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1970--protesters seize computer center

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First post2015-12-07 10:48 -0800
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  1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-07 10:48 -0800
    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-07 23:49 -0500
      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-07 22:38 -0800
        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center maus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-12-08 10:23 +0000
        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-12-08 11:55 -0500
          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Alfred Falk <falk@arc.ab.ca> - 2015-12-08 17:57 +0000
            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-08 10:16 -0800
            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-08 14:18 -0500
              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-12-08 16:58 -0600
                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-08 23:10 -0500
                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2015-12-09 07:15 +0000
          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-08 14:14 -0500
            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-08 12:02 -0800
              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock) - 2015-12-09 01:07 +0000
                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center maus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-12-09 11:18 +0000
                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-12-09 08:47 -0600
                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-12-09 10:17 -0600
                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-12-09 16:53 +0000
                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-12-09 17:22 +0000
                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2015-12-09 17:39 +0000
                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-12-09 18:21 +0000
                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-12-10 04:56 +0000
                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-12-09 14:06 -0600
                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-09 12:20 -0800
                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-12-09 19:32 -0600
                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2015-12-09 21:53 -0600
                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-12-10 15:23 -0500
                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-10 23:03 -0500
                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-12-11 22:56 +0000
                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-11 07:17 -0800
                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center mausg@mail.com - 2015-12-09 20:39 +0000
                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-12-09 18:27 +0000
                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-09 11:04 -0800
                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-12-09 16:06 -0500
                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center mausg@mail.com - 2015-12-10 10:36 +0000
                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-10 07:53 -0800
                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-12-10 16:27 +0000
                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-12-10 19:11 +0000
                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-12-10 17:58 -0600
                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-12-11 01:04 +0000
                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-12-11 15:18 -0600
                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-11 07:16 -0800
                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-12-11 15:21 +0100
                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-09 17:47 -0500
                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2015-12-09 22:17 -0600
                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "Ranger" <r5432@gmail.com> - 2015-12-11 17:20 +1100
                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-12-11 08:25 -0600
                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2015-12-10 01:41 -0400
                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center mausg@mail.com - 2015-12-10 10:44 +0000
                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-12-10 17:51 -0600
                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2015-12-10 16:45 -0600
                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-11 07:26 -0800
                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2015-12-11 14:29 -0600
                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-12-11 15:31 +0100
                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-12-12 08:11 -0500
                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center mausg@mail.com - 2015-12-12 16:58 +0000
                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-12 11:32 -0800
                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-12-13 15:50 +0000
                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 10:46 -0500
                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-03 16:23 +0000
                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-01-03 17:12 -0500
                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 20:36 -0500
                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-04 06:13 +0000
                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 10:14 -0500
                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-04 09:58 -0800
                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 21:28 -0500
                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2016-01-04 21:16 -0600
                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 05:16 -0500
                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-01-05 12:51 -0600
                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-03 20:20 -0800
                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-04 06:48 +0000
                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 10:17 -0500
                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 21:29 -0500
                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-04 09:51 -0800
                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-04 17:56 +0000
                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-04 19:04 +0000
                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-04 13:30 -0800
                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-04 22:37 +0000
                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-01-05 12:24 -0600
                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 21:30 -0500
                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-01-05 05:02 +0000
                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 05:19 -0500
                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-05 10:22 +0000
                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 05:38 -0500
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-05 11:19 +0000
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 06:35 -0500
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-05 16:07 +0000
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2016-01-06 07:49 +0000
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-06 11:26 +0000
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-05 12:36 -0600
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 17:52 -0500
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-01-05 17:00 -0600
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-07 15:44 +1100
                                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2016-01-07 23:56 -0400
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-08 07:33 +0000
                                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-08 06:37 -0500
                                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-08 17:32 +0000
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-08 20:42 +1100
                                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-08 11:03 +0000
                                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-09 06:14 +1100
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-08 06:52 -0500
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-06 07:48 -0800
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 18:50 -0500
                                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-07 10:49 +0000
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-05 12:51 +0000
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-05 12:40 -0600
                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-05 11:23 +0000
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-05 11:43 +0000
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 06:56 -0500
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-05 19:24 -0500
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-01-05 19:01 -0600
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-06 09:40 +0000
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-06 06:54 -0500
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-06 10:12 -0800
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 20:38 -0500
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-05 22:11 -0800
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 06:28 -0500
                                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-06 11:35 +0000
                                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-09 02:00 -0800
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 05:36 -0500
                                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-09 11:48 +0000
                                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-09 20:45 -0800
                                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-10 05:46 -0500
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-01-06 14:37 +0000
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-06 08:16 -0800
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-06 18:20 +0000
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-05 14:39 +0000
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-05 12:46 -0600
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-05 12:17 -0800
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-05 20:23 +0000
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-01-05 12:50 -0800
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-05 13:02 -0800
                                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-05 22:17 +0000
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-05 19:24 -0500
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-01-06 15:02 +0000
                                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-01-06 10:53 -0800
                                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-01-07 14:54 +0000
                                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-01-07 09:58 -0800
                                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-01-08 14:50 +0000
                                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-08 06:03 +1100
                                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-01-08 14:50 +0000
                                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 09:44 +1100
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-07 15:14 +1100
                                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-07 14:56 +1100
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-01-07 20:22 +0100
                                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-08 15:19 +1100
                                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-01-08 10:42 +0100
                                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-08 10:45 +0000
                                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-08 16:08 +0000
                                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-09 05:29 +1100
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-01-05 16:39 -0500
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-01-06 14:18 +0000
