From: jmfbahciv on
In article <455A1B5B.2D136E5(a)earthlink.net>,
"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
>unsettled wrote:
>>
>> What's not discussed in this thread is the fact that
>> the manufacturers have been advertising on US TV for
>> some time now that if you can't afford the medicines
>> you need you should contact them because they have
>> programs to assist those living in poverty needing
>> their products.
>
>
> Have you ever tried to qualify someone for free drugs? Every one
>I've tried to help was denied.

Were there different reasons or did they tend to be the same reason?
If the same, can you say what it was?

/BAH

From: jmfbahciv on
In article <MPG.1fc3cafce1cb3355989b42(a)news.individual.net>,
krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote:
>In article <ejcl5p$8qk_009(a)s858.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>,
>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says...
>> 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.
>
>That's because no one will pay minimum wage to clean it up so the
>job doesn't get done. ;-)

<GRIN> The broken glass was awful before the bottle bill. It's
been getting worse lately. Perople areound here have too much
money.


/BAH

From: jmfbahciv on
In article <MPG.1fc51b4bef154b2c989b82(a)news.individual.net>,
krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote:
>In article <455B40A5.79F0C308(a)hotmail.com>,
>rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says...
>>
>>
>> krw wrote:
>>
>> > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says...
>> > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>> > > > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > >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.
>> > >
>> > > DSL comes down an ordinary telephone line !
>> >
>> > Only if you're within 17K' of the CO.
>>
>> I make that just a fraction over 3 miles.
>
>I'm about four miles from the CO according to the crow. How the
>telco snakes things is another issue. On the line that went back
>to the CO I couldn't get better than about 26K. The other one went
>to a SLC in the neighborhood and I could get 49-53K reliably on
>that line. DSL was still unavailable.
>
>> It works over longer distances overr here, albeit not flat out.
>
>It falls off fast. They're not willing to even try it.

I'm talking to you both--towns are trying to get themselves
wired. It will be a few years (I think it will be years and not
months) before the laws and permissions and telcos and FCC
sort all of this out).

/BAH
From: jmfbahciv on
In article <MPG.1fc502b12b07d248989b74(a)news.individual.net>,
krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote:
>In article <455A9954.6BFB8946(a)hotmail.com>,
>rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says...
>>
>>
>> krw wrote:
>>
>> > lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net says...
>> > > "krw" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message
>> > > >
>> > > > (of course I don't have a phone line, so...).
>> > >
>> > > Well, that latter would be the real issue then, not the distance to a
hub.
>> >
>> > No, you ditz! I choose not to have a phone line (too expensive),
>> > so if I were close enough for DSL it wouldn't matter. Geez!
>>
>> Dare one ask how you post here ?
>
>Cable. Jeez!
>
>> What does a phone line cost btw ?
>
>When I got rid of them they were about $48/mo each.

Mine are $30/month. However, there was a notice in my last
bill that the AlGoretaxes have increased and are retroactive
back to September. They got you even if you don't short and
curlies.

/BAH

From: jmfbahciv on
In article <MPG.1fc5b33466bcef3a989b8c(a)news.individual.net>,
krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote:
>In article <455BBDAF.EC6FD0C2(a)hotmail.com>,
>rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says...
>>
>>
>> krw wrote:
>>
>> > Plus taxes, fees, Spanish-American war debt...
>>
>> What fees btw ?
>>
>> The war debt is a joke I presume ?
>
>Not at all! Though the tax was recently rescinded because it
>became such a joke.
>
Is that the one that requires an IRS form for the 2006 income
taxes to get your money back?

/BAH