Re: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-10-28 Thread Deborah Harrell
On Sun, 10/25/09, Bruce Bostwick lihan161...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On Oct 25, 2009, at 8:06 PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: Hey, guess who's posting from home for the first time? (I did have some serious help getting stuff hooked up, and I still hate this laptop's 'finger mouse.' -- hmm,

RE: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-10-25 Thread Jo Anne
Well, Julia, in my experience (is that abbreviated IME?), it doesn't get better until they go to college, and even then they come home and disrupt your schedule =+)). I *still* wonder where the time goes, but I know way too much of it disappears into my computer screen. Mothers of young children

Re: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-10-25 Thread Doug Pensinger
Julia wrote: It's amazing what you find needs doing when you finally have all your kids in school for a full day for the first time ever.  I might have most of it done by the time school gets out in early June! I've heard the same thing about retirement; my brother-in-law and his brother,

Re: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-10-25 Thread David Hobby
Doug Pensinger wrote: Julia wrote: It's amazing what you find needs doing when you finally have all your kids in school for a full day for the first time ever. I might have most of it done by the time school gets out in early June! I've heard the same thing about retirement; my

Re: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-10-25 Thread Deborah Harrell
On Sun, 10/25/09, Doug Pensinger brig...@zo.com wrote: snippage Good to hear from you all that haven't posted much, maybe we can get a rip roaring discussion going.  Anybody over hear read Banks' new one? Hey, guess who's posting from home for the first time? (I did have some serious help

RE: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-10-25 Thread Julia Thompson
-Original Message- From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of David Hobby Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 7:48 PM To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: Re: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform I think

Re: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-10-25 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Oct 25, 2009, at 8:06 PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: On Sun, 10/25/09, Doug Pensinger brig...@zo.com wrote: snippage Good to hear from you all that haven't posted much, maybe we can get a rip roaring discussion going. Anybody over hear read Banks' new one? Hey, guess who's posting from

Re: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-10-25 Thread David Hobby
Julia Thompson wrote: ... I think in both cases, it's sort of a deferred maintenance problem. When you finally have time, there's a BIG backlog to deal with. ... Yes. And in our case, it was compounded by our daughter refusing to sleep in the room she shared with her twin brother, starting

Re: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-10-25 Thread Doug Pensinger
Debbi wrote: Hey, guess who's posting from home for the first time? (I did have some serious help getting stuff hooked up, and I still hate this laptop's 'finger mouse.' -- hmm, hadn't thought of what that conjures up, but it's entirely apt...) Congrats on the new job, and on getting your

Re: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-10-25 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:08 PM Sunday 10/25/2009, Doug Pensinger wrote: Debbi wrote: Hey, guess who's posting from home for the first time? (I did have some serious help getting stuff hooked up, and I still hate this laptop's 'finger mouse.' -- hmm, hadn't thought of what that conjures up, but it's entirely

RE: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-10-23 Thread Julia Thompson
-Original Message- From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of Jo Anne Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 11:32 PM To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform David wrote: Hi. There I

Re: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-09-13 Thread Charlie Bell
On 13/09/2009, at 2:27 PM, Ray Ludenia wrote: The change of seasons is not as obvious here as it seemed to be in the States as we toured around last year. We don't go from ridiculous negative temperatures to extreme heat as for example in Colorado. It's gradually getting warmer now (the

Re: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-09-13 Thread Doug Pensinger
Ray wrote: The change of seasons is not as obvious here as it seemed to be in the States as we toured around last year. We don't go from ridiculous negative temperatures to extreme heat as for example in Colorado. It's gradually getting warmer now (the low 20s C) and it looks like we might be

Re: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-09-12 Thread Doug Pensinger
Ray wrote: I fail to see what difference it makes how often I am involved. Surely this should be the case with or without my participation! Hi Ray, glad to see you're still hanging out. Are you ready for spring, or does it make that much of a difference? I know you were kidding, but as far

Re: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-09-12 Thread Ray Ludenia
On Sep 13, 2009, at 10:21 AM, Doug Pensinger wrote: Hi Ray, glad to see you're still hanging out. Are you ready for spring, or does it make that much of a difference? The change of seasons is not as obvious here as it seemed to be in the States as we toured around last year. We don't go

Re: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-09-11 Thread Ray Ludenia
On Sep 11, 2009, at 4:35 AM, dsummersmi...@comcast.net wrote: As Obama said this morning, we should be able to civilly differ when strongly held opinions differ...particularly on a mailing list where RL is only occassionally involved. I fail to see what difference it makes how often I am

RE: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-09-10 Thread dsummersmi...@comcast.net
No apologies needed. I just remember so well person after person taking on JDG trying to talk about different stuff (abortion, death penalty, politics). While I think Dan talked the longest and the hardest, I came to feel the guy just got off on fanning flames of dissention. Sort of like