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From: "Marc Dufour" <emdx@ac*.ne*>
To: Billy Williams <bdi@ha*.co*.au*>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 10:43:35 -5
Subject: Re: Deep Death Again? and Nitrox etc.
CC: techdiver@terra.net
Le/On21 Jun 96 @ 1:03, vous ecrivites/you wrote:

> Date:          Fri, 21 Jun 1996 01:03:36 +1000
> To:            emdx@ac*.ne*
> From:          Billy Williams <bdi@ha*.co*.au*>
> Subject:       Re: Deep Death Again? and Nitrox etc.
> Cc:            techdiver@terra.net

> At 11:25 PM 19/06/1996 -5, Marc Dufour wrote:
> >Le/On20 Jun 96 @ 11:01, vous ecrivites/you wrote:
> 
> >Think of all the poor insurance company shareholders who
> > are by law entitled of their share of the profits of the
> > insurance company.
> 
> Bugger the shareholders. They're still alive to look
> after themselves. I'm dead, remember.

Well, if you're dead, what do you care? :) :) :) :) :)

> >It is only natural that the insurance company does what is
> > it's ultimate purpose in life, that is, show the fattest
> > bottom line possible. 
> 
> Well short of blatant thievery of course.

As long as it stays within the line of legality...

> >So don't blame the insurance company for being stupid, 
> 
> No, they're not stupid. I wish they *were.*

Some are. For example, when I first had a motorcycle, the insurance 
company insured me by mistake, even though it was against their 
policy to only insure a motorcyle (without a house and/or a car)... 
Oh, they honoured the policy allright...

> >It is not in it's interest to hire actuarial accountants 
> >that are smarter than usual, lest they start to give heart
> > attacks to the board of directors!!!
> 
> I was merely dreaming of a loophole thru which I might
> extract a policy that didn't expire when I did.

Hey, that's a fine small print footnote: "the present policy expires 
at the same time the holder does"...

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