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From: sbayles@mwunix.mitre.org (Scott Bayles)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: New Windows on house ... recommendations??
Summary: need recommendations for window replacement companies
Keywords: windows
Date: 7 Oct 92 18:31:20 GMT
Organization: The MITRE Corporation

Anyone had their windows replaced on their house recently?? I would be
interested in hearing your opinions of the various companies that you have
checked into or used. Thanks!

Scott (sbayles@mitre.org)
From: hunter@work.nlm.nih.gov (Larry Hunter)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: A better view on Statehood.
Date: 7 Oct 92 15:03:21 GMT
	<1992Oct1.183526.3183@access.digex.com>
	<DZOEY.92Oct2095011@frob.eng.umd.edu>
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Distribution: dc
Organization: National Library of Medicine


In article <DZOEY.92Oct2095011@frob.eng.umd.edu> dzoey@terminus.apexgrp.com writes:

  >Hawaii has a large agriculture industry.  Pineapples, macadamia 
  >nuts,and sugar are all profitably grown there.  Tourism is important to
  >Hawaii, but it's not the only industry.  Hawaii is also larger in land area
  >than the district.  

To which, Jon Radel replied:

  Well, execept for a few for local consumption, all the pineapples moved
  to SE Asia some years ago.  Labor costs were too high.....

  And the military is the only other significant "industry."

  On the other hand, some of the Hawaiians who are still a bit put out at
  the invasion by the U.S. are agitating for independance.  There's just
  no keeping people happy.  ;-)

Er, this is getting a bit far afield from DC.general topics, but neither of
these posts is particularly accurate about Hawaii.  Agriculture is still a
significant business there, although Radel is right that it's not pineapple and
sugar, and it is no longer the mainstay of the economy. Current crops include
mostly $12/lb coffee, $20/lb Mac nuts & specialty fruits.  There is also a
significant fishery based in Hawaii, the only successful commercial aquaculture
on the planet (still small though) and the US's largest cattle ranch (Parker
Ranch on the Big Island).

And although tourism and the military are the two biggest industries, Hawaii
has a significant service sector, primarily in international trade, banking and
finance.  It is by far the largest US port of entry for Japanese (and other
Asian) products.  THe real estate and construction industries are also a large
proportion of the state economy.  When most people think about Hawaii, they
think about the jungles and beaches, and forget that nearly 90% of the state's
1.5 million people live in the big city: Honolulu.

And although there is unhappiness about how the US has managed the holdings of
the former royal lands, culminating in a lawsuit decided in the Hawaiian's
favor by the Supreme Court two years ago, in all the time I have spent talking
with Hawaiians I have never heard of any independence movement there.

What this has to do with DC statehood is beyond me.

						Larry

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From: terry@prcrs.prc.com (Terry Cunningham)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Dead squirrels
Date: 6 Oct 92 16:45:59 GMT
Organization: PRC Realty Systems, McLean, VA


Is it just me or does there seem to be an inordinate amount of dead
squirrels on the roads lately.   At first I thought it must be a
seasonal thing, but I don't recall it ever being this bad before.

Maybe the unusually cold/wet weather we have had lately is causing
them to be more active.

Terry

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From: packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: "The Colony of Japan"???
Date: 8 Oct 92 10:59:00 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Independence
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1

In article <1992Oct7.100036.5541@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>, quadrun@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Jason G Velasco) writes...
>Definitely sounds like Japan bashing to me.  I noticed the sign in the 
>early summer when I was headed towards Ocean City.  I'm surprised we haven't
>heard more about this sign ...


