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John Larkin

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:47:32 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-(

Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before
they got wet :-(

...Jim Thompson

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John

Jim Thompson

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:49:52 -0800, John Larkin
wrote:

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:47:32 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-(

Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before
they got wet :-(

...Jim Thompson

Apply for Federal aid!

John

Must be climate change ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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Tim Wescott

Jim Thompson wrote:

Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-(

Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before
they got wet :-(

...Jim Thompson

Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady
spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not
just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff.

--

Tim Wescott
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Jim Thompson

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:10:12 -0700, Tim Wescott
wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-(

Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before
they got wet :-(

...Jim Thompson

Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady
spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not
just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff.

I love 110°F !!

Makes the snow birds fly away ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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Joerg

Tim Wescott wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-(

Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before
they got wet :-(

...Jim Thompson

Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady
spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not
just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff.

But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder
every year.

2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty
2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it
2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-(
2007: Will order at least 5 cords

Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where
living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served
by Fedex?

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

SparkyGuy

and served by Fedex?

Take your pick!

Joerg

SparkyGuy wrote:

and served by Fedex?

Take your pick!

Yeah, I know. Freight services go everywhere. But I'd like that to be
more than the monthly DC-3 lumbering in from El Norte.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

Jim Thompson

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:34:48 -0800, Joerg
wrote:

SparkyGuy wrote:

and served by Fedex?

Take your pick!

Yeah, I know. Freight services go everywhere. But I'd like that to be
more than the monthly DC-3 lumbering in from El Norte.

My first commercial flights were in DC-3's... nice planes.

Good feeling of comfort... you could see the ground most of the time
;-)

...Jim Thompson
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| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice

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Rich Grise

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg wrote:
Tim Wescott wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:

Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-(

Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they
got wet :-(

Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady
spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not
just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff.

But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder
every year.

2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty
2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it 2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all
gone now :-( 2007: Will order at least 5 cords

Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living
is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex?

I hear the Caymans are nice, with no income tax and no extradition. ;-)

Cheers!
RIch

Joerg

Rich Grise wrote:

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg wrote:

Tim Wescott wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-(

Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they
got wet :-(

Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady
spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not
just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff.

But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder
every year.

2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty
2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it 2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all
gone now :-( 2007: Will order at least 5 cords

Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living
is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex?

I hear the Caymans are nice, with no income tax and no extradition. ;-)

But I bet real estate is unaffordable for anyone below the Rockefellers.

I am honest with taxes so that doesn't bother me. However, the tort laws
should not be so out of control and none of these regulatory hurdles for
business. IOW the least amount of bureaucrats.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

Paul Hovnanian P.E.

Joerg wrote:

Rich Grise wrote:

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg wrote:

Tim Wescott wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-(

Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they
got wet :-(

Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady
spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not
just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff.

But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder
every year.

2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty
2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it 2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all
gone now :-( 2007: Will order at least 5 cords

Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living
is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex?

I hear the Caymans are nice, with no income tax and no extradition. ;-)

But I bet real estate is unaffordable for anyone below the Rockefellers.

That's because all the friends of the current administration are moving
there before '08, driving up property prices. Those that aren't moving
to Dubai, that is.

--
Paul Hovnanian
------------------------------------------------------------------
If Bill gates had a dime for every windows machine that crashed...
Wait a minute, he does!

Tim Wescott

Joerg wrote:
Rich Grise wrote:

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg wrote:

Tim Wescott wrote:

-- snip --

But I bet real estate is unaffordable for anyone below the Rockefellers.

I am honest with taxes so that doesn't bother me. However, the tort laws
should not be so out of control and none of these regulatory hurdles for
business. IOW the least amount of bureaucrats.

My understanding is that it's not so much the tort laws as the juries,
and the cultural forces that bring them to their own peculiar mind set.
As long as we have a constitutional "right of redress" it'll be hard
to overcome that sort of thing with legislation -- not to say that it'll
be easy to get entire regions full of people to admit that dumping hot
coffee on your crotch is a stupid thing to do, no matter who poured the
cup...

As far as regulatory hurdles -- well, yes. But I bet you don't want a
copper mine to get established right upstream from you that's free to
dump arsenic in the stream water and the air you breath, either.

California does seem to have an extra special way of adding regulatory
hurdles, but I shouldn't talk given that Oregon isn't all that far behind.

