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From: jmfbahciv on 17 Nov 2006 08:16 In article <MPG.1fc685558e332ff8989ba4(a)news.individual.net>, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >In article <ejhvnl$8qk_019(a)s938.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... >> 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 Though the tax was recently rescinded because it 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? > >Hadn't heard anything about that. If you have long distance bills since (I think) the date is in 2002, you can get a rebate of a tax that was levied. Not the local service but long distance service. If you want to take the easy way, you can opt for the assigned amount. I counted up all of my charges and I get a few dollars more back if I itemize. However, the IRS did not have the form I'm supposed use on-line when I looked for it. So I don't know yet if I'm asking for trouble by itemizing rather than asking for the default amount. If you want me to, I'll get the info. Just poke me here. It was advertised on a blurb on Verizon's phone bill..oh...you don't have a phone...that's why you don't know about it. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 17 Nov 2006 08:18 In article <455C9D51.CF6E6D34(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >unsettled wrote: > >> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>[ regarding buying a house on minimum wage ] >> >>And if you don't have a large extended family ( most ppl don't ) what then ? >> > >> > >> > There are many ways to accomplish things. It does require setting >> > a prioity list. If you want to buy a house, you don't spend money >> > on buying pu-pu platters every night. >> >> It begins with simple things, like buying and learning >> to use 24 cent stamps. > >Both of you seem to think one can affiord a house by saving *pennies*. That's how it's done. > >Do get real. Your answers are quite pathetic and reminiscent >of the worst excesses of the Thatcher era here. Heaven forbid that people take responsibility for themselves and what they do. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 17 Nov 2006 08:20 In article <455C926F.2C0D57E2(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >> >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> >> >>>When you are earning $200 per week, how much can you spare to pay off a >> >>>mortgage? What duration are US Mortgages? How much of a deposit is >> >>>normally >> >>>put down? >> >>> >> >>>I know you meant long term planning, but earning minimum wage does not >> >>>lend >> >>>itself to that kind of living. People have to eat. They have to pay bills. >> >>>They have to be able to save for a deposit. They have to live somewhere >> >>>while they are waiting to buy their house. Etc. >> >> >> >> You don't have to borrow. The Portuguese around here make it a >> >> family affair. Everybody in the extended family works, and then >> >> they buy a house for cash. No borrowing. Now the family has >> >> a house to live in and they begin to save for the next house. >> >> Eventually everybody has their own house. >> > >> >Once again, you extrapolate from an extremely unusual case, to everybody in >> >the country. And by the way, how recent was this Portuguese family affair >> >thing done? I'll posit that you're also in the habit of extrapolating from >> >45 years ago to the present, and I'll just say that the real estate market >> >(and the economy as a whole) is a *very* different thing than it was 45 >> >years ago. >> >> AFAIK, they're still doing this and will continue as long as >> emigration continues. > >Which is fine for these Portuguese but what about everyone else who doesn't have >an extended family ? You find friends who will pool. In the early 80s, singles would pool their resources, buy a house and share the mortgage payments. There are all kinds of ways to get started. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 17 Nov 2006 08:21 In article <455C929F.5B8DE7C4(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >I wonder how she got health cover on $2 a month ! >> >> >> >> I didn't have it. >> > >> >Exacttly. So what happened if you got ill ? >> >> I went to bed and let nature work. > >So what happens if the illness is potentially fatal ? Hopefully, somebody would find my carcas and get it removed. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 17 Nov 2006 08:24
In article <d5c77$455c98f4$4fe75a4$26744(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> In article <9fbce$455b1e5e$49ecfcb$16796(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, >> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >> >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >>>>In article <kgl6h.25069$TV3.20095(a)newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>, >>>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >>>I sure hope he's not one of those you're trying >>>to learn something from. > >> Of course I'm learning. IDing head jams is very useful. >> IDing irrevocable head jams is also useful. > >> I've learned about different word meanings, tool names, and >> how some administrative stuff works in his country. I've >> figured out some the problems they have. > >With all due respect, and no insult intended in the following: > >Based on your postings you're in approximately the same decade >of life as I am. I can't help but wonder how you managed to >remain so insulated from life, the news, and general reading >as not to have rubbed shoulders with the word meanings, >tool names (based on you dad's reported jobs) and >administrative stuff (especially as we've all lived with >the administrative stuff.) After all, you come across as >inquisitive so I can't begin to understand why it is >these things got past you without notice. As for the words, I'd never heard them used in that manner. This is common. EAch locality and country seems to have their own lingo. Programmers tend to be passionate about lanugage and meanings, etc. > > > I've figured out some the problems they have. > >Which "they"? The individuals posting here or the Brits or >the USG? Yes. /BAH |