No good deed goes unpunished

Conscience > wrote in -
september.org:

> On 2010-12-05 18:18:01 -0800, Tegger > said:
>
>> Conscience > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> On 2010-12-05 15:41:56 -0800, Tegger > said:
>>>
>>
>>>>
>>>> The moral of US tort reform? Sometimes smart people are awfully
>>>> stupid.
>>>
>>> Missed you around here.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Where've /you/ been?
>
> Been here for some time.



In a.a.t maybe? I abandoned that group ages ago on account of the politics.
I see that this thread has been crossposted to a.a.t.



> A couple of vacations this year to Europe,
> Alaska, and Hawaii.
>
> None planned until April or so at this point.
>



You must be rich. Our vacations are to more prosaic destinations, like PA.


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Tegger

On 12/06/2010 02:14 PM, jim wrote:
>
>
> "Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B" wrote:
>
>>
>> Nah, I competely believe that some money-grubbing lawyer contacted the
>> BBC, threatened a lawsuit, collected $20,000 and gave the mission $5,000...
>
> You have me convinced that you are that stupid, but the BBC isn't.

they may not be stupid, but the bbc is just like any other
government-sponsored organ - it toes the party line. and it propagates
a constant "drip drip drip" of poking at the u.s. in practically every
show, comedian's act, and government proclamation it broadcasts.

i think they do it to make their proles afraid of what might happen if
they entertained the idea of deserting and coming here. 'cos there's no
way they're staying there for the weather, women or food.


--
nomina rutrum rutrum

Conscience > wrote in
:

> On 2010-12-06 15:19:13 -0800, Tegger > said:
>
>>>>> Missed you around here.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Where've /you/ been?
>>>
>>> Been here for some time.
>>
>>
>>
>> In a.a.t maybe? I abandoned that group ages ago on account of the
>> politics. I see that this thread has been crossposted to a.a.t.
>
> I assume you're on rec.autos.tech then?
>



Yeah. More tech, less politics.



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Tegger

On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:19:13 +0000, Tegger wrote:

> Conscience > wrote in -
> september.org:
>
>> On 2010-12-05 18:18:01 -0800, Tegger > said:
>>
>>> Conscience > wrote in
>>> :
>>>
>>>> On 2010-12-05 15:41:56 -0800, Tegger > said:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>> The moral of US tort reform? Sometimes smart people are awfully
>>>>> stupid.
>>>>
>>>> Missed you around here.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Where've /you/ been?
>>
>> Been here for some time.
>
>
>
> In a.a.t maybe? I abandoned that group ages ago on account of the
> politics. I see that this thread has been crossposted to a.a.t.

No, teg, FROM a.a.t...

>
>
>
>> A couple of vacations this year to Europe, Alaska, and Hawaii.
>>
>> None planned until April or so at this point.
>>
>>
>
>
> You must be rich. Our vacations are to more prosaic destinations, like PA.

On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:19:13 +0000, Tegger wrote:

> Conscience > wrote in -
> september.org:
>
>> On 2010-12-05 18:18:01 -0800, Tegger > said:
>>
>>> Conscience > wrote in
>>> :
>>>
>>>> On 2010-12-05 15:41:56 -0800, Tegger > said:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>> The moral of US tort reform? Sometimes smart people are awfully
>>>>> stupid.
>>>>
>>>> Missed you around here.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Where've /you/ been?
>>
>> Been here for some time.
>
>
>
> In a.a.t maybe? I abandoned that group ages ago on account of the
> politics. I see that this thread has been crossposted to a.a.t.

No, teg, FROM a.a.t...

>
>
>
>> A couple of vacations this year to Europe, Alaska, and Hawaii.
>>
>> None planned until April or so at this point.
>>
>>
>
>
> You must be rich. Our vacations are to more prosaic destinations, like PA.

On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:14:33 -0600, jim wrote:

>
>
> "Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B" wrote:
>
>
>> Nah, I competely believe that some money-grubbing lawyer contacted the
>> BBC, threatened a lawsuit, collected $20,000 and gave the mission
>> $5,000...
>
> You have me convinced that you are that stupid, but the BBC isn't.

Guess you don't know lawyers...

On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:14:33 -0600, jim wrote:

>
>
> "Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B" wrote:
>
>
>> Nah, I competely believe that some money-grubbing lawyer contacted the
>> BBC, threatened a lawsuit, collected $20,000 and gave the mission
>> $5,000...
>
> You have me convinced that you are that stupid, but the BBC isn't.


Why would they lie about it? Looking for another lawsuit?
I think you may have who the 'stupid' one is reversed...

