[FairfieldLife] The rent Is too damn high!
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Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High!
The rent is too damn high! Who doesn't think their Internet and cable bills are too high? For years now, I've been tracking the stories asking why we in the U.S. seem to be perennial sufferers of a certain chronic syndrome: Bills too high, Internet speed too slow. Why your cable bills are so high, and what you can do: http://www.usatoday.com/high-cable-bills/http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/komando/2014/02/21/high-cable-bills/5539407/ On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I was listening to a tax expert talk about this years taxes yesterday. The host asked him if he was for a flat tax. He said no but he was for tax simplification. Our federal tax system is TOO DAMN COMPLEX! He said the problem is there is a sector of the economy that makes money off it being complex. I find the federal tax system complexity an insult to Americans who indeed should rebel over it. Don't let IRS bullies push you around! On 01/26/2014 05:50 AM, Richard Williams wrote: Everyone hates taxation - there's a tax on your earned income; a tax on your property; on your gas and oil; on the car that you drive to work; and on tobacco, beer and pot - next they'e be wanting to put a tax on your seat. It's just outrageous. The rent is too damn high! [image: Inline image 1] The property tax on this place is about $100 a month in real dollars - you take that out of a social security check and what have you got left? I guess you could take a city bus to the grocery store and buy some beans and rice. While you're there, buy some potatoes - but watch out - they might try to tax your food stuffs. Go figure. This is about the time of the year, every year, where I wish there was a rewind button. November and December are filled with holiday fun, extra days off, and getting together with friends and family. Then January hits and wham! -- all of your credit card bills from December become due and Uncle Sam comes knocking at your door to get you to do your taxes by April 15. Happy New Year, right? 10 States With the Highest Property Taxes in America: http://www.fool.com/investing/property-taxeshttp://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/01/25/10-states-with-the-highest-property-taxes-in-ameri.aspx
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High!
The good thing about Comcast trying to buy Time Warner Cable is that it has brought this issue to the forefront which is something I can be the dummies who run Comcast didn't expect. The discussion has gone VERY viral and I highly doubt the Comcast-TWC merger will be allowed. They will probably drop it. But it has also made what was the Netflix throttling discussions go from geek and home theater enthusiast sites to mainstream America. Lots of people are annoyed now with see rebuffering and low resolution displays when they should be getting HD. Probably time to create a national front for change to take away the telecom monopolies. In my native state of Washington dusty ol' Ephrata, a town of around 6000 has very fast Internet comparable to Google fiber. Thing is this was part of a program that was put into effect some 15 years ago by the Washington Public Utilities Department. Interesting thing is after municipal fiber was put in the then Democrat governor came out against it. That's the problem: these monopolist telecoms get their state assembly leaders to implement laws against municipal fiber. BTW, it's really not a monopoly but a monopsony: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/21/comcast-time-warner-antitrust-monopsony-case-tv_n_4833301.html On 02/22/2014 10:49 AM, Pundit Sir wrote: The rent is too damn high! Who doesn't think their Internet and cable bills are too high? For years now, I've been tracking the stories asking why we in the U.S. seem to be perennial sufferers of a certain chronic syndrome: Bills too high, Internet speed too slow. Why your cable bills are so high, and what you can do: http://www.usatoday.com/high-cable-bills/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/komando/2014/02/21/high-cable-bills/5539407/ On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net mailto:noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I was listening to a tax expert talk about this years taxes yesterday. The host asked him if he was for a flat tax. He said no but he was for tax simplification. Our federal tax system is TOO DAMN COMPLEX! He said the problem is there is a sector of the economy that makes money off it being complex. I find the federal tax system complexity an insult to Americans who indeed should rebel over it. Don't let IRS bullies push you around! On 01/26/2014 05:50 AM, Richard Williams wrote: Everyone hates taxation - there's a tax on your earned income; a tax on your property; on your gas and oil; on the car that you drive to work; and on tobacco, beer and pot - next they'e be wanting to put a tax on your seat. It's just outrageous. The rent is too damn high! Inline image 1 The property tax on this place is about $100 a month in real dollars - you take that out of a social security check and what have you got left? I guess you could take a city bus to the grocery store and buy some beans and rice. While you're there, buy some potatoes - but watch out - they might try to tax your food stuffs. Go figure. This is about the time of the year, every year, where I wish there was a rewind button. November and December are filled with holiday fun, extra days off, and getting together with friends and family. Then January hits and wham! -- all of your credit card bills from December become due and Uncle Sam comes knocking at your door to get you to do your taxes by April 15. Happy New Year, right? 10 States With the Highest Property Taxes in America: http://www.fool.com/investing/property-taxes http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/01/25/10-states-with-the-highest-property-taxes-in-ameri.aspx
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High!
Everyone hates taxation - there's a tax on your earned income; a tax on your property; on your gas and oil; on the car that you drive to work; and on tobacco, beer and pot - next they'e be wanting to put a tax on your seat. It's just outrageous. The rent is too damn high! [image: Inline image 1] The property tax on this place is about $100 a month in real dollars - you take that out of a social security check and what have you got left? I guess you could take a city bus to the grocery store and buy some beans and rice. While you're there, buy some potatoes - but watch out - they might try to tax your food stuffs. Go figure. This is about the time of the year, every year, where I wish there was a rewind button. November and December are filled with holiday fun, extra days off, and getting together with friends and family. Then January hits and wham! -- all of your credit card bills from December become due and Uncle Sam comes knocking at your door to get you to do your taxes by April 15. Happy New Year, right? 10 States With the Highest Property Taxes in America: http://www.fool.com/investing/property-taxeshttp://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/01/25/10-states-with-the-highest-property-taxes-in-ameri.aspx On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: For about a year we lived in Venice California at 405 Howland Canal. Barry said he used to live in Venice too. It used to be a great place with health food stores around and a great beach to visit. It's only a few miles from the Santa Monica Pier. [image: Inline image 1] Howland Canal,Venice, California Back in those days (1965) it was a cheap place to live and only a block from the ocean beach. My rent for a room with kitchen privilges was only $50 a month. Later, we rented the whole house for $650 a month. The place on Howland Canal had a great covered porch on the front looking out on the canal; a large living room and three small bedrooms.It was divided into two apartments, one upstairs and one down stairs. And, like many other canal houses it had a great back yard going down to the canal. Sweet! [image: Inline image 2] That's all changed now that the Marina Del Rey was built and the canals were renovated. The rent is too damn high! [image: Inline image 3] In 1951, Charles Brittin, a mailman and amateur photographer, moved to Venice, Calif., and began to photograph his surroundings: the desolate streets and misty midways, the oil derricks erected by the beach and the vibrant Beat community, with the artist Wallace Berman at its core, that gathered regularly at Brittin’s apartment for impromptu parties... Read more: 'The Untrained Eye' http://steffienelson.com/2011/04/18/the-untrained-eye/ On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: Two guys got together in San Antonio to sell some trucks and some TVs - Ernesto Ancira at Ancira-Winton Chevrolet and Bjorn's Audio Video. You can buy a new regular cab 2-wheel drive Chevrolet Silverado for $23,948 and Bjorn will throw in a free JVC 32 flat screen TV. WOW! I'm really impressed! I think we should rush over to get a new work truck before they sell out, except: The rent is is too damn high! http://www.kbb.com/ http://www.bjorns.com/ http://www.ancirachev.com/ On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: Increasingly, experts in health insurance are becoming concerned that many of these first-time buyers will be in for a shock when they get medical care next year and discover they're on the hook for most of the initial cost. 'Health plan sticker shock ahead for some buyers' http://news.yahoo.com/health-plan-sticker-shock-ahead-buyers-160838205.html On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: Taking care of all these cars can really keep a guy busy. There are maintenance costs; keeping them garaged; make sure they are clean inside and out and shiny; paying the State inspections and payments to the tax assessor; and there's oil and gas to buy. Just keeping the right amount of air in the tires is a chore. You used to able to go to your local gas station and they would fill up your car with gas, check the oil and water, make sure the battery was good to go, put air in the tires if needed, and wipe the windows clean. These days, you have to go to a convenience store like an Exxon Tiger Mart to get air for your tires. If you purchase gas and then walk inside and have them turn on the air compressor you can get free air for your tires, and then half of the time, the air unit is out of order. Otherwise, you have to pay.50 cents for air and be real quick about it. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! So, I bought me this handy item tool at Harbor Tool: [image: Inline image 1] On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 7:14 AM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: We've been drinking coffee for
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High!
I was listening to a tax expert talk about this years taxes yesterday. The host asked him if he was for a flat tax. He said no but he was for tax simplification. Our federal tax system is TOO DAMN COMPLEX! He said the problem is there is a sector of the economy that makes money off it being complex. I find the federal tax system complexity an insult to Americans who indeed should rebel over it. Don't let IRS bullies push you around! On 01/26/2014 05:50 AM, Richard Williams wrote: Everyone hates taxation - there's a tax on your earned income; a tax on your property; on your gas and oil; on the car that you drive to work; and on tobacco, beer and pot - next they'e be wanting to put a tax on your seat. It's just outrageous. The rent is too damn high! Inline image 1 The property tax on this place is about $100 a month in real dollars - you take that out of a social security check and what have you got left? I guess you could take a city bus to the grocery store and buy some beans and rice. While you're there, buy some potatoes - but watch out - they might try to tax your food stuffs. Go figure. This is about the time of the year, every year, where I wish there was a rewind button. November and December are filled with holiday fun, extra days off, and getting together with friends and family. Then January hits and wham! -- all of your credit card bills from December become due and Uncle Sam comes knocking at your door to get you to do your taxes by April 15. Happy New Year, right? 10 States With the Highest Property Taxes in America: http://www.fool.com/investing/property-taxes http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/01/25/10-states-with-the-highest-property-taxes-in-ameri.aspx
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High!
For about a year we lived in Venice California at 405 Howland Canal. Barry said he used to live in Venice too. It used to be a great place with health food stores around and a great beach to visit. It's only a few miles from the Santa Monica Pier. [image: Inline image 1] Howland Canal,Venice, California Back in those days (1965) it was a cheap place to live and only a block from the ocean beach. My rent for a room with kitchen privilges was only $50 a month. Later, we rented the whole house for $650 a month. The place on Howland Canal had a great covered porch on the front looking out on the canal; a large living room and three small bedrooms.It was divided into two apartments, one upstairs and one down stairs. And, like many other canal houses it had a great back yard going down to the canal. Sweet! [image: Inline image 2] That's all changed now that the Marina Del Rey was built and the canals were renovated. The rent is too damn high! [image: Inline image 3] In 1951, Charles Brittin, a mailman and amateur photographer, moved to Venice, Calif., and began to photograph his surroundings: the desolate streets and misty midways, the oil derricks erected by the beach and the vibrant Beat community, with the artist Wallace Berman at its core, that gathered regularly at Brittin’s apartment for impromptu parties... Read more: 'The Untrained Eye' http://steffienelson.com/2011/04/18/the-untrained-eye/ On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: Two guys got together in San Antonio to sell some trucks and some TVs - Ernesto Ancira at Ancira-Winton Chevrolet and Bjorn's Audio Video. You can buy a new regular cab 2-wheel drive Chevrolet Silverado for $23,948 and Bjorn will throw in a free JVC 32 flat screen TV. WOW! I'm really impressed! I think we should rush over to get a new work truck before they sell out, except: The rent is is too damn high! http://www.kbb.com/ http://www.bjorns.com/ http://www.ancirachev.com/ On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: Increasingly, experts in health insurance are becoming concerned that many of these first-time buyers will be in for a shock when they get medical care next year and discover they're on the hook for most of the initial cost. 'Health plan sticker shock ahead for some buyers' http://news.yahoo.com/health-plan-sticker-shock-ahead-buyers-160838205.html On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: Taking care of all these cars can really keep a guy busy. There are maintenance costs; keeping them garaged; make sure they are clean inside and out and shiny; paying the State inspections and payments to the tax assessor; and there's oil and gas to buy. Just keeping the right amount of air in the tires is a chore. You used to able to go to your local gas station and they would fill up your car with gas, check the oil and water, make sure the battery was good to go, put air in the tires if needed, and wipe the windows clean. These days, you have to go to a convenience store like an Exxon Tiger Mart to get air for your tires. If you purchase gas and then walk inside and have them turn on the air compressor you can get free air for your tires, and then half of the time, the air unit is out of order. Otherwise, you have to pay.50 cents for air and be real quick about it. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! So, I bought me this handy item tool at Harbor Tool: [image: Inline image 1] On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 7:14 AM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: We've been drinking coffee for years. We know a couple that drive all the way to the north side to get their beans. They claim that the beans they get are fresher, roasted on the spot. And, it's true, the beans they get are great, but they cost nearly $10.00. Whenever we're on that side of town we get a bag of their beans. We're also pretty fond of Starbucks French Roast beans, available at Starbucks and Target, which are both close by - $9.00. Most of the Starbucks have a coupon and we get a free cup of joe when we return the bag to Starbucks - a $2.00 value - sweet! And we love the free Wi-Fi and reading the New York Times they provide. We also like the 360 beans at Whole Foods - $8.00. We love to drink coffee, but at those prices, we could go broke before we even get awake. Go figure. So, I bought a large can of Folgers ground coffee for backup at the local grocery store, so we could drink as much coffee as we wanted, all day and night, for cheap. The rent is too damn high! On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: Today we went to the grocery store to get a few things and return about a hundred plastic bags. In the parking lot I turned left to find a parking slot and there was this yahoo in a big truck heading toward me, GOING THE WRONG WAY, driving a Ford F-350 with dual wheels on
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High!
