Re: Third-hand astonishing quote

["Bernard G. Cleyet & Nancy Ann Seese" <georgeann@REDSHIFT.COM>]

Sweden is a capitalist country, but .....

Probably the finest mesh safety net in the world.  Taxes very progressive. No
marriage penalty!  My friend Erik told me back then that he had more
discretionary money after marrying Carla, because the deduction was so great!
Carla told me the story of the incompetent engineer - instead of firing him (and
they could), they hunted about for something else. He ended up managing (and
doing a very good job) the hotel Bofors has to house visitors.  (One time when
we were picking lingon berries, I heard shooting -- some clients were trying out
their small arms.)  More recently, one of their sons' wife took french leave, so
he stayed home to care for his child and the state paid him.

bc

Perhaps if corps. here weren't so mean they might do even better.

brian whatcott wrote:

> At 10:39 10/16/00 -0700, you wrote:
> > ///It sure is tough to be from the
> > third world.
> >
> > 4,000 terawatts = 10^15 cal/s = Qdot to heat 10^10 liters per
> > second of water from the freezing point to the boiling point. ///
> > Leigh
> >
> > (Somebody please check my arithmetic.)
>
> Put it another way - let's share the largesse with the 10 million
> Swedes in the vicinity: that's 4E8 watts per capita.
>
>   400 megawatts apiece indeed reinforces one's impression of the
> Scandinavians as well-heeled (Their position in the standard
> of living lists has long been a subject of envy in these
> poor United States.)
>
>  Even 400 watts p.c would be helpful district heating on the
>  grandest scale - a slip of a million multiplier possibly?
>
> brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>  Altus OK
>                 Eureka!