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Skriven 2014-04-09 16:46:57 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 11863 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: different worseness 456
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-=> Quoting MICHAEL LOO to NANCY BACKUS on 07 Apr 14  08:34:00 <=-

 ML> a respectable amount of powder, produces a high percentage
 ML> of ultrasonic frequencies and so is tolerable. The fatter
 ML> the caliber of the bullet, the lower the frequencies of
 ML> the report, and that coupled with the heavier loading
 ML> causes me greater pain. A .30-06 would be at the limit of
 ML> my tolerance even with ear protection.

Being lowered into the high treble instead of ultrasonic, then..?
 
 ML>> Indeed. But sheep cheesiness is worse to me than
 ML>> cow cheesiness.
 NB>> Does goat have similar worseness...?  I ask, in part, since a number
 NB>> of people seem to have less problems with goat cheesiness than with
 NB>> cow... 
 ML> Similar worseness to sheep, but often goat cheese is much
 ML> less aged, so that's an extenuating factor. Now the food
 ML> served in hell would be a seriously aged goat cheese.

Ah.   Ok...  
 
 ML>> But relative human rights is pretty important, at
 ML>> least from the EU point of view.
 NB>> And the definitions of that are more fluid... from their perspective..
 ML> I think you're referring to Turks and other nondemocratic
 ML> populations, as opposed to the EU? If so I'm inclined to
 ML> agree.

Yes, I think so... ;)

 ML>> I wonder if that will continue or our luck will
 ML>> eventually catch up with us. I hope the former of course
 ML>> but probably have enough hotel and air points to cover
 ML>> most eventualities.
 NB>> I hope the former as well...  I'd maybe worry more about getting out
 NB>> in one piece should things get bad...  ;0
 ML> If it looks bad enough so that the airlines issue waivers,
 ML> I guess I might not go (but in fact have gone anyway in
 ML> cases where it appeared to me that the news reports and
 ML> State Department bulletins have been overstating the case),
 ML> but generally the dangers grow only gradually, with lulls
 ML> that allow people to avoid them (by leaving the country,
 ML> especially). Except in an unforeseeable natural disaster,
 ML> I figure my chances would be as good as anyone's. Lilli is
 ML> a cause for a little more concern, but she's not unaware
 ML> and has her own resources besides.

And you both have a lot of travel savvy between you anyway... so I'd
guess your instincts are probably fairly trustworthy...  :)

 ML>> Well said, though there are many who spend their entire
 ML>> lives in a very circumscribed space for the sake of that
 ML>> worrisomeness.
 NB>> Way too true...  
 ML> And it's such a pity. Today I got a fortune cookie that
 ML> said something along the lines of most people sit and
 ML> watch; don't do that. And I've been trying to follow that
 ML> advice, for decades before I read that fortune.

You got a truism, not a fortune... at least for you...  :)

 ML>>> So I will have to buy a refundable ticket to go through
 ML>>> security and then go to the club and have it refunded. 
 NB>>> How silly...  ;0
 ML>> I will first pursue the sensible avenue. As my friend Alex
 ML>> once said to a ticket counter agent, "do you want to do this
 ML>> the easy way or the hard way?"
 NB>> Exactly.  :)
 ML> We'll see what works.

Quite.  :)
 
ttyl        neb

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