From: Ben Newsam on
On Sat, 18 Nov 06 12:52:36 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:

>There are a few British businesses who bought US companies
>and skimmed the cash out. The corruption is not a US
>invention.

That's not corruption, that's capitalism.
From: jmfbahciv on
In article <v86ul2ptr7oev3a76fe96hb720ak07hlmq(a)4ax.com>,
Ben Newsam <ben.newsam(a)ukonline.co.uk> wrote:
>On Sat, 18 Nov 06 12:52:36 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>
>>There are a few British businesses who bought US companies
>>and skimmed the cash out. The corruption is not a US
>>invention.
>
>That's not corruption, that's capitalism.

I see. If the UK does it, it's capitalism; if the US does
it, it's corruption. That makes sense within the context
of this thread.

/BAH

From: unsettled on
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
> In article <88717$455dddd0$4fe7798$2705(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>,
> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
>
>>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".
>
>
> Oh, I see. I never considered series nor parallel ports as
> "comm ports".

Smaller words.......
From: unsettled on
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:

> In article <455DDC87.ECA201D3(a)hotmail.com>,
> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Question for BAH--what amount of time passed between when you went to the
>>>>store and when you caught "what they've put in this year's flu cocktail"?
>>>
>>>This one seems to have a 2-day incubation period and lasts 5-6 days;
>>>I won't know the latter until I'm over it. I'm assuming a week.
>>>That means the course is 9 days; multiply it by 8 which gives 72 days.
>>>That means that I won't be over this one until February. Great.
>>
>>Why do you need to multiply it by 8 ?
>
>
> If I'm afflicted with a virus, I have the illness 8 times, AFAICT.
> It may be more but the symptoms become part of the background noise
> of the usual symptoms I have every day.

Sorry to hear that.

Do you think it possible that once you bring
an infection home your environment keeps
reinfecting you?

From: T Wake on

"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:455EF19C.FD6B2691(a)hotmail.com...
>
>
> unsettled wrote:
>
>> T Wake wrote:
>>
>> > I have been to the doctor in past, unwell, the doctor has treated me
>> > and I
>> > was well again. Once more unsettled is simply wrong.
>>
>> A person is never quite as well as they were before the illness.
>
> Even if it's minor ?
>
> Say a skin rash.

It is still irrelevant. I never said "as well as before" so his pedantry
here is misplaced.