Nikon D70 issues/questions Vs. Canon

"David Littlewood" wrote in message
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In article , William Graham
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"ian lincoln" wrote in message
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"William Graham" wrote in message
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of course the
license plates are another 250$ per year. And so on...

Well, I left California just as soon as possible after I retired, and I
didn't go to Quebec....:^) - I went to Oregon, where we don't have any
sales taxes, and the vehicle registration fees were $15 a year,
regardless of what you drove. Since then, however, they have
arbitrarily
raised the DMV fees to about $28 a year,

Ha try £161 a year.

Well, at least that's "fixed", regardless of what you drive. In
California,
it varies with the price of the automobile.....IOW, it's a property tax.
So,
if you collect Hasselblads, you pay no property tax, but if you collect
automobiles, they stick it to you every year. This has nothing to do with
wear and tear on the roads, since a new Ferrari puts a lot less wear on
them, and has a lot less pollution than a 20 year old clunker. The
unfairness of this seems only apparent to us conservatives.........


It also seems to me unfair in that a single person is not going to put
more wear on the roads whether he has one car or 20.

David
--
David Littlewood

You might lend one to someone else or something.

"Chris Brown" wrote in message
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In article ,
William Graham wrote:

"ian lincoln" wrote in message
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Ha try £161 a year.

Well, at least that's "fixed", regardless of what you drive.

Not true - it varies according to the efficiency category your car is in.
I
pay around a third of that for a Toyota Prius.

Yes i heartily agree with discounts for energy efficient and low emission
cars. It would mean the average american paying £200 per vehicle.

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:19:29 GMT, (Ray
Fischer) wrote:

Paul Bielec wrote:
RobGN wrote:
Jennifer,

I sympathize with you on your frustration on your job; my sister-in-law
is a nurse in Ottawa and I hear her complain about the shortages
constantly.

However, I must mention that our healthcare system, with all its
faults, has one advantage we cannot take for granted: Should anyone of
us have a serious accident which would cause us to be hospitalized, our
healthcare system pays for our stay, our Doctors, our Therapists, our
Nurses, our medications while in hospital. I cannot imagine the cost I
would have had to incure when I was involved in a highway accident last
winter and was in the hospital for 3 weeks.

Jennifer, yours is a wonderful job.

I live in Quebec.

I needed a shoulder surgery. The waiting list for this type of surgery
is months, if not a year or two. One call my mother made to a doctor we
know and I had it done within a month. With the amount of taxes I pay
because of my high income, I'm in a my right to expect this level of
services without having contacts.

Drive across the border with $30,000 in your checking account.

You can get all the service you want.

What? You don't want to pay $30,000? Then wait.

Not a chance -- he'd rather stay home and bitch about the
lousy care, then have mommy make one call so he can jump to the head
of the line ahead of those less fortunate or less well-connected.

Mama's boy does just fine where he is. Too bad someone else
had to get stiffed so he could have his comfort. And then consider it
his "right" by virtue of his wealth. Self-obsessed pansy.

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:37:34 -0400, Paul Bielec wrote:

Ray Fischer wrote:

Paul Bielec wrote:

RobGN wrote:

Jennifer,

I sympathize with you on your frustration on your job; my sister-in-law
is a nurse in Ottawa and I hear her complain about the shortages
constantly.

However, I must mention that our healthcare system, with all its
faults, has one advantage we cannot take for granted: Should anyone of
us have a serious accident which would cause us to be hospitalized, our
healthcare system pays for our stay, our Doctors, our Therapists, our
Nurses, our medications while in hospital. I cannot imagine the cost I
would have had to incure when I was involved in a highway accident last
winter and was in the hospital for 3 weeks.

Jennifer, yours is a wonderful job.

I live in Quebec.

I needed a shoulder surgery. The waiting list for this type of surgery
is months, if not a year or two. One call my mother made to a doctor we
know and I had it done within a month. With the amount of taxes I pay
because of my high income, I'm in a my right to expect this level of
services without having contacts.


Drive across the border with $30,000 in your checking account.

You can get all the service you want.

What? You don't want to pay $30,000? Then wait.


I didn't have to. Had it done by one of the best specialists in
Montreal. Free of charge and bypassing the waiting list.

And quite proud of it. Shameless *******.

How about fat chance.

How about getting your delete key repaired.


On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 08:13:36 -0400, Ed Ruf
wrote:

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 12:12:25 GMT, in rec.photo.digital
(Ray Fischer) wrote:

Did you pay $30,000? No? Then your whine about "high taxes" is
pointless nonsense. You didn't pay for the service you got. You
are part of the problem.

Hey folks, how about taking this discussion somewhere else? Please.
_________________________________________________ _______
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On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 08:56:29 -0400, Paul Bielec wrote:

Ray Fischer wrote:

Paul Bielec wrote:

Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:

Paul Bielec wrote:


I didn't have to. Had it done by one of the best specialists in
Montreal. Free of charge and bypassing the waiting list.


