[Rhodes22-list] Balvenie Scotch
Robert Skinner
Robert at SquirrelHaven.com
Sun Jul 20 20:44:14 EDT 2008
Au contraire - I get flowers for Barbara every week. I get a volume
discount...
/Robert
michael meltzer wrote:
> I see you have not sent flower lately :-)
>
> -mjm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Robert Skinner
> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 8:27 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Balvenie Scotch
>
> At $50 for 750 ml, a pricey alternative...
> /Robert
>
> michael meltzer wrote:
>
>> What about a nice single malt scotch, Balvenie Scotch Doublewood 12 Yr?
>>
>> -mjm
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Brad Haslett
>> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 12:42 PM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Fellow list members as straw man targets
>>
>> MJM,
>>
>> You want flowers? I just sprayed some in my front yard this morning, send
>> me your address and I'll FedEx you a dozen. My Bo list penalizes listers
>> with donations to the Margarita fund at the Oshkosh fly-in. If I had to
>> apologize to everyone I ever offended I'd never have time to fly or sail,
>> that said -
>>
>> Please accept my apology to those of you who feel they have been a
>> "target". That includes you Al Gore for me suggesting you're a charlatan
>> and you Chocolate Baby Jesus for suggesting you don't have a single
>> significant accomplishment under your belt.
>>
>> Brad
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 11:13 AM, michael meltzer <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Guy's lay-off, and say you are sorry(and be happy this is not costing you
>>> flowers), she is not enjoying it...........They are not going to change
>>>
>>>
>> the
>>
>>
>>> world here but the still play as a full contact sport...........
>>>
>>> -mjm
>>>
>>> PS. "thin skin" was a pretty good "comeback" and a half way decent joke
>>>
> in
>
>>> context; it was not a "personal attack" more along the lines of topping
>>> each
>>> other.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Dana
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 11:37 AM
>>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Fellow list members as straw man targets
>>>
>>> Brad, Ed,
>>>
>>> I joined this forum because I had a question regarding anchor lights and
>>> steaming lights. After one or two posts, Ed compared me to Obama by
>>> calling
>>> me an elitest for preferring to spend time with my children rather than
>>> dropping my mast to replace a bulb. I ignored it and went away for a
>>> while. The other day, I had something to add regarding a source for
>>>
> light
>
>>> bulbs. Within a few posts, I was labeled as having an a-hole hero in
>>> Obama..
>>>
>>> I'm a registered Rebublican, yet you somehow determined (from my sailboat
>>> related light bulb posts) that Obama is my a-hole hero. I asked you to
>>> stop, and you resorted to a personal attack saying that I have thin skin.
>>>
>>> You apparently feel such a strong need to attack people and their views,
>>> that you are willing to project your own preconceived (and unfounded)
>>> typecasts on others so that you have a target. Your credibility takes a
>>> huge hit as a result.
>>>
>>> I know it is a lot to ask, but a little introspection may be in order.
>>>
>>> -Dana
>>>
>>> --- On Sat, 7/19/08, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Will Al Gore now ask to stop space
>>>
>>>
>> exploration
>>
>>
>>> and bring down space lab? [for Dana, Political]
>>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>> Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 2:46 PM
>>>
>>> Dana,
>>>
>>> If you delete Ed's and my posts then there shouldn't be a problem
>>> should
>>> there? For those who want some more info on global warming here's an
>>> interesting read-
>>>
>>> http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=12403
>>>
>>> Be sure and use lots of sunscreen on your sail today, Dana. My guess is
>>> that your skin is a bit thin.
>>>
>>> Brad
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Dana <realnamen at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Brad,
>>>>
>>>> I understand that you want to address these diatribes to somebody.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Please
>>>
>>>
>>>> pick someone else. I routinely delete both your and Ed's messages.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Other
>>>
>>>
>>>> than scanning them quickly, I haven't read (or watched) any of them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I
>>>
>>>
>>>> haven't responded with any political content. Please just go away.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I'm
>>>
>>>
>>>> going sailing now on an awesome sailboat.
>>>>
>>>> -Dana
>>>>
>>>> --- On Sat, 7/19/08, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Will Al Gore now ask to stop space
>>>>
>>>>
>>> exploration
>>>
>>>
>>>> and bring down space lab? [for Dana, Political]
>>>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List"
>>>>
>>>>
>>> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 12:11 PM
>>>>
>>>> John & Dana,
>>>>
>>>> Gore has built a very lucrative business for himself selling "carbon
>>>> credits" (lucrative enough to fly around the globe in a Gulfstream).
