Reeling & Rocking the old subduction zone tonight.

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:47:24 GMT, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
wrote:

>On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:28:32 -0400, in
>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Daedalus <jade@netk0o0oks.org>
>bloviated:
>
>>On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:24:03 GMT, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:57:20 -0400, in alt.usenet.kooks, Daedalus
>>><jade@netk0o0oks.org> bloviated:
>>>
>>>>On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:16:57 GMT, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:08:07 -0400, in
>>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Daedalus <jade@netk0o0oks.org>
>>>>>bloviated:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:14:10 -0700, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Woot, really nice earthquake.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Long, long, long one.
>>>>>>>Rolling and rolling and rolling.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>No info yet.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Down in the Grey Kitten land.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>One of, if not THE, longest earthquake I have felt.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>For an extra good time, put on rollerblades!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Jade
>>>>>
>>>>>Too far down when I get up on them.
>>>>
>>>>I see your point.
>>>>
>>>>Jade
>>>
>>>Besides I might fall on one of the little people.
>>
>>Ever feel like Gulliver?
>>
>>Jade
>
>I prefer Godzilla, however, according to PJR, Lurch is more
>appropriate.

He's just jealous.

Jade

 

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:53:07 -0400, in
alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Daedalus <jade@netk0o0oks.org>
bloviated:

>On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:47:24 GMT, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:28:32 -0400, in
>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Daedalus <jade@netk0o0oks.org>
>>bloviated:
>>
>>>On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:24:03 GMT, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:57:20 -0400, in alt.usenet.kooks, Daedalus
>>>><jade@netk0o0oks.org> bloviated:
>>>>
>>>>>On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:16:57 GMT, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:08:07 -0400, in
>>>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Daedalus <jade@netk0o0oks.org>
>>>>>>bloviated:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:14:10 -0700, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Woot, really nice earthquake.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Long, long, long one.
>>>>>>>>Rolling and rolling and rolling.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>No info yet.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Down in the Grey Kitten land.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>One of, if not THE, longest earthquake I have felt.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>For an extra good time, put on rollerblades!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Jade
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Too far down when I get up on them.
>>>>>
>>>>>I see your point.
>>>>>
>>>>>Jade
>>>>
>>>>Besides I might fall on one of the little people.
>>>
>>>Ever feel like Gulliver?
>>>
>>>Jade
>>
>>I prefer Godzilla, however, according to PJR, Lurch is more
>>appropriate.
>
>He's just jealous.
>
>Jade

We know is is HAIRY

 

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:35:58 +0000, Archie Leach wrote:

> Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:19:33 -0700, in the land of
>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mariposas rand mair fheal
>>greykitten tomys des anges <mair_fheal@yahoo.com> got double secret
>>probation for writing:
>>
>>>In article <phsfi3ldhm35t6dp8nnd36ueg6107rkc69@4ax.com>,
>>> Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Woot, really nice earthquake.
>>>>
>>>> Long, long, long one.
>>>> Rolling and rolling and rolling.
>>>>
>>>> No info yet.
>>>>
>>>> Down in the Grey Kitten land.
>>>>
>>>> One of, if not THE, longest earthquake I have felt.
>>>
>>>loma prieta was longer
>>
>>I had time to jump over my couch and exit the building during that
>>one.
>>
>>But this was a nice one, no hard shaking, just roll roll roll...
>
> As a midwesterner, that would just make me puke my guts out.
>
> I pray to God the Big Coming New Madrid Shakedown doesn't flatten the
> entire midwest.

There's a geological theory going around that New Madrid has "cooled off"
for a few centuries or so (there's a sort of "roving hot-spot" element in
the theory, vis-a-vis internal tectonic plate activity).

Of course, this could just be a plot by the authorities to keep the
populace from panicking as we get closer to the centennial of the last Big
One.

I plan on going for some extra Band-Aids some time in 2011.

--
tinmimus99@hotmail.com

smeeter 11 or maybe 12

mp 10

mhm 29x13

You want a job and a lizard to ride?

< _The Einstein Intersection_

 

[Damn Google won't let me cross-post to alt.flame.calaveras-fault]

On Oct 30, 8:14 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> Woot, really nice earthquake.

