... TW: Now you've lost me. I don't see the connection between a casino changing chips, and where all use of those chips is done under the control of the...
... TW: Not quite. There is leakage in the system. Not all chips issued by one bank come back to that same bank. JCT: Where do you think they leak to? ... TW:...
JCT: At this point, I have to take a breather to fight some other battles but offer Tim Worstall's most recent post for your consideration. If anyone wants to...
JCT: It's sad to say but the censors have won out over in my favorite TOESLIST newsgroup. At the 1997 TOES (The Other Economic Summit) in Denver, I was one of...
... Dear Mr.Turmel Thank you so much for your e-mail. I have been talking to the Mayor this week (& even today - 6/9). I have succeeded in persuading him to...
JCT: Another couple of great columns I didn't have time to comment on until now. ... AH: WHAT HAS THE SUPREME COURT BEEN SMOKING? By Arianna Huffington In an...
... Bonjour Chose promise chose due. Nous avons lu pour vous LA GENERATION SEATTLE publiie chez Grasset en septembre par deux journalistes de Liberation:...
JCT: I got a message from a Dianetics supporter Roberto ... JCT: Sure, it's a promotion but that's okay. Ron L Hubbard created one of my all-time favorite...
... I found this most significant. Can you suggest any measures of reform in an independent Scotland? I now live here, and believe that, if we could obtain...
JCT: The "Yes Minister" and "Yes Prime Minister" books were made into a BBC series. It is the most brilliantly funny explanation of how government works in our...
JCT: Standing for peace is nice but can't work without standing with an alternative to starvation for the majority. ... If you agree, copy contents, make new...
Dear Sirs: I just want to inform you of how your serial ads have offended me. I don't mind that three quarters of my screen is filled with Yahoo info and ads...
seems an eccentric philosophical mix, Gvlvk Zoltan Leenderdt Franco Buday. He's ready to stand up and give his views in public and that's balls enough for me....
JCT: The Vancouver Mayoral elections have a candidate who seems an eccentric philosophical mix, Gvlvk Zoltan Leenderdt Franco Buday. He's ready to stand up and...
... AIR: I have been working in the commercial barter industry for most of the past 20 years. I just found out about this group and joined as a result of a...
JCT: Now that the challenge to the medpot law is engaged fully, I've decided to take a stab at a few speaking engagements in Ottawa to practice my political...
... AIR: probably true, when there is a viable alternative - the 500,000 participating businesses (reporting in the US) evidently have found the "rake-off"...
JCT: Imagine, I just found this English report on LETS at Porto Alegre last night though it's been around for months. It started when I'd visited the home page...
JCT: Much the Salongo (African name) I visited in Belgium during the European tour, and the French Canadian Corvee, or even the old American Work-bee, seems...
... CS: Ann said (evidently to John Turmel): "I'm really confused now - but also open-minded ;-) Not sold on the time standard - its a man-made slave...
... Dear JCT, Annette, et al, LW: You are speaking here about one of the functions of money, which is a Unit of Measure of Value. Some places (like Ithaca...
... of true ... SS: Okay, attempt Number 2. to see if you actually respond to things. JCT: If the question is asked in a public group, the odds of reply are...
... <Poetry, Politics, Accordion with John "The Engineer" Turmel SM: This is Sarah, and if I could be there, I would. I have all the fun I can handle trying to...
JCT: I just got a copy of "The French LETS saga" and must admit that even though the English translation was a little rough at times, I couldn't put it down. ...
... C-UMV as in: Complementary Unit of Measure of Value. ... LW: I can't, so you are still ahead (<grin>). Keep on running, though! Don't fall asleep! ... LW:...
... LW: As part of the ongoing search for meaning and the proposal to stick to a measure of Time; A few thoughts that may remind us how little we know about...
... Inflation can be more money chasing the goods, Shift A, or it can be the same money chasing less goods, Shift B. Shift B is undiscovered by mainstream...
JCT: Jean Chretien has just announced two Quebec byelections with another one in Ontario coming up within another few months. That's going to be my number 55...