                                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-06 18:20 +0000
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-06 07:28 -0800
                                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-01-06 13:14 -0500
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-01-07 14:54 +0000
                                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-06 20:02 +0000
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-07 14:30 +1100
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-06 08:16 +0000
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-06 11:33 +0000
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 06:57 -0500
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-06 13:43 +0000
                                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-06 15:20 +0000
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-06 16:14 +0000
                                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-06 19:59 +0000
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-05 19:24 -0500
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-01-05 18:52 -0600
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-06 08:28 +0000
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 06:33 -0500
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-06 09:56 -0800
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2016-01-07 08:25 +0000
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-06 06:54 -0500
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-01-06 08:06 -0600
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2016-01-07 08:33 +0000
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-06 08:24 -0800
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-01-06 16:38 +0000
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-05 22:25 -0600
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 06:28 -0500
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-06 15:04 -0600
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 19:22 -0500
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-06 07:46 +0000
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 06:29 -0500
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-01-06 14:33 +0000
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-06 10:23 -0500
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-06 08:10 -0800
                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-01-05 12:29 -0600
                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-01-05 18:50 +0000
                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-01-05 19:11 +0000
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-01-05 19:20 +0000
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-01-05 20:02 +0000
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-01-05 20:12 +0000
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-01-05 20:39 +0000
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-01-05 21:28 +0000
                                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 18:00 -0500
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-01-06 14:10 +0000
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-07 15:49 +1100
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-01-05 16:51 -0500
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-06 07:36 -0800
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 13:24 +1100
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-01-05 13:52 -0600
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-01-05 19:54 +0000
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-05 21:30 +0000
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-01-05 16:22 -0600
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-06 07:51 +0000
                                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 06:31 -0500
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-06 11:44 +0000
                                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-06 06:54 -0500
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-06 13:50 +0000
                                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 19:13 -0500
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-01-06 14:16 +0000
                                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-06 10:23 -0500
                                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-01-06 15:59 +0000
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-01-06 08:25 -0600
                                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-06 14:39 +0000
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-01-06 09:09 -0600
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-06 10:09 -0800
                                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-06 09:49 -0800
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-06 18:07 +0000
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-06 07:47 -0800
                                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-01-06 11:01 -0800
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-07 15:30 +1100
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-07 15:06 +1100
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-01-07 20:46 +0100
                                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-08 15:44 +1100
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-01-08 10:49 +0100
                                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-09 05:48 +1100
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-01-06 06:21 -0800
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-07 13:21 +1100
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-07 13:05 +1100
                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-05 21:15 +0000
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-01-05 21:30 +0000
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-07 05:23 +0000
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-07 14:57 +1100
                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-01-05 16:46 -0500
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-01-06 14:19 +0000
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-06 14:42 +0000
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-01-06 16:01 +0000
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-01-06 13:05 -0500
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-01-07 03:42 +0000
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-07 07:45 +0000
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-07 08:30 -0800
                                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-01-07 09:55 -0800
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-07 17:01 -0500
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-01-07 09:52 -0800
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-01-11 12:34 -0500
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-01-11 10:22 -0800
                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-05 16:25 -0600
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-05 23:01 +0000
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-01-05 17:14 -0600
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-05 23:56 +0000
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-05 19:24 -0500
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-06 07:57 +0000
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-06 11:14 +0000
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-06 06:54 -0500
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-06 12:11 +0000
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-06 11:46 +0000
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-01-06 11:39 -0500
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-01-06 14:20 +0000
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-06 14:46 +0000
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-07 15:32 +1100
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-07 11:33 -0600
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-08 06:11 +1100
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-01-07 13:28 -0600
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-08 15:30 +1100
                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 17:57 -0500
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-01-05 17:12 -0600
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 18:55 -0500
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-06 07:59 -0800
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 18:58 -0500
                                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-07 12:04 -0500
                                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 18:04 -0500
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-08 06:55 -0500
                                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-08 06:37 -0500
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-05 23:56 +0000
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-07 15:59 +1100
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-05 19:24 -0500
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 20:45 -0500
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-06 04:09 +0000
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-06 08:05 +0000
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "879" <879@nospam.com> - 2016-01-07 15:38 +1100
                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 16:09 -0500
                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-04 18:10 +0000
                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-04 11:21 -0800
                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-04 20:38 +0000
                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-04 16:14 -0500
                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-04 21:40 +0000
                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2016-01-04 21:25 -0600
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-05 10:24 +0000
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 05:44 -0500
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-05 11:21 +0000
                                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 06:36 -0500
                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-05 18:52 -0500
                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-04 13:32 -0800
                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-05 04:27 +0000
                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-04 15:03 -0600
                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-04 16:14 -0500
                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-04 13:34 -0800
                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 16:53 -0500
                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-04 18:12 -0600
                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-04 21:38 +0000
                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 21:35 -0500
                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-05 10:23 +0000
                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 05:43 -0500
                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-05 11:20 +0000
                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-05 11:20 +0000
                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-05 11:43 +0000
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-05 13:40 +0000
                                              Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-05 16:09 +0000
                                                Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-05 17:09 +0000
                                          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 07:02 -0500
                                            Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-05 13:30 +0000
                                        Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-01-05 09:17 -0500
                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-05 18:52 -0500
                                  Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-01-05 12:42 -0600
                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-01-05 18:53 +0000
                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-05 19:24 -0500
                                    Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-05 21:19 +0000
                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-05 21:40 +0000
                                      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-05 21:50 +0000
          Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-12-08 21:25 +0100
      Re: 1970--protesters seize computer center Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-12-08 11:55 -0500