Lucky!

Down here, only ten miles from the epicenter, it *sucked*!

I was all "OK, finally, here we go, let's *rock*!" and then it
was over before it hardly started.

We used to get better than that once a year, until the '89 one
fucked it up by blowing off all the built-up stress.

The only good part was listening to hundreds of voices
going in Punjabi and Sinhalese and Hindi and I-don't-
know-what-all, "Oh my goodness gracious, what on
earth is taking place?"

>
> Long, long, long one.
> Rolling and rolling and rolling.
>
> No info yet.
>
> Down in the Grey Kitten land.
>
> One of, if not THE, longest earthquake I have felt.

All I can do is hope that one of these days the San Andreas
gets its shit together and then we can *party*!

-- Bill Cleere

"I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing
an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal)

http://home.comcast.net/~bcleere/HappyGift.pdf

 

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:11:58 -0700, Bill Cleere wrote:

> [Damn Google won't let me cross-post to alt.flame.calaveras-fault]
>
> On Oct 30, 8:14 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Woot, really nice earthquake.
>
> Lucky!
>
> Down here, only ten miles from the epicenter, it *sucked*!
>
> I was all "OK, finally, here we go, let's *rock*!" and then it
> was over before it hardly started.
>
> We used to get better than that once a year, until the '89 one
> fucked it up by blowing off all the built-up stress.
>
> The only good part was listening to hundreds of voices
> going in Punjabi and Sinhalese and Hindi and I-don't-
> know-what-all, "Oh my goodness gracious, what on
> earth is taking place?"

Did you land somewhere across The Big Pond?

--
tinmimus99@hotmail.com

smeeter 11 or maybe 12

mp 10

mhm 29x13

Where am I, Dove?

< _The Einstein Intersection_

 

On 31 Oct 2007 16:11:58 -0700, in the land of alt.usenet.kooks, Bill
Cleere <bcleere@gmail.com> got double secret probation for writing:

>[Damn Google won't let me cross-post to alt.flame.calaveras-fault]
>
>On Oct 30, 8:14 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>> Woot, really nice earthquake.
>
>Lucky!
>
>Down here, only ten miles from the epicenter, it *sucked*!
>
>I was all "OK, finally, here we go, let's *rock*!" and then it
>was over before it hardly started.
>
>We used to get better than that once a year, until the '89 one
>fucked it up by blowing off all the built-up stress.
>
>The only good part was listening to hundreds of voices
>going in Punjabi and Sinhalese and Hindi and I-don't-
>know-what-all, "Oh my goodness gracious, what on
>earth is taking place?"

Indians know earthquakes a whole lot better than us.

>
>>
>> Long, long, long one.
>> Rolling and rolling and rolling.
>>
>> No info yet.
>>
>> Down in the Grey Kitten land.
>>
>> One of, if not THE, longest earthquake I have felt.
>
>All I can do is hope that one of these days the San Andreas
>gets its shit together and then we can *party*!
>

Yeah, that will be one hell of a show. If possible, I will just move
on up to the farm in Oregon afterwards. 500 miles is a ways to walk,
but I figure make it to Sacramento and there will be transport.

--

Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

Aratzio - Usenet ruiner #2

 

On Oct 31, 5:16 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:11:58 -0700, Bill Cleere wrote:
> > [Damn Google won't let me cross-post to alt.flame.calaveras-fault]
>
> > On Oct 30, 8:14 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Woot, really nice earthquake.
>
> > Lucky!
>
> > Down here, only ten miles from the epicenter, it *sucked*!
>
> > I was all "OK, finally, here we go, let's *rock*!" and then it
> > was over before it hardly started.
>
> > We used to get better than that once a year, until the '89 one
> > fucked it up by blowing off all the built-up stress.
>
> > The only good part was listening to hundreds of voices
> > going in Punjabi and Sinhalese and Hindi and I-don't-
> > know-what-all, "Oh my goodness gracious, what on
> > earth is taking place?"
>
> Did you land somewhere across The Big Pond?

No, they did. The City of Sunnyvale, California, is now
approximately 91% Indian, I not you kid.

The curry smog frequently blots out the sun.

