Comments for The Abbott Family Website http://www.abbott-pcs.com For all our bits and pieces Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:56:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on Did you know? by Graywolf http://www.abbott-pcs.com/did-you-know#comment-9 Graywolf Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:56:28 +0000 http://www.abbott-pcs.com/?p=226#comment-9 Humm? Maybe, I should come over there as a refugee from the Social Security System (old age pention) over here. The US Government gives me $8748US/yr (about the minimum one person can live on over here is $15000/yr), of course I do get some assistance in addition (you work 40-50 years and they give you so little you have to be on assistance to pay your medical expenses and part of your rent). To top that off they froze Soc Sec a couple of years back, so no cost of living while the cost of the basics continues to go up and up. The one thing governments do not want to spend money on is their own people, the people are supposed to spend money on the government instead. Humm? Maybe, I should come over there as a refugee from the Social Security System (old age pention) over here.
The US Government gives me $8748US/yr (about the minimum one person can live on over here is $15000/yr), of course I do get some assistance in addition (you work 40-50 years and they give you so little you have to be on assistance to pay your medical expenses and part of your rent). To top that off they froze Soc Sec a couple of years back, so no cost of living while the cost of the basics continues to go up and up.
The one thing governments do not want to spend money on is their own people, the people are supposed to spend money on the government instead.

]]> Comment on The Butterfly effect by salan http://www.abbott-pcs.com/the-butterfly-effect#comment-5 salan Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:02:29 +0000 http://www.abbott-pcs.com/?p=132#comment-5 Yes Tom its a travel trailer. Projects? you could say that lol. We have been having some decorating done in the house and decided to get it all done at once. So three (the three main rooms ie lounge, dining room and main bedroom) room had to be emptied and the stuff stored else where. I am on hols this next week and I am wiring a 1gig network link around the house. Hopefully the upgrade to my Internet will be through and I will have 35.5Mb download speed (actual not sales speak!). I am gettign fibre to the house. That and all the other stuff (massive gardening being done, putting the house back together and setting up the van), will mean that by the end of the holiday, I will be well and truly knackered! lol Alan Yes Tom its a travel trailer.
Projects? you could say that lol.
We have been having some decorating done in the house and decided to get it all done at once. So three (the three main rooms ie lounge, dining room and main bedroom) room had to be emptied and the stuff stored else where.
I am on hols this next week and I am wiring a 1gig network link around the house. Hopefully the upgrade to my Internet will be through and I will have 35.5Mb download speed (actual not sales speak!). I am gettign fibre to the house.
That and all the other stuff (massive gardening being done, putting the house back together and setting up the van), will mean that by the end of the holiday, I will be well and truly knackered! lol
Alan

]]> Comment on The Butterfly effect by Graywolf http://www.abbott-pcs.com/the-butterfly-effect#comment-4 Graywolf Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:20:44 +0000 http://www.abbott-pcs.com/?p=132#comment-4 I think you have been talking about me:) I just read your public stuff back to the beginning of the year. You seem to have a hundred projects going in your life. I get dizzy just reading about them. Mobile caravan??? Is that what we Americans call a travel trailer, or a motor home? I think you have been talking about me:)

I just read your public stuff back to the beginning of the year. You seem to have a hundred projects going in your life. I get dizzy just reading about them.

Mobile caravan??? Is that what we Americans call a travel trailer, or a motor home?

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