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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – at things to say about The Ungrateful Little Snots: Yesterday I got up 20 minutes early, wrapped the salmon in foil, and baked it. It came out nice and juicy and good looking. What if any seasonings do you use when you’re cooking salmon for people? I made the greatest salmon the other night. Sprinkle salt, pepper and thyme on the top of the fillet. Sear the top in some butter or olive oil. Put in a baking dish and squeeze a generous amount of lemon juice and worchestershire sauce over it. Put a pat of butter on top and bake at 400 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes (or test depending on thickness, this was about an inch and a little more thick). It is a delicious seasoning combination. Simple recipe (the only kind I do!): Put salmon steak in glass baking dish. Cover dish with plastic wrap. Microwave on high, 6 minutes per pound.  Delicious! Sandy

I microwave salmon this way too, but add lemon juice.  MLB

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Simple recipe (the only kind I do!): Put salmon steak in glass baking dish. Cover dish with plastic wrap. Microwave on high, 6 minutes per pound.  Delicious!

I seldom use my stove, anymore (mostly because I have a very tiny kitchen and a "portable" clothes washer which must be moved from in front of the stove, whenever I want to use the oven).  I do miss "broiled" meat, though, so when I saw a "dishwasher proof" broiler gadget for the microwave, I bought one.  I’ve used it once, and it worked okay, but…. The browning trays are not removable, but the meat juice managed to leak inside the base, anyway.  Anybody have any suggestions about how to get it out before it grows a nice crop of salmonella or something?

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Nocturne would like to comfort you with the knowledge that it is not the food itself, but the act of offering, that pleases her. Even if she is full–even if she does not like what we are eating–she demands to know that we will give it to her when she asks. –Fil

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Arthur, you may not realize "what’s so funny" but you do have a great sense of humor: i.e. naming that ‘possum (I like ‘em too; we had a whole family living under our hot tub in FL backyard) after Goodyear Blimp! LOL.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The neighborhood ‘possum!!! ROFL Arthur, you are too much. Guess I don’t understand what’s so funny.  The possums, who tend to hang around for quite a few months before wandering on, rarely miss an evening. They’re always given the cats’ rejected food for the day – certainly a lot better than putting the food down the garbage disposal.  I do have a fondness for them. I’ve told the story before, but a few years ago I had a possum who discovered that the food inside was better than the food left for him outside.  He tought himself to pull open the sliding screen door and would help himself to the food every evening after I went to bed.  I’d hear the noisy munching, wait for him to leave – he never would close the door when he left – and I’d get up and close the door.  He got to be a pretty healthy sized (and healthy) possum; I named him Goodyear in honor of his appearance.  I have only one picture of him eating inside, near the bottom of my cats page (http://members.cox.net/mybrainhurts/cats.htm ). Art

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Thank you for sharing here.  I visited your website and read all the stories about your animal companions–absolutely terrific!  I look forward in reading about the rest when you add their stories. Have Fun, Jen — Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/cat-anecdotes/200506/1

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The owners have been really good lately, so I went out and bought an $8/pound slab of fresh salmon. Yesterday I got up 20 minutes early, wrapped the salmon in foil, and baked it.  It came out nice and juicy and good looking. I let it cool for five minutes, and divied it up into the five bowls, and set it out to be devoured, knowing it would earn me eternal respect (well at least an hour) and gratitude. The little bastards pretty much snubbed it.  They ate a couple mouthfuls each; I don’t think anyone really came close to finishing the bowl.  Then they acted hungry all day, suffering with the dried food and eagerly waiting for the evening meal – two cans of 9 Lives.  That was devoured with gusto. Well, at least the neighborhood possum had a really tasty salmon meal last night. Art

Art, I’m sure from your side of this post the situation was not funny, but from it was.  It was so darn typically CAT.  I’m sure all of us have done something special like that one time or another only to be snubbed, nose-in-the-air snubbed,  prancing-away-tail-high snubbed.  But you have to love them!! Charleen Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro.

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The neighborhood ‘possum!!! ROFL Arthur, you are too much.

Guess I don’t understand what’s so funny.  The possums, who tend to hang around for quite a few months before wandering on, rarely miss an evening.   They’re always given the cats’ rejected food for the day – certainly a lot better than putting the food down the garbage disposal.  I do have a fondness for them. I’ve told the story before, but a few years ago I had a possum who discovered that the food inside was better than the food left for him outside.  He tought himself to pull open the sliding screen door and would help himself to the food every evening after I went to bed.  I’d hear the noisy munching, wait for him to leave – he never would close the door when he left – and I’d get up and close the door.  He got to be a pretty healthy sized (and healthy) possum; I named him Goodyear in honor of his appearance.  I have only one picture of him eating inside, near the bottom of my cats page (http://members.cox.net/mybrainhurts/cats.htm ). Art

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Shapiro) yodeled: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The neighborhood ‘possum!!! ROFL Arthur, you are too much. Guess I don’t understand what’s so funny.  The possums, who tend to hang around for quite a few months before wandering on, rarely miss an evening.   They’re always given the cats’ rejected food for the day – certainly a lot better than putting the food down the garbage disposal.  I do have a fondness for them. I’ve told the story before, but a few years ago I had a possum who discovered that the food inside was better than the food left for him outside.  He tought himself to pull open the sliding screen door and would help himself to the food every evening after I went to bed.  I’d hear the noisy munching, wait for him to leave – he never would close the door when he left – and I’d get up and close the door.  He got to be a pretty healthy sized (and healthy) possum; I named him Goodyear in honor of his appearance.  I have only one picture of him eating inside, near the bottom of my cats page (http://members.cox.net/mybrainhurts/cats.htm ). Art

A pleasure to see all of your crew, including the possum, d-thing, and birdie. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – at things to say about The Ungrateful Little Snots: Yesterday I got up 20 minutes early, wrapped the salmon in foil, and baked it. It came out nice and juicy and good looking. What if any seasonings do you use when you’re cooking salmon for people? I made the greatest salmon the other night. Sprinkle salt, pepper and thyme on the top of the fillet. Sear the top in some butter or olive oil. Put in a baking dish and squeeze a generous amount of lemon juice and worchestershire sauce over it. Put a pat of butter on top and bake at 400 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes (or test depending on thickness, this was about an inch and a little more thick). It is a delicious seasoning combination.