-- Bill Cleere

"I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing
an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal)

http://home.comcast.net/~bcleere/HappyGift.pdf

 

On Oct 31, 4:20 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> On 31 Oct 2007 16:11:58 -0700, in the land of alt.usenet.kooks, Bill
> Cleere <bcle...@gmail.com> got double secret probation for writing:
>
>
>
> >[Damn Google won't let me cross-post to alt.flame.calaveras-fault]
>
> >On Oct 30, 8:14 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> >> Woot, really nice earthquake.
>
> >Lucky!
>
> >Down here, only ten miles from the epicenter, it *sucked*!
>
> >I was all "OK, finally, here we go, let's *rock*!" and then it
> >was over before it hardly started.
>
> >We used to get better than that once a year, until the '89 one
> >fucked it up by blowing off all the built-up stress.
>
> >The only good part was listening to hundreds of voices
> >going in Punjabi and Sinhalese and Hindi and I-don't-
> >know-what-all, "Oh my goodness gracious, what on
> >earth is taking place?"
>
> Indians know earthquakes a whole lot better than us.

I've lived here since 1963 and consider myself something
of an aficianado.

Anyway, Indians in the U.S. think they know everything better
than anybody else.

> >> Long, long, long one.
> >> Rolling and rolling and rolling.
>
> >> No info yet.
>
> >> Down in the Grey Kitten land.
>
> >> One of, if not THE, longest earthquake I have felt.
>
> >All I can do is hope that one of these days the San Andreas
> >gets its shit together and then we can *party*!
>
> Yeah, that will be one hell of a show. If possible, I will just move
> on up to the farm in Oregon afterwards. 500 miles is a ways to walk,
> but I figure make it to Sacramento and there will be transport.

SacraMENTO?

Sacramento in normal times is on the brink of anarchy.
If there's ever a serious earthquake, those fuckerz'll start with
cannibalism and work their way toward the more serious
Crimes Against Humanity.

Sacramento is, more or less, a Crime Against Humanity.
In the event of a breakdown of the civil order, I'd sooner
head for Detroit.

-- Bill Cleere

"I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing
an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal)

 

On Oct 31, 7:22 pm, Bill Cleere <bcle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 31, 5:16 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:11:58 -0700, Bill Cleere wrote:
> > > [Damn Google won't let me cross-post to alt.flame.calaveras-fault]
>
> > > On Oct 30, 8:14 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>
> > >> Woot, really nice earthquake.
>
> > > Lucky!
>
> > > Down here, only ten miles from the epicenter, it *sucked*!
>
> > > I was all "OK, finally, here we go, let's *rock*!" and then it
> > > was over before it hardly started.
>
> > > We used to get better than that once a year, until the '89 one
> > > fucked it up by blowing off all the built-up stress.
>
> > > The only good part was listening to hundreds of voices
> > > going in Punjabi and Sinhalese and Hindi and I-don't-
> > > know-what-all, "Oh my goodness gracious, what on
> > > earth is taking place?"
>
> > Did you land somewhere across The Big Pond?
>
> No, they did. The City of Sunnyvale, California, is now
> approximately 91% Indian, I not you kid.
>
> The curry smog frequently blots out the sun.
>
> -- Bill Cleere
>
> "I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing
> an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal)
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~bcleere/HappyGift.pdf

Sunnyvale! My late uncle got evicted from a nursing home there.

 

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:14:38 -0700, in the land of alt.usenet.kooks,
marcia <so_you_say@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
writing:

>On Oct 31, 7:22 pm, Bill Cleere <bcle...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Oct 31, 5:16 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:11:58 -0700, Bill Cleere wrote:
>> > > [Damn Google won't let me cross-post to alt.flame.calaveras-fault]
>>
>> > > On Oct 30, 8:14 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > >> Woot, really nice earthquake.
>>
>> > > Lucky!
>>
>> > > Down here, only ten miles from the epicenter, it *sucked*!
>>
>> > > I was all "OK, finally, here we go, let's *rock*!" and then it
>> > > was over before it hardly started.
>>
>> > > We used to get better than that once a year, until the '89 one
>> > > fucked it up by blowing off all the built-up stress.
>>
>> > > The only good part was listening to hundreds of voices
>> > > going in Punjabi and Sinhalese and Hindi and I-don't-
>> > > know-what-all, "Oh my goodness gracious, what on
>> > > earth is taking place?"
>>
>> > Did you land somewhere across The Big Pond?
>>
>> No, they did. The City of Sunnyvale, California, is now
>> approximately 91% Indian, I not you kid.
>>
>> The curry smog frequently blots out the sun.
>>
>> -- Bill Cleere
>>
>> "I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing
>> an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal)
>>
>> http://home.comcast.net/~bcleere/HappyGift.pdf
>
>Sunnyvale! My late uncle got evicted from a nursing home there.