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#156073

From"J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-06 06:57 -0500
Message-ID<MPG.30f6cb519791f71f989da9@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#156071
In article <slrnn8pus5.170.mausg@smaus.org>, mausg@mail.com says...
> 
> On 2016-01-06, Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> wrote:
> > On 05/01/2016 18:46, Dave Garland wrote:
> >> On 1/5/2016 8:39 AM, Andrew Swallow wrote:
> >>> On 05/01/2016 11:23, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> >>>> On 5 Jan 2016 10:22:33 GMT
> >>>> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 2016-01-05, J. Clarke <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> In article <20160105000414@news.eternal-september.org>,
> >>>>>> rogblake@iname.invalid says...
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On 2016-01-05, J. Clarke <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>> So you deprive them of transportation and now they lose the crummy
> >>>>>>>> job that they do have.  Big help _you_ are.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> _You_ are free to help them with your own time, effort, and money.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> So let's see, somebody has a car, the state prevents him from
> >>>>>> using it,
> >>>>>> and now it's my responsibility to drive him to work.  You are an
> >>>>>> example of why we have so much poverty in the US--you have somebody
> >>>>>> who's barely hanging on and your solution is to push him over the
> >>>>>> edge.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So, smartarse, what's your solution?
> >>>>
> >>>>     Useful (subsidised if necessasry) public transport would be a big
> >>>> help for this kind of thing. Requiring a pre-sale inspection might
> >>>> reduce
> >>>> the chance of having a wreck dumped on our poor victim.
> >>>>
> >>> Devise a bus service that makes a profit from taking people to work
> >>> and bringing them back at night. No subsidies - they are an act of
> >>> sabotage. Include cost of buying new buses every few years. Possibly
> >>> by permitting the drivers to have a day job.
> >>
> >> Shouldn't we get rid of "act of sabotage" subsidies for roads as well
> >> (fuel taxes and license fees pay for less than half of the cost)?
> >>
> >
> > I am used to living in a country where the annual road tax was/is twice 
> > the cost of making and repairing roads. You may want to hire politicians 
> > that can count.
> 
> Back in the 1970s, an irish government, newly elected, decided to eliminate
> road tax and put more tax on fuel. Wonderful idea, but ignored the fact that
>  a large piece of this Island remained on the old system, and it was worthwhile
> to drive up, fill up there, and as the difference grew bigger, the distance
> that people would drive grew larger. The idea might work in the US. 

People in CT drive to MA regularly to buy gas--it's 20 cents a gallon 
cheaper in MA.  The conventional wisdom is that if people go from your 
state to MA to buy _anything_ because it's _cheaper_ you're doing 
something wrong--MA is also known as "Taxachussetts".

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#156087

FromAhem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net>
Date2016-01-06 13:43 +0000
Message-ID<20160106134323.cc31fd30809ad55c245e1e96@eircom.net>
In reply to#156071
On 6 Jan 2016 11:33:29 GMT
mausg@mail.com wrote:

> Back in the 1970s, an irish government, newly elected, decided to
> eliminate road tax and put more tax on fuel. Wonderful idea, but ignored
> the fact that a large piece of this Island remained on the old system,
> and it was worthwhile to drive up, fill up there, and as the difference
> grew bigger, the distance that people would drive grew larger. The idea
> might work in the US. 

	In this era of North/South cooperation and so forth it may be
possible to try it again, this time with cooperation from the North.

-- 
Steve O'Hara-Smith                          |   Directable Mirror Arrays
C:>WIN                                      | A better way to focus the sun
The computer obeys and wins.                |    licences available see
You lose and Bill collects.                 |    http://www.sohara.org/

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#156108

Frommausg@mail.com
Date2016-01-06 15:20 +0000
Message-ID<slrnn8qc5p.1se.mausg@smaus.org>
In reply to#156087
On 2016-01-06, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> On 6 Jan 2016 11:33:29 GMT
> mausg@mail.com wrote:
>
>> Back in the 1970s, an irish government, newly elected, decided to
>> eliminate road tax and put more tax on fuel. Wonderful idea, but ignored
>> the fact that a large piece of this Island remained on the old system,
>> and it was worthwhile to drive up, fill up there, and as the difference
>> grew bigger, the distance that people would drive grew larger. The idea
>> might work in the US. 
>
> 	In this era of North/South cooperation and so forth it may be
> possible to try it again, this time with cooperation from the North.
>
1) At the moment, fuel is dearer ooop North.
2) The whole thing is mixed up with fuel laundering, with people
   a sensible person does not want to deal with.


-- 
greymaus
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#156124

FromAhem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net>
Date2016-01-06 16:14 +0000
Message-ID<20160106161436.9ba1f625b96b9cd9a2703c64@eircom.net>
In reply to#156108
On 6 Jan 2016 15:20:29 GMT
mausg@mail.com wrote:

> On 2016-01-06, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> > On 6 Jan 2016 11:33:29 GMT
> > mausg@mail.com wrote:
> >
> >> Back in the 1970s, an irish government, newly elected, decided to
> >> eliminate road tax and put more tax on fuel. Wonderful idea, but
> >> ignored the fact that a large piece of this Island remained on the old
> >> system, and it was worthwhile to drive up, fill up there, and as the
> >> difference grew bigger, the distance that people would drive grew
> >> larger. The idea might work in the US. 
> >
> > 	In this era of North/South cooperation and so forth it may be
> > possible to try it again, this time with cooperation from the North.
> >
> 1) At the moment, fuel is dearer ooop North.
> 2) The whole thing is mixed up with fuel laundering, with people
>    a sensible person does not want to deal with.

	Yes I recall an ex garda telling me about the time when you could
mix agri diesel from the North and South and the dyes would precipitate
out. He quite when policing around the border got too dangerous (knives and
guns were OK, dirty needles not so much).

