Comments on: linklings, power down edition http://www.bripblap.com/linklings-power-down-edition/ thoughtful personal finance, career and health advice Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:46:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Dividend Guy http://www.bripblap.com/linklings-power-down-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-11805 The Dividend Guy Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:45:04 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/2008/linklings-power-down-edition/#comment-11805 Thanks for the link back to the carnival - it is appreciated. Thanks for the link back to the carnival – it is appreciated.

]]> By: Curmudgeon http://www.bripblap.com/linklings-power-down-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-11650 Curmudgeon Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:21:08 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/2008/linklings-power-down-edition/#comment-11650 Try a generator, Steve. And backup Internet access (dialup). My home is my workplace, so I need both. Health care is a very tough problem. As I get older, I come to understand that our employer-sponsored (some employers, anyway) system doesn't make sense. Unfortunately, neither does government-sponsored universal health care. It must inevitably lead to rationing, because health care is a finite resource (Canada rations through the delays described by FB, for example). The Massachusetts experiment is interesting, but there are too many vested interests in the way we do things today to have radical change. Try a generator, Steve. And backup Internet access (dialup). My home is my workplace, so I need both.

Health care is a very tough problem. As I get older, I come to understand that our employer-sponsored (some employers, anyway) system doesn’t make sense. Unfortunately, neither does government-sponsored universal health care. It must inevitably lead to rationing, because health care is a finite resource (Canada rations through the delays described by FB, for example). The Massachusetts experiment is interesting, but there are too many vested interests in the way we do things today to have radical change.

]]> By: paidtwice http://www.bripblap.com/linklings-power-down-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-11643 paidtwice Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:44:28 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/2008/linklings-power-down-edition/#comment-11643 It should be pretty easy to beat me :) I had an awesome December which made me cocky enough to think of the challenge and then a decent January, but February was a dearth of editor's picks. Although I did receive one from you. :) So... yeah, I am woefully off pace to get to 50. Maybe 15. :) It should be pretty easy to beat me :) I had an awesome December which made me cocky enough to think of the challenge and then a decent January, but February was a dearth of editor’s picks. Although I did receive one from you. :)

So… yeah, I am woefully off pace to get to 50. Maybe 15. :)

]]> By: Four Pillars http://www.bripblap.com/linklings-power-down-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-11637 Four Pillars Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:43:18 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/2008/linklings-power-down-edition/#comment-11637 Speaking of CoPF, where is your entry this week? Double digits might be a good one. Mike Speaking of CoPF, where is your entry this week? Double digits might be a good one.

Mike

]]> By: Mrs. Micah http://www.bripblap.com/linklings-power-down-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-11621 Mrs. Micah Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:31:40 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/2008/linklings-power-down-edition/#comment-11621 Thanks for mentioning The Finwikian! :) Tonight we were visiting relatives. No blackouts there, but we drove home through a major outage. It was crazy, past whole neighborhoods without a single light (except from the occasional car circling it). It made me wonder about how things had been before electricity was so widespread. Thanks for mentioning The Finwikian! :) Tonight we were visiting relatives. No blackouts there, but we drove home through a major outage. It was crazy, past whole neighborhoods without a single light (except from the occasional car circling it). It made me wonder about how things had been before electricity was so widespread.

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