arizona due to the San Diego facility being a
staging area for the relief and firefighting effort.

Ü


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Old September 6th, 2004, 05:30 AM
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On 09/05/2004 9:29 PM Louis Boyd, committed frenium gestures and then
wrote:

IN-10-CITY wrote:

The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be
a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?



Safety labels are only to protect manufacturers from lawsuits. People
who are stupid enough not to use products safely just by thinking
about the consequences are also too dumb to comprehend the labels.


What do safety labels have to do with insuring that a building remain
standing after a hurricane? The answer is as plain as day. Many of the
Old Town frame houses in Key West were built by Sea Captains, Wreckers
and Pirates. They didn't know anything about building land based
structures so they built the houses like ships.

During a major storm the shutters which are set into the window frame
are closed. Due to this construction they remain flush with the house.
They are secured by iron cross bars. Some have interior wood that fits
into the window frame and is also secured by iron cross bar. Front
doors are sturdy, shuttered and cross bared.

Scuppers, skylights open for ventilation, are secured just like a boat
hatch. The house itself is flexible and gives in the wind.

I've been in one of these "Victorian" frame houses during a hurricane.
They creak and groan... it's a real spooky sound. Even with battery
powered light and being on the third floor, it's like being in the belly
of an old ship. But the thing is these old Conch houses come out better
than most of their more modern neighbors. They may loose a shutter or
two, or maybe some roof shakes. These houses have weathered many a
hurricane. There's something to be learned from these grand old ladies
of Key West. Modern construction should follow the archetectual
elements that made these Key West homes last.

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Old September 6th, 2004, 08:22 AM
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On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 18:29:58 -0700, Louis Boyd
wrote:

IN-10-CITY wrote:

The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity,
but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?


Safety labels are only to protect manufacturers from lawsuits. People
who are stupid enough not to use products safely just by thinking about
the consequences are also too dumb to comprehend the labels.



"Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by
legislation. Stupidity isn't a sin, the victim can't help being
stupid.
But stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is
death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically
and without pity." - Robert A. Heinlein

"At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child -
miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied,
demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless.
Liberalism is a philosphy of sniveling brats." -- P.J. O'Rourke
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Old September 6th, 2004, 08:22 AM
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On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 18:29:58 -0700, Louis Boyd
wrote:

IN-10-CITY wrote:

The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity,
but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?


Safety labels are only to protect manufacturers from lawsuits. People
who are stupid enough not to use products safely just by thinking about
the consequences are also too dumb to comprehend the labels.



"Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by
legislation. Stupidity isn't a sin, the victim can't help being
stupid.
But stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is
death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically
and without pity." - Robert A. Heinlein

"At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child -
miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied,
demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless.
Liberalism is a philosphy of sniveling brats." -- P.J. O'Rourke
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Old September 6th, 2004, 02:35 PM
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Gunner wrote:



"At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child -
miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied,
demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless.
Liberalism is a philosphy of sniveling brats." -- P.J. O'Rourke


Liberalism is *NOT* a philosophy. It is a mental disorder.

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Old September 6th, 2004, 02:35 PM
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Gunner wrote:



"At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child -
miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied,
demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless.
Liberalism is a philosphy of sniveling brats." -- P.J. O'Rourke


Liberalism is *NOT* a philosophy. It is a mental disorder.

 




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