Life is horribly, horribly unfair

On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 18:13:22 GMT, Newps wrote:

Life IS unfair. Why am I living in one of the best times in history
(early 21st century), in one of the better countries (USA), in one of
the best areas in that country (Northern California), with a good job
and great pastime--flying, and a fun flying machine--Aircoupe?

(Cue Mr. Hotze for his miserable outlook on life and his it's all your
fault USA attitude)


can you point me to some of my outlooks where I stated that life is so
miserable?

Some things in life are fate or kismet or god-given or whatever you want to
call it, on some things influence can be taken on.




BTW: is nowhere.com your domain or are you allowed to use it?

Whois info for, nowhere.com:
Registrant:
Lisa Seaman
1621 Haight Street
Apt 26
San Francisco, CA 94117
US

#m
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Bombing for peace is like ****ing for virginity.

Martin Hotze wrote:
On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 18:13:22 GMT, Newps wrote:


Life IS unfair. Why am I living in one of the best times in history
(early 21st century), in one of the better countries (USA), in one of
the best areas in that country (Northern California), with a good job
and great pastime--flying, and a fun flying machine--Aircoupe?

(Cue Mr. Hotze for his miserable outlook on life and his it's all your
fault USA attitude)



can you point me to some of my outlooks where I stated that life is so
miserable?

Yes, any post you make. Your outlook is so horrible I would hate to be
you. If the rest of Europe has your outlook it's no wonder you are in
the state you are.


BTW: is nowhere.com your domain or are you allowed to use it?

I pulled it out of my ass when I configured the computer.



Whois info for, nowhere.com:
Registrant:
Lisa Seaman
1621 Haight Street
Apt 26
San Francisco, CA 94117
US

Poor Lisa.

Funny, I would have expected "nowhere" to be more in the middle of the
country, not San Francisco.


"Martin Hotze" wrote in message
...

BTW: is nowhere.com your domain or are you allowed to use it?

Whois info for, nowhere.com:
Registrant:
Lisa Seaman
1621 Haight Street
Apt 26
San Francisco, CA 94117
US

Funny, I would have expected "nowhere" to be more in the middle of the
country, not San Francisco.

Hey -- watch it!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Thanks, Bob, for that breath of common-sense fresh air. The knife of fate
cuts both ways.

It won't help John through his grief at the moment, but it certainly jives
with everything I've been telling my children. As much as the media likes
to emphasize the negative, and the "do-gooders" love to wring their hands in
feigned concern, these really ARE the "good old days", and no people in
recorded history has ever lived better than us. (I'm talking specifically
Americans now, although even Martin probably agrees with this one...)

We're living in the only society in history that has FAT poor people, for
God's sake. Imagine THAT, just 100 years ago?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" writes:

Funny, I would have expected "nowhere" to be more in the middle of the
country, not San Francisco.

Hey -- watch it!

Actually San Francisco is closer -- remember Gertrude Stein's famous
description of Oakland: "there's no there, there".


All the best,


David

--
David Megginson, , http://www.megginson.com/

In article ,
David Megginson wrote:

"Jay Honeck" writes:

Funny, I would have expected "nowhere" to be more in the middle of the
country, not San Francisco.

Hey -- watch it!

Actually San Francisco is closer -- remember Gertrude Stein's famous
description of Oakland: "there's no there, there".

Yes, and we Oaklanders have taken it to heart -- a currently popular
semi-official flag that flies on buildings all over the city has the
word "There" superimposed across an oak in the background.

It's a pity that the real dirt on her quote was that she was just
bemoaning the fact that where she'd grown up was no longer there
(meaning it had been demolished, rather than there was nothing in
Oaktown), but hey, that really spoils a nice story :-).

Hamish

Hamish Reid writes:

Actually San Francisco is closer -- remember Gertrude Stein's famous
description of Oakland: "there's no there, there".

It's a pity that the real dirt on her quote was that she was just
bemoaning the fact that where she'd grown up was no longer there
(meaning it had been demolished, rather than there was nothing in
Oaktown), but hey, that really spoils a nice story :-).

I'm not at all surprised. It's amazing how many famous quotations are
learned of context: "a little learning is a dangerous thing" (Pope
goes on to suggest a *lot* of learning), "good fences make good
neighbours" (Frost goes on to say that this doesn't make sense unless
livestock is involved), etc. etc.


All the best,


David

--
David Megginson, , http://www.megginson.com/

Worse than that, it is the poor, those on welfare, etc., who are
significantly more fat than the affluent of the population... First time in
the history of man on this planet that those on the bottom are corpulant,
and those at the top are fit...

Denny

"Jay Honeck"
We're living in the only society in history that has FAT poor people, for
God's sake. Imagine THAT, just 100 years ago?

In article ,
David Megginson wrote:

Hamish Reid writes:

Actually San Francisco is closer -- remember Gertrude Stein's famous
description of Oakland: "there's no there, there".

It's a pity that the real dirt on her quote was that she was just
bemoaning the fact that where she'd grown up was no longer there
(meaning it had been demolished, rather than there was nothing in
Oaktown), but hey, that really spoils a nice story :-).

I'm not at all surprised. It's amazing how many famous quotations are
learned of context: "a little learning is a dangerous thing" (Pope
goes on to suggest a *lot* of learning), "good fences make good
neighbours" (Frost goes on to say that this doesn't make sense unless
livestock is involved), etc. etc.

Or the famous Emerson quote which is usually rendered something like
"Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds", which isn't quite what he
really meant at all...

Hamish