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From: joseph2k on 10 Aug 2006 01:15 Phat Bytestard wrote: > On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 19:09:13 +0100, John Woodgate > <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> Gave us: > >>In message <emsed2l5mhurr112j306uo06761oj570tv(a)4ax.com>, dated Mon, 7 >>Aug 2006, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> writes >> >>>I live in a 4000 square foot house on half an acre, the total worth >>>around 500k in Austin, Texas. >> >>That's five times the floor area of my bungalow, and the plot is 0.42 >>acres. It's worth around GBP 200k here, or USD 360k. > > > 4000 sq ft around here (carlsbad) is a half million dollar home. I am reasonably familiar with the area, either that valuation is too low or it won't last long. Long live the speculative REIT. -- JosephKK Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens. --Schiller
From: Jim Yanik on 10 Aug 2006 01:25 John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in news:r90ld2h23chs83r1osv5l3kpd4lqep06to(a)4ax.com: > > Some very bright and thoughtful people have argued that there is no > such thing as excessive election advertising. Our Supreme Court has > found that restricting election advertising is in violation of our > constitutional right to free speech. > > John > > I disagree;the USSC said McCain-Feingold is Constitutional;IMO,it's not. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net
From: David Brown on 10 Aug 2006 03:22 Phat Bytestard wrote: > On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 06:48:58 +0100, John Woodgate > <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> Gave us: > >> In message <iogid2pd7udgeknltr9q8osf4nmvumuikr(a)4ax.com>, dated Wed, 9 >> Aug 2006, Phat Bytestard <phatbytestard(a)getinmahharddrive.org> writes >> >>> We fire bombed Dresden for the UK. We didn't need no stinkin' >>> bombsights. It was at night, and we dropped a huge salvo. >> I don't think the US did any night bombing at that time; it was RAF at >> night and USAAF in daylight, suffering large losses. > > Dresden, in particular, was a night raid, and was a US operation. Dresden was a joint effort, commanded by the UK RAF. The RAF bombed through the night, and the USAAF took over during the day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II (or any other googled web reference).
From: John Woodgate on 10 Aug 2006 03:38 In message <44daded3$1(a)news.wineasy.se>, dated Thu, 10 Aug 2006, David Brown <david(a)westcontrol.removethisbit.com> writes >Dresden was a joint effort, commanded by the UK RAF. The RAF bombed >through the night, and the USAAF took over during the day. Quite. That's why 'Bomber' Harris (commander of RAF Bomber Command) gets the blame. -- 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: Phat Bytestard on 10 Aug 2006 04:22
On 10 Aug 2006 09:22:59 +0200, David Brown <david(a)westcontrol.removethisbit.com> Gave us: >Phat Bytestard wrote: >> On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 06:48:58 +0100, John Woodgate >> <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> Gave us: >> >>> In message <iogid2pd7udgeknltr9q8osf4nmvumuikr(a)4ax.com>, dated Wed, 9 >>> Aug 2006, Phat Bytestard <phatbytestard(a)getinmahharddrive.org> writes >>> >>>> We fire bombed Dresden for the UK. We didn't need no stinkin' >>>> bombsights. It was at night, and we dropped a huge salvo. >>> I don't think the US did any night bombing at that time; it was RAF at >>> night and USAAF in daylight, suffering large losses. >> >> Dresden, in particular, was a night raid, and was a US operation. > >Dresden was a joint effort, commanded by the UK RAF. The RAF bombed >through the night, and the USAAF took over during the day. > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II >(or any other googled web reference). They were our incendiaries too. |