Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 AF-S

"Dallas" wrote in message
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On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 21:24:39 +0000, William Graham had this to say:

Well, this is a very familiar dilemma.....Unless you are Bill Gates, or
someone of his ilk, you will spend your life trying to decide how to
spend
the limited amount of money you have.....I know I have had to do that.
The
lawnmower is too small and cheap an item to worry about. It's cost
represents only a small fraction of the cost of that beautiful wide
angle
Nikkor zoom. As for the holiday.....Well, the question is whether you
will
get more enjoyment out of the lens than the holiday. They are both,
after
all, luxuries that you could do without. Once the holiday is over, you
are
left with nothing but the memories. But the lens will be there for a
long
time.......On the other hand, if you are not the only one enjoying the
holiday, then there are others to consider.......

Yeah, it's about the family. I am already in hottish water about the
purchase of the D70, so getting this so soon after is pretty selfish. I
think I might just pass on the deal. The guy selling it lives quite a long
way away too, so knowing my luck he has a bum sample he's trying to
offload (which might explain the price).

Hummmm.......Maybe he'll take your wife in trade for it.....:^)

As an example, I carried a Swiss Army knife (Victronox) in my pocket that
cost me
$15 in Menlo Park, California, and would have cost me $25 had I purchased
it
in Germany.

The fact that imported goods are cheap in America and you're buying them has
alot to do with why the US has a ballooning trade deficit.

I enjoyed Europe, and took lots of pictures, and rented a car
and drove around a lot, but I bought nearly nothing, and came home without
any hard goods, because I could buy nearly everything a lot cheaper back
home......

I never said Europe was cheap, I said America must be cheap. You just agreed
with my analysis.


"William Graham" wrote in message
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"Joseph Kewfi" wrote in message
...
it doesn't mean anything to me.....As I say, the buying power of my
dollars
seems to me to be exactly where I would expect it to be,

I'm guessing you don't do much foreign travel then? because from the
Americans that I've spoken to, their Dollars are buying them far less in
Europe compared to the pre-Bush years.

I was in Europe during the, "pre-Bush years".....The price of everything I
enjoyed Europe, and took lots of pictures, and rented a car
and drove around a lot, but I bought nearly nothing, and came home without
any hard goods, because I could buy nearly everything a lot cheaper back
home......

over there (Germany, Denmark, Austria, and Italy) was way too high.....As
an
example, I carried a Swiss Army knife (Victronox) in my pocket that cost
me
$15 in Menlo Park, California, and would have cost me $25 had I purchased
it
in Germany.

"Joseph Kewfi" wrote in message
...
As an example, I carried a Swiss Army knife (Victronox) in my pocket that
cost me
$15 in Menlo Park, California, and would have cost me $25 had I
purchased
it
in Germany.

The fact that imported goods are cheap in America and you're buying them
has
alot to do with why the US has a ballooning trade deficit.

Works for me........


I enjoyed Europe, and took lots of pictures, and rented a car
and drove around a lot, but I bought nearly nothing, and came home
without
any hard goods, because I could buy nearly everything a lot cheaper back
home......

I never said Europe was cheap, I said America must be cheap. You just
agreed
with my analysis.

Is the Swiss make a knife, and ship it all the way to the US, and still sell
it at a profit for 3/5 what they charge for it in Switzerland, then there
must be something wrong with their economy.....I think that that "something"
is taxes. Lots and lots of taxes......What do you think?

Is the Swiss make a knife, and ship it all the way to the US, and still
sell
it at a profit for 3/5 what they charge for it in Switzerland, then there
must be something wrong with their economy.....I think that that
"something"
is taxes. Lots and lots of taxes......What do you think?

A country requires high taxes to provide a guaranteed basic standard of
living for all it's citizens irrespective of their incomes, this is why
Europe is expensive. It's also why for example, France has the best
healthcare system in the world.

"William Graham" wrote in message
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"Joseph Kewfi" wrote in message
...
As an example, I carried a Swiss Army knife (Victronox) in my pocket
that
cost me
$15 in Menlo Park, California, and would have cost me $25 had I
purchased
it
in Germany.

The fact that imported goods are cheap in America and you're buying them
has
alot to do with why the US has a ballooning trade deficit.

Works for me........


I enjoyed Europe, and took lots of pictures, and rented a car
and drove around a lot, but I bought nearly nothing, and came home
without
any hard goods, because I could buy nearly everything a lot cheaper
back
home......

I never said Europe was cheap, I said America must be cheap. You just
agreed
with my analysis.

Is the Swiss make a knife, and ship it all the way to the US, and still
sell
it at a profit for 3/5 what they charge for it in Switzerland, then there
must be something wrong with their economy.....I think that that
"something"
is taxes. Lots and lots of taxes......What do you think?

"Joseph Kewfi" wrote in message
...
Is the Swiss make a knife, and ship it all the way to the US, and still
sell
it at a profit for 3/5 what they charge for it in Switzerland, then
there
must be something wrong with their economy.....I think that that
"something"
is taxes. Lots and lots of taxes......What do you think?

A country requires high taxes to provide a guaranteed basic standard of
living for all it's citizens irrespective of their incomes, this is why
Europe is expensive. It's also why for example, France has the best
healthcare system in the world.

This works well as long as the, "basic standard of living" that all of its
citizens gets is not so good that they are so satisfied with it that they
don't even bother to try to get a job and work to help out in paying for it.
This is the way it's beginning to get in the United States. There are just
too many people living on the dole, and there isn't enough incentive for
them to go out and get a job. They are happy to sit in front of the TV all
day long and collect their welfare checks........I know this, because I have
met and talked to these people all of my life.....Also, I have been donating
about 1/3 of my income to them all of my life in the form of taxes, so the
proof of what I say is right there in my paycheck stubs.........You say that
France has the, "best health care system in the world"....Do they have the
right to choose their physician and hospital, or do they have to go where
the government wants them to go when they get sick? How long a line do they
have to stand in waiting to see a doctor when they get sick? Can a rich
Frenchman who has worked hard and saved his money all of his life get a
better doctor than one who has wasted his money on booze all of his life? -
Do you really like socialism? - If so, then why so?