Earle, you're sounding a little "off" :-)

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Earle Horton" <nurse-nospam-busters@msn.com> wrote in message
news:434f60bc$1_2@alt.athenanews.com...
> We get twelve feet of snow a year. Once the summer people leave, it is
hard
> to tell exactly, when people start going crazy. It could be everyone at
> once. Or the rest could be thinking, that the one sane guy left, is the
> crazy one. The only way to tell for sure, is to call someone you know in
> Denver or Albuquerque, talk to them for ten minutes or so, and then ask if
> you sound a little "off". If they say "yes", hang up, because there is
> nothing you can do about it now. The first sign of spring, is dirty snow.
> That means that it has stopped snowing for long enough, to get dirty. We
> have our first of many "festivals" to celebrate, and a few hardy
Durangoans,
> and a guy who just bought his first motor home and doesn't know any
better,
> might show up. In the middle of the winter about a dozen of us get
together
> for dinner on Friday nights. Some of the most boring people you have ever
> met. After a glass of wine or even a ginger ale, everyone sounds like a
> brilliant conversationalist, with the most fascinating and incredible news
> to tell. "You went to Salt Lake City? Tell me everything about it..."
>
> Earle
>
> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:434F1DF4.84C24B66@***.net...
> > Earle showed me a picture of a model T show cat, and I flashed on
> > being too cold, and in a God forsaken place, like that hotel in the
> > movie The Shining. It's about time for Spring to start. I think I'll go
> > down to the beach now: http://www.camzone.com/index.php?cam=delmar
> > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > matthewf_boi@yahoo.com wrote:
> > >
> > > ok, I'll bite, why?
> > > do you think the deer there have better hearing?
> > > or you just like paying high taxes and speaking spanish?
> >
>
>

 

Earle, you're sounding a little "off" :-)

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Earle Horton" <nurse-nospam-busters@msn.com> wrote in message
news:434f60bc$1_2@alt.athenanews.com...
> We get twelve feet of snow a year. Once the summer people leave, it is
hard
> to tell exactly, when people start going crazy. It could be everyone at
> once. Or the rest could be thinking, that the one sane guy left, is the
> crazy one. The only way to tell for sure, is to call someone you know in
> Denver or Albuquerque, talk to them for ten minutes or so, and then ask if
> you sound a little "off". If they say "yes", hang up, because there is
> nothing you can do about it now. The first sign of spring, is dirty snow.
> That means that it has stopped snowing for long enough, to get dirty. We
> have our first of many "festivals" to celebrate, and a few hardy
Durangoans,
> and a guy who just bought his first motor home and doesn't know any
better,
> might show up. In the middle of the winter about a dozen of us get
together
> for dinner on Friday nights. Some of the most boring people you have ever
> met. After a glass of wine or even a ginger ale, everyone sounds like a
> brilliant conversationalist, with the most fascinating and incredible news
> to tell. "You went to Salt Lake City? Tell me everything about it..."
>
> Earle
>
> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:434F1DF4.84C24B66@***.net...
> > Earle showed me a picture of a model T show cat, and I flashed on
> > being too cold, and in a God forsaken place, like that hotel in the
> > movie The Shining. It's about time for Spring to start. I think I'll go
> > down to the beach now: http://www.camzone.com/index.php?cam=delmar
> > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > matthewf_boi@yahoo.com wrote:
> > >
> > > ok, I'll bite, why?
> > > do you think the deer there have better hearing?
> > > or you just like paying high taxes and speaking spanish?
> >
>
>

 

Earle, you're sounding a little "off" :-)

