scott wrote:
>>  Still not as ridiculous as in Denmark, where it is, AFAIK, 210%...
> 
> Hmmm, looking back to when I used to visit Denmark a lot, maybe that 
> explains why there were so many old cars on the roads?  So really, a car 


> 

The car manufacturers sell cars cheaper to countries with higher taxes 
to compensate the difference. It doesn't remove the difference, though, 
just makes it a bit smaller.

But a good example: Audi A4 2.0TDI FWD with Business pack and no other 


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scott wrote:
>>  And it's not like you could just go to Germany, buy a car and bring it
>> to Finland. You'll have to pay the 96% of tax when you bring the car, so
>> no such luck...

If the car is used (IIRC 6+months old), you'll get discount from the tax 
and it's not *that* much anymore (it still is much, just not *that* much).

> Yeh I guessed as much.
> 
> I assume you're allowed foreign registered cars there for a certain 
> amount of time, it's 6 months here I think.  You could just replace your 
> car in Germany every 6 months, although I'm sure they thought of that 
> already and made it illegal.
> 

Nnnope, a Finnish person ain't allowed to drive foreign-registered car 
in Finland. It wasn't so long ago when the news had a great story about 
some Estonian guy with a Finnish wife/gf - she moved his Porsche for 10m 
oslt and Finland started to demand them to pay cartax (that 96%) of that 
Porsche.

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On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:00:32 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 6 Jul 2008 14:09:20 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>The answer I was always told was "because there are no bones in ice
>>cream".
> 
> It is a question (?) that I rediscover every time I hear it. It makes no
> sense :)

That's more or less the point, I think. ;-)

Jim

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On 7 Jul 2008 12:35:31 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:00:32 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 6 Jul 2008 14:09:20 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> 
>>>The answer I was always told was "because there are no bones in ice
>>>cream".
>> 
>> It is a question (?) that I rediscover every time I hear it. It makes no
>> sense :)
>
>That's more or less the point, I think. ;-)
>
What was that? Said goldfish brain. :)
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Stephen wrote:
> On 7 Jul 2008 12:35:31 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:00:32 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> On 6 Jul 2008 14:09:20 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The answer I was always told was "because there are no bones in ice
>>>> cream".
>>> It is a question (?) that I rediscover every time I hear it. It makes no
>>> sense :)
>> That's more or less the point, I think. ;-)
>>
> What was that? Said goldfish brain. :)
Reminds me of a riddle my late father used to tell

"Why is it wherefore the mouse doth rotate?"
"Because the higher the fewer; hence the word rhubarb"

I occasionally wish I'd been able to get a hand on _his_ stash :-)

John

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On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:55:03 +0100, Doctor John <joh### [at] homecom> wrote:

>Reminds me of a riddle my late father used to tell
>

I did not know that you were related to Edward Lear. :)

How's the back? 

Job confirmed, leave for the mountains Sunday night.

>I occasionally wish I'd been able to get a hand on _his_ stash :-)

Tut, tut :)
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     Stephen

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On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:09:30 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 7 Jul 2008 12:35:31 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:00:32 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> On 6 Jul 2008 14:09:20 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>The answer I was always told was "because there are no bones in ice
>>>>cream".
>>> 
>>> It is a question (?) that I rediscover every time I hear it. It makes
>>> no sense :)
>>
>>That's more or less the point, I think. ;-)
>>
> What was that? Said goldfish brain. :)

Banana?

(There is a story there, maybe I'll share <g>)

Jim

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On 7 Jul 2008 15:51:50 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:


>> What was that? Said goldfish brain. :)
>
>Banana?
>
>(There is a story there, maybe I'll share <g>)
>
G'wan, g'wan, g'wan :) 
(I like Father Ted)
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On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:56:29 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 7 Jul 2008 15:51:50 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>>> What was that? Said goldfish brain. :)
>>
>>Banana?
>>
>>(There is a story there, maybe I'll share <g>)
>>
> G'wan, g'wan, g'wan :)
> (I like Father Ted)

I've got them on DVD, ought to watch them again. :)

At a technical tradeshow with a bunch of friends who take turns manning 
one of the booths, just came out from having breakfast and was carrying a 
banana with me.  One of my friends - Shaun (bloke from your part of the 
world) - had been making jokes about goldfish and 5 second memories all 
morning.  I walked up to him and asked something, and he responded with 
"5 second goldfish" (which I took to mean he didn't remember the 
answer).  So I asked him "Banana?" and offered him the banana.  He took 
it, peeled it, and ate it.

In retrospect, it probably was funnier if you were there.

He speaks at this particular tradeshow regularly as well - well known for 
having told one audience he had an experimental pacemaker that was 
sensitive to the RF transmitted by mobile phones.  Got a good laugh at 
the time he said that.

*First* time during the session that someone's phone rang, he yelled out, 
clutched his chest, and dropped to the stage.  People thought he was 
joking, so they laughed - but he *didn't get up* right away.  He waited 
until he started hearing the odd murmur of "gee, maybe he wasn't 
kidding?" - then he got up and everyone had a good laugh over it.  He 
fell so quickly, he nearly fell off the stage....

The guy he was presenting with - a mutual friend from Aaland - said that 
when he dropped, a ton of people in the session *immediately* switched 
their phones off.

He's tried to plan things ahead of time, but it just never seems to 
work.  Only when it's improved does he seem to hit something that works.  
And while it *sounds* like it might've scared people in the audience, 
he's well known in his field for being a bit of a clown.

He also makes an *excellent* chili. :-)

Jim

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Stephen wrote:
> 
> How's the back? 

About the same but improving if know what I mean

> 
> Job confirmed, leave for the mountains Sunday night.

I'll try and get out of bed before then. I'll let you know asap

>> I occasionally wish I'd been able to get a hand on _his_ stash :-)
> 
> Tut, tut :)

;-)

John

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