Two guys got together in San Antonio to sell some trucks and some TVs - Ernesto Ancira at Ancira-Winton Chevrolet and Bjorn's Audio Video. You can buy a new regular cab 2-wheel drive Chevrolet Silverado for $23,948 and Bjorn will throw in a free JVC 32 flat screen TV. WOW! I'm really impressed! I think we should rush over to get a new work truck before they sell out, except: The rent is is too damn high! http://www.kbb.com/ http://www.bjorns.com/ http://www.ancirachev.com/ On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: Increasingly, experts in health insurance are becoming concerned that many of these first-time buyers will be in for a shock when they get medical care next year and discover they're on the hook for most of the initial cost. 'Health plan sticker shock ahead for some buyers' http://news.yahoo.com/health-plan-sticker-shock-ahead-buyers-160838205.html On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: Taking care of all these cars can really keep a guy busy. There are maintenance costs; keeping them garaged; make sure they are clean inside and out and shiny; paying the State inspections and payments to the tax assessor; and there's oil and gas to buy. Just keeping the right amount of air in the tires is a chore. You used to able to go to your local gas station and they would fill up your car with gas, check the oil and water, make sure the battery was good to go, put air in the tires if needed, and wipe the windows clean. These days, you have to go to a convenience store like an Exxon Tiger Mart to get air for your tires. If you purchase gas and then walk inside and have them turn on the air compressor you can get free air for your tires, and then half of the time, the air unit is out of order. Otherwise, you have to pay.50 cents for air and be real quick about it. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! So, I bought me this handy item tool at Harbor Tool: [image: Inline image 1] On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 7:14 AM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: We've been drinking coffee for years. We know a couple that drive all the way to the north side to get their beans. They claim that the beans they get are fresher, roasted on the spot. And, it's true, the beans they get are great, but they cost nearly $10.00. Whenever we're on that side of town we get a bag of their beans. We're also pretty fond of Starbucks French Roast beans, available at Starbucks and Target, which are both close by - $9.00. Most of the Starbucks have a coupon and we get a free cup of joe when we return the bag to Starbucks - a $2.00 value - sweet! And we love the free Wi-Fi and reading the New York Times they provide. We also like the 360 beans at Whole Foods - $8.00. We love to drink coffee, but at those prices, we could go broke before we even get awake. Go figure. So, I bought a large can of Folgers ground coffee for backup at the local grocery store, so we could drink as much coffee as we wanted, all day and night, for cheap. The rent is too damn high! On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: Today we went to the grocery store to get a few things and return about a hundred plastic bags. In the parking lot I turned left to find a parking slot and there was this yahoo in a big truck heading toward me, GOING THE WRONG WAY, driving a Ford F-350 with dual wheels on back. At first I said You **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ SOB! Then, I realized the poor guy was not only real dumb and half blind and confused, but he was probably driving the only vehicle he owned and paying $600 a month in payments, just to go get a six-pack of beer and a carton of cigarettes at the store. Go figure. So then, in the Christmas spirit, I said: you **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ poor bastard! and backed up, causing a traffic jam in front of the store. Then, on the way home at a stop light, a guy dressed in overalls with a styrofoam cup in his hand tried to hit us up for some spare change. So, still in the Christmas spirit, I rolled down the window and said real nice: We don't have any cash - we're living on credit cards. Sorry we can't donate anything - I know it looks like I'm rich because I'm driving a shiny new car, but this where all our money is going, just so we can get to the store to buy some beer and a few canned goods! LoL! When we got home, the Salvation Army called on the telephone to ask if we could donate anything and to leave it on the front porch FRIDAY THE 13th. You can't make this stuff up! The rent is too damn high! On 12/6/2013 3:10 PM, Bhairitu wrote: I used to change the oil myself on my '77 Subaru wagon. But it is a messy job and required a custom oil filter. Current oil changes at the local shop up the street who now do my Subaru maintenance is $40. How much time depends on how busy they are but the longest wait would be
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High!
Increasingly, experts in health insurance are becoming concerned that many of these first-time buyers will be in for a shock when they get medical care next year and discover they're on the hook for most of the initial cost. 'Health plan sticker shock ahead for some buyers' http://news.yahoo.com/health-plan-sticker-shock-ahead-buyers-160838205.html On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: Taking care of all these cars can really keep a guy busy. There are maintenance costs; keeping them garaged; make sure they are clean inside and out and shiny; paying the State inspections and payments to the tax assessor; and there's oil and gas to buy. Just keeping the right amount of air in the tires is a chore. You used to able to go to your local gas station and they would fill up your car with gas, check the oil and water, make sure the battery was good to go, put air in the tires if needed, and wipe the windows clean. These days, you have to go to a convenience store like an Exxon Tiger Mart to get air for your tires. If you purchase gas and then walk inside and have them turn on the air compressor you can get free air for your tires, and then half of the time, the air unit is out of order. Otherwise, you have to pay.50 cents for air and be real quick about it. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! So, I bought me this handy item tool at Harbor Tool: [image: Inline image 1] On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 7:14 AM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: We've been drinking coffee for years. We know a couple that drive all the way to the north side to get their beans. They claim that the beans they get are fresher, roasted on the spot. And, it's true, the beans they get are great, but they cost nearly $10.00. Whenever we're on that side of town we get a bag of their beans. We're also pretty fond of Starbucks French Roast beans, available at Starbucks and Target, which are both close by - $9.00. Most of the Starbucks have a coupon and we get a free cup of joe when we return the bag to Starbucks - a $2.00 value - sweet! And we love the free Wi-Fi and reading the New York Times they provide. We also like the 360 beans at Whole Foods - $8.00. We love to drink coffee, but at those prices, we could go broke before we even get awake. Go figure. So, I bought a large can of Folgers ground coffee for backup at the local grocery store, so we could drink as much coffee as we wanted, all day and night, for cheap. The rent is too damn high! On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: Today we went to the grocery store to get a few things and return about a hundred plastic bags. In the parking lot I turned left to find a parking slot and there was this yahoo in a big truck heading toward me, GOING THE WRONG WAY, driving a Ford F-350 with dual wheels on back. At first I said You **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ SOB! Then, I realized the poor guy was not only real dumb and half blind and confused, but he was probably driving the only vehicle he owned and paying $600 a month in payments, just to go get a six-pack of beer and a carton of cigarettes at the store. Go figure. So then, in the Christmas spirit, I said: you **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ poor bastard! and backed up, causing a traffic jam in front of the store. Then, on the way home at a stop light, a guy dressed in overalls with a styrofoam cup in his hand tried to hit us up for some spare change. So, still in the Christmas spirit, I rolled down the window and said real nice: We don't have any cash - we're living on credit cards. Sorry we can't donate anything - I know it looks like I'm rich because I'm driving a shiny new car, but this where all our money is going, just so we can get to the store to buy some beer and a few canned goods! LoL! When we got home, the Salvation Army called on the telephone to ask if we could donate anything and to leave it on the front porch FRIDAY THE 13th. You can't make this stuff up! The rent is too damn high! On 12/6/2013 3:10 PM, Bhairitu wrote: I used to change the oil myself on my '77 Subaru wagon. But it is a messy job and required a custom oil filter. Current oil changes at the local shop up the street who now do my Subaru maintenance is $40. How much time depends on how busy they are but the longest wait would be about an hour. I watch the oil to see how dirty it is. However I have yet to reach the miles they put on the sticker a year ago. Everything I need is a short trip around here so I don't rack up miles and they always kid me about all the driving I do. I heard a report the other day on why car prices have exceeded inflation over the years and the bottom line was.. you got it... profit. Adding air bags do not add much to the price though companies use safety features as a reason. In 1973 I bought a new Datsun wagon for a mere $1800. I put the figure
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Taking care of all these cars can really keep a guy busy. There are maintenance costs; keeping them garaged; make sure they are clean inside and out and shiny; paying the State inspections and payments to the tax assessor; and there's oil and gas to buy. Just keeping the right amount of air in the tires is a chore. You used to able to go to your local gas station and they would fill up your car with gas, check the oil and water, make sure the battery was good to go, put air in the tires if needed, and wipe the windows clean. These days, you have to go to a convenience store like an Exxon Tiger Mart to get air for your tires. If you purchase gas and then walk inside and have them turn on the air compressor you can get free air for your tires, and then half of the time, the air unit is out of order. Otherwise, you have to pay.50 cents for air and be real quick about it. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! So, I bought me this handy item tool at Harbor Tool: [image: Inline image 1] On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 7:14 AM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: We've been drinking coffee for years. We know a couple that drive all the way to the north side to get their beans. They claim that the beans they get are fresher, roasted on the spot. And, it's true, the beans they get are great, but they cost nearly $10.00. Whenever we're on that side of town we get a bag of their beans. We're also pretty fond of Starbucks French Roast beans, available at Starbucks and Target, which are both close by - $9.00. Most of the Starbucks have a coupon and we get a free cup of joe when we return the bag to Starbucks - a $2.00 value - sweet! And we love the free Wi-Fi and reading the New York Times they provide. We also like the 360 beans at Whole Foods - $8.00. We love to drink coffee, but at those prices, we could go broke before we even get awake. Go figure. So, I bought a large can of Folgers ground coffee for backup at the local grocery store, so we could drink as much coffee as we wanted, all day and night, for cheap. The rent is too damn high! On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: Today we went to the grocery store to get a few things and return about a hundred plastic bags. In the parking lot I turned left to find a parking slot and there was this yahoo in a big truck heading toward me, GOING THE WRONG WAY, driving a Ford F-350 with dual wheels on back. At first I said You **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ SOB! Then, I realized the poor guy was not only real dumb and half blind and confused, but he was probably driving the only vehicle he owned and paying $600 a month in payments, just to go get a six-pack of beer and a carton of cigarettes at the store. Go figure. So then, in the Christmas spirit, I said: you **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ poor bastard! and backed up, causing a traffic jam in front of the store. Then, on the way home at a stop light, a guy dressed in overalls with a styrofoam cup in his hand tried to hit us up for some spare change. So, still in the Christmas spirit, I rolled down the window and said real nice: We don't have any cash - we're living on credit cards. Sorry we can't donate anything - I know it looks like I'm rich because I'm driving a shiny new car, but this where all our money is going, just so we can get to the store to buy some beer and a few canned goods! LoL! When we got home, the Salvation Army called on the telephone to ask if we could donate anything and to leave it on the front porch FRIDAY THE 13th. You can't make this stuff up! The rent is too damn high! On 12/6/2013 3:10 PM, Bhairitu wrote: I used to change the oil myself on my '77 Subaru wagon. But it is a messy job and required a custom oil filter. Current oil changes at the local shop up the street who now do my Subaru maintenance is $40. How much time depends on how busy they are but the longest wait would be about an hour. I watch the oil to see how dirty it is. However I have yet to reach the miles they put on the sticker a year ago. Everything I need is a short trip around here so I don't rack up miles and they always kid me about all the driving I do. I heard a report the other day on why car prices have exceeded inflation over the years and the bottom line was.. you got it... profit. Adding air bags do not add much to the price though companies use safety features as a reason. In 1973 I bought a new Datsun wagon for a mere $1800. I put the figure for my '77 Subaru wagon in an inflation calculator and my $2800 '77 should only cost around $11K these days adjusted for inflation. OTOH, the other day I ordered a new keyless remote for the '98 Subaru since the second of the original pair was beginning to fall apart. A few years back I looked online and found that the price for a remote was around $70. This time I found one online for my year and model for only $15 including shipping.
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Probably why you like to do TM because the goddess mantras tend to be pitta reducing. I swear some ayurvedic practitioner told Maharishi to give westerners goddess mantras (lunar) because westerners are mostly pitta and suffer from metabolic syndrome as a result. However coffee and a cigarette is more kapha reducing. Kapha mantras like hoong stimulate, pitta mantras like shring cool and vata mantras like ram calm. One with a kapha imbalance can afford to skip breakfast or have a light one. On 12/12/2013 01:00 PM, Share Long wrote: noozguru, before TM my breakfast was a cup of instant coffee and a cigarette! Now any form of caffeine totally vitiates my pitta. So I steer clear. Probably my last caffeine was Haagen Daz coffee ice cream (-: Probably what gave me gall stones! Now that I've got my tablet charged up, I'd like to go to one of the local coffee places. But what the heck would I drink?! Raja's Cup?!
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hey, not to change the subject, but I think we have a couple of birthdays coming up... On Friday, December 13, 2013 3:05 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Probably why you like to do TM because the goddess mantras tend to be pitta reducing. I swear some ayurvedic practitioner told Maharishi to give westerners goddess mantras (lunar) because westerners are mostly pitta and suffer from metabolic syndrome as a result. However coffee and a cigarette is more kapha reducing. Kapha mantras like hoong stimulate, pitta mantras like shring cool and vata mantras like ram calm. One with a kapha imbalance can afford to skip breakfast or have a light one. On 12/12/2013 01:00 PM, Share Long wrote: noozguru, before TM my breakfast was a cup of instant coffee and a cigarette! Now any form of caffeine totally vitiates my pitta. So I steer clear. Probably my last caffeine was Haagen Daz coffee ice cream (-: Probably what gave me gall stones! Now that I've got my tablet charged up, I'd like to go to one of the local coffee places. But what the heck would I drink?! Raja's Cup?!
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Vata mantras? Are you saying rahm or rum? The mantra ram(rum) is the bhuta bija of fire. So what are you talking about?
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Those are the ayurvedic mantras. Ram (rhymes with palm) is recommended to pacify vata. Try it yourself. On 12/13/2013 05:30 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: Vata mantras? Are you saying rahm or rum? The mantra ram(rum) is the bhuta bija of fire. So what are you talking about?