I got eveicted from Sunnyvale.

--

Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

Aratzio - Usenet ruiner #2

 

In article <1193873963.243696.147480@z24g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
Bill Cleere <bcleere@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Oct 31, 4:20 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> > On 31 Oct 2007 16:11:58 -0700, in the land of alt.usenet.kooks, Bill
> > Cleere <bcle...@gmail.com> got double secret probation for writing:
> >
> >
> >
> > >[Damn Google won't let me cross-post to alt.flame.calaveras-fault]
> >
> > >On Oct 30, 8:14 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> > >> Woot, really nice earthquake.
> >
> > >Lucky!
> >
> > >Down here, only ten miles from the epicenter, it *sucked*!
> >
> > >I was all "OK, finally, here we go, let's *rock*!" and then it
> > >was over before it hardly started.
> >
> > >We used to get better than that once a year, until the '89 one
> > >fucked it up by blowing off all the built-up stress.
> >
> > >The only good part was listening to hundreds of voices
> > >going in Punjabi and Sinhalese and Hindi and I-don't-
> > >know-what-all, "Oh my goodness gracious, what on
> > >earth is taking place?"
> >
> > Indians know earthquakes a whole lot better than us.
>
> I've lived here since 1963 and consider myself something
> of an aficianado.
>
> Anyway, Indians in the U.S. think they know everything better
> than anybody else.
>
> > >> Long, long, long one.
> > >> Rolling and rolling and rolling.
> >
> > >> No info yet.
> >
> > >> Down in the Grey Kitten land.
> >
> > >> One of, if not THE, longest earthquake I have felt.
> >
> > >All I can do is hope that one of these days the San Andreas
> > >gets its shit together and then we can *party*!
> >
> > Yeah, that will be one hell of a show. If possible, I will just move
> > on up to the farm in Oregon afterwards. 500 miles is a ways to walk,
> > but I figure make it to Sacramento and there will be transport.
>
> SacraMENTO?
>
> Sacramento in normal times is on the brink of anarchy.
> If there's ever a serious earthquake, those fuckerz'll start with
> cannibalism and work their way toward the more serious
> Crimes Against Humanity.
>
> Sacramento is, more or less, a Crime Against Humanity.
> In the event of a breakdown of the civil order, I'd sooner
> head for Detroit.

are you sacramento is the kind place in hell
where fred and hugh would be sent as punishment for being voters
if they were ever to die on mars?

arf meow arf - everything thing i know i learned
from the collective unconsciousness of odd bodkins
sacramento - political pigsty of the western world
i am an etruscan dancer

 

In article <1193879678.722038.231730@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
marcia <so_you_say@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Oct 31, 7:22 pm, Bill Cleere <bcle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Oct 31, 5:16 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:11:58 -0700, Bill Cleere wrote:
> > > > [Damn Google won't let me cross-post to alt.flame.calaveras-fault]
> >
> > > > On Oct 30, 8:14 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > >> Woot, really nice earthquake.
> >
> > > > Lucky!
> >
> > > > Down here, only ten miles from the epicenter, it *sucked*!
> >
> > > > I was all "OK, finally, here we go, let's *rock*!" and then it
> > > > was over before it hardly started.
> >
> > > > We used to get better than that once a year, until the '89 one
> > > > fucked it up by blowing off all the built-up stress.
> >
> > > > The only good part was listening to hundreds of voices
> > > > going in Punjabi and Sinhalese and Hindi and I-don't-
> > > > know-what-all, "Oh my goodness gracious, what on
> > > > earth is taking place?"
> >
> > > Did you land somewhere across The Big Pond?
> >
> > No, they did. The City of Sunnyvale, California, is now
> > approximately 91% Indian, I not you kid.
> >
> > The curry smog frequently blots out the sun.
> >
> > -- Bill Cleere
> >
> > "I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing
> > an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal)
> >
> > http://home.comcast.net/~bcleere/HappyGift.pdf
>
> Sunnyvale! My late uncle got evicted from a nursing home there.
>

