250 Days

Tim Bruening

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Mar 8, 2007, 11:14:36 PM3/8/07

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250 days since Canada Day (July 1).

nemo

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Mar 9, 2007, 12:15:13 PM3/9/07

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"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
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> 250 days since Canada Day (July 1).

What about Canada Dry??

Snicker

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Mar 10, 2007, 8:59:15 AM3/10/07

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On Mar 8, 10:14?pm, Tim Bruening <tsbru...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
> 250 days since Canada Day (July 1).

It is one day since yesterday.

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nemo

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Mar 10, 2007, 11:16:34 AM3/10/07

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"Snicker" <johnnai...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Mar 8, 10:14?pm, Tim Bruening <tsbru...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
> > 250 days since Canada Day (July 1).
>
> It is one day since yesterday.
>

And one day till tomorrow too, and two days to my 60th. birthday!!!

Happy birfday to meeeee!
It has filled meee with gleeeee!
Because I'm reeetiring,
Lots of cash will I seeeee!

Nemo.
Ohhhh! It's really like being in heaven, to retire in 2007!!

Tim Bruening

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Mar 10, 2007, 3:43:21 PM3/10/07

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nemo wrote:

> "Snicker" <johnnai...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1173535155.5...@q40g2000cwq.googlegroups.com...
> > On Mar 8, 10:14?pm, Tim Bruening <tsbru...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
> > > 250 days since Canada Day (July 1).
> >
> > It is one day since yesterday.
> >
> And one day till tomorrow too, and two days to my 60th. birthday!!!
>
> Happy birfday to meeeee!
> It has filled meee with gleeeee!
> Because I'm reeetiring,
> Lots of cash will I seeeee!

I'm amazed that all those 60 year retirees don't bankrupt Britain!

nemo

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Mar 11, 2007, 11:38:12 AM3/11/07

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"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message

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The amount paid to over 60s is a drop in the ocean compared with what the
government has spent on wars over the last few years!

Problems will occur in the future because of people living longer and
therefore drawing their pensions for longer - but what are you going to do?
Bring in euthanasia? We fought WW2 against that sort of thing! No. The
governamet will have to bite the bullet and increase taxes.

I've already said: Officially, men retire at age 65 in the UK, but to get us
60+ unemployables off the unemployment register, the government decided to
have Pension Credit begin at 60, the reason being to get the unemployment
statistics down so the government will look good. The fact that so many
company pension funds have gone bankrupt and/or have had their funds stolen
my management added to the need for this as well.

The reason that 60+s are largely unemployable is age discrimination amongst
employers. It's not our fault - so why shouldn't we take advantage of our
government's generous provisions?

A new law came in last September outlawing such age discrimination, but how
can it be enforced? All an employer has to do is say that someone with
better quaifications came for teh job you applied for, and whet can you do.
There's no way you can get proof that this is not so.

And even if I'd have taken the other option and remained on the Dole, it
would also have increased to £114 odd a week. It's a 'safety net' figure
that no-one over 60 should receive less than and it's the Law. So there!

Good innit?!

Just got one of those Freeview digital TV set-top boxes to help relieve the
boredom that people think I'm going to experience. I've just found that the
UKTV History has a whole Sunday of David Attenborough's nature programmes
on. Great!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough
http://www.freeview.co.uk/home

Got the cheapest set-top box going. £19.99 ($38.61) plus a few quid for a
SCART lead. Great though. Does the job perfectly well and the picture's
excellent - far better than analogue. Even up here on the 5th. floor I used
to get ghosting on the picture. Not on digital though.

It's even got remote control of volume and a mute button. Just the thing for
hugely over-loud commercials etc. Why *do* marketing men think they can sell
stuff to people by annoying them?

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5320754/Trail/C%24cip%3D49550.Sound%2Band%2Bvision%3EC%24cip%3D49601.Digital%2BTV%2Band%2Bfreeview.htm

And I'm just about to fill in the form for my over 60s bus/London
Underground/Docklands Light Railway pass! And for £20 I can get a main-line
rail discount card as well that can pay for itself twice over on just one
journey. The only disadvantage is that you have to book well in advance. And
I also get a winter fuel allowance of around £200. This was brought in
because so many elderly people were becoming ill or dying of hypothermia
even because they couldn't afford to heat their homes in the winter.

So I'll say it again . . .

Ohhhh! It's really like being in heaven, to retire in 2007!!

So what? I've been waiting for this for sixty years. I'm entitled to gloat!
:oD

Tim Bruening

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Mar 27, 2007, 2:38:30 AM3/27/07

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250 days since Lunar Landing Day.

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250 days since Constitution Day (September 17).

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250 days since Columbus Day.

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250 days to Leap Day.

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250 days since UN Day.

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250 days since Halloween.

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250 days to Pi Day (3/14).

