From: Ben Newsam on 15 Nov 2006 20:15 On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:54:45 -0600, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >But you'll both wiggle, wriggle, and complain about >this post as you always do. Feast well during this >feeding frenzy of yours. Communism took the fall >so your Marxist socialism won't be very far >behind. Careful now... your mouth is frothing.
From: Ben Newsam on 15 Nov 2006 20:08 On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:19:48 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >"unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message >news:98588$455b6c01$4fe757a$19388(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... >>T Wake wrote: >> >> >>> You know at McDonalds they hand over the sum of money they are told to, >>> don't you? They don't get told to hand over a "dime." A number appears >>> and they give that much money. Same as anyone else working on a cash >>> register. >> >> They know how to add three columns, but they >> don't know how to subtract three or four >> coulmns in their heads. > > >That's not how people at McDonald's give change. That's not how anybody >gives change any more, they just give over the amount of money the cash >register tells them to. If the bill is 5.35, and you give them a 10, the >register will tell them to give you 4.65 in change, and they do. No special >skills necessary or learned. And to think that I was trained to do multiplication and division in pounds, shillings, and pence. They don't know they're born.
From: Ben Newsam on 15 Nov 2006 20:05 On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:24:23 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >Not if she actually cares about a clean kitchen floor, a clean bathroom, >etc. All that 15 minutes really gets you is a cursory dusting, and maybe a >quick brooming. The bathroomshouldn't be too difficult if there are no blokes pissing all over the seat and floor.
From: Eeyore on 15 Nov 2006 21:32 T Wake wrote: > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > 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.... :-) They finally went for ?16. That's ?3.20 ea ! Graham
From: Eeyore on 15 Nov 2006 21:36
Don Bowey wrote: > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > > "Don Bowey" <dbowey(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > >> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >>> 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! Eh ? Graham |