And that is fair to those who honor the rules how? Perhaps you are part
of the problem rather than the solution?


This same question can be very easily turned around:
With the high taxes I pay in Quebec for the oublic healthcare system,
why do I have to rely on contacts to get efficient services?


Did you pay $30,000? No? Then your whine about "high taxes" is
pointless nonsense. You didn't pay for the service you got. You
are part of the problem.

Just to finish this, yes, me and my wife, we pay way over 30000$ in
income taxes every year. As matter of fact, we probably pay closer to
60000$ per year in taxes. And if you actually read what I said, you'd
have noticed that I'm not complaining about the taxes but about the
quality or lack of services in exchange.
Now, do you actually have something smart to say or being rude and
obnoxious is all he have to offer?

No -- you've cornered the market on obnoxious. And selfish.
And pompous.

How dare your government treat you so shabbily -- as if you
were just any another citizen.

What are you doing about the fact that those without your
connections have to wait so long? Other than gloating over your
privilege?

"David Littlewood" wrote in message
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In article , William Graham
writes

"ian lincoln" wrote in message
k...

"William Graham" wrote in message
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of course the
license plates are another 250$ per year. And so on...

Well, I left California just as soon as possible after I retired, and I
didn't go to Quebec....:^) - I went to Oregon, where we don't have any
sales taxes, and the vehicle registration fees were $15 a year,
regardless of what you drove. Since then, however, they have
arbitrarily
raised the DMV fees to about $28 a year,

Ha try £161 a year.

Well, at least that's "fixed", regardless of what you drive. In
California,
it varies with the price of the automobile.....IOW, it's a property tax.
So,
if you collect Hasselblads, you pay no property tax, but if you collect
automobiles, they stick it to you every year. This has nothing to do with
wear and tear on the roads, since a new Ferrari puts a lot less wear on
them, and has a lot less pollution than a 20 year old clunker. The
unfairness of this seems only apparent to us conservatives.........


It also seems to me unfair in that a single person is not going to put
more wear on the roads whether he has one car or 20.

David

Now you are going to get me off on my liability insurance rant....That's
where I thrash the insurance companies for charging for a separate liability
insurance policy on each car, even though those cars are parked while you
drive only one at a time.
The same thing (as you are pointing out) is true of the wear and tear on
the roads. You should only have to pay registration fees for one vehicle,
since you can only drive one at a time. - That's why I claim the fees are
really a property tax. Here in Oregon, at $15 a year, they were really
registration fees. (until they began bumping them up.) Now they have smelled
all that money waiting to be plucked from the populace, so the scent of
blood is on their minds.....:^)

"William Graham" wrote in message
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"David Littlewood" wrote in message
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In article , William Graham
writes

"ian lincoln" wrote in message
. uk...

"William Graham" wrote in message
. ..
of course the
license plates are another 250$ per year. And so on...

Well, I left California just as soon as possible after I retired, and
I
didn't go to Quebec....:^) - I went to Oregon, where we don't have any
sales taxes, and the vehicle registration fees were $15 a year,
regardless of what you drove. Since then, however, they have
arbitrarily
raised the DMV fees to about $28 a year,

Ha try £161 a year.

Well, at least that's "fixed", regardless of what you drive. In
California,
it varies with the price of the automobile.....IOW, it's a property tax.
So,
if you collect Hasselblads, you pay no property tax, but if you collect
automobiles, they stick it to you every year. This has nothing to do with
wear and tear on the roads, since a new Ferrari puts a lot less wear on
them, and has a lot less pollution than a 20 year old clunker. The
unfairness of this seems only apparent to us conservatives.........


It also seems to me unfair in that a single person is not going to put
more wear on the roads whether he has one car or 20.

David

Now you are going to get me off on my liability insurance rant....That's
where I thrash the insurance companies for charging for a separate
liability insurance policy on each car, even though those cars are parked
while you drive only one at a time.

Haven't got a wife, girfriend, kids of driving age?

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What are you doing about the fact that those without your
connections have to wait so long? Other than gloating over your
privilege?

Why should he do anything? Are you suggesting he go without just like
everyone else? **** my neighbour only has a ford escort and i have a bmw.
I must sell it immediately and get a ford cos its so unfair, boo hoo.

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Not a chance -- he'd rather stay home and bitch about the
lousy care, then have mommy make one call so he can jump to the head
of the line ahead of those less fortunate or less well-connected.

Mama's boy does just fine where he is. Too bad someone else
had to get stiffed so he could have his comfort. And then consider it
his "right" by virtue of his wealth. Self-obsessed pansy.

I sense the green eyed monster at work. Don't expect me to believe for a
second that you wouldn't have done the same in a heart beat should the
opportunity arise.