Frugal Living: misc.consumers.frugal-living - 20 new messages in 9 topics

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

misc.consumers.frugal-living - 20 new messages in 9 topics - digest

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Today's topics:

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TOPIC: U/$. currency to be re-designed?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/fbd5998e1a4e4c79?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Mon, Sep 20 2010 10:00 pm
From: VFW

I've heard their looking to re-design the paper stuff.
Will all the old bills have to resurface and be converted.
I think I know where I hid most of it.
--
Karma, What a concept!

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TOPIC: Yet another preventable death blamed on SUVs?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/d4ac409df10b343c?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 21 2010 7:32 am
From: "His Highness the TibetanMonkey & the Spirits of the Jungle"

On Sep 20, 5:33 am, "Duane Hebert" <s...@flarn.com> wrote:
> "Opus" <opusthep...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:246bcbd6-62df-4abe-bc7a-32df9a16b381@l17g2000vbf.googlegroups.com...
>
> <snip>
>
> > live are dead ends) I get honked at and harassed by drivers because
> > "Yer in the street!". Somewhere in the last 40 years the attitude that
> > bicycles are transportation has vanished from the Anglophone world.
>
> Not just the Anglophone world. Just yesterday I heard, "t'es dans la
> rue maudite!" If find that idiocy isn't restricted to race.

The Anglophone image of the world is transmitted to the world via
Hollywood and then translated into many languages. The UK seems to be
the rara avis here where they seem to enjoy their own shows. ;)

Well, maybe Bollywood is important to India. ;)

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 21 2010 7:35 am
From: "His Highness the TibetanMonkey & the Spirits of the Jungle"

On Sep 20, 8:42 am, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@iw.net> wrote:
> "His Highness the TibetanMonkey & the Spirits of the Jungle"<comandante.ban...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:f49d9177-18e2-4e49-b155-8f97f9c38bd8@k30g2000vbn.googlegroups.com...
> [...]> Ed, I acknowledge you are the greatest spammer here and since you want
>
> to be remembered by posterity, you leave me alone.
>
> "Stop proliferating threads on a single topic and I will not bother you. I
> regard you as one dumb son of a bitch who is way too stupid for these
> newsgroups. The sooner some motorist puts you out of your misery, the better
> for the world." - Ed Dolan
>
> > How do you think you'll be remember?
>
> No one is ever remembered for long. However, I will remember you as the
> Greatest Idiot ever to post to Usenet. Why not just post one original
> message per week since you never have anything new to say. Once you have
> posted that message, then stay on it for the rest of the week. See if you
> can get anyone to respond - or are you even too imbecilic for that!
>
> Fucking Regards,
>
> Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
> aka
> Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

Do you think that people will remember "Ed Dolan the Great from
Minnesota" 50 years from now?

The Wise Tibetan Monkey though will be remembered forever. ;)

Not even Jesus is known among the Jews, Muslims or Chinese.

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 21 2010 7:46 am
From: "His Highness the TibetanMonkey & the Spirits of the Jungle"

On Sep 19, 7:25 am, Opus <opusthep...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 19, 2:38 am, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@iw.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> >snip quoted material<
> > So TM is right. So what?
>
> > He has been posting the same old shit over over for at least a year now.
> > Every day it is a new posting on the same old subject. That is the sort of
> > thing that destroys small newsgroups. He is a spammer pure and simple. It is
> > irrelevant whether he is right or not. He is a crashing bore and a
> > simpleton. And if you take him seriously, then you are too.
>
> > You should have posted your above message as an original subject separate
> > from him if you wanted anyone to read it. Everyone has kill-filed TM because
> > he is nothing but a g.d. nuisance.
>
> > Regards,
>
> > Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
> > aka
> > Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
>
> I guess you weren't there when they were doing the lessons on teaching
> to dummies. Repetition is the key to learning, over and over again
> until it sinks in. One could post the same thing about you and your
> use of swear words.
>
> I take TM seriously because what he posts jibes with my observations
> on my daily rides. I don't agree with his similes about jungles and
> bananas, but his direct statements are factual and from my experience
> truthful. Note that factual and truthful are not the same thing,
> factual means testable in the real world, truthful means a fact that
> has tested true under at least one circumstance.

