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From: unsettled on 17 Nov 2006 11:01 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > In article <455C9AC6.36C3670E(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> >>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>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. >> >>Ohhh ...... puh-leeze.......... !! >> >> >> >>>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? >> >>Ohhh ...... puh-leeze.......... !! > > > You are not thinking. If kids' experience is only with > credit card swipes, and their parents don't pay using > cash, how are the kids going to learn about denominations > and counting out currency money? Most kids today are not given an allowance any longer from what I can see. Parents buy them whatever is within the budget, or the credit card limits, whichever is greater.
From: unsettled on 17 Nov 2006 11:05 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > In article <455C9BC9.30B08330(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > <snip> > >>>I don't have a com port. >> >>On a 486 ? You normally have 2. What does your modem connect to ? >> >>That would be astonishingly unusual ! Where does the mouse go ? > > > Serial ports. It seems to have begun with some terminals which labelled their RS232 ports with the logo "com".
From: unsettled on 17 Nov 2006 11:08 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > In article <455C9CB7.A22D3183(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> >>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>You need to get away from the concept of commercial >>>>>>insurance. With that model there is no drive to save money. >>>>> >>>>>*I* do not need to get away from the concept. I am telling you >>>>>what our Democrats have in mind when they talk about a single-payer >>>>>system. >>>> >>>>What the Democrats 'have in mind' isn't the only possibilty ! >>> >>>How do you know this? You have already shown a misunderstanding >>>of the US Constitution, the Federal medical programs, tax >>>laws, and how we work. >> >>I have made no comments about half those things even in this thread. >> >> >> >>>>>>Remember, the NHS is not insurance. >>>>> >>>>>I am telling you that your type of NHS would never be >>>>>implemented here >>>> >>>>I can accept its chances may be slim due to vested interests but that's > > not > >>>>the point I was trying to make. >>>> >>>> >>>>>nor would it work. >>>> >>>>Just explain *why* it wouldn't work. You keep making this assertion on the >>>>basis of vague notions. >>> >>>I have already told you. Yours is based on small business models. >> >>No it isn't. The NHS is one of the largest organisation in the world ! >> >> >> >>>A single-payer in the US cannot have that; it is too big--3000 miles >>>wide 1700 miles long. You cannot administer distribution system >>>using a small business model while keeping the decisions central. >> >>Then how do the likes of FedEx and DHL function *worldwide* ? > > > They cannot deliver individual service. They do not repackage, > recolor, nor remake the package nor the contents. There is > no comparision to carrying a package from point A to point B > and fixing a single individual's ailment. I don't know what DHL does but FedEx uses a lot of contractors. Lost or delayed packages incurr some costs which they pay instead of trying to manage the entire system themselves from a central point.
From: Eeyore on 17 Nov 2006 11:10 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > >> > >> >How many referrals do you think the person should be allowed? > >> > >> At the moment, I'd like to limit the number of referrals a _doctor_ > >> can make. Dad's on his 6th or 7th referral. And the basic stuff > >> hasn't been done yet. They're playing the Medicare system to its > >> max. > > > >You need an 'NHS'. > > He is on the US' NHS called Medicare. Diagnosis of an ill old > person now takes lots of referrals and tests and stuff. Medicare isn't as good as an NHS it seems. Graham
From: unsettled on 17 Nov 2006 11:11
John Fields wrote: > On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:26:47 +0000, Eeyore > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >> >>John Fields wrote: > > >>> What do you do for a living? >> >>How specific would you like me to be aside from electronic design and consultancy >>( specialising in pro-audio ). > > > --- > That's close enough. He doesn't appear to have much work. |