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Cash-stapped Cuba says toilet paper running short

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Sunday, August 9, 2009 6:28 PM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important


Hello,

I've been on boats with motors.

--Anthony

"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner

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Sunday, August 9, 2009 6:50 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Quote:

Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Hello,

I've been on boats with motors.

--Anthony

"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner




'Course, a diesel-electric has both - a diesel engine to charge the batteries, which then power the electric motors...

Mike

Sweeping generalizations are always wrong!

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Sunday, August 9, 2009 7:10 PM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important


Hello,

I think motors mean both things. Both electric and internal combustion. Engines probably do, too.

I found this online.

* Main Entry: 1mo·tor
* Pronunciation: \ˈmō-tər\
* Function: noun
* Etymology: Latin, from movēre to move
* Date: 1586

1 : one that imparts motion; specifically : prime mover
2 : any of various power units that develop energy or impart motion: as a : a small compact engine b : internal combustion engine; especially : a gasoline engine c : a rotating machine that transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy
3 : motor vehicle; especially : automobile

In any event, the thoughtlessness of the original statement had little to do with the conveyance or the nature of its powerplant.

--Anthony



"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner

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Monday, August 10, 2009 1:25 AM

OUT2THEBLACK


It's okay...This problem will work itself out very soon...

With no more groceries going down their necks , the Cubans won't be NEEDING any T.P. !

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iSPxs5974WFthZA8mcpP
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'...The shuttered stores cater to foreigners and accept only convertible pesos, a currency worth 24 times the regular peso, which most Cubans are paid in. However, some islanders get convertible pesos through remittances from relatives in the United States, or from jobs in tourism or with foreign firms, and frequent the upscale stores seeking toilet paper, ground beef, cooking oil and other products unavailable in local groceries.

Customers knocked on the door of one closed store Monday to demand an explanation.

"It's a lack of respect for the consumer," said Alina Marquez, a 66-year-old retiree who came because, "I ran out of laundry detergent and was also looking for a little chicken to eat." '

A situation also coming soon to USA...


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Monday, August 10, 2009 6:02 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Quote:

Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Hello,

I think motors mean both things. Both electric and internal combustion. Engines probably do, too.

I found this online.

* Main Entry: 1mo·tor
* Pronunciation: \ˈmō-tər\
* Function: noun
* Etymology: Latin, from movēre to move
* Date: 1586

1 : one that imparts motion; specifically : prime mover
2 : any of various power units that develop energy or impart motion: as a : a small compact engine b : internal combustion engine; especially : a gasoline engine c : a rotating machine that transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy
3 : motor vehicle; especially : automobile

In any event, the thoughtlessness of the original statement had little to do with the conveyance or the nature of its powerplant.

--Anthony



"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner




Good point. I stand corrected. I was remembering the rants of an overzealous engineer friend of mine, who used to go off when people referred to internal combustion engines as "motors", saying that "motor" is a term for an electric motor, and you wouldn't say the engine on your home A/C unit burned out...

But it does seem that the two are interchangeable in everyday usage.

Apologies to all. Carry on.


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