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And you think Gas is expensive in the US 2067
On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:23:41 -0700, , said the following in rec.autos.driving... Same on the East Coast. We are all getting f***ed by the...

Blocking police cars
A police car was coming down the pbutting lane at high-speed, with lights and siren on. An LLB in the lane stepped on the brakes so as to slow...

Bushamerica $223,000,000 bridge to island with 50 people
Your tax dollars at work. Some roast highway bill over its scent of pork Alaskan...

Bushamerica $223,000,000 bridge to island with 50 people 2070
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 18:24:53 -0400, Sid9 , said the following in rec.autos.driving... I think that cowards everywhere will...

Bushamerica $223,000,000 bridge to island with 50 people 2071
The "tinkering" is simply the addition of whatever number of votes it takes to insure the Diebold choice wins. Winning means getting the majority of votes and nothing more...

Ohio highway shooter gets 27 years in the can
Laura Bush is a highway person too. How many years did she get? Updated: 4:52...

Stopping Immediately for Cop's Flashing Lights
Remember when we all talked about the people getting burned for not stopping immediately when for a cop's flashing lights - sometime last year, I think, and the cops on the forum were all saying, "Yeah...

Yet Another Person Who Hates Car Alarms 2074
I know for a fact that my car arm has only gone off three or four times, other than those times when a pbuttenger or I trigger the alarm accidentally. The accidental alerts are silenced...

Yet Another Person Who Hates Car Alarms 2075
Even one false alarm is too much. If every car with an alarm cries wolf even once in a while...

Yet Another Person Who Hates Car Alarms 2076
Allstate still offers a discount for certain alarms. Placebo effect? What the hell is that? Evidently, you live-work in a safer area than I do. I...

Yet Another Person Who Hates Car Alarms 2077
Loss leader in an effort to capture more market share? Ask your mamma. BTW, it's the same placebo effect that leads people to believe that radar detectors saved...

Yet Another Person Who Hates Car Alarms 2078
thereby living out the fantasies of millions. I'll surmise that the cheap alarms are the problem...

Yet Another Person Who Hates Car Alarms 2079
On 10 Aug 2005 10:07:23 -0700, "Ad absurdum per aspera" I don't care how expensive it is - there is NO...

FL truckers cause huge traffic jam to protest Bush's soaring gas prices
And i bet 90% of these dumb rednecks voted for oil-boy george. Hundreds Of Truckers Protest High Gas Prices POSTED: 11:02 am EDT August 10, 2005 MIAMI -- More than 600 truckers gathered...

FL truckers cause huge traffic jam to protest Bush's soaring gas prices 2081
laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE Those truckers should read books like "Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy...

FL truckers cause huge traffic jam to protest Bush's soaring gas prices 2082
On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 21:34:46 -0700, Scott en Aztlán While I'm all for rail shipping, it's a pity that so...

FL truckers cause huge traffic jam to protest Bush's soaring gas prices 2083
Paul. Greed on many people's part is the root of our energy problems, plus the willingly overlooked fact that fossil fuels are truly...

Vandalism Spree in Van Nuys 2084
Jim Yanik Huh? Must I search my conscience before buying a car alarm? Is it as evil to encourage burglars to visit some other neighborhood as...

Vandalism Spree in Van Nuys 2085
that is the *best* non sequitur response i've ever seen... ;-) this seems like a pretty rough all...

Vandalism Spree in Van Nuys 2086
brink That wouldn't be a continuing nuisance. Some people let their dogs run loose and some people walk their dogs on leashes...

Vandalism Spree in Van Nuys 2087
different people have different definitions of "chronic loose stray" -- your fox terrier example above might be a chronic loose stray to some people...

Vandalism Spree in Van Nuys 2088
Ah,so only one falsing is acceptable?? Is that one per hour,one per day,per month,or just one ever? What about when caused by natural things like thunder,which...

Vandalism Spree in Van Nuys 2089
Jim Yanik Not even that, actually. I was overly generous. Ever. Tough. A good alarm should be able to distinguish between a burglar and a clap of thunder. If the owner of...

Vandalism Spree in Van Nuys 2090
the one time i can remember in our neighborhood a *chronic* falsing alarm was one saturday night... there was...

Vandalism Spree in Van Nuys 2091
I hate barking dogs even more than I hate false-triggering car alarms. Actually, I don't hate the dogs - I hate the buttholes who own them but don't love them enough to take proper...

On Street Parking: Who owns the road
other posters have already handled the legality issue - in most cases, it is legal to park there. i think the more salient point...

concern about Quebec speeding ticket
About 3 weeks ago I was caught for speeding in Quebec. Now I was speeding, about 140 in a 100 zone. I am also am from Ontario and expect...

Hundreds Of Truckers Protest High Gas Prices 2094
Sure, we can have the feds renew the 55MPH national speed limit on cars. That will make lots of traffic cops...

Hundreds Of Truckers Protest High Gas Prices 2095
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Hardpan And just think: China needs all that oil because...

Hundreds Of Truckers Protest High Gas Prices 2096
true. And if one looks hard enough, there are made-in-the-USA alternatives that are compebreastively priced or even less expensive then the made-in-china counterpart. Even on the shelves...

