[geeks] I gotta...

N. Miller velociraptor at gmail.com
Fri Sep 7 17:05:16 CDT 2007


On Sep 7, 2007, at 4:39 AM, James Fogg wrote:

>>> Do you know that Firestone invested in Broadband-over-power-line
>>> technology?  That makes them an evil company, so you should boycott
>>> them as well as Google.
>>
>> No, no, no. Thomas Edison derived it from work by Morse and
>> Bell. Therefore you should boycot telephones, electricity and cars.
>>
>> "Tonight we're going to party like it's 1699!"
>
>
> Don't think I haven't considered an Amish conversion in my life. In
> fact, if I could retire and farm my land mechanically I would. IT SUX!

It depends on the sect, of course.  My grandpa and his brother had a  
tractor with metal wheels (no rubber tires) with a kerosene engine  
that they used at times.  I really think they preferred the Belgian  
draft horses, though, as I remember seeing them out in the fields a  
lot more.

=Nadine=



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