NYC subway repair

[Douglas C. Neidermeyer]

Kinda' the same split you see with self-reliant conservatives vs. government-dependent liberals ;-)

[Stormin Mormon]

Don't like the price? No problem! Just don't buy.

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A better example is batteries. The news is saying they are simply out of batteries in New York New, Jersey and large areas of the northeast. An enterprising guy might load up a truck at the Walmart in Tennessee or Kentucky and drive up there but if he could only mark them up 10%, he isn't going to do it. They simply don't get batteries. Is that better? Ask the guy sitting in the dark with a dead radio how much batteries are worth.

[Ed Pawlowski]

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NYC has never been hit with the major problems it has now. Jersey is another story. I remember a few nasty storms that hit NJ over the past 60+ years. As a teenager, we went to the Jersey shore. One visit we had to drive around a few houses sitting in the middle of the street.

Sure, the news often over hypes bad weather, but sometimes it really does come the way they predict. Filling your gas tanks a few days before is pretty easy to do.

[Ed Pawlowski]

"Peter" wrote .

Woodstove for heat. If it is winter, no worries about refrigeration, just put the stuff out in the snow. Last time in summer was hurricane Gloria and we held things for the two days we were out. Beyond that, I'm SOL unless I borrow a neighbor's generator to run the freezer for a couple of hours.

[Ed Pawlowski]

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Another self inflicted problem. I always have some around, but a week before the storm hit I bought some extra. Stores had plenty and now I do too. I can keep lit for weeks. Oh, I also have plenty of bourbon on hand in case it is needed for medicinal purposes.

[Stormin Mormon]

I wonder who decided that it's someone else fault, when people have a week of warning, but fail to take basic steps to prepare?

It's the government's fault, or Red Cross fault, or...

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Another self inflicted problem. I always have some around, but a week before the storm hit I bought some extra. Stores had plenty and now I do too. I can keep lit for weeks. Oh, I also have plenty of bourbon on hand in case it is needed for medicinal purposes.

[George]

So you also do your own medical procedures and dental work on yourself?

[Douglas C. Neidermeyer]

Reductio ad absurdum.

Look it up if you don't know what it means;-)

[Smitty Two]

Yes, but do they sell ammunition in the hospital gift shop?

[The Daring Dufas]

Common debate/discussion tactic of the P.L.L.C.F. which stands for: Progressive Liberal Leftist Commiecrat Freak/s, the acronym saves a lot of typing. ^_^

TDD

[clare]

Or to keep YOURSELF lit???

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[HeyBub]

Well, no. Patients have to bring their own.

When our concealed handgun license law was passed (thank you Governor Bush), it originally contained a prohibition against licensed carry in hospitals (and churches and a few other benign places).

Due to popular demand, however, a subsequent session of the legislature repealed the no-carry-in-hospital provision (and churches).

[krw]

Good idea! Forget pumping them out, just fill the subway with WD-40. That's what it's designed for, right?

[dennisgauge]

Where did you see that? All I heard on the news was how this storm had the potential to take out power for WEEKS, not hours.

Yes. So often in fact I got sick of it and changed channels to one that didn't have a news service.

[Ed Pawlowski]

potential to take out power for WEEKS, not hours.

Sure, the news said weeks, but most people don't pay attention. If they had filled their gas tanks before the storm the long lines would not exist.