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We've been drinking coffee for years. We know a couple that drive all the way to the north side to get their beans. They claim that the beans they get are fresher, roasted on the spot. And, it's true, the beans they get are great, but they cost nearly $10.00. Whenever we're on that side of town we get a bag of their beans. We're also pretty fond of Starbucks French Roast beans, available at Starbucks and Target, which are both close by - $9.00. Most of the Starbucks have a coupon and we get a free cup of joe when we return the bag to Starbucks - a $2.00 value - sweet! And we love the free Wi-Fi and reading the New York Times they provide. We also like the 360 beans at Whole Foods - $8.00. We love to drink coffee, but at those prices, we could go broke before we even get awake. Go figure. So, I bought a large can of Folgers ground coffee for backup at the local grocery store, so we could drink as much coffee as we wanted, all day and night, for cheap. The rent is too damn high! On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: Today we went to the grocery store to get a few things and return about a hundred plastic bags. In the parking lot I turned left to find a parking slot and there was this yahoo in a big truck heading toward me, GOING THE WRONG WAY, driving a Ford F-350 with dual wheels on back. At first I said You **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ SOB! Then, I realized the poor guy was not only real dumb and half blind and confused, but he was probably driving the only vehicle he owned and paying $600 a month in payments, just to go get a six-pack of beer and a carton of cigarettes at the store. Go figure. So then, in the Christmas spirit, I said: you **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ poor bastard! and backed up, causing a traffic jam in front of the store. Then, on the way home at a stop light, a guy dressed in overalls with a styrofoam cup in his hand tried to hit us up for some spare change. So, still in the Christmas spirit, I rolled down the window and said real nice: We don't have any cash - we're living on credit cards. Sorry we can't donate anything - I know it looks like I'm rich because I'm driving a shiny new car, but this where all our money is going, just so we can get to the store to buy some beer and a few canned goods! LoL! When we got home, the Salvation Army called on the telephone to ask if we could donate anything and to leave it on the front porch FRIDAY THE 13th. You can't make this stuff up! The rent is too damn high! On 12/6/2013 3:10 PM, Bhairitu wrote: I used to change the oil myself on my '77 Subaru wagon. But it is a messy job and required a custom oil filter. Current oil changes at the local shop up the street who now do my Subaru maintenance is $40. How much time depends on how busy they are but the longest wait would be about an hour. I watch the oil to see how dirty it is. However I have yet to reach the miles they put on the sticker a year ago. Everything I need is a short trip around here so I don't rack up miles and they always kid me about all the driving I do. I heard a report the other day on why car prices have exceeded inflation over the years and the bottom line was.. you got it... profit. Adding air bags do not add much to the price though companies use safety features as a reason. In 1973 I bought a new Datsun wagon for a mere $1800. I put the figure for my '77 Subaru wagon in an inflation calculator and my $2800 '77 should only cost around $11K these days adjusted for inflation. OTOH, the other day I ordered a new keyless remote for the '98 Subaru since the second of the original pair was beginning to fall apart. A few years back I looked online and found that the price for a remote was around $70. This time I found one online for my year and model for only $15 including shipping. It was easy to setup and works great. On 12/06/2013 11:40 AM, Richard Williams wrote: Our car dealer says we should be changing the oil in our new car every 3,000 miles, in order to insure the warranty. We can do this by driving out to the dealership, waiting in line, and either leaving the car, or wait in the waiting room, and then pay $55. It usually takes more than an hour, if you get there real early during the week. The last time I had the oil changed at 10,000 miles, I took the car to Jiffy Lube - it took only about twenty minutes and I paid them $65. They talked me into getting synthetic oil - Royal Purple. They tried to sell me an air filter for $18 - but I declined. According to Click Clack, The Tappit Brothers, you can go over 6,000 miles between oil changes. I've always been fond of Texaco oil. I get almost all of my oil from either Spindletop or from the Permian Basin. Dad goes 5,000, because it's easy to remember the numbers. One guy, a car mechanic, once told me that oil never breaks down - all you have to do is change the oil filter and add a
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So how many Starbucks are in Austin? Strange Fact: The more Starbucks cafes there are in town, the more likely that county voted Democratic last election. http://temecula.patch.com/groups/newscruncher/p/best-maps-of-2013-starbucks-and-the-election-temecula By the time I arrived in California the espresso era seemed to be passe. There were almost no Starbucks in the East Bay but a few independent shops and a Peet's in Berkeley. People seemed to be into just drinking regular coffee if they drank coffee at all. Finding a decent roast was difficult. These days there are few independent coffee places around here because either the owners have retired and no one was interested in picking up the business or they went out of business due to inferior roasts and poor service. We have at least 4 Starbucks in this small burb's city limits. On 12/12/2013 05:14 AM, Richard Williams wrote: We've been drinking coffee for years. We know a couple that drive all the way to the north side to get their beans. They claim that the beans they get are fresher, roasted on the spot. And, it's true, the beans they get are great, but they cost nearly $10.00. Whenever we're on that side of town we get a bag of their beans. We're also pretty fond of Starbucks French Roast beans, available at Starbucks and Target, which are both close by - $9.00. Most of the Starbucks have a coupon and we get a free cup of joe when we return the bag to Starbucks - a $2.00 value - sweet! And we love the free Wi-Fi and reading the New York Times they provide. We also like the 360 beans at Whole Foods - $8.00. We love to drink coffee, but at those prices, we could go broke before we even get awake. Go figure. So, I bought a large can of Folgers ground coffee for backup at the local grocery store, so we could drink as much coffee as we wanted, all day and night, for cheap. The rent is too damn high! On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com mailto:pundits...@gmail.com wrote: Today we went to the grocery store to get a few things and return about a hundred plastic bags. In the parking lot I turned left to find a parking slot and there was this yahoo in a big truck heading toward me, GOING THE WRONG WAY, driving a Ford F-350 with dual wheels on back. At first I said You **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ SOB! Then, I realized the poor guy was not only real dumb and half blind and confused, but he was probably driving the only vehicle he owned and paying $600 a month in payments, just to go get a six-pack of beer and a carton of cigarettes at the store. Go figure. So then, in the Christmas spirit, I said: you **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ poor bastard! and backed up, causing a traffic jam in front of the store. Then, on the way home at a stop light, a guy dressed in overalls with a styrofoam cup in his hand tried to hit us up for some spare change. So, still in the Christmas spirit, I rolled down the window and said real nice: We don't have any cash - we're living on credit cards. Sorry we can't donate anything - I know it looks like I'm rich because I'm driving a shiny new car, but this where all our money is going, just so we can get to the store to buy some beer and a few canned goods! LoL! When we got home, the Salvation Army called on the telephone to ask if we could donate anything and to leave it on the front porch FRIDAY THE 13th. You can't make this stuff up! The rent is too damn high! On 12/6/2013 3:10 PM, Bhairitu wrote: I used to change the oil myself on my '77 Subaru wagon. But it is a messy job and required a custom oil filter. Current oil changes at the local shop up the street who now do my Subaru maintenance is $40. How much time depends on how busy they are but the longest wait would be about an hour. I watch the oil to see how dirty it is. However I have yet to reach the miles they put on the sticker a year ago. Everything I need is a short trip around here so I don't rack up miles and they always kid me about all the driving I do. I heard a report the other day on why car prices have exceeded inflation over the years and the bottom line was.. you got it... profit. Adding air bags do not add much to the price though companies use safety features as a reason. In 1973 I bought a new Datsun wagon for a mere $1800. I put the figure for my '77 Subaru wagon in an inflation calculator and my $2800 '77 should only cost around $11K these days adjusted for inflation. OTOH, the other day I ordered a new keyless remote for the '98 Subaru since the second of the original pair was beginning to fall apart. A few years back I looked online and found that the price for a remote was around $70. This time I found one online for my year and model for only $15 including shipping. It was
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noozguru, zero Starbuck's in FF! Actually it's kind of fun to play with the strange fact: does Starbuck's coffee secretly contain an ingredient that makes a person vote Democratic? Or maybe there's a subliminal something happening at Starbucks such that one is hypnotized into voting Democratic. On Thursday, December 12, 2013 11:16 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: So how many Starbucks are in Austin? Strange Fact: The more Starbucks cafes there are in town, the more likely that county voted Democratic last election. http://temecula.patch.com/groups/newscruncher/p/best-maps-of-2013-starbucks-and-the-election-temecula By the time I arrived in California the espresso era seemed to be passe. There were almost no Starbucks in the East Bay but a few independent shops and a Peet's in Berkeley. People seemed to be into just drinking regular coffee if they drank coffee at all. Finding a decent roast was difficult. These days there are few independent coffee places around here because either the owners have retired and no one was interested in picking up the business or they went out of business due to inferior roasts and poor service. We have at least 4 Starbucks in this small burb's city limits. On 12/12/2013 05:14 AM, Richard Williams wrote: We've been drinking coffee for years. We know a couple that drive all the way to the north side to get their beans. They claim that the beans they get are fresher, roasted on the spot. And, it's true, the beans they get are great, but they cost nearly $10.00. Whenever we're on that side of town we get a bag of their beans. We're also pretty fond of Starbucks French Roast beans, available at Starbucks and Target, which are both close by - $9.00. Most of the Starbucks have a coupon and we get a free cup of joe when we return the bag to Starbucks - a $2.00 value - sweet! And we love the free Wi-Fi and reading the New York Times they provide. We also like the 360 beans at Whole Foods - $8.00. We love to drink coffee, but at those prices, we could go broke before we even get awake. Go figure. So, I bought a large can of Folgers ground coffee for backup at the local grocery store, so we could drink as much coffee as we wanted, all day and night, for cheap. The rent is too damn high! On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: Today we went to the grocery store to get a few things and return about a hundred plastic bags. In the parking lot I turned left to find a parking slot and there was this yahoo in a big truck heading toward me, GOING THE WRONG WAY, driving a Ford F-350 with dual wheels on back. At first I said You **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ SOB! Then, I realized the poor guy was not only real dumb and half blind and confused, but he was probably driving the only vehicle he owned and paying $600 a month in payments, just to go get a six-pack of beer and a carton of cigarettes at the store. Go figure. So then, in the Christmas spirit, I said: you **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ poor bastard! and backed up, causing a traffic jam in front of the store. Then, on the way home at a stop light, a guy dressed in overalls with a styrofoam cup in his hand tried to hit us up for some spare change. So, still in the Christmas spirit, I rolled down the window and said real nice: We don't have any cash - we're living on credit cards. Sorry we can't donate anything - I know it looks like I'm rich because I'm driving a shiny new car, but this where all our money is going, just so we can get to the store to buy some beer and a few canned goods! LoL! When we got home, the Salvation Army called on the telephone to ask if we could donate anything and to leave it on the front porch FRIDAY THE 13th. You can't make this stuff up! The rent is too damn high! On 12/6/2013 3:10 PM, Bhairitu wrote: I used to change the oil myself on my '77 Subaru wagon. But it is a messy job and required a custom oil filter. Current oil changes at the local shop up the street who now do my Subaru maintenance is $40. How much time depends on how busy they are but the longest wait would be about an hour. I watch the oil to see how dirty it is. However I have yet to reach the miles they put on the sticker a year ago. Everything I need is a short trip around here so I don't rack up miles and they always kid me about all the driving I do. I heard a report the other day on
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noozguru, I could be wrong about some of this, but isn't electricity out west generated from dams?! And aren't the dams part of the reason there's a water shortage?! On Friday, December 6, 2013 11:07 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: My electric bill through the summer and up until November is usually around $45. California homes are built for cooling not heating. My November bill is $20 more. I'm not looking forward to the bill now that the furnace has kicked in. The new roof I had added in 2007 improved cooling quite a bit so AC seldom needs to be run but that December was very cold so at the first of the year I had more insulation put in. The old shake roof was actually better for heating and not so good for cooling. On 12/06/2013 07:50 AM, Share Long wrote: Richard, my electric bill was $11 last month. In summer it can be as high as $90, depending on how much I run the window air conditioners. Are you all in a drought area? I've heard that much of the west gets its water from the Rocky mountains and that's why water is so expensive. Water wars around the corner! On Thursday, December 5, 2013 2:28 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: In September our water bill was $90; so we cut back; then in October the bill was $40. We tried to use less water by: 1. Only doing full loads of wash using cold water once a week. 2. Filling the sink with water for dish washing, instead of leaving the water running. 3. Taking quick showers and low tub fills for bathing. 4. Stopped watering the front lawn and half of the back yard. Then, the November water bill came in at $110. This is just outrageous!!! Who are you going to call? So, I called the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) to complain, to no avail. The water company is a monopoly! One guy's bill was over $500 for one month, and he was out of town for ten days. Go figure. They found a leak at his place - in the concrete foundation pipe! So, I've started to monitor the water meter. Do they actually read those meters, or is it just a guestimate? The rent is too damned high! On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: The rent is too damn high! Now we're going to have to pay higher taxes in order to get heath insurance. You can't keep your plan or your doctor and you can't sign up at the exchange. And now I'm finding out there's a marriage penalty.It's just outrageous! The rent is too damn high! On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:26 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Not only has it already been passed long since, it's survived a Supreme Court challenge. The Republicans--a minority of the most conservative--aren't trying to keep it from passing, they're trying to get it repealed, defunded. It's just insane. That's why the government is shut down and why the debt limit increase is in jeopardy, threatening default. This small group of House members is holding the country hostage. Once Obamacare is fully in effect, unless things go badly wrong somehow, a lot of people will change their tune. Folks are bellyaching, generally speaking, because they're either misinformed (by the Republicans) or uninformed. Somebody took a poll the other day asking people if they approved of Obamacare; then asking them if they approved of the Affordable Care Act. A sizeable percentage approved of the latter but not the former. In fact, Obamacare IS the Affordable Care Act. Just different ways of referring to the same exact thing. The new government Web site where people can find out about and apply for Obamacare has been mobbed the past few days. That's the good news. The bad news is that it wasn't prepared for such a huge onslaught and has been malfunctioning rather seriously. You just want to tear your hair out. Ann wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are.
