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rain_gryphonFlags of the Indian tribes.
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So, look at the flag that Sarkozy's supporters are waving...
I'm hoping he'll win. It would be nice to have a sane person leading France again.
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The people who remodelled the restrooms at work fastened everything with these screws that look like Torx, but have a pin in the middle. I'm not sure if they're afraid we'll whip out our Leatherman tools and walk away with the coat hooks or what. It never seems to dawn on people who rely on odd screws to keep things fastened down that with a bit of dentists' wax and some epoxy putty, one can easily fashion a tool to fit any screw, and what would have previously been beneath one's dignity now becomes an enjoyable challenge.
Six pieces of drill bit steel arranged in an open-centred hexagon (possibly a recessed seventh piece) should work too, if they were rigidly held.
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This summer, I shall have to get my mother's house painted. That's going to be a killer.
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I want to get in my car, and drive to the west coast. I think that's just my regular dissatisfaction with winter. I'm not entirely sure, though.
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I <3 epoxy putty. JB Weld steel-filled seems to be the best. I've fixed bits of my car, my kitchen, and other things with epoxy putty. I'm tempted to try making a liquid-fuelled rocket engine from steel-filled putty. It'd burn through, of course (it doesn't transfer heat that well) but I think it's strong enough.
I need to kludge up something that can attach small wrench sockets to the Leatherman, but is compact enough to routinely carry.
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Strangely, it seems that dichloroacetate turns the mitochondrial aging process back on in cancer cells. This tends to make one think that the genesis of cancer may lie in metabolic processes, rather than genetics.
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Sanjay Dutt sounds like the name of someone in an obscene song.
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I'm thinking we should let the Somalis run things the way they want to. They're doing the job a damn sight better than we have so far.
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So, look at the flag that Sarkozy's supporters are waving...
I'm hoping he'll win. It would be nice to have a sane person leading France again.
*****
The people who remodelled the restrooms at work fastened everything with these screws that look like Torx, but have a pin in the middle. I'm not sure if they're afraid we'll whip out our Leatherman tools and walk away with the coat hooks or what. It never seems to dawn on people who rely on odd screws to keep things fastened down that with a bit of dentists' wax and some epoxy putty, one can easily fashion a tool to fit any screw, and what would have previously been beneath one's dignity now becomes an enjoyable challenge.
Six pieces of drill bit steel arranged in an open-centred hexagon (possibly a recessed seventh piece) should work too, if they were rigidly held.
*****
This summer, I shall have to get my mother's house painted. That's going to be a killer.
*****
I want to get in my car, and drive to the west coast. I think that's just my regular dissatisfaction with winter. I'm not entirely sure, though.
*****
I <3 epoxy putty. JB Weld steel-filled seems to be the best. I've fixed bits of my car, my kitchen, and other things with epoxy putty. I'm tempted to try making a liquid-fuelled rocket engine from steel-filled putty. It'd burn through, of course (it doesn't transfer heat that well) but I think it's strong enough.
I need to kludge up something that can attach small wrench sockets to the Leatherman, but is compact enough to routinely carry.
*****
Strangely, it seems that dichloroacetate turns the mitochondrial aging process back on in cancer cells. This tends to make one think that the genesis of cancer may lie in metabolic processes, rather than genetics.
*****
Sanjay Dutt sounds like the name of someone in an obscene song.
*****
Added:
I'm thinking we should let the Somalis run things the way they want to. They're doing the job a damn sight better than we have so far.
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Date: 2007-01-24 03:59 am (UTC)No Gay “Marriage” or Adoption says French Presidential Hopeful Sarközy (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/sep/06090803.html)
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Date: 2007-01-25 12:52 am (UTC)Ie. Sarközy is 100% less likely to approve gay marriage than his opponent, while he is 0% more likely to "beat" Islam.