It should be possible to get more information about it by calling
the company that owns the display space. Don't they usually 
identify themselves at the bottom of the sign somewhere?
From: david@c-cat.UUCP (dave)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Too many squirrels.  Not enough time
Date: 15 Oct 92 02:08:25 GMT
Organization: Intergalactic Rest Area For Weary Travellers

M17257@mwvm.mitre.org writes:

;-) Actually, the reason there seems to be a lot of squirrels out-and getting smu
;-) ed--is because every fall they get old enough to go out and stock up for the
;-) winter, but most aren't quick enough to make it across the DEADLY HIGHWAYS of
;-) the area.  Every autumn the roads become littered with squirrel bodies, or
;-) what's left of them.
;-)  
;-) Ellie

This may belong in dc.dining but I can't resist (sicko)
Anyone know how to skin and prepare the delighful delicacies ?
Are these "northern" squirrel's as good eatin as those "southern fried"
squirrels ?

anyone for a squirrel and beer fest ?

I know ... tasteless  but... don't forget to ;-) ;-) ;-)


                                                       -David

China Cat System     
(301)604-5976 8N1
david@sandr.com 
...uunet!sandr!cherise!c-cat!david
From: 02h@oasys.dt.navy.mil (CDR Fred C. Wyse)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Looking to Buy a Typewriter!
Date: 7 Oct 92 13:17:08 GMT
Reply-To: 02h@oasys.dt.navy.mil (CDR Fred C. Wyse)
Distribution: dc
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

I want to buy an electric typewriter for home use.  Not a word processor;
just a sturdy, garden-variety electric typewriter to replace a 30-year-
old IBM Excutive behemoth that died quietly last week.  8-(!!

Can anyone give me good recommendations on brands, prices, where to
go?

I want something that will last a while -- sturdy, new (or used if in
excellent condition).  Before becoming computer literate, IBM Selectrics
were my favorite.  But then, a simple key-banger is fine, if need/price
of repairs is significantly smaller.

(Let me explain my attitude about word processors!  I'm all for 'em!  Have two
computers at home -- an old, old, old Tandy and a "286" -- both of which
do fine.  Sometimes, though, a typewriter is exactly what is needed
for envelops, forms, air-post, etc.  Unfortunately, a lot of typewriters
on the market are pseudo-word processors, or line editors, that are
too darn confusing.  When I look at Sears or the PX, the range seems
to span from very basic and flimsy things that won't last long, to sturdy
machines with too many bells and whistles.  I'll take "bells and whistles"
provided you don't have to read the entire manual before you can locate
the on-off switch.  8-)!!)

Thanks for comments/advice/suggestions.

						 Sincerely,
						 Fred Wyse

----- End article 397 in dtrc.carderock -----
From: packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Spectacular green meteor sighted(?)
Date: 15 Oct 92 01:25:00 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Independence
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1

In article <1992Oct13.205230.14505@almserv.uucp>, s4uhkm@fnma.COM writes...
>I heard on WHFS this morning that the meteor in question smashed through
>a Florida woman's car late last night.  It went right through her engine


It must have been a rare "slow meteor"...Since you posted on Monday
and cited a radio report that said the meteor struck "last night,"
that would have been Sunday night. But the meteor was sighted in
the air on Friday night, according to testimony in this newsgroup 
and in The Washington Post on Saturday...
From: GHADSAL@auvm.american.edu
Newsgroups: au.general,dc.general
Subject: Lecture - 10-20-92
Date: 12 Oct 92 17:13:13 GMT
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center


              ====***====
==========================================

       The American University
     College of Arts & Sciences

  Department of Health and Fitness
      1992-1993 Lecture Series

==========================================
              ====***====


The Human Energy Field: The Interface
                        between Body and Soul


Presented by

             Brian Luke Seaward, Ph.D.
             Assistant Professor
             Department of Health and Fitness
             The American University


======>      October 20, 1992
             4:30 - 5:30 PM
             Kettler-Palmer Lounge
             Sports and Convocations Center
             The American University


Abstract:  Current research reqarding the
           human energy field and its
           relationship to physical,
           mental, emotional and spiritual
           aspects of well-being will be
           explored.  In addition to
           discussing issues presented at
           the second annual conference of
           the International Society for
           Subliminal Energy and Energy
           Medicine (ISSEEM), a video
           regarding research conducted at
           the Menninger Clinic in Topeka,
           Kansas will be shown.
From: dreining@gmuvax.gmu.edu
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Spectacular green meteor sighted(?)
Date: 15 Oct 92 20:31:50 GMT
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

