SOCL Posted December 5, 2003 Author Share Posted December 5, 2003 And..., er..., glad to bhe back guys (although I'm still on analogue)...What does that mean? SOCL: Putting the BE in BEAK.Read the Forum Rules - Welcome the New Members - Rebellion Reloaded - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trejiuvanat Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 He means that he's using crappy slow internet. Much like I am... Although it seems that DSL is coming to Costa Rica! [/i] http://www.swrebellion.com/~jahled/Trej/banner.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOCL Posted December 5, 2003 Author Share Posted December 5, 2003 He means that he's using crappy slow internet. Much like I am... Although it seems that DSL is coming to Costa Rica!Just like DSL was supposed to be coming to my computer? SOCL: Putting the BE in BEAK.Read the Forum Rules - Welcome the New Members - Rebellion Reloaded - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trejiuvanat Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 No, that's after the Grupo ICE makes it available for the general public. So far the DSL was in a test stage and in a limited use for the government and the corporative area. http://www.swrebellion.com/~jahled/Trej/banner.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOCL Posted December 8, 2003 Author Share Posted December 8, 2003 No, that's after the Grupo ICE makes it available for the general public. So far the DSL was in a test stage and in a limited use for the government and the corporative area.DSL has been socialized in Costa Rica? Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ...14... SOCL: Putting the BE in BEAK.Read the Forum Rules - Welcome the New Members - Rebellion Reloaded - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_La_forge Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Maaan! Berchest is not Heaven, but it must be reeeally close to it! Tall blue chicks were always been my weakness... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scathane Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 I agree: tall blue chicks are really nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOCL Posted December 9, 2003 Author Share Posted December 9, 2003 Maaan! Berchest is not Heaven, but it must be reeeally close to it! Tall blue chicks were always been my weakness... ...ohhhh-kaaayyy. I agree: tall blue chicks are really nice!  Are you guys doing alright?        ...5... SOCL: Putting the BE in BEAK.Read the Forum Rules - Welcome the New Members - Rebellion Reloaded - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scathane Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Why, sure, SOCL! You think there's anything wrong with blue chicks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_La_forge Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Heey! You got a problem with blue chicks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trejiuvanat Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Blue Chicks are great!!!!Being the official HI holographer is a job I wouldn't change for nothing, just being around those nice blue/green/whatever color girls is the best. SOCL, what do you have against those nice blue chicks?  As for the "socialized" DSL... Well, telecommunications are under the monopolistic rule of the Costa Rican Institute for Electricity (and Telecommunications). Even if it sounds a bit socialistic, and the service is a bit crappy it has its advantages. The prices are very low compared to telecomunications in the rest of Latinamerica, not to mention US and Europe. http://www.swrebellion.com/~jahled/Trej/banner.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOCL Posted December 11, 2003 Author Share Posted December 11, 2003 No, guys, I have nothing against blue chicks! You guys got me all wrong! I love Chiss girls, and, hey, they're blue! Â Â Hey, Trej, I don't think that socializing telecommunications is bad thing...as matter of fact, I think it's a pretty good idea! I think they should do the same with medicare and some other things (as vague as that may be). SOCL: Putting the BE in BEAK.Read the Forum Rules - Welcome the New Members - Rebellion Reloaded - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trejiuvanat Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Chiss, Twi'Leks, Wroorians: Blue Chicks all the way!!!! ( Another GIF...)Â Â Almost everything here is "socialized", and it works fine, after all Costa Rica is a small country. Thing is, that the US has expressed its intentions for Costa Rica to open up the market of telecommunications, insurance agencies and medicare... http://www.swrebellion.com/~jahled/Trej/banner.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scathane Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 Apart from blue chicks, I must admit I do have a similar preference in RL... I must admit that in RL I dig dark chicks... (I'm Caucasian myself)... By the way, what do yoy guys mean by socializing telecommunications? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOCL Posted December 14, 2003 Author Share Posted December 14, 2003 Apart from blue chicks, I must admit I do have a similar preference in RL... I must admit that in RL I dig dark chicks... (I'm Caucasian myself)...RL? Â By the way, what do yoy guys mean by socializing telecommunications?Well, it basically means that the government owns it, the people pay a little higher taxes, but it's free (almost). I thought that the Netherlands had medicare and such socialized. For instances, I've heard the Dutch pay high taxes, but medicare insurance and such are free (or almost). Is that true? Did I get at least part(s) of it correct? SOCL: Putting the BE in BEAK.Read the Forum Rules - Welcome the New Members - Rebellion Reloaded - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trejiuvanat Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 Apart from blue chicks, I must admit I do have a similar preference in RL... I must admit that in RL I dig dark chicks... (I'm Caucasian myself)...You should really visit the tropic, dude! By the way, what do yoy guys mean by socializing telecommunications?Yes, what SOCL said, the Electricity and Telecom Institute, Insurance Institute.... It all belongs to the state... Taxes... are acceptable for a third-world country, and the service of these two institutions is apt enough. Considering that the ICE (Elec and Telecom) cannot only focus on Telecom, they have to give maintenance to the elecritc plants, rural service... Considering the low tariffs they do a great job... http://www.swrebellion.com/~jahled/Trej/banner.