-- 
Steve O'Hara-Smith                          |   Directable Mirror Arrays
C:>WIN                                      | A better way to focus the sun
The computer obeys and wins.                |    licences available see
You lose and Bill collects.                 |    http://www.sohara.org/

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#156146

Frommausg@mail.com
Date2016-01-06 19:59 +0000
Message-ID<slrnn8qsgc.26g.mausg@smaus.org>
In reply to#156124
On 2016-01-06, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> On 6 Jan 2016 15:20:29 GMT
> mausg@mail.com wrote:
>
>> On 2016-01-06, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>> > On 6 Jan 2016 11:33:29 GMT
>> > mausg@mail.com wrote:
>> >
>> >> Back in the 1970s, an irish government, newly elected, decided to
>> >> eliminate road tax and put more tax on fuel. Wonderful idea, but
>> >> ignored the fact that a large piece of this Island remained on the old
>> >> system, and it was worthwhile to drive up, fill up there, and as the
>> >> difference grew bigger, the distance that people would drive grew
>> >> larger. The idea might work in the US. 
>> >
>> > 	In this era of North/South cooperation and so forth it may be
>> > possible to try it again, this time with cooperation from the North.
>> >
>> 1) At the moment, fuel is dearer ooop North.
>> 2) The whole thing is mixed up with fuel laundering, with people
>>    a sensible person does not want to deal with.
>
> 	Yes I recall an ex garda telling me about the time when you could
> mix agri diesel from the North and South and the dyes would precipitate
> out. He quite when policing around the border got too dangerous (knives and
> guns were OK, dirty needles not so much).
>

Friend has a wife who has been promoted in work, now has a very nice BMW,
 so he got it to go into Dublin for parts, all OK, but as his wife sped
to work the next morning, car slowed and died. New Engine needed, the fuel
he had put in it the previous day had contained dodgy stuff. Frosty relations
for a while.


-- 
greymaus
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#156039

FromPeter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com>
Date2016-01-05 19:24 -0500
Message-ID<1210432959.473731128.474466.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#155957
Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> On 5 Jan 2016 10:22:33 GMT
> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On 2016-01-05, J. Clarke <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> In article <20160105000414@news.eternal-september.org>, 
>>> rogblake@iname.invalid says...
>>>> 
>>>> On 2016-01-05, J. Clarke <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> So you deprive them of transportation and now they lose the crummy
>>>>> job that they do have.  Big help _you_ are.
>>>> 
>>>> _You_ are free to help them with your own time, effort, and money.
>>> 
>>> So let's see, somebody has a car, the state prevents him from using it, 
>>> and now it's my responsibility to drive him to work.  You are an
>>> example of why we have so much poverty in the US--you have somebody
>>> who's barely hanging on and your solution is to push him over the edge.
>> 
>> So, smartarse, what's your solution?
> 
> 	Useful (subsidised if necessasry) public transport would be a big
> help for this kind of thing. Requiring a pre-sale inspection might reduce
> the chance of having a wreck dumped on our poor victim.
> 

I think cars sold by a dealer have to pass inspection.

Who the heck says that public transportation has to be subsidized? 
Certainly the transit companies are happy to sell this, even to the extent
of dropping a route if their extortonate demands aren't met.  I can see
rail, that requires special facilities, but bus lines already receive
subsidies in terms if free use of public roads.


-- 
Pete

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#156045

FromLawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx>
Date2016-01-05 18:52 -0600
Message-ID<87io37pm06.fsf@redbull.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me>
In reply to#156039
Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> writes:
> Who the heck says that public transportation has to be subsidized? 
> Certainly the transit companies are happy to sell this, even to the extent
> of dropping a route if their extortonate demands aren't met.  I can see
> rail, that requires special facilities, but bus lines already receive
> subsidies in terms if free use of public roads.

Well - a common rejoinder by transit agencies is that they have to run
painfully long headway on some routes, because it's not economical to
run the busses for the ridership levels.

(Of course, I can think of other *better* ways to solve this with
paratransit optionsk, a wider variety of vehicles in the fleet, better
coordination between transit agencies and the employers).

When I was a much younger man, there was about five months in the SFBA
when I lived in Milpitas, and worked in Santa Clara.  From my house to
work was 1.3 hours (for a drive that was twelve minutes door to door).
I had to walk two miles, take a bus to a transfer point, wait an average
of 48 minutes (could be as low as 1 and as long as 90 depending on luck)
and take a second bus to about half a mile from my workplace.

With my second milestone check, I bought a motorcycle and said goodbye
to the bus, forever.

The Catch-22 is that "Nobody uses the bus, becuase it's not convenient
enough" and "The busses can't operate enough vehicles on route, because
not enough people use them."  

The 21st Century solution is that major employers own and operate their
own coaches, that gather employees at meet points convenient to where
they live, and bring them to corporate campus.  From commentary I've
read, this irritates the public transit agencies, because they see those
riders as somehow rightfully "theirs" ... 

NK1G

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#156061

FromAndrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com>
Date2016-01-06 08:28 +0000
Message-ID<ss6dncEFzKiqTRHLnZ2dnUU78QmdnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#156045
On 06/01/2016 00:52, Lawrence Statton wrote:
{snip}

>
> The 21st Century solution is that major employers own and operate their
> own coaches, that gather employees at meet points convenient to where
> they live, and bring them to corporate campus.  From commentary I've
> read, this irritates the public transit agencies, because they see those
> riders as somehow rightfully "theirs" ...
>
> NK1G
>
A workman is responsible for the quality of work he does. The bus 
company's director of route planning needs firing and replacing by 
someone who is competent.

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#156070

From"J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-06 06:33 -0500
Message-ID<MPG.30f6c5a7881f63a1989da7@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#156061
In article <ss6dncEFzKiqTRHLnZ2dnUU78QmdnZ2d@giganews.com>, 
am.swallow@btinternet.com says...
> 
> On 06/01/2016 00:52, Lawrence Statton wrote:
> {snip}
> 
> >
> > The 21st Century solution is that major employers own and operate their
> > own coaches, that gather employees at meet points convenient to where
> > they live, and bring them to corporate campus.  From commentary I've
> > read, this irritates the public transit agencies, because they see those
> > riders as somehow rightfully "theirs" ...
> >
> > NK1G
> >
> A workman is responsible for the quality of work he does. The bus 
> company's director of route planning needs firing and replacing by 
> someone who is competent.

