From: one-if-by-land@concord.com   
      
   "Kris Krieger"  wrote in message   
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   > Kris Krieger  wrote in   
   > news:opSdna6GU9czuofVnZ2dnUVZ_tGonZ2d@earthlink.com:   
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   >> "Don"  wrote in   
   >> news:fvaki90dts@news1.newsguy.com:   
   >>   
   >>> Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment?   
   >>> A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.   
   >>>   
   >>> Q. Where will the government get this money?   
   >>> A. From taxpayers.   
   >>>   
   >>> Q. So the government is giving me back my own money?   
   >>> A. Only a smidgen.   
   >>>   
   >>> Q. What is the purpose of this payment?   
   >>> A. The plan is that you will use the money to purchase a   
   >>> high-definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy.   
   >>>   
   >>> Q. But isn't that stimulating the economy of China?   
   >>> A. Shut up.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> HA!     
   >>   
   >> Well, I'm still not buying an HDTV.  I just might go buy a bunch of   
   >> glass (now that I've taken the class and remember how to do it) and   
   >> make me a Door Lite, so I can take down the cheesy ribbed plastic (put   
   >> it up for privacy) - use textured glass for privacy without blocking   
   >> light: http://www.spectrumglass.com/stained-glass/about-spectrum.asp -   
   >> they make the glass in Washington State :)  .  And maybe make a small   
   >> panel for a friend.   
   >>   
   >> ((My current Bird Window is turning out pretty well ;) so I'm psyched!   
   >> ))   
   >>   
   >> (((((If I so desperately wanted a better TV pic, I guess I'd first try   
   >> putting on my glasses to watch )))))   
   >>   
   >   
   > More US-made Glass:   
   >   
   > http://www.kog.com/   
   > http://www.youghioghenyglass.com/contactus.html   
   > http://www.armstrongglass.com/   
   >   
   > Relevance to architecture = WINDOWS!     
      
   Seriously nice stuff.   
   I'm gonna have to delve further.   
      
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