Comments on: Progress. Ever so slow. http://www.samizdata.net/2004/08/progress-ever-so-slow/ A blog for people with a critically rational individualist perspective Fri, 24 May 2013 16:16:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: zmollusc http://www.samizdata.net/2004/08/progress-ever-so-slow/#comment-56857 zmollusc Thu, 05 Aug 2004 12:04:45 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=6486#comment-56857 Yes, indeedy. I am sure that the solicitors charging £155 per hour are doing their best to hurry matters along, though.
I should point out that i am not claiming from a fully comp insurance, but claiming from the insurance of the twerp who bumped my car. How I laughed when I reported the incident to the police and was told to bring my papers(mot,log book etc) to the police station for inspection. To be fair, they came round to interview the witness a few weeks later.

]]> By: Scott Wickstein http://www.samizdata.net/2004/08/progress-ever-so-slow/#comment-56856 Scott Wickstein Wed, 04 Aug 2004 00:05:48 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=6486#comment-56856 Even if he has been waiting since March, at least he’s only dealing with insurance companies rather then the WTO negotiotions. They don’t say “March” , they say “March, 2004″ because nothing moves more then once a year.

]]> By: R C Dean http://www.samizdata.net/2004/08/progress-ever-so-slow/#comment-56855 R C Dean Tue, 03 Aug 2004 18:56:58 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=6486#comment-56855 zmollusc, you can’t be serious that you have been waiting for an adjustment since March? I’ve had a few (ahem) opportunities to avail myself of the car insurance claims process, and none of them took more than a week.

]]> By: Petronius http://www.samizdata.net/2004/08/progress-ever-so-slow/#comment-56854 Petronius Tue, 03 Aug 2004 17:05:10 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=6486#comment-56854 Japan’s ruinous duty on rice leads to the absurd spectacle I’ve seen in duty-free shops in California. Alongside the ornately bottled congnacs and pricey French Parfumes you can buy a kilo of Arkansas rice in a nice package, its content printed in both English and Japanese. Just the treat to bring home from your trip to the US. Of course, the package costs about 10 times what you would pay for the same rice in any local supermarket.

]]> By: Dale Amon http://www.samizdata.net/2004/08/progress-ever-so-slow/#comment-56853 Dale Amon Tue, 03 Aug 2004 11:57:04 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=6486#comment-56853 “There has actually been progress in the latest round of WTO talks, as serial offenders the EU and the US have finally agreed to remove export subsidies on agricultural products, and to lower domestic subsidies as well. Not too much can be read into this- the Economist report states:”

You did mean ‘cereal offenders’ did you not? ;-)

]]> By: zmollusc http://www.samizdata.net/2004/08/progress-ever-so-slow/#comment-56852 zmollusc Tue, 03 Aug 2004 11:10:33 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=6486#comment-56852 Those slug-a-beds should imitate the go-getting attitude of the free market. For instance my (parked) car was reversed into in early March and within ten minutes I was on the phone to my insurers. Because they work in a competitive industry the various companies involved leapt into a whirlwind of productivity and today an engineer came round to inspect the damage on behalf of the other chap’s insurance company. I have no doubt that I will have my car repaired and the matter closed well before the heat death of the universe.

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