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From: Eeyore on 17 Nov 2006 22:04 unsettled wrote: > Not one of them will answer the simple question I > asked about a facility like the Mayo Clinic which > would have no place in their scheme of things. I don't recall you asking this. > In fact, how about a list of any facilities similar > to the Mayo in the UK. I don't even know what's so special about this Mayo Clinic. Why would we need an equivalent ? Graham
From: unsettled on 17 Nov 2006 22:12 T Wake wrote: > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message > news:WJr7h.11918$yl4.2433(a)newssvr12.news.prodigy.com... > >>"unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message >>news:b9b71$455e420b$4fe7285$6031(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... >> >>>T Wake wrote: >>> >>> >>>><lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message >>>>news:4vi7h.4263$yE6.2248(a)newssvr14.news.prodigy.com... >>>> >>>> >>>>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>>>>news:ejk9av$8qk_003(a)s922.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>In article <6gH6h.25564$TV3.23860(a)newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>, >>>>>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>news:ejf56j$8qk_003(a)s792.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>In article <5hk6h.25029$TV3.4028(a)newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>, >>>>>>>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>news:ejccrn$8ss_006(a)s858.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>In article <BN06h.5439$IR4.708(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net>, >>>>>>>>>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>news:45586F70.5FF100EE(a)hotmail.com... >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Finding the right thing that's profitable isn't always that >>>>>>>>>>>>>>easy. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>It is easy. People around here charge $50 for 15 minutes' worth >>>>>>>>>>>>>of housecleaning and they get it. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>They do ? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>I'm sure they wouldn't here. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>It's certainly not the norm in the US. It might be $50, (I've >>>>>>>>>>>heard >>>>>>>>>>>smaller >>>>>>>>>>>number, in the $30 - $40 range) but it's not for 15 minutes >>>>>>>>>>>work--typically >>>>>>>>>>>it is for cleaning a whole house, which, including vacuuming, >>>>>>>>>>>mopping, >>>>>>>>>>>cleaning the loo, is probably more like an hour or two. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>I have a 4-room house. If one is healthy, it takes 15 minutes to >>>>>>>>>>do >>>>>>>>>>the usual cleaning. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Once again, we see extrapolation of barely relevant experience well >>>>>>>>>beyond >>>>>>>>>the bounds of extrapolability. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>1) I'm sure that anybody that pays $50 to have their house cleaned >>>>>>>>>has >>>>>>>>>more >>>>>>>>>than a 4 room house. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>And you would be wrong. There is a minimum charge around here. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>OK, let me put it another way. Nobody who owns a 4-room house is >>>>>>>going to >>>>>>>pay $50 to get their house cleaned. >>>>>> >>>>>>Then you are wrong. I did. >>>>> >>>>>*You* did? PT Barnum was absolutely right. I suspect the person who >>>>>did the cleaning for you saw your "thinking" ability, and made you for >>>>>an easy mark. >>>> >>>> >>>>Capitalism at work :-) >>> >>>There are times that we pay a lawyer of doctor more per >>>minute that she did the cleaner, and get less in exchange. >> >>Don't be silly--you get a lot more in exchange. You get the benefit of a >>huge knowledge base, and access to societal institutions, that you would >>not have otherwise. The other is just a bunch of vacuuming. If her time >>is worth $50/15 minutes, she has more money than sense...and she really >>has no right to get judgmental with people about frugality, waste, etc. >> >>By the way, *she* was the one whining about how much house cleaners make. >>If she doesn't like it, she should vote with her feet. I'm sure one of >>those Portuguese huddled into that tiny house would be happy to do 15 >>minutes of house cleaning for $20. > > > Exactly. /BAH has the cheek to accuse others of not knowing the value of > money, yet pays $50 for what is basically a light dusting. > > Madness knows no bounds. > > >>>Your criticisms are misplaced, as usual. >> >>Still ignoring my comments, I see. >> > > > For some reason, unsettled thought I was criticising Capitalism. He is, as > always, wrong. I was commenting about /BAH's reluctance to allow market > forces to work (and employing menial labour for less). > > Oh well, he really will never quite "get it." > > Your criticisms are misplaced, as usual.
From: JoeBloe on 17 Nov 2006 22:25 On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:19:06 -0000, "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> Gave us: > >"JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message >news:inqql2hnpth720hefaq42m6f4neqd410vh(a)4ax.com... >> On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:43:42 -0000, "T Wake" >> <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> Gave us: >> >>> >>>"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. >>> >> So, it is your contention that ADSL works on non-digitally switched >> hardware? > >Not at all. Is it your contention that an ISDN line must be in place prior >to ADSL? > No, and I never said any such thing either. What I DID say is that digital switchgear has to be at the very first switch from your installation. I'll give you three guesses what that switchgear is.
From: JoeBloe on 17 Nov 2006 22:33 On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:17:44 +0000, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: > > >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 > I was talking about the MG Midget, which eventually became the spridget! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_Midget What is the Rover? That would be a Britsh-Leyland product, no?
From: JoeBloe on 17 Nov 2006 22:34
On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:20:50 +0000, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: >How about you just take a look at when and why this terrorism started ? You are obviously truly clueless as to the reference point for either. |