Building a city next to the ocean but below sea-level is a little
mind-boggling. We have people here that build in well known flood plains and
then want the government (us) to repay them when their stupidity costs them
their homes. Same shit but on a lesser scale. /jmac
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Andrew Fildes
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 7:00 PM
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Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] A sincere apology -- sort of.
No, Walt still qualifies. The essence of being a curmudgeon is that
you are convinced that you always end up standing in dung and
breathing methane.
There is some curmudgeon restraint around here though. I suspect that
a true curmudgeons response to the Katrina disaster would be along
the lines of - "You build a city in a low-lying swamp in a hurricane
zone and then expect the rest of us to bale you out when the
inevitable happens?"
But that would be far too nasty, even for us.
Of course, it's easier to play the part after arthritis and other
such things kick in. There are reasons why most true curmudgeons are
up there in years. You may have to wait a while and just practice
essential skills such as pessimism, cynicism and contempt for a while.
AndrewF
On 10/09/2005, at 2:13 AM, Andrew Dacey wrote:
> Are there any great curmudgeons left on the list? At 28 I'd say I'm
> still well below the minimum age to be a curmudgeon but I had hopes to
> use this list to apprentice under master curmudgeons. Now I just don't
> know what to think.
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