Hee! Hee! Hee!

$100M in 3Q. Not bad, considering the others.

I have two Fords. Don't want pretentious (though SWMBO wants a 2010 Mustang ragtop). I want transportation. Both have been fairly reliable, though the NE salt got to my Ranger ($3000 later).

The European models have historically been quite different than the US models.

It is pretty blatantly obvious. Unless you are a total retard, you shouldn't need an explanation.

You're way behind the times. These days you need a 'Clue by four'.

On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:21:22 -0600, Jim Yanik wrote: [snip]

You mean a cattle prod (aka hot-shot). They work wonders to dumb cows, mean bulls and the clueless.

They are more compact, fuel efficient and handle better, but that may be just what's wanted right now if they start importing them.

The car I always dreamed about years ago was a shelby gt390 and sod the fuel consumption, but I may have been influenced just a bit by bullet. Far too expensive now. There's nothing quite like the offbeat note of a big well tuned v8 on full chat :-)...

Regards,

Chris

home, you

rest of your

i like to think of it as land rental. an effective gov. method of reminding people they do not really own the land they are just renting it, seeing as they can evict you from it whether your home owner member ship fee is paid for fully or not.

robb

HOAs are yet another rip off of the American people.

Its not rental, it a fee to keep the rif-raf out of your property.

Its cheaper then hiring a private security company. Its cheaper then hiring a private fire department.

And there is no competition to drive the price up.

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isn't that called extortion ?

the prices go up all the time. The gov was blinded, greedly watching the value of the homes rise during the bubble to raise the rent accordingly.

the *customer* quickly becomes the rif-raf if they can not pay

robb

"robb" wrote in news:luWdnc5m3sxFxGXXnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@earthlink.com:

It's a protection racket. the Gov't takes money and provides "protection".

Of course,these days,you need protection more from the Gov't than anyone else.

In this day and age, how can there be people who don't grasp the simple fact that competition drives prices _DOWN_?

Of course, all sane people know that taxation is theft.

Thanks, Rich

Ad in seen in two local papers: "Get food stamps? Get a free cell phone!" From a govm't agency--think it was Health and Human Services.

True story.

-- Cheers, James Arthur

The well-intentioned reasoning behind that is that it's probably a lot easier to get a job if you have a cell phone.

How many of those receiving food stamps are good folks who are "down on their luck" vs. welfare kings and queens is, of course, an eternal debate, so it's difficult to ascertain how useful such a program really is.

Cell phones are the next best thing to free these days anyway for the basic models -- it's the montly cost that will get you: It's difficult to find plans that are less than $30-$40/month, which is still a significant chunk of change to some people.

Its an extension of the old 'Lifeline phone service' program. That is basic, local only service for under $15 a month. It doesn't include any options, and if you want anything added, you can't get 'Lifeline'. What they do is waive all the federal & state taxes on basic local phone service. Here in Florida, that brings the price down to about $12.50 a month so you can make local calls, call your doctor or 911. The limited cell phone service isn't much better.

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

...Jim Thompson

Thanks Michael, I didn't know there was such a service available (for POTS nor cell phones).

---Joel

"Jim Thompson" wrote in message

So I've heard.

But we all know you're a very charitable guy, Jim, you're just very choosy about who you donate money to! :-)

I donate to food banks, and non-profits that employ handicapped persons and disable veterans.

I resent leftist weenies dictating donating my income to leftist weenie causes. ...Jim Thompson

"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

That's commendable.

Understood. Some of those leftist-weenies probably figure that the military should be funded via donations though! (I'm sure you've seen the bumper stickers that espouse how it'll be a great day when schools get all the money they need and the military has to hold a bake sale... :-( Not that education isn't important, but geez, how out of touch can they be...)

Semi-democracy is most annoying at times...