Simple recipe (the only kind I do!): Put salmon steak in glass baking dish. Cover dish with plastic wrap. Microwave on high, 6 minutes per pound.  Delicious! Sandy

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – at things to say about The Ungrateful Little Snots: Yesterday I got up 20 minutes early, wrapped the salmon in foil, and baked it. It came out nice and juicy and good looking. What if any seasonings do you use when you’re cooking salmon for people? I made the greatest salmon the other night. Sprinkle salt, pepper and thyme on the top of the fillet. Sear the top in some butter or olive oil. Put in a baking dish and squeeze a generous amount of lemon juice and worchestershire sauce over it. Put a pat of butter on top and bake at 400 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes (or test depending on thickness, this was about an inch and a little more thick). It is a delicious seasoning combination. Simple recipe (the only kind I do!): Put salmon steak in glass baking dish. Cover dish with plastic wrap. Microwave on high, 6 minutes per pound.  Delicious! Sandy

Or put it in a baking pan, sprinkle with brown sugar and dot with butter. Bake or microwave.  Yum! Joy

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things to say about The Ungrateful Little Snots: Yesterday I got up 20 minutes early, wrapped the salmon in foil, and baked it. It came out nice and juicy and good looking. What if any seasonings do you use when you’re cooking salmon for people?

I made the greatest salmon the other night. Sprinkle salt, pepper and thyme on the top of the fillet. Sear the top in some butter or olive oil. Put in a baking dish and squeeze a generous amount of lemon juice and worchestershire sauce over it. Put a pat of butter on top and bake at 400 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes (or test depending on thickness, this was about an inch and a little more thick). It is a delicious seasoning combination.

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things to say about The Ungrateful Little Snots: Yesterday I got up 20 minutes early, wrapped the salmon in foil, and baked it. It came out nice and juicy and good looking.

What if any seasonings do you use when you’re cooking salmon for people? — "The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. " – the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL

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YOu made a mistake. YOU were supposed to pretend to eat it first. Then it would have been YOUR food. Then they would have wanted it.

That’s right.  You should have pretended it was for you, then grudgingly doled it out to the cats in very small portions.  It would have all been eaten, I assure you! — Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." — Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

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A year or so ago, I had salmon and only Mischief was interested in it. Afterwards, she made a VERY SMELLY deposit in the litter box.  My roomie and I could smell it all the way in the living room. Kristi

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The neighborhood ‘possum!!! ROFL Arthur, you are too much. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – On 2005-06-02, Arthur Shapiro penned: The owners have been really good lately, so I went out and bought an $8/pound slab of fresh salmon. Yesterday I got up 20 minutes early, wrapped the salmon in foil, and baked it.  It came out nice and juicy and good looking. I let it cool for five minutes, and divied it up into the five bowls, and set it out to be devoured, knowing it would earn me eternal respect (well at least an hour) and gratitude. Oscar ignores salmon, too.  Go figure.  She likes cooked chicken, though. — monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

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The neighborhood ‘possum!!! ROFL Arthur, you are too much.

A very well-fed, high maintenace possum, I would say! Katz, whose neighboring possums have never had salmon

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The owners have been really good lately, so I went out and bought an $8/pound slab of fresh salmon. Yesterday I got up 20 minutes early, wrapped the salmon in foil, and baked it.  It came out nice and juicy and good looking. I let it cool for five minutes, and divied it up into the five bowls, and set it out to be devoured, knowing it would earn me eternal respect (well at least an hour) and gratitude. The little bastards pretty much snubbed it.  They ate a couple mouthfuls each; I don’t think anyone really came close to finishing the bowl.  Then they acted hungry all day, suffering with the dried food and eagerly waiting for the evening meal – two cans of 9 Lives.  That was devoured with gusto. Well, at least the neighborhood possum had a really tasty salmon meal last night. Art

ROFL!  Why am I not surprised! Christine

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The owners have been really good lately, so I went out and bought an $8/pound slab of fresh salmon. Yesterday I got up 20 minutes early, wrapped the salmon in foil, and baked it.  It came out nice and juicy and good looking. I let it cool for five minutes, and divied it up into the five bowls, and set it out to be devoured, knowing it would earn me eternal respect (well at least an hour) and gratitude. The little bastards pretty much snubbed it.  They ate a couple mouthfuls each; I don’t think anyone really came close to finishing the bowl.  Then they acted hungry all day, suffering with the dried food and eagerly waiting for the evening meal – two cans of 9 Lives.  That was devoured with gusto. Well, at least the neighborhood possum had a really tasty salmon meal last night. Art

TuTu spurns fresh salmon but she loves TUNA from the can.  No accounting for taste!   My Princess (RB) spurned any food with fish in it.  TuTu spurns beef also.  If I trick her into eating some, she always upchucks. I hope you enjoyed some of those 8 pounds.   MLB

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On 2005-06-02, Arthur Shapiro penned: The owners have been really good lately, so I went out and bought an $8/pound slab of fresh salmon. Yesterday I got up 20 minutes early, wrapped the salmon in foil, and baked it.  It came out nice and juicy and good looking. I let it cool for five minutes, and divied it up into the five bowls, and set it out to be devoured, knowing it would earn me eternal respect (well at least an hour) and gratitude.

Oscar ignores salmon, too.  Go figure.  She likes cooked chicken, though. — monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

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The owners have been really good lately, so I went out and bought an $8/pound slab of fresh salmon. Yesterday I got up 20 minutes early, wrapped the salmon in foil, and baked it.  It came out nice and juicy and good looking. I let it cool for five minutes, and divied it up into the five bowls, and set it out to be devoured, knowing it would earn me eternal respect (well at least an hour) and gratitude. The little bastards pretty much snubbed it.  They ate a couple mouthfuls each; I don’t think anyone really came close to finishing the bowl.  Then they acted hungry all day, suffering with the dried food and eagerly waiting for the evening meal – two cans of 9 Lives.  That was devoured with gusto. Well, at least the neighborhood possum had a really tasty salmon meal last night. Art

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YOu made a mistake. YOU were supposed to pretend to eat it first. Then it would have been YOUR food. Then they would have wanted it.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The owners have been really good lately, so I went out and bought an $8/pound slab of fresh salmon. Yesterday I got up 20 minutes early, wrapped the salmon in foil, and baked it.  It came out nice and juicy and good looking. I let it cool for five minutes, and divied it up into the five bowls, and set it out to be devoured, knowing it would earn me eternal respect (well at least an hour) and gratitude. The little bastards pretty much snubbed it.  They ate a couple mouthfuls each; I don’t think anyone really came close to finishing the bowl.  Then they acted hungry all day, suffering with the dried food and eagerly waiting for the evening meal – two cans of 9 Lives.  That was devoured with gusto. Well, at least the neighborhood possum had a really tasty salmon meal last night. Art

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and features not found on any other auction site, don’t expect it to be a hit or to make any money off of it.  

Like the ability to have the auction automatically extend 10 minutes if there’s a bid in the last ten minutes? Or how about have the ending auction time hidden? <Chug chug — To reply, remove TheObvious from my e-mail address.

