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On May 16, 5:42*pm, Howard Kveck wrote:

* *That takes the 'strange person who showed up to a party but we eventually found
out they didn't know anyone' thing to a new level.

It was a pretty informal living arrangement, six of us renting rooms
in a beat up old mansion in Burlington, VT for $100/mo. An interesting
bit of trivia is that when Bernie Sanders was elected Mayor of
Burlington, his victory party was at our house. One of my roommates
had been working hard for Bernie and offered our place for the party
since we had plenty of room. The roommate, also the SO mentioned
earlier, was a member of an anarchists club in Burlington and they had
all been working hard to get a socialist mayor elected. I had
forgotten about the party plans and came home from my job at IBM to
find camera crews from all three local TV stations waiting to get a
shot of Bernie walking through our front door. I went to my room and
missed the whole event and never did meet the man. The next morning,
the front page of the newspaper had a picture of Bernie walking though
our front door. Bernie is now one of two independent US Senators for
those of you wondering who I talking about.

Bret

In article ,
Bret wrote:

On May 16, 5:42*pm, Howard Kveck wrote:

* *That takes the 'strange person who showed up to a party but we
eventually found
out they didn't know anyone' thing to a new level.

It was a pretty informal living arrangement, six of us renting rooms
in a beat up old mansion in Burlington, VT for $100/mo. An interesting
bit of trivia is that when Bernie Sanders was elected Mayor of
Burlington, his victory party was at our house. One of my roommates
had been working hard for Bernie and offered our place for the party
since we had plenty of room. The roommate, also the SO mentioned
earlier, was a member of an anarchists club in Burlington and they had
all been working hard to get a socialist mayor elected. I had
forgotten about the party plans and came home from my job at IBM to
find camera crews from all three local TV stations waiting to get a
shot of Bernie walking through our front door. I went to my room and
missed the whole event and never did meet the man. The next morning,
the front page of the newspaper had a picture of Bernie walking though
our front door. Bernie is now one of two independent US Senators for
those of you wondering who I talking about.

That's a good story. By the way, Sanders is the only real independent Senator.
Lieberman is independent in name only. "Bipartisan," my ass... If you constantly vote
with and to enable the policies of the Republicans, you're not bipartisan, you're a
Republican. He isn't honest enough to admit it.

--
tanx,
Howard

Whatever happened to
Leon Trotsky?
He got an icepick
That made his ears burn.

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

On May 16, 7:42*pm, Howard Kveck wrote:
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*Bret wrote:
On May 16, 5:42*pm, Howard Kveck wrote:

* *That takes the 'strange person who showed up to a party but we
eventually found
out they didn't know anyone' thing to a new level.

It was a pretty informal living arrangement, six of us renting rooms
in a beat up old mansion in Burlington, VT for $100/mo. An interesting
bit of trivia is that when Bernie Sanders was elected Mayor of
Burlington, his victory party was at our house. One of my roommates
had been working hard for Bernie and offered our place for the party
since we had plenty of room. The roommate, also the SO mentioned
earlier, was a member of an anarchists club in Burlington and they had
all been working hard to get a socialist mayor elected. I had
forgotten about the party plans and came home from my job at IBM to
find camera crews from all three local TV stations waiting to get a
shot of Bernie walking through our front door. I went to my room and
missed the whole event and never did meet the man. The next morning,
the front page of the newspaper had a picture of Bernie walking though
our front door. Bernie is now one of two independent US Senators for
those of you wondering who I talking about.

* *That's a good story. By the way, Sanders is the only real independent Senator.
Lieberman is independent in name only. "Bipartisan," my ass... If you constantly vote
with and to enable the policies of the Republicans, you're not bipartisan, you're a
Republican. He isn't honest enough to admit it.

It would have been a great story if I hadn't forgotten to mention that
my anarchist roommate claimed to have once tapped Caroline Kennedy.

Bret

On May 16, 12:14 pm, Bret wrote:

It wasn't as bad as I made it sound. They were a nice person off the
rails. Most of the issues were pretty harmless, finger painting the
walls in their room, urging the household to purchase a communal goat.
The issue that led to the confrontation was tearing down the kitchen
for cleaning and then leaving the job unfinished. The last day, it
accelerated suddenly. An imaginary crime was reported to the police,
then they spent some time in the city "smiling at people and trying to
make them happier", then they attempted suicide. After it was over, I
learned that they had joined the household uninvited and that the
person that I thought was their SO had been trying to figure out how
to get out the situation.

I see your point about hubris, but taken to an extreme it starts to
look like insanity.

I've known a couple of manic people, and they can be very
engaging at first, gregarious and full of excited talk and
big plans. At first you're going "Well, um, okay ..." and
eventually you realize that they're totally unmoored from
any considerations about practicality. How long it takes
to realize this (a week, two hours, 15 minutes) depends on
how advanced the mania is. One of the manic persons
I knew (only a little) did eventually commit suicide.

I do think, though, that you probably need a bit of this trait
to be a salesman, CEO, visionary, or politician of the charisma
school. Whether you become Edison, Bill Clinton, Newt
Gingrich, Ken Lay or a buyer of communal goats depends
on the degree of mania/enthusiasm and your circumstances.

Ben

On May 16, 8:21 pm, "
wrote:
Whether you become Edison, Bill Clinton, Newt
Gingrich, Ken Lay or a buyer of communal goats depends
on the degree of mania/enthusiasm and your circumstances.

What if you end up buying a garage-full of bikes?

On May 17, 9:37 am, Robert Chung wrote:
On May 16, 8:21 pm, "
wrote:

Whether you become Edison, Bill Clinton, Newt
Gingrich, Ken Lay or a buyer of communal goats depends
on the degree of mania/enthusiasm and your circumstances.

What if you end up buying a garage-full of bikes?

Now that's funny! It's a curse to be able to glance at 30 bicycles
at the recycling center and immediately spot the one that's worth
something... Thank god for Craigslist.
-Paul

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,
"Paul G." wrote:

On May 17, 9:37 am, Robert Chung wrote:
On May 16, 8:21 pm, "
wrote:

Whether you become Edison, Bill Clinton, Newt
Gingrich, Ken Lay or a buyer of communal goats depends
on the degree of mania/enthusiasm and your circumstances.

What if you end up buying a garage-full of bikes?

Now that's funny! It's a curse to be able to glance at 30 bicycles
at the recycling center and immediately spot the one that's worth
something... Thank god for Craigslist.
-Paul

You think it's a curse...I just re-revised my last bike (the stupid
gearhub TT thing) for no reason other than to amuse my club-mates.

BTW, all four of the bikes from my Craigslist ad sold.

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