[lace-chat] Canadian tax and medical
You asked if our tax free day was later because of medical insurance? Well it's not. In British Columbia we pay $96 a month for basic gov't health insurance. This by no means covers everything..which you soon find out if you are hospitalised :( For the "extras" you have to buy additional private insurance, so add another 30 or 40 dollars a month. We pay for our own dental and glasses, although we are entitled to one eye exam every two years through the gov't insurance. Alberta may sound like a good deal but they too pay health insurance premiums and have even less coverage. It amazes me that our federal gov't claims we have free medical. Technically we do in that if you are admitted to emergency they must treat you (although that doesn't stop some of the doctors sending you a bill after). This is a loophole that a lot of young people take advantage of in this province because they can't afford the premiums. Canada has a small population (30 million) and a huge land to manage. Our taxes are high, but that's the price we pay for having plenty of "elbow room", safety, and a comfortable life-style. We may grumble about our taxes etc., but damn, we've got it good. I can't think of a better place to live. Sharon on sunny Vancouver Island -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.0 - Release Date: 3/21/05 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :-) Completely tasteless.
This is completey tasteless and non-PC, but it made me giggle this morning. Our local radio presenter said that somewhere in the US a town is being built only for deaf people, and that several people from the UK have signed up to live there. He didn't know what the town's name was to be, but suspected it might be something unimaginative like "Deaftown". His suggestion is that it should be called "What?" Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] MP- Tatted Crosses E-book available in time for Easter
Hi tatters, I've finally managed to get all of the models re-tatted and held on to them long enough to get their family photo taken. Boy, the stuff sure doesn't last long around here, I have to hide it as soon as it's done or it gets given away. I wanted to get a couple of pages of colour pictures for the book so they could be seen altogether as a reference for size and shape and just as I got them all done somebody would really NEED one. Anyway, the cross bookmarks are done, their pictures have been taken and the book is ready. There are 16 patterns of varying difficulty and each pattern is on it's own page so you can print the page you need and tuck it in your pocket with your shuttle. This is an E-book that will be sent out in .pdf format and it's just over 2MB in size. The cost is $14.00 Canadian for anyone using PayPal or $11.00 US for Americans paying by check (or $14 for Canadians paying by cheque). I may, at a later date, publish it in a pocket size format saddle stitched so it'll end up 5.5x8 and this time I'm going to be smart enough to take the pictures before the crosses get taken :-) For anyone interested in a preview of the items I've uploaded the pictures to my photo album and DH should have all the wrinkles out of the order form this weekend. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lace2tat/my_photos Sharon Briggs To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: :-) Completely tasteless.
On Mar 24, 2005, at 15:29, Jean Nathan wrote: Our local radio presenter said that somewhere in the US South Dakota a town is being built Isn't, yet; they're hoping to break ground in autumn. At the moment, they're still at the design stage. only for deaf people, Not necessarily, but the "first language" *is* to be American Sign Language. He didn't know what the town's name was to be, but suspected it might be something unimaginative like "Deaftown". Well, he was wrong... :) According to NY Times (Monday, March 21): "Nearly 100 families - with people who are deaf, hard of hearing or who can hear but just want to communicate in sign language - have already publicly declared their intention to live in Mr Miller's village, to be called Laurent, after Laurent Clerc, a French educator of the deaf from the 1800" I was a bit surprised (we do, afterall, have "our own" Helen Keller, but I suppose she's associated more with the blind than the deaf), but it was nice to see that Mr Miller (who dreamt up the town), has no anti-French prejudices. I expect, being deaf himself, he never heard of "freedom fries" -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: credit cards and banks