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Forget the software, the tens of millions of dollars in promotion you would have to spend to even TRY and lure buyers and sellers away from eBay and make another auction site competitive wouldn’t fly. Yahoo! couldn’t do it and they have some pretty deep pockets. I would invest your money elsewhere. Good Luck!

Hi, I found auction-script.com.  This software is cheap- $69 and REALLY looks good.  Thanks to the posters, upon hearing that the software at auction-express may have been to pricey, I looked for other options and found this. Jarrod

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Hi, I am planning on opening my own auction site and was wondering if anyone has info on any good online providers of software to do this. I am very interested in the program at www.auction-express.net.  I searched through the archives of this usenet group and many of the sites and products listed are no longer available!  Maybe that should tell me something!  Haha.  Just looking for the consensus to what is the best right now. Jarrod

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Hi, I am planning on opening my own auction site and was wondering if anyone has info on any good online providers of software to do this. I am very interested in the program at www.auction-express.net.  I searched through the archives of this usenet group and many of the sites and products listed are no longer available!  Maybe that should tell me something!  Haha.  Just looking for the consensus to what is the best right now. Jarrod

That site is outrageous.  $900 for an auction site that others can sell on, and then it looks like after 3 months you have to pay more. You can get a reliable hosting service that includes CGI / PHP access for $50 – $60 a year, and then install one of the many free and cheap auction scripts at the site below.  Some of the best auction scripts are freeware (try the EveryAuction one). http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/Auctions/ On another note, are you aware that there are new auction sites coming about weekly, but rarely ever do they succeed.  Unless you have lots of money to market the site, and features not found on any other auction site, don’t expect it to be a hit or to make any money off of it.   — Matt http://www.auctionorbit.com

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I am planning on opening my own auction site and was wondering if anyone has info on any good online providers of software to do this…

I don’t know about software, but it appears that in the near future either Sun-Solaris or IBM may have some used hardware available that should be custom tweaked just for auction use. Lumpy — In Your Ears for 40 Years http://www.lumpymusic.com

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I don’t know about software, but it appears that in the near future either Sun-Solaris or IBM may have some used hardware available that should be custom tweaked just for auction use.

Like one of these babies: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=51238&item=571… &rd=1 That may be just what he needs, although he might have to upgrade the ram a little. As for the software, he can write it himself in his spare time.

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Forget the software, the tens of millions of dollars in promotion you would have to spend to even TRY and lure buyers and sellers away from eBay and make another auction site competitive wouldn’t fly. Yahoo! couldn’t do it and they have some pretty deep pockets. I would invest your money elsewhere. Good Luck!

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Most appys lack in accounting, and front end design. My wife and I purchased an online classifieds script, fairly pricey. We consider this our virtual door stop, good luck.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi, I am planning on opening my own auction site and was wondering if anyone has info on any good online providers of software to do this. I am very interested in the program at www.auction-express.net.  I searched through the archives of this usenet group and many of the sites and products listed are no longer available!  Maybe that should tell me something!  Haha.  Just looking for the consensus to what is the best right now. Jarrod That site is outrageous.  $900 for an auction site that others can sell on, and then it looks like after 3 months you have to pay more. You can get a reliable hosting service that includes CGI / PHP access for $50 – $60 a year, and then install one of the many free and cheap auction scripts at the site below.  Some of the best auction scripts are freeware (try the EveryAuction one). http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/Auctions/ On another note, are you aware that there are new auction sites coming about weekly, but rarely ever do they succeed.  Unless you have lots of money to market the site, and features not found on any other auction site, don’t expect it to be a hit or to make any money off of it. — Matt http://www.auctionorbit.com

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Costco sells 2 pound packages of  Columbian whole beans roasted by Starsbucks for something like $9. They have the darker roasts, too. The beans keep fairly well in the freezer. I store a pound in an air-tight cannister for immediate use. John Pinkham

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m a devoted lover of coffee and a person that  mixes my own blend of Eight O’Clock French Roast and 100% Columbian to obtain the perfect coffee.  As I stumbled to the grinder this morning, no glasses, eyes still protesting the early hour, I turned it on and realized I needed to add beans.  I grabbed the latest purchase of 100% Columbian and poured it in the hopper, then added the requisite percent of French Roast.  As I casually tossed the empty Columbian package aside, something in my fingers told me (remember the no glasses and protesting eyes) the package was too small!  After finishing the grinding, making and drinking a cup, I ran for my second set of eyes—guess what(no reflection on Guess Who)!!!!—the package has been decreased from 13oz(369 g for our northern neighbors) to 12 oz (340 g) with no decrease in price!  If my accounting skills are still valid-this is an increase of about 8% at a time when coffee prices are going down.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Well RVC, once you get the other side of the border you will be even more confused ! Talk about being P.O.- you pick up a grocery flyer and one item is show in $ per pound and then you see other times priced in $ per 100 grams.  And when you fuel up – yup – litres (or liters, whichever you prefer).  And to make that worse, when they tell you about fuel economy on new cars it is backwards!  Instead of something like miles per gallon (I don’t really care if it is US or Imperial) Oh NO!  They have to give it to you in litres per 100 KM or some such gobbeldygoop. Added to all that – as you say – they juggle the package size.  Like a pound of coffee should be 454 grams but no, the package is 369 grams or something like that. Welcome to the world of bafflegab! Mo

About 30 years ago we had a Prime Minister here in Canada by the name of Trudeau. He was and still is considered a saint by many here. In their eyes the man could do no wrong. One of the things he did was to try to convert the entire country to the metric system of measurment. I can’t imagine what he was thinking when he came up with the plan. It wasn’t as though we were having any problem with the imperial measure, although our gallons were never the same size as the american ones and even our ounce measures are slightly different. If you like to track your mileage while on vacation, as I do,  here in the north I would suggest writing down this conversion formula. It will convert kilometers/liter into us mpg km/liter X 2.3521 = us mpg  Happy travelling Peter H

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – About 30 years ago we had a Prime Minister here in Canada by the name of Trudeau. He was and still is considered a saint by many here. In their eyes the man could do no wrong. One of the things he did was to try to convert the entire country to the metric system of measurment. I can’t imagine what he was thinking when he came up with the plan. It wasn’t as though we were having any problem with the imperial measure, although our gallons were never the same size as the american ones and even our ounce measures are slightly different. If you like to track your mileage while on vacation, as I do,  here in the north I would suggest writing down this conversion formula. It will convert kilometers/liter into us mpg km/liter X 2.3521 = us mpg

One would have thought that in 30 years you would have gotten used to the metric system, besides it is possible to do calculations without the aid of calculators when it is in multiples of then as opposed to 1/4 or sixteen or exactly what the heck is 5290 feet to the mile as opposed to 1000 meters to the kilometer. Wade