--

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com

Posting from Google? See http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google/

"Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" came out in April.
See details at http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html

John Larkin

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:11:25 -0800, Joerg
wrote:

Rich Grise wrote:

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg wrote:

Tim Wescott wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-(

Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before they
got wet :-(

Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady
spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not
just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff.

But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder
every year.

2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty
2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it 2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all
gone now :-( 2007: Will order at least 5 cords

Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where living
is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served by Fedex?

I hear the Caymans are nice, with no income tax and no extradition. ;-)

But I bet real estate is unaffordable for anyone below the Rockefellers.

I am honest with taxes so that doesn't bother me. However, the tort laws
should not be so out of control and none of these regulatory hurdles for
business. IOW the least amount of bureaucrats.

Bumper sticker: QUESTION AUTHORITY

Better bumper sticker: IGNORE AUTHORITY

John

Jim Thompson

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg
wrote:

Tim Wescott wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-(

Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before
they got wet :-(

...Jim Thompson

Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady
spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not
just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff.

But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder
every year.

2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty
2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it
2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-(
2007: Will order at least 5 cords

Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where
living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served
by Fedex?

Primary Cause of Global Warming found...

The DHMO Institute
Houston, Texas

http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/dhmo.html

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice

480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax

Paul Hovnanian P.E.

Joerg wrote:

Tim Wescott wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-(

Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before
they got wet :-(

...Jim Thompson

Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady
spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not
just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff.

But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder
every year.

2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty
2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it
2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-(
2007: Will order at least 5 cords

Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where
living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served
by Fedex?

I saw that movie. Starring Tom Hanks, right?

--
Paul Hovnanian
------------------------------------------------------------------
Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" while looking for a rock.

Joerg

Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:

Joerg wrote:

Tim Wescott wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-(

Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before
they got wet :-(

...Jim Thompson

Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady
spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not
just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff.

But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder
every year.

2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty
2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it
2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-(
2007: Will order at least 5 cords

Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where
living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served
by Fedex?

I saw that movie. Starring Tom Hanks, right?

Yes, very good movie. Of course I didn't mean that island :-)

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

Rich Grise

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:23:57 +0000, Joerg wrote:
Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:
Joerg wrote:
Tim Wescott wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:

Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-(

Heard thunder and had to run out and retrieve my newspapers before
they got wet :-(

Yesterday was a bright, sunny morning with frost in all of the shady
spots. It sure is nice to live in the hills with real weather & not
just the 'retiree-friendly' stuff.

But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder
every year.

2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty
2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it
2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-(
2007: Will order at least 5 cords

Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where
living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served
by Fedex?

I saw that movie. Starring Tom Hanks, right?

Yes, very good movie. Of course I didn't mean that island :-)

I was kind of surprised that he didn't build a radio out of coconut
shells. ;-P

Cheers!
Rich

Ross Herbert

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg
wrote:

Does anyone know a nice tropical island where
living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and
served by Fedex?

Australia has all those benefits and it is an island albeit an 'island
continent'.

Joerg

Ross Herbert wrote:

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg
wrote:

Does anyone know a nice tropical island where
living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and
served by Fedex?

Australia has all those benefits and it is an island albeit an 'island
continent'.

Yeah, but what I heard from engineers there the authorities are behaving
rather destructive to small business. Exorbitant import tariffs and so
on. A socialistic trend ain't my cuppa tea. Small business is the
foundation of innovation and a region's well-being and I expect
politicians to understand that ;-)

So I should add to the list: Good biz climate, conservative gvt.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

Jim Thompson

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:18:48 GMT, Joerg
wrote:

Ross Herbert wrote:

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg
wrote:

Does anyone know a nice tropical island where
living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and
served by Fedex?

Australia has all those benefits and it is an island albeit an 'island
continent'.

Yeah, but what I heard from engineers there the authorities are behaving
rather destructive to small business. Exorbitant import tariffs and so
on. A socialistic trend ain't my cuppa tea. Small business is the
foundation of innovation and a region's well-being and I expect
politicians to understand that ;-)

So I should add to the list: Good biz climate, conservative gvt.

Wait until you see what the Democrats are going to do ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
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| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
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480)460-2350 | |
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Ross Herbert

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:18:48 GMT, Joerg
wrote:

Ross Herbert wrote:

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:23:11 -0800, Joerg
wrote:

Does anyone know a nice tropical island where
living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and
served by Fedex?

