From: lucasea on 16 Nov 2006 18:36 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:455C2EE4.7204CAE3(a)hotmail.com... > > > Ben Newsam wrote: > >> On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:34:51 +0000, Eeyore >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >No such dodgy practice here thankfully. >> >> Not in the phone industry, perhaps. How about the banking field >> though? > > It's all in the small print with them. The disingenuous names the phone company uses for the fees is exactly equivalent to using fine print. ERic Lucas
From: Don Bowey on 16 Nov 2006 18:53 On 11/16/06 1:30 PM, in article 455CD891.1B57E916(a)hotmail.com, "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > T Wake wrote: > >> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >> >>> If 20-year old males can figure out how to pay a $2K >>> bill for car insurance, they can figure out how to get >>> medical coverage. >> >> Gender card aside, normally these 20 year old males are living with their >> parents. > > BAH presumes these minimum wage kids have cars too ? > > She will do*anything* to evade the issue whilst trying to make out that other > ppl are simply being irresponsible and therefore 'deserve' their lack of > access > to medical treatemnt. > > It's remarkably unChristian for one thing. Now, now.....Remember - there are many more religious beliefs than Christian. You surprised me with that one. > > Graham > >
From: lucasea on 16 Nov 2006 17:57 "Don Bowey" <dbowey(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:C181E0F8.4D06E%dbowey(a)comcast.net... > On 11/16/06 6:48 AM, in article > ejhtoa$8qk_006(a)s938.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com, "jmfbahciv(a)aol.com" > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote: > >> In article <4559D132.A2D0BE21(a)hotmail.com>, >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >>>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Local doesn't have to mean small. When I lived in the centre of London >>>>> I >> had >>>>> a local GP and a local health centre. >>>> >>>> Yes it does to mean small. A local health center has a small >>>> capacity. Even if you assume that all medical appointments will >>>> take 5 minutes, the capacity of any center is severely limited. >>>> Say it is in a population of 10,000 and all come down with a >>>> flu in the same 24 hours. The center won't be able to handle >>>> 100, let along 10,000. >>> >>> The same problem arises just as much in the big cities too. >>> >>> In fact, in a rural location you likely don't have the easy means to >>> spread >>> infections that fast anyway, no crowded transit systems and the like for >> example. >> >> I'm in an urban area. Around here, flu shots and nasal spray is >> dispensed in the grocery stores. There were no signs that said >> the flu clinics were being held and the news said that the >> distribution would be fixed soon, so I went to the grocery store >> Sunday. I took a chance. Now I've caught what they've put in >> this year's flu cocktail. > > Or as is common and more likely, you had the flu virus before you got your > shot. Look around for someone else to blame, and keep a mirror handy. Question for BAH--what amount of time passed between when you went to the store and when you caught "what they've put in this year's flu cocktail"? Eric Lucas
From: Don Bowey on 16 Nov 2006 18:59 On 11/16/06 1:43 PM, in article dLednalCyqAORsHYnZ2dnUVZ8sudnZ2d(a)pipex.net, "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > > "JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message > news:n1hol2h34lg57imeobnd9btu9e4dmabv9f(a)4ax.com... >> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:27:00 -0800, Don Bowey <dbowey(a)comcast.net> >> Gave us: >> >>> On 11/15/06 7:28 PM, in article >>> limnl2114gmfvlaar0okbtbic645gcbuoc(a)4ax.com, >>> "JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:28:04 +0000, Eeyore >>>> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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 ! >>>>> >>>>> Graham >>>> >>>> Wrong. >>>> >>>> ADSL REQUIRES a minimum of an ISDN switched POTS line. >>>> That means that the customer's first switch has to be ISDN for his >>>> area to be an ASDL capable area. THEN his Plain Old Telephone Service >>>> line will do DSL. >>> >>> Wrong. >>> >>> An ISDN DSL is only two 64 kbit/s Bearer Channels and the 18 kbit/s Data >>> Channel which is used for signaling, etc. An ADSL does not require ISDN. >> >> What an ISDN switch house provides is the digital part. If there >> is no digital switch in the first leg of the system, the area is not >> capable of providing ADSL service. > > As always, you are wrong but continue to insist you are correct. > > I suppose we could compare credentials, but I won't waste any more time with your ignorance.
From: T Wake on 16 Nov 2006 19:05
"Don Bowey" <dbowey(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:C1823B76.4D1E6%dbowey(a)comcast.net... > On 11/16/06 1:43 PM, in article > dLednalCyqAORsHYnZ2dnUVZ8sudnZ2d(a)pipex.net, > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > >> >> "JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message >> news:n1hol2h34lg57imeobnd9btu9e4dmabv9f(a)4ax.com... >>> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:27:00 -0800, Don Bowey <dbowey(a)comcast.net> >>> Gave us: >>> >>>> On 11/15/06 7:28 PM, in article >>>> limnl2114gmfvlaar0okbtbic645gcbuoc(a)4ax.com, >>>> "JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:28:04 +0000, Eeyore >>>>> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 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 ! >>>>>> >>>>>> Graham >>>>> >>>>> Wrong. >>>>> >>>>> ADSL REQUIRES a minimum of an ISDN switched POTS line. >>>>> That means that the customer's first switch has to be ISDN for his >>>>> area to be an ASDL capable area. THEN his Plain Old Telephone Service >>>>> line will do DSL. >>>> >>>> Wrong. >>>> >>>> An ISDN DSL is only two 64 kbit/s Bearer Channels and the 18 kbit/s >>>> Data >>>> Channel which is used for signaling, etc. An ADSL does not require >>>> ISDN. >>> >>> What an ISDN switch house provides is the digital part. If there >>> is no digital switch in the first leg of the system, the area is not >>> capable of providing ADSL service. >> >> As always, you are wrong but continue to insist you are correct. >> > I suppose we could compare credentials, but I won't waste any more time > with > your ignorance. Were you replying to me or to JoeBloe here? |