From: jmfbahciv on 16 Nov 2006 10:07 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 16 Nov 2006 10:10 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 16 Nov 2006 10:13 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 16 Nov 2006 10:18 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 16 Nov 2006 10:22
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 |