Hundreds Of Truckers Protest High Gas Prices 2097
No, but I've read the EIS of Yucca Mtn. And I went to a military school for nuclear subjects. I'm all for nuclear power. The...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2098
First off, the prices are high because of speculative bidding... Thing is, oil is no longer a commodity...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2099
On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 01:13:10 +0100, "Beav" Not only that, but they look at the sources too, to see if they're credible. they'll...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2100
Laura Bush liquidateed her boy friend OK, lets do the math.... 30 mpg for 120...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2101
So the use of a 10mpg SUV doesn't impact oil demand There is not a single full-sized SUV that gets mileage in the low 20s and you...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2102
So that'd be the car industry safe then. With the best will in the world, cars don't...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2103
The Bill Rodgers formulated on Wednesday : In the case of my '68 plus 1 Chevy truck, the engine is from a '72 Suburban, the transmission is from a '74 Suburban...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2104
On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:37:38 -0400, "Daniel J. Stern" Finish my quote, I also said "except for timing belts and head gaskets". So they do need routine servicing like...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2105
98 Jeep Cherokee, 185,000 miles, runs great, no sign of needing major repairs such as running gear, engine, etc. Know people with 250,000 on them. '93...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2106
The single dominant reason why cars are lasting longer these days is the lock-up torque converter and its companion the overdrive gear. Just about any...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2107
I downloaded and read his plan in 2001. It was very comprehensive and covered just about every topic that had to do with energy now and in the future. Did you read it...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2108
Daniel Did you load the trunk with Iraq's missing WMDs? Indeed.... - In September and October 2003, McClellan said he had spoken directly...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2109
Daniel That's not the weight of the vehicle. Kindly get a clue... - In September and...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2110
Until you get uneducated minorities to come off welfare-medicaid-food stamps-section-8 housing; the illegals will continue to be willing...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2111
And he did the smart thing, he ordered a hit on Bin Laden. The fact they couldn't...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2112
OmManiPadmeOmelet Its my understanding, as a medical biller, that Medicare is federal government medical coverage for old people...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2113
Because, with a certain percentage of people, they are poor or homeless for a reason..... For instance, I gave 10 bucks to a homeless couple the other day...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2115
william lynch Americans have no business controlling other governments by invasion. "We wish not to meddle with the internal affairs of any country, nor with the general affairs...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2116
william lynch Good going again, loser: Godwin's law From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Godwin's law (also Godwin's rule of Nazi analogies) is an adage in Internet culture that...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2117
pieface You just now learned that McCain was involved Reagan's S&L deregulation scam which cost taxpayers tens - maybe over a hundred BILLION...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2118
Hobbes Whhich is another reason the cowardly, draft dodging, AWOL, lying, thieving, child butchering person should...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2119
Seth Breidbart What's bu$h's close friend and top campaign contributior, Kenny Boy Lay, and his stock fraud got to do with Nader...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2120
Seth Breidbart So, in you "mind", unsupported allegations equate to facts, eh? No surprise, but still sort of amusing.... - Ever wonder who benefits from the 150 MILLION U.S. taxpayer dollars spent each...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2121
DTJ Yup, and Iraq was about to nuke the Untied States and unleash some of the most formidable WMDs known to man until the courageous warrior bu...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2122
Morton Davis Are you saying "Kenny Boy" Lay wasn't bu$h's close friend and top...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2123
Hobbes You should trade yours in for a better vehicle, and them get yourself acquainted with the 21st Century. Ralph doesn't care about Ford...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2124
The Bill Rodgers If I had voted for bu$h, I'd definitely feel stupid, but I'd readily vote for Nader again. He's the only qualified candidate who puts people and...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2125
The Bill Rodgers Oh no, an anonymous usenet weirdo says I'm not credible. I'm f***in' doomed! Your talk is cheap, pus...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2126
The Bill Rodgers Put up some quotes. Your lies are weak. - Ever wonder who benefits from the 150 MILLION U.S. taxpayer dollars spent each DAY in Iraq? In September and October...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2127
Daniel J. Stern We all kow about bu$h's lies. What'd Ralph lie about? Quotes and references, of course...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2128
The Bill Rodgers So, in your "mind", you saying so is proof that Nader is a liar. Good "thinking"... Quotes and references - talk is...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2129
Sorry, but I have to point out some discrepancies in your statement. First, clinton would have had an...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2130
Hobbes Moronic idiocy. Compared to the hundreds of BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars bu$h has wasted to steal Iraq's oil, a few...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2131
The Bill Rodgers They would follow the founding fathers. Pull out of all countries and...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2132
Dave Head No. The cold war was the result of our involvement in WWII. If we had not...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2134
Dave Head But the point remains that we should not have stuck our nose in the middle of things in the first place. This fight was between China and Japan. We had no skin in...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2135
No kidding! Ya think? It's probably best to work on the root causes of these things, not the political causes (since it's...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2136
On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 16:06:46 -0400, "James C. Reeves" Just not so. Dems pushed hard for investing...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2137
Then you didn't read Bushes energy policy that he published back in 2001. He had generious tax incentives for hydrogen and fuel cell research in there as well as government finded geothermal...

2.60 a frickin gallon! 2138
On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 21:42:00 -0400, "James C. Reeves" Are you really nieve enough to think he thought that would pbutt? He knew goddam well that if he snuck...

Experimental Hybrid Cars Get Up to 250 Mpg
On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 04:01:18 +0100, Pooh Bear , said the following in rec.autos.driving... What needs to be done is R&D on other sources...

What's the SUV Tax
message I'm a liberal. I haven't changed my story, but of course I've updated it to reflect the present. Now you have a sample size of two. UN pbuttes Resolution 1441, which requires Iraq...

Drivers: Beware of Pistol Packing Pedestrians! 2141
Cite? Define odd terms like "LOS F" Red light cameras do nothing but punish. They don't fix visibility problems. They don't fix timing problems. They...

Drivers: Beware of Pistol Packing Pedestrians! 2142
Brent P As I posted before, Level of Service F. It's a very commonly used phrase by traffic engineers, at least in California. With...

Drivers: Beware of Pistol Packing Pedestrians! 2143
Another arrogant traffic engineer type... Should have guessed. No poo. Doesn't change anything I wrote. Show me...



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