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn HIGH ...no ITS JUST RIGHT NOT 2 HIGH ITS THE MARKET PRICE EXACTLY
WHAT!? Probably the last thing I need is to buy a house just so I could be close to a golden dome. I already sold my shack out in Hays County and rented a house down in San Antonio. I'll probably sell Dad's place on the lake when he is gone. I'm still in Texas for two reasons: no personal income tax and I like live music venues. I'm paying $400 a month for rent down here, and the rent is still too damn high! On 12/6/2013 10:35 PM, William Leed wrote: BUILD A HOME RENT IT OR BUY OIL STOCKS, SAVE SOME $$ THEN BECOME AN OWNER! wITH PROFITS IF U CHOOSE TO MAKE THEM BE HAPPY IN THE DOME! ENJOY THE RIDE BE MORE HAPPY POSITIVE LOOK 4 THE SUN THE PROFITS
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn HIGH ...no ITS JUST RIGHT NOT 2 HIGH ITS THE MARKET PRICE EXACTLY
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: WHAT!? Probably the last thing I need is to buy a house just so I could be close to a golden dome. I already sold my shack out in Hays County and rented a house down in San Antonio. I'll probably sell Dad's place on the lake when he is gone. I'm still in Texas for two reasons: no personal income tax and I like live music venues. I'm paying $400 a month for rent down here, and the rent is still too damn high! You are complaining about 400 a month? Yep, you are suited for the boondocks. On 12/6/2013 10:35 PM, William Leed wrote: BUILD A HOME RENT IT OR BUY OIL STOCKS, SAVE SOME $$ THEN BECOME AN OWNER! wITH PROFITS IF U CHOOSE TO MAKE THEM BE HAPPY IN THE DOME! ENJOY THE RIDE BE MORE HAPPY POSITIVE LOOK 4 THE SUN THE PROFITS
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn HIGH ...no ITS JUST RIGHT NOT 2 HIGH ITS THE MARKET PRICE EXACTLY
Obviously Richard, the problem is you need to type in all upper case then everything will be fine. :-D On 12/06/2013 08:35 PM, William Leed wrote: BUILD A HOME RENT IT OR BUY OIL STOCKS, SAVE SOME $$ THEN BECOME AN OWNER! wITH PROFITS IF U CHOOSE TO MAKE THEM BE HAPPY IN THE DOME! ENJOY THE RIDE BE MORE HAPPY POSITIVE LOOK 4 THE SUN THE PROFITS -Original Message- From: Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, Dec 6, 2013 7:38 pm Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High! Today we went to the grocery store to get a few things and return about a hundred plastic bags. In the parking lot I turned left to find a parking slot and there was this yahoo in a big truck heading toward me, GOING THE WRONG WAY, driving a Ford F-350 with dual wheels on back. At first I said You **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ SOB! Then, I realized the poor guy was not only real dumb and half blind and confused, but he was probably driving the only vehicle he owned and paying $600 a month in payments, just to go get a six-pack of beer and a carton of cigarettes at the store. Go figure. So then, in the Christmas spirit, I said: you **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ poor bastard! and backed up, causing a traffic jam in front of the store. Then, on the way home at a stop light, a guy dressed in overalls with a styrofoam cup in his hand tried to hit us up for some spare change. So, still in the Christmas spirit, I rolled down the window and said real nice: We don't have any cash - we're living on credit cards. Sorry we can't donate anything - I know it looks like I'm rich because I'm driving a shiny new car, but this where all our money is going, just so we can get to the store to buy some beer and a few canned goods! LoL! When we got home, the Salvation Army called on the telephone to ask if we could donate anything and to leave it on the front porch FRIDAY THE 13th. You can't make this stuff up! The rent is too damn high! On 12/6/2013 3:10 PM, Bhairitu wrote: I used to change the oil myself on my '77 Subaru wagon. But it is a messy job and required a custom oil filter. Current oil changes at the local shop up the street who now do my Subaru maintenance is $40. How much time depends on how busy they are but the longest wait would be about an hour. I watch the oil to see how dirty it is. However I have yet to reach the miles they put on the sticker a year ago. Everything I need is a short trip around here so I don't rack up miles and they always kid me about all the driving I do. I heard a report the other day on why car prices have exceeded inflation over the years and the bottom line was.. you got it... profit. Adding air bags do not add much to the price though companies use safety features as a reason. In 1973 I bought a new Datsun wagon for a mere $1800. I put the figure for my '77 Subaru wagon in an inflation calculator and my $2800 '77 should only cost around $11K these days adjusted for inflation. OTOH, the other day I ordered a new keyless remote for the '98 Subaru since the second of the original pair was beginning to fall apart. A few years back I looked online and found that the price for a remote was around $70. This time I found one online for my year and model for only $15 including shipping. It was easy to setup and works great. On 12/06/2013 11:40 AM, Richard Williams wrote: Our car dealer says we should be changing the oil in our new car every 3,000 miles, in order to insure the warranty. We can do this by driving out to the dealership, waiting in line, and either leaving the car, or wait in the waiting room, and then pay $55. It usually takes more than an hour, if you get there real early during the week. The last time I had the oil changed at 10,000 miles, I took the car to Jiffy Lube - it took only about twenty minutes and I paid them $65. They talked me into getting synthetic oil - Royal Purple. They tried to sell me an air filter for $18 - but I declined. According to Click Clack, The Tappit Brothers, you can go over 6,000 miles between oil changes. I've always been fond of Texaco oil. I get almost all of my oil from either Spindletop or from the Permian Basin. Dad goes 5,000, because it's easy to remember the numbers. One guy, a car mechanic, once told me that oil never breaks down - all you have to do is change the oil filter and add a quart of oil. Go figure. So, this time I took the car to Pep Boys for the oil change: $19.95 for Pennzoil, with a discount coupon, and half an hour waiting. And, I bought my own filter for $12.95 and put it on myself. The rent is too damn high!
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn HIGH ...no ITS JUST RIGHT NOT 2 HIGH ITS THE MARKET PRICE EXACTLY
Richard, $400 rent?! That's it! You get no more sympathy from me! On Saturday, December 7, 2013 11:17 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Obviously Richard, the problem is you need to type in all upper case then everything will be fine. :-D On 12/06/2013 08:35 PM, William Leed wrote: BUILD A HOME RENT IT OR BUY OIL STOCKS, SAVE SOME $$ THEN BECOME AN OWNER! wITH PROFITS IF U CHOOSE TO MAKE THEM BE HAPPY IN THE DOME! ENJOY THE RIDE BE MORE HAPPY POSITIVE LOOK 4 THE SUN THE PROFITS -Original Message- From: Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, Dec 6, 2013 7:38 pm Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High! Today we went to the grocery store to get a few things and return about a hundred plastic bags. In the parking lot I turned left to find a parking slot and there was this yahoo in a big truck heading toward me, GOING THE WRONG WAY, driving a Ford F-350 with dual wheels on back. At first I said You **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ SOB! Then, I realized the poor guy was not only real dumb and half blind and confused, but he was probably driving the only vehicle he owned and paying $600 a month in payments, just to go get a six-pack of beer and a carton of cigarettes at the store. Go figure. So then, in the Christmas spirit, I said: you **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ poor bastard! and backed up, causing a traffic jam in front of the store. Then, on the way home at a stop light, a guy dressed in overalls with a styrofoam cup in his hand tried to hit us up for some spare change. So, still in the Christmas spirit, I rolled down the window and said real nice: We don't have any cash - we're living on credit cards. Sorry we can't donate anything - I know it looks like I'm rich because I'm driving a shiny new car, but this where all our money is going, just so we can get to the store to buy some beer and a few canned goods! LoL! When we got home, the Salvation Army called on the telephone to ask if we could donate anything and to leave it on the front porch FRIDAY THE 13th. You can't make this stuff up! The rent is too damn high! On 12/6/2013 3:10 PM, Bhairitu wrote: I used to change the oil myself on my '77 Subaru wagon. But it is a messy job and required a custom oil filter. Current oil changes at the local shop up the street who now do my Subaru maintenance is $40. How much time depends on how busy they are but the longest wait would be about an hour. I watch the oil to see how dirty it is. However I have yet to reach the miles they put on the sticker a year ago. Everything I need is a short trip around here so I don't rack up miles and they always kid me about all the driving I do. I heard a report the other day on why car prices have exceeded inflation over the years and the bottom line was.. you got it... profit. Adding air bags do not add much to the price though companies use safety features as a reason. In 1973 I bought a new Datsun wagon for a mere $1800. I put the figure for my '77 Subaru wagon in an inflation calculator and my $2800 '77 should only cost around $11K these days adjusted for inflation. OTOH, the other day I ordered a new keyless remote for the '98 Subaru since the second of the original pair was beginning to fall apart. A few years back I looked online and found that the price for a remote was around $70. This time I found one online for my year and model for only $15 including shipping. It was easy to setup and works great. On 12/06/2013 11:40 AM, Richard Williams wrote: Our car dealer says we should be changing the oil in our new car every 3,000 miles, in order to insure the warranty. We can do this by driving out to the dealership, waiting in line, and either leaving the car, or wait in the waiting room, and then pay $55. It usually takes more than an hour, if you get there real early during the week. The last time I had the oil changed at 10,000 miles, I took the car to Jiffy Lube - it took only about
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Richard, my electric bill was $11 last month. In summer it can be as high as $90, depending on how much I run the window air conditioners. Are you all in a drought area? I've heard that much of the west gets its water from the Rocky mountains and that's why water is so expensive. Water wars around the corner! On Thursday, December 5, 2013 2:28 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: In September our water bill was $90; so we cut back; then in October the bill was $40. We tried to use less water by: 1. Only doing full loads of wash using cold water once a week. 2. Filling the sink with water for dish washing, instead of leaving the water running. 3. Taking quick showers and low tub fills for bathing. 4. Stopped watering the front lawn and half of the back yard. Then, the November water bill came in at $110. This is just outrageous!!! Who are you going to call? So, I called the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) to complain, to no avail. The water company is a monopoly! One guy's bill was over $500 for one month, and he was out of town for ten days. Go figure. They found a leak at his place - in the concrete foundation pipe! So, I've started to monitor the water meter. Do they actually read those meters, or is it just a guestimate? The rent is too damned high! On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: The rent is too damn high! Now we're going to have to pay higher taxes in order to get heath insurance. You can't keep your plan or your doctor and you can't sign up at the exchange. And now I'm finding out there's a marriage penalty.It's just outrageous! The rent is too damn high! On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:26 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Not only has it already been passed long since, it's survived a Supreme Court challenge. The Republicans--a minority of the most conservative--aren't trying to keep it from passing, they're trying to get it repealed, defunded. It's just insane. That's why the government is shut down and why the debt limit increase is in jeopardy, threatening default. This small group of House members is holding the country hostage. Once Obamacare is fully in effect, unless things go badly wrong somehow, a lot of people will change their tune. Folks are bellyaching, generally speaking, because they're either misinformed (by the Republicans) or uninformed. Somebody took a poll the other day asking people if they approved of Obamacare; then asking them if they approved of the Affordable Care Act. A sizeable percentage approved of the latter but not the former. In fact, Obamacare IS the Affordable Care Act. Just different ways of referring to the same exact thing. The new government Web site where people can find out about and apply for Obamacare has been mobbed the past few days. That's the good news. The bad news is that it wasn't prepared for such a huge onslaught and has been malfunctioning rather seriously. You just want to tear your hair out. Ann wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are.
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High!
My electric bill through the summer and up until November is usually around $45. California homes are built for cooling not heating. My November bill is $20 more. I'm not looking forward to the bill now that the furnace has kicked in. The new roof I had added in 2007 improved cooling quite a bit so AC seldom needs to be run but that December was very cold so at the first of the year I had more insulation put in. The old shake roof was actually better for heating and not so good for cooling. On 12/06/2013 07:50 AM, Share Long wrote: Richard, my electric bill was $11 last month. In summer it can be as high as $90, depending on how much I run the window air conditioners. Are you all in a drought area? I've heard that much of the west gets its water from the Rocky mountains and that's why water is so expensive. Water wars around the corner! On Thursday, December 5, 2013 2:28 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: In September our water bill was $90; so we cut back; then in October the bill was $40. Inline image 1 We tried to use less water by: 1. Only doing full loads of wash using cold water once a week. 2. Filling the sink with water for dish washing, instead of leaving the water running. 3. Taking quick showers and low tub fills for bathing. 4. Stopped watering the front lawn and half of the back yard. Then, the November water bill came in at $110. This is just outrageous!!! Who are you going to call? So, I called the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) to complain, to no avail. The water company is a monopoly! One guy's bill was over $500 for one month, and he was out of town for ten days. Go figure. They found a leak at his place - in the concrete foundation pipe! So, I've started to monitor the water meter. Do they actually read those meters, or is it just a guestimate? The rent is too damned high! Inline image 2 On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com mailto:pundits...@gmail.com wrote: The rentistoo damn high! Now we're going to have to pay higher taxes in order to get heath insurance. You can't keep your plan or your doctor and you can't sign up at the exchange. And now I'm finding out there's a marriage penalty.It's just outrageous! The rentistoo damn high! Inline image 1 On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:26 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com mailto:authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Not only has it already been passed long since, it's survived a Supreme Court challenge. The Republicans--a minority of the most conservative--aren't trying to keep it from passing, they're trying to get it repealed, defunded. It's just insane. That's why the government is shut down and why the debt limit increase is in jeopardy, threatening default. This small group of House members is holding the country hostage. Once Obamacare is fully in effect, unless things go badly wrong somehow, a lot of people will change their tune. Folks are bellyaching, generally speaking, because they're either misinformed (by the Republicans) or uninformed. Somebody took a poll the other day asking people if they approved of Obamacare; then asking them if they approved of the Affordable Care Act. A sizeable percentage approved of the latter but not the former. In fact, Obamacare IS the Affordable Care Act. Just different ways of referring to the same exact thing. The new government Web site where people can find out about and apply for Obamacare has been mobbed the past few days. That's the good news. The bad news is that it wasn't prepared for such a huge onslaught and has been malfunctioning rather seriously. You just want to tear your hair out. Ann wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are.
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High!
Our car dealer says we should be changing the oil in our new car every 3,000 miles, in order to insure the warranty. We can do this by driving out to the dealership, waiting in line, and either leaving the car, or wait in the waiting room, and then pay $55. It usually takes more than an hour, if you get there real early during the week. The last time I had the oil changed at 10,000 miles, I took the car to Jiffy Lube - it took only about twenty minutes and I paid them $65. They talked me into getting synthetic oil - Royal Purple. They tried to sell me an air filter for $18 - but I declined. According to Click Clack, The Tappit Brothers, you can go over 6,000 miles between oil changes. I've always been fond of Texaco oil. I get almost all of my oil from either Spindletop or from the Permian Basin. Dad goes 5,000, because it's easy to remember the numbers. One guy, a car mechanic, once told me that oil never breaks down - all you have to do is change the oil filter and add a quart of oil. Go figure. So, this time I took the car to Pep Boys for the oil change: $19.95 for Pennzoil, with a discount coupon, and half an hour waiting. And, I bought my own filter for $12.95 and put it on myself. The rent is too damn high! On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: My electric bill through the summer and up until November is usually around $45. California homes are built for cooling not heating. My November bill is $20 more. I'm not looking forward to the bill now that the furnace has kicked in. The new roof I had added in 2007 improved cooling quite a bit so AC seldom needs to be run but that December was very cold so at the first of the year I had more insulation put in. The old shake roof was actually better for heating and not so good for cooling. On 12/06/2013 07:50 AM, Share Long wrote: Richard, my electric bill was $11 last month. In summer it can be as high as $90, depending on how much I run the window air conditioners. Are you all in a drought area? I've heard that much of the west gets its water from the Rocky mountains and that's why water is so expensive. Water wars around the corner! On Thursday, December 5, 2013 2:28 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com pundits...@gmail.com wrote: In September our water bill was $90; so we cut back; then in October the bill was $40. [image: Inline image 1] We tried to use less water by: 1. Only doing full loads of wash using cold water once a week. 2. Filling the sink with water for dish washing, instead of leaving the water running. 3. Taking quick showers and low tub fills for bathing. 4. Stopped watering the front lawn and half of the back yard. Then, the November water bill came in at $110. This is just outrageous!!! Who are you going to call? So, I called the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) to complain, to no avail. The water company is a monopoly! One guy's bill was over $500 for one month, and he was out of town for ten days. Go figure. They found a leak at his place - in the concrete foundation pipe! So, I've started to monitor the water meter. Do they actually read those meters, or is it just a guestimate? The rent is too damned high! [image: Inline image 2] On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: The rent is too damn high! Now we're going to have to pay higher taxes in order to get heath insurance. You can't keep your plan or your doctor and you can't sign up at the exchange. And now I'm finding out there's a marriage penalty.It's just outrageous! The rent is too damn high! [image: Inline image 1] On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:26 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Not only has it already been passed long since, it's survived a Supreme Court challenge. The Republicans--a minority of the most conservative--aren't trying to keep it from passing, they're trying to get it repealed, defunded. It's just insane. That's why the government is shut down and why the debt limit increase is in jeopardy, threatening default. This small group of House members is holding the country hostage. Once Obamacare is fully in effect, unless things go badly wrong somehow, a lot of people will change their tune. Folks are bellyaching, generally speaking, because they're either misinformed (by the Republicans) or uninformed. Somebody took a poll the other day asking people if they approved of Obamacare; then asking them if they approved of the Affordable Care Act. A sizeable percentage approved of the latter but not the former. In fact, Obamacare IS the Affordable Care Act. Just different ways of referring to the same exact thing. The new government Web site where people can find out about and apply for Obamacare has been mobbed the past few days. That's the good news. The bad news is that it wasn't prepared for such a huge onslaught and has been malfunctioning rather seriously. You just want to
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High!
