HST simplified...please

In article <24999@240477885.90028477.4272.11438.5457>,
DZ <18639@146036125.788715947.31395.12227.14127> wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet <omp_omelet@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> The drinking is more of a cultural thing, and it's just as
> >> prevalent now. Russia is a heavy drinking country for sure, but it
> >> doesn't really stand out in either consumption or binge drinking
> >> rates -
> >>
> >> http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publicatio...7-1/95-109.pdf
> >
> > Sorry, I prefer not to DL a lot of pdf's.
>
> What's the matter with PDFs?

I prefer reading websites for stuff like this.
The only PDF's I like to download is for information I want to keep like
scientific papers etc.

I worry about what may be downloading _with_ those files if you see what
I mean?

>
> Interestingly, the UK seems to lead in the binge-drinking category.

No comment. ;-)

I hung out on alt.suicide.methods for awhile when I first heard about
the group, just out of morbid curiosity.

The largest percentage of members were generally from the UK... and that
group of members appeared to have the highest turnover. :-(

The ultimate escape for those with no hope.

>
> > Actually in Texas, a truck is more of less of a Status symbol, but I
> > only paid 13 grand for this one new. The real status symbols are the big
> > Mofo's that run close to 25 grand. They might be more now. I've not
> > priced them in awhile.
>
> Would your friends stigmatize you if you drove a honda civic, or is it
> people in a grocery store parking lot that is a concern?

I would not care. ;-) I drove a VW Passat for awhile until it started
eating me alive in repairs.

I bought a truck because I _needed_ one.

> I think the whole status thing is a lot of BS. I drove a 3-cylinder
> Chevy Sprint that I got for free from a friend, while working at a top
> professional level in a UK owned pharma company. Great mileage. I got
> rid of it because once the carburetor started coughing, I discovered
> that modern mechanics are more inclined to fix the injectors. Nobody
> was looking down at me, including the English which were always
> abundant around. But if that was taking place back in their "Old
> Country", they might have had no choice but insist that I buy a
> JaggYouAre :-)

Or a BMW...

I personally will never own another foreign car unless it's a Toyota.
After experiencing the ridiculous repair costs for foreign vs. american
cars from owning used Nissans and that Passat, it's been a relief to
finally have repair costs more affordable.

Reliability is good too. This truck has 110.000 on it and has only been
in the shop _once_ for problems. Other times for the routine
maintenances.

I've found that following the PM schedules saves me the cost of repairs.
--
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In message <4qlon8FnctogU1@individual.net>, Bully
<bully1@proteinbars.co.ok> writes
>Devs wrote:
>> In message
>> <453ff617$0$15648$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>,
>> dechucka <dechucka@vomithotmail.com> writes
>>> Anyhow I looked at your reference the position is Number 8 not
>>> eightman and as America is a member of the IRB I can't understand
>>> why they would call it something different
>>
>> Having played in the States I can confirm that they call a No 8
>> "eightman" pretty much universally.
>
>
>From: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Universally:
>
>"Of, relating to, extending to, or affecting the entire world or all within
>the world; worldwide: "
>
>
Right under the sentence you quote there is this one:
Including, relating to, or affecting all members of the class or group
under consideration:

The class or group under consideration is "they" pertaining to the
Americans if you had trouble comprehending. But, I do like your favoured
interpretation. You can have it your way in the following sentence: It
is a universally held opinion that Bully is a numpty. Ah thank you.
Thank yew very mush.
--
Devs
"Punchdown Pete the old Kroner"

ompOmelet <omp_omelet@gmail.com> wrote:
> DZ wrote:
>>>> The drinking is more of a cultural thing, and it's just as
>>>> prevalent now. Russia is a heavy drinking country for sure, but it
>>>> doesn't really stand out in either consumption or binge drinking
>>>> rates -
>>>>
>>>> http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publicatio...7-1/95-109.pdf
>>>
>>> Sorry, I prefer not to DL a lot of pdf's.
>>
>> What's the matter with PDFs?
>
> I prefer reading websites for stuff like this. The only PDF's I
> like to download is for information I want to keep like scientific
> papers etc. I worry about what may be downloading _with_ those
> files if you see what I mean?

Do you really think that clicking on a web page is any safer? Anyway,
that's a government research website up there. Do you worry they'll
bug you up with a secret deadly-ray encryption decoder? :-) Also,
there is no "virus" danger as long as you use a simple reader (like
the Acrobat Reader). Finally, I think it must be very simple to find
out where all the temporary downloaded files go, rather than stay
clear of the PDFs...

Wasn't it Frank Lloyd Wright, whose servant torched the place, and axed
everyone as they fled the house?
The moral:
Be nice to yer servants.
And the cook.
And the wife.
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"DZ" <12900@1313417378.1066620292.31232.30817.25819> wrote in message
news:5148@956719767.2154219516.13146.32087.21074.. .
> Shute <Shute@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> DZ wrote:
>>>OmManiPadmeOmelet <omp_omelet@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> "Bully" <bully1@proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:
>>>>> Charles wrote:
>>>>> > In my experience people drive cars which are strictly related to
>>>>> > their
>>>>> > net income. If they drive "shitbox cars" they have "shitbox" jobs.
>>>>>
>>>>> I drive a 6 year old Ford Cougar; where does that put me?
>>>>
>>>> I drive a 1999 Chevy S-10 pickup truck... with 110,000 on the odometer.
>>>
>>>That rule doesn't seem to work well for the US, which unlike Britain
>>>or some of nowadays Eastern Europe is a classless society. Marx would
>>>be tearing hair from his voluminous beard.
>>
>> One might be able to break free from their current class. But that
>> doesn't make it a classless society. I saw some guy complaining at a
>> corporate fast food place that an applicant to work there didn't dress
>> well enough. Apparently he thought it was an important enough job
>> that people should dress up to get the job. Everyone else in the US
>> thinks they are bottom of the barrel no matter how they dress.
>
> I agree with the fastfood manager: the applicant must dress the way he
> is expected to dress. I slightly bended the rule once, when I showed
> up to an interview wearing a tie and one of the first guys who
> interviewed me said that "we don't wear ties" over there. I didn't
> take it off, they made me the offer.
>
>> If you really want to see the classes get a job as a servant to and
>> establishment where the wealthy entertain. Note that they will never
>> look you in the eye.
>
> If money can't make a service man abandon his artificial resentments
> and adhere to conventions of the place he works at, they should hire
> someone else. It's not to say that I enjoy servant-like behavior
> toward me.

DZ <7718@402218138.1038125072.6417.21136.11088> writes:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet <omp_omelet@gmail.com> wrote:
>> "Bully" <bully1@proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:
>>> Charles wrote:
>>> > In my experience people drive cars which are strictly related to their
>>> > net income. If they drive "shitbox cars" they have "shitbox" jobs.
>>>
>>> I drive a 6 year old Ford Cougar; where does that put me?
>>
>> I drive a 1999 Chevy S-10 pickup truck... with 110,000 on the odometer.
>
> That rule doesn't seem to work well for the US, which unlike Britain
> or some of nowadays Eastern Europe is a classless society. Marx
> would be tearing hair from his voluminous beard.

It probably doesn't work anywhere in the first world. One of the most
interesting books that I have ever read, "The Millionaire Next Door,"
studies the "high net worth" crowd fairly closely. It turns out that
when you crunch the numbers most of the affluent buy cars as if they
were buying them by the pound. They tend to buy cars that offer more
pounds per dollar. Even more interesting is the fact that they tend
to prefer used cars more than the general population.

Of course, there is a distinct difference between having a high net
income and a high net worth. Fancy cars is part of that difference.

Jason