XPost: alt.checkmate, sci.physics   
   From: nad318b404@gmail.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 05 Jan 2018 17:12:46 -0800, Checkmate wrote:   
      
   > Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading posts by   
   > Checkmate!  In article <4padnRVtzeNLatLHnZ2dnUU7-   
   > bWdnZ2d@scnresearch.com>, pandora@peak.org says...   
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   >> On Fri, 05 Jan 2018 12:39:47 -0800, Checkmate wrote:   
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   >> > Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading posts   
   >> > by Checkmate!  In article > > QVh4p2d@scnresearch.com>, pandora@peak.org says...   
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   >> >> On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 19:53:24 -0800, Checkmate wrote:   
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   >> >> > Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading   
   >> >> > posts by Checkmate!  In article <-YGdnSDd85cOQ9PHnZ2dnUU7-   
   >> >> > YmdnZ2d@scnresearch.com>, pandora@peak.org says...   
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   >> >> >> On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:53:01 -0700, % wrote:   
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   >> >> >> > On 2018-01-04 6:49 PM, pandora wrote:   
   >> >> >> >> On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 16:57:59 -0800, Checkmate wrote:   
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   >> >> >> >>> Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when   
   >> >> >> >>> reading posts by Checkmate!  In article   
   >> >> >> >>> ,   
   >> >> >> >>> greghall@yacht_maester.fake says...   
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   >> >> >> >>>> On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 17:48:38 -0800, Checkmate   
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   >> >> >> >>>> wrote:   
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   >> >> >> >>>> <...>   
   >> >> >> >>>>   
   >> >> >> >>>>   
   >> >> >> >>>>> You can protect your own system with Faraday cages, but the   
   >> >> >> >>>>> grid is vulnerable to a very long term outage with an air   
   >> >> >> >>>>> burst EMP. You must also be isolated from the grid before   
   >> >> >> >>>>> an EMP, and the only vehicles likely to run afterwards   
   >> >> >> >>>>> would be old-school Diesels with no electronics.   
   >> >> >> >>>>> Of course you'll need plenty of fuel on hand, because the   
   >> >> >> >>>>> pumps won't be working, and everyone is going to want your   
   >> >> >> >>>>> functioning Diesel transportation.  They're going to want   
   >> >> >> >>>>> it real bad.   
   >> >> >> >>>>   
   >> >> >> >>>> I sure hope there's not EMP attack in my lifetime.   
   >> >> >> >>>> It will be an unimaginable mess and I might be among those   
   >> >> >> >>>> who don't survive it now that I'm away from my bote.   
   >> >> >> >>>   
   >> >> >> >>> Now we have to worry about The Internet of Things, where   
   >> >> >> >>> someone might hack their way into your network through your   
   >> >> >> >>> refrigerator or something.   
   >> >> >> >>>   
   >> >> >> >>> My Realtor needed to schedule a telephone conference between   
   >> >> >> >>> me,   
   >> >> >> >>> my attorney, and herself, so she set up this elaborate   
   >> >> >> >>> bullshit with the new "Go To Meeting" app, which wins the   
   >> >> >> >>> Stupid Name prize for new startup useless apps, IMO.  I was   
   >> >> >> >>> supposed to go through all this rigmarole and install a mic   
   >> >> >> >>> on my computer, set up an account,   
   >> >> >> >>> and shit... or I could call a special number and then enter a   
   >> >> >> >>> code.   
   >> >> >> >>>  I tried to do that through my Magic Jack number, which lets   
   >> >> >> >>>  me   
   >> >> >> >>> call all over the country for free, but I got a message from   
   >> >> >> >>> Magic Jack saying I couldn't call that number because it was   
   >> >> >> >>> a pay-per-minute number.   
   >> >> >> >>>   
   >> >> >> >>> I went ballistic, and asked why we needed to go through all   
   >> >> >> >>> that bullshit, when all we needed to do was set up a 3-way   
   >> >> >> >>> call on our phones.   
   >> >> >> >>> My attorney called me back, then connected her, and we talked   
   >> >> >> >>> about everything we needed to talk about, so what fucking   
   >> >> >> >>> good is "Go To Meeting," other than to complicate a simple   
   >> >> >> >>> process we already have other ways of doing, and get paid by   
   >> >> >> >>> the minute from all three of us? How fucking stupid!   
   >> >> >> >>   
   >> >> >> >> There's always someone trying to make a buck outta those who   
   >> >> >> >> don't know the *old* ways of doing things.   
   >> >> >> >>   
   >> >> >> > i told him it wouldn't be a wham bam ,   
   >> >> >> > this could drag on for years   
   >> >> >>   
   >> >> >> Why are you such a negative nelly?   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> > I expected the court case to take a year, and it took two.  I   
   >> >> > expected the house to sit on the market for months, and I got two   
   >> >> > offers over my asking price in less than a week.  Persent claimed   
   >> >> > it was all a bunch of lies anyway, and now he's issuing "I Told   
   >> >> > You So's"?  Whatfuckingever...   
   >> >>   
   >> >> Some houses take a while to sell, others don't.  The house my   
   >> >> daughter is buying was on the market for 9 months, then she and her   
   >> >> husband saw it and within two months it was theirs.  They had to   
   >> >> wait a few weeks for the sellers to make some repairs and to move   
   >> >> out.  The sellers had almost given up.   
   >> >   
   >> > I didn't think there'd be a lot of people looking for homes around   
   >> > Christmas,  My Realtor said there aren't a lot of listings in that   
   >> > area right now.   
   >>   
   >> It just take the right person at the right time.  One is all you need.   
   >>   
   >> Personally, I wouldn't spend over a million bucks to live   
   >> > there even if I could.  The houses aren't really anything special,   
   >> > it's the location that makes it expensive.   
   >>   
   >> Yeah, well as the realtors say, "location, location, location.)  My   
   >> brother's house (in West Vancouver, BC), sold for 2.5 million and it   
   >> was an old rundown Victorian.  It wasn't the house that drew in the   
   >> buyer, but the location.   They tore it down a few weeks later.   
   >>   
   >> I'd take that farm in Missouri   
   >> > any day... a much bigger house, lots of land, and only about 1/4 the   
   >> > price. Who wants a house 15 feet away from their neighbor's?   
   >>   
   >> I have two neighbors who are that close but as I've mentioned before,   
   >> they are terrific neighbors.  They keep to themselves and are quiet but   
   >> if I need them, they're close by.  A good thing for an old lady.   
   >   
   > Coastal property is almost always that way.  It's just too valuable.  If   
   > you find a home on the coast with lots of space around it, it's going to   
   > cost megabucks.  I could make that exception for a cozy little house   
   > with an ocean in front of it, and that's still an option I'm   
   > considering.   
      
   Beachfront property is for suckers ... at least for the next century or   
   so. Once all those ice sheets are done melting, then beachfront property   
   might be a sound investment once again.   
      
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