billeisele

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  1. If: - milk was delivered to your door - your first and only phone was a party line - girls that wore stockings used garter belts - the sexiest pictures around were in the Sears catalog Those were the days! Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  2. ------------- so is the biomass crowd causing issues?, it is amusing that the the folks that currently use trees for paper-cardboard-etc are complaining the the biomass folks are "driving up" the cost of "my raw material" like they own the forest all the green folks need to get together and solve the in-fighting to decide who gets to use the worlds natural resources, the government is deciding who gets access to oil and coal, and while they are doing this the nuclear folks will keep building and producing electricity from a non-emitting source (no CO2, etc.) this just kills the greenies Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  3. this must be the new fad since they have worn out ADD / ADHD any kid that doesn't pay attention or causes disruption gets labeled Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  4. sry I missed it last night, looking forward to it on the 8th Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  5. my set up was Marantz power gear, Thorens turntable, Klipsch and Advent speakers, and Teac reel-to-reel sorry I sold that T-table Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  6. Do a dildo's job? gee thanks BV, care to guess what the next video will show? Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  7. I think it's funny how Argus is banned at SDAZ because of the 'risk' of a canopy around the tail due to a faulty cutter yet somehow I keep seeing old FXC's get on SDAZ planes. Hell, they go off randomly even when they're working correctly! OH SDAZ you crack me up... interesting, I thought they only went off randomly in freefall Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  8. interesting question if a coach performs an action that is beyond their rating and there is an injury, what happens? to split the hair even further, an AFFI on a coach jump takes an action that is within the rating and there is an injury due to that action, then what?? find the right lawyer and both examples are a problem having said that, as an AFFI I've pulled for a student on a non-AFF jump and would do it again Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  9. What she said: What she meant: Sometimes the things that come out out my mouth aren't anything like the thought that started out in my head. I don't know what happens, it's like I'm possessed by a dirty girl or something. Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  10. guess I need to find a lawyer so I can sue the Indians in NC for my gambling addiction Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  11. clean reliable power from a non-greenhouse gas emitting source which allows the utility to shut down old coal plants the green power folks are having a difficult time protesting this the next permits will be 2 more AP1000's in SC, the investment community thinks it is a good idea, stock is up 16% in 3 months Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  12. I think you're on to something![/ Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  13. it's really not hard http://vimeo.com/seidub/freefly Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  14. 7) Your video tells all - your track lasts 3 seconds - up the wind line, no wave-off, no air scan just pull, after opening the first thing you do is look up to stow your slider, then look at each toggle while fumbling to insert your fingers, then look down for the DZ, then your alti, etc. - good thing you have that special force field where nothing can hit you up there in the big ole sky Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  15. guess this doesn't count because the guy was not at home Police: Robber killed in SC Waffle House shooting Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012 SPARTANBURGG, S.C. The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office says a man attempting to rob a local Waffle House at gunpoint was shot and killed by a customer carrying a concealed weapon. Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  16. Hat? Hell, tin foil underwear. Gotta protect the nugggets, right? Andy - as long as everyone is piling on... does light even reach all the way to the Farm? Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  17. I love those guys. My lower and upper for my AR is from them. They are quickly becoming known for their quality and when they run specials for their lowers at $59.95.... dang. Once I actually saw them have it for $49 I'm lucky, these guys are on my drive home. They do have some interesting items. The building was an HVAC distributorship. Keep waiting on them to install a range in the back. It would take up only 40% of the space they presently don't use. Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  18. That jump could be the one that saves his life but I doubt it. He will have "learned" so much that he can now do it safely. Still bound to be a famous grease spot. Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  19. The whole process makes me sad that someone cared so little to build that way. I don't understand how it passed building inspection in the first place. most folks woudl think that a county or city "building inspection" provided some assurance just finished a renovation involving plumbing, electrical, etc., the rough-in inspection took 10 minutes - 8 minutes of BSing and 2 minutes of "oh this looks nice, you plan to use tile or carpet", final inspection was even less, then I get my nice peice of paper that says all was done correctly its my house so I know it was done correctly but doubt that the inspection process is different at other structures, best check with local builders to find out about the quality of the inspection process Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  20. after careful research it appears that shaving or trimming started in the 1996-97 range, and became more common around 2001-02 Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  21. yes fairly common, the load control I'm speaking of is when the utility needs to manage overall system demand, demand in certain areas or voltage, they can blackout certain circuits based on load and priority, the smart meters give us all the info we need to make real time decisions - no more guessing, best advice is buy a house near a hospital and make sure it is on the same circuit or substation breaker another issue being discussed is who owns the data, there are marketers that want to buy that data, they would then know what households to target market for consumer products Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  22. One real purpose of the meters is "data acquisition", we know more about your lifestyle than you would believe. The future is: customized rate structures, combo rates with peak demand pricing, direct marketing, remote disconnect/reconnect, and load control (rolling brownouts). Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  23. Utility rates are the ultimate consumer marketing experiment. They are designed and changed to encourage behavior. Different utilities have different business objectives. They design rates to accomplish those goals. And then there is CA. In general we disagree with most of what they do but it is interesting to watch. In SC we charge about $9 as a base charge then 11 cents per kWh with a 1 cent up-tier in the summer and a 1 cent down-tier in the winter after the first 800 kWh. The change in cost is designed to emulate the change in incremental generation cost. In the southeast residential rates are in the range of 11 cents vs. CA at 14 cents and up. We've decided that building, owning and managing generation is a good idea. Between TN, NC, SC and Georgia there is a fairly high % of nuclear generation. We're building more and closing old coal plants. Nuclear is a non-emitting source (CO2). The greenhouse gas crowd is having trouble trying to determine how to not like this approach
  24. Funny thing is, my utility company's rate hikes seem to always stay one step ahead of my attempts to reduce our useage. I've been switching to CFL's, gotten much better at getting family to only keep lights on as necessary, upgrading to more efficient appliances, using far fewer holiday lights & using them for less time, and so on and so forth. My electric bill has NEVER gone down. Unfortunately the cost of doing business continues to rise and customers are allowed to participate and share those costs. We are a relatively small utility and spent about $1 billion to comply with EPA rules. So yes rates do rise. One way to look at is that you as a consumer have the ultimate option of deciding how much of a product to buy. By using CFLs you are controlling the rate at which your bill rises. However lighting is a very small part of the bill. To make a real difference look at your HVAC, water heating, insulation and infiltration. Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.
  25. Yes, and if you reduce your usage to under 1,000 kwh per month, then they hit you with a surcharge for not using enough. Use more than 1,000 kwh, and you get a lower rate per kwh. So we're actually punished for conserving, and rewarded for using a lot. --------------------------------------------- So why do rates work this way? Because there is a basic cost to provide service. It includes all the infrastructure to get to your house, the meter and the admin services to run the system. They determine a minimal purchase that each customer should make to pay for that stuff. By doing this it assures that low usage customers are not subsidized by high use customers. So no you are not punished you are simply paying your fair share of the basic infrastructure costs. The other option is to charge a base fee and give the first block of power for free. In other words, say $100 and the first 1,000 kWh is free. Another option is for customers to just pay for the energy they use and let the subsidies exist. Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.