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From: Michael A. Terrell on 2 Nov 2009 14:07 Joerg wrote: > > Michael A. Terrell wrote: > >> > -- The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary! > >> > >> Never seen that one, or can't remember. Is it a good movie? > > > > > > You would remember it, every time you hear 'Dueling Banjos' ;-) > > > > > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068473/ > > > > Oh, I think Keith is right, SWMBO would not like that one and I'd have > to watch it alone ;-) If she would let you watch it. :) > > Watch it, and you may never feel safe in the woods, again. :) > > > > Got to carry a rod there, maybe ... ? Or a M-16 -- The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!
From: Michael A. Terrell on 2 Nov 2009 14:10 JosephKK wrote: > > On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:04:57 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > >John Larkin wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:32:08 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > >> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> >krw wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Most use heat pumps year round here. We haven't had the house open > >> >> more than a few days so far this fall. It was quite warm late this > >> >> fall and it's been raining since. Last year was beautiful this time > >> >> of year. This year, not so much. > >> > > >> > > >> > I've only had one day cool enough to open all the doors and windows > >> >this fall. > >> > >> We had a few days this summer warm enough to open the doors and > >> windows. > >> > >> John > > > > > > I'm waiting for winter so I can fix the mess made by the ID10Ts who > >installed the central air when my dad was staying here. They set the pad > >on a tree stump that has rotted, so it is leaning about 25 degrees away > >from the house. It is a package unit, so I have to remove the ductwork, > >wiring and drain pipe, then move it to the garage. Then I have to set > >forms and pour about 25, 90 pound bags of Quickcrete. I didn't want the > >damn thing, but after they cut all the holes in the foundation and > >floors, I'm stuck with it. I have never used it, in the ten years I've > >lived here. I just air condition the rooms I'm using, then open the > >doors to those rooms to cool the rest of the house at night. > > You may be interested in some of the new stuff i am seeing for small > commercial buildings. Per room localized heating and cooling. One > outdoor unit and up to 4 indoor (ceiling mounted) indoor units. > Panasonic is one of the brands. I have a flat roof with no space for ductwork. i have window airconditioners to cool individual rooms. I have to remove the package unit whether I put it back, or not. The plastic pad is now sitting on the pipe running from the house, to the septic tank. -- The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!
From: Michael A. Terrell on 2 Nov 2009 14:11 JosephKK wrote: > > On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:28:51 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" > <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > >Jim Thompson wrote: > >> > >> > >> Bet of the week: Corzine will be returned to the NJ governorship... > >> aided by effective Democrat/Acorn/Obama voter fraud... smart > >> Joiseyites should learn to flee as well. > > > > > > They already have. Both of them. > > Damn, and i thought there was three of them. Oh well. There were. The other went insane and voted for Obama. :( -- The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!
From: John Larkin on 2 Nov 2009 15:34 On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:39:02 -0800, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >John Larkin wrote: >> On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:08:32 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >> wrote: >> >>> John Larkin wrote: >>>> On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:48:21 -0700 (PDT), dagmargoodboat(a)yahoo.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>> [...] >>> >>>>> Jobs? The current health care bill penalizes employers who don't >>>>> provide government-approved health care. So, when you make it a >>>>> greater and greater pain to employ people, the easy, obvious, and only >>>>> solution is to outsource, to export jobs, to hire fewer workers. So >>>>> of course there'll be fewer jobs. I, personally, will create fewer >>>>> jobs. I guarantee it. >>>> I'll probably hold the line at about 20 employees and do more >>>> outsourcing and contracting. ... >>> >>> When they go through with the net receipts tax thing in CA where >>> salaries are supposedly non-deductible the others will do exactly the >>> same. >> >> There are idiots claiming that a 5% net receipts tax is no more >> burdensome than a 10% tax on profits. 5 is smaller than 10, don't you >> see? >> > >Sad :-( > >Just imagine what that would do to the restaurant business alone. As it >is right now I am not sure that our Japanese and Thai places around here >will make it. That source tax would potentially push a lot of those over >the cliff. For a restaurant, it's just sales tax; they charge about 8% around here already. All restaurants pay it, and people don't order meals from Oregon, so it's not a competitive issue as much as it just makes people dine out a little less. I suppose some people on the Nevada border cross the line to eat, or order pizza from over the line. But for companies that sell stuff, and have out-of-state competition, a gross receipts tax could really hurt. It's a job killer. We pay about 10% tax on a profit of 5%. A 5% gross receipts tax would be a 10x increase. I do like the idea of taxing services as well as stuff, since more and more of our economy is services, and the competition for services is mostly local. Just adding the existing sales tax to services would help the state deficit problem a lot. John
From: Joerg on 2 Nov 2009 16:32
John Larkin wrote: > On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:39:02 -0800, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> > wrote: > >> John Larkin wrote: >>> On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:08:32 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> John Larkin wrote: >>>>> On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:48:21 -0700 (PDT), dagmargoodboat(a)yahoo.com >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>> [...] >>>> >>>>>> Jobs? The current health care bill penalizes employers who don't >>>>>> provide government-approved health care. So, when you make it a >>>>>> greater and greater pain to employ people, the easy, obvious, and only >>>>>> solution is to outsource, to export jobs, to hire fewer workers. So >>>>>> of course there'll be fewer jobs. I, personally, will create fewer >>>>>> jobs. I guarantee it. >>>>> I'll probably hold the line at about 20 employees and do more >>>>> outsourcing and contracting. ... >>>> When they go through with the net receipts tax thing in CA where >>>> salaries are supposedly non-deductible the others will do exactly the >>>> same. >>> There are idiots claiming that a 5% net receipts tax is no more >>> burdensome than a 10% tax on profits. 5 is smaller than 10, don't you >>> see? >>> >> Sad :-( >> >> Just imagine what that would do to the restaurant business alone. As it >> is right now I am not sure that our Japanese and Thai places around here >> will make it. That source tax would potentially push a lot of those over >> the cliff. > > For a restaurant, it's just sales tax; they charge about 8% around > here already. All restaurants pay it, and people don't order meals > from Oregon, so it's not a competitive issue as much as it just makes > people dine out a little less. > And that's just the problem we already have. When I sit in a restaurant with my wife and some friends on a Saturday night and there's maybe five tables occupied that somehow tells me that a drop to four tables could already be the end. > I suppose some people on the Nevada border cross the line to eat, or > order pizza from over the line. > > But for companies that sell stuff, and have out-of-state competition, > a gross receipts tax could really hurt. It's a job killer. We pay > about 10% tax on a profit of 5%. A 5% gross receipts tax would be a > 10x increase. > Which the guys running a similar business in Nevada do not have to pay. > I do like the idea of taxing services as well as stuff, since more and > more of our economy is services, and the competition for services is > mostly local. ... Nope. I could order my custom stationery in Reno if I wanted to. Or send my watch to a repair place in Tonopah. And when the dentist would have to slap 8.5% sales tax on a $1500 root canal & crown job people sure as hell would drive up to Minden or someplace to get it done. Just adding the existing sales tax to services would > help the state deficit problem a lot. > I am squarely opposed to that. No new taxes. Many services run more than state-wide. It would simply increase the cost of doing business in California by another x percent. We already must have a huge underground economy going on and that would make it much worse. When I bought some PVC at a HW store the guy in front of me had a large amount of building & plumbing materials on his cart. Calloused hands, looked like a guy who does this for a living. The tab came to several hundred bucks, seemed like a bathroom remodel. He paid the entire tab in hard cash, with $20 and $50 bills, and did not request a bill with any of his ID on there. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM. |