Australia has all those benefits and it is an island albeit an
'island
continent'.

Yeah, but what I heard from engineers there the authorities are
behaving rather destructive to small business. Exorbitant import
tariffs and so on. A socialistic trend ain't my cuppa tea. Small
business is the foundation of innovation and a region's well-being
and I expect politicians to understand that ;-)

So I should add to the list: Good biz climate, conservative gvt.

I somehow think that your description of the conservative
Liberal/National Party federal government as "socialistic" would not
go down too well with John Howard, who is totally in bed with your
republican George W Bush. I think you have not been keeping up with
the news because the trend in Australian federal governments over the
past 15 years or so is definitely NOT towards solialistic ideals -
rather the opposite even for the Labour side of politics.

The traditionally so-called "socialist" side of politics here is the
domain of the Australian Labour Party which has been on the opposition
benches federally for over 10 years now. In contrast to the Liberal
(ie. conservative) federal government, all 6 states have Labour
governments and they seem to govern in a manner not unlike the
"conservative" side of politics. These days, there is little to
separate the policies of both the so-called "conservative" and
"socialist" side of politics in this country.

Small business the world over is always crying out for a better deal
from governments of all persuasions and it will criticise no matter
how good things are. The fact is that in AUstralia non-farm sector
private companies having fewer than 100 employees accounts for around
47% (as at 1995) of Australia's total workforce.

http://www.pc.gov.au/ic/research/inf...s/smallbus.pdf

This seems to indicate that small business isn't travelling too badly
here and this figure is higher even than USA in the same period
according to the above link. I doubt that the situation has worsened
in the last 12 years considering John Howard's Work Choices
legislation introduced only last year. This gives the employer the
ultimate right to hire on his own terms and to fire without giving any
reasons. There is almost no protection for the individual worker now
and union negotiated employment conditions have al but disappeared. A
poll taken this week shows that 67% of workers are against the new
Work Choices legislation.

Now if you want to talk about protectionism, then it is hard to go
past the USA in terms of cross-subsidies to the American farm sector
which prevents Australia gaining access to the US markets for its
efficiently produced farm products. And then there is the matter of
the USA not allowing privately owned luxury vessels which are not
built in the USA to home port over there so our manufacturers can't
gain access to US customers. In order for an Australian owned and
based ship builder to bid for a USN contract (Littoral Combat Ship)
they have been forced to set up a manufacturing facility over there.
http://www.austal.com/
I doubt the same condition would apply in reverse. We can't be doing
things too badly here if our small nation can compete with US
manufacturers and beat them at their own game.

In terms of import tariffs Australia has virtually led the rest of the
world in reducing these in recent years and is continually battling
against Europe, USA and Japan to match them. For example motor vehicle
imports currently have a tariff of 10% soon to be reduced to 7%, and
in a country of only 22M people trying to support a viable vehicle
manufacturing industry (Ford, GMH and Mitsubishi) is pretty tough
without some protection against cheap imports from Asia and elsewhere.
You can do your bit to help Australia by buying an Australian designed
and built Pontiac G8 - 30,000 of them will be in your showrooms in the
coming year.
http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/Ar...ID=29015&vf=22
http://www.dpc.vic.gov.au/domino/Web...3!OpenDocument

Lord Garth

But not if the winters in Northern California become longer and colder
every year.

2001: 2 cord of wood, plenty
2003: 3 cords of wood, barely made it
2006: 4 cords of wood, nearly all gone now :-(
2007: Will order at least 5 cords

Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where
living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served
by Fedex?

Manila!

Homer J Simpson

"Lord Garth" wrote in message
. ..

Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where
living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served
by Fedex?

Manila!

Tropical North Queensland.

Spehro Pefhany

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:23:24 GMT, the renowned "Homer J Simpson"
wrote:

"Lord Garth" wrote in message
...

Global warming? Here? Does anyone know a nice tropical island where
living is safe, not too expensive, somewhat English-speaking and served
by Fedex?

Manila!

Tropical North Queensland.

Cebu, Bali, Penang

http://flyasiana.com/image/news/cebu.jpg
http://www.targetwoman.com/image/bali.jpg
http://www.circleofasia.com/pictures/Guide/penang.jpg

Cuba might work except for Fedex

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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Mike Hunt[_2_]

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:47:32 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

Omigawd! It's raining! And it's only 68°F :-(

What are you a frigg in' valley girl now?

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