No point going to Washington, BabyCakes
Posted By: deenibeeni on 2009-02-08
In Reply to: We get it deeni sweetie, you - sm
When I've got masses of people right here. There are many organizations trying to get this word out. I'm just one person on one board. As in everything in life, we can't all clean up the exact same path. We'd have one tiny sparkling path & the rest of the world would be untouched.
As long as people keep throwing out hearsay & nonexistent statistics & saying things like "probably" this & "probably" that, I'm going to answer each and every one of these with a study that demonstrates otherwise.
If you do not want to hear me do this, then start coming up with something legitimate to support your argument.
Love, Sweetie.
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In Washington County. nm
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Eastern Washington -
And it is still snowing. We may have had another 2 inches since I posted this morning. Will have to take some pics and post when it stops snowing. IF it stops! :)
In Washington, I have seen people...
place their homes for sale through MLS 4 Owners. I do not know how much this costs, but it does get your house on the MLS server, so realtors might see it. I also would consider offering commission to a buyer's realtor, just to get people looking at it. Since it costs the buyer nothing to use a realtor (although I know that the cost is buried in the cost of the house), I think many people feel more comfortable buying with the aid of a realtor. Just my suggestions.
Seattle, Washington. Anywhere in the Pacific NW, for that matter.
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boxers. Will Smith or Denzel Washington?
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Pharmaceutical companies have lobbyists in Washington
and there job is to make the company wealthier at it appears any cost.
Israel's #1 export is pharmaceuticals. 4th is weapons.
Conspiracies to make men richer are nothing new. Medications are sold at a fraction of the price to other countries but in the U.S., the patients' cost is enormous comparatively speaking.
Medicare plan D or K, whatever it was that provided pharm. co. with an increase in medicare payments to drug companies approved by Bush is an example of why govt and pharm. co. do not have the patient's best interests at heart.
Credit card Washington Mutual/Providian
Get this, I haven't used my Providian/Washington Mutual credit card in quite awhile. I got the new credit card in the mail to take over for the old one, and I thought I would give the company a call to find out what the interest rate was on it. So after reaching India of course, I asked for someone in the United States, was put on hold for 4 1/2 minutes and then disconnected. So I call back, go through the 15 prompts and get someone from the Phillipines. The interest rate on my card is 31.8% Yep you are reading that correctly - 31.8%.
I am passing this information along because I am livid at the fact that the interest is 31.8% (which, by the way, neither person on the other end of the phone said "let's see what we can do to lower this.), and because TWO countries have this credit card's business and people in the US are working 2-3 jobs to make ends meet. I know this has been an ongoing discussion about offshoring, but I was more angry at the fact that it is 31.8% and that no one offered to lower the rate, even after inquiring about it.
and yer point? - many MTs are 55+...in the USA....
However, to the Jean Stapleton responder, Jean isn't Jewish *lol*
E-Bay will never help at this point. Way too
soon. Most sellers do not write and let you know its shipped - the old days, perhaps, but not now. E-Bay and Paypal both use 10 days out, I believe, as the earliest you should start to fret at all - its only up to the seller to ship immediately and/or let the buyer know. I've been dealing with E-Bay since its inception, and we are also Power Sellers - unless the seller has a lot of negatives, I would just chill. If they did have negatives, you should not have dealt with them. I am assuming the seller didn't have negatives, and just is not going to be rushed. Its really lost the personal touch of the old days, and you are nothing more than an invisible entity buying something thru the mail. Not the way we do business, but the way most business is done now on E-Bay. Good luck!
And your point would be??
Any drug company whether Merck or another making the drug would, duh, naturally make a profit. I think that is why pharmaceutical companies are in the business or am I missing something here?
I think his point was that
for things like STD's or perhaps a vaccine for boys to keep them from giving girls STD's in the first place, MAYBE keep them from getting prostate cancer. He just wondered if the drug companies are working as hard on these things for young boys or if, once again, they are putting the burden on females.
She's got a point though!