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…. One would have thought that in 30 years you would have gotten used to the metric system, besides it is possible to do calculations without the aid of calculators when it is in multiples of then as opposed to 1/4 or sixteen or exactly what the heck is 5290 feet to the mile as opposed to 1000 meters to the kilometer. Wade

Its easier if you use 5280 feet to the mile.  Then you can easily divide by 2,4,8,16,32 evenly in your head.  1000 is a nice number but there is really nothing magic about it.  There are a lot of advantages to numbers like 16 and 12 as well.  It all depends on what you know. Norm

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – …. One would have thought that in 30 years you would have gotten used to the metric system, besides it is possible to do calculations without the aid of calculators when it is in multiples of then as opposed to 1/4 or sixteen or exactly what the heck is 5290 feet to the mile as opposed to 1000 meters to the kilometer. Wade Its easier if you use 5280 feet to the mile.  Then you can easily divide by 2,4,8,16,32 evenly in your head.  1000 is a nice number but there is really nothing magic about it.  There are a lot of advantages to numbers like 16 and 12 as well.  It all depends on what you know. Norm

Your reinforcing my point, metric is based on multiples of 10 with infinite divisions or multiplications of 10, no genius required here, dividing numbers by 8,16.32 and whatever requires the aid of calculators. Wade

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Sorry, 5280 feet to the mile.  Not familiar with an old established system? Tex

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – One would have thought that in 30 years you would have gotten used to the metric system, besides it is possible to do calculations without the aid of calculators when it is in multiples of then as opposed to 1/4 or sixteen or exactly what the heck is 5290 feet to the mile as opposed to 1000 meters to the kilometer. Wade

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Sorry, 5280 feet to the mile.  Not familiar with an old established system? Tex

Like I said what kind of goofy number is this anyway. Wade

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I’m a devoted lover of coffee and a person that  mixes my own blend of Eight O’Clock French Roast and 100% Columbian to obtain the perfect coffee.  As I stumbled to the grinder this morning, no glasses, eyes still protesting the early hour, I turned it on and realized I needed to add beans.  I grabbed the latest purchase of 100% Columbian and poured it in the hopper, then added the requisite percent of French Roast.  As I casually tossed the empty Columbian package aside, something in my fingers told me (remember the no glasses and protesting eyes) the package was too small!  After finishing the grinding, making and drinking a cup, I ran for my second set of eyes—guess what(no reflection on Guess Who)!!!!—the package has been decreased from 13oz(369 g for our northern neighbors) to 12 oz (340 g) with no decrease in price!  If my accounting skills are still valid-this is an increase of about 8% at a time when coffee prices are going down. This is obviously a Liberal plot to keep Conservatives a sleep!  Or is it a Conservative plot to make Liberals drink tea!  Or a Middle of the Road Plot to piss off (I put the Piss off in for Bill Horne) to keep everyone confused!! Oh well–I’ll continue packing for the trip to Nova Scotia (If they don’t lock me up at the border).  With a little luck I’ll be so confused about grams, liters and the currency exchange that I’ll never know what I paying for anything! Semper Fidelis, RVC

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m a devoted lover of coffee and a person that  mixes my own blend of Eight O’Clock French Roast and 100% Columbian to obtain the perfect coffee.  As I stumbled to the grinder this morning, no glasses, eyes still protesting the early hour, I turned it on and realized I needed to add beans.  I grabbed the latest purchase of 100% Columbian and poured it in the hopper, then added the requisite percent of French Roast.  As I casually tossed the empty Columbian package aside, something in my fingers told me (remember the no glasses and protesting eyes) the package was too small!  After finishing the grinding, making and drinking a cup, I ran for my second set of eyes—guess what(no reflection on Guess Who)!!!!—the package has been decreased from 13oz(369 g for our northern neighbors) to 12 oz (340 g) with no decrease in price!  If my accounting skills are still valid-this is an increase of about 8% at a time when coffee prices are going down. This is obviously a Liberal plot to keep Conservatives a sleep!  Or is it a Conservative plot to make Liberals drink tea!  Or a Middle of the Road Plot to piss off (I put the Piss off in for Bill Horne) to keep everyone confused!! Oh well–I’ll continue packing for the trip to Nova Scotia (If they don’t lock me up at the border).  With a little luck I’ll be so confused about grams, liters and the currency exchange that I’ll never know what I paying for anything! Semper Fidelis, RVC

Try a driving tour of Europe where you may have to deal with several types of currency and exchange rates on the same day.  My wife got to the point where she just dumped a pile of money on the counter and let them take what they wanted.  As far as we were able to determine she was never cheated but a lady in England was horrified and warned her that there were people who might take advantage. We did a large loop, Germany, Austria, Italy,Switzerland, France, Spain, France, England, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg and back to Germany.  Ten kinds of money in our suitcases and a calculator in our pockets to work out the exchange rates.  Did you ever notice that it is easier to spend foreign money?  Just doesn’t seem like the real thing. LZ

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I don’t know about the liberal plot you mentioned. Personally I think it is just a way to make more money on coffee. Speaking of coffee …  several years ago we heard on the news about the freeze and loss of coffee crop in Columbia, we went out that very day and bought 8  36 ounce cans of coffee for $4.59 on sale (you know…. the ones that are 34.5 ounces now) and we also got a rain check for 5 more cans that we bought two weeks later when the price of coffee went up about 40%. That coffee lasted us for nearly a year. Just the wife, Nydia, and I. Don Beekman

<snip !—the package has been decreased from – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – 13oz(369 g for our northern neighbors) to 12 oz (340 g) with no decrease in price!  If my accounting skills are still valid-this is an increase of about 8% at a time when coffee prices are going down. <Snip Semper Fidelis, RVC

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snipped  I ran for my second set of eyes—guess – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – what(no reflection on Guess Who)!!!!—the package has been decreased from 13oz(369 g for our northern neighbors) to 12 oz (340 g) with no decrease in price!  If my accounting skills are still valid-this is an increase of about 8% at a time when coffee prices are going down. This is obviously a Liberal plot to keep Conservatives a sleep!  Or is it a Conservative plot to make Liberals drink tea!  Or a Middle of the Road Plot to piss off (I put the Piss off in for Bill Horne) to keep everyone confused!! Oh well–I’ll continue packing for the trip to Nova Scotia (If they don’t lock me up at the border).  With a little luck I’ll be so confused about grams, liters and the currency exchange that I’ll never know what I paying for anything! Semper Fidelis, RVC