sunnyvale is the laughingstock of the valley

arf meow arf - everything thing i know i learned
from the collective unconsciousness of odd bodkins
sacramento - political pigsty of the western world
i am an etruscan dancer

 

in article mair_fheal-70B060.18532131102007@sn-ip.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net,
mariposas rand mair fheal greykitten tomys des anges at mair_fheal@yahoo.com
wrote on 10/31/07 9:53 PM:

> In article <1193879678.722038.231730@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
> marcia <so_you_say@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Oct 31, 7:22 pm, Bill Cleere <bcle...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Oct 31, 5:16 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:11:58 -0700, Bill Cleere wrote:
>>>>> [Damn Google won't let me cross-post to alt.flame.calaveras-fault]
>>>
>>>>> On Oct 30, 8:14 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> Woot, really nice earthquake.
>>>
>>>>> Lucky!
>>>
>>>>> Down here, only ten miles from the epicenter, it *sucked*!
>>>
>>>>> I was all "OK, finally, here we go, let's *rock*!" and then it
>>>>> was over before it hardly started.
>>>
>>>>> We used to get better than that once a year, until the '89 one
>>>>> fucked it up by blowing off all the built-up stress.
>>>
>>>>> The only good part was listening to hundreds of voices
>>>>> going in Punjabi and Sinhalese and Hindi and I-don't-
>>>>> know-what-all, "Oh my goodness gracious, what on
>>>>> earth is taking place?"
>>>
>>>> Did you land somewhere across The Big Pond?
>>>
>>> No, they did. The City of Sunnyvale, California, is now
>>> approximately 91% Indian, I not you kid.
>>>
>>> The curry smog frequently blots out the sun.
>>>
>>> -- Bill Cleere
>>>
>>> "I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing
>>> an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal)
>>>
>>> http://home.comcast.net/~bcleere/HappyGift.pdf
>>
>> Sunnyvale! My late uncle got evicted from a nursing home there.
>>
>
> sunnyvale is the laughingstock of the valley

Serves him right.

 

On Oct 30, 10:06 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:19:33 -0700, mariposas rand mair fheal greykitten
>
>
>
> tomys des anges wrote:
> > In article <phsfi3ldhm35t6dp8nnd36ueg6107rk...@4ax.com>,
> > Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Woot, really nice earthquake.
>
> >> Long, long, long one.
> >> Rolling and rolling and rolling.
>
> >> No info yet.
>
> >> Down in the Grey Kitten land.
>
> >> One of, if not THE, longest earthquake I have felt.
>
> > loma prieta was longer
>
> >http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/ca/
>
> > 5 miles NNE of Alum Rock, CA
> > (ID 40204628)
> > OCT 30 2007
> > 20:04:55 PDT
> > 5.6
>
> You guys name 'em and reminisce over 'em?
>
> Cool.

My favorite was 1989, the Big One (soon to lose that distinction, I
hope...)

I took a day off work, so I was home when my son came back from school
in tears. He had lost his brand-new retainers, which had cost a
fortune (and I simply didn't have the money to replace them). We
tried to figure out where they could have gone, and eventually worked
it out that, because he took them off to eat, he must have
accidentally wrapped them up with his lunch debris and tossed them.

We went to the school and found a janitor who told us all the garbage
had been put into a big dumpster already. I climbed up and started
trying to poke around with a stick. I soon realized it was hopeless
and said, "Screw it, there's only one way". So I climbed in and start
looking for what I only knew was a brown bag with a banana peel and a
plastic bag with a bit of peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

After about 20 minutes I found it, pretty near the top! My son was
practically hyperventilating with joy, so I felt pretty good about the
whole thing.

We walked home. My son and his friend went inside and unlocked the
garage door for me so I could take off and bag up all my clothes and
shower.

