Phil Cook wrote:

> "Ah Lynx - the smell of teenage desperation"

Desperation... sure.

Teenage? Not so much... now, anyway...

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Phil Cook wrote:

> Indeed yet another ill-effect of DHMO that needs to be added to the 
> list. How many more dangers do we need to find before the governments of 
> the world act?

I'm told some parts of the world are *already* quite sparse on DHMO... ;-)

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Warp wrote:
>   Botox, a neurotoxin, is one of the most poisonous naturally occurring
> substances in the world, and it is the most toxic protein. It's about
> one million times more toxic than, for example, strychnine (a common rat
> poison). Just a few hundred grams of botox would be enough to kill every
> human on Earth. (0.1 micrograms is enough to kill a person.)
> 
>   Yet botox is used as a common cosmetic treatment around the world.

A ______ and his ______ soon are ______ .

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John

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On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:16:53 +0100, St. wrote:

>     Yes, a weird episode in my life, but like I mentioned, I learnt a
>     lot.
> After I was released, I never rode a motorbike again.

I can see how that might have been the result....

Jim

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On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:19:54 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:

>>>>> I don't recall if I've said it before here, but we have actually
>>>>> thought about moving.  And with my wife's medical conditions,
>>>>> actually,
>>>>> the high altitude, direct sunlight, and low humidity aggravate those
>>>>> conditions, so we are going to *have* to move sooner or later (and
>>>>> sooner would be better).
> 
> You don't want high altitude, direct sunlight, or low humidity... wow
> the UK must seem like paradise! ;-)

Yeah, more or less. :-)

>>      Ah, Jim, go for it then. I know you would like it. If you want
>> 'busy' then move to London (and venture out). Or move to Birmingham or
>> Manchester. But if you want beauty, hit Wales, Scotland, or Ireland for
>> those benefits. You won't go wrong if that's what you want.
> 
> Hey it's pretty around here too and still within spitting distance of
> Brum (this statement brought to you by the Wyre Forest Tourism Board ;-)
> ) Thinking about it we've some new houses about to go up for sale that
> are supposed to include mooring rights if you fancy living on a canal
> boat.
> 
> http://www.waterscape.com/map
> 
> Just to demonstrate how far around you could get.

Cool, thanks for that. :-)

Jim

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On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:30:11 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:

> Yeah, but they's all speak roight funny round there. Best to stick to
> places with proper English loike.

You forget, I live in *Utah* - the natives here speak funny.  I'm used to 
it. ;-)

Jim

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"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
news:488df5df$1@news.povray.org...
> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:16:53 +0100, St. wrote:
>
>>     Yes, a weird episode in my life, but like I mentioned, I learnt a
>>     lot.
>> After I was released, I never rode a motorbike again.
>
> I can see how that might have been the result....

    Heh. Yes, well, crap happens, and in my case, I couldn't ride a 
motorbike again. And I didn't, and haven't, since. Even though it was heaven 
for me as a young guy. Boys will always be boys though, and even now I'm 
tempted at an older age.  ;)

     ~Steve~



>
> Jim

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And lo on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:38:52 +0100, Jim Henderson  
<nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:

> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:19:54 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:
>
>> http://www.waterscape.com/map
>>
>> Just to demonstrate how far around you could get.
>
> Cool, thanks for that. :-)

Heh the sort of thinking that comes from living on a canal town and having  
a canal-boat builder just over the road. On the downside the permanent  
moorings have gone up in price at the moment because British Waterways are  
trying out a new system of auctions in order "to gauge the true market  
value of them" one of the reasons houses with attached mooring rights are  
so popular.

-- 
Phil Cook

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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:58:52 +0100, St. wrote:

> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
> news:488df5df$1@news.povray.org...
>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:16:53 +0100, St. wrote:
>>
>>>     Yes, a weird episode in my life, but like I mentioned, I learnt a
>>>     lot.
>>> After I was released, I never rode a motorbike again.
>>
>> I can see how that might have been the result....
> 
>     Heh. Yes, well, crap happens, and in my case, I couldn't ride a
> motorbike again. And I didn't, and haven't, since. Even though it was
> heaven for me as a young guy. Boys will always be boys though, and even
> now I'm tempted at an older age.  ;)

I don't know about over there, but over here there is a tendency for 
middle-aged guys to decide to do something like this (part of the so-
called "mid-life crisis").

I've been tempted myself, but I don't trust my balance enough.

Jim

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On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:04:18 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:

> And lo on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:38:52 +0100, Jim Henderson
> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:
> 
>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:19:54 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.waterscape.com/map
>>>
>>> Just to demonstrate how far around you could get.
>>
>> Cool, thanks for that. :-)
> 
> Heh the sort of thinking that comes from living on a canal town and
> having a canal-boat builder just over the road. On the downside the
> permanent moorings have gone up in price at the moment because British
> Waterways are trying out a new system of auctions in order "to gauge the
> true market value of them" one of the reasons houses with attached
> mooring rights are so popular.

That makes sense to me - seems somewhat similar to the idea of a "lake 
house" that was common in the area I grew up in.

Jim

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