Well RVC, once you get the other side of the border you will be even more confused ! Talk about being P.O.- you pick up a grocery flyer and one item is show in $ per pound and then you see other times priced in $ per 100 grams.  And when you fuel up – yup – litres (or liters, whichever you prefer).  And to make that worse, when they tell you about fuel economy on new cars it is backwards!  Instead of something like miles per gallon (I don’t really care if it is US or Imperial) Oh NO!  They have to give it to you in litres per 100 KM or some such gobbeldygoop. Added to all that – as you say – they juggle the package size.  Like a pound of coffee should be 454 grams but no, the package is 369 grams or something like that. Welcome to the world of bafflegab! Mo

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Yip-Did the same thing in Europe, Near East, Far East, Australia (Took me two minutes to read, write and understand the language), Peru and Bosnia (They hated $ preferred the German Mark).  Still confused! Off to NS on Sat., if the RV will let me! RVC

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m a devoted lover of coffee and a person that  mixes my own blend of Eight O’Clock French Roast and 100% Columbian to obtain the perfect coffee. As I stumbled to the grinder this morning, no glasses, eyes still protesting the early hour, I turned it on and realized I needed to add beans.  I grabbed the latest purchase of 100% Columbian and poured it in the hopper, then added the requisite percent of French Roast.  As I casually tossed the empty Columbian package aside, something in my fingers told me (remember the no glasses and protesting eyes) the package was too small!  After finishing the grinding, making and drinking a cup, I ran for my second set of eyes—guess what(no reflection on Guess Who)!!!!—the package has been decreased from 13oz(369 g for our northern neighbors) to 12 oz (340 g) with no decrease in price!  If my accounting skills are still valid-this is an increase of about 8% at a time when coffee prices are going down. This is obviously a Liberal plot to keep Conservatives a sleep!  Or is it a Conservative plot to make Liberals drink tea!  Or a Middle of the Road Plot to piss off (I put the Piss off in for Bill Horne) to keep everyone confused!! Oh well–I’ll continue packing for the trip to Nova Scotia (If they don’t lock me up at the border).  With a little luck I’ll be so confused about grams, liters and the currency exchange that I’ll never know what I paying for anything! Semper Fidelis, RVC Try a driving tour of Europe where you may have to deal with several types of currency and exchange rates on the same day.  My wife got to the point where she just dumped a pile of money on the counter and let them take what they wanted.  As far as we were able to determine she was never cheated but a lady in England was horrified and warned her that there were people who might take advantage. We did a large loop, Germany, Austria, Italy,Switzerland, France, Spain, France, England, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg and back to Germany.  Ten kinds of money in our suitcases and a calculator in our pockets to work out the exchange rates.  Did you ever notice that it is easier to spend foreign money?  Just doesn’t seem like the real thing. LZ

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And—-for the nautical folk—2.5 degrees in latitude = how many nautical miles (I do prefer air navigation)???

Since the nautical mile is defined to be the average distance on the Earth’s surface represented by one minute of latitude.  I would say that 2.5 degrees (150 minutes) would be exactly 150 Nautical Miles.

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Since the nautical mile is defined to be the average distance on the Earth’s surface represented by one minute of latitude.  I would say that 2.5 degrees (150 minutes) would be exactly 150 Nautical Miles.

Would that be at high or low tide? Mark – ducking and running

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And—-for the nautical folk—2.5 degrees in latitude = how many nautical miles (I do prefer air navigation)??? Off to NS—hope you get this question correct! Semper Fi! RVC

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – @news3.calgary.shaw.ca: Sorry, 5280 feet to the mile.  Not familiar with an old established system? Tex Like I said what kind of goofy number is this anyway. Wade An exact one. Not even, a mile with 6000 FT per mile is the official standard of the US (defined by both the National Standards Bureau and by Congress, and the official/legal abbreviation is MPH), and has been estableshed as a mile for many centuries longer than the 5280 FT mile, yet most people use the unofficial 5280 FT per statute mile made up by a land developer in New Orleans to allow them to have bigger numbers for his lots (less feet per mile allowed him to have more acres or sq. miles in his lots), except hawaii of course, a bit hard to have anything but air miles between islands Sorry, Charlie, but you’re thinking about a Nautical Mile (Knot) that’s not used for land measure. Inventing a story about a land scam won’t cut it, either. Yes, I am thinking about a MILE. The original poster claimed a MILE (and did not specify whether it was a nautical or land MILE was 5280 feet). As far as I can find from the National institute of standards and technology at http://www.nist.gov/ the only legal definition ever adopted for a mile was: "The international nautical mile of 1 852 meters (6 076.115 49…feet) was adopted effective July 1, 1954, for use in the United States. The value formerly used in the United States was 6 080.20 feet = 1 (nautical geographical or sea) mile." It is just called a MILE (not a statute/air/nautical/land etc, and is abbreviated mi, they have no legal description of a statute mile, just a common use description. The good news though, since the (nautical) mile was the only mile ever adopted by the government, that means you have a defense against all those speeding tickits based on the limit signs on the road, if a sign says 55 MPH then it’s legally 55 nautical miles per hour, and you can probably go about 1.15 times the posted limit, since statute MPH is displayed on your guage, but be aware though that not all judges and cops will accept that argument. As for the land scam story, sorry I can’t take credit for inventing it, nor do I have any idea if it’s true or not, it’s what they say in the "World Almanac 2000".

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – @news3.calgary.shaw.ca: Sorry, 5280 feet to the mile.  Not familiar with an old established system? Tex Like I said what kind of goofy number is this anyway. Wade An exact one. Not even, a mile with 6000 FT per mile is the official standard of the US (defined by both the National Standards Bureau and by Congress, and the official/legal abbreviation is MPH), and has been estableshed as a mile for many centuries longer than the 5280 FT mile, yet most people use the unofficial 5280 FT per statute mile made up by a land developer in New Orleans to allow them to have bigger numbers for his lots (less feet per mile allowed him to have more acres or sq. miles in his lots), except hawaii of course, a bit hard to have anything but air miles between islands Sorry, Charlie, but you’re thinking about a Nautical Mile (Knot) that’s not used for land measure. Inventing a story about a land scam won’t cut it, either.

Yes, I am thinking about a MILE. The original poster claimed a MILE (and did not specify whether it was a nautical or land MILE was 5280 feet). As far as I can find from the National institute of standards and technology at http://www.nist.gov/ the only legal definition ever adopted for a mile was: "The international nautical mile of 1 852 meters (6 076.115 49…feet) was adopted effective July 1, 1954, for use in the United States. The value formerly used in the United States was 6 080.20 feet = 1 (nautical geographical or sea) mile." It is just called a MILE (not a statute/air/nautical/land etc, and is abbreviated mi, they have no legal description of a statute mile, just a common use description. The good news though, since the (nautical) mile was the only mile ever adopted by the government, that means you have a defense against all those speeding tickits based on the limit signs on the road, if a sign says 55 MPH then it’s legally 55 nautical miles per hour, and you can probably go about 1.15 times the posted limit, since statute MPH is displayed on your guage, but be aware though that not all judges and cops will accept that argument. As for the land scam story, sorry I can’t take credit for inventing it, nor do I have any idea if it’s true or not, it’s what they say in the "World Almanac 2000".

