Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
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From: JohnT on 12 Aug 2006 05:26 "Martin" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:ha4rd2lp95fuqeho3sq9qpv06i2p9g4jlg(a)4ax.com... > On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:47:32 +0100, "JohnT" > <johnhillriseDONOTSPAM(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> >>"Carole Allen" <carolea7(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >>news:44dd4e34.8138061(a)news.individual.net... >>> On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:39:24 +0100, "JohnT" >>> <johnhillriseDONOTSPAM(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>Mixi is right. I don't have cable TV. But he seems to have nothing on >>>>the >>>>list except a computer and a cellphone. Not that he would describe >>>>himself >>>>as average. >>>> >>>>JohnT >>>> >>> But he has that watch he can program to the nano-second. And he has >>> more than one computer, no? >> >>I hate to have to admit this, but I have a Junghans watch which >>synchronises >>with the MSF transmitter (it is 10 years old). > > If you believe your watch :-) > >>And I have both a computer >>and a PDA. At which point the comparison with Mixi is at an end. Rumour >>hath >>it that he is finding Paris too hot in the Summer and is thinking of >>relocating to Seattle. > > Good grief, John, you really know how to frighten a woman. > > Are you worried about getting a German time warp virus in your watch? > -- I don't think that Carole will believe what I suggested about Mixi/Seattle. If she does, she has probably had a wobbler by now! I am not too sure about the watch, which I purchased at Schiphol. The advertising blurb claimed that it is accurate to within 0.0001 of a second for up to 1 million years but the Warranty was only for one year. But, again unlike Mixi, precise time is not a hypercritical requirement in my current lifestyle. Usually it would suffice if it were accurate to the nearest hour. JohnT
From: Mxsmanic on 12 Aug 2006 05:54 Martin writes: > Are you worried about getting a German time warp virus in your watch? The MSF transmitter is in Rugby, England. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Mxsmanic on 12 Aug 2006 05:57 JohnT writes: > I don't think that Carole will believe what I suggested about Mixi/Seattle. > If she does, she has probably had a wobbler by now! I am not too sure about > the watch, which I purchased at Schiphol. The advertising blurb claimed that > it is accurate to within 0.0001 of a second for up to 1 million years but > the Warranty was only for one year. All radio-controlled watches have a long-term accuracy of about 1 second in 3 million years, which is the long-term accuracy of their synchronizing sources (radio signals driven by atomic clocks). The short-term accuracy between synchronization operations is the same as that of any other quartz watch. With a daily synchronization, accuracy is about 500 ms or better on a cheap watch, and perhaps 100 ms or so on a good watch. > But, again unlike Mixi, precise time is > not a hypercritical requirement in my current lifestyle. Usually it would > suffice if it were accurate to the nearest hour. Then you can buy a Rolex. They are only off by six seconds a day. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: barney2 on 12 Aug 2006 10:40 In article <ot2rd29kg6tf648k055f3o7hehqqlaq2ko(a)4ax.com>, me(a)privacy.net (Martin) wrote: > *From:* Martin <me(a)privacy.net> > *Date:* Sat, 12 Aug 2006 10:06:18 +0200 > > On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:10:39 -0500, barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk wrote: > > >In article <6qapd2pd2eh79e6cjhc78f4hh9t30kq3dr(a)4ax.com>, > me(a)privacy.net >(Martin) wrote: > > > >> *From:* Martin <me(a)privacy.net> > >> *Date:* Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:09:21 +0200 > >> > >> On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:05:55 -0500, barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk > > wrote: > >> > >> >In article <v99pd253k7q1t32nsnpsev7d3rls3rq0m5(a)4ax.com>, > >> me(a)privacy.net >(Martin) wrote: > >> > > >> >> *From:* Martin <me(a)privacy.net> > >> >> *Date:* Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:42:49 +0200 > >> >> > >> >> On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:40:06 GMT, mrtravel <mrtravel(a)bcglobal.net> > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> >Sarah Banick wrote: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Do you have actual numbers on this? I am really curious to see > > > > if >>> > that is >true. There are many Americans who have never > > > > been out of >>> > their state or >region, especially those at the > > > > lower end of the >>> > socioeconomic ladder. Their >typical trip > > > > is to the nearest beach >or >amusement park. > >> >> > > >> >> >Do you think the people in the lower end of the socioeconomic > >> > ladder >in >OTHER countries spend a lot of time traveling? > >> >> > >> >> Of course. Have you never heard of European football hooligans. > >> > > >> >They're not necessarily on "the lower end of the socioeconomic > >> ladder"... > >> > >> I didn't say all of them were. > > > ><mixi>I didn't say all of them weren't.</mixi> > > <blarney2> Mixi refresher course anybody? <blarney2> You calling me Irish?
From: barney2 on 12 Aug 2006 11:23
In article <dfrrd2td7vhok23lh81b6q83djhajjvora(a)4ax.com>, me(a)privacy.net (Martin) wrote: > *From:* Martin <me(a)privacy.net> > *Date:* Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:04:45 +0200 > > On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 09:40:26 -0500, barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk wrote: > > >In article <ot2rd29kg6tf648k055f3o7hehqqlaq2ko(a)4ax.com>, > me(a)privacy.net >(Martin) wrote: > > > >> *From:* Martin <me(a)privacy.net> > >> *Date:* Sat, 12 Aug 2006 10:06:18 +0200 > >> > >> On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:10:39 -0500, barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk > > wrote: > >> > >> >In article <6qapd2pd2eh79e6cjhc78f4hh9t30kq3dr(a)4ax.com>, > >> me(a)privacy.net >(Martin) wrote: > >> > > >> >> *From:* Martin <me(a)privacy.net> > >> >> *Date:* Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:09:21 +0200 > >> >> > >> >> On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:05:55 -0500, barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> >In article <v99pd253k7q1t32nsnpsev7d3rls3rq0m5(a)4ax.com>, > >> >> me(a)privacy.net >(Martin) wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> >> *From:* Martin <me(a)privacy.net> > >> >> >> *Date:* Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:42:49 +0200 > >> >> >> > >> >> >> On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:40:06 GMT, mrtravel > > > > <mrtravel(a)bcglobal.net> > >> >> >> wrote: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> >Sarah Banick wrote: > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> Do you have actual numbers on this? I am really curious to > > > > > see >if >>> > that is >true. There are many Americans who have > > > > > > > never >been out of >>> > their state or >region, especially > > > > > > > those at the >lower end of the >>> > socioeconomic ladder. > > > > > > > Their >typical trip >is to the nearest beach >or >amusement > > > > > park. > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >Do you think the people in the lower end of the socioeconomic > >> >> > ladder >in >OTHER countries spend a lot of time traveling? > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Of course. Have you never heard of European football hooligans. > >> >> > > >> >> >They're not necessarily on "the lower end of the socioeconomic > >> >> ladder"... > >> >> > >> >> I didn't say all of them were. > >> > > >> ><mixi>I didn't say all of them weren't.</mixi> > >> > >> <blarney2> Mixi refresher course anybody? <blarney2> > > > >You calling me Irish? > > Have you done the whiskey immersion course? Many, many times. |