On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:31:34 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:15:21 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

Can't see enough of the superstructure to be definitive, but it looks
more like a motoryacht than a trawler to me. Obviously doesn't have a
proper boat deck and running from the lower helm (if even equipped) is
a low priority.

It was a motoryacht (HTMY).

We were running side by side with them while taking pictures of a
sinking LT Parker (actually it was just down by the stern), when we
started taking incoming enemy fire. I immediately activated the
electronic counter measures which were very effective. Unfortunately
the HTMY was not so equipped and suffered irreparable damage from
incoming flak.

Did you use a tachyon particle beam through the deflector dish to
build a force field?

All the really cool people do that. :)

The LTP sped off mumbling something about how we were burning all of
*his* oil.

I've been reading about this new proposal for a "consumption tax" or
"fair tax" proposals - they are pretty much the same thing.

It's unbelievable.

Here's the kicker. Gas tax "revenue" is down in CT - for a couple of
reasons, one being it's cheaper in surrounding states so those of us
in border areas just take the ten minutes to save .30¢ a gallon and
two, gas useage is down - thus revenues are down.

So now, they are studying the possibility of a "mileage" tax - meaning
that there is going to be a tax on the number of miles you drive.

Or they claim they will have to raise the gasoline tax by .10¢.

Can't have decreasing "revenue" - no no no.