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It was apparently determined that Pluto may not actually be a Planet
at the same time it was becoming convincing that The Universe
is actually made of protons, neutrons, electrons & morons.
 
And now for a winter project.


It has taken me many, many months of my retirement time, but I have just finished building my new Medicine Cabinet. I don’t know about you, but I think it was well worth the time and expense.

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DiseaseWineDaily dose
AllergiesChardonay de Paeuf1 glass
AnaemiaGraves4 glasses
BronchitisBourgogne or Bordeaux
( + sugar and cinnamon )		3 cups
ConstipationAnjou blanc Vouvray4 glasses
Coronary arteriesDry Champagne4 glasses
DiarrhoeaBeaujolais Nouveau4 glasses
FeverChampagne sec1 bottle
HeartBurgundy, Santenay Rouge2 glasses
Uric acid (ie gout)Sancerre, Pouilly Fume4 glasses
HypertensionAlsace, Sancerre4 glasses
MenopauseSaint Emilion4 glasses
DepressionRhine4 glasses
ObesityBurgundy4 glasses
ObesityRose Provence1 bottle
RheumatismChampagne4 glasses
Excessive weight lossChateau de Beaune4 glasses
 
LE BARON said:
And now for a winter project.


It has taken me many, many months of my retirement time, but I have just finished building my new Medicine Cabinet. I don’t know about you, but I think it was well worth the time and expense.

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DiseaseWineDaily dose
AllergiesChardonay de Paeuf1 glass
AnaemiaGraves4 glasses
BronchitisBourgogne or Bordeaux
( + sugar and cinnamon )		3 cups
ConstipationAnjou blanc Vouvray4 glasses
Coronary arteriesDry Champagne4 glasses
DiarrhoeaBeaujolais Nouveau4 glasses
FeverChampagne sec1 bottle
HeartBurgundy, Santenay Rouge2 glasses
Uric acid (ie gout)Sancerre, Pouilly Fume4 glasses
HypertensionAlsace, Sancerre4 glasses
MenopauseSaint Emilion4 glasses
DepressionRhine4 glasses
ObesityBurgundy4 glasses
ObesityRose Provence1 bottle
RheumatismChampagne4 glasses
Excessive weight lossChateau de Beaune4 glasses
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Pretty cool looking fall out shelter LB. 😉
 
SN-III said:
Please know the below is not my words ... however found them on FB.
As I don't keep track of stuff on FB, I'm posting it here so that I can find it quick
and put it in front of someone who complains to me again ...
especially when explaining why I go on solo beer runs south of the 49th ... :joyful:
No sooner did I post these words here, I went back to FB and can't find it already.


Explaining the Canadian tax system through,....BEER.

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes in Canada, it would go something like this…

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1. The sixth would pay $3. The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12. The ninth would pay $18. The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that’s what they decided to do.

The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve ball.
“Since you are all such good customers,” he said, “I’m going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20”. Drinks for the ten men would now cost just $80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes. So the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free.
But what about the other six men ? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his fair share?
They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody’s share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.
So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill by a higher percentage the poorer he was, to follow the principle of the tax system they had been using,
and he proceeded to work out the amounts he suggested that each should now pay.

And so the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% saving).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33% saving). The seventh now paid $5 instead of $7 (28% saving).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% saving). The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% saving). The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% saving).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free.

But, once outside the bar, the men began to compare their savings.
“I only got a dollar out of the $20 saving,” declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man,”but he got $10!”
“Yeah, that’s right,” exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a dollar too. It’s unfair that he got ten times more benefit than me!”
“That’s true!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get $10 back, when I got only $2? The wealthy get all the breaks!”
“Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison, “we didn’t get anything at all. This new tax system exploits the poor!”
The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks so the nine sat down and had their beers without him.
But when it came time to pay the bill, they didn’t have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill.
And that is how our tax system works.
The people who already pay the highest taxes will naturally get the most benefit from a tax reduction.
Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore.
In fact, they might start drinking in a different country, where the atmosphere is friendlier.
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Does this mean you are the tenth man Spence?
 

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