<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>William Wallace wrote:<br>
</div><div>>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.
</div></div><div><br></div><div>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! <br></div><div><br></div><div>John<br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 7:09 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)">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.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)">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!). </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)">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).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Bottom line: I will mail these to you if desired. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)">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. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I'd better quit here. Bottom line: I will mail these to you if desired. Author Amar law professor at Yale.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)">bill w</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 5:42 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;border-style:solid none none;border-width:1pt medium medium;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 23, 2021 2:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> William Flynn Wallace <<a href="mailto:foozler83@gmail.com" target="_blank">foozler83@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] restoration-ready<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">>…<span style="color:black">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 </span>w<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">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. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">We spoke soon after he had it done. Since then the matter was not discussed. I need to ask him if the situation improved.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">spike<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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