<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wow ,Bill You need to lighten up and = learn to take things in the humorous vein they come in.  Life is to short to be = that trigger happy.  Peace be with you and I assure you no offense was = intended from this"wacked out"  Californian.  But Hey ,It's good = to know so many of you are so </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>anti -Californian and I'll be careful = what I say .What's up with that?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  I'll make sure that I e-mail the = rest of your helpful comments to the Governor.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  California native and proud of it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Dale Erwin</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:Billbrpt@AOL.COM" = title=Billbrpt@AOL.COM>Billbrpt@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 01, 2001 3:59 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: FwOff Topic- Cal. Energy crunch</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a message = dated 4/1/01 5:35:38 PM Central Daylight Time, <BR><A href="mailto:Erwinpiano@email.msn.com">Erwinpiano@email.msn.com</A> = (Erwinpiano) <BR>writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">We <BR>> > grow 99 percent or more of the nation's = almonds, artichokes, dates, <BR>figs, <BR>> > kiwifruit, olives, = persimmons, pistachios, prunes, raisins and walnuts. <BR>> > Hope you won't = miss them.>></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 = size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 = face=Arial lang=0 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">I won't, I never eat any of those = items. <BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial = lang=0 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">> > <BR>> > California is the nation's number = one dairy state.  We're keeping our <BR>> dairy <BR>> > = products.  We'll need plenty of fresh ones since our refrigerators can't = <BR>> be <BR>> > relied upon.  Got milk?</FONT><FONT = color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=2 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Yep, we sure do, plenty of it.  So much of = it in fact that the market can't <BR>sell all of it and the price farmers get = for it barely makes any profit yet <BR>most people in this state are too fat = from drinking all the milk, eating all <BR>the cheese and beef. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=2 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF">  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=2 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF">BILL THAT'S JUST RUDE!!!!!!!!<BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 = size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></DIV></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial = lang=0 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">> > <BR>> > We Californians are gonna keep all = our high-tech software in state. <BR>> > Silicon <BR>> > = Valley is ours, after all.  Without enough electricity, which you're = <BR>> > apparently keeping for yourselves, we just plain don't have enough = <BR>> software <BR>> > to spare. <BR>> ></FONT><FONT = color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=3 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Many = of these businesses will soon move to places where electricity is <BR>plentiful = and cheap. <BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial = lang=0 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">> > We're keeping all our airplanes. =  California builds a good percentage of <BR>> > the <BR>> > commercial = airliners available to fly you people to where you want to <BR>go.</FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 = face=Arial lang=0 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>ditto <BR><BR>I moved away from there = 25 years ago and haven't missed it one bit.  They <BR>make excellent wine here = in Wisconsin but the imported wine from France is <BR>cheaper.  Our = oranges and juice come from Florida, Texas, Mexico and South <BR>America as do = any other fruits and vegetables worth eating. <BR><BR>It's high time you threw = people like Jane Fonda out not only for her <BR>treasonous acts in Viet Nam but for = duping people into closing the Nuclear <BR>power plant at Rancho Seco. =  You want juice?  Get it from Nukes.  You want <BR>fresh water? =  There's the whole Pacific Ocean right on your coast, all you <BR>need is enough = power from a couple dozen good Nuke stations to get the salt <BR>out of it. <BR><BR>Bye the way, the movies there are these days that come from = there just aren't <BR>worth watching.  Any of the ones I do see seem to come = from somewhere else. <BR><BR>I like it better here.  The cost of living = is low and there is an abundance <BR>of all consumer items.  We're also = building several new power plants to be <BR>fired by natural gas.  Has your = state decided yet to build even *one* new one <BR>or to reopen the one that = Jane Fonda had closed down? <BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 = size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial = lang=0 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Bill Bremmer RPT <BR>Madison, Wisconsin</FONT> </FONT></BODY></HTML>