From: T Wake on 4 Nov 2006 12:59 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:454CC5F7.35DE9A16(a)hotmail.com... > > > T Wake wrote: > >> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote >> > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> >>> 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 4 Nov 2006 12:35 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 4 Nov 2006 13:01 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:454CD1A0.9BCAB921(a)hotmail.com... > > > T Wake wrote: > >> <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 4 Nov 2006 13:46 unsettled wrote: > T Wake wrote: > > > 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 4 Nov 2006 13:49
MooseFET wrote: > Eeyore wrote: > > [....] > > > 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 |