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Re: Creators of carbon credit scheme cashing in on scam [larsb] by duke23
Nov 04, 2008 (6:23 pm)
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Replying to: larsb (Nov 04, 2008 9:00 am)

larsb wrote :
"OK, since y'all insist on continuing the guvmint discussion, I'll make two points:
  
1. No other better system has been developed.
  
2. Sometimes the wheels of change turn slowly in Washington.
  
The "limo fleet" is a holdover from the "bad old days" and should be hybridized where possible.
  
I'm sure the people in charge KNOW this. "
As an actual deep southerner, geographically at least, I insist you stop using colloquialisms that denigrate the southern citizen. We don't say Ya'll all the time. Ok occaisionally. Nor do we ever say guvmint. What is this an old Pogo cartoon ? We're not hiding from the revenooers. But bless Walt Kelly, such wisdom. And bless your heart lars, meant in the finest old southern tradition.
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Re: Creators of carbon credit scheme cashing in on scam [duke23] by steve_ HOST
Nov 04, 2008 (6:58 pm)
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Replying to: duke23 (Nov 04, 2008 6:23 pm)

At least he spells it right.
 
I don't know much about carbon credits but I can tell the difference between a purple hull and a black-eyed pea. Maybe cooking down the sugar cane and sorghum will increase the ethanol stocks a goodly amount.
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Re: Problem solved [oldfarmer50] by houdini1
Nov 04, 2008 (7:36 pm)
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Nov 04, 2008 4:39 pm)

All of us kids used to play with mercury. We would break thermometers to get at it. No one minded back then. Also there were no seat belts, no bicycle helmets, etc. We were tough.....and stupid!!
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Re: Problem solved [houdini1] by gagrice
Nov 04, 2008 (8:02 pm)
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didn't we rub mercury on a dime to make it shine? Hope none penetrated to my brain brain brain.....
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Re: Creators of carbon credit scheme cashing in on scam [duke23] by larsb
Nov 05, 2008 (6:28 am)
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Replying to: duke23 (Nov 04, 2008 6:23 pm)

duke23 says, "As an actual deep southerner, geographically at least, I insist you stop using colloquialisms that denigrate the southern citizen."
 
I'm a born and raised TEXAN. Y'all is my middle name.
 
I never even heard the term "you guys" until I got into the Marines at age 18 and started mingling with Yankees.
 
And "guvmint" is my own personal take on that word. As far as I know, I invented the word.
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Re: Creators of carbon credit scheme cashing in on scam [larsb] by steve_ HOST
Nov 05, 2008 (8:54 am)
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Replying to: larsb (Nov 05, 2008 6:28 am)

I don't know how old you are but I think Snuffy Smith and the moonshiners might of beat you to "guvmint," at least from the 1920's.
 
I'd make some comment about Texas being about as southern as South Florida but that would just get me started on real BBQ vs grilled beef ribs and y'all don't want to go there. Where I grew up, Arkansas was a border state. Texas is a wonderful state and all, but we considered it Western back in the Deep South.
 
I think GW is one reason it's so hard to find authentic pulled pork shoulder these days. They make BBQ at a joint in Venice California that gets wonderful reviews, but it has the flavor of stainless steel smokeless cookers to me. The local guy here must inject liquid smoke into his shoulders with a hypodermic.
 
Some air pollution gets the juices flowing.
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Re: Creators of carbon credit scheme cashing in on scam [steve_] by ruking1
Nov 05, 2008 (9:11 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 05, 2008 8:54 am)

Indeed Maryland is considered in "the South". Great BBQ and all, there!! To state the obvious, some parts of DEEP southern Florida are considered northern Havana.
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Re: Creators of carbon credit scheme cashing in on scam [steve_] by gagrice
Nov 05, 2008 (9:37 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 05, 2008 8:54 am)

I thought some restaurant in Kansas won the BBQ contest?
 
I think that Hickory smoke needs to be taken off the list of GHG polluters. It smells much better than most of the cities in the USA. Right about now I would be for eliminating all the major cities in the USA. Start with all the ones over a million people and see how much better the air is.
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Re: Creators of carbon credit scheme cashing in on scam [steve_] by larsb
Nov 05, 2008 (9:46 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 05, 2008 8:54 am)

To me, "y'all" is more associated with "hick" than it is "South" per se.
 
Even people not from the South use y'all, as long as they live in Hicksville.
 
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Re: Creators of carbon credit scheme cashing in on scam [steve_] by kernick
Nov 05, 2008 (9:54 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 05, 2008 8:54 am)

Texas is a wonderful state and all, but we considered it Western back in the Deep South.
 
Ah give him a break! I think I remember him saying he's got a General Lee Rebel flag on that Civic Hybrid's hood. He's proud to be a Southern Texan Arizonian, fighting alongside the best system (in Washington) to prevent the GW - from driving y'all Southerners up north, to cool down with us Yankees.

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