On 05/24/2010 02:54 PM, Ross Cassell -> Earl Croasmun wrote:
 RC> Hello Earl!

 RC> 24 May 10 10:03, you wrote to Ed Hulett:

 EC>> I cannot decide what part of this is more funny:

 EC>> a) his belief that Cheney - rather than Congress - put laws into
 EC>> effect.

 EC>> b) his belief that acoustic switches would have somehow COST money to
 EC>> Halliburton - not an oil company but an oil SERVICES company that
 EC>> would MAKE money from extra equipment requirements - rather than
 EC>> MAKING money for it.

 EC>> or c) his belief that having an extra switch to trigger the blowout
 EC>> protector would do any good when the hydraulics on the blowout
 EC>> protector failed.

 RC> Did you see his suggestionthat they merely pipe liquid nitrogen down
 RC> there to create a "ice plug"?

An Ice plug? He's a real genius.

Ed

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