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From: T Wake on 15 Nov 2006 14:05 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:455B28C8.DA0099BA(a)hotmail.com... > > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >> >> >> I don't want bells and whistles. I want pure, unadulterated >> >> comm service. All the fluff is a waste of CPU cycles and my >> >> time. >> > >> >Yet you can not access the web. Not really a working communications >> >service, >> >is it? >> >> I run software on my computer that cannot salivate and chew gum at >> the same time. As a result of this lack of computing ability, >> it crashes because of buffer overruns. > > Do you have an aversion to upgrading ? > > Ppl are giving away lower end Pentiums now ! > > There's an auction on ebay uk that ends in 5 hours for no less that *five* > Pentium 600 PCs - ok they've had the hard drives and memory removed but > these are > inexpensively replaced and the current high bid is...... > > 99 pence ! for five computers Hmmm. I always wanted to build a cluster.... :-)
From: T Wake on 15 Nov 2006 14:08 <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:03H6h.25554$TV3.11858(a)newssvr21.news.prodigy.com... > > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > news:ejf22g$8ss_012(a)s792.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >> In article <ual6h.25067$TV3.18874(a)newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>, >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>> >>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>>news:ejcl5p$8qk_009(a)s858.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>>> In article <MPG.1fc25ed1ed313919989b01(a)news.individual.net>, >>>> krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >>>>>In article <ej9j89$8ss_002(a)s785.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >>>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... >>>>>> In article <MPG.1fc110d0730ee4c8989af1(a)news.individual.net>, >>>>>> krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >>>> >>>> <snip> >>>> >>>>>> >Sure, but they learn not to do that! ;-) Falling on CCA treated >>>>>> >SYP isn't much fun either. >>>>>> >>>>>> My feet are shuddering just thinking about walking on that trex >>>>>> stuff. >>>>> >>>>>Trex isn't likely to leave a nasty arsenic coated splinter (I wear >>>>>shoes when walking on my CCA SYP deck). >>>> >>>> Point. I haven't gone barefoot since I lived with my folks. >>>> Urban places have too much broken glass that never gets >>>> cleaned up. >>> >>>Well, Eeyore, this would belie the assertion that she lives too far from >>>a >>>population center to get decent DSL. >> >> I live in a town. There is no DSL line strung. >> You people are starting to get really annoying. > > When was the last time you checked? 1974.
From: Don Bowey on 15 Nov 2006 14:17 On 11/15/06 9:37 AM, in article AfI6h.25610$TV3.15600(a)newssvr21.news.prodigy.com, "lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net" <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > "Don Bowey" <dbowey(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > news:C18089AF.4CCBB%dbowey(a)comcast.net... >> On 11/15/06 8:13 AM, in article >> 81H6h.25553$TV3.11128(a)newssvr21.news.prodigy.com, "lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net" >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>> news:ejf204$8ss_011(a)s792.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>>> In article <9f122$4559e15e$49ecf8a$7613(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, >>>> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >>>>> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>> <snip> >>>> >>>>> (Compare lucas electrical systems in Brit cars.) >>>>> >>>> Ouchy, ouchy. >>> >>> Yes, I have a 1970 MGB. I curse my namesake on a weekly basis. >> >> Be nice now. The whole idea is to work on them all week and go motoring >> on >> the weekend. Accept that and all will be right with the world. Mostly. >> Sometimes. > > Yep, that's about what I do. It's just annoying when I get 5 miles from my > house, and the carb float sticks open (couldn't figure out why it was peeing > gasoline all over the ground.) Learned to carry a minimal toolkit with me > from that weekend on.... Or when the clutch sticks, half-unengaged. Tools > wouldn't have helped that, I just needed to replace the slave. Or when my > water pump seal decided to let go one night on the way home from work, > dumping the entire cooling system contents on the road. In fairness, > though, few of my serious problems have been electrical, and all have been > fixable. A British coworker told me one time that his opinion of Lucas > electricals is that they weren't designed for salt exposure, and the real > problems come from the junction corrosion that happens when one of those > cars finds it's way to a snowy country like the US. My list of parts failures is about as long as yours, but mostly electrical. > > >> I have three, the oldest of which is a 50 MGTD. > > Nice! That's about the vintage of the TD on "All Creatures", no? That's the one. It's not as classy as the TC, but it's nice. > > >> The newest is 1979, and >> it's waiting for a new home; I hope someone in the club wants a >> rebuildable >> freebe. > > Sadly, I'm a bit of a snob. No rubber bumpers for me, thanks (and > preferrably, no pollution control, although mine has the exhaust pump and > evaporation cannister.) I prefer the earlier B also, but the price of one in decent condition is just more than I want to pay, and I'm tired of restoring cars. The 79 was in nearly great shape and bargain priced because nobody could fix it's problem; it would simply quit running without warning. It took a few days to find the electronic ignition unit was shot. It was the wife's daily driver for 15 years, then a big Mac dump truck drove up on the rear bumper at a stop signal getting the trunk and left rear fender. The daily driver now is a BRG Miata MX5. I'd rather have a new MG, but they are not importing to the US yet. > > >> I heard the Brits learned to like warm beer, because Lucas also makes >> refrigerators. > > Hadn't heard that one--I'll have to remember it. > > Eric Lucas > >
