Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:01:24 +0000 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <7e375fa6-9dad-927b-ebcb-898b6adafc00@example.net> <998225ad-dc63-23f8-4e4b-92e76ec29636@example.net> <0186e59b-8801-2a6a-c38c-dc4bbddc86cc@example.net> <2d357d48-dbc9-0cb8-e5ae-73af573cc2d4@example.net> <6d1fe6e6-dc5b-2923-c36d-b5d3dc0cabf9@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:01:25 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a27949d11006c93782ad207ff43714c1"; logging-data="1228146"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19k2yISKpxwcDeyjk3hedybpjmZBpGsowY=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:PCV9cQT6qxrv+cKAIdqgXgYZAXs= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <6d1fe6e6-dc5b-2923-c36d-b5d3dc0cabf9@example.net> Bytes: 3098 On 16/12/2024 13:25, D wrote: > > > On Mon, 16 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> On 15/12/2024 19:43, rbowman wrote: >>>   I carried a high deductible ($5000) medical disaster insurance >>> which was relatively inexpensive back then. Today a company insurance >>> plan >>> may be a major attraction, particularly for people with families. >> >> Sheesh. I must have cost the taxcpayers upwards of £100,000 in free >> NHS hospital  shit. >> >> But I gave the taxman £400,000 one year when I sold my company. So >> they are still in credit > > How did you initiate the sale? I have currently no intention of selling > mine, but I am curious about how much it would be valued at in the market. We were chased by a listed company wanting to make a story for the stock market. As my business partner's wife seemed determined to wreck the company, we decided a sale would be the optimal strategy. You can enlist agents to do this shit -- You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone. Al Capone