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

On Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:45:48 -0600, "Wolfgang" wrote:


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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.

Now hang on a sec here...I've seen Wolfgang...I'd say that blind can't
be so cavalierly dismissed as a distinct possibility when discussing
someone who would choose to share digs with him...

I see. So, what you're saying is that you really didn't wonder how anyone
could run out of gas at all. In fact, what you were doing was simply
stating, in a sly fashion that no one could possibly see through, that Becky
must be stupid. I'll be sure to pass that along.

As to being both blind AND stupid, well, if Wolfgang's personality is
represented by "0" and his warmth is represented by "0" and his lifetime
earnings are represented by...wait a minute...0 times 0, carry the
double naught and sine it by the coefficient of pi, then divide the
algebraic numerator by the trigonometric corollary...hell, I don't
care...besides, it'd probably take a math whiz like Monty Hall or
someone with a really high...or maybe really low...Kreh number to figure
the odds of the average rate of loading on this...maybe an experiment
could be performed...or maybe it was just a Hobson's choice: take the
horse's ass in the stall nearest the door, or take none at all...

According to calculations with all sorts of Greek letters and ****, the
odds are that this won't help things,
R

"Tom Nakashima" wrote in message
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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

In my particular case, it wasn't a gas gauge, nor my inability to read a
gauge/idiot light *CHARGE* but a need to continue on as best possible.
Lucky me, I made it to the house--stopped at the store on the way home,
noticed that my radio blinked off, SIGN UNTO THEE--before shutting the
engine down. Once I turned into the driveway and shut the engine off, she
wouldn't restart. Alternator gone bad. Car presently in repair shop, as I
don't have the ability nor the inclination to change out an alternator that
is positioned so far up under the car that a snake would have difficulty
getttin' to it. Not to mention all of the oil soaked components in between.

Currently reading Henri Fayol's "General and Industrial Management." Gotta
do a presentation on *organizational theory,* sometime in the very near
future.

Op

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

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

It's beautiful moments like these that keep an otherwise jaded boy coming
back to this magical wonderland.

Wolfgang
who has to admire a junky who won't be stopped by mere blindness and
shackles.

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

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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

"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

On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:00:45 GMT, "asadi"
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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...

Obviously the fault of the Democrats...

Now that might help,
R

john

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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.

Op

Tom Nakashima wrote:
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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.

jeff typed:
Tom Nakashima wrote:
"Wolfgang" wrote in message
ups.com...

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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