Re: [ADMIN] Another dang interruption

2003-12-12 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Jon Gabriel wrote: Out of curiosity, has anyone an opinion on which is a better option: leasing or buying a car? Jon The best option by far is buying a car and paying cash. Other than that, it's really a matter of how long you want to make car payments: for years or forever, and

Re: [ADMIN] Another dang interruption

2003-11-26 Thread Russell Chapman
Jon Gabriel wrote: Out of curiosity, has anyone an opinion on which is a better option: leasing or buying a car? Gosh - so many variables... How long do you expect to keep it Are you self-employed/contractor/salaried How many miles do you travel a year What sort of car you're after (depreciation

Re: [ADMIN] Another dang interruption

2003-11-26 Thread Ray Ludenia
Russell Chapman wrote: I highly recommend the 2004 GTO :-) Go Monaro! Regards, Ray. (Taking Nick's advice and trying a posting to the list) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: [ADMIN] Another dang interruption

2003-11-26 Thread Michael Harney
From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jon Gabriel wrote: I don't remember the volumn on the list ever being quite this low. Is it related to the server problems or is everyone gone or busy? Well, the last interruption was only 30 minutes long, I later realized. I sure hope that the

Re: [ADMIN] Another dang interruption

2003-11-26 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote: Out of curiosity, has anyone an opinion on which is a better option: leasing or buying a car? Buying, taking very good care of it, and replacing it no sooner than 8 years after the original purchase, unless your job

RE: [ADMIN] Another dang interruption

2003-11-26 Thread Horn, John
From: Nick Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Perhaps it's just the upcoming U.S. holiday. Let's see if this gets through... Happy Thanksgiving to all! Even you foreign types... grin - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: [ADMIN] Another dang interruption

2003-11-26 Thread Russell Chapman
Erik Reuter wrote: Leasing saves me about USD8,000 per year over buying, but it's not always going to be that way... Wow! I'd like to hear the details about why that is the case. Are you driving 60K miles a year? Some unusual tax situation? Not that many, but a fair bit (that many kilometres).

Re: [ADMIN] Another dang interruption

2003-11-26 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 09:09:20AM +1000, Russell Chapman wrote: Not that many, but a fair bit (that many kilometres). I'm leasing over USD100,000 worth of automobile, Wow again! What kind of vehicle is it? -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/

Re: [ADMIN] Another dang interruption

2003-11-26 Thread Russell Chapman
Erik Reuter wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 09:09:20AM +1000, Russell Chapman wrote: I'm leasing over USD100,000 worth of automobile, Wow again! What kind of vehicle is it? Cheating Mr Tax man again... It's actually 2, but run through the trust as one. The older one is here:

Re: [ADMIN] Another dang interruption

2003-11-26 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 12:33:29PM +1000, Russell Chapman wrote: (the photo taken in the garage shows what the 2004 GTO looked like in Australia in 2001) Oh, 2 cars. But still, I didn't know those cost $50K. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/

Re: [ADMIN] Another dang interruption

2003-11-26 Thread Russell Chapman
Erik Reuter wrote: Oh, 2 cars. But still, I didn't know those cost $50K. The Clubsport R8 (the black one) with fitted options was just over AUD80K/USD56K and the 4WD was almost 70K/49K. You can buy a similar car with a detuned version of the Corvette motor for about AUD43K/USD30K, but the R8

[ADMIN] Another dang interruption

2003-11-25 Thread Nick Arnett
We clearly have a UPS that's being flakey. I'm not sure how long we were off-line, but the cause was the UPS that powers a critical Ethernet switch, as well as a backup server. It's out of the loop now... Again, sorry for the interruption. Nick -- Nick Arnett Phone/fax: (408) 904-7198 [EMAIL

Re: [ADMIN] Another dang interruption

2003-11-25 Thread Doug Pensinger
Nick Arnett We clearly have a UPS that's being flakey. I'm not sure how long we were off-line, but the cause was the UPS that powers a critical Ethernet switch, as well as a backup server. It's out of the loop now... Again, sorry for the interruption. I don't remember the volumn on the list

Re: [ADMIN] Another dang interruption

2003-11-25 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Another dang interruption Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 19:12:28 -0800 Nick Arnett We clearly have a UPS that's being flakey. I'm not sure how long we

Re: [ADMIN] Another dang interruption

2003-11-25 Thread Nick Arnett
Jon Gabriel wrote: I don't remember the volumn on the list ever being quite this low. Is it related to the server problems or is everyone gone or busy? Well, the last interruption was only 30 minutes long, I later realized. I sure hope that the problem isn't that people *can't* post because of