[rescue] Odd SBUS cards - anyone want?
Phil Stracchino
phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net
Tue Apr 4 13:13:44 CDT 2006
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 12:34:08PM -0400, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>>Heh. :) True, but shipping would be a bitch, not to mention the import
>>duties....
>
> I could get someone who is moving here to stuff it in their container and
> pay by the cubic foot. Import duty is only 16.5% (VAT only).
Huh. I guess that'd work. 16.5% of what, though? If they charge you
16.5% of what the thing cost new....
> At about $.11 a kWh, it would be a bargain compared to what I paid
> Philly electric to run a 386/33. :-) ($.25 a kWh plus a "fuel surcharge"
> to pay for the extra coal they had to burn in the winter).
Yeah, that's decently inexpensive power. I miss Eastern Washington
State's $.06/kWh hydroelectric power.
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