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From: Bob Mann on 13 Apr 2010 09:09 On Apr 11, 11:14 am, Robert Bolton <robertboltond...(a)gci.net> wrote: > > Same here, but I'm beginning that last 3 to 4 years. I could tighten > my belt and retire now but recent retirement changes mean my > retirement will increase anywhere from 28% to 41% in the next 3 to 4 > years. I'm working instead on making one last attempt to return > quality to our office product along with finding a better attitude. > Life is good for me, really. I just need to remind myself more often. > > Robert I found that looking forward at 4 more years seemed a lifetime. By the time I was through it I could barely believe it had been half as long. Bob
From: Bob Myers on 13 Apr 2010 13:30 On 4/12/2010 6:07 PM, don (Calgary) wrote: > On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:17:09 -0600, Bob Myers > <nospamplease(a)address.invalid> wrote: > > >> Had one of those pull up next to me while at the drive-up at the bank the >> other day; very odd to have something that visually says "SUV" pull out >> in complete silence... >> >> Bob M. >> > It is an indication there is promise in the hybrid technology. > Yeah, no question about that. Wonder how appealing it's going to be to the type who buy Hummers for the "look at MEEEEEE!!!!!" factor. Of course, it wouldn't take all that much power to run an audio system that was making the rumble of a "big, manly" V-8.... Bob M.
From: don (Calgary) on 13 Apr 2010 19:09 On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:30:41 -0600, Bob Myers <nospamplease(a)address.invalid> wrote: >On 4/12/2010 6:07 PM, don (Calgary) wrote: >> On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:17:09 -0600, Bob Myers >> <nospamplease(a)address.invalid> wrote: >> >> >>> Had one of those pull up next to me while at the drive-up at the bank the >>> other day; very odd to have something that visually says "SUV" pull out >>> in complete silence... >>> >>> Bob M. >>> >> It is an indication there is promise in the hybrid technology. >> > >Yeah, no question about that. Wonder how appealing it's going to be >to the type who buy Hummers for the "look at MEEEEEE!!!!!" factor. >Of course, it wouldn't take all that much power to run an audio system >that was making the rumble of a "big, manly" V-8.... > The same could be said for those big V-Twins when bikes go electric. <g>
From: Robert Bolton on 16 Apr 2010 04:00 On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:09:32 -0700 (PDT), Bob Mann <bobmann(a)mts.net> wrote: >On Apr 11, 11:14�am, Robert Bolton <robertboltond...(a)gci.net> wrote: > >> >> Same here, but I'm beginning that last 3 to 4 years. �I could tighten >> my belt and retire now but recent retirement changes mean my >> retirement will increase anywhere from 28% to 41% in the next 3 to 4 >> years. �I'm working instead on making one last attempt to return >> quality to our office product along with finding a better attitude. >> Life is good for me, really. �I just need to remind myself more often. >> >> Robert > >I found that looking forward at 4 more years seemed a lifetime. >By the time I was through it I could barely believe it had been half >as long. > Half a lifetime is better than an entire one, that's for sure. But I hear you. Robert
From: don (Calgary) on 16 Apr 2010 17:31
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:39:26 -0800, Robert Bolton <robertboltondrop(a)gci.net> wrote: > >>Once again it is a big leap from enforcing laws to telling you what >>kind of car you should drive or how much a local merchant who has >>invested the risk capital into a business, what he or she can charge >>for their product or service. > >Balance is in the eye of the beholder. Taxing a vehicle because of >the damage it does to the environment might not seem like a bad idea >to some people. You can damage as much of the environment as you >choose, so long as you pay for the damage. Apples and oranges Robert. Even if the two scenarios were the same your example is a poor one. I have two four wheeled vehicles. Neither of them get better the 20 mpg on a good day, with a tail wind, but I use far less gasoline than most people do. It's not the vehicle that damages the environment, it is the consumption of fossil fuels. The two are not necessarily related. Further punishing the user with punitive taxes does nothing to save the environment, it only serves to provide more funds for our already out of control governments. |