Today we went to the grocery store to get a few things and return about a hundred plastic bags. In the parking lot I turned left to find a parking slot and there was this yahoo in a big truck heading toward me, GOING THE WRONG WAY, driving a Ford F-350 with dual wheels on back. At first I said You **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ SOB! Then, I realized the poor guy was not only real dumb and half blind and confused, but he was probably driving the only vehicle he owned and paying $600 a month in payments, just to go get a six-pack of beer and a carton of cigarettes at the store. Go figure. So then, in the Christmas spirit, I said: you **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ poor bastard! and backed up, causing a traffic jam in front of the store. Then, on the way home at a stop light, a guy dressed in overalls with a styrofoam cup in his hand tried to hit us up for some spare change. So, still in the Christmas spirit, I rolled down the window and said real nice: We don't have any cash - we're living on credit cards. Sorry we can't donate anything - I know it looks like I'm rich because I'm driving a shiny new car, but this where all our money is going, just so we can get to the store to buy some beer and a few canned goods! LoL! When we got home, the Salvation Army called on the telephone to ask if we could donate anything and to leave it on the front porch FRIDAY THE 13th. You can't make this stuff up! The rent is too damn high! On 12/6/2013 3:10 PM, Bhairitu wrote: I used to change the oil myself on my '77 Subaru wagon. But it is a messy job and required a custom oil filter. Current oil changes at the local shop up the street who now do my Subaru maintenance is $40. How much time depends on how busy they are but the longest wait would be about an hour. I watch the oil to see how dirty it is. However I have yet to reach the miles they put on the sticker a year ago. Everything I need is a short trip around here so I don't rack up miles and they always kid me about all the driving I do. I heard a report the other day on why car prices have exceeded inflation over the years and the bottom line was.. you got it... profit. Adding air bags do not add much to the price though companies use safety features as a reason. In 1973 I bought a new Datsun wagon for a mere $1800. I put the figure for my '77 Subaru wagon in an inflation calculator and my $2800 '77 should only cost around $11K these days adjusted for inflation. OTOH, the other day I ordered a new keyless remote for the '98 Subaru since the second of the original pair was beginning to fall apart. A few years back I looked online and found that the price for a remote was around $70. This time I found one online for my year and model for only $15 including shipping. It was easy to setup and works great. On 12/06/2013 11:40 AM, Richard Williams wrote: Our car dealer says we should be changing the oil in our new car every 3,000 miles, in order to insure the warranty. We can do this by driving out to the dealership, waiting in line, and either leaving the car, or wait in the waiting room, and then pay $55. It usually takes more than an hour, if you get there real early during the week. The last time I had the oil changed at 10,000 miles, I took the car to Jiffy Lube - it took only about twenty minutes and I paid them $65. They talked me into getting synthetic oil - Royal Purple. They tried to sell me an air filter for $18 - but I declined. According to Click Clack, The Tappit Brothers, you can go over 6,000 miles between oil changes. I've always been fond of Texaco oil. I get almost all of my oil from either Spindletop or from the Permian Basin. Dad goes 5,000, because it's easy to remember the numbers. One guy, a car mechanic, once told me that oil never breaks down - all you have to do is change the oil filter and add a quart of oil. Go figure. So, this time I took the car to Pep Boys for the oil change: $19.95 for Pennzoil, with a discount coupon, and half an hour waiting. And, I bought my own filter for $12.95 and put it on myself. The rent is too damn high!
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn HIGH ...no ITS JUST RIGHT NOT 2 HIGH ITS THE MARKET PRICE EXACTLY
BUILD A HOME RENT IT OR BUY OIL STOCKS, SAVE SOME $$ THEN BECOME AN OWNER! wITH PROFITS IF U CHOOSE TO MAKE THEM BE HAPPY IN THE DOME! ENJOY THE RIDE BE MORE HAPPY POSITIVE LOOK 4 THE SUN THE PROFITS -Original Message- From: Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, Dec 6, 2013 7:38 pm Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High! Today we went to the grocery store to get a few things and return about a hundred plastic bags. In the parking lot I turned left to find a parking slot and there was this yahoo in a big truck heading toward me, GOING THE WRONG WAY, driving a Ford F-350 with dual wheels on back. At first I said You **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ SOB! Then, I realized the poor guy was not only real dumb and half blind and confused, but he was probably driving the only vehicle he owned and paying $600 a month in payments, just to go get a six-pack of beer and a carton of cigarettes at the store. Go figure. So then, in the Christmas spirit, I said: you **fukin **#@*^^!!!#@*%$#%@ poor bastard! and backed up, causing a traffic jam in front of the store. Then, on the way home at a stop light, a guy dressed in overalls with a styrofoam cup in his hand tried to hit us up for some spare change. So, still in the Christmas spirit, I rolled down the window and said real nice: We don't have any cash - we're living on credit cards. Sorry we can't donate anything - I know it looks like I'm rich because I'm driving a shiny new car, but this where all our money is going, just so we can get to the store to buy some beer and a few canned goods! LoL! When we got home, the Salvation Army called on the telephone to ask if we could donate anything and to leave it on the front porch FRIDAY THE 13th. You can't make this stuff up! The rent is too damn high! On 12/6/2013 3:10 PM, Bhairitu wrote: I used to change the oil myself on my '77 Subaru wagon. But it is a messy job and required a custom oil filter. Current oil changes at the local shop up the street who now do my Subaru maintenance is $40. How much time depends on how busy they are but the longest wait would be about an hour. I watch the oil to see how dirty it is. However I have yet to reach the miles they put on the sticker a year ago. Everything I need is a short trip around here so I don't rack up miles and they always kid me about all the driving I do. I heard a report the other day on why car prices have exceeded inflation over the years and the bottom line was.. you got it... profit. Adding air bags do not add much to the price though companies use safety features as a reason. In 1973 I bought a new Datsun wagon for a mere $1800. I put the figure for my '77 Subaru wagon in an inflation calculator and my $2800 '77 should only cost around $11K these days adjusted for inflation. OTOH, the other day I ordered a new keyless remote for the '98 Subaru since the second of the original pair was beginning to fall apart. A few years back I looked online and found that the price for a remote was around $70. This time I found one online for my year and model for only $15 including shipping. It was easy to setup and works great. On 12/06/2013 11:40 AM, Richard Williams wrote: Our car dealer says we should be changing the oilin our new car every 3,000 miles, in order to insurethe warranty. We can do this by driving out to thedealership, waiting in line, and either leaving thecar, or wait in the waiting room, and then pay $55.It usually takes more than an hour, if you get therereal early during the week. The last time I had the oil changed at 10,000miles, I took the car to Jiffy Lube - it took onlyabout twenty minutes and I paid them $65. Theytalked me into getting synthetic oil - Royal Purple.They tried to sell me an air filter for $18 - but Ideclined. According to Click Clack, The Tappit
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In September our water bill was $90; so we cut back; then in October the bill was $40. [image: Inline image 1] We tried to use less water by: 1. Only doing full loads of wash using cold water once a week. 2. Filling the sink with water for dish washing, instead of leaving the water running. 3. Taking quick showers and low tub fills for bathing. 4. Stopped watering the front lawn and half of the back yard. Then, the November water bill came in at $110. This is just outrageous!!! Who are you going to call? So, I called the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) to complain, to no avail. The water company is a monopoly! One guy's bill was over $500 for one month, and he was out of town for ten days. Go figure. They found a leak at his place - in the concrete foundation pipe! So, I've started to monitor the water meter. Do they actually read those meters, or is it just a guestimate? The rent is too damned high! [image: Inline image 2] On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: The rent is too damn high! Now we're going to have to pay higher taxes in order to get heath insurance. You can't keep your plan or your doctor and you can't sign up at the exchange. And now I'm finding out there's a marriage penalty.It's just outrageous! The rent is too damn high! [image: Inline image 1] On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:26 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Not only has it already been passed long since, it's survived a Supreme Court challenge. The Republicans--a minority of the most conservative--aren't trying to keep it from passing, they're trying to get it repealed, defunded. It's just insane. That's why the government is shut down and why the debt limit increase is in jeopardy, threatening default. This small group of House members is holding the country hostage. Once Obamacare is fully in effect, unless things go badly wrong somehow, a lot of people will change their tune. Folks are bellyaching, generally speaking, because they're either misinformed (by the Republicans) or uninformed. Somebody took a poll the other day asking people if they approved of Obamacare; then asking them if they approved of the Affordable Care Act. A sizeable percentage approved of the latter but not the former. In fact, Obamacare IS the Affordable Care Act. Just different ways of referring to the same exact thing. The new government Web site where people can find out about and apply for Obamacare has been mobbed the past few days. That's the good news. The bad news is that it wasn't prepared for such a huge onslaught and has been malfunctioning rather seriously. You just want to tear your hair out. Ann wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are.
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The rent is too damn high! Now we're going to have to pay higher taxes in order to get heath insurance. You can't keep your plan or your doctor and you can't sign up at the exchange. And now I'm finding out there's a marriage penalty.It's just outrageous! The rent is too damn high! [image: Inline image 1] On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:26 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Not only has it already been passed long since, it's survived a Supreme Court challenge. The Republicans--a minority of the most conservative--aren't trying to keep it from passing, they're trying to get it repealed, defunded. It's just insane. That's why the government is shut down and why the debt limit increase is in jeopardy, threatening default. This small group of House members is holding the country hostage. Once Obamacare is fully in effect, unless things go badly wrong somehow, a lot of people will change their tune. Folks are bellyaching, generally speaking, because they're either misinformed (by the Republicans) or uninformed. Somebody took a poll the other day asking people if they approved of Obamacare; then asking them if they approved of the Affordable Care Act. A sizeable percentage approved of the latter but not the former. In fact, Obamacare IS the Affordable Care Act. Just different ways of referring to the same exact thing. The new government Web site where people can find out about and apply for Obamacare has been mobbed the past few days. That's the good news. The bad news is that it wasn't prepared for such a huge onslaught and has been malfunctioning rather seriously. You just want to tear your hair out. Ann wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are.
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Ok, Richard, I'll bite: what is the marriage penalty? On Sunday, November 17, 2013 2:58 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: The rent is too damn high! Now we're going to have to pay higher taxes in order to get heath insurance. You can't keep your plan or your doctor and you can't sign up at the exchange. And now I'm finding out there's a marriage penalty.It's just outrageous! The rent is too damn high! On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:26 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Not only has it already been passed long since, it's survived a Supreme Court challenge. The Republicans--a minority of the most conservative--aren't trying to keep it from passing, they're trying to get it repealed, defunded. It's just insane. That's why the government is shut down and why the debt limit increase is in jeopardy, threatening default. This small group of House members is holding the country hostage. Once Obamacare is fully in effect, unless things go badly wrong somehow, a lot of people will change their tune. Folks are bellyaching, generally speaking, because they're either misinformed (by the Republicans) or uninformed. Somebody took a poll the other day asking people if they approved of Obamacare; then asking them if they approved of the Affordable Care Act. A sizeable percentage approved of the latter but not the former. In fact, Obamacare IS the Affordable Care Act. Just different ways of referring to the same exact thing. The new government Web site where people can find out about and apply for Obamacare has been mobbed the past few days. That's the good news. The bad news is that it wasn't prepared for such a huge onslaught and has been malfunctioning rather seriously. You just want to tear your hair out. Ann wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are.
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If you are married, you may pay a higher tax or get less assistance in order to afford medical insurance. 'Penalty for Marriage in Obamacare' http://www.weeklystandard.com/penalty-marriage-obamacare http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/penalty-marriage-obamacare_767194.html?utm_source=twitterfeedutm_medium=twitter On 11/17/2013 3:20 PM, Share Long wrote: Ok, Richard, I'll bite: what is the marriage penalty? On Sunday, November 17, 2013 2:58 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: The rentistoo damn high! Now we're going to have to pay higher taxes in order to get heath insurance. You can't keep your plan or your doctor and you can't sign up at the exchange. And now I'm finding out there's a marriage penalty.It's just outrageous! The rentistoo damn high! Inline image 1 On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:26 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com mailto:authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Not only has it already been passed long since, it's survived a Supreme Court challenge. The Republicans--a minority of the most conservative--aren't trying to keep it from passing, they're trying to get it repealed, defunded. It's just insane. That's why the government is shut down and why the debt limit increase is in jeopardy, threatening default. This small group of House members is holding the country hostage. Once Obamacare is fully in effect, unless things go badly wrong somehow, a lot of people will change their tune. Folks are bellyaching, generally speaking, because they're either misinformed (by the Republicans) or uninformed. Somebody took a poll the other day asking people if they approved of Obamacare; then asking them if they approved of the Affordable Care Act. A sizeable percentage approved of the latter but not the former. In fact, Obamacare IS the Affordable Care Act. Just different ways of referring to the same exact thing. The new government Web site where people can find out about and apply for Obamacare has been mobbed the past few days. That's the good news. The bad news is that it wasn't prepared for such a huge onslaught and has been malfunctioning rather seriously. You just want to tear your hair out. Ann wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are.
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Ok, but please don't divorce Rita because of this! On Sunday, November 17, 2013 3:46 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: If you are married, you may pay a higher tax or get less assistance in order to afford medical insurance. 'Penalty for Marriage in Obamacare' http://www.weeklystandard.com/penalty-marriage-obamacare On 11/17/2013 3:20 PM, Share Long wrote: Ok, Richard, I'll bite: what is the marriage penalty? On Sunday, November 17, 2013 2:58 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: The rent is too damn high! Now we're going to have to pay higher taxes in order to get heath insurance. You can't keep your plan or your doctor and you can't sign up at the exchange. And now I'm finding out there's a marriage penalty.It's just outrageous! The rent is too damn high! On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:26 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Not only has it already been passed long since, it's survived a Supreme Court challenge. The Republicans--a minority of the most conservative--aren't trying to keep it from passing, they're trying to get it repealed, defunded. It's just insane. That's why the government is shut down and why the debt limit increase is in jeopardy, threatening default. This small group of House members is holding the country hostage. Once Obamacare is fully in effect, unless things go badly wrong somehow, a lot of people will change their tune. Folks are bellyaching, generally speaking, because they're either misinformed (by the Republicans) or uninformed. Somebody took a poll the other day asking people if they approved of Obamacare; then asking them if they approved of the Affordable Care Act. A sizeable percentage approved of the latter but not the former. In fact, Obamacare IS the Affordable Care Act. Just different ways of referring to the same exact thing. The new government Web site where people can find out about and apply for Obamacare has been mobbed the past few days. That's the good news. The bad news is that it wasn't prepared for such a huge onslaught and has been malfunctioning rather seriously. You just want to tear your hair out. Ann wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are.
