XPost: alt.checkmate, sci.physics   
   From: melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie   
      
   On 1/6/2018 2:01 AM, Checkmate wrote:   
   > Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading posts   
   > by Checkmate!  In article , nad318b404   
   > @gmail.invalid says...   
   >> 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...   
   >>>> On Fri, 05 Jan 2018 12:39:47 -0800, Checkmate wrote:   
   >>>>> Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when   
   >>>>> reading posts by Checkmate!  In article   
   >>>>> ,   
   >>>>> pandora@peak.org says...   
   >>>>>> On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 19:53:24 -0800, Checkmate wrote:   
   >>>>>>> Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when   
   >>>>>>> reading posts by Checkmate!  In article   
   >>>>>>> <-YGdnSDd85cOQ9PHnZ2dnUU7- YmdnZ2d@scnresearch.com>,   
   >>>>>>> pandora@peak.org says...   
   >>>>>>>> On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:53:01 -0700, % wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> On 2018-01-04 6:49 PM, pandora wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 16:57:59 -0800, Checkmate   
   >>>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles   
   >>>>>>>>>>> when reading posts by Checkmate!  In article   
   >>>>>>>>>>> ,   
   >>>>>>>>>>> greghall@yacht_maester.fake says...   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 17:48:38 -0800, Checkmate   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> <...>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.   
   >   
   > 20' above sea level seems reasonable to me.  The top of a cliff, but   
      
   [continued in next message]   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)