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From: lucasea on 3 Nov 2006 14:35 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:454B96E3.580EEEFE(a)hotmail.com... > > > T Wake wrote: > >> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >> >> There are *some* areas where there are different goods / services but >> there >> is certainly no shortage of selection. > > Cheese ! God knows how many hundreds you can get here. The Americans > certainly > don't have the same wealth of choice. Wine probably too - and BEER ! We're > well > off for all of these. If you've not been to the US in a while, you might be surprised at the choices of beer and wine we now have. In my opinion, California whites and many reds have it *all* over France, Italy and Germany. The only things that are rarer than hen's teeth here are a good dry Riesling, and a Chardonnay that doesn't make you check your tongue for splinters. And as for beer, there are literally hundreds of domestic microbrews that are distributed all over the country now. It's not quite like Britain, where I understand every town of any consequence has its own brew, but certainly there are a lot, and many, many towns of more than 20,000 people do have brewpubs, if not microbrewers that bottle and distribute. Many of them are excellent. Even in the little hick backwater I lived in recently, we could get some damn fine bitters, pale ales, brown ales and the like. Import selection is quite impressive as well, particularly from England and Belgium. I knew things were going well when I found Old Peculier in a beer shop in a tiny little town of about 500 people in the middle of nowhere. And they turned it over often enough that it was still reasonably fresh. American tastes seem largely aligned with British beer tastes--which in my opinion are far, far better than the largely flavorless swill the Germans make. Eric Lucas
From: Eeyore on 3 Nov 2006 14:39 lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > "MooseFET" <kensmith(a)rahul.net> wrote in message > > > > Thing we assume like the mains voltage and frequency can't be > > assumed over there. I measured the output of one plug from about 160 > > to 250 volts and about 45 to 48Hz. > > Good lord, I'd guess that'll fry your laptop. Good thing about those universal input supplies ( 90-260V ) isn't it ? > Just out of curiosity, what was nominal--120V/50Hz? It should be 220V btw. Graham.
From: Eeyore on 3 Nov 2006 14:51 unsettled wrote: > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >>> "MooseFET" <kensmith(a)rahul.net> wrote: > >>> > >>>>They seem to be doing better than the US with a lot less money for > >>>>health care. > >>> > >>>Could it be the drug costs that make this difference? > >> > >>Why do so may US medical practicioners prescibe expensive drugs > > > > They don't. > > > >>when cheaper > >>generics are just as good for mnay things ? > > > > These days anybody with any kind of insurance have to use generic. > > > >>It artificially inflates costs. That's not allowed in the NHS. > > > > Who is supposed to pay for the drug research? > > Mostly US citizens, of course. Only the USA buys drugs ? You're as mad as the proverbial hatter. Graham
From: Eeyore on 3 Nov 2006 14:55 unsettled wrote: > It is amazing how "low class mass production public education" > comes blasting through in your arguments. Good Lord !!!! Graham
From: Eeyore on 3 Nov 2006 14:57
lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message > > > > It is amazing how "low class mass production public education" > > comes blasting through in your arguments. > > If you apply that moniker to MIT, then I'm fine with it, you can think > whatever you want. > > > You're still following those lemmings. > > And what lemmings would those be that you're imagining? http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/lemmings.htm I expect 'unsettled' would be doing the pushing. Graham |