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From: Eeyore on 16 Nov 2006 19:40 lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > Ben Newsam wrote: > >> 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. Over here, the phone companies' trick is to make their tariffs so confusing, you don't know who actually offers best value for you, the intent seemingly being to encourage you to stay with whoever you're with. Do you have a very wide carrier choice in the USA btw ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 16 Nov 2006 19:43 Don Bowey wrote: > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > 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. It is after all the most likely religion she'd have been exposed to. Given that 50% or so of Americans claim to be practicing Christians I see a remarkable scarcity of Christian charity in their thinking. Graham
From: Eeyore on 16 Nov 2006 19:48 Don Bowey wrote: > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > "Don Bowey" <dbowey(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > >> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>> Don Bowey wrote: > >>> > >>>> I'd rather have a new MG, but they are not importing to the US yet. > >>> > >>> What are these new MGs ? > >> > >> It's made in Japan. I don't recall the name of the company that bought > >> the company. The car carries the MG logo, and the guy who owned it > >> did not use a "type" code (like MGTJ for Type Japanese). > > > > I think it's called the MG F. To my knowledge, they were introduced in the > > early 90s, and the company that makes them was thinking about exporting to > > the US, but it never happened. I suspect they just didn't want to have to > > deal with some safety or pollution control law that's unique to the US. > > > > Eric Lucas > > > MG F would be unusual, given that there is already a MGTF..... I googled it and it does indeed exist. http://www.mgf.org/ > I'm sure it is all the safety and pollution requirements too, which is fine > by me. I can recall when cities like Portland (Or.) were bleak with smog > from cars until the pollution laws helped fix it. When was this ? Graham
From: unsettled on 16 Nov 2006 19:49 Don Bowey wrote: > 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. Once you lot get started there's nothing that will stop your feeding frenzy. Buncha creeps.
From: T Wake on 16 Nov 2006 19:50
"Don Bowey" <dbowey(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:C18241D2.4D1FD%dbowey(a)comcast.net... > On 11/16/06 4:05 PM, in article 36Sdnfd4Ao9DYcHYRVnytA(a)pipex.net, "T Wake" > <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > >> >> "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? >> >> > > I obviously made an error. I thought I was replying to JoeBloe. > > Sorry about that. No worries. :-) I hoped you'd meant to reply to him :-) |