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Share, are you horrified by your post numbers yet this week? Why were you horrified? What was your mind telling you? What reasons did you use to rationalize it to yourself? Was there an emotion behind the word choice of horrified? If so, what did you do with the emotion? Is this post to Richard funny to you in the context you wrote it, or does it seem on second glance to exhibit behavior that indicates you might be out of touch and out of control on a certain level? I'm sincerely curious, which is why I ask. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: Ok, but please don't divorce Rita because of this! On Sunday, November 17, 2013 3:46 PM, Richard J. Williams punditster@... wrote: If you are married, you may pay a higher tax or get less assistance in order to afford medical insurance. 'Penalty for Marriage in Obamacare' http://www.weeklystandard.com/penalty-marriage-obamacare http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/penalty-marriage-obamacare_767194.html?utm_source=twitterfeedutm_medium=twitter On 11/17/2013 3:20 PM, Share Long wrote: Ok, Richard, I'll bite: what is the marriage penalty? On Sunday, November 17, 2013 2:58 PM, Richard Williams punditster@... mailto:punditster@... wrote: The rent is too damn high! Now we're going to have to pay higher taxes in order to get heath insurance. You can't keep your plan or your doctor and you can't sign up at the exchange. And now I'm finding out there's a marriage penalty.It's just outrageous! The rent is too damn high! On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:26 PM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@... wrote: Not only has it already been passed long since, it's survived a Supreme Court challenge. The Republicans--a minority of the most conservative--aren't trying to keep it from passing, they're trying to get it repealed, defunded. It's just insane. That's why the government is shut down and why the debt limit increase is in jeopardy, threatening default. This small group of House members is holding the country hostage. Once Obamacare is fully in effect, unless things go badly wrong somehow, a lot of people will change their tune. Folks are bellyaching, generally speaking, because they're either misinformed (by the Republicans) or uninformed. Somebody took a poll the other day asking people if they approved of Obamacare; then asking them if they approved of the Affordable Care Act. A sizeable percentage approved of the latter but not the former. In fact, Obamacare IS the Affordable Care Act. Just different ways of referring to the same exact thing. The new government Web site where people can find out about and apply for Obamacare has been mobbed the past few days. That's the good news. The bad news is that it wasn't prepared for such a huge onslaught and has been malfunctioning rather seriously. You just want to tear your hair out. Ann wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are.
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Dear Emily - you should be addressing your Share comments to the Share thread. This is my thread 'The Rent is Too Damn High'. Thanks. FFL Guidelines: 11) While friendly exchange between friends is natural, try to pass on personal messages via personal e-mail, refraining where possible from sending personal messages to the whole list. On 11/17/2013 5:25 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: Share, are you horrified by your post numbers yet this week? Why were you horrified? What was your mind telling you? What reasons did you use to rationalize it to yourself? Was there an emotion behind the word choice of horrified? If so, what did you do with the emotion? Is this post to Richard funny to you in the context you wrote it, or does it seem on second glance to exhibit behavior that indicates you might be out of touch and out of control on a certain level? I'm sincerely curious, which is why I ask. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: Ok, but please don't divorce Rita because of this! On Sunday, November 17, 2013 3:46 PM, Richard J. Williams punditster@... wrote: If you are married, you may pay a higher tax or get less assistance in order to afford medical insurance. 'Penalty for Marriage in Obamacare' http://www.weeklystandard.com/penalty-marriage-obamacare http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/penalty-marriage-obamacare_767194.html?utm_source=twitterfeedutm_medium=twitter On 11/17/2013 3:20 PM, Share Long wrote: Ok, Richard, I'll bite: what is the marriage penalty? On Sunday, November 17, 2013 2:58 PM, Richard Williams punditster@... mailto:punditster@... wrote: The rentistoo damn high! Now we're going to have to pay higher taxes in order to get heath insurance. You can't keep your plan or your doctor and you can't sign up at the exchange. And now I'm finding out there's a marriage penalty.It's just outrageous! The rentistoo damn high! Inline image 1 On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:26 PM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@... wrote: Not only has it already been passed long since, it's survived a Supreme Court challenge. The Republicans--a minority of the most conservative--aren't trying to keep it from passing, they're trying to get it repealed, defunded. It's just insane. That's why the government is shut down and why the debt limit increase is in jeopardy, threatening default. This small group of House members is holding the country hostage. Once Obamacare is fully in effect, unless things go badly wrong somehow, a lot of people will change their tune. Folks are bellyaching, generally speaking, because they're either misinformed (by the Republicans) or uninformed. Somebody took a poll the other day asking people if they approved of Obamacare; then asking them if they approved of the Affordable Care Act. A sizeable percentage approved of the latter but not the former. In fact, Obamacare IS the Affordable Care Act. Just different ways of referring to the same exact thing. The new government Web site where people can find out about and apply for Obamacare has been mobbed the past few days. That's the good news. The bad news is that it wasn't prepared for such a huge onslaught and has been malfunctioning rather seriously. You just want to tear your hair out. Ann wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are.
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No, she shouldn't. Emily is commenting on a post of Share's in the current thread. As you well know, nobody gets to own a thread; all threads are open to all. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: Dear Emily - you should be addressing your Share comments to the Share thread. This is my thread 'The Rent is Too Damn High'. Thanks. FFL Guidelines: 11) While friendly exchange between friends is natural, try to pass on personal messages via personal e-mail, refraining where possible from sending personal messages to the whole list. On 11/17/2013 5:25 PM, emilymaenot@... mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote: Share, are you horrified by your post numbers yet this week? Why were you horrified? What was your mind telling you? What reasons did you use to rationalize it to yourself? Was there an emotion behind the word choice of horrified? If so, what did you do with the emotion? Is this post to Richard funny to you in the context you wrote it, or does it seem on second glance to exhibit behavior that indicates you might be out of touch and out of control on a certain level? I'm sincerely curious, which is why I ask. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... mailto:sharelong60@... wrote: Ok, but please don't divorce Rita because of this! On Sunday, November 17, 2013 3:46 PM, Richard J. Williams punditster@... mailto:punditster@... wrote: If you are married, you may pay a higher tax or get less assistance in order to afford medical insurance. 'Penalty for Marriage in Obamacare' http://www.weeklystandard.com/penalty-marriage-obamacare http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/penalty-marriage-obamacare_767194.html?utm_source=twitterfeedutm_medium=twitter On 11/17/2013 3:20 PM, Share Long wrote: Ok, Richard, I'll bite: what is the marriage penalty? On Sunday, November 17, 2013 2:58 PM, Richard Williams punditster@... mailto:punditster@... wrote: The rent is too damn high! Now we're going to have to pay higher taxes in order to get heath insurance. You can't keep your plan or your doctor and you can't sign up at the exchange. And now I'm finding out there's a marriage penalty.It's just outrageous! The rent is too damn high! On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:26 PM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@... wrote: Not only has it already been passed long since, it's survived a Supreme Court challenge. The Republicans--a minority of the most conservative--aren't trying to keep it from passing, they're trying to get it repealed, defunded. It's just insane. That's why the government is shut down and why the debt limit increase is in jeopardy, threatening default. This small group of House members is holding the country hostage. Once Obamacare is fully in effect, unless things go badly wrong somehow, a lot of people will change their tune. Folks are bellyaching, generally speaking, because they're either misinformed (by the Republicans) or uninformed. Somebody took a poll the other day asking people if they approved of Obamacare; then asking them if they approved of the Affordable Care Act. A sizeable percentage approved of the latter but not the former. In fact, Obamacare IS the Affordable Care Act. Just different ways of referring to the same exact thing. The new government Web site where people can find out about and apply for Obamacare has been mobbed the past few days. That's the good news. The bad news is that it wasn't prepared for such a huge onslaught and has been malfunctioning rather seriously. You just want to tear your hair out. Ann wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are.
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It sure took a long time for you to get around to trashing this thread. Go figure. FFL Guidelines: 13) Please don't post commercial announcements in the main message area. On 11/17/2013 6:06 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: *No, she shouldn't. Emily is commenting on a post of Share's in the current thread. As you well know, nobody gets to own a thread; all threads are open to all.* * * ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: Dear Emily - you should be addressing your Share comments to the Share thread. This is my thread 'The Rent is Too Damn High'. Thanks. FFL Guidelines: 11) While friendly exchange between friends is natural, try to pass on personal messages via personal e-mail, refraining where possible from sending personal messages to the whole list. On 11/17/2013 5:25 PM, emilymaenot@... mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote: Share, are you horrified by your post numbers yet this week? Why were you horrified? What was your mind telling you? What reasons did you use to rationalize it to yourself? Was there an emotion behind the word choice of horrified? If so, what did you do with the emotion? Is this post to Richard funny to you in the context you wrote it, or does it seem on second glance to exhibit behavior that indicates you might be out of touch and out of control on a certain level? I'm sincerely curious, which is why I ask. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... mailto:sharelong60@... wrote: Ok, but please don't divorce Rita because of this! On Sunday, November 17, 2013 3:46 PM, Richard J. Williams punditster@... mailto:punditster@... wrote: If you are married, you may pay a higher tax or get less assistance in order to afford medical insurance. 'Penalty for Marriage in Obamacare' http://www.weeklystandard.com/penalty-marriage-obamacare http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/penalty-marriage-obamacare_767194.html?utm_source=twitterfeedutm_medium=twitter On 11/17/2013 3:20 PM, Share Long wrote: Ok, Richard, I'll bite: what is the marriage penalty? On Sunday, November 17, 2013 2:58 PM, Richard Williams punditster@... mailto:punditster@... wrote: The rentistoo damn high! Now we're going to have to pay higher taxes in order to get heath insurance. You can't keep your plan or your doctor and you can't sign up at the exchange. And now I'm finding out there's a marriage penalty.It's just outrageous! The rentistoo damn high! Inline image 1 On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:26 PM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@... wrote: Not only has it already been passed long since, it's survived a Supreme Court challenge. The Republicans--a minority of the most conservative--aren't trying to keep it from passing, they're trying to get it repealed, defunded. It's just insane. That's why the government is shut down and why the debt limit increase is in jeopardy, threatening default. This small group of House members is holding the country hostage. Once Obamacare is fully in effect, unless things go badly wrong somehow, a lot of people will change their tune. Folks are bellyaching, generally speaking, because they're either misinformed (by the Republicans) or uninformed. Somebody took a poll the other day asking people if they approved of Obamacare; then asking them if they approved of the Affordable Care Act. A sizeable percentage approved of the latter but not the former. In fact, Obamacare IS the Affordable Care Act. Just different ways of referring to the same exact thing. The new government Web site where people can find out about and apply for Obamacare has been mobbed the past few days. That's the good news. The bad news is that it wasn't prepared for such a huge onslaught and has been malfunctioning rather seriously. You just want to tear your hair out. Ann wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are.
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So how long have you had this fistula? On 11/17/2013 04:12 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: It sure took a long time for you to get around to trashing this thread. Go figure. FFL Guidelines: 13) Please don't post commercial announcements in the main message area. On 11/17/2013 6:06 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: *No, she shouldn't. Emily is commenting on a post of Share's in the current thread. As you well know, nobody gets to own a thread; all threads are open to all.* * * ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: Dear Emily - you should be addressing your Share comments to the Share thread. This is my thread 'The Rent is Too Damn High'. Thanks. FFL Guidelines: 11) While friendly exchange between friends is natural, try to pass on personal messages via personal e-mail, refraining where possible from sending personal messages to the whole list. On 11/17/2013 5:25 PM, emilymaenot@... mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote: Share, are you horrified by your post numbers yet this week? Why were you horrified? What was your mind telling you? What reasons did you use to rationalize it to yourself? Was there an emotion behind the word choice of horrified? If so, what did you do with the emotion? Is this post to Richard funny to you in the context you wrote it, or does it seem on second glance to exhibit behavior that indicates you might be out of touch and out of control on a certain level? I'm sincerely curious, which is why I ask. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... mailto:sharelong60@... wrote: Ok, but please don't divorce Rita because of this! On Sunday, November 17, 2013 3:46 PM, Richard J. Williams punditster@... mailto:punditster@... wrote: If you are married, you may pay a higher tax or get less assistance in order to afford medical insurance. 'Penalty for Marriage in Obamacare' http://www.weeklystandard.com/penalty-marriage-obamacare http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/penalty-marriage-obamacare_767194.html?utm_source=twitterfeedutm_medium=twitter On 11/17/2013 3:20 PM, Share Long wrote: Ok, Richard, I'll bite: what is the marriage penalty? On Sunday, November 17, 2013 2:58 PM, Richard Williams punditster@... mailto:punditster@... wrote: The rentistoo damn high! Now we're going to have to pay higher taxes in order to get heath insurance. You can't keep your plan or your doctor and you can't sign up at the exchange. And now I'm finding out there's a marriage penalty.It's just outrageous! The rentistoo damn high! Inline image 1 On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:26 PM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@... wrote: Not only has it already been passed long since, it's survived a Supreme Court challenge. The Republicans--a minority of the most conservative--aren't trying to keep it from passing, they're trying to get it repealed, defunded. It's just insane. That's why the government is shut down and why the debt limit increase is in jeopardy, threatening default. This small group of House members is holding the country hostage. Once Obamacare is fully in effect, unless things go badly wrong somehow, a lot of people will change their tune. Folks are bellyaching, generally speaking, because they're either misinformed (by the Republicans) or uninformed. Somebody took a poll the other day asking people if they approved of Obamacare; then asking them if they approved of the Affordable Care Act. A sizeable percentage approved of the latter but not the former. In fact, Obamacare IS the Affordable Care Act. Just different ways of referring to the same exact thing. The new government Web site where people can find out about and apply for Obamacare has been mobbed the past few days. That's the good news. The bad news is that it wasn't prepared for such a huge onslaught and has been malfunctioning rather seriously. You just want to tear your hair out. Ann wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are.