Opus, your incident touched me a lot, and sometimes I have similar
nightmares. I was spit in my face by an angry driver but that doesn't
compare. I'm not afraid to die though. I'm afraid to be broken up and
then abandoned. To be honest, despite my wisdom, I have a hard time
forgiving or forgetting. That TERRORIST that left you bleeding... I'd
unleash the mighty power we use in Afghanistan to hunt him down. A
drone would be perfect.

Hit-and-runs are a common occurrence here too, almost every cyclist
can account for one, and nobody makes an issue out of it. He --and his
kind-- get my banana for the time being...

http://www.all4humor.com/images/files/Giving%20The%20Finger.jpg

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TOPIC: Are Christians affected by animal instincts?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/42fb56c340f7116a?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 21 2010 9:34 am
From: "His Highness the TibetanMonkey & the Spirits of the Jungle"

Many people must be wondering where I get my wisdom from... Well, I
get it from the source, the animals that reveal our worst and best
instincts. In this case, I got good news for you.

Most animals can be tamed and made happy. They don't worry about death
or hell, they just enjoy the day. They fear no God, but fear the
bigger animals. Well, I fear a Christian behind the wheel of an SUV,
which proves they can be affected by animal instincts too and want to
be bigger than the others.

I wonder why people haven't tapped into the source before. Of course,
Aesop did but his messages are often forgotten in order to learn
twisted metaphors from the Bible.

Here's some wisdom of his...

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
Aesop

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one
thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.
Aesop

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
Aesop

Adventure is worthwhile.
Aesop

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common
prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
Aesop

After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Aesop

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
Aesop

Appearances are often deceiving.
Aesop

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/aesop.html

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THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS

"Never mix species of different size without proper care"

http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 21 2010 10:29 pm
From: "Edward Dolan"

"His Highness the TibetanMonkey & the Spirits of the Jungle"
<nolionnoproblem@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:6001f665-dc9b-41ba-9067-8c64b3fe198c@k13g2000vbq.googlegroups.com...
> Many people must be wondering where I get my wisdom from... Well, I
> get it from the source, the animals that reveal our worst and best
> instincts. In this case, I got good news for you.
>
> Most animals can be tamed and made happy. They don't worry about death
> or hell, they just enjoy the day. They fear no God, but fear the
> bigger animals. Well, I fear a Christian behind the wheel of an SUV,
> which proves they can be affected by animal instincts too and want to
> be bigger than the others.
>
> I wonder why people haven't tapped into the source before. Of course,
> Aesop did but his messages are often forgotten in order to learn
> twisted metaphors from the Bible.
>
> Here's some wisdom of his...
>
> A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
> Aesop
>
> A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one
> thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.
> Aesop
>
> A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
> Aesop
>
> Adventure is worthwhile.
> Aesop
>
> Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common
> prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
> Aesop
>
> After all is said and done, more is said than done.
> Aesop
>
> Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
> Aesop
>
> Appearances are often deceiving.
> Aesop

TM is a poor crazy bastard who just posts on his one favorite subject -
hatred of motor vehicles because they interfere with his use of the roads.
His other favorite subject is attacking Christianity. If you respond to this
poor crazy bastard, then you are a poor crazy bastard too.

He likes to reference monkeys and other wild animals normally found only in
zoos because he is most likely a wild beast himself. I think he fornicates
with monkeys, but I can't prove it.

TM should confine himself to just one thread instead of proliferating them
like a poor crazy bastard. He is insane of course. I liken him to the
village idiot of olden times. The difference these days is that no one any
longer recognizes the village idiot because idiocy has become so widespread.

But I will be here to remind one and all of what a poor crazy bastard TM is.
It is mark of My Greatness that I can still recognize the village idiot even
if the rest of you can't.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

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TOPIC: Ed Dolan the Great is like God the Almighty
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 21 2010 9:36 am
From: JimmyMac