On Mar 24, 2005, at 2:06, Helene Gannac wrote: I wonder how many people owe banks more than several years of full pay in credit cards without really having noticedOne day, there is going to be a nasty reckoning, Maybe in OZ :) US has just closed the loophole that permitted people with oversized "plastic" debt to announce bankruptcy. So, the only reckoning there's is going to be is that the bums come in and sell your trailer from under you, because you couldn't keep up with the payments on your many credit cards (though why anyone would want to have more than one...). Needless to say the big financial institutions are still permitted to "live on promise", and announce bankruptcy when they can't deliver. Those who'd been ordered by the courts to pay damages can also welsh out via the bancruptcy court. But not your hoi-polloi Joe Schmoe. Of course, your Joe Schmoe *can* buy a gun (including assault weapons), easy as pie, so perhaps your vision of retribution (a la French or Soviet Revolution) isn't *entirely* off base, but I hope it is... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Lacemakers Circle AGM
Spiders, I know that people have mentioned the IOLI and Lace Guild conventions but are any of you intending to go to the Lacemakers Circle AGM in May, it's going to be just outside of Kings Lynn? I'd love to know which of the spiders I'm going to get the chance to meet up with. Regards Liz in London I'm back blogging my latest lace piece - have a look by clicking on the link or going to http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: The President Explains His Social Security Plan
Given the source, I'm certain the quote is exact. Being the only exact thing about the whole :) From: P.B. I'm glad we have this clear, now. You may have seen this already but it's such a classic example of our Leader's exquisite grasp of issues and articulation that I couldn't resist passing it on. Tampa, FL, Feb. 4, 2005 WOMAN IN AUDIENCE: I don't really understand. How is it the new [Social Security] plan is going to fix that problem? Verbatim response: President Bush: Because the -- all which is on the table begins to address the big cost drivers. For example, how benefits are calculated, for example, is on the table. Whether or not benefits rise based upon wage increases or price increases. There's a series of parts of the formula that are being considered. And when you couple that, those different cost drivers, affecting those -- changing those with personal accounts, the idea is to get what has been promised more likely to be -- or closer delivered to that has been promised. Does that make any sense to you? It's kind of muddled. Look! , there's a series of things that cause the -- like, for example, benefits are calculated based upon the increase of wages, as opposed to the increase of prices. Some have suggested that we calculate -- the benefits will rise based upon inflation, as opposed to wage increases. There is a reform that would help solve the red if that were put into effect. In other words, how fast benefits grow, how fast the promised benefits grow, if those -- if that growth is affected, it will help on the red. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Bill & Hillary & George & Laura go to the Superbowl
Got this one from my favourite Republican (one of the only two I know
who has a sense of humour ), and it's an excellent *joke*. Bu I'm
forwarding it as I got it; with the bad spelling ("traveling"???) and
the bad grammar ("the Clinton's"???), because it proves the old Polish
adage: "from the head does the fish start stinking". Our "head"
definitely doesn't care about the finer points of learning or language
- he's proved it. And, given enough time, Republicans will certainly
make sure that there's No (capable of reading) Child Left Behind... :)
From: B.R.
George and Laura Bush and Bill and Hillary Clinton are traveling by
train to
the Super Bowl. At the station, George and Laura each buy a ticket and
watch
as Bill and Hillary buy just one ticket.
"How are the two of you going to travel on only one ticket?" asks
George W,
astonished at what he is seeing.
"Watch and learn," answers Hillary. They all board the train. George
and
Laura take their respective seats but Bill and Hillary cram into a
toilet
together and close the door.
Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor comes around
collecting
tickets. He knocks on the toilet door and says, "Ticket, please." The
door
opens just a crack and a single arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The
conductor takes it and moves on.
The Bushes see this happen and agree it was quite a clever idea, so
after
the game they decide to try a similar plan on the return trip. When
they
get to the station they see the Clinton's at the window buying a single
ticket
for the return trip.
To their astonishment, the Clinton's see that the Bushes don't buy any
ticket
at all. "Aren't you taking a terrible chance by traveling without a
ticket?"
says Hillary. "Live and learn," answers Laura Bush.
When they board the train, the Bushes cram themselves into a toilet and
the
Clinton's cram into another toilet just down the way. Shortly after the
train
leaves the station, George W. leaves their toilet and walks over to the
Clinton's toilet, knocks on their door and says, "Ticket, please."
And the Democrats are still trying to figure out how they lost the
election.
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