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From: JoeBloe on 20 Nov 2006 18:26 On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 05:46:22 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> Gave us: > >"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >news:455E89B4.B076E97(a)hotmail.com... >> >> >> JoeBloe wrote: >> >>> 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! > >Um...you might actually want to read that article. The Midget was >introduced in 1961 as essentially the same car as the Mark II Sprite, and >the Spridget was born.. After the demise of the Sprite in 1972, and for the >next 6 years, it became just the Midget. So you should really say that the >Spridget morphed into the Midget. > >Eric Lucas > Not true. Read the part of the article entitled "Today" They were called spridgets right up until the end of their life. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_Midget#Today
From: Eeyore on 20 Nov 2006 18:32 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: > > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote: > > > >> That > >>forces all decisions to made by bureaucrats and non-medical personnel. > > > >No, it does nothing of the kind. The only thing that an insurance company > >or even the NHS can decide is what to pay for. If I want to pay for > >something out of my own pocket, my insurance company won't stop me. In > >England, the NHS doesn't stop people from paying outside the system. The > >big difference between the insurance and the NHS in this respect is that > >the insurance company has to take about 20% off the top to pay for its > >running costs. > > What percentage do you think the government has to take? It is a much > larger organization and it has to soothe political feathers. The > politics is the number one goal. There are no political feathers to be 'soothed'. The NHS has broad support across all the political parties in the UK. Why do you think this so ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 20 Nov 2006 18:36 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... > > >> But are the towns allowed to own the stuff or do they > >> have contract out to a telco? > > > >I don't know if the towns will own it or there is a not-for-profit > >coop that owns the equipment, but the towns are organizing the > >effort at doing the required permits. They're also paying the tab. > > It is beginning to look like internet, or rather, web access, > is becoming a town utility service, like water, power, and road > plowing. 'Town utilities' seem to be a US concept. Over here individual towns don't get usually involved in commercial businesses. One notable exception here is Hull's telecoms yet I have no idea why it's just them. Who runs these US 'town utilities' ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 20 Nov 2006 18:39 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: > > >Lately I've been eating soup for lunch. SWMBO buys the "pop-top" > >soup cans. They seem to work pretty well for me. > > It was difficult to get the last drop of mushroom soup out of the > can. With those pop tops, it is now impossible. Are these 'pop tops' the ones where the lids tears off ? > I don't throw away a milligram of food. You'd be lucky to avoid losing the very last milligram but the concept is sound. I practice this too. It makes for a less smelly refuse too. Graham
From: Eeyore on 20 Nov 2006 18:41
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > |||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk wrote: > > >And your knowledge of computing seems to have stagnated about two > >decades ago. > > Actually nothing really changes. The biz seems to reinvent the > wheel every 10 years or so. Is that what you think ? Really ? > >Seriously you should buy a new computer > > I have a newer one sitting here waiting for me to meet its > OS. Do tell. What is it ? Graham |