On Sep 18, 8:24 am, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@iw.net> wrote:
> "JimmyMac" <jimmyma...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:ef1569bb-6391-4f66-86c5-c68c248c965a@y3g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...
> On Sep 18, 4:06 am, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@iw.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > "JimmyMac" <jimmyma...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:f12be5b9-7772-40dd-8b18-b3d1882dd47f@z25g2000vbn.googlegroups.com...
> > On Sep 17, 1:39 am, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@iw.net> wrote:
> > [...]
>
> > > "There is all kinds of spam." - Ed Dolan
>
> > >> According to you, but not the masses who recognize SPAM for what it is
> > and what it is not. You are not SPAMing TM. What you are doing is
> > merely inserting your copy and paste boilerplate into his post and
> > that is an indication that you read his post, take issue with his post
> > and care enough to devote the time to respond. You are dancing to his
> > music no matter what you have to say in the matter and to think you
> > label as idiots that reply exempting yourself. The conundrum
> > continues.
>
> > All I do is read the subject heading of TM's posts. It is always the same
> > old subject with the same old idiotic message.
> >>> Responded to with the same old copy and paste, idiotic bolerplate
>
> riposte and that somehow is better???
>
> I am fighting spam with spam.

Well actually no you're not. You still dont know what SPAM is

>What makes more sense than that? Unlike you,
> I do not waste time and effort on morons.

I agree. I really should stop wasting my time on you.

> > Since that is all it is, copy
> > and paste is quite appropriate. I consider all of it nothing but spam. TM
> > is
> > too god damn fucking stupid to ever be a troll. I mean to step on his
> > posts
> > for all eternity until he learns to cease his spamming.
> >>> Good luck with that.
>
> Nothing is easier than copy and paste.

Nothing is lazier you meant to say.

> > > > > Regards,
>
> > > > > Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
> > > > > aka
> > > > > Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

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TOPIC: Ed Dolan the Great and the denizens of Usenet
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/d833df279e38cde8?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 21 2010 9:43 am
From: JimmyMac

On Sep 19, 8:59 pm, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@iw.net> wrote:
> "JimmyMac" <jimmyma...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:cb156b1b-676f-4687-a0d6-29bcf6cc17ef@z25g2000vbn.googlegroups.com...
> On Sep 18, 8:03 am, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@iw.net> wrote:
> [...]
>
> > but I will not talk to a stalker like you.
> >> AND, you are doing what then exactly?
>
> What I am doing, exactly, is dismissing you, but you are too self-absorbed
> to know when you are not welcome.

So then you are talking to me and continue to do so.

> [...]
>
> > You can stop stalking me any time you want and I assure you no one else on
> > these newsgroups will ever miss you. Unlike you, I find plenty of others
> > to
> > engage in interesting discussions.
> >> I'm just telling you what others have told you over time. You weren't
>
> missed any of the times you left, so why come back? Copy and paste is
> not engaging others in discussion. You don't have discussions. You
> proselytize. There is no give and take. With you, it is your way or
> the highway. You are a bore!
>
> All you will ever get from me is more of the same. Don't like it? Then
> leave!

I don't expect anything else from you since you are incapable of
anything better. It really has to suck to be you. What a loser.

> > > Regards,
>
> > > Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
> > > aka
> > > Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 21 2010 9:50 am
From: JimmyMac

On Sep 19, 9:05 pm, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@iw.net> wrote:
> "JimmyMac" <jimmyma...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:01ee1905-70af-4a95-8fbc-464a7183fae1@h25g2000vba.googlegroups.com...
> On Sep 18, 8:20 am, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@iw.net> wrote:
> [...]
>
> > Low class Irish culture is the worst in the world and Irish drinking songs
> > are the pits. I am lace curtain Irish and want nothing to do with the
> > dregs
> > of that abominable culture. Like James Joyce, anyone of intelligence could
> > not get out of Ireland fast enough.
>
> > The popular Irish song and dance that is imported to this country is a
> > disgrace. I literally run from it as I would the Devil. Sometimes I am
> > embarrassed to be of Irish ancestry.
> >> Ed is referring to shanty Irish, but he is beneath that being pig-shit
>
> Irish. I too am ashamed that Dolan is of Irish ancestry.
>
> McNamara is not really Irish at all. He is a dumb Pole. Chicago is well
> known as being a safe harbor for dumb Poles. His wife is most likely a dumb
> Pole too.

Yep McNamara is definitely a Polish name ... NOT! truth be told, I am
Irish, English and Polish, but this is little to do about nothing?
There is no significant correlation between ethnicity and
intelligence. Intelligence is not ethnically linked, but I would
expect nothing less preposterous from the Minnesota loon. I wonder
when Dolan is going to do something about his mental illness.

