Re: 1:240 (approx) scale figures, accessories, etc?


"Paul Newhouse" <newhouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Wayne" <wlogsdon@xxxxxxxx> writes:

"Paul Newhouse" <newhouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"dgw" <dgw54@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

"Wolf Kirchmeir" <ElLoboViejo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Greg Procter wrote:
[...]
Five years ago our dollar bought US 39c, a month ago it peaked at US
81c. The problem became that our exports were being squeezed and
imports
becoming ever cheaper. With your recent housing finance crumble our
dollar got a shake and fell to US 69c and has returned through US 74c
on
Friday on what looks like an ongoing climb.
We (on average) take home about half the weekly equivalent that yanks
do
but our costs for housing, food, health and education are lower. We
don't have the highs or lows of income of the USa.
[...]

This thread is getting quite OT, so here's my 2 (Canuck) cents worth:

It's not that the NZ dollar is climbing - it's that the US dollar is
falling. Relative to other significant currencies (the euro, the yen,
the
yuan, the pound, the Swiss franc), currencies such as the NZ and
Canadian
dollar change very little. (Our dollar is doing a little better than
yours, mostly because we have commodities that you don't have.) Check
it
out.

You also (like most industrial nations) have a modern social welfare
system, which brings real costs even lower, so that in terms of
quality
of
life standards (longevity, education, health, literacy, public
amenities,
etc) you equal or exceed the USA. On most measures of quality of life,
the
USA ranks well below other industrial nations, and on some of them
(eg,
infant mortality, income distribution) it's a 3rd world country. Not
like
the 1950s and '60s, unfortunately.

Wolf: Do you have any data for us to back up your opinion that the U.S.
ranks well below other industrial nations on some of "quality of life"
issues, and is a 3rd world country on infant mortality and income
distribution?

The US infant mortality rate is at 6.4 per 1000. That's 2x of Japan.

The US rate is worse than some 3rd world countries such as New Zealand
and
Canada.

You're joking, I hope

You must have lost track of the thread. Go back and look who was
posting what.

It looks to me like Pauk Newhouse wrote "The US rate is worse than some 3rd
world countries such as New Zealand and Canada." on 10/8/2007 1:15 AM, Paul.

It seems that the protocol on this ng is to never snip anything, and to
never top post.



http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004393.html
(there are many more sources of info on the net ... take a look)

While the US rate could be better it's under 10 per 1000. Sort the
table
from above and judge for yourself how 3rd world the US is. Then analyze
the statistical significance of the populations of the countries being
discussed.

The fact is, the low rates comprise South Korea, Japan, and just about
every
country in the world comprised of predominently European stock.
I posit that of all those countries comprised of predominently European
stock, the U.S. has a lower percent of European stock in it's population,
and it's shrinking.

Which doesn't account for the declining rate in the US over the past
decade.

The U.S. has a good percentage of people from cultures
that have 80% out of wedlock births; extremely low desire to be educated;
25% of males that are in prison, used to be in prison, or are awaiting
trial; live on criminal activity, etc. I posit that if the people with
these cultures were subtracted from the equation, the U.S. stats would
improve by 50-100%.

Don't work so hard to cloak your racisim with PC jibberish.

What's racist about the facts? I'm tired of my family living a lower
standard of living than I earn because others deliberatly decide every day
not to carry their fair share of the load.


I haven't been able to find it but, a few years ago I read a paper which
looked at how the numbers are gathered. The US pretty much counts ALL
infant deaths regardless of cause. Other countries weed out some causes.

Obviously the economic condition of each county is the biggest factor
behind
the stats, and the group of 1st world countries all fall within a narrow
range.

Yes but, there are some Canandian's and Kiwi's that apply the data
with willful disregard for good sense.

Meaning......?


Greg is upset with the refusal of the US to buy his tired old sheep. He
claims he has some moral objection but, it's clearly economic.

I've heard that comment before on these groups.

I've made it before.

You shouldn't pick on Greg.

Why not?

He seems like a very nice guy. Back in August 1993 I was having dinner
at a
nice place in Hsinchu Taiwan, and after 2-3 weeks of chinese food for
lunch
and dinner every day. I decided to have a steak. They had American beef
or
New Zealand beef. I picked the Amercian, which was actually a couple of
bucks more, but now I know I should hav tried the NZ steak instead.

And I shouldn't have had all that Guinness ... but, I did.

Good stuff!


If you cherry pick the data your position looks better than if you look
at the whole picture.

Declare the value of USD a constant then many other countries look like
they are improving against USD. If you hold some other countries
currency
as a constant the picture looks different but, still doesn't really tell
you what's actually going on.

Paul
--
Excuse me, I'll be right back. I have to log onto a server in Romania
and verify all of my EBay, PayPal, bank and Social Security information
before they suspend my accounts.

Working the rockie road of the G&PX


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