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From: T Wake on 16 Nov 2006 16:06 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:eji182$8qk_029(a)s938.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <8oM6h.10671$yl4.3232(a)newssvr12.news.prodigy.com>, > <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. > > You are wrong. It takes learning to know which coins are which > value. It takes learning to know what 1 and 5 and 10 and 20 > mean on the paper bills. > > There are people who do not know this stuff. If kids have > never handled money, have never been taught what money is, > how will they know that a dime is $.10? Your education system should be ashamed of itself.
From: T Wake on 16 Nov 2006 16:07 <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:vMR6h.11005$9v5.1346(a)newssvr29.news.prodigy.net... > > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:455BCDB2.3C8CA8BD(a)hotmail.com... >> >> >> 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 ! > > I guess TWake's experiment at massively parallel processing will just have > to wait. :^) Till next time then..... Sniff....
From: Eeyore on 16 Nov 2006 16:19 krw wrote: > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... > > > <GRIN> The broken glass was awful before the bottle bill. It's > > been getting worse lately. Perople areound here have too much > > money. > > That's one of the intrusions into our lives I don't object to much. > Maybe it's time to raise the deposit. I think MI has been $.10 for > many years. The non-removeable pop-tops are another good idea. What's this bottle bill ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 16 Nov 2006 16:24 krw wrote: > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > >I'm asking " How about someone on that minimum wage job for example ? " as in > > > >.... they're on a minimum wage NOW - not at some hypothetical point in the > > > > future after their wages have increased. > > > > > > You keep ignoring the fact that everybody starts out at a low > > > wage in their working life. As they age, they should be getting > > > life experience that is salable for more money. > > > > Please stop evading the question. > > > > How does a ( young ) person on low wages get any medical tretment ? > > The same way their parents get medical treatment. For example, my > son was on my insurance until he was 23. Though he had his own when > he was 22, I didn't trust it. ...turns out his is at least as good > as mine. And if your parents are dead by that age as mine were ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 16 Nov 2006 16:27
krw wrote: > > Jonathan Kirwan <jkirwan(a)easystreet.com> wrote: > > > > > When I got down there (I hadn't been called until after that > > >event), the doctor told me that if it had been as little as just two > > >more hours, my brother would certainly have been dead. They got to > > >him in time, though. But not easily. > > Emergency services cannot be refused to anyone, period. But they would have done just that but for a fortunate intervention. Graham |