> > Regards,
>
> > Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
> > aka
> > Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 21 2010 10:09 pm
From: "Edward Dolan"

"JimmyMac" <jimmymac_4@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:d675bb1e-e8d7-4442-ae8a-53a7cedf96be@g18g2000vbn.googlegroups.com...
On Sep 19, 8:59 pm, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@iw.net> wrote:
> > but I will not talk to a stalker like you.
> >> AND, you are doing what then exactly?
>
> What I am doing, exactly, is dismissing you, but you are too self-absorbed
> to know when you are not welcome.

>>>> So then you are talking to me and continue to do so.

I stopped talking to you some years ago, but you are too stupid to realize
it.
[...]

> > > Regards,
>
> > > Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
> > > aka
> > > Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 21 2010 10:18 pm
From: "Edward Dolan"

"JimmyMac" <jimmymac_4@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:e7afaa8e-8035-4c6f-99ed-4a6492d092c1@n7g2000vbo.googlegroups.com...
On Sep 19, 9:05 pm, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@iw.net> wrote:
[...]
> McNamara is not really Irish at all. He is a dumb Pole. Chicago is well
> known as being a safe harbor for dumb Poles. His wife is most likely a
> dumb
> Pole too.

>> Yep McNamara is definitely a Polish name ... NOT! truth be told, I am
Irish, English and Polish, but this is little to do about nothing?

I suspect McNamara was not your father. Some dumb Pole got to your mother
while he was not looking. In short, you are a bastard and a son of a bitch.

>> There is no significant correlation between ethnicity and
intelligence. Intelligence is not ethnically linked, but I would
expect nothing less preposterous from the Minnesota loon. I wonder
when Dolan is going to do something about his mental illness.

"I suspect McNamara was not your biological father. Some dumb Pole got to
your mother while he was not looking. In short, you are a bastard and a son
of a bitch." - Ed Dolan

> > Regards,
>
> > Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
> > aka
> > Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

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TOPIC: Is it a Secret?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/3928741489761966?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 21 2010 11:33 am
From: VFW

Have you ever noticed that some people function in a world where they
feel that for them to do well, someone has to do poorly?
It's like they haven't noticed that there is plenty. Plenty for
everyone. Esp. if you share what you do have, it comes back to you. And
you realize "Greed" is not necessary.
Enjoy the moment! It's special.
It's NOW.
--
Karma, What a concept!

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 21 2010 1:25 pm
From: Al

VFW wrote:
> Have you ever noticed that some people function in a world where they
> feel that for them to do well, someone has to do poorly?
> It's like they haven't noticed that there is plenty. Plenty for
> everyone. Esp. if you share what you do have, it comes back to you. And
> you realize "Greed" is not necessary.
> Enjoy the moment! It's special.
> It's NOW.
> --

I suspect you notice this because you continually look for someone to
share with you.

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 21 2010 2:43 pm
From: "Bill"

"VFW" wrote in message
> Have you ever noticed that some people function in a world where they
> feel that for them to do well, someone has to do poorly?
>

Yes. Like with playing the game of pool in a bar. Some people devote a LOT
of energy trying to distract their opponent and make their opponent play
bad.

Whereas other players use their energy to practice and learn about the game.

Of course the "cheaters" do not consider that those who spend their time
learning can also learn to ignore distractions. So cheating does not get
them very far...

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TOPIC: A/C Condensate Drain Pipe Cleaning Guide with pictures
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/42be6c8cbf070694?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 21 2010 11:34 am
From: Paul Michaels

A few years ago I was living in a home where the air handler was up in
the attic. I neglected to ever maintain the air handler's drain pipe
so it eventually clogged up and started leaking water down through the
bathroom's exhaust fan.

That unfortunate experience taught me to check, clean, and flush out
the pipe at least once a year. I took pictures of the process this
time and created a quick guide.

Here's the gallery page - http://www.paulstravelpictures.com/HVAC-Condensate-Drain-Pipe-Cleaning-Guide

A wet/dry vacuum makes the procedure easier, but just flushing out the
pipe with water is usually enough to keep the pipe relatively clear.