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The local Blue Cross website says that the cheapest bronze plan available in Chad Henderson’s county costs more than $225 without subsidies, even for a 21-year old. 'Is Obamacare's First Enrollee Bogus?' Posted by Megan McArdle: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/obamacare http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-04/is-obamacare-s-first-enrollee-bogus-.html On 10/5/2013 11:21 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Yeah, like socialism for the rich (government bailouts) and capitalism for the poor (drown in debt). The right wing doesn't want to pay for Obamacare and we progressives don't like it because we want what you have in Canada. I don't know why the latter has to be so difficult to do. I'm on Medicare so I'm actually out of the picture. But for the next few weeks starting just the other day when a hefty booklet arrived from the guvmint apparently designed to confuse seniors and make Medicare more complicated than it needs to be. Then junk mail pouring in from health insurance companies trying to sell me Medicare supplemental policies. I tell you the snake oil salesmen went from selling snake oil to pharmaceuticals and health insurance. I sincerely believe the medical industry, including all the elements that comprise it - insurance companies, pharmaceutical conglomerates, not to mention doctors themselves, are some of the (if not THE) biggest scammers/thieves around. The true cost to do business when it comes to applying/practicing and developing medicine is nowhere near what we, as consumers, are charged. At the risk of sounding like some proselytizer, it is blasphemous and outrageous. Unfortunately all of us get sick or injured at some point in our lives. On 10/04/2013 07:04 PM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Most people don't know how much the Obamacare health insurance is going to cost them. But, many younger people, who currently have no insurance, are going to find out how much real soon. For a guy who is healthy, never get sick, and who seldom visits a doctor, the amount may come as a shock, even if it's only $150 a month. The rent is too damn high! I'm on medicare and Rita is on my group plan - mine costs about $100 out of my SS check and we send a check for $350 to United Health. The rent is too damn high! If you skip the insurance, you’ll pay a penalty. For 2014 the fine is $95 for an individual or 1 percent of your income, whichever is greater, along with $47.50 per uninsured child, maxing out at $285 for the year. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-planning-buy-health-insurance http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-planning-buy-health-insurance-111054106.html On 10/4/2013 9:47 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: Geez William, give these poor businesses a break. They have to pay for all that Obamacare now. Premiums are going up, up and up. Somebaody's got to pay for all that free healthcare. *From:* Richard J. Williams punditster@... mailto:punditster@... *To:* Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Friday, October 4, 2013 7:27 AM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High! So, when I returned the two cable boxes to Time-Warner and to terminate the HD and DVR service, I asked them how much would it cost just to have basic cable. The guy said they would have to send out a technician to put a 'trap' on the line to filter out the other channels, so I told them to close the account. It's Friday and the cable is still active, but I have powered antennas from the Shack anyway. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! This week I took my daughter's PT Cruiser in to the dealership because she said the front was 'wobbling' at 35-40 mph. The service manager called back and said one of the front tires had a 'ball' on it. He recommended getting four new Goodyear Eagles, balanced and a front end alignment - $950. What!? Now, why would anyone want to pay close to $1000 to put Goodyear Eagles back on the same car that already had a Goodyear tire with a ball on it at 30,000 miles? So, I had the tires rotated, front to back, for $15 on the south side, sweet!. Maybe I'll buy two new Falken tires at Discount Tires. Go figure. The rent is too damn high!
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On 10/4/2013 9:47 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: Geez William, give these poor businesses a break. They have to pay for all that Obamacare now. Premiums are going up, up and up. Somebaody's got to pay for all that free healthcare. *From:* Richard J. Williams punditster@... mailto:punditster@... *To:* Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Friday, October 4, 2013 7:27 AM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High! So, when I returned the two cable boxes to Time-Warner and to terminate the HD and DVR service, I asked them how much would it cost just to have basic cable. The guy said they would have to send out a technician to put a 'trap' on the line to filter out the other channels, so I told them to close the account. It's Friday and the cable is still active, but I have powered antennas from the Shack anyway. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! This week I took my daughter's PT Cruiser in to the dealership because she said the front was 'wobbling' at 35-40 mph. The service manager called back and said one of the front tires had a 'ball' on it. He recommended getting four new Goodyear Eagles, balanced and a front end alignment - $950. What!? Now, why would anyone want to pay close to $1000 to put Goodyear Eagles back on the same car that already had a Goodyear tire with a ball on it at 30,000 miles? So, I had the tires rotated, front to back, for $15 on the south side, sweet!. Maybe I'll buy two new Falken tires at Discount Tires. Go figure. The rent is too damn high!
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Doc sez: I mentioned earlier that my premium is more than doubling, to a completely unsustainable $570/mo., and I am in excellent health. I am planning on dropping it, and hoping for the best. I know what you mean about escalating prices. What I pay for my health care tripled when I moved to the Netherlands. Back in France, it cost me 320 Euros... a year. Here, it costs me more like three times that amount...on paper, but then the guvmint refunds me about half that because I'm old. The coverage here is better, though, including dental, eye care, and all alternative therapies. Presented just to point out the difference between America and civilized nations.
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Yeah, like socialism for the rich (government bailouts) and capitalism for the poor (drown in debt). The right wing doesn't want to pay for Obamacare and we progressives don't like it because we want what you have in Canada. I don't know why the latter has to be so difficult to do. I'm on Medicare so I'm actually out of the picture. But for the next few weeks starting just the other day when a hefty booklet arrived from the guvmint apparently designed to confuse seniors and make Medicare more complicated than it needs to be. Then junk mail pouring in from health insurance companies trying to sell me Medicare supplemental policies. I tell you the snake oil salesmen went from selling snake oil to pharmaceuticals and health insurance. On 10/04/2013 07:04 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Most people don't know how much the Obamacare health insurance is going to cost them. But, many younger people, who currently have no insurance, are going to find out how much real soon. For a guy who is healthy, never get sick, and who seldom visits a doctor, the amount may come as a shock, even if it's only $150 a month. The rent is too damn high! I'm on medicare and Rita is on my group plan - mine costs about $100 out of my SS check and we send a check for $350 to United Health. The rent is too damn high! If you skip the insurance, you’ll pay a penalty. For 2014 the fine is $95 for an individual or 1 percent of your income, whichever is greater, along with $47.50 per uninsured child, maxing out at $285 for the year. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-planning-buy-health-insurance http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-planning-buy-health-insurance-111054106.html On 10/4/2013 9:47 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: Geez William, give these poor businesses a break. They have to pay for all that Obamacare now. Premiums are going up, up and up. Somebaody's got to pay for all that free healthcare. *From:* Richard J. Williams punditster@... mailto:punditster@... *To:* Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Friday, October 4, 2013 7:27 AM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High! So, when I returned the two cable boxes to Time-Warner and to terminate the HD and DVR service, I asked them how much would it cost just to have basic cable. The guy said they would have to send out a technician to put a 'trap' on the line to filter out the other channels, so I told them to close the account. It's Friday and the cable is still active, but I have powered antennas from the Shack anyway. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! This week I took my daughter's PT Cruiser in to the dealership because she said the front was 'wobbling' at 35-40 mph. The service manager called back and said one of the front tires had a 'ball' on it. He recommended getting four new Goodyear Eagles, balanced and a front end alignment - $950. What!? Now, why would anyone want to pay close to $1000 to put Goodyear Eagles back on the same car that already had a Goodyear tire with a ball on it at 30,000 miles? So, I had the tires rotated, front to back, for $15 on the south side, sweet!. Maybe I'll buy two new Falken tires at Discount Tires. Go figure. The rent is too damn high!
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On 10/05/2013 06:57 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Doc sez: I mentioned earlier that my premium is more than doubling, to a completely unsustainable $570/mo., and I am in excellent health. I am planning on dropping it, and hoping for the best. I know what you mean about escalating prices. What I pay for my health care tripled when I moved to the Netherlands. Back in France, it cost me 320 Euros... a year. Here, it costs me more like three times that amount...on paper, but then the guvmint refunds me about half that because I'm old. The coverage here is better, though, including dental, eye care, and all alternative therapies. Presented just to point out the difference between America and civilized nations. Here's the funny thing. You have dummies who don't like to pay for other people's health care. Or so they claim. But they don't want to pay for Obamacare either. So what happens if they get sick and rack up huge medical bills? We wind up paying for them. In fact I already being gouged by Blue Cross the past decade and them not having to pay out a single claim. Only in 2000 when I had cataract surgery by the best specialist in the Bay Area did they have to pay out and at that the bill equaled what I paid in premiums. Like Willy would say: go figure. I'm on Medicare now and it hasn't needed to pay out any claims either.
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yep, noozguru I received my Medicare *book* too. I wonder how much it cost to print and how many people are actually going to read it. I do feel for the older seniors trying to figure all this out. I haven't gotten any junk mail but yesterday I got a phone call from someone who wanted to explain my Medicare options to me! At first I was taken aback, I didn't understand why he was calling given that I've been on Medicare since June 1! He persisted even when I said I already had my supplemental! Anyway, finally I said thank you, goodbye and quickly hung up. OTOH, tough job, making that kind of call. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 5, 2013 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High! Yeah, like socialism for the rich (government bailouts) and capitalism for the poor (drown in debt). The right wing doesn't want to pay for Obamacare and we progressives don't like it because we want what you have in Canada. I don't know why the latter has to be so difficult to do. I'm on Medicare so I'm actually out of the picture. But for the next few weeks starting just the other day when a hefty booklet arrived from the guvmint apparently designed to confuse seniors and make Medicare more complicated than it needs to be. Then junk mail pouring in from health insurance companies trying to sell me Medicare supplemental policies. I tell you the snake oil salesmen went from selling snake oil to pharmaceuticals and health insurance. On 10/04/2013 07:04 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Most people don't know how much the Obamacare health insurance is going to cost them. But, many younger people, who currently have no insurance, are going to find out how much real soon. For a guy who is healthy, never get sick, and who seldom visits a doctor, the amount may come as a shock, even if it's only $150 a month. The rent is too damn high! I'm on medicare and Rita is on my group plan - mine costs about $100 out of my SS check and we send a check for $350 to United Health. The rent is too damn high! If you skip the insurance, you’ll pay a penalty. For 2014 the fine is $95 for an individual or 1 percent of your income, whichever is greater, along with $47.50 per uninsured child, maxing out at $285 for the year. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-planning-buy-health-insurance On 10/4/2013 9:47 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: Geez William, give these poor businesses a break. They have to pay for all that Obamacare now. Premiums are going up, up and up. Somebaody's got to pay for all that free healthcare. From: Richard J. Williams punditster@... To: Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 7:27 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High! So, when I returned the two cable boxes to Time-Warner and to terminate the HD and DVR service, I asked them how much would it cost just to have basic cable. The guy said they would have to send out a technician to put a 'trap' on the line to filter out the other channels, so I told them to close the account. It's Friday and the cable is still active, but I have powered antennas from the Shack anyway. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! This week I took my daughter's PT Cruiser in to the dealership because she said the front was 'wobbling' at 35-40 mph. The service manager called back and said one of the front tires had a 'ball' on it. He recommended getting four new Goodyear Eagles, balanced and a front end alignment - $950. What
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Five outside technology experts interviewed by Reuters, however, say they believe flaws in system architecture, not traffic alone, contributed to the problems. 'Analysis: IT experts question architecture of Obamacare website' Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/healthcare-technology-technology http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/04/us-usa-healthcare-technology-technology-idUSBRE99312620131004 On 10/5/2013 8:57 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Doc sez: I mentioned earlier that my premium is more than doubling, to a completely unsustainable $570/mo., and I am in excellent health. I am planning on dropping it, and hoping for the best. I know what you mean about escalating prices. What I pay for my health care tripled when I moved to the Netherlands. Back in France, it cost me 320 Euros... a year. Here, it costs me more like three times that amount...on paper, but then the guvmint refunds me about half that because I'm old. The coverage here is better, though, including dental, eye care, and all alternative therapies. Presented just to point out the difference between America and civilized nations.
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What would you expect from a site probably done by the lowest bidding contractor? Plus early users are really beta testers. On 10/05/2013 10:10 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Five outside technology experts interviewed by Reuters, however, say they believe flaws in system architecture, not traffic alone, contributed to the problems. 'Analysis: IT experts question architecture of Obamacare website' Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/healthcare-technology-technology http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/04/us-usa-healthcare-technology-technology-idUSBRE99312620131004 On 10/5/2013 8:57 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Doc sez: I mentioned earlier that my premium is more than doubling, to a completely unsustainable $570/mo., and I am in excellent health. I am planning on dropping it, and hoping for the best. I know what you mean about escalating prices. What I pay for my health care tripled when I moved to the Netherlands. Back in France, it cost me 320 Euros... a year. Here, it costs me more like three times that amount...on paper, but then the guvmint refunds me about half that because I'm old. The coverage here is better, though, including dental, eye care, and all alternative therapies. Presented just to point out the difference between America and civilized nations.