The local tobacco farmers do that during harvest.  But the four man 
machine shop or the computer store in the mall or the McDonalds down the 
way are too small to sustain that model.

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#156131

Fromhancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
Date2016-01-06 09:56 -0800
Message-ID<c5f62eb4-29b0-44db-97a0-3d17f03e0131@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#156061
On Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 3:28:40 AM UTC-5, Andrew Swallow wrote:

> A workman is responsible for the quality of work he does. The bus 
> company's director of route planning needs firing and replacing by 
> someone who is competent.

An awful lot of work goes into planning bus route service.  Suburban
buses serving low density areas are forced to be a compromise to
serve as many people as possible at a moderate cost.

Take a look at this bus route.  It takes a long roundabout route in
order to serve as many population, manufacturing, and commercial
points as practical.  It does not serve all of them.  The route is
studied regularly and adjusted as needed.  Almost all the areas served
are heavy automobile-oriented.

http://www.septa.org/schedules/bus/pdf/127.pdf

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#156194

FromStan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org>
Date2016-01-07 08:25 +0000
Message-ID<slrnn8s86t.8kf.plan.b@ID-309335.user.uni-berlin.de>
In reply to#156131
On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 09:56:36 -0800 (PST), hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com 
<hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 3:28:40 AM UTC-5, Andrew Swallow wrote:
>
>> A workman is responsible for the quality of work he does. The bus 
>> company's director of route planning needs firing and replacing by 
>> someone who is competent.
>
> An awful lot of work goes into planning bus route service.  Suburban
> buses serving low density areas are forced to be a compromise to
> serve as many people as possible at a moderate cost.
>
> Take a look at this bus route.  It takes a long roundabout route in
> order to serve as many population, manufacturing, and commercial
> points as practical.  It does not serve all of them.  The route is
> studied regularly and adjusted as needed.  Almost all the areas served
> are heavy automobile-oriented.
>
> http://www.septa.org/schedules/bus/pdf/127.pdf
>

In my PPOE we ran the local transport, we had a large and busy
planning department that set bus routes and schedules, and commuter
train times, with the idea of making an integreated transport system.
Still goes on to some extent now (after privatization) but the buses are
now run by private companies.  Some routes with low passenger densities
but are deemed essential are subsidised but most routes make money.
Getting people to work is important and most British cities have very
limited and expensive car parking.

This is Merseyside btw.

-- 
Stan Barr     plan.b@bluesomatic.org

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#156075

FromPeter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com>
Date2016-01-06 06:54 -0500
Message-ID<2019001831.473772978.033872.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#156045
Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> wrote:
> Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> writes:
>> Who the heck says that public transportation has to be subsidized? 
>> Certainly the transit companies are happy to sell this, even to the extent
>> of dropping a route if their extortonate demands aren't met.  I can see
>> rail, that requires special facilities, but bus lines already receive
>> subsidies in terms if free use of public roads.
> 
> Well - a common rejoinder by transit agencies is that they have to run
> painfully long headway on some routes, because it's not economical to
> run the busses for the ridership levels.
> 
> (Of course, I can think of other *better* ways to solve this with
> paratransit optionsk, a wider variety of vehicles in the fleet, better
> coordination between transit agencies and the employers).
> 
> When I was a much younger man, there was about five months in the SFBA
> when I lived in Milpitas, and worked in Santa Clara.  From my house to
> work was 1.3 hours (for a drive that was twelve minutes door to door).
> I had to walk two miles, take a bus to a transfer point, wait an average
> of 48 minutes (could be as low as 1 and as long as 90 depending on luck)
> and take a second bus to about half a mile from my workplace.
> 
> With my second milestone check, I bought a motorcycle and said goodbye
> to the bus, forever.
> 
> The Catch-22 is that "Nobody uses the bus, becuase it's not convenient
> enough" and "The busses can't operate enough vehicles on route, because
> not enough people use them."  
> 
> The 21st Century solution is that major employers own and operate their
> own coaches, that gather employees at meet points convenient to where
> they live, and bring them to corporate campus.  From commentary I've
> read, this irritates the public transit agencies, because they see those
> riders as somehow rightfully "theirs" ... 
> 

It also irritates other people who live in the same neighborhoods but work
elsewhere.  Seeing your neighbor get door-to-door service while you have to
go thru the experience related above is a bit annoying.

Of course the solution is to use vans and flexible scheduling.  People
could subscribe to a weekly service that picks them up and drops them off,
along with a van load of others.

Non-subscribers could call for service at a higher rate.

-- 
Pete

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#156088

From"Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net>
Date2016-01-06 08:06 -0600
Message-ID<df4laoFbp8aU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#156075
"Peter Flass" wrote:

> Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> wrote:
>> Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> writes:
>>> Who the heck says that public transportation has to be subsidized?
>>> Certainly the transit companies are happy to sell this, even to the 
>>> extent
>>> of dropping a route if their extortonate demands aren't met.  I can see
>>> rail, that requires special facilities, but bus lines already receive
>>> subsidies in terms if free use of public roads.
>>
>> Well - a common rejoinder by transit agencies is that they have to run
>> painfully long headway on some routes, because it's not economical to
>> run the busses for the ridership levels.
>>
>> (Of course, I can think of other *better* ways to solve this with
>> paratransit optionsk, a wider variety of vehicles in the fleet, better
>> coordination between transit agencies and the employers).
>>
>> When I was a much younger man, there was about five months in the SFBA
>> when I lived in Milpitas, and worked in Santa Clara.  From my house to
>> work was 1.3 hours (for a drive that was twelve minutes door to door).
>> I had to walk two miles, take a bus to a transfer point, wait an average
>> of 48 minutes (could be as low as 1 and as long as 90 depending on luck)
>> and take a second bus to about half a mile from my workplace.
>>
>> With my second milestone check, I bought a motorcycle and said goodbye
>> to the bus, forever.
>>
>> The Catch-22 is that "Nobody uses the bus, becuase it's not convenient
>> enough" and "The busses can't operate enough vehicles on route, because
>> not enough people use them."
>>
>> The 21st Century solution is that major employers own and operate their
>> own coaches, that gather employees at meet points convenient to where
>> they live, and bring them to corporate campus.  From commentary I've
>> read, this irritates the public transit agencies, because they see those
>> riders as somehow rightfully "theirs" ...
>>
>
> It also irritates other people who live in the same neighborhoods but work
> elsewhere.  Seeing your neighbor get door-to-door service while you have 
> to
> go thru the experience related above is a bit annoying.
>
> Of course the solution is to use vans and flexible scheduling.  People
> could subscribe to a weekly service that picks them up and drops them off,
> along with a van load of others.
>
> Non-subscribers could call for service at a higher rate.

That subscriber thing sounds like an actual idea!  Kind of a made to order 
car-pool for people without cars. 

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#156196

FromStan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org>
Date2016-01-07 08:33 +0000
Message-ID<slrnn8s8m1.8kf.plan.b@ID-309335.user.uni-berlin.de>
In reply to#156088
On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 08:06:17 -0600, Osmium <r124c4u102@comcast.net> wrote:
> "Peter Flass" wrote:
>>
>> Of course the solution is to use vans and flexible scheduling.  People
>> could subscribe to a weekly service that picks them up and drops them off,
>> along with a van load of others.
>>
>> Non-subscribers could call for service at a higher rate.
>
> That subscriber thing sounds like an actual idea!  Kind of a made to order 
> car-pool for people without cars. 
>

A bit like a "Bus on Demand" system I used as a demo of Prologs map
handling in around 1990/1 (Sorry to introduce computers to this thread!).
At that time the lack of cheap gps and mobile networking made it
impractical but it's still a sound idea.
(It was only a tiny demo but it showed how it *could* be done)

-- 
Stan Barr     plan.b@bluesomatic.org

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#156121

Fromhancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
Date2016-01-06 08:24 -0800
Message-ID<9fbe3273-12e2-4a20-839c-31b69bf443d8@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#156045
On Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 7:52:44 PM UTC-5, Lawrence Statton wrote:

> (Of course, I can think of other *better* ways to solve this with
> paratransit optionsk, a wider variety of vehicles in the fleet, better
> coordination between transit agencies and the employers).

If you will look at a typical SEPTA bus route, you will see that
it serves a variety of places.  SEPTA certainly does try to coordinate
is routes and schedules with major employers and schools, but it
gets complicated.  A single point probably doesn't generate enough
traffic to justify dedicated service.

Also, a key cost in transit is the driver.  Running a smaller vehicle
saves a little money, but not that much.


> The 21st Century solution is that major employers own and operate their
> own coaches, that gather employees at meet points convenient to where
> they live, and bring them to corporate campus.  From commentary I've
> read, this irritates the public transit agencies, because they see those
> riders as somehow rightfully "theirs" ... 

It's pretty hard for employers to do that, for the same reason
it's hard for transit agencies to do it:  people in suburban areas
live too far apart to have "points convenient to where they live".
People in row house communities have roughly twice or thrice the
population density of suburban areas, and that densit will support
transit with reasonable walking distance and service frequency.
(examples available upon request).

In New York City, they have frequent buses all over the place
since most neighborhoods are high density and people use them.  Cross
the city limits to the suburbs, and there the bus routes are much more
spread out and don't run as often.

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#156127

Fromscott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
Date2016-01-06 16:38 +0000
Message-ID<rqbjy.66586$xz4.52334@fx12.iad>
In reply to#156121
hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com writes:
>On Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 7:52:44 PM UTC-5, Lawrence Statton wrote:

>> The 21st Century solution is that major employers own and operate their
>> own coaches, that gather employees at meet points convenient to where
>> they live, and bring them to corporate campus.  From commentary I've
>> read, this irritates the public transit agencies, because they see those
>> riders as somehow rightfully "theirs" ... 
>
>It's pretty hard for employers to do that, for the same reason
>it's hard for transit agencies to do it:  people in suburban areas
>live too far apart to have "points convenient to where they live".
>People in row house communities have roughly twice or thrice the
>population density of suburban areas, and that densit will support
>transit with reasonable walking distance and service frequency.
>(examples available upon request).

Lawrence is referring specifically to Google, Facebook and Linked-in
all of which run very large private luxury coach fleets between San Francisco
and their campuses in the valley (Menlo Park for FB, Mt View for Google
and Sunnyvale for LinkedIn).

A coworkers daughter just graduated from UCB and took a job
with Google.  She chose to live in SF and take the google coach and loves it.

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#156053

FromDave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com>
Date2016-01-05 22:25 -0600
Message-ID<n6i4r0$chp$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#156039
On 1/5/2016 6:24 PM, Peter Flass wrote:
> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>> On 5 Jan 2016 10:22:33 GMT
>> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2016-01-05, J. Clarke <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> In article <20160105000414@news.eternal-september.org>,
>>>> rogblake@iname.invalid says...
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2016-01-05, J. Clarke <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> So you deprive them of transportation and now they lose the crummy
>>>>>> job that they do have.  Big help _you_ are.
>>>>>
>>>>> _You_ are free to help them with your own time, effort, and money.
>>>>
>>>> So let's see, somebody has a car, the state prevents him from using it,
>>>> and now it's my responsibility to drive him to work.  You are an
>>>> example of why we have so much poverty in the US--you have somebody
>>>> who's barely hanging on and your solution is to push him over the edge.
>>>
>>> So, smartarse, what's your solution?
>>
>> 	Useful (subsidised if necessasry) public transport would be a big
>> help for this kind of thing. Requiring a pre-sale inspection might reduce
>> the chance of having a wreck dumped on our poor victim.
>>
>
> I think cars sold by a dealer have to pass inspection.

