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From: MooseFET on 4 Nov 2006 11:26 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > In article <S8J2h.682$Mw.315(a)newssvr11.news.prodigy.com>, > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > >"MooseFET" <kensmith(a)rahul.net> wrote in message > >news:1162566543.051602.226320(a)f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > >> > >> It is likely that he will give it a try. This week's comments were a > >> botched joke. We already knew that Kerry can't tell a joke to save his > >> life so in the long run it won't matter. What will matter is that he > >> has already lost one election and it is likely that the voters will > >> never forgive him for that. > >> > >> In the US they have things called "primaries" where the folks from the > >> same party run against each other for the right to run in the general > >> election. Kerry is not likely to come in above 4th place in the > >> primaries where three people are running. > > > >Good lord, I hope not. > > I've been telling that the Democrat leadership are insane. Yes, you've been saying that, not that it has anything to do with the posting you elected to reply to. You are, however, quite incorrect in this. The Democrat leadership is quite sane and rational. This will be demonstrated after tuesday when a wave of sanity sweeps through Washington. > <snip> > > /BAH
From: unsettled on 4 Nov 2006 11:27 krw wrote: > In article <eifrsp$irb$3(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>, lparker(a)emory.edu > says... > >>In article <eifgj0$8qk_005(a)s820.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>>In article <ZDn2h.3658$B31.603(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>, >>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > <big snip> > >>>>Nothing about income there. >>> >>>Pay attention to the if clause. There is paragraph that says >>>if you don't have records, you can opt to pay your out >>>of state purchases sales tax as a percentage of your income. >>> >> >>Sure, and for the IRS, you can estimate your sales tax deduction as a >>percentage of your income too. Nothing new there. > > > IRS? "Sales tax deduction"? What drugs are you on? It used to be true. But you probably aren't old enough to know anything about "no taxes on taxes." I haven't seen sales tax deduction in a long time, but then I no longer have to look at itimized deductions so I don't know what's there today. You also used to be able to deduct miles traveled on toll roads (based on paying a road tax on gasoline) and well as any taxes paid to the state for any reason.
From: T Wake on 4 Nov 2006 11:28 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:eii49d$8nc_008(a)s792.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <9oednZXphtPkzNbYRVnysQ(a)pipex.net>, > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> >><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>news:eifhsi$8qk_013(a)s820.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>> In article <cIadnRExj-EqqtbYnZ2dnUVZ8s-dnZ2d(a)pipex.net>, >>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>>> >>>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>>>news:eia884$8qk_011(a)s880.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>>>> In article <b0b87$454896c9$4fe760b$14253(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, >>>>> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >>>>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> In article <4546F871.E7AD0EB5(a)hotmail.com>, >>>>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>unsettled wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Also compare the availability of goods and services in Europe >>>>>>>>>and other places in the world to ours. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>What !!!! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Are you being funny ? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> No, he's not. There are a lot of Europeans who come to the US >>>>>>> to shop. >>>>>> >>>>>>There have been many flights bringing Europeans to shop at >>>>>>the Mall of America in Minnesota. Straight in, shop all day, >>>>>>get back on the plane the same day and go back. >>>>> >>>>> I hadn't heard that one. >>>> >>>>Neither had I. It seems unusual for people to fly over 10 hours each way >>>>to >>>>go shopping. The prices there really must be rock bottom. >>> >>> Oh, I've heard of people going to Califoria (from Asia) and >>> Boston and NYC from Europe to buy stuff. I had not realized >>> that these shoppers had discovered that Mall. >> >>Wow. I am really, honestly, amazed by this. >> >>I can not speak for all people. I can not speak for all Europeans. I can't >>even speak for all Brits. However, most people I know would not fly to the >>US simply to shop. When they do go to the US on holiday (for example, I >>have >>relatives in New York and often go to Florida on holiday) they will shop >>for >>things. >> >>When people I know go to [Insert European Destination Here] on Holiday, >>they >>will often shop for things as well. >> >>Isn't it strange. >> >>Also, we actually do have shopping malls here in Europe. >> >>What a wonderful world we live in. > > Think about how mobile people how work are. I do. My own job sends me worldwide. > When they > go visit a foreign for their jobs, they experience new > foods, products, etc. They bring back enough and their > neighbors see the stuff or taste it. So now they would > like to have some. The next time a friend of theirs goes > to that country, he a grocery list. Eventually when the > authors of the list go on vacation, part of the constraint > of their plans is go somewhere so they can stock up on X > product. > > We never saw Mexican nor Thai (e.g.) in the northeast until > people started to bring in supplies. I like a certain > mustard that is only sold in the upper midwest US. And > there's a salad dressing that is only sold there. So I > stock up. Most of your thinking hinges on some indeterminate period in the past. I live in fairly rural Britain (it is a 20 minute drive to the nearest shop) and even I can regularly get pretty much anything I look for - I certainly can find more different types of cuisine than I would ever choose to eat. As myself and several others have said, there is no shortage of "selection" in Europe. Your assumption that because people who go to the US buy "things," the said things were unavailable in Europe is flawed.
From: T Wake on 4 Nov 2006 11:29 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:454CAFB9.3433D447(a)hotmail.com... > > > unsettled wrote: > >> Eeyore wrote: >> > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>>When people I know go to [Insert European Destination Here] on >> >>>Holiday, they >> >>>will often shop for things as well. >> >>> >> >>>Isn't it strange. >> >>> >> >>>Also, we actually do have shopping malls here in Europe. >> >>> >> >>>What a wonderful world we live in. >> >> >> >>Think about how mobile people how work are. When they >> >>go visit a foreign for their jobs, they experience new >> >>foods, products, etc. They bring back enough and their >> >>neighbors see the stuff or taste it. So now they would >> >>like to have some. The next time a friend of theirs goes >> >>to that country, he a grocery list. Eventually when the >> >>authors of the list go on vacation, part of the constraint >> >>of their plans is go somewhere so they can stock up on X >> >>product. >> > >> > >> > There's no real need to do that in the UK since we have the ingredients >> > for most >> > world cooking available in the shops here. >> >> I never was able to find buttermilk in any shop or >> "supermarket." > > Probably because there's little demand for it. I've not even sure what it > is ! More a case of Unsettled either looking in the wrong shops (hardware stores seem to fit with his thinking) or some element of his mental state rendering him incapable of finding it. The Tesco store in Andover had it in stock today.
From: Eeyore on 4 Nov 2006 11:30
Spehro Pefhany wrote: > if you're in the market for a $5K+ > watch, there are only a few places worldwide that are comparable Why would anyone spend that much on a watch ? I can't figure it. Aside from bragging rights of course ! Graham |