"David DeLaney" > wrote

> >The entire northern portion of the western hemisphere of the planet, but only
> >below the permafrost line, is feeling the effects of Katrina.
>
> IFYPFY. We need another week or two for the crises to ripple through the
> econoblogodatasphere and bring down other countries' currency-valuating
> abacuses before your original statement is true.

In terms of oil prices, everyone but oil exporters
and oil companies are fuxored.

I overhead some guy in a convenience asking if he
could buy "O Diesel". What is that? I wonder if
diesel is having the same shortage issues. Maybe
the O diesel gives you better mileage.

--oTTo--

On 2005-09-01, Otto Bahn (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> "David DeLaney" > wrote
>
>> >The entire northern portion of the western hemisphere of the planet, but only
>> >below the permafrost line, is feeling the effects of Katrina.
>>
>> IFYPFY. We need another week or two for the crises to ripple through the
>> econoblogodatasphere and bring down other countries' currency-valuating
>> abacuses before your original statement is true.
>
> In terms of oil prices, everyone but oil exporters
> and oil companies are fuxored.
>
> I overhead some guy in a convenience asking if he
> could buy "O Diesel". What is that? I wonder if
> diesel is having the same shortage issues. Maybe
> the O diesel gives you better mileage.

My bike runs on bananas. Oh, and 2 bidons (1.5 litres) of gatorade
per 100km. Oh, and a packet of snakes, 2 musili bars, a muffin, a
latte, and yep, that's about it. And maybe a 3 hour nap afterwards.

I find out on Saturday what mileage I get out of 150km. Hopefully
just some extra BBQ sausages.

--
TimC
Ah, so many of life's little problems can be solved by head
vaporisation. -- Zixia in ARK

"Otto Bahn" > wrote in message
...
> "David DeLaney" > wrote
>
> > >The entire northern portion of the western hemisphere of the planet,
but only
> > >below the permafrost line, is feeling the effects of Katrina.
> >
> > IFYPFY. We need another week or two for the crises to ripple through the
> > econoblogodatasphere and bring down other countries' currency-valuating
> > abacuses before your original statement is true.
>
> In terms of oil prices, everyone but oil exporters
> and oil companies are fuxored.
>
> I overhead some guy in a convenience asking if he
> could buy "O Diesel". What is that? I wonder if
> diesel is having the same shortage issues. Maybe
> the O diesel gives you better mileage.
>

Probably Off-Road diesel fuel. The same fuel but with a different dye
package(color), and is taxed much less. Hefty fine if caught using it
on-road.

Hairy

"Otto Bahn" > wrote in message
...
> "David DeLaney" > wrote
>
>> >The entire northern portion of the western hemisphere of the planet, but
>> >only
>> >below the permafrost line, is feeling the effects of Katrina.
>>
>> IFYPFY. We need another week or two for the crises to ripple through the
>> econoblogodatasphere and bring down other countries' currency-valuating
>> abacuses before your original statement is true.
>
> In terms of oil prices, everyone but oil exporters
> and oil companies are fuxored.
>
> I overhead some guy in a convenience asking if he
> could buy "O Diesel". What is that? I wonder if
> diesel is having the same shortage issues. Maybe
> the O diesel gives you better mileage.
>
> --oTTo--
>
Perhaps he was talking about Van Diesel.
Dee Dee

Hairy wrote:
> "Otto Bahn" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "David DeLaney" > wrote
>>
>>>> The entire northern portion of the western hemisphere of the
>>>> planet, but only below the permafrost line, is feeling the effects
>>>> of Katrina.
>>>
(Snipping the cross-posting crap)

Just to keep things on topic with the subject line, I'm singing in my best
Tina Turner voice (and I do it well): "We don't need another hero! We
don't need to know the way home! All we want is life beyond the
Thunderdome."

OB Food: I did an experiment. Shook half the the rounds of yellow
crookneck squash in the cornmeal/flour mixture kili suggested in a bag,
without an egg wash. Shook the other half with the Zatarain's lightly
spiced fine cornmeal mixture, again without an egg wash. Got the oil in the
pan hot and pan fried both samples. Tasted both. Verdict: Both are good,
but I prefer the lightly spiced Zatarains coating. The Zatarain's offsets
but does not overwhelm the natural sweetness of the squash. I will say,
though, kili's husband's treatment of the squash is the one I've encountered
in most in the "home cooking" restaurants in the southern U.S. Second to
that would be battered and deep fried like onion rings. Since I don't have
a deep fryer and don't want one, that's a moot point.

Jill

On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 11:34:32 +1000, TimC
> wrote:

>My bike runs on bananas. Oh, and 2 bidons (1.5 litres) of gatorade
>per 100km. Oh, and a packet of snakes, 2 musili bars, a muffin, a
>latte, and yep, that's about it.
^^^^^

Unless you make it yourself, you're getting screwed just like the guys
filling up their autos at the gas station.

On 2005-09-02, Kevin S Wilson (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 11:34:32 +1000, TimC
> > wrote:
>
>>My bike runs on bananas. Oh, and 2 bidons (1.5 litres) of gatorade
>>per 100km. Oh, and a packet of snakes, 2 musili bars, a muffin, a
>>latte, and yep, that's about it.
> ^^^^^
>
> Unless you make it yourself, you're getting screwed just like the guys
> filling up their autos at the gas station.

Yeah, but screwed in such a pleasant way.

--
TimC
If a train station is a place where a train stops, what's a workstation?

On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 23:34:41 +1000, TimC wrote:

> On 2005-09-02, Kevin S Wilson (aka Bruce)
> was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>> On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 11:34:32 +1000, TimC
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>My bike runs on bananas. Oh, and 2 bidons (1.5 litres) of gatorade
>>>per 100km. Oh, and a packet of snakes, 2 musili bars, a muffin, a
>>>latte, and yep, that's about it.
>> ^^^^^
>>
>> Unless you make it yourself, you're getting screwed just like the guys
>> filling up their autos at the gas station.

We don't all pay Starbucks prices to drink coffee y'know.

> Yeah, but screwed in such a pleasant way.

In fact, this afternoon a lady of my acquaintance and I cycled out to a
park across town for the express purpose of sitting there and
enjoying the view while drinking latté.

Wait, I missed the pun about "espresso purpose", so I must have told that
wrong....

--
mark south: world citizen, net denizen
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