From: T Wake on 12 Nov 2006 14:13 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4557710E.7E29264B(a)hotmail.com... > > > "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: > >> Ben Ben Newsam wrote: >> > On Sun, 12 Nov 06 12:47:09 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> > >> > >Didn't you ever wonder where your sewer people put all of that >> > >water that get flushed and put down the drains of your sinks, >> > >baths, and showers? >> > >> > No, because I know exactly what happens to it. It goes to the sewage >> > treatment works at Tinsley. >> >> And ends up as bottled water in France? ;-) > > You have some very odd ideas. > > The only company I know of that made a bottled water of 'dubious origin' > was the > Coca-Cola company who used tap water. Well, it all gets recycled eventually...
From: Michael A. Terrell on 12 Nov 2006 14:15 Ken Smith wrote: > > In article <_fadnZyBlKEt2svYRVnytA(a)pipex.net>, > T Wake <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > > > >"JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message > >news:dgrbl2tp8gllrf3vcia0uembocqs0v9aei(a)4ax.com... > >> On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:33:35 -0600, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> > >> Gave us: > >> > >>> But not understanding > >>>what he's talking about never stopped him anyway. > >> > >> > >> Severe understatement. > > > >Wow. Yet another irony meter goes. > > I suggest a PTC, a MOV, a SIDAC, a Gas-tube Surge > Protector, a fuse and a spark gap, if you are going to keep bringing your > irony meters near this thread. > > You may want to add a spike snubbing inductor as well just to be safe. He should just connect a blasting cap to it so that when it goes off, it really goes off. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida
From: Eeyore on 12 Nov 2006 14:23 Ben Newsam wrote: > On Sun, 12 Nov 06 12:40:15 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >In article <4555F0FA.3C4FF876(a)hotmail.com>, > > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>unsettled wrote: > >> > >>> I am at a slight loss in the > >>> medicine coverage if I use Canadian pricing as > >>> the basis, but way ahead if I use USA prices. > >> > >>Why are the same medicines more expensive in the USA ? > > > >We pay the development costs. > > What about drugs from Roche or Clin-Midy and so on? Or Novartis ( Ciba-Geigy + Sandoz ) or GlaxoSmithKline etc etc.... Graham
From: Eeyore on 12 Nov 2006 14:31 T Wake wrote: > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >>How much do you pay for your dial-up connection ? > > > > I have two. For the newsgroup access, I used to pay $30/month. > > I definitely got what I paid for. > > > > Then it got bought out and the priced was reduced; as a result, > > I also got what I paid for :-((. > > $30 a month is massively expensive for USENET. I pay ?20 per month for 2MB > broadband, unlimited downloads and unlimited newsgroup access. > > Still, when you are living on $12k pa, I bet the reduced price was welcome. Tiscali will give you an unlimited 1M ADSL connection for ?12.99 per month ( my neighbour actually gets 2M at this price ) and you can get text usenet groups for 10 Euros p.a ( I forget which provider off the top of my head ). Graham
From: Eeyore on 12 Nov 2006 14:32
T Wake wrote: > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > > John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote: > >>Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>>That roast Iraqi baby in your oven's ready for eating. > >> > >>--- > >>Wow! > >> > >>Seems you've latched onto a subject you really like! > > > > John, this is another example of that odd behavior I've > > been mentioning once in a while. Muslims teach their > > young that that non-Muslims are baby eaters. > > No muslims that I have met do this. I thought this was BAH joking ! Graham |