You cannot hold a job down and have a child on one knee. You need both hands to type. Time and time again, these posters get on here and ask how to do it? I don't think Minnie is too way off track here. I mean, you have to set boundaries. You can't expect to coddle a toddler or infant all day and type at the same time. She'll have to make some changes if she's not getting the support from her hubby. Not everyone has family to fall back on for babysitting needs, but the OP sounds like she'd be better off getting a job on-site and taking her children to daycare as they may receive better treatment. Sounds like a lot of hostility in that household, which cannot be very good for the children. Some changes need to be made and quick before it escalates into something worse. It is not fair to the children.
I think you do have a point, but sm
the same goes for married people. When I got married my coworkers wanted to know when we planned to start a "family". So once we started the "family" they wanted to know if we planned on having an only child or having more children? It never ends. Some people are, well. "nosey". They like to know everyone's business. It gives them something to fill the voids in their lives I would guess. I wouldn't worry to much about mixing with this crowd too much. Sometimes I wonder if being single isn't more "hip" now than it was in the past. Have fun and enjoy. Life is too short!
my point exactly--sm
by the way this person keeps pushing this stuff about koreans teaching anti-americanism, it makes you think that this was the reason this kid did this, which is just not the case. I'm glad to know there are others that feel the way I do!
my point exactly! nm
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You have to look at it from their point of
If you loan out money/credit and someone promises to pay, and this happens with several borrowers, you cannot afford to give much in the way of leniency.
They are in the business to make money.
I feel for you. Unfortunately, too many people live check to check or beyond their means and it only takes 1 foul up to do this to them.
Your best bet is to work hard to put yourself into a place where you don't have to worry about it.
My point exactly!
It is the craziest thing- I will never understand it. Do they not realize that they are not only encouraging people to declare bankruptcy but in a sense actually rewarding them for it?!?
But you know, I think it comes back to what I was saying earlier- they just write it all off so they really don't care if the money comes from you or not. They always get their money one way or another. Grrrrrr!!!
What is your point? nm
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yep, my point exactly (OP)
Teaching them in life they will always be rewarded for something...NOT! I think an award should genuinely be earned and I'm sorry if all the kids don't get one...they just need to work harder and earn it...
That's my point (sm)
If it's backwoodsy, so what? This is the gab board. People chat. You don't think asking if somebody's young and calling her dearie is being the grammar police or a little hateful first thing in the morning? She *was* referring to a childhood event, and yeah, children itch their itches sometimes where I'm from.
Odd turns of phrase are still to be found in all parts of the country and on a board like this are going to turn up in "casual conversation." Some of us still have our "work vocabulary" and our "casual vocabulary," and they're not always the same.
Did you have to point it out to her? - LOL
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Cat gets his point across
A cat has needs and he won't be denied. See link.
you have a point....
I was just under the assumption that they didn't have children together and thought the "what ifs" might be getting to her. But if she does have children with him, hopefully he is the kind of father who will include his children in all aspects of his life and not try to hide them from his "new" family. It is just a really tough situation when kids are involved. It is so sad in my own circumstance. But I totally see this side of things now.
YES I HAVE, and that was exactly my point. sm
I KNEW what i was talking about. HE had no clue, SHE had no clue, I was being REALISTIC. She didn't want to accept that maybe just maybe he had gotten himself into something more than he could handle. Did ANYBODY read her original post??????
I have it. Your point?
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You do have a point
I really do not want to work outside of the home now and there just aren't many options where I live anyway but maybe I can find something with a little more responsibility and use other skills I have like leadership, etc. I actually got spark there inside when I thought about it.  Thanks!
Point taken....
however, you can be retired and taking care of yourself and still not think of your kids as burdens. They are grown with lives of their own. That is great, but when you get annoyed by their phone call to the point where you consider having the answering machine pick up and maybe even disconnecting the phone.......that is just extreme. She really needs to stand back and count her blessings and enjoy her retirement as well as her kids.
What point...that they don't have to put up
with insults and lies from people like you.
