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From: T Wake on 6 Dec 2006 13:10 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4576EB91.7516663D(a)hotmail.com... > > > 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: >> >> >> lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote: >> >> >> > >> >> >> >Ever hear of the "peace dividend"? We weren't fighting the cold >> >> >> >war >> >> >> >anymore. >> >> >> >> >> >> And you swallowed the sound byte hook, line, and sinker. >> >> > >> >> >That's sound bite btw. I'm amused how it's been corrupted so quickly. >> >> >> >> It is "byte" if all you do is rely on Google for your facts. >> > >> >So you do have web access ? That's not what Google tells me ! >> > >> >http://www.google.com/search?rls=en&q=sound+bite >> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundbite >> > >> > >> >> >> The cold war didn't just stop. >> >> > >> >> >Well actually, yes it did. Aside from N Korea I suppose. >> >> >> >> Afghanistan and the Taliban was caused by cold war skirmishes. >> > >> >It was certainly caused by Cold War stupidity ! >> >> Oh, I see. ARe you saying that the Cold War should not >> have been waged? Are you saying that Europe should have >> abandoned NATO and allowed Berlin to fall? And that they >> should have welcomed Stalin's troops with flowers? > > The only flowers I recall was when the East Germans knocked down the > Berlin > Wall. The only bit of Berlin to fall wrt the Cold War. I have a piece of > it here > actually. > > The stupidity wrt Afghanistan was backing the Taliban ( oops they called > themselves Mujahadeen 'freedom fighters back then - not Taliban > terrorists ). They were still called the Taliban, even then. Just westerners didnt really pick up on it because "Mujahadeen" has a better ring to it.
From: T Wake on 6 Dec 2006 13:14 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4576FC9A.EB5DDC8F(a)hotmail.com... > > > T Wake wrote: > >> Oh, and don't forget the little faeries who make sure things get done. > > Don't forget the gremlins either. True, you have to account for their costs as well.
From: T Wake on 6 Dec 2006 13:14 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4576FF70.4807337B(a)hotmail.com... > > > T Wake wrote: > >> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> > >> > Prices in the SE of England are pretty damn high not least because >> > there >> > are jobs here. >> >> Where house prices were low there were no jobs so people _still_ couldn't >> afford them. Then all the people from the south east turned up and bought >> second homes - pushing the prices even further away from the locals. >> >> Oh well. I have my houses and I am happy :-) > > I doubt I could afford mine if I was buying today. That is the joy of house ownership :-)
From: Eeyore on 6 Dec 2006 15:00 T Wake wrote: > "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message > > > > The poor in this area can easily own a house without even > > trying real hard. > > Then, can I suggest you purchase several houses now. The wonders of the > capitalist market will ensure that (unless there are other factors not > mentioned) soon people will realise this area is a haven and buy up the > houses. I suspect the house prices are low because of low population > densities - if there is more work than people, people will turn up to fill > the jobs (again, unless the area is inhospitable). Maybe there's over-supply of housing ? Sounds odd I know. Graham
From: T Wake on 6 Dec 2006 16:12
"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:45772145.FAC3A522(a)hotmail.com... > > > T Wake wrote: > >> "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message >> > >> > The poor in this area can easily own a house without even >> > trying real hard. >> >> Then, can I suggest you purchase several houses now. The wonders of the >> capitalist market will ensure that (unless there are other factors not >> mentioned) soon people will realise this area is a haven and buy up the >> houses. I suspect the house prices are low because of low population >> densities - if there is more work than people, people will turn up to >> fill >> the jobs (again, unless the area is inhospitable). > > Maybe there's over-supply of housing ? Sounds odd I know. > If he has any sense he will make full advantage of this before supply and demand return to normal. If there are jobs, people will migrate in and the houses will be taken up. |