[ExI] restoration-ready

[John Grigg]

William Wallace wrote:
>Spike, the days of the beautiful, big cars are over.  I am driving around
and see this little cutoff car and it's a >Lincoln!  Bah and more Bah.

What about the massive SUV's which I see everywhere? I can't get over how
popular they are here in the Philippines. In this country they lovingly
build copies of the classic U.S. Army WW2 jeep, and I just may buy one for
just a few thousand dollars. They are known to last forever!

John
On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 7:09 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Our Constitution:  I have read Amar's book on the Bill of Rights, the one
> on the Constitution (1760-1840) called The Words that Made Us, and am now
> into America's Unwritten Constitution.  All of them are amazing.  I
> probably knew less than 1% of the happenings of history re Revolutionary
> War, Continental Congress and all that followed.
>
> The Constitution does not mean what it says - it means a whole lot more,
> as this latter book on the unwritten constitution examines in detail.  No
> one can read it and figure out what it means just from the printed words,
> which in any case were for publication and perusal by the people of the
> states who were to vote on it.  It is just a few pages long (and the
> original parchment, in D. C. has been declared to have no legal
> standing!).
>
> If you have not read these books or their equivalent, which I doubt
> exists, you will find ins and outs you never thought of.  Extensive
> coverage of the Warren Court and afterwards (Roe versus Wade, for ex.).
> (author says John Marshall and Warren are acknowledged as the two greatest
> judges).
>
> Bottom line:  I will mail these to you if desired.
>
> Criticism (but not really ) - hatchet jobs on Jefferson and Adams and many
> more.  I began to wonder why we have a Jefferson Memorial.  So, very
> straightforward.  Oh, Washington is treated like a God who could do no
> wrong (except for some military moves that he made; he had no formal
> military training).  Far, far more important than I had imagined.  Next,
> biographies of him and Hamilton, who apparently was a playboy and a
> genius.  Many criticisms of the Supreme Court in detail.
>
> I'd better quit here.  Bottom line:  I will mail these to you if desired.
> Author Amar law professor at Yale.
>
> bill w
>
>
>
> On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 5:42 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
>> Of *William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
>> *Sent:* Sunday, May 23, 2021 2:56 PM
>> *To:* ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
>> *Cc:* William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] restoration-ready
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>> >…Unusual case - friend of mine was hit by a car.  He and his wife were
>> walking and he pushed her out of the way.  Once recovered from concussion,
>> etc., he was left with no sense of smell.  He sued and won.  After the
>> verdict the judge called him to the bench and told him that he had heard
>> that zinc might help.  He started taking zinc and two weeks later while
>> walking in Birmingham he smelled a hotdog-  most wonderful thing on earth,
>> he said at the time.  He experimented:  after going off the zinc he lost
>> it;  back on zinc, he got it back.  We have a lot to learn about the
>> brain.   bill w
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>> This may have had nothing to do with the concussion or the brain.  An
>> impact to the head would be completely consistent with localized swelling
>> of the nasal cavities, resulting in loss of access to the olfactory
>> receptors.  This is what causes loss of smell when you suffer from that
>> stuffy-nose feeling associated with a head cold.  Zinc may act to reduce
>> swelling of these delicate nasal tissues, restoring his sense of smell.
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>> I had an acquaintance who had never had much of an olfactory sense.  In
>> his late 50s, his doctor convinced him that his olfactory receptor cells
>> and nerves were intact, but the configuration of the tissues in his head
>> were the cause of his inability to smell anything. This could be treated
>> with surgery.  After much consideration, he decided to go forward with it.
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>> The surgery changed the sound of his voice, which he liked.  He was
>> rather disappointed to discover that most of the smells in the world which
>> he was experiencing for the first time at age 60, were unpleasant.  He
>> didn’t want to undo the surgery, but spent much time and effort trying to
>> find those few odors he considered pleasant, which were about one in ten.
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>> After the surgery, he could taste food for the first time as well, and
>> likewise was disappointed to find that many, if not most foods, tasted
>> somewhat unpleasant.
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>> We spoke soon after he had it done.  Since then the matter was not
>> discussed.  I need to ask him if the situation improved.
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>> spike
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