From: Don Bowey on 15 Nov 2006 14:21 On 11/15/06 9:40 AM, in article mPadnXC195BkzcbYRVnyuA(a)pipex.net, "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > news:ejf3be$8ss_017(a)s792.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >> In article <eaWdnTKzXuAFvcfYRVnyig(a)pipex.net>, >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>> >>> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>> news:ejcln7$8qk_012(a)s858.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>>> In article <ytidnQLKcunpX8XYnZ2dnUVZ8q-dnZ2d(a)pipex.net>, >>>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:ej9mvv$8qk_008(a)s785.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>>>>> In article <45574ED9.32805BEE(a)hotmail.com>, >>>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> You are parroting politicians again. What is really happening >>>>>>>>>> is that people, who do not have access to a GP, go to the >>>>>>>>>> most expensive health care facility for treatment. >>>>>>>>>> Now instead of concentrating on how they can't afford the most >>>>>>>>>> expensive service, why not concentrate on why they cannot get >>>>>>>>>> access to the usual general practioner's services. That is >>>>>>>>>> the problem. And it has become exasperated by everything being >>>>>>>>>> based on whether you have insurance or not. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> You present a strong case for the introduction of a nationalise >>>>>>>>> healthcare >>>>>>>>> system, where all have equal access to healthcare resources based >>>>>>>>> on >>>>>> medical >>>>>>>>> need. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> There will not be access. That's what I'm trying to get >>>>>>>> you to understand. You can have oodles of insurance but, >>>>>>>> if you can't get an appt., you might as well use their >>>>>>>> forms for toilet paper. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So, the insurance based model is broken is it not ? >>>>>> >>>>>> It is now since the HMOs have become the preferred payers. >>>>> >>>>> An NHS would cure that. >>>> >>>> No, it would not. What Hillary was planning was a worse case. >>> >>> Two distinct sentences yet you imply an A means B relationship. >>> >>> An NHS _would_ solve the problem you have with HMOs. Whatever Hillary was >>> planning is not relevant. >> >> It is relavant because that's what the US would end up with. > > It is still not relevant. > > There are two issues you are trying to conflate into one. > > 1. A NHS would be an improvement over the current US system. > 2. Is the US capable of implementing a proper NHS? > > You assume the answer to 2 is "no" which you then use to try and argue > against 1. > > If the US is not capable of running a national health service that is an > entirely different matter. > >>> >>> Please try to learn to distinguish between your political rantings and the >>> reality. I am sure what Pol Pot was planning is a worse case as well but >>> it >>> isn't relevant. >>> >>>> I suppose, us USAians could join your NHS and go to your doctors >>>> for service. >>> >>> In theory yes. >>> >>> Hell of a flight to get a flu jab though. >> >> If there isn't a distribution here, perhaps that's how some >> get theirs. > > It may well be. > >>> >>>> Perhaps you would then learn some of the problems >>>> of having to service too many people with finite resources. >>> >>> You think we don't have finite resources? The UK NHS has less money per >>> head >>> than the US medical systems. Can you explain why ours still works better >>> than yours? >> >> I've been trying to explain. You've kept it local. You have a small >> geographic area. It is a lot easier to administer and deliver >> services. > > Your sense of scale is seriously out of kilter. The UK NHS is smaller scale > than one in the US would be, however it still leaves a big so what? > > Unless you think the US is incapable of administering something like this, > you have to remember the US does indeed have national organisations (USPS, > FBI, Military etc) which are all on much larger scales than anything in the > UK. > > Is the US incapable of organising and administering things? > > Of course not, idiot. I do great Pub Crawls and Wine Tours....... All the important things. We may let you know about the remainder. Don
From: Don Bowey on 15 Nov 2006 14:23
On 11/15/06 9:42 AM, in article I4CdnXAP4bc-zMbYnZ2dnUVZ8s-dnZ2d(a)pipex.net, "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > > "Don Bowey" <dbowey(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > news:C17FBDDC.4CAE5%dbowey(a)comcast.net... >> On 11/14/06 3:44 PM, in article 455A54C5.408450FE(a)hotmail.com, "Eeyore" >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> T Wake wrote: >>> >>>> "Don Bowey" <dbowey(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >>>>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> What if the 20 year old person trying to live on >>>>>> minimum wage needs health care. How can s/he afford it? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Many doctors will write off the cost of care for people who cannot >>>>> afford >>>>> to >>>>> pay, and start them off with free "samples" of meds. It's rare to hear >>>>> of >>>>> someone who is refused the help of a doctor. On the other-hand, a Dr. >>>>> doesn't have to accept a patient who is abusive or has a known habit of >>>>> lieing to the Dr. >>>> >>>> Fair one, but the system still relies on doctors treating people "out of >>>> the >>>> goodness of their hearts." >>> >>> This used to happen in the UK too before the NHS. It wasn't considered to >>> be a >>> very satisfactory arrangement. >>> >>> Graham >>> >>> >> Not satisfactory to whom? > > The post war electorate. > > Piffle! |