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Re: Do McC's war injuries prevent him from using a computer? (Scripting News)

patrickg — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:21:16 -0000

From the linked Forbes article :

"McCain is an inveterate devotee of email. His nightly ritual is to read his email together with his wife, Cindy. The injuries he incurred as a Vietnam POW make it painful for McCain to type. Instead, he dictates responses that his wife types on a laptop. "She's a whiz on the keyboard, and I'm so laborious," McCain admits. "

Apparently the Obama campaign needs to brush up on their opposition research...

Re: http://www.rev2.org/2007/06/18/opinionanalysis-books-what-books/

patrickg — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:04:34 -0000

I am willing to bet that Tom Wayne doesn't have a lot of the kind of books his customers want. When I ran a bookstore, we carried lots of books that appealed to men as well as women, and sold huge numbers of books that you could not even find in a regular bookstore. Examples: Chilton car repair manuals - we always had a huge selection so that people could find exactly the right one; books on old tractors and muscle cars, including how to repair and restore them; etc. Since Tom's site doesn't have a search function (how 1996), I can't tell if his store is something worth visiting.

Re: Telecom Collapse

patrickg — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:22:08 -0000

Basic phone service is not profitable - do you have a source for this allegation?

Re: 320 Square Foot Concrete Pipe House – Part 3

patrickg — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:09:50 -0000

Can I ask if you have considered a design which is a hub-and-spoke like model? I mean, construct a central hub and have the various rooms connect to the hub? The hub area could have a large natural light are for solar gain and lighting, and each spoke would be just for one purpose, thus, no hallways are needed.