Ahem -- the $2.13 purchase did not have 7.5 cents to the dollar in tax, but rather 6.5 cents to the dollar. Let those who live in glass houses, etc.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Damian Corrin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 4:18 PM Subject: Re: CS>Basic math skills > I'm not sure that people aren't learning anything, its just that they don't > need to use there brain anymore. People have calculators, and laptops to do > all the work for them. No one bothers with memory skills anymore because we > have PDA's to do that. Its a sad situation, and would surmise also the > person that was working in the hardware store was pretty fed up with the > crap pay and boring work and so puts minimal effort into anything he/she > does. People complain about technology taking away such jobs that are > boring but in essence we are doing them a favour. It will take some time > before society is reformed in a manner which will support such a drastic > solution as removal of jobs, but it is a necessity. I have found also that > diet plays a huge role in your emotional and mental state. When i was > taking MSM in quite large doses I was as thick as a brick. I just couldn't > do anything and trying to push myself to think was like trying to move a > boulder. Such is life. Just some thoughts > > Take care and blessings > Damian > > At 10:50 AM 23/02/2002 -0600, you wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Observations on the lack of education in our schools. > > > >Tai-Pan wrote: > >> > >> > >> Was at the market and saw a lady looking at some bagged chicken, 10 lbs > >> for > >>$4.50. Asked her how much it was a pound. She looked at it and finally said > >>she didn't know. So asked her if it was a good price. Again she said she > >>didn't know. I think she should stop shopping if she's that ignorant in the > >>basics of shopping. > >> Answer is $0.45 per lb and that is a bargain. A simple movement of the > >>decimal point one place. Seventh grade stuff. > >> > >> A few days ago was buying some metal washers at $0.50 each at a tire/truck > >>store. Bought four, so it was $2.00 for the parts. The clerk rang it up and > >>total was $2.13. Looked at him and said, "So your tax rate here is thirteen > >>percent". Looked at me real strange and finally said, "Yah, its been that > >>way a long time." > >>More ignorance. It was obvious the tax was seven and a half cents on the > >>dollar, so thats a 7.5% tax. Why aren't people learning anything in our > >>schools. Just basic stuff for heaven sake. > >> > >> > >> > >> Had a spot of excitement a couple of days ago in Rosenburg. A 100 car > >> train > >>of limestone derailed. 42 of the cars came off the tracks at a switch. > >>Railroad said that one car had a problem , and all the others followed it. > >>So badly bent up that none of the cars were put back on the track. All had > >>to be cut up and hauled out in pieces. Track needed a mile of new track, and > >>of course the removal of 200tons of limestone per car (thats 42), so thats > >>42 X 2 is 84 and add two zeros and they have 8400 tons of limestone to move. > >>What a mess that is. Its been 4 days and they are still at it. The tracks > >>run along side hiway 90 and it has been partially closed also. > >> > >> > >> See in the paper that the lawyer that was pleading for Gore at the Florida > >>Supreme Court had been barred from practicing law in Florida by the F.S.C. > >>Seems he lied about everything he told them and they have just finished > >>investigating it all. Florida Supreme Court sad they would not have voted as > >>they did if they had known the truth then. Recall they allowed the ballot > >>count to go on and the US Supreme Court put a stop to it. He also sent false > >>messages to the county ballot managers telling them it was ok to keep > >>counting. > >> > >> > >> Oh yah, I've had the what ever thats going around. Was down for two days. > >>Increased the CS intake. It wasn't getting into the sinuses where the > >>infection was at. The sinus would drip down the throat make it raw and then > >>make flim-flam in the throat and finally the dry heaves. Ugg. So put the CS > >>in a Sunbeam ultrasonic humidifier and breathed it up into the sinuses. > >>Viola, virus killed and soon all ok again. :-) Seems like a lot of people > >>are having it, and being sick a long time with it. > > Bless you, Bob Lee > >-- > >oozing on the muggy shore of the gulf coast > > [email protected] > > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal > > silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail > > message to: [email protected] -or- > > [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe > > in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: > > [email protected] Silver-list archive: > > http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike > > Devour >
