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Tom Sherman wrote in message ...
But the tires on these bicycles may still be inflated. http://sheldonbrown.org/bicycle.html, http://sheldonbrown.org/images/Rusty_Schwinn.JPEG. Probably. AFAIK, it's exposure to air that causes tires to deteriorate. Immersing tires in water ought to preserve them. Do we want to ask Jobst? Jeff |
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Peter Clinch wrote:
... You've now crossed over into making up things I didn't say and gratuitous insults, so time to bow out here. This is now standard practice for the US political "right". -- Tom Sherman |
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Jeff Wills wrote:
Tom Sherman wrote in message ... But the tires on these bicycles may still be inflated. http://sheldonbrown.org/bicycle.html, http://sheldonbrown.org/images/Rusty_Schwinn.JPEG. Probably. AFAIK, it's exposure to air that causes tires to deteriorate. Immersing tires in water ought to preserve them. Do we want to ask Jobst? The answer is that tubes lose air pressure gradually since the rubber is slightly permeable to gas. Eventually the pressure in the tube equalizes with the ambient atmospheric pressure (zero gauge pressure). The ambient pressure is much higher underwater, so the tube will retain a higher air pressure. Therefore, the tube will have a gauge pressure of zero underwater, but greater than zero when the old bicycle is dredged up. This is why the tire was still inflated. -- Tom Sherman |
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Mr. Ed Dolan wrote:
"Mark Leuck" wrote in message news:lZhkd.15193$V41.10732@attbi_s52... [...] Various reasons, mostly stupid things I did over a 5 year period, funny thing tho is you see many of the others in the same situation and almost all were there because of the following reasons 1. That was the life they chose (yes Tom those people do exist) 2. Alcoholism 3. Drug abuse (my reasons were not any of those) Now you can "think" all you want that the homeless are nothing but old men, women and children forced out by an oppressive government or cruel business hell-bent on starving them out of existance but I assure you that isn't the case, if you want proof go to any soup kitchen (nice one in N. Vegas) and talk to the people, ever been to one? They can easily get out of that situation yet they don't and won't. I don't know where you get your information but it is clearly wrong about many things based on my own experience and government statistics, my guess is you want to believe it regardless if it is factual or not and why this is I don't know. ... Mr. Sherman thinks like he does because he has been brainwashed by liberal and socialist ideology. In short, he is unreconstructed even though those ideologies have been discredited by history. He will never get anything right about society until he gives up his liberal and socialist ideologies. He looks at the world through tinted glasses and is not able to see things as they really are. That is always the effect of an ideology.... I started out with fairly mainstream US ideology. Living in the real world, and seeing how certain classes of people behave (in particular employers and landlords) has led to my current beliefs. Sorry to disappoint you. -- Tom Sherman "Use your head, Mr. Ed" – Slugger |
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Mark Leuck wrote:
"Tom Sherman" wrote in message ... Mark Leuck wrote: "Tom Sherman" wrote in message ... Flame me if you will but the stats do not support your opinion. You can argue HOW it is being administered but not that it isn't available, now if you don't mind I must throw up for agreeing with Mr Ed So when was the last time you were homeless, Mr. Leuck? A little over 15 years ago... Under what circumstances (since the information was volunteered)? -- Tom Sherman Various reasons, mostly stupid things I did over a 5 year period, funny thing tho is you see many of the others in the same situation and almost all were there because of the following reasons 1. That was the life they chose (yes Tom those people do exist) 2. Alcoholism 3. Drug abuse... How about all the mentally ill people Reagan dumped out on the streets? Are they really there by choice? Do the drug addicts (of which the alcoholics are merely a subcategory) really want to be homeless, or are they involuntarily homeless? What about the working people whom lose their jobs and can not find work? (Ever live in a county with 40% unemployment?) Mr. Leuck does not provide enough information about his personal experiences to judge whether or not they have any bearing on the common experiences of homelessness in the US. -- Tom Sherman |
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Mr. Ed Dolan wrote:
...Please, Mr. Tom, tell me where I can go in this country to see some people starving in the streets.... You can find some homeless people on the south side of Chicago. Of course, some gangbanger will "cap your ass" for being old, white, and Republican. -- Tom Sherman "Use your head, Mr. Ed" – Slugger |
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"Tom Sherman" wrote in message ... Do the drug addicts (of which the alcoholics are merely a subcategory) really want to be homeless, or are they involuntarily homeless? They may not want to be but they aren't doing much to change the situation What about the working people whom lose their jobs and can not find work? (Ever live in a county with 40% unemployment?) They should move which is what I did, even if they didn't plenty of programs exist by state, federal, local and private organizations, There is no excuse for being homeless Closest I can recall would be about 20% unemployment in Lafayette Indiana in the late 70's Mr. Leuck does not provide enough information about his personal experiences to judge whether or not they have any bearing on the common experiences of homelessness in the US. You do not have to address me as a 3rd party when you reply to my message and I do not claim to know everything about the homeless, I can only speak of my personal experience and voice opinions Have you ever been homeless? How many homeless people have you directly spoke to about their situation? Have you ever tried giving a "will work for food" guy on the side of the road a job? How many soup kitchens have you been to? How many shelters have you been to? I went to one in downtown Dallas last month, I don't see any real changes these days although the food appears to be better, same type of people... |
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This is now standard practice for the US political "right".
LOL...yes, calling everyone residing in a "red state" an idiot is definitely right-wing material. James S. Prine http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/b...=0-595-29946-6 http://hometown.aol.com/jsprine/ |
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 02:37:30 GMT "Mark Leuck"
used 38 lines of text to write in newsgroup: alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent I went to one in downtown Dallas last month, I don't see any real changes these days although the food appears to be better, same type of people... Are you an advocate/ volunteer working with these guys Mark? -- -Graham Remove the 'snails' from my email |
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