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(...) The government got lucky, I'd say. designing for lowest total cost of ownership is something that government projects usually completely miss, with their emphasis on lowest initial cost. Has anyone used the concrete forming plant/prefab (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Presumably some fraction of the ~40% who voted "against" in the plebscite... ++Lar (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <shrug> Sorry for being unclear - I wasn't trying to imply that the bridge *was* privatized, but that it provided a good economic model for privatization. Whether traffic levels did/can justify it in the first place is, to a certain extent, a (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G153tw.FLp@lugnet.com... (...) that (...) of (...) doesn't (...) least (...) And it really ticked off many of the P.E.I. inhabitants ... -- -Rob. ===...=== New sets and parts for sale (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ersatz privatization I would have to say... the government is giving an operating subsidy to the tune of 40M CDN a year it seemed like. That doesn't count as true privatization. With Auto tolls at something like 25 CDN a crossing, this looks (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) a (...) -ish. I would argue that the above aren't turning money into time, just letting me spend time more efficiently. I boil it down to: I can spend 8 hours, and a modicum of effort, and earn/generate a certain amount of money. i.e. Larry's (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snipped some neat stuff about the Mackinac bridge> A really cool bridge (in a number of ways) is the Confederation Bridge that links P.E.I. to the rest of Canada. I learned about it from a case (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Why Yahoo is bad (Was: Lego Maniac's Webring and Yahoo)
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I used to like yahoo when it was 2 guys and 'yahoo' meant 'you always have other options'. They are a company now, and somehow, I don't think that is as good as 2 guys. Build On John Matthews Sproaticus <jsproat@io.com> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrn8sdf01.lvi.....bu.edu... (...) years (...) separate (...) rights. (...) Unfortunately, I don't believe I do. (...) Yeah, not worth it. I noted that before so that I could acknowledge it (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.publish)
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(...) find a (...) Indeed. And one of the basic tenets of capitalism is that while it's not possible to make goods appear out of thin air, it IS possible to make wealth seemingly appear from nothing, in that every time someone invents a new more (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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