You contracticted yourself so many times...i used to post good about the moderators then later say this is the first and last post I'll ever do...ya ya, troll elsewhere.
Mod, just want to point out it is not me with the
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Exactly my point !
I'm sick of the negativity about this job - if you don't like it,don't come here to p*ss and moan, go somewhere else.
Exactly my point
If you don't like it, you don't have to come here and read it either!
You aren't going to change the way the hundreds of posters are here...you'd be better off changing what you do rather than complaining about others.
Looks like you are just asking for an argument, I won't be providing it any further.
Point
Who pi__ed in your Wheaties this morning? Geez. Someone was just venting, something we all have been doing. There is a difference between moaning and actually fearing the loss of a job and the loss of income we have all experienced with ASR.
my point...
And MY POINT IS that it doesn't matter what the breed of the dog is! Could've happened regardless of the breed of the dog. And just about ANY dog would growl, bark, nip, bite if it was abused.... wouldn't you if you were the dog being abused??? And who leaves an elderly frail person with 3 large dogs??? That's like leaving a toddler with 3 large dogs REGARLESS OF THE BREED! We have always had large dogs, but when my grandfather got elderly we had to watch the dogs around him cuz they would get caught up playing and trip him & he would fall to the ground and hurt himself, so leaving an elderly person by themselves is not a good idea with 3 large dogs, and that's my point also!
Well you do have a point there...
I'd love to be waited on, pampered, spending their money...yeah! But I'd probably be the one on the other end who gets the crappy, nasty family. couldn't handle that...
The point I see here...sm
If her son won the Wii, he is the one who still should receive something for "winning" a prize in the first place. Am I missing something here? 
but my point was...
that a locked door does not keep people out of the house. My dog does, though...
To get to this point...sm
flylady.net if you are interested.
took me about 4 months...keeping in mind that I was no longer a clutterbug, thanks to flylady years ago. I have been redoing a house for about 2-1/2 years and had finally completed the master bedroom and bath, making it easier to start getting onto other things (I only have kitchen counter and floor to do, and a bathroom facelift).
Mostly I have found that flylady is a mindset and if you can't get into the mindset, you are not ready just yet. It is a dedication to all the other things in your life and working very hard at minimizing housework to have more time for the far more important things in your life. You have to be ready to tackle your problem areas 15 minutes at a time, lessen the clutter in your life and let go of old habits. Clutter breeds depression and depression breeds more clutter. It is about opening up your heart and mind to abundance, because it is the feelings of lack and shortage that keep you tied to the junk you don't use, don't love and don't need. It will improve your entire life, not just your house.
I think the point is . . . .
If you're using your credit card to purchase stuff because you don't have the cash, then you can't really afford it. You're planning on paying it off/down when this new deal comes in May and you'll be making more income. What if that doesn't happen? Where will you be then?
A poster above said what she learned from her father was the best. If you can't pay cash, then you can't afford it. I learned that lesson the HARD way.
Why not? That's the point, Who was
named as beneficiaries on the insurance policy? In every policy there must be a beneficiary named. I guess, most probably his wife and his 2 children, NOT the sister!
As the state could not find them, very mysterious!!! and the sister did not help, she (username: Interesting!), the sister, took all the money!
Strange, strange!!!
Well you see the whole point was that
I didn't expect it, so I was trying to let people know, because $50 might be a significant part of, say, a grocery budget, for those of us who are struggling.
It all adds up. I'm not exaggerating about the college tuition. Poof - the equivalent of that is now being deducted.
Here's another point to consider
I have found that my 16yo son will stay in much better contact with me with texting. He is more apt to tell me when and where he is going if he moves from one place to another. I figure this saves face for him in front of his friends--no one has to know he is talking to his "mommy" (he can also discretely let me know who he is with when I ask). Our rule is if you always answer your phone/text messages when you are out and about, you earn much more freedom.
