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From: lucasea on 17 Nov 2006 15:27 "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message news:a4151$455dfe07$4fe7457$3928(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > Don Bowey wrote: >> On 11/17/06 4:58 AM, in article >> ejkblm$8qk_012(a)s922.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com, "jmfbahciv(a)aol.com" >> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote: >> >> >>>In article <455C8889.E558C69B(a)hotmail.com>, >>> 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. >> >> >> Your a complete, devious idiot, or you may be just a troll. >> >> *Regardless* of age, multiple referrals may be required. I'm an ill, old >> (not really - just 70) > > Most of us age more gracefully than you have. The bulk of your comments here belie that assertion. Eric Lucas
From: lucasea on 17 Nov 2006 15:31 "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message news:8c061$455e03dc$4fe7457$4200(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > Don Bowey wrote: > >> On 11/17/06 10:23 AM, in article >> a4151$455dfe07$4fe7457$3928(a)DIALUPUSA.NET, >> "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >> >> >>>Don Bowey wrote: >>> >>>>On 11/17/06 4:58 AM, in article >>>>ejkblm$8qk_012(a)s922.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com, "jmfbahciv(a)aol.com" >>>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>In article <455C8889.E558C69B(a)hotmail.com>, >>>>>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. >>>> >>>> >>>>Your a complete, devious idiot, or you may be just a troll. >>>> >>>>*Regardless* of age, multiple referrals may be required. I'm an ill, >>>>old >>>>(not really - just 70) >>> >>>Most of us age more gracefully than you have. >>> >>>snip >> >> >> Don't see how. I'm as graceful as they get. > > No arrogance left for the rest of your family..... Pot, kettle....kettle, pot. Eric Lucas
From: Lloyd Parker on 17 Nov 2006 10:01 In article <A987h.11222$9v5.5862(a)newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >"Don Bowey" <dbowey(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >news:C1823FBF.4D1E8%dbowey(a)comcast.net... >> On 11/16/06 3:32 PM, in article >> Jv67h.6500$IR4.5893(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net, "lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net" >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> "Don Bowey" <dbowey(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >>> news:C1813799.4CF09%dbowey(a)comcast.net... >>>> On 11/15/06 7:50 PM, in article 455BE00C.DE95D418(a)hotmail.com, "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'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. I haven't seen a smoggy >> day in years and I'm for keeping it that way. >> >> Maybe I should just give up on a new MG and get a Mini Cooper S >> convertible. > >Never driven a Mini. By me, it's all about handling--it's not clear to me >that something that short would handle well. I do know that Miatas handle >absolutely beautifully. (I can't remember--did you say you had a Miata?) >There are actually several good to excellent roadsters on the market in the >US now. Just about every car maker has one, and a number of them are >supposed to drive very well. When I bought my second Miata, it was almost >an MR2...except the local Toyota dealer didn't have any in stock, would have >had a lot of trouble getting one, and wouldn't let me take the one he had >for a solo test drive. I drove down the street to the Mazda dealer, took >out the one I liked for about an hour solo on the local roads, and it was >mine an hour later. I'm considering a used BMW Z3 for my next roadster. >BMWs have an excellent reputation for drivability, and I never liked the >look of the Z4. > >Eric Lucas > >Eric Lucas > >Eric Lucas >> > > From everything I've read, the Porsche Boxster is the best roadster. Used ones should be relatively reasonably priced.
From: Lloyd Parker on 17 Nov 2006 10:15 In article <a0f2a$455ddc22$4fe7798$2513(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> 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. > >Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care >of themseves. It is a mindset, not merely a method. > OK, you save $1 a day by not eating out. How long does it take you to save up a 20% down payment on a $100,000 house? >>>Do get real. Your answers are quite pathetic and reminiscent >>>of the worst excesses of the Thatcher era here. > >> Heaven forbid that people take responsibility for themselves >> and what they do. > >Where would Big Brother be then? <shivers>
From: Lloyd Parker on 17 Nov 2006 10:11
In article <fsi7h.4258$yE6.994(a)newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >news:455D9A58.7FA6D54F(a)hotmail.com... >> >> >> JoeBloe wrote: >> >>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: >>> >lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: >>> >> "Don Bowey" <dbowey(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >>> >> >>> >> > As I recall, the pollution controls began being enforced about 1970. >>> >> > By >>> >> > the end of the decade the air was much cleaner. >>> >> >>> >> And not coincidentally, since US sales accounted for the majority of >>> >> MG >>> >> sales, they went under essentially at the end of the decade of the >>> >> 70s. >>> > >>> >Eh ? >>> >>> Austin-Healey, right? No, they didn't go under. >> >> They just stopped making them. >> >> >>> The word for today is : >>> >>> * * * S P R I D G E T * * * >> >> Eh ? >> >> Actually I was talking about MG and they didn't go down until a couple of >> years >> ago. >> >> http://www.mg-rover.com/static/index.html > > >They closed up shop in Abingon, sold off all the tools to aftermarket >manufacturers, and didn't resurface until the F was introduced in 1995. For >all intents and purposes, the marque went under. Not BL, but the MG >"division" (if it was called such). Actually, I don't think the >reincarnation is dead--I've seen reference to re-re-introducing the F in >2007. We'll see. > >Eric Lucas > >Eric Lucas > > If I remember correctly, what was Rover made Rover cars, Land Rover SUVs, and MG cars (based on Rovers, plus a mid-engine model). BMW bought Rover, but couldn't make a go of it. They sold Land Rover to Ford and Rover (including MG) to a group of investors for a nominal amount (1 pound or such). That company has now folded too and was sold to a Chinese company. |