Text 10240, 93 rader
Skriven 2007-01-09 11:23:44 av hap newsom
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: RE: nasty gnashing 850
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Good morning Michael!

->  HN> I don't *hate* them....I don't *like* them either...but look at them
->  HN> as a  neccesary evil...much the same as hyena's, vultures, and
->  HN> maggots...with  many apologies to the hyena's, vultures, and the
->  HN> maggots (grin). 
-> 
-> Hyenas, vultures, and maggots perform a public health function.
-> What can we say for bankers and lawyers?
-> 
Which is why I apologized to the hyena's, vultures, and maggots. 

->  HN> Both the places where I had the radiant heated floors were on 
concrete
->  HN> slabs...I'm guessing that the plumbing was encased in the concrete 
and
->  HN> while  I was there it never needed any tending to. What was the 
problem
->  HN> with your  friend's system?
-> 
-> Corrosion, which is hard to deal with when concrete has been
-> poured over the pipes.
-> 
happily I never encountered that!

->  -=> Hap Newsom said to Ruth Hanschka <=-
-> 
->  -> Around here 95% of all households have cable.  THe ones that don't 
usually
->  -> don't watch TV.  I've been in high cotton lately watching all the NFL
->  -> playoff games.  Those are best seen live, unless you want to see all 
the
->  -> weirdness of the gaffes in the Dallas/Seattle one.  
-> 
-> I understand it was a terrific game for that kind of thing. Almost
-> as good as the Patriots game, where time stood still after a
-> fumble, or so it seemed.
-> 
And now the Dallas owner is hinting that Seattle somehow "slicked up" the 
ball to make Romo fumble the snap. 

->  HN> We got cable when it first became available in our area...we live in
->  HN> the flight 
->  HN> path for the runways at the local Air Force Base (McChord AFB) 
which
->  HN> is  about 2 miles away...the radar, and radio interference made TV
->  HN> reception on  an antenna practically unviewable.  Cable was a 
godsend
-> 
-> Can you hear the MATCs through your radio?
-> 
Nope, just massive ghosting on the TV and static. 

->  HN> for us! As for the  Seattle/Cowboy game...I'm truely amazed that the
->  HN> 'Hawks managed to dodge  the bullet...Right now the MVP for the 
Seattle
->  HN> team is the Dallas Quarterback! Anne and I make a particular effort to
->  HN> avoid Seattle altogether when the  Seahawk's are playing at 
home...It's
->  HN> just not worth the frustration! chat with you soon
-> 
-> Good thought. I wonder how your transit system deals with the
-> sudden surges in ridership. Hey, SOW, what's the projected date
-> for the light rail between Sea-Tac and downtown?
-> 
They run special busses and even SOUNDER trains before and after the 
games...but still traffic becomes a quagmire of drunk and disorderly drivers so

it's better to just stay away! Still not sure when the finish of the light rail

from the airport to downtown will be...depends a lot on the kind of winter we 
have.

->  HN> hap (who's waiting for BASEBALL)
-> 
-> Having seen some of the coverage of that great game between
-> two teams with .563 records, I was wondering if they'd hired
-> extra staffing for the occasion, perhaps from your team.
-> Looking at Qwest Field, I wondered, was Hap down there in
-> that den of iniquity? (I guess not, if you were merely
-> waiting for BASEBALL.)
-> 
One never MERELY waits for baseball...one counts the days till spring training 
starts, poring over the pitchers and catchers initial workouts before the rest 
of the team shows up...One reads three papers daily and looks anxiously at 
roster changes  and trade rumors. One debates the merits of pitching staff 
and power hitters, and fleet infielders with rockets for throwing arms. One 
dreams of those spring days when baseball returns once more, one never 
merely WAITS (grin)
chat with you soon
hap 
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