From: T Wake on

"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> T Wake wrote:
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>> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote
>> > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
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>> >>> These restrictions may have to be dropped now that there is
>> >>> online shopping available.
>> >>
>> >>There never have been any restrictions on what you can buy since
>> >>rationing
>> >> from WW2 ended in the 50s.
>> >
>> > It didn't end in the UK. Thatcher was still removing vestiges of
>> > WWII price and labor controls when she was PM.
>>
>> Nonsense. Not to mention its been more than 15 years since she was PM.
>>
>> Seriously, do you exist in some Bizzaro world of 50 years ago? It would
>> explain your reluctance to use a web browser on your otherwise capable
>> PC.
>
> Is there a DOS browser ?

Lynx :-) I remember some others (Arachne seems to ring a bell).


From: Ben Newsam on
On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 13:59:10 +0000, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>Expansionism ? What expansionism ? After we ( and the other allies ) kicked his
>troops back out of Kuwait he wasn't doing any expansion.

It didn't get into the papers much, but there was a continuous
campaign of bombing and so on for many years after the Gulf War had
allegedly ended. To enforce the "no fly zone" mostly, I think. Look it
up.
From: T Wake on

"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> T Wake wrote:
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>> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>> > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> >><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>> >>>
>> >>> What counts with measuring the effectiveness of any social program
>> >>> is the individual stories, not the cut and dried percentages
>> >>> of service delivery counts.
>> >>
>> >>And yet you prefer to believe impersonal books when learning about what
>> >>Islam is all about, instead of talking to actual Muslims.
>> >
>> > What do you suggest? I'm reading about their history.
>>
>> Try doing both. I get the feeling you distance yourself from society
>> somewhat, which may explain the perspective you bring to the discussion.
>>
>> Try talking to, and spending time with, Moslems. They are not very
>> different
>> from Christians.
>
> They're also usually quite keen to talk about their religion and how it
> affects
> their lives too.

Yes. All (Christians, Moslems, Jews, Hindus et al) appear equally insane to
me.


From: Eeyore on


unsettled wrote:

> T Wake wrote:
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> > Not always. You have misread his post. The NHS makes extensive use of
> > generics but they are not the *only* choice.
>
> If I'm not mistaken, the physician must be able to justify
> prescribing higher priced medicines.

It's done on the basis of clinical need.

Graham

From: Eeyore on


MooseFET wrote:

> Eeyore wrote:
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> [....]
> > > Seriously, do you exist in some Bizzaro world of 50 years ago? It would
> > > explain your reluctance to use a web browser on your otherwise capable PC.
> >
> > Is there a DOS browser ?
>
> There is at least one:
> http://home.arachne.cz/

Interesting !

Graham