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From: Martin Brown on 20 Oct 2009 03:47 John Larkin wrote: > On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:53:44 +0100, John Devereux > <john(a)devereux.me.uk> wrote: > >> Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> writes: >> >>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:46:02 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> ChrisQ wrote: >>>> >>>> [...] >>>> >>>>> I guess this is where europe and the us differ. In europe, there is >>>>> universal health care free at the point of delivery, but there's no >>>>> reason why you can't go private if you wish and many do. Anything else >>>>> would be inconceivable, even though, yes, it has to be paid for from >>>>> taxes, just as the arts, science and other civilised value type stuff >>>>> gets funded from the state with common consent. >>>>> >>>> Don't generalize from UK systems to EU systems. For example, health care >>>> in Germany is not at all free no matter which method you pick. In the >>>> mid-90's I paid about 800 Deutschmarks per month over there for the two >>>> of us, just in premiums. Then there were co-pays. This was a non-private >>>> plan, the kind that's called Gesetzliche Krankenkasse. That is hardly >>>> free, is it? >>>> >>>> [...] >>> >>> Thanks so much for providing ample data for a troll-feeder filter. >> Please stop spamming the group with this, you're as bad as that idiot >>from google who replies to every "spam" post. > > Senile old git has posted the same thing about 40 times. The senile old git has become a script kiddie. It is surely automated. Regards, Martin Brown
From: Martin Brown on 20 Oct 2009 03:54 John Larkin wrote: > On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:05:35 +0100, Martin Brown > <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> US population has become bimodal. There are a small number of super fit >> guys who run every morning and the rest who walk to their car and use >> remote controls for everything else. > > You haven't been around here on a Saturday morning. 80% of the runners > are female. Impressed. >>> It's very common in the US. It use to be considered a bit tasteless, >>> but no more. >> Gross is the word that springs to mind. > > What's gross bout asking a restaurant to package uneaten food? It's > not much different from ordering take-out. We went to a neighborhood > Thai place on Friday night and ordered three dishes ($30, including > beer), about twice what we could eat, enjoyed the variety, took the > rest home, and had it for lunch on Sunday. What's gross about that? It Curries are one of the few things that are better when reheated the second time - spices have a chance to equilibrate. > was great both times. Some things, like fried foods, just don't work > leftover, but many things do. Confession: I like leftover > half-hamburgers, if they're good ones. Yuck! >> Local food in Normandy around the coast is very good (as is the cider). >> Mont St Michel is overpriced and tasteless but worth seeing (not staying >> at). Avranche not far away is charming. > > Mont St Michel is amazing but, as you say, not the place to stay. I > want to visit its twin off the Cornish coast, the Mount of St Michael, > which was featured in the version of 12th Night, this one: The one in Cornwall is very cute and a nice walk out to it at low tide. You will find the local roads very narrow - get a smaller car than you think you need! Sea food round there is very good though you want the N coast for Rick Steins. Don't bother visiting Lands End it's a dump... Regards, Martin Brown
From: John Devereux on 20 Oct 2009 08:03 Martin Brown <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> writes: > John Larkin wrote: >> On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:53:44 +0100, John Devereux >> <john(a)devereux.me.uk> wrote: >> >>> Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> writes: >>> >>>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:46:02 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> ChrisQ wrote: >>>>> >>>>> [...] >>>>> >>>>>> I guess this is where europe and the us differ. In europe, there >>>>>> is universal health care free at the point of delivery, but >>>>>> there's no reason why you can't go private if you wish and many >>>>>> do. Anything else would be inconceivable, even though, yes, it >>>>>> has to be paid for from taxes, just as the arts, science and >>>>>> other civilised value type stuff gets funded from the state with >>>>>> common consent. >>>>>> >>>>> Don't generalize from UK systems to EU systems. For example, >>>>> health care in Germany is not at all free no matter which method >>>>> you pick. In the mid-90's I paid about 800 Deutschmarks per month >>>>> over there for the two of us, just in premiums. Then there were >>>>> co-pays. This was a non-private plan, the kind that's called >>>>> Gesetzliche Krankenkasse. That is hardly free, is it? >>>>> >>>>> [...] >>>> >>>> Thanks so much for providing ample data for a troll-feeder filter. >>> Please stop spamming the group with this, you're as bad as that idiot >>>from google who replies to every "spam" post. >> >> Senile old git has posted the same thing about 40 times. > > The senile old git has become a script kiddie. It is surely automated. I wonder if the S.O.G. is just scoring the posts based on the references header? Does that mean any unamerican leftie can nuke a thread - as far as Jims concerned - just by replying to it? Must do, since anything else risks exposing himself to a piece of the communist propaganda around here that might upset him. -- John Devereux
From: John Larkin on 20 Oct 2009 10:22 On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:47:03 +0100, Martin Brown <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> wrote: >John Larkin wrote: >> On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:53:44 +0100, John Devereux >> <john(a)devereux.me.uk> wrote: >> >>> Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> writes: >>> >>>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:46:02 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> ChrisQ wrote: >>>>> >>>>> [...] >>>>> >>>>>> I guess this is where europe and the us differ. In europe, there is >>>>>> universal health care free at the point of delivery, but there's no >>>>>> reason why you can't go private if you wish and many do. Anything else >>>>>> would be inconceivable, even though, yes, it has to be paid for from >>>>>> taxes, just as the arts, science and other civilised value type stuff >>>>>> gets funded from the state with common consent. >>>>>> >>>>> Don't generalize from UK systems to EU systems. For example, health care >>>>> in Germany is not at all free no matter which method you pick. In the >>>>> mid-90's I paid about 800 Deutschmarks per month over there for the two >>>>> of us, just in premiums. Then there were co-pays. This was a non-private >>>>> plan, the kind that's called Gesetzliche Krankenkasse. That is hardly >>>>> free, is it? >>>>> >>>>> [...] >>>> >>>> Thanks so much for providing ample data for a troll-feeder filter. >>> Please stop spamming the group with this, you're as bad as that idiot >>>from google who replies to every "spam" post. >> >> Senile old git has posted the same thing about 40 times. > >The senile old git has become a script kiddie. It is surely automated. A couple of years ago I tried to help him learn how to program in Basic, so he could do simple string operations on his sim files, but he couldn't manage it. Well, at least he's learned how to program in *something*. What he's doing is juvenile vandalism. John
From: Jim Thompson on 20 Oct 2009 10:28
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:03:02 +0100, John Devereux <john(a)devereux.me.uk> wrote: [snip] >>> >>> Senile old git has posted the same thing about 40 times. >> >> The senile old git has become a script kiddie. It is surely automated. > >I wonder if the S.O.G. is just scoring the posts based on the references >header? Does that mean any unamerican leftie can nuke a thread - as far >as Jims concerned - just by replying to it? Must do, since anything else >risks exposing himself to a piece of the communist propaganda around >here that might upset him. Nope. Doesn't work that way. I may be a _cranky_ "old git", but I'm certainly not senile. I've yet to see any of you young bucks present a circuit schematic that was even mildly interesting ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | Cranky Old Git With Engineering Mind Faster Than a Speeding Prissy |