>>>> Until
>>>> he got exposed, he lived in a huge Bell Meade mansion in Nashville with
>>>>
>>>>
>> a
>>
>>
>>>> $20,000 a year utility bill. He still lives there, except now he has
>>>>
>>>>
>>> solar
>>>
>>>
>>>> panels and some other gimmickry installed. Gore and his minions serve a
>>>> purpose, as useful idiots often do, in that they encourage conservation
>>>> (not
>>>> a bad thing). The problem with their ideas is they want to take one of
>>>>
>>>>
>>> the
>>>
>>>
>>>> largest segments of the economy and place it under a centralized,
>>>> government
>>>> run command-and-control system. If you want to get serious about
>>>>
>>>>
>>> "carbon
>>>
>>>
>>>> footprints", tax the carbon and let the market sort out the
>>>>
>>>>
>>> alternatives.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Nukes would be the first winner. Every time you slap a subsidy on
>>>> something, say 54 cents a gallon on ethanol, you skew the attractiveness
>>>>
>>>>
>>> in
>>>
>>>
>>>> the marketplace for less than optimal results - same with wind and
>>>>
>>>>
>> solar.
>>
>>
>>>> Focus on the carbon if you believe in global warming.
>>>>
>>>> Now as to living on the Gulf Coast, I bought our 1.7 acre Global
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Corporate
>>>
>>>
>>>> Headquarters (housed in a 20 foot shipping container) in Gulfport, MS 10
>>>> miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico and about 70 ft elevation. If you
>>>>
>>>>
>>> live
>>>
>>>
>>>> near coastal water and get hit by a hurricane, your house is taking a
>>>>
>>>>
>>> bath.
>>>
>>>
>>>> If you choose to do so anyway, don't blame me or expect me to help pay
>>>>
>>>>
>>> for
>>>
>>>
>>>> your loss when the inevitable happens. The biggest reason single-family
>>>> housing is so slow being rebuilt in Mississippi after Katrina is
>>>>
>>>>
>>> insurance
>>>
>>>
>>>> companies won't touch them with a ten-foot pole, or if they do, the
>>>>
>>>>
>>> rates
>>>
>>>
>>>> are four times or more higher than pre-Katrina. For those of you who
>>>>
>>>>
>>> live
>>>
>>>
>>>> on the East Coast or Florida, expect to pay more. Now as to New Orleans,
>>>> much of it is 6-feet below sea level. Helloooo! Did I mention that the
>>>> area
>>>> that flooded is six-feet below sea level? Do you need an engineering
>>>> degree
>>>> to understand the implications of this? Move inland folks!
>>>>
>>>> There, any other problems you need solved today?
>>>>
>>>> Brad
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:34 PM, John Shulick <jsbudda at verizon.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Brad,
>>>>>
>>>>> Please can you tell me how the Amerikans for prosperity managed to
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> attend
>>>
>>>
>>>>> the same event? Did they all walk ride bikes or take public
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> transportation
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> to get there? I would really like to know why you hate this man so
>>>>> intensely. I can tell you feel he is a hypocrite but I thought that
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> was
>>>
>>>
>>>> one
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> of those values you southerners hold so dear. If you feel global
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> warming
>>>
>>>
>>>> is
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> so much bs why don't you put your money where your mouth is and
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> move
>>>
>>>
>>>> to the
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> gulf coast. Then when the oceans don't rise in 20 or so years you
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> can
>>>
>>>
>>>> laugh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> and say "I told you so".
>>>>>
>>>>> Waiting patiently for the responding diatribe
>>>>> John Shulick
>>>>> Pgh Pa elevation Approximately 720 ft above sea level (for now at
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> least)
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Dana,
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's your a-hole hero exposed-
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESxvY1tQHTo&eurl=http://michellemalkin.com/20
>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
> 08/07/17/limousine-liberal-video-of-the-day-gore-and-his-gas-guzzling-fans-e
>
>>
>>
>>
> xposed/<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESxvY1tQHTo&eurl=http://michellemalki
>
> n.com/2008/07/17/limousine-liberal-video-of-the-day-gore-and-his-gas-guzzlin
>
>> g-fans-exposed/>
>>
>>
>>>>> I used to live down the road from Big Al. What an ass! I mean,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> HERO!
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Brad
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> View this message in context:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
> http://www.nabble.com/Will-Al-Gore-now-ask-to-stop-space-exploration-and-bri
>
>>
>>
>>
> ng-down-space-lab---for-Dana%2C-Political--tp18533759p18540982.html<http://w
>
> ww.nabble.com/Will-Al-Gore-now-ask-to-stop-space-exploration-and-bring-down-
>
>> space-lab---for-Dana%2C-Political--tp18533759p18540982.html>
>>
>>
>>>>> Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>>>>>
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