As I was showering, I thought to myself that nothing else could happen
that day which could hold a candle to the low and high I'd just
experienced.

I walked into the kitchen, noticed the time, and said, "Hey, the
game's starting" (third game of the A's-Giants World Series). As I
was reaching for the TV on switch, the shaking began. We went to
stand in the doorway, just as a car drove down the street. The driver
slowed to a stop, got out and started looking under his car to see
what was making it shimmy and wobble. Then he looked over at me, and
I just pointed up toward a drunkenly swaying telephone pole. I'll
never forget the look on the guy's face.

And people think earthquakes aren't cool? Hell, the next day was
almost as good (but that's another story...)

-- Bill Cleere

"I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing
an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal)

 

On Oct 31, 6:14 pm, marcia <so_you_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 31, 7:22 pm, Bill Cleere <bcle...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Oct 31, 5:16 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:11:58 -0700, Bill Cleere wrote:
> > > > [Damn Google won't let me cross-post to alt.flame.calaveras-fault]
>
> > > > On Oct 30, 8:14 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>
> > > >> Woot, really nice earthquake.
>
> > > > Lucky!
>
> > > > Down here, only ten miles from the epicenter, it *sucked*!
>
> > > > I was all "OK, finally, here we go, let's *rock*!" and then it
> > > > was over before it hardly started.
>
> > > > We used to get better than that once a year, until the '89 one
> > > > fucked it up by blowing off all the built-up stress.
>
> > > > The only good part was listening to hundreds of voices
> > > > going in Punjabi and Sinhalese and Hindi and I-don't-
> > > > know-what-all, "Oh my goodness gracious, what on
> > > > earth is taking place?"
>
> > > Did you land somewhere across The Big Pond?
>
> > No, they did. The City of Sunnyvale, California, is now
> > approximately 91% Indian, I not you kid.
>
> > The curry smog frequently blots out the sun.
>
> > -- Bill Cleere
>
> > "I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing
> > an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal)
>
> >http://home.comcast.net/~bcleere/HappyGift.pdf
>
> Sunnyvale! My late uncle got evicted from a nursing home there.

Was it something he did, or were they just tearing it down to
make room for a dot-com-millionaire condo compex (now
converted to a Mumbai West condo complex)?

-- Bill Cleere

"I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing
an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal)

 

On Oct 31, 6:37 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:14:38 -0700, in the land of alt.usenet.kooks,
> marcia <so_you_...@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
> writing:
>
>
>
> >On Oct 31, 7:22 pm, Bill Cleere <bcle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Oct 31, 5:16 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:11:58 -0700, Bill Cleere wrote:
> >> > > [Damn Google won't let me cross-post to alt.flame.calaveras-fault]
>
> >> > > On Oct 30, 8:14 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>
> >> > >> Woot, really nice earthquake.
>
> >> > > Lucky!
>
> >> > > Down here, only ten miles from the epicenter, it *sucked*!
>
> >> > > I was all "OK, finally, here we go, let's *rock*!" and then it
> >> > > was over before it hardly started.
>
> >> > > We used to get better than that once a year, until the '89 one
> >> > > fucked it up by blowing off all the built-up stress.
>
> >> > > The only good part was listening to hundreds of voices
> >> > > going in Punjabi and Sinhalese and Hindi and I-don't-
> >> > > know-what-all, "Oh my goodness gracious, what on
> >> > > earth is taking place?"
>
> >> > Did you land somewhere across The Big Pond?
>
> >> No, they did. The City of Sunnyvale, California, is now
> >> approximately 91% Indian, I not you kid.
>
> >> The curry smog frequently blots out the sun.
>
> >> -- Bill Cleere
>
> >> "I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing
> >> an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal)
>
> >>http://home.comcast.net/~bcleere/HappyGift.pdf
>
> >Sunnyvale! My late uncle got evicted from a nursing home there.
>
> I got eveicted from Sunnyvale.

Lemme guess....the rent on your studio apartment was raised
another $2,000 a month and you couldn't pay it?

