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Posted by Steve Ackman on June 6, 2010, 5:59 am

Fri, 4 Jun 2010 10:28:56 -0700 (PDT), Richard Henry, pomerado@hotmail.com
wrote:

  Just a bit of trivia re: VT...

1)  It was the last state to get a TV station.
2)  There were still entire towns as late as 1965 that
had no electricity.

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Posted by krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz on June 6, 2010, 3:58 pm

On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 23:59:11 -0600, Steve Ackman

Last state to have a McD's in the state capitol, too.

The bulbs in Montpillier are still pretty dim.

3) Largest percentage of unpaved roads in the country

4) Looniest liberals in the country (No Nancy, you're not the looniest)

Posted by Michael A. Terrell on June 4, 2010, 5:33 pm

"krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" wrote:

to charge

> >> >> >> at a C/10 rate or thereabouts.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> So you just wait ~12 hours or so and you're guaranteed it's fully

charged --

> >> >> >> no guessing necessary. :-)
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> There was a time, not that long ago, when most battery chargers were

this, um,

> >> >> >> "featureless!"
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> > Dad wanted to buy same drill (on sale for $5); I talked him out of
> >> >> >> > it.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Sounds like it might be worth $5, actually...
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I think Harbor Freight is a good example of (1) you tend to get what

you pay

> >> >> >> for and (2) advertising leads many people to believe they need a lot

more than

> >> >> >> they really do.  Their "value for the dollar" is actually pretty good
--
> >> >> >> unlike a well-known brand name where the "image" can sometimes be much
> >> >> >> flashier than what you're really getting (counting on many people

never

> >> >> >> recognizing as much -- see #2), with Harbor Freight it's pretty clear

exactly

> >> >> >> how rugged (or not) the item you're purchasing is.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> If you really want to impress your dad, get him one of these:
> >> >> >>

(Amazon.com product link shortened)

> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >   I see a lot of people buying tools for their business at Harbor
> >> >> >Freight, and at Northern Tools.  They don't complain about the quality,
> >> >> >they complain that people steal their tools.
> >> >>
> >> >> Right.  No one would steal a HF tool.  <rdh>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >   Not according to some people.  Their 'Pittsburgh' brand of hand tools
> >> >are stolen fairly often.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> BTW, I have an order with them now for a portable dust collector ($0)

and a

> >> >> wide-crown pneumatic stapler ($0).  They didn't have them on sale in the
> >> >> store in Dothan Saturday.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >   Dothan?  EWWWWWWWW!!!  I had to drive there from Ft Rucker too many
> >> >times to pick up parts from a small wholesale electronics place.
> >>
> >> We hadn't been in that part of the state yet.  Dothan isn't *that* bad.

SWMBO

> >> liked the antique stores (I needed some cheap brownie points ;). Eufaula is
> >> rather nice driving through.  The mansions along the main drag are

something.

> >> I thought I might like a house on the lake (big lake), but then found out

it's

> >> full of 'gators.  Maybe not.
> >>
> >> >   If I had taken that civil service job that I was offered in '73, I
> >> >would probably still be in the area.
> >>
> >> It's about 85mi South of here.
> >
> >
> >   Good. You don't want to hang around an Army base.
>
> There's also Ft. Bennington, in Columbus.  The new Infantry Museum is really
> nice.  Some of the exhibits are still unfinished but it's a beautiful place.

   The new Air Museum at ft. Rucker was opened while I was working in
Destin, but I didn't get a chance to visit.  It was in old, leaky W.W.
II wood buildings when i was stationed there.

> >Even if there was a nice highway to Dothan.
>
> All the highways around here are nice (no frost heaves).  US451 is 4-lane,
> except for a couple of miles North of Eufaula.
>
> >I remember ch 4? from Dothan while I was
> >building that TV station in Destin.  They still started their broadcast
> >day with a farm report, and their weather forcast used '50s props.  That
> >was in the early '90s.
>
> It's not uncommon for Midwest stations to start their news with the farm
> report.  Radio stations used to do them from 12:00 to 1:00, when the farmers
> were in for lunch.

   I'm familiar with the concept but it, and their newscasts were so
amateurish I half expect to see Ted Baxter reading the news.

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Posted by krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz on June 5, 2010, 12:27 am
On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:33:52 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"

>"krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:02:51 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
>>
>> >
>> >"krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:48:44 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >"krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:47:48 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Joel Koltner wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> > I bought a rechargeable drill from them awhile back, and the NiCd
>> >> >> >> > battery charger doesn't even have a sensor telling when charging is
>> >> >> >> > done.  You have to guess when it's done charging.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> It's probably just a transformer->rectifier->resistor->battery, set

to charge

>> >> >> >> at a C/10 rate or thereabouts.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> So you just wait ~12 hours or so and you're guaranteed it's fully

charged --

>> >> >> >> no guessing necessary. :-)
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> There was a time, not that long ago, when most battery chargers were

this, um,

>> >> >> >> "featureless!"
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> > Dad wanted to buy same drill (on sale for $5); I talked him out of
>> >> >> >> > it.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Sounds like it might be worth $5, actually...
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I think Harbor Freight is a good example of (1) you tend to get what

you pay

>> >> >> >> for and (2) advertising leads many people to believe they need a lot

more than

>> >> >> >> they really do.  Their "value for the dollar" is actually pretty

good --

>> >> >> >> unlike a well-known brand name where the "image" can sometimes be

much

>> >> >> >> flashier than what you're really getting (counting on many people

never

>> >> >> >> recognizing as much -- see #2), with Harbor Freight it's pretty

clear exactly

>> >> >> >> how rugged (or not) the item you're purchasing is.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> If you really want to impress your dad, get him one of these:
>> >> >> >>

