Re: Wife's suggestion!

2009-09-23 Thread Chris Frandsen
On Sep 22, 2009, at 7:48 PM, David Hobby wrote: The Christian nation bit rubs me the wrong way too. Probably because I've heard it used to justify things I strongly disagree with. ---David One last comment on my wife's suggestion and I think we may have

Re: Wife's suggestion!

2009-09-23 Thread Charlie Bell
On 24/09/2009, at 12:35 AM, Chris Frandsen wrote: On Sep 22, 2009, at 7:48 PM, David Hobby wrote: The Christian nation bit rubs me the wrong way too. Probably because I've heard it used to justify things I strongly disagree with. ---David One last comment

Weekly Chat Reminder

2009-09-23 Thread William T Goodall
The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over ten years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat technologies, and even casts of regulars over

Re: Wife's suggestion!

2009-09-23 Thread Jo Anne
Chris wrote: One last comment on my wife's suggestion and I think we may have exhausted this thread. No!!! I'm still getting caught up and haven't found the original post. Add to that I get the digest, and I might have .02 to add. =+)) And what's a Jaffa cake? Amities, Jo Anne

Re: Wife's suggestion!

2009-09-23 Thread Charlie Bell
On 24/09/2009, at 7:08 AM, Jo Anne wrote: And what's a Jaffa cake? A kind of biccie (or possibly a cake?). A sort of sponge base with an orangey bit and a chocalate covering on one side. :) Charlie. ___

Re: What's to read?

2009-09-23 Thread Kanandarqu
Pat wrote: I have a Sony 505. The books on my reader are on my reader and on my desktop, not on my account on someone else's server. If anyone wants to delete them [think 1984] or whatever, they have to physically steal my reader and then delete the book. I own them outright. Nobody

Re: A Real Free Market in Health Care

2009-09-23 Thread Kanandarqu
(lost track of who wrote what) But if you repeal ALL government mandates, you'll wind up with lots of policies that appear to cover everything a consumer might want, but are actually full of loopholes so that the insurer need not pay for standard treatments. That seems the opposite of

Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-09-23 Thread Kanandarqu
Personally, I think that a system that places an emphasis on boner drugs, reformulation of proven drugs and anti-depressants that don't work is in need of an overhaul in and of itself. Being the healthcare provider I can share this without cringing, but it will make some of you sit up

Re: What's to read?

2009-09-23 Thread Max Battcher
kananda...@aol.com wrote: One recent read question (blending threads)- finally tried my first Pratchett book- Night Watch. I found it to be lighter and a good brain break, but I am not sure if there is any particular order to things. Is there another book related to Vetinari?

RE: What's to read?

2009-09-23 Thread Pat Mathews
There are lots of Terry Pratchett books with Vetenari in them, including Going Postal - utterly delightful, that one! I tried downloading some PDF files on the university's eReserve list and they came out dreadfully tiny - and the print-size changer did not work, Not on PDF. So I read the