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From: Jamie on 12 Nov 2006 20:58 lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:4557687D.B0B34EAF(a)hotmail.com... > >> >>John Fields wrote: >> >> >>>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 ? >>> >>>--- >>>Trick question? >>> >>>One would think a know-it-all like you'd be able to figure it out >>>with no help at all. >> >>I'm asking you. > > > > John has reached the limits of his understanding, and would rather throw > tacit insults at you than have a discussion of facts. > > Eric Lucas > > you're opening up a can of worms.. -- "I'm never wrong, once i thought i was, but was mistaken" Real Programmers Do things like this. http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5
From: Ben Newsam on 12 Nov 2006 20:35 On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:42:47 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I just buy a bottle once in a very long while, then keep >refilling it from the tap because it's a convenient container to carry water >around with me as I go about my job. Me too, but only because our very soft tap water is almost indistinguishable from Evian. Once it has been left to stand to rid it of its slight chlorination, I would say it actually tastes better.
From: Ben Newsam on 12 Nov 2006 20:18 On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:59:27 -0600, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >T Wake wrote: > >> It wont be relevant. When I was 18 you could buy a house outright for ?20k. >> Now you need ten times that amount. > >I bought a bank reposessed house two years ago for >$15,500. It is an investment house. It needed $1000 >in repairs to make it habitable, and that was because >the pipes had frozen and burst. > >I can buy similar houses today at a similar price. That's... ummm... about 10,000 quid. I am sure you couldn't get any kind of hovel over here, habitable or not, for that price. The land alone, for one thing, would be worth more than that.
From: Eeyore on 12 Nov 2006 21:03 Ben Newsam wrote: > On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:56:55 +0000, Eeyore > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >T Wake wrote: > > > >> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote > >> > > >> > I couldn't hire for any price. > >> > >> Yet under the NHS in the UK, my GP regularly makes house calls to his > >> patients. Amazing isn't it. > > > >BAH might also be interested to know about NHS Direct for 'out of hours' needs. > >I wonder if there's any US equivalent. > > Interesting idea: I wonder if people in the US could phone NHS Direct? > And if they can, would they be given advice or would they be told it > isn't available for people abroad? If anyone wants to try, the number > is: > > 0845 4647 > > So, from abroad, my guess at the correct number would be: > > +44 845 4647 > > where the "+" is of course whatever you dial to get international > calls. ISTR they want to know who your GP is. Graham
From: Eeyore on 12 Nov 2006 21:04
John Fields wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > >> > >> >Lots of insurance on electrical goods is madness, and you tend to expect > >> >that. Cat insurance is also insane - some policies ask for in the region of > >> >?10 pcm per cat and wont pay for the first ?50. If you take the money and > >> >put it in a savings account you get the best of both worlds, as long as you > >> >have the emergency fund for when it needs a ?500 operation... > >> > > >> > > >> You would spend $500 on a cat operation? ($ is merely used to indicate > >> money and not type of currency). > > > >Some ppl might well do. > > --- > I would, and have. > > Some might not understand, but we love our kitties and they're part > of our family, so if it takes some money to fix them when they're > broke, so be it. There's hope for your admission to humanity after all then. Graham p.s. put that baby *down* ! |