-- Bill Cleere

"I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing
an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal)

 

On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:15:05 -0000, in
alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Bill Cleere <bcleere@gmail.com>
bloviated:

>On Oct 31, 6:37 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:14:38 -0700, in the land of alt.usenet.kooks,
>> marcia <so_you_...@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
>> writing:
>>
>>
>>
>> >On Oct 31, 7:22 pm, Bill Cleere <bcle...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On Oct 31, 5:16 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:11:58 -0700, Bill Cleere wrote:
>> >> > > [Damn Google won't let me cross-post to alt.flame.calaveras-fault]
>>
>> >> > > On Oct 30, 8:14 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> > >> Woot, really nice earthquake.
>>
>> >> > > Lucky!
>>
>> >> > > Down here, only ten miles from the epicenter, it *sucked*!
>>
>> >> > > I was all "OK, finally, here we go, let's *rock*!" and then it
>> >> > > was over before it hardly started.
>>
>> >> > > We used to get better than that once a year, until the '89 one
>> >> > > fucked it up by blowing off all the built-up stress.
>>
>> >> > > The only good part was listening to hundreds of voices
>> >> > > going in Punjabi and Sinhalese and Hindi and I-don't-
>> >> > > know-what-all, "Oh my goodness gracious, what on
>> >> > > earth is taking place?"
>>
>> >> > Did you land somewhere across The Big Pond?
>>
>> >> No, they did. The City of Sunnyvale, California, is now
>> >> approximately 91% Indian, I not you kid.
>>
>> >> The curry smog frequently blots out the sun.
>>
>> >> -- Bill Cleere
>>
>> >> "I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing
>> >> an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal)
>>
>> >>http://home.comcast.net/~bcleere/HappyGift.pdf
>>
>> >Sunnyvale! My late uncle got evicted from a nursing home there.
>>
>> I got eveicted from Sunnyvale.
>
>Lemme guess....the rent on your studio apartment was raised
>another $2,000 a month and you couldn't pay it?
>

Never lived there.

However, due to an unfortunate hunting accident in their city hall, I
am banned from the city.

 

On Oct 31, 6:53 pm, mariposas rand mair fheal greykitten tomys des
anges <mair_fh...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In article <1193879678.722038.231...@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
>
>
>
> marcia <so_you_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > On Oct 31, 7:22 pm, Bill Cleere <bcle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Oct 31, 5:16 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:11:58 -0700, Bill Cleere wrote:
> > > > > [Damn Google won't let me cross-post to alt.flame.calaveras-fault]
>
> > > > > On Oct 30, 8:14 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > >> Woot, really nice earthquake.
>
> > > > > Lucky!
>
> > > > > Down here, only ten miles from the epicenter, it *sucked*!
>
> > > > > I was all "OK, finally, here we go, let's *rock*!" and then it
> > > > > was over before it hardly started.
>
> > > > > We used to get better than that once a year, until the '89 one
> > > > > fucked it up by blowing off all the built-up stress.
>
> > > > > The only good part was listening to hundreds of voices
> > > > > going in Punjabi and Sinhalese and Hindi and I-don't-
> > > > > know-what-all, "Oh my goodness gracious, what on
> > > > > earth is taking place?"
>
> > > > Did you land somewhere across The Big Pond?
>
> > > No, they did. The City of Sunnyvale, California, is now
> > > approximately 91% Indian, I not you kid.
>
> > > The curry smog frequently blots out the sun.
>
> > > -- Bill Cleere
>
> > > "I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing
> > > an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal)
>
> > >http://home.comcast.net/~bcleere/HappyGift.pdf
>
> > Sunnyvale! My late uncle got evicted from a nursing home there.
>
> sunnyvale is the laughingstock of the valley

As well it should be.

Used to be a decent enough place, too.

