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From: Eeyore on 14 Aug 2007 23:07 krw wrote: > Scolarship > scholarship > Scollarship
From: krw on 14 Aug 2007 23:11 In article <9an3c3tr9ehtofhr9jfn3l0da77dh1o25p(a)4ax.com>, jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com says... > On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:33:57 -0700, James Arthur <snip> > >I'm not sure of the current state of savings and debt--I haven't done > >the work recently, and the most popularly cited stats for these are > >completely invented and bear little resemblance to the true state. > >'Savings' rate, for example, is based on _estimated_ income minus > >_estimated expenses_, and does not include home equity--the typical > >household's greatest asset. Is beer an expense, or an asset? > > Depends on whether you account for it before of after it's drunk. > Speaking of pissing away your assets... > > > >I do notice that people in general have two and three of things we > >could barely afford one of 20 years ago (TVs, cars, music systems), > >are eating out, and see no evidence of bread lines, or people eating > >less meat because it's too dear (as we once did). > > When I was a kid in New Orleans, we had to eat shrimp because meat was > too expensive. Bubba Gump's? -- Keith
From: krw on 14 Aug 2007 23:17 In article <46C2382A.779A26E8(a)earthlink.net>, mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net says... > Bob Myers wrote: > > > > "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > > news:46C2074F.FF2CC738(a)earthlink.net... > > > 20 years ago you could find a decent used car for $50. Now, junkers > > > are over $1000. > > > > TWENTY years ago? Mike, are you suffering from the same > > problem I have - that what you're thinking of as "just 20 years > > ago" is more like 30 or 40? I can't imagine what sort of > > "decent used car" you would've found for fifty bucks in > > 1987, which, believe it er don't, IS now a full twenty years > > ago! > > > > Bob M. > > > They might have a dented fender or bumper, but you could find one > without too much trouble. That was in Middletown, Ohio, and yes, 1987, > in the months before I moved south. It was a steel town, and lots of > older but usable cars were sold by private owners. If they coul;dn't > get $50, for it, it went to a junk yard, for $50. > I gave a car to a cook who worked for a friend rather than bothering to sell it for $50. He needed a car, more than I needed the hassles of selling a car or the $50. It was 14 years old, at the time, and had 140Kmi, on it but passed NYS inspection so wasn't total junk. > -- Keith
From: krw on 14 Aug 2007 23:22 In article <46C231BE.7A72F669(a)hotmail.com>, rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > > John Larkin wrote: > > > "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: > > > > > > 20 years ago you could find a decent used car for $50. Now, junkers > > >are over $1000. > > > > Anything that's less than 20 years old, and sctually runs, has an > > engine control unit, a catalytic converter, a bunch of sensors, and > > likely air bags that are worth $1000 in scrap value. > > > > Besides, a year's insurance will cost a lot more. > > More than $1000 for insurance ? > Insurance premiums are highly location and driver dependent. We pay about $1000/year for two cars, including collision and quite a bit more than the minimum liability. In New Jersey I'd be hard pressed to get the same insurance for less than $5000. My insurance company wanted over $3500 to insure my son and future daughter-in-law's two cars. -- Keith
From: krw on 14 Aug 2007 23:31
In article <46C26DED.788DE3FF(a)hotmail.com>, rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > > krw wrote: > > > Scolarship > > scholarship > > Scollarship Hmm, wonder what happened to the speelczecher... -- Keith |