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – @news3.calgary.shaw.ca: Sorry, 5280 feet to the mile.  Not familiar with an old established system? Tex Like I said what kind of goofy number is this anyway. Wade An exact one. Not even, a mile with 6000 FT per mile is the official standard of the US (defined by both the National Standards Bureau and by Congress, and the official/legal abbreviation is MPH), and has been estableshed as a mile for many centuries longer than the 5280 FT mile, yet most people use the unofficial 5280 FT per statute mile made up by a land developer in New Orleans to allow them to have bigger numbers for his lots (less feet per mile allowed him to have more acres or sq. miles in his lots), except hawaii of course, a bit hard to have anything but air miles between islands

Sorry, Charlie, but you’re thinking about a Nautical Mile (Knot) that’s not used for land measure. Inventing a story about a land scam won’t cut it, either.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – @news3.calgary.shaw.ca: Sorry, 5280 feet to the mile.  Not familiar with an old established system? Tex Like I said what kind of goofy number is this anyway. Wade An exact one. Not even, a mile with 6000 FT per mile is the official standard of the US (defined by both the National Standards Bureau and by Congress, and the official/legal abbreviation is MPH), and has been estableshed as a mile for many centuries longer than the 5280 FT mile, yet most people use the unofficial 5280 FT per statute mile made up by a land developer in New Orleans to allow them to have bigger numbers for his lots (less feet per mile allowed him to have more acres or sq. miles in his lots), except hawaii of course, a bit hard to have anything but air miles between islands

Made up by a land developer in New Orleans? Do you just make this stuff up out spare farts, or does it come to you during vision quests? According to Britannica, About the year 1500 the "old London" mile was defined as eight furlongs.  At the time, the furlong, measured by a larger northern (German) foot, was 625 feet, and thus the mile equaled 5,000 feet.  During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the mile gained an additional 280 feet – to 5,280 – under a statute of 1593 that confirmed the use of a shorter foot that made the length of the furlong 660 feet. ‘Course, I did detect the ":)" that can be invoked to cover your ass. — bill Theory don’t mean squat if it don’t work.

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@news3.calgary.shaw.ca: Sorry, 5280 feet to the mile.  Not familiar with an old established system? Tex Like I said what kind of goofy number is this anyway. Wade

An exact one.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – @news3.calgary.shaw.ca: Sorry, 5280 feet to the mile.  Not familiar with an old established system? Tex Like I said what kind of goofy number is this anyway. Wade An exact one.

Not even, a mile with 6000 FT per mile is the official standard of the US (defined by both the National Standards Bureau and by Congress, and the official/legal abbreviation is MPH), and has been estableshed as a mile for many centuries longer than the 5280 FT mile, yet most people use the unofficial 5280 FT per statute mile made up by a land developer in New Orleans to allow them to have bigger numbers for his lots (less feet per mile allowed him to have more acres or sq. miles in his lots), except hawaii of course, a bit hard to have anything but air miles between islands

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Ray,  You and I must have had the exact sort of experiences.  I can’t say everyone is like the women I’ve known maybe I’ve made bad stupid ignorant etc. decisions but I have experienced the same things.  To answer Ron’s comment, I personally do not date for any sort of long term committed relationship.  That would be nice but I must be more realistic now. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Oh, the headlines are full of this.  Lovely sequence of events: 1.  The woman snubs a decent man, marries an abusive jerk, and brags about how smart she is. 2.  Ten years and a few kids later (not necessarily in this case), she flees an "abusive situation" without remembering who CREATED that situation. 3.  Once free, she hooks up with a nice guy and finds "happiness." Her intentions were good here, but obviously that didn’t matter much. Killed for being happy Daily Telegraph 23feb02 JEFFREY Rose was a possessive man who couldn’t stand to see his estranged wife happy. So in a fit of jealous rage, the brown belt karate expert used a martial arts move on her neck which stopped her heart. Yesterday, Rose was sentenced in the NSW Supreme Court to 14 years in jail, with a non-parole period of 10 years, for the murder of Kristine Rose in April, 1982. Justice David Kirby said Rose, 57, was "someone who sought to exert control over his wife" and that when he abused alcohol "he could be verbally abusive". He said on the night of the murder Mrs Rose and her husband had met for dinner before she was to go to Brisbane to visit new boyfriend Peter Adamedes. Justice Kirby said Rose was still in love with his wife at this time and "hoped that they would sort their differences and reunite". "Precisely how the deceased met her death cannot be known with certainty," he said. "One infers that something occurred during the course of their meeting which excited Mr Rose’s anger." Justice Kirby said he didn’t believe Rose had "lured her into a trap" to kill her on that night. "Rather, I think it is likely that her evident happiness at the prospect of rejoining Peter was more than he could bear," he said. Mrs Rose, a gregarious and attractive 31-year-old accounting student and mother of three, was found in a remote creek-bed three weeks later. Rose had used her car to dump the body. The only injury found on her body in an autopsy was a small bruise on her neck, near the carotid artery. The case was reopened in 1995 after the couple’s son Scott Rose, who was four at the time of his mother’s death, told police he had seen the murder. The Crown decided not to use Scott’s evidence because of his age at the time and advice from forensic psychiatrists that so-called "recovered memories" were dangerously unreliable. Instead, it opted to rely on a circumstantial case based on evidence which linked dust found on the wheels of Mrs Rose’s car and the site where her body was found. The victim’s sister, Ruth McPherson, said she was happy with the sentence, although she had hoped for a longer term. Scott Rose was unavailable for comment. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph in November last year, Scott, who is now 23, said on the night of the murder he remembered sneaking down the stairs of his father’s unit. "I saw her, she was lying on the ground down in the laundry, which was down the stairs out the back, and she was just lying there shaking and she was all blue," he said. "I was shocked. My dad saw me and he grabbed me, got me inside real quick and flogged me. He’d told us not to go outside. "I thought I would have been over it by now … " – The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. Socrates (B.C.469-399)

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wife for being "happy") Newsgroups: alt.support.divorce Ray writes: Oh, the headlines are full of this.  Lovely sequence of events: 1.  The woman snubs a decent man, marries an abusive jerk, and brags about how smart she is.