The Smithsonian's skywatchers line (202-357-2000) reported
a 22 lb. meteorite skewering a person's car in
Peekskill NY . They also reported unconfirmed pieces
of rock landing in Eastern PA . A friend who saw a report
on CNN said that they showed the woman's car, the
meteorite went through the trunk and put a hole in the street.
This same friend was entering the Cap Centre at the
time of the incident and reported that the top of 
the Cap Centre was lit up from the meteorite.
I didn't see it :(  but my children did.
DAVE
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 00:44:55 EDT
From: William C. Banta <WCBANTA@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: A better view on Statehood.
Distribution: dc
 <1992Oct1.183526.3183@access.digex.com> <DZOEY.92Oct2095011@frob.eng.umd.edu>
 <1992Oct6.001844.2124@sed.stel.com> <HUNTER.92Oct7110321@work.nlm.nih.gov>

All these notices seem to forget the rights of the people of the
District.  An equal vote is not something that has to be somehow
earned.  It is the right of every American.  Americans believe
that everyone is created with equal rights.  Taxation without
representation is tyranny.  We fought a war over that principle,
remember?  The District is not a state because a conservative white
Congress does not want black, liberal congressmen.  The rest is
smokescreen.
From: MLACROS@auvm.american.edu (Martha LaCrosse)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: I need motorcycle lessons!
Date: 14 Oct 92 17:57:16 GMT
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center

I will pay for motorcyle lessons in the DC area.  I don't have my own motorcyle
 or helmet, but need lessons before I can buy them this winter.  Please respond
, name your price, etc to MLACROS@auvm.american.edu  Thanks!
Newsgroups: dc.general
From: amcmicha@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Andrew McMichael)
Subject: Re: What Has Happened on WJFK-FM (106.7)??
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 14:51:51 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.203124.12742@europa.asd.contel.com> ashley@oasis.gtefsd.com writes:
[stuff deleted]
>
>I have noticed a major shift in the musical format on the weekends and
>classic and current rock, but now it sounds more like "musak".
>
[more stuff deleted]

WJFK's rock format has gone the way of the 8 track tape.  they are now 
trying to compete with the jazzy 100 market and have gone to a jazz
format.  But what's the difference?  They only play music for about
23 minutes a day during the week anyway.




From: Henry.M..Halff@p932.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Henry M. Halff)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Exporting Jobs to other countries.
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 11:15:50 -0500

On 10/6/92, David Lee said the most wonderful thing to All about Exporting Jobs
to other countries.: 

  DL> We as American workers, manufacturers,..etc. must learn how to compete
  DL> in the world market and produce the best/cheapest product possible.. 

Sounds good at first blush, but...

I have this idea (strange as it seems to some) that societies ought to be in the
business of improving the quality of life of their members. So, if you mean by
"competing," smarter people and better tools I'm all for it.

However, other societies work differently. Instead of better, they get bigger,
thus flooding the labor market, thus driving down the price of labor (to the
point of sub-starvation wages in many cases), and these low labor rates make
these societies real competitive.

Tools can only get so good, and people can only become so smart, but babies--you
can make babies forever. I'm just a wee bit hesitant to buy stuff made by
children working in intolerable conditions on the theory that if I do, somehow,
some way good old American ingenuity will figger out how to compete with the
population bomb.

So I don't worry so much about competition with Japan. They, after all, bring a
fair amount of intelligence to bear on their enterprises; that, we can match.
But Mexico--Mexico is scary.

hh

Newsgroups: dc.general
From: paul@openage.openage.com (Paul Fischer)
Subject: House for share
Organization: Open Age, Inc.
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 19:54:09 GMT


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There is a garage for storage, and a washer/dryer in the basement.

