It's quiet......too quiet.

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On Feb 2, 8:23 am, "Tom Nakashima" wrote:

"Wolfgang" wrote in message

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Becky ran out of gas about half an hour ago. After riding to the
rescue...
Wolfgang

It makes me wonder how anyone could run out of gas.

Most automobiles are powered by internal combustion engines. These
engines typically burn various concoctions of petroleum based liquids
which are stored in an onboard tank. Run them long enough without adding
fuel and the supply runs out.

fwiw,

Not much.

Wolfgang

Yes, I know how a combustion engine works, and there is also an instruments
called a gas gauge
that most automobiles have today which indicates when you're low on fuel. I
figure with all the
reading you both do, it might be easy enough to read the gauge...it's not
like it's in braille.
fwiw,
-tom


Given who she chooses to associate with it seems common sense is
severely lacking.
- Ken


oh brother... if i'm not mistaken, you've never met becky or wolfgang?
you've never spent an evening in their company? in other words, you're
simply making a statement without adequate data. not what i'd expect
from you, though i'll acknowledge i've met a number of college
professors who allow their feelings to corrupt their logic. you dislike
wolfgang. wolfgang enjoys toying with you and he may...though i'd not be
certain...dislike you. however, you know nothing of becky or the
relationship between them. it was a stupid statement and, as i know
something of becky, i think you owe her an apology.

jeff

On Feb 2, 5:11 pm, "Opus" wrote:
"asadi" wrote in message

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"Tom Nakashima"
Yes, I know how a combustion engine works, and there is also an
instruments called a gas gauge
that most automobiles have today which indicates when you're low on fuel.
I figure with all the
reading you both do, it might be easy enough to read the gauge...it's not
like it's in braille.
fwiw,
-tom

\
Drive through ATM'S are in Braille...

john

When they built the new parking deck on campus in 2001, they had the 5 MPH
speed limit signs printed in Braille.

Once they realized the stupidity of their action, they replaced them.

Yeah, like anybody's going to pay attention to THAT sign! Sheesh!

Wolfgang
who walks....or, to be more precise, dodges through a parking
structure on the way in to work every morning. i tell ya, it's like
living in brooklyn!

jeff typed:
Tom Nakashima wrote:
"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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Becky ran out of gas about half an hour ago. After riding to the
rescue...

It makes me wonder how anyone could run out of gas.

some people...very special people...at times concentrate and focus
their intellect on matters of more importance and significance than a
car's gas gauge.

Thank you Jeff. Although I've never run completely out, I've sure come
close, usually while worrying about solving world hunger and such. . .
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj/

Thank you Jeff. Although I've never run completely out, I've sure come
close, usually while worrying about solving world hunger and such. . .
--
TL,
Tim

Do your cars ever run long enough to run out of gas? Last time we
tried to meet up, you couldn't make it 50 miles down the road. :-b
Frank Reid

Frank Reid typed:
Thank you Jeff. Although I've never run completely out, I've sure
come close, usually while worrying about solving world hunger and
such. . .

Do your cars ever run long enough to run out of gas? Last time we
tried to meet up, you couldn't make it 50 miles down the road. :-b

That's just wrong. True, but wrong - a roffian curse. At the Mass
Hysteria clave a few years ago, my tire blew out while travelling 10
miles down the road, so I consider myself lucky to have made it 30 of
the 50 miles to meet up with you. Hey - when are you coming back this
way? Now it would be like a tropical vacation for you. ;-)
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj/

That's just wrong. True, but wrong - a roffian curse. At the Mass
Hysteria clave a few years ago, my tire blew out while travelling 10
miles down the road, so I consider myself lucky to have made it 30 of
the 50 miles to meet up with you. Hey - when are you coming back this
way? Now it would be like a tropical vacation for you. ;-)

Trying for some work out there in June. We can do the Boston Massacre
II. And yes, anyplace where the temp is over, say, 30, would be
shorts wx.
Frank Reid

"jeff"

some people...very special people...at times concentrate and focus their
intellect on matters of more importance and significance than a car's gas
gauge. my wife has run out of gas, as have others i know. i've chuckled
about it, but i never wondered how it happened.

usually it's sort of a chug, chug, slpurrrrrrt, dead motor while the mind in
charge goes what the? OH NO, and then various expletives

john

On Feb 2, 4:26 pm, jeff wrote:
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On Feb 2, 8:23 am, "Tom Nakashima" wrote:

"Wolfgang" wrote in message

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"Tom Nakashima" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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Becky ran out of gas about half an hour ago. After riding to the
rescue...
Wolfgang

It makes me wonder how anyone could run out of gas.

