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(...) I jumped on you for insulting Suzanne (it wasn't the first time, and you know darn well what I'm talking about), for insulting our intelligence, for questioning our integrity, for acting with an egregiously pompous attitude (once again), and I (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) independent (...) who (...) Whomever wished to..? (...) Independant of what? (...) I'm pretty happy with the private consumer advocacy that I sponsor. (...) The shareholders? (...) think (...) Actually, I know very little about the FAA. I (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh my GOD. You're kidding, right? I mean, the British just built tunnels for hedgehogs, and let behavioral modification take its course. The birds would learn, soon enough...the Canada geese sure learned fast how not to migrate! Have you seen (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) All good questions that the court of public opinion would have to satisfy, and thanks for reminding us of them, Dave! (1) Ask yourself them about the UL or ANSI, though, under the current system. When I did, I got entirely satisfactory (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Who would fund such an organization, and how can it make any credible claims of independence? I don't deny the value, in theory, of the organization, but I don't believe that we can trust it to be any more impartial than existing watchdog (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My bill is worst of all. It's the only one that I have to pay for. :-) (...) But why should a power company sell you power for less than it could sell it to me for? Just because it's located in your state? I think the power from a particular (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) blizzard (...) Yup! We don't have rolling blackouts, we just have ice storms that bring the lines down. I live out in the woods on a well. When I have no electricity, I have no heat and no water. We do love our wood stove when that happens. (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) this (...) In this particular hypothetical California McDonalds, I would guess that they had to invest in power infrastructure so that they could keep the grills hot even when the grid isn't active. That kind of UPS/diesel generation system (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hence the 8^) Dave! (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm not interested in having a contest with people from California to see whose bill is worse. My point is that it's absurd that my power bill is double when it's not even my state that's having the power crisis. ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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