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So the pilot lights offer a little safety. I’ve read that the pilot light consumes about 1200 BTU's an hour.

I see your point, but wouldn't it just be better to put the safety valve on the burner itself? As it happens, most stoves in boats I have sailed use this method and are generally manually ...

Clearness is perhaps not my most prominent side, and I guess ranting in itself seldom invites to easy understanding ;-)

It's not the gas stove in itself that scares me - I have used plenty of those. I have, however, never used one that's "pre-lit", with a small flame (pilot?) inside. The ones I ...

Seeing as you are in a country with a liberal approach to handguns - I truly fail to see your point :mischief:

Ah, but only the locals get to have them. How safe do you think that makes me feel? Luckily there are very few locals living nearby - the main population in the area being Chinese ...

the burner should be turned off when not in use? right?

That was the general idea, yes. But if I lift the top off, there are two small flames (I think they're called pilots) burning, so that if I decide to cook something, I only need to turn the knob and the burner will "light itself" from the ...

Come on over to the Dark Side, you know you want to. I'll even set up a .net blog for you :D

Oh no, I claim the moral high ground and stand by the only true god, Tim Berners-Lee. You infidels will soon see how the empty hype will fall to pieces all around you and the True Web will prevail ...

Only I wasn't referring to how the governments of these three declared their fealty to Dubya. I was referring to how their media treated their own respective political leadership campaigns. France definitely belongs in that group.

I think it's safe to include Denmark as well. In fact, I can't ...

I've recently made a radical carreer move, and attained the coveted position of being an american housewife - you know, shopping, drinking lattes, watching soap operas, etc. Well, I'll get around to the latter if we ever get a TV. Peggy Bundy is my role model in all ways except perhaps hair style ...

Why do so many people know what urine tastes like? Am I missing something?

I think it's by reference only, ie

American Beer => Urine

therefore

Urine => American Beer.

Now, it could be argued that the function of taste does imply that the arrow goes both ways, although most would probably ...

I'd like to preface the following with a (slight) retraction of my previous intemperate outburst, and what I see as the main dilema that I see needing address.

The Islam world (for better or worse) exists and we must find a way to live together.


Personally, I find the current christian ...

I disagree entirely. I don't think US democracy is marginalized or weak, I think it is polarized. I also think money in politics is crippling the system. However, I think the instituitions are still strong. A great example of this is, I hate to say it, Bush v. Gore , because after the ruling ...

I'm always very suspicious of consensus-driven decisions, and especially those where the background and dissent remains secret. It always favours the majority rule, and as LD states, makes the decision stronger. The supreme court, being the last bastion in support of the now frail US democracy is ...

Anyone stating that they would never strike a woman have just not been attacked with sufficient force by one. Personally I wouldn't strike anyone at all, except maybe as a last resort in self defence, in which case I'd have no qualms with striking women, kids, people with glasses, elderly or ...

First, I'd like all right-thinking USians (that is, of course, all those who agree with me) to check out this link... [url="http://www.impeachbush.tv"]Impeach Bush[/url].

It's only real significance in this thread is that it lead me to the best reason imaginable for actually impeaching Bush, [url ...

Now if you people don't agree with Ad Bacculum being the best, I'll beat the living daylights out of this small furry mothball...

either that or you're all just too ignorant to realize that Ad Hominem is by far the most superior fallacy. Just look at the statistics...

I'm kind of confused here... Isn't almost every state in the US complaining that they don't have room in their prisons for all the hardened criminals out there? I guess I can see why now...

Depressing story, on a number of different levels.

I mentioned ad hominem because I felt that people might conclude that his case was worthless because he was declared a cheap, idiot, loser. And concluding his argument to be based on his character IS ad hominem.


No, the case is ludicrous on its own merit, therefore we conclude that the ...

Also, bars are fun, but they're not essential social services. That's also why it's okay to charge women more than men for haircuts. I think I might get in trouble for that one.

Not really. This and many similarly stupid complaints have been made in Sweden and what happened was that for a short ...

Just an observation:

I think any attack on Horner is adhominem meaning it is a personal attack on the arguer rather than their argument. It is irrelevant if Mr. Horner is an idiot or a genius. His case stands on the grounds of whether charging men one price and women another is discrimination ...

@DW: Unfortunately, you're absolutely right - it is so much easier to make a stand on a non-issue, than hold a firm moral belief in any major concern. If people weren't so eager to accept that the media lifts the burden of viewing the world for what it is from their shoulders, the media wouldn't ...

@fable: I was waiting for this thread to go astray, but my fear was that sooner or later someone would pick on a name of one member or other - not that it would do so based on mammary fixation... :confused:

There is a region of this country that has a perverse liking for joining two completely ...