The Silent Scream of the Asparagus; will tobacco be next?

Marc Schneiderman wrote:
> On Tue, 6 May 2008 13:39:43 -0700, "Tom S." <t.m.s.work@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "
>> I wonder about the context of the word "life" used.
>>
>
> Strickly defined:
>
> Movement - Animals and single cell. (plants ??)
> [somewhat excludes me]
>

How about...something which can die?

bernie

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"Official ASC Shaman"

"btorvik2" <btorvik2@aol.com> wrote in news:68eb3sF1ho7a7U1
@mid.individual.net:

> Marc Schneiderman wrote:
>> On Tue, 6 May 2008 13:39:43 -0700, "Tom S." <t.m.s.work@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "
>>> I wonder about the context of the word "life" used.
>>>
>>
>> Strickly defined:
>>
>> Movement - Animals and single cell. (plants ??)
>> [somewhat excludes me]
>>
>
> How about...something which can die?

Hopefully, then, this thread will prove itself living soon...?

B.

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Cheerfully resisting change since 1959.

On Wed, 7 May 2008 13:40:12 -0500, "btorvik2" <btorvik2@aol.com>
wrote:

>
>How about...something which can die?
>
>bernie
Unfortunately 20% of USoA undergraduate students believe that "clouds"
are alive.
CigarBaron

Marc Schneiderman wrote:
> On Wed, 7 May 2008 13:40:12 -0500, "btorvik2" <btorvik2@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>> How about...something which can die?
>>
>> bernie
> Unfortunately 20% of USoA undergraduate students believe that "clouds"
> are alive.
> CigarBaron

The older I get the dumber the young seem to be ;-)

Ken Dixon <nsvmiami@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>Marc Schneiderman wrote:
>> On Wed, 7 May 2008 13:40:12 -0500, "btorvik2" <btorvik2@aol.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> How about...something which can die?
>>>
>>> bernie
>> Unfortunately 20% of USoA undergraduate students believe that "clouds"
>> are alive.
>> CigarBaron
>
>The older I get the dumber the young seem to be ;-)

I'm afraid they are dumber, Ken. Schools don't teach them anything
worthwhile anymore. Today it's "How does 2+2 make you feel?" and big
heaping doses of political correctness, liberal white guilt, and love
for Mother Gaia.

On May 8, 8:58 am, Mickey <Mic...@NOSPAMFatHounds.com> wrote:
> Ken Dixon <nsvmi...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >Marc Schneiderman wrote:
> >> On Wed, 7 May 2008 13:40:12 -0500, "btorvik2" <btorv...@aol.com>
> >> wrote:
>
> >>> How about...something which can die?
>
> >>> bernie
> >> Unfortunately 20% of USoA undergraduate students believe that "clouds"
> >> are alive.
> >> CigarBaron
>
> >The older I get the dumber the young seem to be ;-)
>
> I'm afraid they are dumber, Ken. Schools don't teach them anything
> worthwhile anymore. Today it's "How does 2+2 make you feel?" and big
> heaping doses of political correctness, liberal white guilt, and love
> for Mother Gaia.


This is coming from an admitted criminal that has no respect for rules
or laws!

"Mickey" <Mickey@NOSPAMFatHounds.com> wrote in message
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> Ken Dixon <nsvmiami@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>>Marc Schneiderman wrote:
>>> On Wed, 7 May 2008 13:40:12 -0500, "btorvik2" <btorvik2@aol.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> How about...something which can die?
>>>>
>>>> bernie
>>> Unfortunately 20% of USoA undergraduate students believe that "clouds"
>>> are alive.
>>> CigarBaron
>>
>>The older I get the dumber the young seem to be ;-)
>
> I'm afraid they are dumber, Ken. Schools don't teach them anything
> worthwhile anymore. Today it's "How does 2+2 make you feel?" and big
> heaping doses of political correctness, liberal white guilt, and love
> for Mother Gaia.

And those are the post-graduate schools of engineering....

On Thu, 08 May 2008 09:35:18 -0400, Ken Dixon <nsvmiami@bellsouth.net>
wrote:

>
>> Unfortunately 20% of USoA undergraduate students believe that "clouds"
>> are alive.
>> CigarBaron
>
>The older I get the dumber the young seem to be ;-)

The older I get the more young there seems to be.
CigarBaron
(Bernie, wait up!)

Marc Schneiderman wrote:
> The older I get the more young there seems to be.
> CigarBaron
> (Bernie, wait up!)

I'm doing the best I can.

bernie




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"Official ASC Shaman"

"Ken Dixon" <nsvmiami@bellsouth.net> wrote
>> Unfortunately 20% of USoA undergraduate students believe that "clouds"
>> are alive.
>> CigarBaron
>
> The older I get the dumber the young seem to be ;-)


I mentioned Robert E. Lee the other day to three twenty-somethings and they
all said, "Who?" No lie.


Michael Fermanis
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
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MLF wrote:
> "Ken Dixon" <nsvmiami@bellsouth.net> wrote
>>> Unfortunately 20% of USoA undergraduate students believe that "clouds"
>>> are alive.
>>> CigarBaron
>> The older I get the dumber the young seem to be ;-)
>
>
> I mentioned Robert E. Lee the other day to three twenty-somethings and they
> all said, "Who?" No lie.
>
>
Not at all surprised, our educational system at it's best and why I like
the Jay Leno "Jaywalking" segments so much.

In article <g0ms19$fep$1@news.datemas.de>, "MLF" <fermanis@sprynet.com>
wrote:

> > The older I get the dumber the young seem to be ;-)

> I mentioned Robert E. Lee the other day to three twenty-somethings and they
> all said, "Who?" No lie.

Was this down on the levee...?

Misc "...in old Alabamy..."

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Miss Elaine Eos wrote:
> In article <g0ms19$fep$1@news.datemas.de>, "MLF"
> <fermanis@sprynet.com> wrote:
>
>>> The older I get the dumber the young seem to be ;-)
>
>> I mentioned Robert E. Lee the other day to three twenty-somethings
>> and they all said, "Who?" No lie.
>
> Was this down on the levee...?
>

I took my Chevy there once.

bernie


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On Sat, 17 May 2008 08:58:46 -0500, "MLF" <fermanis@sprynet.com>
wrote:

>I mentioned Robert E. Lee the other day to three twenty-somethings and they
>all said, "Who?" No lie.

Wasn't that a ship?
CigarBaron
(Waiting for the Robert E. Lee)

"Marc Schneiderman" <garbaron@telerama.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 17 May 2008 08:58:46 -0500, "MLF" <fermanis@sprynet.com>
> wrote:
>
>>I mentioned Robert E. Lee the other day to three twenty-somethings and
>>they
>>all said, "Who?" No lie.
>
> Wasn't that a ship?
> CigarBaron

No, it was the car they drove in that Dukes of Hazard movie.