Sure, a lot of this kind of stuff happens, but, how is avoiding divorced women going to help? If men my age are going to date at all,they are most likely going to date divorced women. There just aren’t that many widows and never marrieds around. I am reminded of a Detroit radio talk show, Tom Laikus (sp?) I think it was, who was putting down single mothers. I say, wait until he’s in his mid forties, he will look at them a lot differently. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Oh, the headlines are full of this.  Lovely sequence of events: 1.  The woman snubs a decent man, marries an abusive jerk, and brags about how smart she is. 2.  Ten years and a few kids later (not necessarily in this case), she flees an "abusive situation" without remembering who CREATED that situation. 3.  Once free, she hooks up with a nice guy and finds "happiness." Her intentions were good here, but obviously that didn’t matter much. Killed for being happy Daily Telegraph 23feb02 JEFFREY Rose was a possessive man who couldn’t stand to see his estranged wife happy. So in a fit of jealous rage, the brown belt karate expert used a martial arts move on her neck which stopped her heart. Yesterday, Rose was sentenced in the NSW Supreme Court to 14 years in jail, with a non-parole period of 10 years, for the murder of Kristine Rose in April, 1982. Justice David Kirby said Rose, 57, was "someone who sought to exert control over his wife" and that when he abused alcohol "he could be verbally abusive". He said on the night of the murder Mrs Rose and her husband had met for dinner before she was to go to Brisbane to visit new boyfriend Peter Adamedes. Justice Kirby said Rose was still in love with his wife at this time and "hoped that they would sort their differences and reunite". "Precisely how the deceased met her death cannot be known with certainty," he said. "One infers that something occurred during the course of their meeting which excited Mr Rose’s anger." Justice Kirby said he didn’t believe Rose had "lured her into a trap" to kill her on that night. "Rather, I think it is likely that her evident happiness at the prospect of rejoining Peter was more than he could bear," he said. Mrs Rose, a gregarious and attractive 31-year-old accounting student and mother of three, was found in a remote creek-bed three weeks later. Rose had used her car to dump the body. The only injury found on her body in an autopsy was a small bruise on her neck, near the carotid artery. The case was reopened in 1995 after the couple’s son Scott Rose, who was four at the time of his mother’s death, told police he had seen the murder. The Crown decided not to use Scott’s evidence because of his age at the time and advice from forensic psychiatrists that so-called "recovered memories" were dangerously unreliable. Instead, it opted to rely on a circumstantial case based on evidence which linked dust found on the wheels of Mrs Rose’s car and the site where her body was found. The victim’s sister, Ruth McPherson, said she was happy with the sentence, although she had hoped for a longer term. Scott Rose was unavailable for comment. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph in November last year, Scott, who is now 23, said on the night of the murder he remembered sneaking down the stairs of his father’s unit. "I saw her, she was lying on the ground down in the laundry, which was down the stairs out the back, and she was just lying there shaking and she was all blue," he said. "I was shocked. My dad saw me and he grabbed me, got me inside real quick and flogged me. He’d told us not to go outside. "I thought I would have been over it by now … " – The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. Socrates (B.C.469-399)

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Oh, the headlines are full of this.  Lovely sequence of events: 1.  The woman snubs a decent man, marries an abusive jerk, and brags about how smart she is. 2.  Ten years and a few kids later (not necessarily in this case), she flees an "abusive situation" without remembering who CREATED that situation. 3.  Once free, she hooks up with a nice guy and finds "happiness." Her intentions were good here, but obviously that didn’t matter much.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Killed for being happy Daily Telegraph 23feb02 JEFFREY Rose was a possessive man who couldn’t stand to see his estranged wife happy. So in a fit of jealous rage, the brown belt karate expert used a martial arts move on her neck which stopped her heart. Yesterday, Rose was sentenced in the NSW Supreme Court to 14 years in jail, with a non-parole period of 10 years, for the murder of Kristine Rose in April, 1982. Justice David Kirby said Rose, 57, was "someone who sought to exert control over his wife" and that when he abused alcohol "he could be verbally abusive". He said on the night of the murder Mrs Rose and her husband had met for dinner before she was to go to Brisbane to visit new boyfriend Peter Adamedes. Justice Kirby said Rose was still in love with his wife at this time and "hoped that they would sort their differences and reunite". "Precisely how the deceased met her death cannot be known with certainty," he said. "One infers that something occurred during the course of their meeting which excited Mr Rose’s anger." Justice Kirby said he didn’t believe Rose had "lured her into a trap" to kill her on that night. "Rather, I think it is likely that her evident happiness at the prospect of rejoining Peter was more than he could bear," he said. Mrs Rose, a gregarious and attractive 31-year-old accounting student and mother of three, was found in a remote creek-bed three weeks later. Rose had used her car to dump the body. The only injury found on her body in an autopsy was a small bruise on her neck, near the carotid artery. The case was reopened in 1995 after the couple’s son Scott Rose, who was four at the time of his mother’s death, told police he had seen the murder. The Crown decided not to use Scott’s evidence because of his age at the time and advice from forensic psychiatrists that so-called "recovered memories" were dangerously unreliable. Instead, it opted to rely on a circumstantial case based on evidence which linked dust found on the wheels of Mrs Rose’s car and the site where her body was found. The victim’s sister, Ruth McPherson, said she was happy with the sentence, although she had hoped for a longer term. Scott Rose was unavailable for comment. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph in November last year, Scott, who is now 23, said on the night of the murder he remembered sneaking down the stairs of his father’s unit. "I saw her, she was lying on the ground down in the laundry, which was down the stairs out the back, and she was just lying there shaking and she was all blue," he said. "I was shocked. My dad saw me and he grabbed me, got me inside real quick and flogged me. He’d told us not to go outside. "I thought I would have been over it by now … " – The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. Socrates (B.C.469-399)

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Ryan – Look at FAS by BEST Software (they were recently purchased by SAGE) DeeDee Heyne – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am looking for a relativley inexpensive PC-based fixed asset management system (Canadian Version). The system must handle both accounting and tax based depreciation. Can anyone offer any suggestions. Thankyou.

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Assetkkeper is a pretty good system but be careful when you buy it. They come out with an updated version annually. You pay full price from the first day its available in January, and you pay the same price if you buy it the following December, but they quit supporting the current year version as soon as the new one is out.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I use Asset Keeper by Pro-Ware.  I highly recommend it and it’s relatively inexpensive.  I don’t know if they have a Canadian version, but you might check their website.  www.proware-cpa.com Dick K. I am looking for a relativley inexpensive PC-based fixed asset management system (Canadian Version). The system must handle both accounting and tax based depreciation. Can anyone offer any suggestions. Thankyou.

