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On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 20:57:55 -0500, "B.B."
u wrote: In article , skuke wrote: When told the story, I remembered the opening scene of the movie Backdraft. There was an expensive car parked in from of a fire hydrant and the firefighters needed access to it for their hose line. They smashed the driver and pasenger windows then passed the hose through the car to be connected to the fire hydrant. When I watched that I thought to myself: "Wouldn't it be faster to just go over the car?" They were in a hurry, right? Fire hose comes in two varieties, one of which doesn't flex very much, and neither flows well with sharp bends. For the first connect to a hydrant, it's not unusual to use the stiff hose. I've seen a photo of a car with the windows broken out to pass such stiff hose through in order to get a connect to a high-pressure pumper feeding an aerial boom nozzle. The car was towed after the hose was disconnected, despite the enraged owner's objections. It wasn't a Bimmer; I think it was a GM sled. -- Typoes are a feature, not a bug. Some gardening required to reply via email. Words processed in a facility that contains nuts. |
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Werehatrack wrote in message . ..
On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 12:44:21 -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote: That might be reasonable in an emergency. But if there's time to ticket and tow cars, then there's time to properly remove a bike lock in a reasonable fashion. It's not an emergency situation in any sense at all. Unbolt the sign (two fasteners, probably no special tools required) and slip the bike off over the top of the pole. Toss aside. Something tells me that they did it intentionally to cause the most damage. Dear Werehatrack, This week's New Yorker shows the dark underside of your pro-bike position: http://tinyurl.com/3qdlt or http://www.cartoonbank.com/product_d...ion=cart oons Of course, locking a bike to a cactus might be bad for the tires. Carl Fogel |
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Werehatrack wrote in message . ..
On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 12:44:21 -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote: That might be reasonable in an emergency. But if there's time to ticket and tow cars, then there's time to properly remove a bike lock in a reasonable fashion. It's not an emergency situation in any sense at all. Unbolt the sign (two fasteners, probably no special tools required) and slip the bike off over the top of the pole. Toss aside. Something tells me that they did it intentionally to cause the most damage. Dear Werehatrack, This week's New Yorker shows the dark underside of your pro-bike position: http://tinyurl.com/3qdlt or http://www.cartoonbank.com/product_d...ion=cart oons Of course, locking a bike to a cactus might be bad for the tires. Carl Fogel |
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This week's New Yorker shows the dark underside of
your pro-bike position: http://tinyurl.com/3qdlt or http://www.cartoonbank.com/product_d...ion=cart oons It also shows the dark underside of New Yorker marketing: Deluxe Framed Print (25" x 31") - $350.00 -- "Bicycling is a healthy and manly pursuit with much to recommend it, and, unlike other foolish crazes, it has not died out." -- The Daily Telegraph (1877) |
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This week's New Yorker shows the dark underside of
your pro-bike position: http://tinyurl.com/3qdlt or http://www.cartoonbank.com/product_d...ion=cart oons It also shows the dark underside of New Yorker marketing: Deluxe Framed Print (25" x 31") - $350.00 -- "Bicycling is a healthy and manly pursuit with much to recommend it, and, unlike other foolish crazes, it has not died out." -- The Daily Telegraph (1877) |
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On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 17:52:17 -0700, LioNiNoiL_a t_Y a h 0
0_d 0 t_c 0 m wrote: This week's New Yorker shows the dark underside of your pro-bike position: http://tinyurl.com/3qdlt or http://www.cartoonbank.com/product_d...ion=cart oons It also shows the dark underside of New Yorker marketing: Deluxe Framed Print (25" x 31") - $350.00 Dear L., In light of such outlandish prices, it's really strange that most of the current issue of the New Yorker is available for free online without even registration: www.newyorker.com Presumably they make it up through huge advertising revenue, hope to attract new subscribers, or are just having fun with the internet. Carl Fogel |
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On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 17:52:17 -0700, LioNiNoiL_a t_Y a h 0
0_d 0 t_c 0 m wrote: This week's New Yorker shows the dark underside of your pro-bike position: http://tinyurl.com/3qdlt or http://www.cartoonbank.com/product_d...ion=cart oons It also shows the dark underside of New Yorker marketing: Deluxe Framed Print (25" x 31") - $350.00 Dear L., In light of such outlandish prices, it's really strange that most of the current issue of the New Yorker is available for free online without even registration: www.newyorker.com Presumably they make it up through huge advertising revenue, hope to attract new subscribers, or are just having fun with the internet. Carl Fogel |
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On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 17:52:17 -0700, LioNiNoiL_a t_Y a h 0 0_d 0 t_c 0
m wrote: This week's New Yorker shows the dark underside of your pro-bike position: http://tinyurl.com/3qdlt or http://www.cartoonbank.com/product_d...ion=cart oons It also shows the dark underside of New Yorker marketing: Deluxe Framed Print (25" x 31") - $350.00 Yeah, I was thinking that I want way too little for my photographs. Michael J. Klein Dasi Jen, Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan, ROC Please replace mousepotato with asiancastings --------------------------------------------- |
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On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 17:52:17 -0700, LioNiNoiL_a t_Y a h 0 0_d 0 t_c 0
m wrote: This week's New Yorker shows the dark underside of your pro-bike position: http://tinyurl.com/3qdlt or http://www.cartoonbank.com/product_d...ion=cart oons It also shows the dark underside of New Yorker marketing: Deluxe Framed Print (25" x 31") - $350.00 Yeah, I was thinking that I want way too little for my photographs. Michael J. Klein Dasi Jen, Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan, ROC Please replace mousepotato with asiancastings --------------------------------------------- |
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On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 23:47:06 GMT, Werehatrack
wrote: On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 16:22:24 -0400, "Matt O'Toole" wrote: I've been wondering about this for awhile. Chain and wire cable can be cut easily with either bolt/cable cutters or cordless grinders. But what about cable wound from both wire and kevlar? A bolt cutter would have a tough time because the kevlar strands would crush but not sever. Grinding would be difficult for the same reason, and because the cable would be too flexible. It could be cut for sure, but it would take longer, and maybe require stopping a few times to hack away with another tool, like a knife. Any ideas? Has this already been tried? An all-saw does not even notice Kevlar when it's securely embedded or immobilized; it goes right through. Lock cutters, if they're sharp, shear it easily. Kevlar's greatest strength is in it's tensile properties and flexibility, not its resistance to cutting. Yes, it's *harder* to cut than most fibers, but it's not particularly *difficult*. When I was in Japan, my friend's Shimano bike had integral locks. One was a head lock which does the same thing on my scooter accomplishes. Michael J. Klein Dasi Jen, Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan, ROC Please replace mousepotato with asiancastings --------------------------------------------- |
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