Cheers,
Paul Michaels
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 21 2010 1:22 pm
From: Al

Paul Michaels wrote:
> A few years ago I was living in a home where the air handler was up in
> the attic. I neglected to ever maintain the air handler's drain pipe
> so it eventually clogged up and started leaking water down through the
> bathroom's exhaust fan.
>
> That unfortunate experience taught me to check, clean, and flush out
> the pipe at least once a year. I took pictures of the process this
> time and created a quick guide.
>
> Here's the gallery page - http://www.paulstravelpictures.com/HVAC-Condensate-Drain-Pipe-Cleaning-Guide
>
> A wet/dry vacuum makes the procedure easier, but just flushing out the
> pipe with water is usually enough to keep the pipe relatively clear.

Why pay attention to someone who makes so many household blunders?
>
> Cheers,
> Paul Michaels
> Ft. Lauderdale, FL

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TOPIC: Cars fart poisonous gas
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 21 2010 12:18 pm
From: "His Highness the TibetanMonkey & the Spirits of the Jungle"

On Sep 17, 8:50 am, Sir Jeremy <pete.a...@virgin.net> wrote:
> On 17 Sep, 09:56, "john hamilton" <bluesta...@mail.invalid> wrote:
>
> > "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock &
> > the Stationary Bicycle to burn the calories" <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com>
> > wrote in messagenews:3d10b2b0-ef23-4024-834d-9dc68ccaf1d0@l20g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>
> > sometime ago i saw an interview with a very very old lady, when asked if it
> > was so much better with horses in the road than cars, she said that she
> > lived in the edgware road and the noise from the horses hooves was terrible
> > and the cars were much quieter....
>
> and don't defaecate

Cars fart poisonous gas.

That's a powerful metaphor, huh?

I rather live with horse shit.

-----------------------------------------------------------

THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS

"I rather take horse shit than bullshit"

http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 21 2010 10:27 pm
From: "Edward Dolan"

"His Highness the TibetanMonkey & the Spirits of the Jungle"
<comandante.banana@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ca521383-cafe-4485-bfe1-4f49cad00a33@e20g2000vbn.googlegroups.com...
> On Sep 17, 8:50 am, Sir Jeremy <pete.a...@virgin.net> wrote:
>> On 17 Sep, 09:56, "john hamilton" <bluesta...@mail.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> > "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of
>> > Tantra-Hammock &
>> > the Stationary Bicycle to burn the calories"
>> > <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com>
>> > wrote in
>> > messagenews:3d10b2b0-ef23-4024-834d-9dc68ccaf1d0@l20g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > sometime ago i saw an interview with a very very old lady, when asked
>> > if it
>> > was so much better with horses in the road than cars, she said that she
>> > lived in the edgware road and the noise from the horses hooves was
>> > terrible
>> > and the cars were much quieter....
>>
>> and don't defaecate
>
> Cars fart poisonous gas.
>
> That's a powerful metaphor, huh?
>
> I rather live with horse shit.

He likes to reference monkeys and other wild animals normally found only in
zoos because he is most likely a wild beast himself. I think he fornicates
with monkeys, but I can't prove it.

But I will be here to remind one and all of what a poor crazy bastard TM is.
It is mark of My Greatness that I can still recognize the village idiot even
if the rest of you can't.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

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TOPIC: Measure the Voltage of Batteries
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 21 2010 1:10 pm
From: VFW

a cheap Volt-Meter can accurately measure the real voltage of various
small batteries you use around the house.
Like the other day , The remote wouldn't work and out of four batteries
in it. Only one was low. I replaced just the one and saved $$$
Mostly we use rechargeable ones. Tho.
they cost less in the not too long run.
--
Karma, What a concept!

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 21 2010 1:20 pm
From: Al

VFW wrote:
> a cheap Volt-Meter can accurately measure the real voltage of various
> small batteries you use around the house.
> Like the other day , The remote wouldn't work and out of four batteries
> in it. Only one was low. I replaced just the one and saved $$$
> Mostly we use rechargeable ones. Tho.
> they cost less in the not too long run.
> --
> Karma, What a concept!

In some situations like a remote, the rechargeable battery can cost
more to operate. The shelf life on an alkaline battery is years. The
shelf life on the CHARGE of a rechargeable can be as little as 30
days. The draw on the remote is negligible so a set can last for
years. Meanwhile, you may end up changing and charging those nicads
dozens of times plus the inconvenience involved. A good alkaline is
4/$1 at Dollar Tree. I save rechargeables for high intensity
situations like cameras and power equipment.

Yes, a VOM can help diagnose and save money. Even so, common sense is
way better. Using both is priceless.

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