(Amazon.com product link shortened)

>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >   I see a lot of people buying tools for their business at Harbor
>> >> >> >Freight, and at Northern Tools.  They don't complain about the quality,
>> >> >> >they complain that people steal their tools.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Right.  No one would steal a HF tool.  <rdh>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >   Not according to some people.  Their 'Pittsburgh' brand of hand tools
>> >> >are stolen fairly often.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >> BTW, I have an order with them now for a portable dust collector ($0)

and a

>> >> >> wide-crown pneumatic stapler ($0).  They didn't have them on sale in

the

>> >> >> store in Dothan Saturday.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >   Dothan?  EWWWWWWWW!!!  I had to drive there from Ft Rucker too many
>> >> >times to pick up parts from a small wholesale electronics place.
>> >>
>> >> We hadn't been in that part of the state yet.  Dothan isn't *that* bad.

SWMBO

>> >> liked the antique stores (I needed some cheap brownie points ;). Eufaula is
>> >> rather nice driving through.  The mansions along the main drag are

something.

>> >> I thought I might like a house on the lake (big lake), but then found out

it's

>> >> full of 'gators.  Maybe not.
>> >>
>> >> >   If I had taken that civil service job that I was offered in '73, I
>> >> >would probably still be in the area.
>> >>
>> >> It's about 85mi South of here.
>> >
>> >
>> >   Good. You don't want to hang around an Army base.
>>
>> There's also Ft. Bennington, in Columbus.  The new Infantry Museum is really

                    ^^^^^^^^^^
Crap!  Ft. Benning (still thinking Vermont)

>> nice.  Some of the exhibits are still unfinished but it's a beautiful place.
>   The new Air Museum at ft. Rucker was opened while I was working in
>Destin, but I didn't get a chance to visit.  It was in old, leaky W.W.
>II wood buildings when i was stationed there.

The museum at West Point was in the basement of one of the buildings, in
pretty tough shape.  This one was well worth the trip.

http://www.nationalinfantrymuseum.com/

We'll have to try to get to the Air Museum.  We made it to the Tuskeegee site
(it's only about 20 mi. from here) last year.  Not much there.

>> >Even if there was a nice highway to Dothan.
>>
>> All the highways around here are nice (no frost heaves).  US451 is 4-lane,
>> except for a couple of miles North of Eufaula.
>>
>> >I remember ch 4? from Dothan while I was
>> >building that TV station in Destin.  They still started their broadcast
>> >day with a farm report, and their weather forcast used '50s props.  That
>> >was in the early '90s.
>>
>> It's not uncommon for Midwest stations to start their news with the farm
>> report.  Radio stations used to do them from 12:00 to 1:00, when the farmers
>> were in for lunch.
>   I'm familiar with the concept but it, and their newscasts were so
>amateurish I half expect to see Ted Baxter reading the news.

That was what got me after living in NY for a year.  When we went back home
the news production was so silly.  The content wasn't any worse, though.

Posted by krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz on June 4, 2010, 3:37 am
On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:48:44 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"

>"krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:47:48 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
>>
>> >
>> >Joel Koltner wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I bought a rechargeable drill from them awhile back, and the NiCd
>> >> > battery charger doesn't even have a sensor telling when charging is
>> >> > done.  You have to guess when it's done charging.
>> >>
>> >> It's probably just a transformer->rectifier->resistor->battery, set to

charge

>> >> at a C/10 rate or thereabouts.
>> >>
>> >> So you just wait ~12 hours or so and you're guaranteed it's fully charged
--
>> >> no guessing necessary. :-)
>> >>
>> >> There was a time, not that long ago, when most battery chargers were this,

um,

>> >> "featureless!"
>> >>
>> >> > Dad wanted to buy same drill (on sale for $5); I talked him out of
>> >> > it.
>> >>
>> >> Sounds like it might be worth $5, actually...
>> >>
>> >> I think Harbor Freight is a good example of (1) you tend to get what you

pay

>> >> for and (2) advertising leads many people to believe they need a lot more

than

>> >> they really do.  Their "value for the dollar" is actually pretty good --
>> >> unlike a well-known brand name where the "image" can sometimes be much
>> >> flashier than what you're really getting (counting on many people never
>> >> recognizing as much -- see #2), with Harbor Freight it's pretty clear

exactly

>> >> how rugged (or not) the item you're purchasing is.
>> >>
>> >> If you really want to impress your dad, get him one of these:
>> >> (Amazon.com product link shortened)
>> >
>> >
>> >   I see a lot of people buying tools for their business at Harbor
>> >Freight, and at Northern Tools.  They don't complain about the quality,
>> >they complain that people steal their tools.
>>
>> Right.  No one would steal a HF tool.  <rdh>
>   Not according to some people.  Their 'Pittsburgh' brand of hand tools
>are stolen fairly often.
>> BTW, I have an order with them now for a portable dust collector ($0) and a
>> wide-crown pneumatic stapler ($0).  They didn't have them on sale in the
>> store in Dothan Saturday.
>   Dothan?  EWWWWWWWW!!!  I had to drive there from Ft Rucker too many
>times to pick up parts from a small wholesale electronics place.

Ah, I see Ft. Rucker now.  It's over by Enterprise.  I was looking at a job
over there (radar development).  They kept dragging their feet, then were
surprised when I told them I'd taken another job.  <shrug>

>   If I had taken that civil service job that I was offered in '73, I
>would probably still be in the area.

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