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You’re right David.  I was not very happy when they told me the software was only good for a year.  Especially when I bought it in October.  They do however prorate the upgrade if you’ve owned it for less than a year.  I only had to pay $75 to upgrade.  I initially resisted upgrading because I know the IRS didn’t change their depreciation rates and I was certain straight line hadn’t changed.  Then I discovered my personal property tax return wouldn’t print out correctly unless I upgraded.  I didn’t like the fact that they hadn’t told me that up front.  I talked to someone who used FAS, and they told me their upgrade was about $2,000 per year which seemed a little high.  I think Asset Keeper is about $300 full upgrade price.  I don’t know how that compares to other programs.  What should I be paying a year for upgrades? Dick K.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Assetkkeper is a pretty good system but be careful when you buy it. They come out with an updated version annually. You pay full price from the first day its available in January, and you pay the same price if you buy it the following December, but they quit supporting the current year version as soon as the new one is out. I use Asset Keeper by Pro-Ware.  I highly recommend it and it’s relatively inexpensive.  I don’t know if they have a Canadian version, but you might check their website.  www.proware-cpa.com Dick K. I am looking for a relativley inexpensive PC-based fixed asset management system (Canadian Version). The system must handle both accounting and tax based depreciation. Can anyone offer any suggestions. Thankyou.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – You’re right David.  I was not very happy when they told me the software was only good for a year.  Especially when I bought it in October.  They do however prorate the upgrade if you’ve owned it for less than a year.  I only had to pay $75 to upgrade.  I initially resisted upgrading because I know the IRS didn’t change their depreciation rates and I was certain straight line hadn’t changed.  Then I discovered my personal property tax return wouldn’t print out correctly unless I upgraded.  I didn’t like the fact that they hadn’t told me that up front.  I talked to someone who used FAS, and they told me their upgrade was about $2,000 per year which seemed a little high.  I think Asset Keeper is about $300 full upgrade price.  I don’t know how that compares to other programs.  What should I be paying a year for upgrades?

You got a break that I certainly didn’t. I only upgrade every few years as I feel the need. I upgraded to version 14 in Aug 99 because I found that version 11 was not calculating properly for upcoming fiscal years ending in 2000. When version 15 came out in Jan, I specificly requested to be given partial credit toward the upgrade. I was informed that it would be unfair to those customers who paid full price back in January, and that next time I should upgrade in January to get the best value for my dollar.

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You might want to look at Franklen Software’s DSP-11 (?) product.  They have a website and sell direct.  I think its 50USD. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am looking for a relativley inexpensive PC-based fixed asset management system (Canadian Version). The system must handle both accounting and tax based depreciation. Can anyone offer any suggestions. Thankyou.

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I am looking for a relativley inexpensive PC-based fixed asset management system (Canadian Version). The system must handle both accounting and tax based depreciation. Can anyone offer any suggestions. Thankyou.

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    I know this is not exactly what you are looking for.  But have you considered just hiring an outside accounting firm to do this?  I do this for several clients (U.S. not familiar with Canadian if different).  Now many of these clients could afford to buy a software like the fixed asset from PT complete or the one from Intuit.  But then they have to mess with it.  They prefer that I mess with it.  That includes keeping up with the software upgrades and tax laws and making sure the journal entries balance.  I charge a standard monthly fee for this.     Advantages that you gain is that you do not have to maintain the records or write the journal entries.  Saves on labor and allows you do other things.  You do not have to buy (or upgrade) software.  You do not have to keep up with changing laws (granted that is not often.)     This may not be applicable to your business, but perhaps at least it is alternate solution. — Dean L. Covey www.coveyaccounting.com

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am looking for a relativley inexpensive PC-based fixed asset management system (Canadian Version). The system must handle both accounting and tax based depreciation. Can anyone offer any suggestions. Thankyou.

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I use Asset Keeper by Pro-Ware.  I highly recommend it and it’s relatively inexpensive.  I don’t know if they have a Canadian version, but you might check their website.  www.proware-cpa.com Dick K.

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Thanks for depressing me further. db

Sorry. William R. James — No Silly Auctions – Sell your Stuff in an on-line Flea Market. http://www.kudzucountry.com   Kudzu Country Store & Flea Market

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<alt.activism added Good. Then maybe those "poor" will go to work so I am not forced to fork over 43% of my income, (all taxes included) to pay for them. I wonder how much of your post is motivated by a personal desire on your part to have us pay for your upcoming elective, and un-necessary, surgery ? db

43% ???  Are you kidding?  Unless you are doing a great deal of "under the table" work, it’s closer to 65%. Perhaps you neglected to account for local or state shakedowns. Perhaps you forgot about the fact that income taxes are accumative "value added" taxes as well as income.  This is because when you buy a widget, you are also paying the income taxes of everyone involved in the financing, production, accounting, shipping, stocking, selling, advertising, and even disposing of the widget. That doesn’t include the fuel taxes, liscensing, import/export, telephone, and other taxes which have to be paid by the companies and vendors which also have any association with the widget. The price of the widget includes all those taxes.  Then you have to pay sales tax on top of that, plus the taxes on the labor you traded to make the money to buy the widget, fuel taxes to get you to work and to the widget store, and whatever liscensing is involved in your work and to own a widget.  And we haven’t even mentioned the unfunded mandates imposed upon the all the companies mentioned above, from social security to social programming, all of which are hidden taxes which are also paid by you when you buy your widget. And don’t buy the electric widget unless you want to include the taxes on the electricity, and the electrician’s income etc…  etc…. Aren’t widgets expensive?  :) William R. James — No Silly Auctions – Sell your Stuff in an on-line Flea Market. http://www.kudzucountry.com   Kudzu Country Store & Flea Market

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Thanks for depressing me further. db

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Hi, I am new to accounting and now I think I’m lost in the basic principle. Company A has a fixed rate notes of $150,000,000 (assume rate = 10%), and it converts this note from fixed rate to floating rate notes tied to prime rate = 8.5%. Hence, I think the company has to make a payment of $12,750,000 ($150,000,000 * 8.5%) annually to the counterparty (please correct me if I’m wrong.)  Since the company is still legally liable for the carrying the $150,000,000 as a liability on its book, so the hedge has no impact on the balance sheet? However, since the interest expense decreases and thus net earnings increase, shouldn’t shareholder’s equity increase (balance sheet impact?) then.  If so, what about asset???  I’m totally lost.  Please help. – Alice

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I’ll give this a try.  The notes are not hedges.  Hedges require some pretty sophisticated techniques beyond what your question implies. What you have is an original note, paid off by funds from another note. Interest expense is a period expense not part of the net present value of the note payable and so, obviously affect net income which will affect shareholder/owners’ equity through the income statement. There is no asset created, only a decrease in current expense.  Remember that an asset is "Probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by a particular entity as a result of past transactions or events." (SFAC 6, para 25) The asset created was the cash borrowed and whatever was purchased with it. A decrease in current expense is not a future benefit. Leroy

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