Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rtech.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!petsd!pesnta!hplabs!amdahl!rtech!jeff From: jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman) Newsgroups: net.women,net.flame Subject: Re: Women/men and the consumption of toilet paper Message-ID: <524@rtech.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 04:00:13 EDT Article-I.D.: rtech.524 Posted: Wed Jul 3 04:00:13 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 06:48:53 EDT References: <464@ttidcc.UUCP> <465@gitpyr.UUCP> <332@ihlpa.UUCP> <645@ihlpg.UUCP> <241@luke.UUCP> <179@ihlpl.UUCP> Organization: Relational Technology, Alameda CA Lines: 27 Xref: watmath net.women:6251 net.flame:10995 > > I was unemployed for almost 14 months during which > time I fortunately was able tolive with friends since single women > in the county are not eligable for general relief housing assistance > as men are. If I had a child or was pregnant however thatwas another > story as ADC takes care of that. The best I could hope for > was $65.00 a month in food stamps which would have to be paid > back as soon as I found a job. > > A friend of mine tried to get insurance on her car but the > insurance companies (3 of them before she said to hell with it) > refused to consider her for low cost insurance because her husband had a > marginal driving record (2 tickets in 6 months after 12 years without > a single violation) > > jeanette l. zobjeck > AAACK! This sounds extremely illegal. How do they get away with it? Has anybody ever sued the county or the insurance company over these policies? -- Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.) aka Swazoo Koolak {amdahl, sun}!rtech!jeff {ucbvax, decvax}!mtxinu!rtech!jeff