Re: Report A Bug, Pay More?

2000-10-23 Thread Krist van Besien
value in the product the oportunity to pay less. Think of all the "competitive upgrade" offers, we had in the early nineties. -- Krist van Besien[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re[2]: Movie popcorn prices

2000-11-27 Thread Krist van Besien
at the same time. Krist [1] Kinepolis Group. According to their website they get about 77% of their revenue from the box office. 20% from concessions. - Krist van Besien [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re[2]: The cost of being elected...

2000-12-04 Thread Krist van Besien
this influence the behaviour of politicians? If a politician in such a system gives a tax break to his voters he loses votes... Krist - Krist van Besien [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Pocket Change

2000-12-16 Thread Krist van Besien
be out of need. American males must have moreneed for carrying change then I do. :-) Krist -- - Krist van Besien [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re[2]: Pocket Change

2000-12-18 Thread Krist van Besien
tools". But in a sort of "handbag" (a male version of it). It contains two small wallets. One with Dutch and Belgian currency, the other with the rest... Krist ------------- Krist van Besien [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The Medieval Postal Service

2001-01-10 Thread Krist van Besien
f Maryland), the Belgian Post seems to be unable to achieve this in a similar sized country. The Belgian Post needs governement subsidies, has far to much staff. The Dutch Post is listed on the stock exchange and pays a dividend... Enough said I think... Krist -- Krist

Re: VHS vs Betamax

2001-01-31 Thread Krist van Besien
videos when I was in highschool... It is no more though. Krist -- Krist van Besien[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: U.S. income wealth inequality

2001-02-16 Thread Krist van Besien
upwards and downwards. (at least in the country I live in.) Krist -- Krist van Besien[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Growth, Wealth, and Race

2001-02-16 Thread Krist van Besien
. Krist -- Krist van Besien[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Traffic Jam paradox..

2001-08-29 Thread Krist van Besien
To the west of the Amsterdam city centre lies the A10-West freeway. This freeway has three lanes northbound and southbound, and in in places a fourth lane for entering-exiting traffic. Speed limit is 100kph. The road is frequently jammed, with stop-and-go traffic the norm during rush hour. The

Re: Excessive drinking

2001-09-24 Thread Krist van Besien
On 12 Sep 2001 23:04:46 -0400, John Perich wrote: My theory on this has always been that the incidence of alcohol overdosage goes up as drinking age increases (though I've never seen anything to support this, it seems logically sound). In Belgium, where I grew up, there is no legal

Re: long-lasting cars

2002-03-30 Thread Krist van Besien
On Saturday 30 March 2002 08:11, you wrote: Is there a point in the life span of a car good for 20 years that the owner would rather trade in now than lose what value they have left? It all depends. The moment a car is worth less to the owner then it is on the (used car) market he trades in.

Re: Margarine - silly business regulations

2002-04-04 Thread Krist van Besien
On Tuesday 02 April 2002 15:24, you wrote: Margarine is a blend of fats and oils, including vegetable oil. The content varies from stick to stick. I'm not sure if there is any actual butter in it. As an aside, in Holland, any fat you spread on your bread is called butter nowadays. Even