I don't think so, outside of the factory and any inspection the dealer 
might choose to do (in my state).

> Who the heck says that public transportation has to be subsidized?
> Certainly the transit companies are happy to sell this, even to the extent
> of dropping a route if their extortonate demands aren't met.  I can see
> rail, that requires special facilities, but bus lines already receive
> subsidies in terms if free use of public roads.
>
Who the heck says that public roads have to be subsidized? They 
receive immense subsidies. The street in front of my home is entirely 
subsidized by property taxes, but even other roads (county, state, and 
federal) receive immense subsidies. Shouldn't users be paying their 
own freight? Yes, that would make some goods more expensive, but OTOH 
it would make our taxes less, and benefit vendors who were more local 
(but might not have the money for expensive lobbyists and bribes). 
According to Lynn, the cost is mainly due to wear from 18-wheelers, 
but in any case roughly half of the cost of roads/highways/streets in 
the US is paid for by subsidies rather than users.

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#156065

From"J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-06 06:28 -0500
Message-ID<MPG.30f6c44fbfc59cb0989da3@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#156053
In article <n6i4r0$chp$1@dont-email.me>, dave.garland@wizinfo.com 
says...
> 
> On 1/5/2016 6:24 PM, Peter Flass wrote:
> > Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> >> On 5 Jan 2016 10:22:33 GMT
> >> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 2016-01-05, J. Clarke <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> In article <20160105000414@news.eternal-september.org>,
> >>>> rogblake@iname.invalid says...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 2016-01-05, J. Clarke <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> So you deprive them of transportation and now they lose the crummy
> >>>>>> job that they do have.  Big help _you_ are.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> _You_ are free to help them with your own time, effort, and money.
> >>>>
> >>>> So let's see, somebody has a car, the state prevents him from using it,
> >>>> and now it's my responsibility to drive him to work.  You are an
> >>>> example of why we have so much poverty in the US--you have somebody
> >>>> who's barely hanging on and your solution is to push him over the edge.
> >>>
> >>> So, smartarse, what's your solution?
> >>
> >> 	Useful (subsidised if necessasry) public transport would be a big
> >> help for this kind of thing. Requiring a pre-sale inspection might reduce
> >> the chance of having a wreck dumped on our poor victim.
> >>
> >
> > I think cars sold by a dealer have to pass inspection.
> 
> I don't think so, outside of the factory and any inspection the dealer 
> might choose to do (in my state).
> 
> > Who the heck says that public transportation has to be subsidized?
> > Certainly the transit companies are happy to sell this, even to the extent
> > of dropping a route if their extortonate demands aren't met.  I can see
> > rail, that requires special facilities, but bus lines already receive
> > subsidies in terms if free use of public roads.
> >
> Who the heck says that public roads have to be subsidized? They 
> receive immense subsidies. The street in front of my home is entirely 
> subsidized by property taxes, but even other roads (county, state, and 
> federal) receive immense subsidies. Shouldn't users be paying their 
> own freight?

That's the idea behind gas tax.  It, in principle, is proportional to 
use.  In practice the heaviest users get off fairly lightly.

> Yes, that would make some goods more expensive,

Just about all goods require transportation at some point.  What goods 
wouldn't be more expensive?

> but OTOH 
> it would make our taxes less,

Whose taxes?  Or are you calling your usage fees something other than 
"tax"?  And how would you implement such a fee?

> and benefit vendors who were more local 
> (but might not have the money for expensive lobbyists and bribes). 
> According to Lynn, the cost is mainly due to wear from 18-wheelers, 
> but in any case roughly half of the cost of roads/highways/streets in 
> the US is paid for by subsidies rather than users.

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#156151

FromDave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com>
Date2016-01-06 15:04 -0600
Message-ID<n6jvcd$ldj$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#156065
On 1/6/2016 5:28 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
> In article <n6i4r0$chp$1@dont-email.me>, dave.garland@wizinfo.com
> says...
>>
>> On 1/5/2016 6:24 PM, Peter Flass wrote:
>>> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>> On 5 Jan 2016 10:22:33 GMT
>>>> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2016-01-05, J. Clarke <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> In article <20160105000414@news.eternal-september.org>,
>>>>>> rogblake@iname.invalid says...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2016-01-05, J. Clarke <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> So you deprive them of transportation and now they lose the crummy
>>>>>>>> job that they do have.  Big help _you_ are.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> _You_ are free to help them with your own time, effort, and money.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So let's see, somebody has a car, the state prevents him from using it,
>>>>>> and now it's my responsibility to drive him to work.  You are an
>>>>>> example of why we have so much poverty in the US--you have somebody
>>>>>> who's barely hanging on and your solution is to push him over the edge.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, smartarse, what's your solution?
>>>>
>>>> 	Useful (subsidised if necessasry) public transport would be a big
>>>> help for this kind of thing. Requiring a pre-sale inspection might reduce
>>>> the chance of having a wreck dumped on our poor victim.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think cars sold by a dealer have to pass inspection.
>>
>> I don't think so, outside of the factory and any inspection the dealer
>> might choose to do (in my state).
>>
>>> Who the heck says that public transportation has to be subsidized?
>>> Certainly the transit companies are happy to sell this, even to the extent
>>> of dropping a route if their extortonate demands aren't met.  I can see
>>> rail, that requires special facilities, but bus lines already receive
>>> subsidies in terms if free use of public roads.
>>>
>> Who the heck says that public roads have to be subsidized? They
>> receive immense subsidies. The street in front of my home is entirely
>> subsidized by property taxes, but even other roads (county, state, and
>> federal) receive immense subsidies. Shouldn't users be paying their
>> own freight?
>
> That's the idea behind gas tax.  It, in principle, is proportional to
> use.  In practice the heaviest users get off fairly lightly.

