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From: John Woodgate on 6 Aug 2006 16:04 In message <glfcd2tvk21bpuakqrfeho51o2r8elfgd5(a)4ax.com>, dated Sun, 6 Aug 2006, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> writes >In California, the squeeze results from increasing population combined >with putting a lot of land off-limits to development. You don't have a >lot of surplus land in Britain, either, I guess. Like in CA, a lot of it is protected from development. In the district I live in, 98% is, but that is exceptional. >Housing is a fraction of our local pricing in, say, Texas or Florida. House prices are much lower in the frozen north of Britain, because no-one wants to live there. (;-) -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
From: John Woodgate on 6 Aug 2006 16:08 In message <pfccd2lqe0q630mmdbgv7qs34qhl36uf38(a)4ax.com>, dated Sun, 6 Aug 2006, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> writes >I've never been to France, so I don't have any hands-on experience with >the niceties or even the not-so-niceties of that culture, so that puts >me out of judgement range. If you don't go to Paris, you'll love it. DON'T go to Paris. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
From: John Fields on 6 Aug 2006 16:33 On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 16:29:20 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > >John Fields wrote: >> --- >> Never mind; I'm waiting for an answer. > >That's easy. Of course I don't want them to be defeated. I'd like to see them >live in peace with their neighbours and I fear that their current actions are >more likely to adversely affect that possibility. --- So, you think that they should be infinite sinks? -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: John Larkin on 6 Aug 2006 16:36 On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:42:55 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > >John Fields wrote: > >> On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:36:17 +0100, Eeyore >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >John Fields wrote: >> >> >> Yeah, you don't hate the US, huh??? >> > >> >Compared to France......... >> >> --- >> What's that supposed to mean? That France hates us more than you >> do, or that you hate France more than you do the US, or what??? > >I was referring to those posters here who regularly exhibit their contempt for >France. Turning the question round if you like. > >Note my choice of words btw - I don't simplifiy everything to black and white. The >word hate should only ever be used where it's justified. > > >> >It's not hate John. I see you don't criticise those on your side of the ocean >> >who probably do hate France with no good reason btw. >> >> --- >> That's because on this side of the pond there's no good reason _not_ >> to hate France! ;) > >Pfftttt.... > > >> Except for the Statue of Liberty, the Louisiana purchase, the gram, >> the metre, foie gras and Roquefort and Bordeaux and on and on... >> >> Seriously, though, why would you expect me to ride herd on US >> Francophobes? > >Not specifically I don't. What I had in mind was the way you ( or was it JL? ) >jumped on me for what amounts to suggesting a fairly innocent action whilst not >commenting on your countrymen here who are happily proposing mass murder to solve >geo-political issues ! > > I don't recall such a jumping-on. What innocent act was proposed? I might jump on it still, if it's not too late. I have spent some time, two or three months total, in France. The people are nice (except in Paris of course), the food is excellent, and the architecture is boring. Maybe the problem isn't France, it's Paris. I prefer England to visit, provided you map out the good Italian restaurants in advance. I did spend a month in Moscow, in the USSR days, and it was like being in prison. The cabbage rolls weren't bad, though. But imagine sitting down in a high-class restaurant and ordering a beer ("piva" or some such) and having the waiter say "nyet piva"... "no beer tonight." No wonder the Berlin wall came down... they had to let some brew in. But I ramble. John
From: joseph2k on 6 Aug 2006 17:12
John Woodgate wrote: > In message <0oacd2t5g2pkiur9iug5p6g991c76mi65r(a)4ax.com>, dated Sun, 6 > Aug 2006, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> > writes >>Yeah. My company has ignored the RoHS thing entirely, except that we >>are concerned about tin whiskers on the leads of compliant parts. > > You still use parts with LEADS? How quaint. (;-) Somebody has to deal with the distribution of hundreds to thousands of watts in the server farms. That means things like power transistors, inductors with worthwhile inductance at many amperes, and capacitors and resistors to match; not to mention wiring and connectors. -- JosephKK Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens. --Schiller |