-- Bill Cleere

"I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing
an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal)

 

On Nov 1, 10:54 am, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:15:05 -0000, in
> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Bill Cleere <bcle...@gmail.com>
> bloviated:
>
>
>
> >On Oct 31, 6:37 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> >> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:14:38 -0700, in the land of alt.usenet.kooks,
> >> marcia <so_you_...@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
> >> writing:
>
> >> >On Oct 31, 7:22 pm, Bill Cleere <bcle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> On Oct 31, 5:16 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> >> > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:11:58 -0700, Bill Cleere wrote:
> >> >> > > [Damn Google won't let me cross-post to alt.flame.calaveras-fault]
>
> >> >> > > On Oct 30, 8:14 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>
> >> >> > >> Woot, really nice earthquake.
>
> >> >> > > Lucky!
>
> >> >> > > Down here, only ten miles from the epicenter, it *sucked*!
>
> >> >> > > I was all "OK, finally, here we go, let's *rock*!" and then it
> >> >> > > was over before it hardly started.
>
> >> >> > > We used to get better than that once a year, until the '89 one
> >> >> > > fucked it up by blowing off all the built-up stress.
>
> >> >> > > The only good part was listening to hundreds of voices
> >> >> > > going in Punjabi and Sinhalese and Hindi and I-don't-
> >> >> > > know-what-all, "Oh my goodness gracious, what on
> >> >> > > earth is taking place?"
>
> >> >> > Did you land somewhere across The Big Pond?
>
> >> >> No, they did. The City of Sunnyvale, California, is now
> >> >> approximately 91% Indian, I not you kid.
>
> >> >> The curry smog frequently blots out the sun.
>
> >> >> -- Bill Cleere
>
> >> >> "I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing
> >> >> an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal)
>
> >> >>http://home.comcast.net/~bcleere/HappyGift.pdf
>
> >> >Sunnyvale! My late uncle got evicted from a nursing home there.
>
> >> I got eveicted from Sunnyvale.
>
> >Lemme guess....the rent on your studio apartment was raised
> >another $2,000 a month and you couldn't pay it?
>
> Never lived there.
>
> However, due to an unfortunate hunting accident in their city hall, I
> am banned from the city.

Could you be a little more vague?

 

On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:03:35 -0000, in
alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Bill Cleere <bcleere@gmail.com>
bloviated:

>On Nov 1, 10:54 am, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:15:05 -0000, in
>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Bill Cleere <bcle...@gmail.com>
>> bloviated:
>>
>>
>>
>> >On Oct 31, 6:37 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>> >> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:14:38 -0700, in the land of alt.usenet.kooks,
>> >> marcia <so_you_...@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
>> >> writing:
>>
>> >> >On Oct 31, 7:22 pm, Bill Cleere <bcle...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> On Oct 31, 5:16 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> >> > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:11:58 -0700, Bill Cleere wrote:
>> >> >> > > [Damn Google won't let me cross-post to alt.flame.calaveras-fault]
>>
>> >> >> > > On Oct 30, 8:14 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> >> > >> Woot, really nice earthquake.
>>
>> >> >> > > Lucky!
>>
>> >> >> > > Down here, only ten miles from the epicenter, it *sucked*!
>>
>> >> >> > > I was all "OK, finally, here we go, let's *rock*!" and then it
>> >> >> > > was over before it hardly started.
>>
>> >> >> > > We used to get better than that once a year, until the '89 one
>> >> >> > > fucked it up by blowing off all the built-up stress.
>>
>> >> >> > > The only good part was listening to hundreds of voices
>> >> >> > > going in Punjabi and Sinhalese and Hindi and I-don't-
>> >> >> > > know-what-all, "Oh my goodness gracious, what on
>> >> >> > > earth is taking place?"
>>
>> >> >> > Did you land somewhere across The Big Pond?
>>
>> >> >> No, they did. The City of Sunnyvale, California, is now
>> >> >> approximately 91% Indian, I not you kid.
>>
>> >> >> The curry smog frequently blots out the sun.
>>
>> >> >> -- Bill Cleere
>>
>> >> >> "I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing
>> >> >> an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal)
>>
>> >> >>http://home.comcast.net/~bcleere/HappyGift.pdf
>>
>> >> >Sunnyvale! My late uncle got evicted from a nursing home there.
>>
>> >> I got eveicted from Sunnyvale.
>>
>> >Lemme guess....the rent on your studio apartment was raised
>> >another $2,000 a month and you couldn't pay it?
>>
>> Never lived there.
>>
>> However, due to an unfortunate hunting accident in their city hall, I
>> am banned from the city.
>
>Could you be a little more vague?
>
>
>
However, city hall, banned.