On Mon, 6 Dec 2010 12:24:48 -0400, "Econo-cars"
> wrote:

>
>"hls" > wrote in message
m...
>>
>> "John" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 12/4/2010 3:13 PM, hls wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "Hachiroku" > wrote in message
>>>> news:ide1h5>
>>>>> "No. A woman came out of the mission and said we had stated the Camaro
>>>>> was
>>>>> a '90, when actually it was an '89, and that they were going to sue us
>>>>> for
>>>>> misrepresentation. She said if I gave her $20,000 it could all go away
>>>>> right now. Moral of the story, you CAN actually buy a car and drive
>>>>> cheaper than renting, just DON'T DO IT IN AMERICA!"
>>>>
>>>> Never underestimate the will of some American people to get something
>>>> for nothing. We are a litigious nation of thieves.
>>>
>>> Easy there, the majority of us in the states are disgusted when this crap
>>> happens. We are responsible people who hold our self accountable for our
>>> actions. The problem is too many of the other assholes get the
>>> publicity.
>>
>>
>> I would hope that most of us are still honest, and work for what we
>> get. That has not been the formula for easy wealth lately, and as the
>> jobs and income situation worsens, it is not likely to improve.
>>
>> Many people LOVE to suffer some sort of legal slight so that they
>> can sue. Their lawyers love it even more.
>
>America needs to make a law that lawyers can't advertise. That will get rid
>of the scam suits soon enough. If memory serves most of the british
>commonwealth countries didn't allow lawyers to advertise on TV or radio,
>just in directories like local phone books. It may also be harder to get
>frivolous cases before the courts also.
>
>Econo-cars
>


We used to have laws that prevented lawyers from advertising but the
courts knocked them down.

Q: What do you call a bus with 100 lawyers in it that's at the bottom
of a lake?

A: A good start.

New Orleans is a case showing the gimme mentality of many Americans.
When the impending storm was announced how many refused to leave
believing the government has a duty to care for them.?


On Dec 4, 1:33*pm, Hachiroku >
wrote:ment
> I was watching reruns of Top Gear this morning (well, not 'watching'...I
> got home ~3 last night, so I was kind of one-eyeing the TV this morning)
> and they did this thing where they came to America, and instead of renting
> cars, they bought some older cars just shy of beaters and drove them to
> New Orleans. First thing that got my attention was one of them saying "We
> couldn't believe this kind of devastation would still be apparent a year
> after Katrina. In the wealthiest nation in the world, how do you sleep at
> night?!"
>
> But the killer was they had decided to drive to NO and SELL the cars and
> see who could get the highest price, but after seeing the place they
> decided it wouldn't be right to sell the cars, so they looked up a mission
> and GAVE the cars away. James What-his-name had an '89 Camaro that was in
> decent shape, and as he was describing it to the people that wound up
> taking it, he said "Rev counter..not good. Speedo...not good. Fuel
> guage...not good. Engine...BRILLIANT, and the transmission too."
>
> After the segment, in the studio back in England, one of the guys said to
> James, "Well, the tape made it look like giving your car away was a piece
> of cake, but it wasn't quite that easy, was it?" James said...
>
> "No. A woman came out of the mission and said we had stated the Camaro was
> a '90, when actually it was an '89, and that they were going to sue us for
> misrepresentation. She said if I gave her $20,000 it could all go away
> right now. Moral of the story, you CAN actually buy a car and drive
> cheaper than renting, just DON'T DO IT IN AMERICA!"

On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:11:53 -0800, Big Jim wrote:

> New Orleans is a case showing the gimme mentality of many Americans. When
> the impending storm was announced how many refused to leave believing the
> government has a duty to care for them.?

But scenarios sum it up completely.


>
>
> On Dec 4, 1:33Â*pm, Hachiroku > wrote:ment
>> I was watching reruns of Top Gear this morning (well, not 'watching'...I
>> got home ~3 last night, so I was kind of one-eyeing the TV this morning)
>> and they did this thing where they came to America, and instead of
>> renting cars, they bought some older cars just shy of beaters and drove
>> them to New Orleans. First thing that got my attention was one of them
>> saying "We couldn't believe this kind of devastation would still be
>> apparent a year after Katrina. In the wealthiest nation in the world,
>> how do you sleep at night?!"
>>
>> But the killer was they had decided to drive to NO and SELL the cars and
>> see who could get the highest price, but after seeing the place they
>> decided it wouldn't be right to sell the cars, so they looked up a
>> mission and GAVE the cars away. James What-his-name had an '89 Camaro
>> that was in decent shape, and as he was describing it to the people that
>> wound up taking it, he said "Rev counter..not good. Speedo...not good.
>> Fuel guage...not good. Engine...BRILLIANT, and the transmission too."
>>
>> After the segment, in the studio back in England, one of the guys said
>> to James, "Well, the tape made it look like giving your car away was a
>> piece of cake, but it wasn't quite that easy, was it?" James said...
>>
>> "No. A woman came out of the mission and said we had stated the Camaro
>> was a '90, when actually it was an '89, and that they were going to sue
>> us for misrepresentation. She said if I gave her $20,000 it could all go
>> away right now. Moral of the story, you CAN actually buy a car and drive
>> cheaper than renting, just DON'T DO IT IN AMERICA!"