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From: Eeyore on 18 Nov 2006 14:47 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> > >> >> 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. > > > >That's a 'com' ( communications ) port ! > > Not really. I had not known that the PC crowd called them > com ports. Microsoft has from very early on. Graham
From: Eeyore on 18 Nov 2006 14:48 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> > >> >>>> I don't want an internal modem. I want one with lights that flash > >> >>>> for every I/O. > >> >>> > >> >>>They don't help that much you know. > >> >> > >> >> What? Lights? Yes they help a lot. > >> > > >> >You're fooling yourself. Viruses can still get through, > >> > >> I can see when one is coming in. > > > >No you can't. A virus infected file is indistinguishable from one that isn't > >infected to a modem. It's just a file. > > But I don't download files, period. I hit the off switch whenver > there is unasked-for activity. Which you wouldn't even have to do if you used something up to date ! Graham
From: Eeyore on 18 Nov 2006 14:49 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > . > >> Another way to get medical insurance is marry somebody who has it. > >> Or get adopted by somebody who has it. > > > >Those things are not possible to rely on of course. > > Sigh! Which letter of the word "planning" do you not understand? You think it's possible to *plan* being married ? On a minimum wage income ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 18 Nov 2006 14:50 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> > > >> >> My folks didn't ask those questions. When we were sick we > >> >> went to the doctor. The Doc would take payment in chickens > >> >> or produce or something. > >> > > >> >I don't think they take chickens anymore ! > >> > >> That's because doctoring is no longer a small business. > > > >I don't think anyone takes payment in chickens these days. Not just doctors. > > Mom used eggs. She didn't kill the chickens who laid them. How many eggs would it take for a visit to the doctor ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 18 Nov 2006 14:52
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > 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. As ever, you're not comparing like with like. Try again ! Graham |