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250 days to Easter (March 23).

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250 days since Fall Of Berlin Wall Day.

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250 days to 7-11 Day.

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250 days since the Start of Daylight Savings in the U.S.

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250 days since Pi Day (March 14, or 3/14).

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250 days since the Ides of March.

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250 days to Hiroshima Day.

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250 days to 08/08/08.

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250 days to Announcement of Nixon's Resignation Day.

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250 days to Nagasaki Day.

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250 days to Actual Nixon Resignation Day.

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250 days to California Admission Day (Sept. 9).

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Jan 9, 2008, 5:54:45 AM1/9/08

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250 days to my Mom's and stepdad's 9th anniversary.

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250 days to 3 Squared, 3 Cubed (9/27).

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250 days to Sputnik Day.

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250 days since my brother Chris' 46th birthday.

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Feb 18, 2008, 12:38:31 AM2/18/08

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250 days to UN Day.

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250 days to October 25.

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250 days to October 28.

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250 days to October 30.

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Correction: 250 days to Halloween.

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Feb 29, 2008, 6:32:20 AM2/29/08

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250 days since June 23.

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250 days to Guy Fawkes Day.

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Mar 7, 2008, 6:09:03 PM3/7/08

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250 days since Canada Day.

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250 days since American Independence Day.

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250 days since the 4th of July.

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250 days since 07/07/07.

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250 days since the anniversaries of the 1st nuclear test and the
launching of the first lunar landing mission.

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250 days since Bastille Day.

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250 days since the anniversaries of the first nuclear test and the
launching of the first Lunar landing mission.

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250 days since Lunar Landing Day.

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250 days to First Airplane Day.

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250 days since Nixon Resignation Day.

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250 days since Nagasaki Day.

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250 days since my Dad's 69th birthday.

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Apr 22, 2008, 12:10:10 AM4/22/08

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250 days since the birthdays of India and Pakistan.

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250 days since my brother Ben's 45th birthday.

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250 days to New Year's Eve.

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Tim Bruening

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250 days since Women's Suffrage Day.

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250 days since California Admission Day.

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May 25, 2008, 7:47:00 PM5/25/08

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250 days since my Mom and stepdad's 8th anniversary.

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250 days to February 6.

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250 days since September 25.

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250 days since my 41st birthday.

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250 days to February 9.

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250 days since German Reunification Day.

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250 days to Valentine's Day.

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250 days since Sputnik Day.

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250 days since October 30.

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250 days since Halloween.

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250 days since Halloween.

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250 days to Pi Day (3/14).

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250 days to the Ides of March.

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250 days since All Saints Day.

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250 days since All Souls Day.

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250 days to Saint Patrick's Day.

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250 days since Guy Fawkes Day.

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250 days to Spring in the North and Fall in the South.

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250 days since Bolshevik Revolution Day.

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250 days since Veteran's Day.

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250 days to March 25.

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250 days to March 27.

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Jul 21, 2008, 2:14:50 AM7/21/08

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250 days since November 13.

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250 days to Cesar Chavez Day (March 31).

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250 days to April Fools Day.

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250 days to April 2.

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Jul 26, 2008, 4:17:43 AM7/26/08

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250 days since November 19.

Tim Bruening

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250 days since November 20.

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250 days to April 3.

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Jul 29, 2008, 3:29:48 AM7/29/08

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250 days since Thanksgiving (November 22).

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Jul 31, 2008, 2:50:39 AM7/31/08

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250 days since Buy Nothing Day on November 23.

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Aug 5, 2008, 3:50:18 AM8/5/08

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250 days to Easter on April 12, 2009.

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250 days to Easter Monday (April 13).

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Aug 8, 2008, 8:20:53 AM8/8/08

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250 days to Tax Day on April 15.

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Aug 8, 2008, 8:20:57 AM8/8/08

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250 days since the first Sunday on Advent on December 2.

Tim Bruening

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Aug 14, 2008, 3:48:28 AM8/14/08

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250 days to April 21.

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250 days since Immaculate Conception Day On December 8.

nemo

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Aug 14, 2008, 6:01:42 AM8/14/08

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"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
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> 250 days since the first Sunday on Advent on December 2.

Advent: To improve the air conditioning

nemo

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"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message

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> 250 days to Tax Day on April 15.

Taxarse: A state where they charge revenue on people's bottoms.

Tim Bruening

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Aug 16, 2008, 1:33:13 AM8/16/08

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250 days to Earth Day on April 22.

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Aug 25, 2008, 1:02:32 AM8/25/08

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250 days to May Day on May 1.

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Aug 25, 2008, 1:02:34 AM8/25/08

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250 days to my girlfriend Mary's 54th birthday on May 1.

Tim Bruening

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Aug 26, 2008, 1:52:18 AM8/26/08

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250 days since December 19.