Most automobiles are powered by internal combustion engines. These
engines typically burn various concoctions of petroleum based liquids
which are stored in an onboard tank. Run them long enough without adding
fuel and the supply runs out.

fwiw,

Not much.

Wolfgang

Yes, I know how a combustion engine works, and there is also an instruments
called a gas gauge
that most automobiles have today which indicates when you're low on fuel. I
figure with all the
reading you both do, it might be easy enough to read the gauge...it's not
like it's in braille.
fwiw,
-tom

Given who she chooses to associate with it seems common sense is
severely lacking.
- Ken

oh brother... if i'm not mistaken, you've never met becky or wolfgang?
you've never spent an evening in their company? in other words, you're
simply making a statement without adequate data. not what i'd expect
from you, though i'll acknowledge i've met a number of college
professors who allow their feelings to corrupt their logic. you dislike
wolfgang. wolfgang enjoys toying with you and he may...though i'd not be
certain...dislike you. however, you know nothing of becky or the
relationship between them. it was a stupid statement and, as i know
something of becky, i think you owe her an apology.

jeff

I'm sure Becky must be a saint to put up with Wolfie....
.....I'd still say she must be lacking in common sense
to voluntarily put up with Wolfie. Maybe he's a different
person in person, but from what I know of him he's an ass.

And I'm not a professor BTW.
- Ken

On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:11:27 -0500, jeff
wrote:

Tom Nakashima wrote:
"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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Becky ran out of gas about half an hour ago. After riding to the
rescue...
Wolfgang


It makes me wonder how anyone could run out of gas.
fwiw,
-tom



some people...very special people...at times concentrate and focus their
intellect on matters of more importance and significance than a car's
gas gauge. my wife has run out of gas, as have others i know. i've
chuckled about it, but i never wondered how it happened.

Um, not to put, er, fuel on the fire, but it appears that your position
is that it is simply a matter for chuckling if one's concentration is so
focused on matters other than the car they are _driving_ that they fail
to notice that something right on the instrument panel is indicating
impending trouble, I'd be curious to read your views on PI lawsuits.
While I'd not say that someone who runs out of fuel (in a car) is
stupid, I've no problem saying that they have been negligent and
inattentive.

How would you feel if halfway across the Atlantic, the pilot of the jet
you were on came back and told the passengers to get their swimsuits on
because he was thinking about Voltaire, quantum physics, and barbacoa
recipes and didn't notice there wasn't enough fuel to make it all the
way?

TC,
R

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On Feb 2, 4:26 pm, jeff wrote:

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On Feb 2, 8:23 am, "Tom Nakashima" wrote:

"Wolfgang" wrote in message

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"Tom Nakashima" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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Becky ran out of gas about half an hour ago. After riding to the
rescue...
Wolfgang

It makes me wonder how anyone could run out of gas.

Most automobiles are powered by internal combustion engines. These
engines typically burn various concoctions of petroleum based liquids
which are stored in an onboard tank. Run them long enough without adding
fuel and the supply runs out.

fwiw,

Not much.

Wolfgang

Yes, I know how a combustion engine works, and there is also an instruments
called a gas gauge
that most automobiles have today which indicates when you're low on fuel. I
figure with all the
reading you both do, it might be easy enough to read the gauge...it's not
like it's in braille.
fwiw,
-tom

Given who she chooses to associate with it seems common sense is
severely lacking.
- Ken

oh brother... if i'm not mistaken, you've never met becky or wolfgang?
you've never spent an evening in their company? in other words, you're
simply making a statement without adequate data. not what i'd expect
from you, though i'll acknowledge i've met a number of college
professors who allow their feelings to corrupt their logic. you dislike
wolfgang. wolfgang enjoys toying with you and he may...though i'd not be
certain...dislike you. however, you know nothing of becky or the
relationship between them. it was a stupid statement and, as i know
something of becky, i think you owe her an apology.

jeff


I'm sure Becky must be a saint to put up with Wolfie....
....I'd still say she must be lacking in common sense
to voluntarily put up with Wolfie. Maybe he's a different
person in person, but from what I know of him he's an ass.

And I'm not a professor BTW.
- Ken


....and what do you really know of him?

your dot edu e-mail suggested a university affiliation... and, BTW, as
you've made the same statement again, it makes no real difference to me
what your employment might actually be when you're not engaged in
insulting women you don't know.

jeff