> > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/03/27 Tue PM 01:30:53 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT: Wish Me Luck > > Be happy:-). Just a cross cultural screw up on my part. "Tax dollars" > is such a common expression here that it slipped out unnoticed. > Paul
Just hope I'm lightening your day. What news? > On Mar 27, 2007, at 8:54 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > > > >> > >> From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: 2007/03/26 Mon PM 07:48:59 GMT > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: OT: Wish Me Luck > >> > >> The father has a recent conviction for drug possession and no job, > >> yet UK legal aid still allowed him to bring this suit and apparently > >> is paying the US lawyers $700 an hour for their services. Now our UK > >> friends know where there tax dollars are going. > >> Paul > > > > I pay tax in _dollars_? Don't know whether to be annoyed that I'm > > in the 51st state or happy that my bill just reduced by 50%. > > > >> On Mar 26, 2007, at 11:53 AM, Jim King wrote: > >> > >>> keith_w wrote on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:58:07 -0800: > >>>> (snip) > >>>> Misleading! > >>>> As I understand it, that child is in the custody of the mother, and > >>>> both > >>>> are currently living with blood relatives. It's not as tho' it were > >>>> kidnapped to a foreign country by non-parents. > >>> > >>> Exactly! My problem is that one can apparently be brought into > >>> court, requiring expensive legal representation, for reasons having > >>> to do more with malice than with equity. The legal system needs to > >>> filter out cases without merit before allowing charges or a tort to > >>> be brought, and there should be consequences for those bringing > >>> baseless cases before the court. Our system seems to reward lawyers > >>> for such behavior. > >>> > >>> But then, I'm not a lawyer; what do I know? > >>> > >>> Regards, Jim > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
