Charlie wrote:
Just came across this article....one of those "not-so-good-things"

http://www.infowars.net/articles/jun...07Internet.htm

We all may have much more time inthe garden. ;-)


This article is a Liberatarian overreaction. Yes, we may end up having
sales tax charged on internet purchases. This won't stop internet
purchasing, it will only make the cost more competitive with local
merchants who do have to charge sales tax. I've been collecting state
taxes on the stuff I sell on the internet all the time I've been a net
merchant and it hasn't cut back on sales at all. Someone has to pay for
the roads and bridges and schools.

As far as taxes on ISPs go, you pay ridiculous taxes on your landline
phone and cell phone. Has that spelled the death of phone use? I don't
think so!

Now back to the gardening discussion!

In article ,
Jenny wrote:

Charlie wrote:

Oh well, never mind me.......i'm just a Usenet dinosaur.....but I am
smelling the end of a really good quiet corner of this here Interweb
thingie.

Carry On, don't mind me,
Charlie


I agree. I've been participating in newsgroups since '98. I was on
Compuserve before that. The explosion of blog culture seems to have
killed the interactive board world and many of my favorite groups have
been taken over by people with severe mental problems who are no longer
drowned out by saner voices. sigh This group still seems to have some
life in it. . .

Personally, I don't want to give a dime to the SOB in the White House.

http://costofwar.com/

- Bill
Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)

In article
,
Billy Rose wrote:

In article ,
Jenny wrote:

Charlie wrote:

Oh well, never mind me.......i'm just a Usenet dinosaur.....but I am
smelling the end of a really good quiet corner of this here Interweb
thingie.

Carry On, don't mind me,
Charlie


I agree. I've been participating in newsgroups since '98. I was on
Compuserve before that. The explosion of blog culture seems to have
killed the interactive board world and many of my favorite groups have
been taken over by people with severe mental problems who are no longer
drowned out by saner voices. sigh This group still seems to have some
life in it. . .

Personally, I don't want to give a dime to the SOB in the White House.

http://costofwar.com/

- Bill
Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)

http://www.aolwatch.org/bushold.shtml

I look at this each AM but I also wonder how we got to this state of
mind. I guess we get what we deserve.

Bill not a rose.

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On 6/7/07 4:28 PM, in article
, "Billy
Rose" wrote:

In article ,
Jenny wrote:

Charlie wrote:

Oh well, never mind me.......i'm just a Usenet dinosaur.....but I am
smelling the end of a really good quiet corner of this here Interweb
thingie.

Carry On, don't mind me,
Charlie


I agree. I've been participating in newsgroups since '98. I was on
Compuserve before that. The explosion of blog culture seems to have
killed the interactive board world and many of my favorite groups have
been taken over by people with severe mental problems who are no longer
drowned out by saner voices. sigh This group still seems to have some
life in it. . .

Personally, I don't want to give a dime to the SOB in the White House.

But I don't want to give a single cent to government....
C

"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
...
On 6/7/07 4:28 PM, in article
, "Billy
Rose" wrote:

In article ,
Jenny wrote:

Charlie wrote:

Oh well, never mind me.......i'm just a Usenet dinosaur.....but I am
smelling the end of a really good quiet corner of this here Interweb
thingie.

Carry On, don't mind me,
Charlie


I agree. I've been participating in newsgroups since '98. I was on
Compuserve before that. The explosion of blog culture seems to have
killed the interactive board world and many of my favorite groups have
been taken over by people with severe mental problems who are no longer
drowned out by saner voices. sigh This group still seems to have some
life in it. . .

Personally, I don't want to give a dime to the SOB in the White House.

But I don't want to give a single cent to government....
C

i don't want to either - but then if we don't, what happens? we can't have
anything - they come and take it! can't win for losing some
days................

On 6/7/07 6:58 PM, in article , "Rachael
Simpson" wrote:


"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
...
On 6/7/07 4:28 PM, in article
, "Billy
Rose" wrote:

In article ,
Jenny wrote:

Charlie wrote:

Oh well, never mind me.......i'm just a Usenet dinosaur.....but I am
smelling the end of a really good quiet corner of this here Interweb
thingie.

Carry On, don't mind me,
Charlie


I agree. I've been participating in newsgroups since '98. I was on
Compuserve before that. The explosion of blog culture seems to have
killed the interactive board world and many of my favorite groups have
been taken over by people with severe mental problems who are no longer
drowned out by saner voices. sigh This group still seems to have some
life in it. . .

Personally, I don't want to give a dime to the SOB in the White House.