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Earle Horton" <nurse-nospam-busters@msn.com> wrote in message
news:434f60bc$1_2@alt.athenanews.com...
> We get twelve feet of snow a year. Once the summer people leave, it is
hard
> to tell exactly, when people start going crazy. It could be everyone at
> once. Or the rest could be thinking, that the one sane guy left, is the
> crazy one. The only way to tell for sure, is to call someone you know in
> Denver or Albuquerque, talk to them for ten minutes or so, and then ask if
> you sound a little "off". If they say "yes", hang up, because there is
> nothing you can do about it now. The first sign of spring, is dirty snow.
> That means that it has stopped snowing for long enough, to get dirty. We
> have our first of many "festivals" to celebrate, and a few hardy
Durangoans,
> and a guy who just bought his first motor home and doesn't know any
better,
> might show up. In the middle of the winter about a dozen of us get
together
> for dinner on Friday nights. Some of the most boring people you have ever
> met. After a glass of wine or even a ginger ale, everyone sounds like a
> brilliant conversationalist, with the most fascinating and incredible news
> to tell. "You went to Salt Lake City? Tell me everything about it..."
>
> Earle
>
> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:434F1DF4.84C24B66@***.net...
> > Earle showed me a picture of a model T show cat, and I flashed on
> > being too cold, and in a God forsaken place, like that hotel in the
> > movie The Shining. It's about time for Spring to start. I think I'll go
> > down to the beach now: http://www.camzone.com/index.php?cam=delmar
> > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > matthewf_boi@yahoo.com wrote:
> > >
> > > ok, I'll bite, why?
> > > do you think the deer there have better hearing?
> > > or you just like paying high taxes and speaking spanish?
> >
>
>

 

I think you may need a toke. ;-)
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Earle Horton wrote:
>
> We get twelve feet of snow a year. Once the summer people leave, it is hard
> to tell exactly, when people start going crazy. It could be everyone at
> once. Or the rest could be thinking, that the one sane guy left, is the
> crazy one. The only way to tell for sure, is to call someone you know in
> Denver or Albuquerque, talk to them for ten minutes or so, and then ask if
> you sound a little "off". If they say "yes", hang up, because there is
> nothing you can do about it now. The first sign of spring, is dirty snow.
> That means that it has stopped snowing for long enough, to get dirty. We
> have our first of many "festivals" to celebrate, and a few hardy Durangoans,
> and a guy who just bought his first motor home and doesn't know any better,
> might show up. In the middle of the winter about a dozen of us get together
> for dinner on Friday nights. Some of the most boring people you have ever
> met. After a glass of wine or even a ginger ale, everyone sounds like a
> brilliant conversationalist, with the most fascinating and incredible news
> to tell. "You went to Salt Lake City? Tell me everything about it..."
>
> Earle

 

I think you may need a toke. ;-)
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Earle Horton wrote:
>
> We get twelve feet of snow a year. Once the summer people leave, it is hard
> to tell exactly, when people start going crazy. It could be everyone at
> once. Or the rest could be thinking, that the one sane guy left, is the
> crazy one. The only way to tell for sure, is to call someone you know in
> Denver or Albuquerque, talk to them for ten minutes or so, and then ask if
> you sound a little "off". If they say "yes", hang up, because there is
> nothing you can do about it now. The first sign of spring, is dirty snow.
> That means that it has stopped snowing for long enough, to get dirty. We
> have our first of many "festivals" to celebrate, and a few hardy Durangoans,
> and a guy who just bought his first motor home and doesn't know any better,
> might show up. In the middle of the winter about a dozen of us get together
> for dinner on Friday nights. Some of the most boring people you have ever
> met. After a glass of wine or even a ginger ale, everyone sounds like a
> brilliant conversationalist, with the most fascinating and incredible news
> to tell. "You went to Salt Lake City? Tell me everything about it..."
>
> Earle

 

I think you may need a toke. ;-)
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Earle Horton wrote:
>
> We get twelve feet of snow a year. Once the summer people leave, it is hard
> to tell exactly, when people start going crazy. It could be everyone at
> once. Or the rest could be thinking, that the one sane guy left, is the
> crazy one. The only way to tell for sure, is to call someone you know in
> Denver or Albuquerque, talk to them for ten minutes or so, and then ask if
> you sound a little "off". If they say "yes", hang up, because there is
> nothing you can do about it now. The first sign of spring, is dirty snow.
> That means that it has stopped snowing for long enough, to get dirty. We
> have our first of many "festivals" to celebrate, and a few hardy Durangoans,
> and a guy who just bought his first motor home and doesn't know any better,
> might show up. In the middle of the winter about a dozen of us get together
> for dinner on Friday nights. Some of the most boring people you have ever
> met. After a glass of wine or even a ginger ale, everyone sounds like a
> brilliant conversationalist, with the most fascinating and incredible news
> to tell. "You went to Salt Lake City? Tell me everything about it..."
>
> Earle

 

not thru the woods

Jeff Strickland wrote:

> "Tomes" <XXtomanml@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:LwW2f.13321$QE1.1323@newsread2.news.atl.earth link.net...
> > The cruise control in my TJ does a real nice job of keeping the speed
> > nailed
> > within a mph of the setting both up and down hills - very much better than
> > my other auto trans Sienna. I have a lot of 40 MPH hilly stuff here and I
> > set it on 42 and just let it go, scouting out for deer.
> >
> > If it does feel like it will bog (and I know this coming up as I read the
> > terrain), I do like Dave M says and hit the cancel button, shift, regain
> > speed shift back and hit resume. There is no automatic disconnect.
> > Tomes
> >
>
> It seems to me that Deer Hunting at 40+ mph misses the spirit of the sport.