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The Canadian health care bill was only a few pages long and Obamacare over 2000 pages. Obamacare was a plan put together by the Heritage Foundation (yup, a conservative think tank). Americans are being treated like chickens in a hen house. If the dollar collapses which it eventually will, they can blame it on Obamacare rather that the criminal acts of the big banks. On 10/05/2013 09:21 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Yeah, like socialism for the rich (government bailouts) and capitalism for the poor (drown in debt). The right wing doesn't want to pay for Obamacare and we progressives don't like it because we want what you have in Canada. I don't know why the latter has to be so difficult to do. I'm on Medicare so I'm actually out of the picture. But for the next few weeks starting just the other day when a hefty booklet arrived from the guvmint apparently designed to confuse seniors and make Medicare more complicated than it needs to be. Then junk mail pouring in from health insurance companies trying to sell me Medicare supplemental policies. I tell you the snake oil salesmen went from selling snake oil to pharmaceuticals and health insurance. I sincerely believe the medical industry, including all the elements that comprise it - insurance companies, pharmaceutical conglomerates, not to mention doctors themselves, are some of the (if not THE) biggest scammers/thieves around. The true cost to do business when it comes to applying/practicing and developing medicine is nowhere near what we, as consumers, are charged. At the risk of sounding like some proselytizer, it is blasphemous and outrageous. Unfortunately all of us get sick or injured at some point in our lives. On 10/04/2013 07:04 PM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... wrote: I gotta tell you I do not, for the life of me, understand why Americans are belly aching about a new health care set up in the US. Nothing could be any more expensive and out of reach for the average American than it is now. I think if the damn thing ever passes all this fear-mongering and whining will prove unjustified. Christ, I hear some people are even afraid the US will become a (gasp) socialistic society as a result. I've got news for you guys, you already are. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Most people don't know how much the Obamacare health insurance is going to cost them. But, many younger people, who currently have no insurance, are going to find out how much real soon. For a guy who is healthy, never get sick, and who seldom visits a doctor, the amount may come as a shock, even if it's only $150 a month. The rent is too damn high! I'm on medicare and Rita is on my group plan - mine costs about $100 out of my SS check and we send a check for $350 to United Health. The rent is too damn high! If you skip the insurance, you’ll pay a penalty. For 2014 the fine is $95 for an individual or 1 percent of your income, whichever is greater, along with $47.50 per uninsured child, maxing out at $285 for the year. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-planning-buy-health-insurance http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-planning-buy-health-insurance-111054106.html On 10/4/2013 9:47 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: Geez William, give these poor businesses a break. They have to pay for all that Obamacare now. Premiums are going up, up and up. Somebaody's got to pay for all that free healthcare. *From:* Richard J. Williams punditster@... mailto:punditster@... *To:* Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Friday, October 4, 2013 7:27 AM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High! So, when I returned the two cable boxes to Time-Warner and to terminate the HD and DVR service, I asked them how much would it cost just to have basic cable. The guy said they would have to send out a technician to put a 'trap' on the line to filter out the other channels, so I told them to close the account. It's Friday and the cable is still active, but I have powered antennas from the Shack anyway. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! This week I took my daughter's PT Cruiser in to the dealership because she said the front was 'wobbling' at 35-40 mph. The service manager called back and said one of the front tires had a 'ball' on it. He recommended getting four new Goodyear Eagles, balanced and a front end alignment - $950. What!? Now, why would anyone want to pay close to $1000 to put Goodyear Eagles back on the same car that already had a Goodyear tire with a ball on it at 30,000 miles? So, I had the tires rotated, front to back, for $15 on the south side, sweet!. Maybe I'll buy two new Falken tires at Discount Tires. Go figure. The rent is too damn high!
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:* [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High! So, when I returned the two cable boxes to Time-Warner and to terminate the HD and DVR service, I asked them how much would it cost just to have basic cable. The guy said they would have to send out a technician to put a 'trap' on the line to filter out the other channels, so I told them to close the account. It's Friday and the cable is still active, but I have powered antennas from the Shack anyway. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! This week I took my daughter's PT Cruiser in to the dealership because she said the front was 'wobbling' at 35-40 mph. The service manager called back and said one of the front tires had a 'ball' on it. He recommended getting four new Goodyear Eagles, balanced and a front end alignment - $950. What!? Now, why would anyone want to pay close to $1000 to put Goodyear Eagles back on the same car that already had a Goodyear tire with a ball on it at 30,000 miles? So, I had the tires rotated, front to back, for $15 on the south side, sweet!. Maybe I'll buy two new Falken tires at Discount Tires. Go figure. The rent is too damn high!
[FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High!
So, when I returned the two cable boxes to Time-Warner and to terminate the HD and DVR service, I asked them how much would it cost just to have basic cable. The guy said they would have to send out a technician to put a 'trap' on the line to filter out the other channels, so I told them to close the account. It's Friday and the cable is still active, but I have powered antennas from the Shack anyway. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! This week I took my daughter's PT Cruiser in to the dealership because she said the front was 'wobbling' at 35-40 mph. The service manager called back and said one of the front tires had a 'ball' on it. He recommended getting four new Goodyear Eagles, balanced and a front end alignment - $950. What!? Now, why would anyone want to pay close to $1000 to put Goodyear Eagles back on the same car that already had a Goodyear tire with a ball on it at 30,000 miles? So, I had the tires rotated, front to back, for $15 on the south side, sweet!. Maybe I'll buy two new Falken tires at Discount Tires. Go figure. The rent is too damn high!
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Geez William, give these poor businesses a break. They have to pay for all that Obamacare now. Premiums are going up, up and up. Somebaody's got to pay for all that free healthcare. From: Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com To: Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 7:27 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High! So, when I returned the two cable boxes to Time-Warner and to terminate the HD and DVR service, I asked them how much would it cost just to have basic cable. The guy said they would have to send out a technician to put a 'trap' on the line to filter out the other channels, so I told them to close the account. It's Friday and the cable is still active, but I have powered antennas from the Shack anyway. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! This week I took my daughter's PT Cruiser in to the dealership because she said the front was 'wobbling' at 35-40 mph. The service manager called back and said one of the front tires had a 'ball' on it. He recommended getting four new Goodyear Eagles, balanced and a front end alignment - $950. What!? Now, why would anyone want to pay close to $1000 to put Goodyear Eagles back on the same car that already had a Goodyear tire with a ball on it at 30,000 miles? So, I had the tires rotated, front to back, for $15 on the south side, sweet!. Maybe I'll buy two new Falken tires at Discount Tires. Go figure. The rent is too damn high!
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Welcome to Austerity! On Tuesday Comcast encrypted all the Open QAM channels (mostly local broadcast and a few extras they throw into Limited Basic). So if someone had a small TV in the kitchen they only watched local news on while getting breakfast they now have to get a small box from Comcast. The reason they encrypted Limited Basic was so they didn't have to roll a truck out and put a trap on the line. They could just turn the customer on and off from the head end. Apparently Time-Warner hasn't done that yet. Also most cable companies who haven't done so already want to move to IPTV. That's what U-Verse is. Instead of sending you all the channels it works like the Internet and when you change channels the server at the central office switches channels sent to you. They also can send out 4-6 channels at once over one IP address. It's MPEG-4 encoding not MPEG-2 which requires less bandwidth per channel and also doesn't pixelate like MPEG-2 on action scenes. I do think some of the cable companies are holding out to use Google's On8 technology which is used in WebM. It's open source and free or no royalties. They have to pay a royalty to MPEG-LA for the use of MPEG-4. On 10/04/2013 07:27 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: So, when I returned the two cable boxes to Time-Warner and to terminate the HD and DVR service, I asked them how much would it cost just to have basic cable. The guy said they would have to send out a technician to put a 'trap' on the line to filter out the other channels, so I told them to close the account. It's Friday and the cable is still active, but I have powered antennas from the Shack anyway. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! This week I took my daughter's PT Cruiser in to the dealership because she said the front was 'wobbling' at 35-40 mph. The service manager called back and said one of the front tires had a 'ball' on it. He recommended getting four new Goodyear Eagles, balanced and a front end alignment - $950. What!? Now, why would anyone want to pay close to $1000 to put Goodyear Eagles back on the same car that already had a Goodyear tire with a ball on it at 30,000 miles? So, I had the tires rotated, front to back, for $15 on the south side, sweet!. Maybe I'll buy two new Falken tires at Discount Tires. Go figure. The rent is too damn high!
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Did you try a search on C Band? Those were really big back in the 1980s. A friend installed them and was willing to give me a deal on them for my mother's house. She thought they were ugly and wouldn't put one in but then she never saw what was available on them and that would have been another story. :-D http://www.cband.net/ It's probably cheaper to just use one of the two satellite providers. I had Dish Network for a while when they went HD. My HD receiver was the first one my installer had ever installed. And I had to fix it after he left because he didn't know what he was doing. ;-) On 10/04/2013 09:34 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: I wonder if it is possible to buy a used C-band or KU-band satellite dish, and just start checking out available transponders? Pretty sure decryption boxes are available, too. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Welcome to Austerity! On Tuesday Comcast encrypted all the Open QAM channels (mostly local broadcast and a few extras they throw into Limited Basic). So if someone had a small TV in the kitchen they only watched local news on while getting breakfast they now have to get a small box from Comcast. The reason they encrypted Limited Basic was so they didn't have to roll a truck out and put a trap on the line. They could just turn the customer on and off from the head end. Apparently Time-Warner hasn't done that yet. Also most cable companies who haven't done so already want to move to IPTV. That's what U-Verse is. Instead of sending you all the channels it works like the Internet and when you change channels the server at the central office switches channels sent to you. They also can send out 4-6 channels at once over one IP address. It's MPEG-4 encoding not MPEG-2 which requires less bandwidth per channel and also doesn't pixelate like MPEG-2 on action scenes. I do think some of the cable companies are holding out to use Google's On8 technology which is used in WebM. It's open source and free or no royalties. They have to pay a royalty to MPEG-LA for the use of MPEG-4. On 10/04/2013 07:27 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: So, when I returned the two cable boxes to Time-Warner and to terminate the HD and DVR service, I asked them how much would it cost just to have basic cable. The guy said they would have to send out a technician to put a 'trap' on the line to filter out the other channels, so I told them to close the account. It's Friday and the cable is still active, but I have powered antennas from the Shack anyway. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! This week I took my daughter's PT Cruiser in to the dealership because she said the front was 'wobbling' at 35-40 mph. The service manager called back and said one of the front tires had a 'ball' on it. He recommended getting four new Goodyear Eagles, balanced and a front end alignment - $950. What!? Now, why would anyone want to pay close to $1000 to put Goodyear Eagles back on the same car that already had a Goodyear tire with a ball on it at 30,000 miles? So, I had the tires rotated, front to back, for $15 on the south side, sweet!. Maybe I'll buy two new Falken tires at Discount Tires. Go figure. The rent is too damn high!
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On the tires they often only put 40,000 mile tires on new cars anyway. My Subaru came with those. My mechanic told me to be careful about skimping on tires because cheap ones can cost you mileage. But he also said you don't need to buy the most expensive ones. I'm due for some new tires too to keep the old jalopy going. I put about $2000 into it which was just regular maintenance around 100K miles to keep it going another 100K. On 10/04/2013 07:27 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: So, when I returned the two cable boxes to Time-Warner and to terminate the HD and DVR service, I asked them how much would it cost just to have basic cable. The guy said they would have to send out a technician to put a 'trap' on the line to filter out the other channels, so I told them to close the account. It's Friday and the cable is still active, but I have powered antennas from the Shack anyway. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! This week I took my daughter's PT Cruiser in to the dealership because she said the front was 'wobbling' at 35-40 mph. The service manager called back and said one of the front tires had a 'ball' on it. He recommended getting four new Goodyear Eagles, balanced and a front end alignment - $950. What!? Now, why would anyone want to pay close to $1000 to put Goodyear Eagles back on the same car that already had a Goodyear tire with a ball on it at 30,000 miles? So, I had the tires rotated, front to back, for $15 on the south side, sweet!. Maybe I'll buy two new Falken tires at Discount Tires. Go figure. The rent is too damn high!
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Most people don't know how much the Obamacare health insurance is going to cost them. But, many younger people, who currently have no insurance, are going to find out how much real soon. For a guy who is healthy, never get sick, and who seldom visits a doctor, the amount may come as a shock, even if it's only $150 a month. The rent is too damn high! I'm on medicare and Rita is on my group plan - mine costs about $100 out of my SS check and we send a check for $350 to United Health. The rent is too damn high! If you skip the insurance, you’ll pay a penalty. For 2014 the fine is $95 for an individual or 1 percent of your income, whichever is greater, along with $47.50 per uninsured child, maxing out at $285 for the year. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-planning-buy-health-insurance http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-planning-buy-health-insurance-111054106.html On 10/4/2013 9:47 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: Geez William, give these poor businesses a break. They have to pay for all that Obamacare now. Premiums are going up, up and up. Somebaody's got to pay for all that free healthcare. *From:* Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com *To:* Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Friday, October 4, 2013 7:27 AM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High! So, when I returned the two cable boxes to Time-Warner and to terminate the HD and DVR service, I asked them how much would it cost just to have basic cable. The guy said they would have to send out a technician to put a 'trap' on the line to filter out the other channels, so I told them to close the account. It's Friday and the cable is still active, but I have powered antennas from the Shack anyway. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! This week I took my daughter's PT Cruiser in to the dealership because she said the front was 'wobbling' at 35-40 mph. The service manager called back and said one of the front tires had a 'ball' on it. He recommended getting four new Goodyear Eagles, balanced and a front end alignment - $950. What!? Now, why would anyone want to pay close to $1000 to put Goodyear Eagles back on the same car that already had a Goodyear tire with a ball on it at 30,000 miles? So, I had the tires rotated, front to back, for $15 on the south side, sweet!. Maybe I'll buy two new Falken tires at Discount Tires. Go figure. The rent is too damn high!
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For the amount of money we wasted in the last ten years on foreign wars we could have given EVERYONE in the US free medical health care. I also saw a really dumb Tea Partier sign the other day that showed a woman holding up a sign saying health care is not a right. Bet she would feel differently if she needed it and was gouged for it. But the second line on her sign was even more stupid. It said something to the extent that a man shouldn't give away his work for free. No one is asking doctors to work for free. But we could use market economics to make for more doctors and more medical assistants. The AMA is the stodgy one in this case. It is an old boys network. On 10/04/2013 10:35 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Most people don't know how much the Obamacare health insurance is going to cost them. But, many younger people, who currently have no insurance, are going to find out how much real soon. For a guy who is healthy, never get sick, and who seldom visits a doctor, the amount may come as a shock, even if it's only $150 a month. The rent is too damn high! I'm on medicare and Rita is on my group plan - mine costs about $100 out of my SS check and we send a check for $350 to United Health. The rent is too damn high! If you skip the insurance, you’ll pay a penalty. For 2014 the fine is $95 for an individual or 1 percent of your income, whichever is greater, along with $47.50 per uninsured child, maxing out at $285 for the year. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-planning-buy-health-insurance http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-planning-buy-health-insurance-111054106.html On 10/4/2013 9:47 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: Geez William, give these poor businesses a break. They have to pay for all that Obamacare now. Premiums are going up, up and up. Somebaody's got to pay for all that free healthcare. *From:* Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com *To:* Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Friday, October 4, 2013 7:27 AM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High! So, when I returned the two cable boxes to Time-Warner and to terminate the HD and DVR service, I asked them how much would it cost just to have basic cable. The guy said they would have to send out a technician to put a 'trap' on the line to filter out the other channels, so I told them to close the account. It's Friday and the cable is still active, but I have powered antennas from the Shack anyway. Go figure. The rent is too damn high! This week I took my daughter's PT Cruiser in to the dealership because she said the front was 'wobbling' at 35-40 mph. The service manager called back and said one of the front tires had a 'ball' on it. He recommended getting four new Goodyear Eagles, balanced and a front end alignment - $950. What!? Now, why would anyone want to pay close to $1000 to put Goodyear Eagles back on the same car that already had a Goodyear tire with a ball on it at 30,000 miles? So, I had the tires rotated, front to back, for $15 on the south side, sweet!. Maybe I'll buy two new Falken tires at Discount Tires. Go figure. The rent is too damn high!