	As I mentioned above my partner lives in the basement, in a separate
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The rooms are available as a whole set suitable for a family, or individually,
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			Chris Owens:	(301) 417-0979 (day/eve)
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Newsgroups: dc.general
From: dougnews@access.digex.com (Doug Humphrey)
Subject: Re: What Has Happened on WJFK-FM (106.7)??
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 18:22:09 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.203124.12742@europa.asd.contel.com> ashley@oasis.gtefsd.com writes:
>Can anyone shed light on what has happened?  It's bad enough that they
>have Howard Stern and those "Zoo Idiots" (Don and Mike), but now this ...

Surf has been PD (Program Director) for a while, and you will 
note that the station is almost completely talk (Stern, Liddy,
Zoo).  The ratings for Don and Mike were 6 and 7 shares, right
up until they go off the air and Surf comes on, and then it 
drops to a 1 share.  The format change will have been made to
try to keep some of that 6 share audience from tuning away after
Don and Mike.  So, it might not be that they are against the 
old "progressive rock" format, so much as it is shooting for 
something that  will dovetail with the Don and Mike audience.

My personal view has been that the Surf "progressive" show 
was super-lame, and about as far from "progressive" as you can
get, but then I have not heard good radio in Washington DC
since WGTB went down ;-)

Doug

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Newsgroups: dc.general
From: tomj@monster.apd.saic.com (Tom Johnson)
Subject: Re: Dead squirrels
Reply-To: tomj@monster.apd.saic.com (Tom Johnson)
Organization: SAIC, McLean, VA
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 13:08:51 GMT

Ah, the first signs of fall.
The days get shroter, the breezes cooler,
and the squirrels get stupid.
From: jim@visix.com (Jim Edwards-Hewitt)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Exporting Jobs to other countries.
Date: 7 Oct 92 18:45:13 GMT
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Reply-To: jim@visix.com
Distribution: dc
Organization: Visix Software Inc., Reston, VA


dlee@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Lee) writes:
>In dc.general, kevin@clsi.COM (Kevin Cameron) writes:
>>Want to stay employed? - buy American, it may be your only choice.

>This slogan always bothers me.. If you have a choice between equal quality
>and price, then I say fine..otherwise if you do so merely to keep American
>manufactured goods on the market, then you essentially are subsidizing an
>inefficient operation.
...

Plus, many of the products for which we are urged to "Buy American" are
sold by American companies, but produced or assembled partly or entirely in
other countries.  (For example, automobiles.)  Which is better for the
American economy and jobs, buying a car built in Mexico for which the
profits go to an American company, or buying a car built in Kentucky for
which the profits go to a Japanese company?

	-- Jim

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Newsgroups: dc.general
From: kevin@clsi.COM (Kevin Cameron)
Subject: Re: Exporting Jobs to other countries.
Originator: kevin@dubhe
Keywords: Exporting Jobs to other countries.
Reply-To: kevin@clsi.com
Organization: "CAD Language Systems Inc."
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 14:51:20 GMT


In article <1992Oct08.014030.1457@eng.umd.edu>, russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes:
> No industry is self-sustaining. 

I should probably have said that the economy (rather than industry) is self-
sustaining, provided it has enough resources (food & energy).

> ... But I don't understand the obsession
> with manufacturing jobs being somehow "prime" where "service"
> industries are somehow not prime.

I did say it was a cycle, and the jobs are co-dependent, but some jobs are more
essential than others to the smooth running of society.

> The only "prime" industry-- one which
> can survive without a customer-- is farming.   And not the type of
> farming we have today, either.

If you add fishing, mining and oil you have the basis of a modern economy. The
communist societies (USSR, China) survive(d) by being able to distribute these
resources adequately (though not usually effeciently), capatalism on the other
hand strives to make the process of distribution as effecient as possible. The
former usually requires a lot of manpower, the later tends to automation and a
requires less manpower (or cheaper manpower) - which, as you say, can be seen
in modern farming.