But I don't want to give a single cent to government....
C

i don't want to either - but then if we don't, what happens? we can't have
anything - they come and take it! can't win for losing some
days................



I'm a fan of small government.
C

In article

..net,
William Wagner wrote:

In article
,
Billy Rose wrote:

In article ,
Jenny wrote:

Charlie wrote:

Oh well, never mind me.......i'm just a Usenet dinosaur.....but I am
smelling the end of a really good quiet corner of this here Interweb
thingie.

Carry On, don't mind me,
Charlie


I agree. I've been participating in newsgroups since '98. I was on
Compuserve before that. The explosion of blog culture seems to have
killed the interactive board world and many of my favorite groups have
been taken over by people with severe mental problems who are no longer
drowned out by saner voices. sigh This group still seems to have some
life in it. . .

Personally, I don't want to give a dime to the SOB in the White House.

http://costofwar.com/

- Bill
Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)

http://www.aolwatch.org/bushold.shtml

I look at this each AM but I also wonder how we got to this state of
mind. I guess we get what we deserve.

Bill not a rose.

We aren't going to get anywhere until we realize that both parties are
run by a bunch of weasels. We need to know that the Democratic Party,
the Republican Party, the U.N., the W.T.O., the World Bank, the I.M.F.
are front groups for world fascism (International Corporations). Most of
us just want to raise our kids and mow our lawn and reap the benefits of
our work, health care and retirement. But Bush and his eternal war
against those who resist American hegemony and, the secret wars in
Unganda, Somalia and, Columbia take our profits, our young and, our
dreams and beats them into weapons.

Whether you can throw your wooden shoes in to the machine or not, you
must recognize that "Cristal Nacht" is here again.

- Bill
F.B., Down with war.

In article
,
Billy Rose wrote:

In article

.net,
William Wagner wrote:

In article
,
Billy Rose wrote:

In article ,
Jenny wrote:

Charlie wrote:

Oh well, never mind me.......i'm just a Usenet dinosaur.....but I am
smelling the end of a really good quiet corner of this here Interweb
thingie.

Carry On, don't mind me,
Charlie


I agree. I've been participating in newsgroups since '98. I was on
Compuserve before that. The explosion of blog culture seems to have
killed the interactive board world and many of my favorite groups have
been taken over by people with severe mental problems who are no longer
drowned out by saner voices. sigh This group still seems to have some
life in it. . .

Personally, I don't want to give a dime to the SOB in the White House.

http://costofwar.com/

- Bill
Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)

http://www.aolwatch.org/bushold.shtml

I look at this each AM but I also wonder how we got to this state of
mind. I guess we get what we deserve.

Bill not a rose.

We aren't going to get anywhere until we realize that both parties are
run by a bunch of weasels. We need to know that the Democratic Party,
the Republican Party, the U.N., the W.T.O., the World Bank, the I.M.F.
are front groups for world fascism (International Corporations). Most of
us just want to raise our kids and mow our lawn and reap the benefits of
our work, health care and retirement. But Bush and his eternal war
against those who resist American hegemony and, the secret wars in
Unganda, Somalia and, Columbia take our profits, our young and, our
dreams and beats them into weapons.

Whether you can throw your wooden shoes in to the machine or not, you
must recognize that "Cristal Nacht" is here again.

- Bill
F.B., Down with war.

F. B. and all that.
Finally the temps are moving up out of the 70s and we should be into the
mid 80's here in the Bay area by tomorrow. All but the largest tomatoes
and peppers have shut down any growth. Hoping that a heat spell will
kick these suckers back into action. Weather guesser says we will break
90 F in 9 days. Hope s/he is right.

Honey bees are doing fine here so far. A couple dozen were working the
violets yesterday. I think I may have identified my unknown herb that
looks like tarragon as skullcap. I still have some kind of mint with
pink stalks and some pink leaves but I think Jan may have headed me in
the right direction when, referring to another poster's problem, that
lack of phosphorous can cause this pinking effect. So the mint is
probably catnip, although it is not very minty tasting. On the other
hand I have 3 pots of them, what could I have been thinking? That just
leaves unknown 2, which from the pictures kinda looks like tarragon
(skullcap) with a severe phosphorous deficiency. Think I'll add some
bone meal and see what happens. Today is transplanting day for lemon
balm, elecampane, goldenrod, lettuce, and alyssum. Discovered my schafer
hund licking the ravaged cucumbers yesterday morning. Today, I'll wrap
chicken wire around its' trellis before they disappear, like one of my
zukes. First she takes up avocados and now cucumbers. Never had a dog so
taken by salads.

Have as good a day as you can.

- Billy
Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)