勝在好運

公爵和老謝、老鄔、老何又團埋一枱，打其12圈。

老謝早段經已十分風騷，不過他一貫叫糊大過天，死駁爛駁，最後4圈竟然在無牌摸之下打生章發財，結果輸8番。他出沖事少，打旺老何事大，老何連吃幾鋪，拖累公爵都要趺落水。可是老謝勝在好運，最尾一圈又彈起領先。

呵呵，公爵何嘗不是呢，臨尾兩鋪食5番，跟著自摸6番。戰果老鄔一個輸三個，老謝嬴$25、老何嬴$10、公爵都執$5。

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環保

一貫以來公爵心目中，環保即是慳啲，因為環保的要義是3R，即Reduce減少用、Reuse再次用、及Recycle循環再用，這樣慳啲，那樣慳啲，結果就是省錢。但今日公爵知錯，環保絕不慳錢，相反環保是要花更多錢。

卑斯省有個環保條例，以環保為借口，強征電子用品的循環再用一個收費，這收費直情就是苛捐雜稅啦。

話說公爵買部32″電視機，機價不足$350，但要俾$27省稅，$19聯邦稅，仲要加$32環保稅，埋單竟是$426。在萬稅之國，為環保要多付$32，到那機要掉時，尚要交去指定地方，環保實非省錢！

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British Columbia’s Environmental Management Act Recycling Regulation requires the assessment of an environmental handling fee on the following electronic equipment purchases, either directly within or shipped into British Columbia:

$0.40 PER/PORT A/V RECYCLING FEE
$0.85 ANG PHONE ANS MACHINE RECYCLING FEE
$0.90 per Computer perpheral (Mice, Keyboards, Hard Drives, Optical Drives)
$1.20 per laptop, notebook or tablet computer
$2.75 VEHICLE A/V RECYCLING
$3.50 HOME A/V RECYCLING FEE
$5.50 per desktop computer and server
$6.00 HOME THEATRE RECYCLING FEE
$6.50 per desktop printer or printer combination
$9.00 per monitor, video display or closed circuit monitor – 29″ and smaller
All-In-One Computer<30" BC All_in-One Computer Fee
14.50 All in one computers
$15.00 per television with an 18" screen and smaller
$25.00 per television with a 19" to 29" screen
$30.00 per television with a 30" to 45" screen
$31.75 per monitor, video display or closed circuit monitor – 30" and larger
$45.00 per television with a 46" screen and larger

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購物樂趣

購物可以好頭痛，因為要對物品作出研究，優點劣點何在，價格比較，基於個人喜好再作出理性決定。有時決定不是簡單，因為比較不能直接，蘋果和橙比就需要無比的智慧了。

可是購物也是一種樂趣，它滿足生活所需，也滿足心靈慾望。一次過買多件物品更是樂趣無窮。

今日為新居添置傢俬電器，一次過買多件物品，買得開心，店鋪的營業員亦高興，公爵彷如大爺一樣。購物不需現金，只是用咭按幾下OK，輸入PIN幾個數字即可。

呵呵，購物真過癮！

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