No wonder more companies are hiring people from India, at least they work.

• What's on your feet? - Denise
  • Thin socks ALL the time. Can't use my pedal barefoot or with shoes. nm - Sox year-round. nm
  • UGGs - most of the time! - nm
  • I have always been barefoot - sasquatch
  • nothing - it is almost 70 already. Gonna be a nice 80-degree day! I love Arizona! - SM - AzMT
  • light slippers. can't *feel* the pedal with shoes. nm - nn
  • Isotoner Ballet-type slippers - sm
  • Same problem here, I mostly wear slipper-socks. - nm
    • Slipper-socks - typingforpennies
  • Socks - ER MT
  • Shoes! Love shoes. Thin soles work best. - Me
    • No wonder more companies are hiring people from India, at least they work. - nm
      • I thought you only posted on Fridays. - The First Choice
      • Working?? - anon
    • Good thought! - Denise
  • Thick socks. I have the same problem. - nm

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Has anyone else heard about this?  It seems transcription work isn't the only thing that can be done cheaper in India - surgery is cheaper too.  After seeing this story, I think we might have to worry about more than MT work going there. 

This was a very interesting story.  I had no idea it was even happening.  If you missed it on TV, you can view it online (it's less than 10-minutes long) if you go to:

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/ 

Then on the upper righthand side, click on Webcast:  Nightline Online, then right under that is Nightline Online:  Health Care Travel (it starts out with a commercial first).

My first thought was along the lines of no way would I ever go all the way to India for surgery (and I still wouldn't want to), but after seeing the Nightline piece, I can see how it's a reasonable option for some people, because of the lower price and what looked like great care. 

Our health care system is in such a scary state though, when U.S. citizens are having to travel to India for surgery they can afford.  Unbelievable. 

They also had an interesting story about little clinics springing up in places like Walmart:

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/PrescriptionForChange/story?id=2577785&page=1

My SIL has worked exactly 3 (count them) 3 months in her entire lazy life.  They took bankruptcy a couple of years ago, of course she wasn't going to go to work and help out then because she said "it's not my fault we are in this mess."  Now my brother is coming up to within 10 years of retirement and actually has problems with arthritis that may cause him to have to retire sooner.  She insists that she should be given a social security check when she "retires" and that she should be eligible for medicare when my brother retires.  She is several years younger than him and I tried to tell her she will have to get out and get private insurance for herself until she is of age.  She insists the government "owes this to her".  I would like to string her up to the highest tree, but I am told that is illegal also. 

Am I crazy?  She certainly can't be put on Medicare just because her husband is eligible can she? 

I think she just figures she will either live on his SS benefits or kill him off with the side jobs in addition to his FT job he has been trying to do to keep her in the style she wants to become accustomed and then be eligible for widow's benefits. 

I guess I really don't understand the SS and Medicare issues, just hoping someone could shed some light on this. 

She simply REFUSES to work regardless of how much they have needed the money and/or benefits.  Can't watch your soaps if you work all day and that is very important to her.  GRRRR.  Sorry to vent.  Will go mind my own business now.

The emails may *look* like they come from India in the headers but know that spammers use proxies to camouflage their identity and camouflage their computers......

Open up the headers and forward the entire email with the headers showing to spam at uce dot gov.  Only do this if these are in your personal or business email account.  Not necessary to do it if you are using a generic email account such as hotmail or yahoo.  That is the email for the govt to go after spammers. 

Been getting these types of spam emails for 12 years now!!  But I learned and I never give out my most personal email account except to the very chosen few....and as a result I never or very rarely get a spammed email in that particular account.

and it was supposedly a "reputable" one, recommended highly by just about everyone.  Searched online, you name it.  Thought I did my homework pretty good.  Well, they were a rip off.  Thankfully I kept logs of everyone I talked to about what and when, etc.  They screwed up several of my accounts, didn't pay them for almost 3 months (even though they received payment) and none of my interest rates were adjusted.  I contacted one of the lawers for the cc company that was handling the collection at that point since my company failed to do so and they said that this was a very common thing and that they really did not like to deal with companies like that, would rather deal directly with the person. 

Good luck to you though, sounds like you actually found one that does some kind of work. 

They cut production to get the prices up again. If we're not _____ by the oil nations, we're ____ by the American oil companies. G-R-E-E-D is the name of the game in the last few years.

Government tells us to cut our driving. Well, I hate to tell them but between a pickup and a car, we drove a total of  5,838 miles last year, and most of that mileage was 100 miles a day for DH to go to work. I get to the store once a month anymore, 2 mile round trip. The only thing I can cut down on is to walk to the store and back. Been there done that, but I'm no spring chicken and carrying 5 bags or more, well....you'd see a bag every 100 feet.

I don't see how it's any different that american companies are hiring illegals here versus american companies offshoring (which I detest) because the issue on either side is -- bottom line - the dollar -  and what American employers are willing to pay today...........and in either case, we are all losing our jobs to foreigners (whether they are legal, offshore, or illegal workers).

just my opinion.........

yourself first. That's what I did. We had a medical problem and we went from paying on time for years to 90 days behind in 3 months. We wound up living off the cards...which is an absolute no-no, but couldn't be helped, and wound up with $45,000 in CC debt.

 I called them all and they all have programs for hardship cases. They set up payments for you which are lower than what you would usually be paying and they lowered my interest rates again (in the good times, I was paying 9%) from 19% to  21% down to 9% again and one company even lowered my interest rate to 6%!

They automatically take the money from your account and you just have to remember to keep the money in there.  Payments are much lower since they lowered the interest rate and all the cards will be paid off in 4 years.

One company did close my account, but none of the others did. I haven't used a credit card for 2 years and most of the cards I had for 10 years.

Hope this helps and good luck. There is light at the end of the tunnel.

All of those companies you listed are non profits as described and accepted by the IRS.

I'm afraid you're going to be out of luck with your animal rescue lady, unless she reorganizes as a non profit, or makes you officially part of the company.

But, DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.  Check with your tax person, or if you can't reach her, find another tax person.  Call H&R Block.  There may be some loopholes that you can use to get the deduction.

not too long ago.

This is what our country is founded on FREEDOM OF CHOICE!   I'm laughing already; you are just as mortal as the rest of us, and don' even attempt to that you've never done anything in your lifetime that was unsafe or unhealthy. NOT gonna buy it.

I thought that the purpose of this board was to be able to post without being judged unfairly or have somebody tell you how wonderful their personal life is, and therefore you are causing their life to be less wonderful with your irresponsibility. Well, the saying "walk a mile in my shoes" is a good one in this case.  Since you have no personal information about the person you are lambasting because they are looking for information on their debt, you can feel superior.  Had you had personal information about them, you might act in a more human manner. Consider fighting cancer for 4 years, working and being debilitated while you do, suffering the effects of chemo, going into debt to maintain your home for your children and looking for a way out of debt SHOULD YOU EVEN LIVE THROUGH THIS!!  Thank you for the kind comments.  To the judgmental people I say please take a step back before you judge.  You do not know who you are talking to and if you knew the personal information maybe your comments would be kinder.