 

not thru the woods

Jeff Strickland wrote:

> "Tomes" <XXtomanml@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:LwW2f.13321$QE1.1323@newsread2.news.atl.earth link.net...
> > The cruise control in my TJ does a real nice job of keeping the speed
> > nailed
> > within a mph of the setting both up and down hills - very much better than
> > my other auto trans Sienna. I have a lot of 40 MPH hilly stuff here and I
> > set it on 42 and just let it go, scouting out for deer.
> >
> > If it does feel like it will bog (and I know this coming up as I read the
> > terrain), I do like Dave M says and hit the cancel button, shift, regain
> > speed shift back and hit resume. There is no automatic disconnect.
> > Tomes
> >
>
> It seems to me that Deer Hunting at 40+ mph misses the spirit of the sport.

 

not thru the woods

Jeff Strickland wrote:

> "Tomes" <XXtomanml@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:LwW2f.13321$QE1.1323@newsread2.news.atl.earth link.net...
> > The cruise control in my TJ does a real nice job of keeping the speed
> > nailed
> > within a mph of the setting both up and down hills - very much better than
> > my other auto trans Sienna. I have a lot of 40 MPH hilly stuff here and I
> > set it on 42 and just let it go, scouting out for deer.
> >
> > If it does feel like it will bog (and I know this coming up as I read the
> > terrain), I do like Dave M says and hit the cancel button, shift, regain
> > speed shift back and hit resume. There is no automatic disconnect.
> > Tomes
> >
>
> It seems to me that Deer Hunting at 40+ mph misses the spirit of the sport.

 

That's Myth Busters.




"Coasty" <uscg_retSPOOGE@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:t6udnROm9KL3A9DenZ2dnUVZ_sqdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>I don't know if anyone else watches a cable show called Mith Busters but
>they tested every thing that has to do with Deer repellant for autos and to
>no suprise they all do not work it was very interesting.
>
> --
> Coasty
>
> Remove the SPOOGE to reply
> "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:dik5dg$rmr$1@reader1.panix.com...
>> According to tests done at the University of Connecticut "deer whistles"
>> are a fraud and a waste of money. Those that whistle at all do so at a
>> frequency well outside the hearing range of deer.
>>
>>
>> Tomes wrote:
>>> lol indeed Jeff, although it is illegal to 'spot' deer (with a bright
>>> light
>>> freezing them) from a moving vehicle here in NJ at least. I regularly
>>> have
>>> groups of about 15 in my yard at night, so we really need to watch out
>>> for
>>> them. The deer whistles help too (makes them look up and listen,
>>> thereby
>>> immobilizing them).
>>> Tomes
>>>
>>> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:i4ednaGdhbhdzdHeRVn-qQ@ez2.net...
>>>
>>>>"Tomes" <XXtomanml@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:LwW2f.13321$QE1.1323@newsread2.news.atl.e arthlink.net...
>>>>
>>>>>The cruise control in my TJ does a real nice job of keeping the speed
>>>>>nailed
>>>>>within a mph of the setting both up and down hills - very much better
>>>
>>> than
>>>
>>>>>my other auto trans Sienna. I have a lot of 40 MPH hilly stuff here
>>>>>and
>>>
>>> I
>>>
>>>>>set it on 42 and just let it go, scouting out for deer.
>>>>>
>>>>>If it does feel like it will bog (and I know this coming up as I read
>>>
>>> the
>>>
>>>>>terrain), I do like Dave M says and hit the cancel button, shift,
>>>>>regain
>>>>>speed shift back and hit resume. There is no automatic disconnect.
>>>>>Tomes
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>It seems to me that Deer Hunting at 40+ mph misses the spirit of the
>>>
>>> sport.
>>>
>>>
>