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Brenda Connolly
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10-13-2007 10:11
From: Incanus Merlin Lightweight.
Here in the centre of the known world, pints are properly 20 fluid oz.
No wonder you can't handle our beer. (cue relative comments on warmth, taste, gassiness ad nauseam....)
Inc Actually I love your beer, exept for the temperature part, my fridge is stocked with Guinness and Bass. A lot pf places here are now offering 20 ounce beers, 22 ounce even, one of my favorite steakhouses sells liter mugs.
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Incanus Merlin
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10-13-2007 10:37
From: Brenda Connolly Actually I love your beer, except for the temperature part, my fridge is stocked with Guinness and Bass. A lot of places here are now offering 20 ounce beers, 22 ounce even, one of my favorite steakhouses sells liter mugs. Finally! An educated American..... sort of. Room temperature ale is the only way to go. Trust me, I'm British... we have taste and refinement inbred.  (/me ducks and runs for cover) Inc
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Brenda Connolly
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10-13-2007 10:41
From: Incanus Merlin Finally! An educated American..... sort of. Room temperature ale is the only way to go. Trust me, I'm British... we have taste and refinement inbred. (/me ducks and runs for cover) Inc I'll meet you halfway. The Bass can be room temp, but the glass will be chilled, frosted even. That's my final offer.
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Annabelle Babii
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10-13-2007 10:45
From: Walker Moore
Believe it or not, every continent has its morons,
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10-13-2007 10:50
Lol!
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10-13-2007 10:51
Just a small quibble. People don't necessarily "fear" learning anything new. Maybe they just don't WANT to learn it.
When enough people don't WANT something, then very often we don't get it. I like that about democracy.
"Fear" implies that people are babies.
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10-13-2007 11:31
From: Brenda Connolly I don't think we make screwdrivers anymore, let alone the screws Is there a shortage of vodka too?!!?
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Ace Cassidy
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10-13-2007 12:32
From: Ciaran Laval At least we know what a gallons and pints are, unlike you weirdoes and your strange take on measurements Except that British gallons are a tad too fat... just like their women  - Ace
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10-13-2007 12:44
From: Tod69 Talamasca Am I the only american who likes Metric???  Yes..Yes You are.
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There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about lindens. Another, another interesting, uh, lindenism, uh, there are only three jobs available to a linden. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.You can bake cookies in a tree. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every linden aspires to.
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Maggie McArdle
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10-13-2007 12:48
From: Caroline Ra Yes irony....lost on those who think its a department in the hardware store Irony: that thing that presses the wrinkles out of sarcasm?
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There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about lindens. Another, another interesting, uh, lindenism, uh, there are only three jobs available to a linden. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.You can bake cookies in a tree. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every linden aspires to.
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Walker Moore
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10-13-2007 12:50
From: Dent Arashi Well it looks like they charged VAT for the premium acc I've bought in June...
then I downgraded it and they still charged the VAT? what the hell? Did anybody notice this? Dent - I think you need to forget about VAT until you can conclusively determine that's what you've been charged. You may have just been charged or overcharged for something else. The VAT would only be anywhere near $12 USD on an annual premium account. Are you sure you didn't sell up, and not realise that tier is charged in arrears? If so, a tier and premium account payment would've been charged the month *after* you sold up.
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Ann Launay
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10-13-2007 15:18
Wow, you know I'm generally all about the derailing, but this thread seems to have run amok before the OP got much help.  Dent, did you check your USD transaction history? http://www.secondlife.com/account/history.phpThat should give you a better idea of what the charge is for. And, if you did pay for the Premium membership on something other than the monthly plan, it will stay in affect until you reach the end of that time period, even if you downgraded. It doesn't seem like they should charge VAT for something you purchased in June, regardless.
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Walker Moore
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10-13-2007 16:05
From: Ann Launay Wow, you know I'm generally all about the derailing, but this thread seems to have run amok before the OP got much help. Yeah, I felt bad about that when I realised, and went scrambling for the OP's previous post. Apologies for that. 
