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Skriven 2008-08-06 10:26:19 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Dave Drum
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 -=> Quoting Dave Drum to Glen Jamieson <=-

 ->  DD> Environmental Protection Agency and their air pollution standards.
 ->  DD> am waiting for them to set standards for home lawn mowers - those
 ->  DD> tiny  engines that power lawn maintenance machines are some of the
 ->  DD> worst polluters in the current mechanical world.
 -> They certainly do produce very undesirable pollution, but nowhere near
 -> as many litres of pollution than is churned out by power stations
 -> burning high-sulphur coal.

 DD> Much coal in the US - and here in the Illinois area is laying fallow
 DD> until some reliable desulphurisation method is devised. Many coal
 DD> powered generating stations sitting right at a mine mouth burn coal
 DD> brought in on looooooong trains of rail cars ... even given stack
 DD> scrubbers, etc. to remove excess pollution from the effluvia of the
 DD> "native" coal. 

As Australia is a major user and exporter of coal, it is responsible
for a large share of the world's atmospheric CO2.  For ages there has
been talk of "sequestration" - removing CO2 from power station stacks,
liquifying it, and storing it "forever" deep underground, where in
theory the pressure will keep it in liquid form.  So far, this has not
been successfully achieved.  My own opinion is that the energy required
to do this would be more than what the power stations produced, so it
will remain just an interesting theoretical concept.

Eventually the public will have no alternative to accepting nice,
clean, nuclear power, just as it will learn to enjoy recycled water.

 ->  DD> companies make cycle lift devices which allow one to get at the 
 ->  DD> places one needs to address whilst sitting on a low, roll-around 
 ->  DD> stool/seat.
 -> Sounds like a good idea.  Perhaps I need something like that.

 DD> Here is a URL for what I am referencing -- http://tinyurl.com/5rsr9q

Got it.  I'll look that up later.
 
 ->  DD> or bruised arches on the bottom of the foot from the "kick-back"
 ->  DD> that often occurs as a big single is kick started.
 
 -> That spoils the fun of unobtrusively advancing the spark control on a
 -> friend's 600cc Panther or Norton just as he kicks it over.  If done
 -> right, he can be fired over the handlebars, or break his leg.

 DD> I had an aquaintance who "knew it all" about motorcycles. One day he
 DD> asked to take my old (1948) Indian Chief for a short trip to buy
 DD> cigarettes or beer (I forget which). I informed him that the controls

Probly cigarettes, as a slab of beer would be more difficult to balance
on the bike tank.

 DD> were crossed from the usual Harley scheme with which he was familiar.
 DD> And he assured me that he did "know all about that stuff" as he
 DD> advanced the spark right off the scale and gave a mighty kick of the 80
 DD> cu. in. engine. And got launched into the rafters of the garage.   Bv)=

Lovely!!  Yes, I remember the confusion that American controls caused
to the riders brought up on Pommy bikes.  Some of the continentals were
different again, with left leg starters.
 
 ->  DD> Sometimes the best thing about the "good old days" is that they are
 ->  DD> gone.  Bv)=
 -> Probably.  I doubt if we could survive them again.
 DD> I know I couldn't.

Good to see that you recovered sufficiently to survive the Picnic.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Gustum De Praecoquis (Starter With Apricots)
 Categories: None
      Yield: 1 servings
 
      1 kg Firm ripe apricots or
           -nectarines
    200 ml White wine
    250 ml Passum
      1    Peppermint tea bag; (portion
           -for one cup)
           Pepper
           Liquamen or salt
           Cornstarch; a little vinegar
           -and honey
 
  Wash, cut and stone apricots. Put them with a little cold water in a
  pan. Ground pepper and dried mint (that's where the tea bag comes
  handy...), add Liquamen, honey, Passum, wine and vinegar. Pour into
  the pan with a little oil. Cook approximately 20 minutes on small to
  moderate heat. After it boils add a bit of cornstarch to thicken the
  sauce, sprinkle with pepper and serve.
  
  Taken from an old Roman cookbook: MARCUS GAVIUS APICIUS: DE RE
  COQUINARIA. Posted by: hz225wu@unidui.uni-duisburg.de (Michaela
  Pantke)
  
    Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.
 
MMMMM

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