Point taken
I love and use slang as much as the next guy, but don't try to pass it off as the Queen's English. But you are correct; I allowed boredom to get the better of me and continued it well past the point where I should have gone into ignore mode.
myself at one point (sm)
When my stepson was 9, he decided that he could not longer live with his mother, who was extremely emotionally abusive to him, which is a long heartbreaking story on it's own, but he insisted he lived with us. Well, we lived in a 1-bedroom apartment and both worked. When he came home from school, he came into the apartment, locked the door and waited for me to come home at about 4:30, so he were there for an hour by himself. I would have quit my job to be home, but we just could not afford to do that. One day SS came knocking before I came home from work and he would not let them in. He was under strict instructions not to open the door. He called me and I came right home. They came in and looked around and asked a few questions. Their only conclusion was that we needed a bigger place, which we were already in the process of looking for. We were not planning on having him live with us and they understood the situation. They were very kind and respectful to us and were impressed that he would not let them in. We moved a few weeks later. The sad part was his mother called not because she was fearing for his safety, but because she wanted to make our lives miserable. She really could not have cared less about him. Now he is 20, a senior in college and doing extremely well. He would not give a hill of beans for his "mother." Your kids will understand and you might be able to make some headway in a custody case with all of his nonsense. When we went to court for custody of him, all of her harrassment and calling the cops and SS and such really looked bad for her. She lost hands down. We did not even have an attorney. It was really cut and dry. When they come, be honest and encourage your children to be honest as well. It sounds like you have nothing to worry about. I was also just absolutely mortified when they came though, but it all worked out. 
what exactly is your point? nm
Exactly my point.
I liked both Dom Deluise and Bea Arthur too. Barely a mention. As a matter of fact, didn't even know either of them had died until now.
Was MJ ever convicted of child molestation, or was that first case settled out of court? Regardless, he was accused of it at least twice. Whether or not he did it, he was a grown man and a celebrity no less and should have known better. He could very well be a sex offender and he's getting a statement from the White House! (rolling eyes). Sure, he had a rough childhood. So did I. I'm an *adult* now and not out having affairs or little boys in my bed.
Regardless, he was a very trouble person. Nobody alters their appearance that much for no reason. I think he would have benefitted from a lot of psychotherapy.
good point...sm
except, in my opinion, the only thing they, organized religeon i.e., churches, are trying to *convert* is money out of our pockets and into theirs. I have felt for a long time that the word of God is free and that a lot of these *churches* feel they need to charge for their *services*, and I feel I can attain spirituality by my own studying and researching, rather than having to *conform* to what someone elses idea of God's word is. again, just my opinion. I don't open the door to these people either.
Good point. Thank you for the
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just trying to point out that the OP mentioned--sm
specifically that the franchise she was talking about began with the letter D and the above poster said "if you are talking about Pizza Hut..." shows how much they read these posts. lol.
I agree with the others to a point, BUT
there is a chance for you to make this happen. The only way I see it happening is if he leaves his girlfriend and is by himself for a bit. This way you are not hurting anyone and you know he can be by himself. Don't give in because it isn't the right thing to do unless you don't care about what is right and wrong or who gets hurts. If it is meant to be, then he can leave her, get his life straightened out, and then you can develop a healthy relationship.
Just my 2 cents...
It's not the fact that she maybe has a point
in that post, but the fact that she takes every opportunity to jump on any person here who works at home with children and makes broad generalizations about how we do our job and how we don't.
Me, personally, I did this to stay home. I however did not work full time when my kids were babies. There is no way I feel like I could have. I am working full time now that they are out of the house in school. Yet, I was accused of being one of those "unprofessionals."
I agree the OP needs to find another solution, because the one she has isn't working.
I agree with you to a point...
yes, going through a divorce is painful but don't let this girl fool you..she just loves the attention! She cries that the paparazzi are after her all the time but on the other hand shaves her head right in front of them. Why not just shave it at home instead of in front of a crowd? She goes out on the town with no underwear on, flashing her vajajay for all the world to see and wonders why the paparazzi are after her? GMAB!
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