From: Sylvia Else on
On 14/06/2010 10:47 PM, Noddy wrote:
> "Sylvia Else"<sylvia(a)not.here.invalid> wrote in message
> news:87mmenF5auU1(a)mid.individual.net...
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>> So France contributes when Australia rescues people that are definitely in
>> Australia's area of responsibility?
>
> Lol :) That's pretty funny :)
>
> France's idea of contributing to anything is usually by throwing their arms
> up in surrender, hiding behind a wall while other people sort out the
> problem and then rushing up to the victor and saying "we showed 'em".
>
> --
> Regards,
> Noddy.
>
>

I hear they're pretty good at blowing up unarmed vessels in foreign ports.

Sylvia.
From: OzOne on
On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:26:10 +1000, "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote:

>
><OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com> wrote in message
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>> Diversion noted.
>
>ROTFLMAO :)

Yeah laugh clown...
>
>> Want me to show another one?

>
>> Lets see the Subaru that you claim was never produced with a switch on
>> the gearstick to switch between FWD and AWD.
>
>I said they never sold one here, but anyway.

Yeah you did....after you stated they had never been built, and after
I posted a link to the Loyale that I owned in New Zealand.






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From: OzOne on
On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:42:54 +1000, "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote:

>
><OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com> wrote in message
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>> Hmmmm, So when my arthritic,demented MIL, who has moments of lucidity
>> decides that she can walk to the shop and find her way home, that is
>> patently stupid and she should not be rescued?
>
>I never said *anyone* shouldn't be rescued, but she is quite unquestionably
>patently stupid.
>
>Anything else?

Yeah...you still avoided 2 points and now another.

I'll ask again where do you draw the line?

Oh and she had dementia..she is NOT stupid.




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From: OzOne on
On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:47:25 +1000, D Walford
<dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote:

>On 14/06/2010 9:37 PM, OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com wrote:
>> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:16:49 +1000, "Noddy"<me(a)home.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> <OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com> wrote in message
>>> news:to2c16t4jgo2dha95gnv33np7e7uogvg8p(a)4ax.com...
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>>>> I'd be interested to know where you draw the line at "personal
>>>> adventure"
>>>
>>> Precisely as I mentioned. Anyone setting off on an out of the ordinary trek
>>> where there is a fair chance that they'll need to call for help if things
>>> don't go exactly as planned.
>>>
>>>> If my mother in law decided to walk to the local shop it'd be a
>>>> prsonal adventure and she may actually require rescue.
>>>
>>> I suspect that only someone in your family would consider walking to the
>>> local shop a "personal adventure".
>>
>> So where is your line drawn.....For my arthritic demented mother in
>> law, a walk to the shops IS a personal adventure.
>>
>> You might like to define "out of the ordinary trek" especially when a
>> trek is a journey involving difficulty or hardship.
>>
>> I'd state again that for my mother in law a walk to the shops is an
>> "out of the ordinary trek"
>
>The difference is the very significant difference in the "rescue" cost,
>big difference between $200,000.00 and maybe $2000.00.
>Good chance that your mother in law would pay for her rescue through her
>ambulance membership or health insurance.

OK so where is the line drawn?
So we do a cost analysis before a rescue?
We ask the person trapped in the middle of the ocean with no
communication if they have insurance or can pay for the rescue?
We find the lost bushwalkers and walk away if they don't poney up?




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From: OzOne on
On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:27:15 +1000, "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote:

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><OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com> wrote in message
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>> Did you notice the word "fundraising"
>
>I did indeed.
>
>How much did *you* kick in out of your own pocket? Paying them back with
>other people's money doesn't really cut the mustard.

So you place no value on your time.




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