Kev.
-- 

WHFS: Living in a screwed-up place in a screwed-up time with screwed-up people,
      does not necessarily mean you are screwed-up.
Newsgroups: dc.general
From: pjm@access.digex.com (Paul Masline)
Subject: ADP trainers needed in Wash DC area (contract position)
Organization: Express Access Public Access UNIX, Greenbelt, Maryland USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 18:02:38 GMT


I AM POSTING THIS FOR A FRIEND, SO PLEASE DO NOT REPLY BACK TO ME!  


Data Products Corp. is looking for ADP trainers.  Experience with
WordPerfect, Lotus, dBase, DOS and Harvard Graphics required.
Training to be conducted at various locations around the Washington,
DC area.  Please fax your resume to: (301) 251-9340.


Newsgroups: dc.general.misc.jobs.contract
Subject: ADP Trainers needed for contract position in Wash. DC area
Summary: 
Followup-To: 
Distribution: usa
Organization: Express Access Public Access UNIX, Greenbelt, Maryland USA
Keywords: 


I AM POSTING THIS FOR A FRIEND, SO PLEASE DO NOT REPLY BACK TO ME!  


Data Products Corp. is looking for ADP trainers.  Experience with
WordPerfect, Lotus, dBase, DOS and Harvard Graphics required.
Training to be conducted at various locations around the Washington,
DC area.  Please fax your resume to: (301) 251-9340.


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Newsgroups: dc.general
From: s4uhkm@fnma.COM (Howie Michalski)
Subject: Re: Spectacular green meteor sighted(?)
Reply-To: s4uhkm@fnma.COM
Organization: Fannie Mae
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 20:52:30 GMT

I heard on WHFS this morning that the meteor in question smashed through
a Florida woman's car late last night.  It went right through her engine
and left a 6 inch depression in the concrete below!  [No one was hurt, BTW]

And believe it or not (sarcasm alert!), her insurance doesn't cover damage
by meteor!

Cheers,
Howie
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Newsgroups: dc.general
From: jon@socrates.umd.edu (Jonathan Kruger)
Subject: Re: Dead squirrels
Organization: University of Maryland University College
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 15:24:15 GMT

terry@prcrs.prc.com (Terry Cunningham) writes:

>Is it just me or does there seem to be an inordinate amount of dead
>squirrels on the roads lately.   At first I thought it must be a
>seasonal thing, but I don't recall it ever being this bad before.

Various environmental conditions mean there are a lot of squirrels
this year, but the reason there are more dead squirrels on the roads
now than a month ago is that it is mating season for squirrels and
they are all running about trying to establish territory and attract
mates.  Believe it or not, but I actually saw a squirrel make it
accross all 8 lanes of the beltway during heavy traffic a couple weeks
ago!

Unfortunately, most motorists don't seem to grasp the idea of going a
little bit slower when driving through semi-wooded areas so as to
avoid hitting them.
-- 
Jonathan Kruger        jon@socrates.umd.edu         UNIX & VMS Systems Staff

"I bet one legend that keeps recurring throughout history, in every culture,
 is the story of Popeye."
From: smm@rodan.UU.NET (Steve Mansfield)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Too many squirrels.  Not enough time
Date: 7 Oct 1992 07:36:19 -0400
Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net

In article <1992Oct6.204323.11855@alw.nih.gov> olds@helix.nih.gov (James L. Olds) writes:
>I agree, I've been noticing the same thing. Is this reflective
>of the squirrel response to species overpopulation, or have
>the squirrels of the area picked up the car- gene spontaneously....

Both - there are too many, and the extra are having that gene forcefully
added the cells of their body by the passing cars.  Unfortunately the
procedure it self is fatal 99.9% of the time.

Steve Mansfield                   Junior AlterNet Engineer 
smm@uunet.uu.net                  uunet!smm
Newsgroups: dc.general