Every user gets off fairly lightly, since the gas tax provides less 
than half of the cost. The heaviest users get off even more lightly.

>
>> Yes, that would make some goods more expensive,
>
> Just about all goods require transportation at some point.  What goods
> wouldn't be more expensive?

Goods that required less transportation (or traveled by rail).
>
>> but OTOH
>> it would make our taxes less,
>
> Whose taxes?  Or are you calling your usage fees something other than
> "tax"?  And how would you implement such a fee?

Of course usage fees are tax. So are property taxes, income taxes, 
sales taxes, VAT. If costs were entirely met by usage fees, the latter 
taxes would not need to be so high. Those who used the roads would pay 
more, and those who didn't would pay less. If I work out of my home 
office, shouldn't I pay less for roads than someone who works 30 miles 
from where he lives? Remember, currently usage fees (gas tax and 
license fees in the US) only provide half the cost.

>
>> and benefit vendors who were more local
>> (but might not have the money for expensive lobbyists and bribes).
>> According to Lynn, the cost is mainly due to wear from 18-wheelers,
>> but in any case roughly half of the cost of roads/highways/streets in
>> the US is paid for by subsidies rather than users.
>
>

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#156167

From"J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-06 19:22 -0500
Message-ID<MPG.30f779c5153f4e89989db3@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#156151
In article <n6jvcd$ldj$1@dont-email.me>, dave.garland@wizinfo.com 
says...
> 
> On 1/6/2016 5:28 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
> > In article <n6i4r0$chp$1@dont-email.me>, dave.garland@wizinfo.com
> > says...
> >>
> >> On 1/5/2016 6:24 PM, Peter Flass wrote:
> >>> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> >>>> On 5 Jan 2016 10:22:33 GMT
> >>>> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 2016-01-05, J. Clarke <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> In article <20160105000414@news.eternal-september.org>,
> >>>>>> rogblake@iname.invalid says...
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On 2016-01-05, J. Clarke <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>> So you deprive them of transportation and now they lose the crummy
> >>>>>>>> job that they do have.  Big help _you_ are.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> _You_ are free to help them with your own time, effort, and money.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> So let's see, somebody has a car, the state prevents him from using it,
> >>>>>> and now it's my responsibility to drive him to work.  You are an
> >>>>>> example of why we have so much poverty in the US--you have somebody
> >>>>>> who's barely hanging on and your solution is to push him over the edge.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So, smartarse, what's your solution?
> >>>>
> >>>> 	Useful (subsidised if necessasry) public transport would be a big
> >>>> help for this kind of thing. Requiring a pre-sale inspection might reduce
> >>>> the chance of having a wreck dumped on our poor victim.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> I think cars sold by a dealer have to pass inspection.
> >>
> >> I don't think so, outside of the factory and any inspection the dealer
> >> might choose to do (in my state).
> >>
> >>> Who the heck says that public transportation has to be subsidized?
> >>> Certainly the transit companies are happy to sell this, even to the extent
> >>> of dropping a route if their extortonate demands aren't met.  I can see
> >>> rail, that requires special facilities, but bus lines already receive
> >>> subsidies in terms if free use of public roads.
> >>>
> >> Who the heck says that public roads have to be subsidized? They
> >> receive immense subsidies. The street in front of my home is entirely
> >> subsidized by property taxes, but even other roads (county, state, and
> >> federal) receive immense subsidies. Shouldn't users be paying their
> >> own freight?
> >
> > That's the idea behind gas tax.  It, in principle, is proportional to
> > use.  In practice the heaviest users get off fairly lightly.
> 
> Every user gets off fairly lightly, since the gas tax provides less 
> than half of the cost. The heaviest users get off even more lightly.

The Federal gas tax may provide less than half the cost but what does 
the state gas tax add to that?

In any case, why should the gas tax pay all the cost?  Just to take one 
example, hardly anybody in New York drives, but New York benefits 
massively from an effective transportation system.

> >> Yes, that would make some goods more expensive,
> >
> > Just about all goods require transportation at some point.  What goods
> > wouldn't be more expensive?
> 
> Goods that required less transportation (or traveled by rail).

What goods would those be?  Please identify an item.  And unless you 
live across the street from the freight yard, goods aren't going to come 
to you entirely by rail.

> >> but OTOH
> >> it would make our taxes less,
> >
> > Whose taxes?  Or are you calling your usage fees something other than
> > "tax"?  And how would you implement such a fee?
> 
> Of course usage fees are tax. So are property taxes, income taxes, 
> sales taxes, VAT. If costs were entirely met by usage fees, the latter 
> taxes would not need to be so high. Those who used the roads would pay 
> more, and those who didn't would pay less. If I work out of my home 
> office, shouldn't I pay less for roads than someone who works 30 miles 
> from where he lives?

You do pay less for roads.

> Remember, currently usage fees (gas tax and 
> license fees in the US) only provide half the cost.

And so that's half the cost that you personally can avoid by simply not 
using a motor vehicle, so you pay less.

> >> and benefit vendors who were more local
> >> (but might not have the money for expensive lobbyists and bribes).
> >> According to Lynn, the cost is mainly due to wear from 18-wheelers,
> >> but in any case roughly half of the cost of roads/highways/streets in
> >> the US is paid for by subsidies rather than users.
> >
> >

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