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From: Eeyore on 12 Nov 2006 21:31 Ben Newsam wrote: > 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. Ben, can you fix your PC clock please ? It would appear to be running an hour slow. Graham
From: Eeyore on 12 Nov 2006 21:34 Ben Newsam wrote: > 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. Where's that Ben ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 12 Nov 2006 21:51 Jamie wrote: > Sorry, you should of read the original content Jeez ! can you not write English ? That should be " Sorry, you should have read the original content " Graham
From: Eeyore on 12 Nov 2006 22:00 Jamie wrote: > you're opening up a can of worms.. Is it smelly ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 12 Nov 2006 22:02
lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > "John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message > > > 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. > > Some folks don't understand that there are people that treat their pets like > family. I personally can't understand anybody that doesn't. They are quite wonderful creatures. One cat in particular behaved just like family - even 'sitting at the table' but not interfering at all, just watching and 'being there' and she was originally a feral cat too. Graham |