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On Thu, 9 Jul 2026 09:53:22 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:

On 2026-07-09 09:47, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Thu, 9 Jul 2026 09:40:20 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:

On 2026-07-09 09:28, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

I am sure there are others in the same boat as you. Why not pool
resources and sponsor someone to fix the problem in an open-source
way, once and for all?

Again, will not happen.

You cannot blame anybody else for that.

I sure can grumble about it, and will do till my last breath :-P

Sadly that's a common approach in many areas.
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On Thu, 9 Jul 2026 11:49:42 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 09/07/2026 08:53, Carlos E. R. wrote:

I sure can grumble about it, and will do till my last breath 😛

Applied Socialism 101

That's not fair. Socialist do try to do something about it, however wrong- headed. A better analogy is the mass of voters in a so-called democracy.
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On 09/07/2026 19:38, rbowman wrote:

On Thu, 9 Jul 2026 11:49:42 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 09/07/2026 08:53, Carlos E. R. wrote:

I sure can grumble about it, and will do till my last breath 😛

Applied Socialism 101

That's not fair. Socialist do try to do something about it, however wrong- headed. A better analogy is the mass of voters in a so-called democracy.

Somewhere I heard that a conservative with a problem will try and fix it himself, but a socialist will use three times the effort yo try and get someone else to fix it at five times the price
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On 2026-07-10, The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]d> wrote:

On 09/07/2026 19:38, rbowman wrote:

On Thu, 9 Jul 2026 11:49:42 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 09/07/2026 08:53, Carlos E. R. wrote:

I sure can grumble about it, and will do till my last breath 😛

Applied Socialism 101

That's not fair. Socialist do try to do something about it, however wrong- >> headed. A better analogy is the mass of voters in a so-called democracy.

Somewhere I heard that a conservative with a problem will try and fix it himself, but a socialist will use three times the effort yo try and get someone else to fix it at five times the price

Mind you, these days the conservative is just as likely to farm out
the job to a crony, also at five times the price.

The way I originally heard it was that if a conservative was walking
along the shore and spotted someone drowning, he'd grab the conveniently- located coil of rope nearby, tie it to a tree, throw it toward the victim,
and upon finding the rope was only half as long as needed, would call out, "Swim for it!" The socialist would throw the whole coil out toward the
victim, then go off to do another good deed elsewhere.
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