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Johan Laurasia
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10-13-2007 20:55
From: Dent Arashi Well it looks like they charged VAT for the premium acc I've bought in June...
then I downgraded it and they still charged the VAT? what the hell? Just because you downgraded, you still paid what you paid, and hence, LL has to COLLECT not charge the VAT tax. I'm so tired of hearing the Euros complain about LL collecting a tax imposed by YOUR politicians. |
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10-13-2007 21:30
From: Tod69 Talamasca Am I the only american who likes Metric??? Being in the medical field I am used to metric, no problem. What is really messed up is the construction industry, which I was in before. All building materials, building plans, etc. are measured out in feet and inches. However, in civil engineering, which I was also involved in as a survey tech, uses a chain (rigid metal measuring tape) which is layed out in feet, which are then divided into tenths and hundredths of a foot. O.o Kid you not. I can still do the conversions in my head without thinking, but never could come to terms with the reasoning. |
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10-13-2007 21:33
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Denise Bonetto
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10-14-2007 01:38
From: Johan Laurasia Just because you downgraded, you still paid what you paid, and hence, LL has to COLLECT not charge the VAT tax. I'm so tired of hearing the Euros complain about LL collecting a tax imposed by YOUR politicians. If they paid for their premium back in June and then cancelled it, how can LL collect VAT on a bill paid four months ago? No, LL don't have to collect on past charges and can't. VAT is now not being charged until 27th October according to the latest blog on it to give the right notice. |
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10-14-2007 04:05
Denise - I suspect the problem is that any time certain people (you know, the blog commenting types) get charged an amount for which they cannot immediately account, they will blame it on VAT, use a swear word, and say something negative about the Lindens.
No evidence whatsoever has been cited to support the claim that VAT has been charged here.
It's more than likely something to do with unpaid tier or a credit card chargeback.
So many people don't realise tier is billed in arrears, and wrongly assume that once they've tiered down and reverted to basic, no more charges will hit their card.
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10-14-2007 06:38
From: Brenda Connolly I'll meet you halfway. The Bass can be room temp, but the glass will be chilled, frosted even. That's my final offer. "Burn the heretic!"
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Sy Beck
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10-14-2007 06:43
From: Malachi Petunia "Shed load", you Brits and your quaint measurements. "Shed load" isn't a quaint measurement. It refers to the bloody big mess of debris on the road when a truck (or in ye olden days a cart) overturns or spills it contents on the road. E.G. "The truck shed its load onto the road".
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Kidd Krasner
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10-14-2007 07:05
From: Tod69 Talamasca Am I the only american who likes Metric??? Not at all. Continuing on the irony theme, it really annoys me that my old American-made Saturn allowed me to switch between Celsius and Fahrenheit for the outside temperature, but my new Japanese-made Honda is stuck on Fahrenheit. But at least I don't have to worry about it dying at 160,000 km. |
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10-14-2007 07:15
From: Kenbro Utu Being in the medical field I am used to metric, no problem. What is really messed up is the construction industry, which I was in before. Carpenter turned Surgeon????????????????????????? Do you still use duct tape????
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Nina Stepford
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10-14-2007 07:17
i believe that saturn was another of those companies that followed a system similar to the tao of linden. From: Kidd Krasner Not at all.
Continuing on the irony theme, it really annoys me that my old American-made Saturn allowed me to switch between Celsius and Fahrenheit for the outside temperature, but my new Japanese-made Honda is stuck on Fahrenheit.
But at least I don't have to worry about it dying at 160,000 km. |
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10-14-2007 07:18
From: Sy Beck "Shed load" isn't a quaint measurement. It refers to the bloody big mess of debris on the road when a truck (or in ye olden days a cart) overturns or spills it contents on the road.
E.G. "The truck shed its load onto the road". We dunt ave roads 'round our way. We 'ave ter make do with ginnels.
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Sy Beck
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10-14-2007 08:06
From: Walker Moore We dunt ave roads 'round our way. We 'ave ter make do with ginnels. "Oi! Gurt yur cart outta ma ginnel ya bugger!"  I see with the aid of 'elastictrickery' you are now connected to the 'IT Superginnelway' though.
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