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scathane Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 You should really visit the tropic, dude! No kidding?! Â Duh! I was actually planning to relocated from the Netherlands to a tropic region by the time I'm forty... Â Yes, what SOCL said, the Electricity and Telecom Institute, Insurance Institute.... It all belongs to the state... Taxes... are acceptable for a third-world country, and the service of these two institutions is apt enough. Considering that the ICE (Elec and Telecom) cannot only focus on Telecom, they have to give maintenance to the elecritc plants, rural service... Considering the low tariffs they do a great job... Capice. But don't you call this privatizing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trejiuvanat Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 You could call it privatizing if they were in private hands, they are in the hands of the state. Privatizing was what our last president intended, he wanted to open up telecoms and have multinational companies (read: US companies with friendly links to the President and his family) take over about 50% of the resources of the ICE... http://www.swrebellion.com/~jahled/Trej/banner.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOCL Posted December 16, 2003 Author Share Posted December 16, 2003 You could call it privatizing if they were in private hands, they are in the hands of the state. Privatizing was what our last president intended, he wanted to open up telecoms and have multinational companies (read: US companies with friendly links to the President and his family) take over about 50% of the resources of the ICE...I hope that this doesn't happen to you guys in Costa Rica, Trej, because it means the poor won't be able to afford...well...anything! Additionally, it causes the prices of everything to skyrocket without any concern for the income of the nation's citizens. For instance, in the USA we have hospitals that remain idle for weeks at a time, yet a few blocks down we have a poor person die because he or she can't afford medicare. It's sad and sickening. Maybe I'm going to the extreme, but I think you get what I'm saying...  ...right? SOCL: Putting the BE in BEAK.Read the Forum Rules - Welcome the New Members - Rebellion Reloaded - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trejiuvanat Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 That's the delicate of the Free Trade Treaty Costa Rica is about to sign with the US. Mr Zoellick, from the US has demanded to open up the above mentioned telecommunication market. Also there was a key issue on medicines. Costa Rica offers free medicare to everyone in the country, Costa Ricans, Nicaraguans, tourists, everyone. They are treated at the crammed public hospitals, and they get medicaments for free, yes even those folks that need AIDS treatment get them for free or really low prices. Therefore Costa Rica uses generic medicaments, they are the same stuff, but they are a lot cheaper, except in certain cases, even so the CCSS (the state institutions that offers this) is at times hard-pressed for money, the US has agreedto let Costa Rica use generics, although the US first wanted Costa RIca to use the US products. http://www.swrebellion.com/~jahled/Trej/banner.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scathane Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Jeeeez!!! You guys have all been struck by the seriousity virus haven't you?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOCL Posted December 16, 2003 Author Share Posted December 16, 2003 Jeeeez!!! You guys have all been struck by the seriousity virus haven't you?! I guess so. I didn't realize.  But it is an important issue. So there are the ups and downs of socializing medicine, but I sure hope that the USA doesn't make you Costa Rica stop helping the poor. I mean, guys, it's terrible to see people dying everyday from simple (and sometimes not-so-simple) health issues just because they can't afford health care. And if generics work just as well as the "real"--not-generic medicines, then who cares? It costs less, does the same thing, and helps more people (because you can buy more with the money you save)! SOCL: Putting the BE in BEAK.Read the Forum Rules - Welcome the New Members - Rebellion Reloaded - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trejiuvanat Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Seriousity virus???I think it comes and goes according to the thread. I think it's much like the Post-zootmatic Nervous Disorder you can never know which threads it will attack... Â Let's hope the US don't start again with the medicines, nor with insurance... http://www.swrebellion.com/~jahled/Trej/banner.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOCL Posted December 18, 2003 Author Share Posted December 18, 2003 Let's hope the US don't start again with the medicines, nor with insurance...At the moment, the Democrats here are fighting to keep medicare out of the hands of "big business," but with the Republicans dominating the executive branch (Presidency), the legislative branch (Congress), and most of the judicial branch (Supreme Court justices, most appointed by Ronald Reagan), it's a very hard battle... SOCL: Putting the BE in BEAK.Read the Forum Rules - Welcome the New Members - Rebellion Reloaded - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOCL Posted December 24, 2003 Author Share Posted December 24, 2003 I don't mean to double-post...well, actually...yes I do , but I just wanted to tell you all that I'll disappearing for a week or so. I'm going on vacation to West Virginia to spend a a while snowboarding and skiing. I've been planning this for some time...well, actually, it had been Kelly's idea......and I'll be gone until the 2nd or the 3rd. So no worries, I shall return! Oh, and since I won't get to see--err...talk to all of you tomorrow... MERRY CHRISTMAS! SOCL: Putting the BE in BEAK.Read the Forum Rules - Welcome the New Members - Rebellion Reloaded - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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