Ditto from Tampa!~

We have had more storms the past few years than we know what to do with!  You can buy all the canned stuff you want, but if your house is gone what good is it??

Sun lover

• We keep a 2 week supply of canned food, - Agree too.
  • What I expect from my government - tax payer
  • I totally agree with you. Had a long debate on this this morning. - Tired of...
  • What a compassionate person you are! - FloridaMT
    • Ditto from Tampa!~ - Floridagal!
      • Hey tampa typists - I'm moving back despite the storms and despite - moving back to Tampa
      • Do you think it's a sign? Time to move! - nm
    • Even then.......... - kitty
    • I have relatives in Port St. Lucie and....sm - Georgia gal
    • Hello? With a week notice you can't sock in 3 days of food and water? - Gimme a break. nm
      • I don't think you could be any more off base - if you tried (long post)
        • A reply - SM
      • I totally agree. They certainly had time to - This is the truth
      • Judgmental - de
        • Regarding judgment... - SM
          • It's called ENABLING - nm
          • AMEN TO THAT!!!!!!!! - NO SUCKER HERE
    • There's a reason why Florida is a peninsula, - Think about it.
    • Govt responsibility - zk
      • Do you feel the same about the homeless - on the streets of our major cities?
        • The homeless enjoy their "free lifestyle - Voice of experience
        • They are. Many of them get social security checks for - many of them are
          • I did say that there are some that no matter what - TM
        • A lot of those people on the streets are - TM
          • I'd be all for spending some money on .... - sm
            • Another thing, people expect the government - TM
              • Tired of supporting generations......... - Fed up!!!!
                • I agree with you completely. It is our government that ALLOWS this - TM
                  • I agree on the illegals but ..... - Fed up!!!!
                    • I don't know where you live, but - TM
              • I'm with you on the illegals, but paying taxes is not an insurance policy. - No Msg
                • I never said it was an insurance policy. Are there not programs set - TM
                  • As soon as I pick my head up off the floor, - SM
                    • Yeah, and we are doing such a good job - TM
                      • Answer this question.. - SM
                        • My kind? The blame goes far beyond our president. - TM
            • She brought a child in this world with 2 parents, not just a one night stand or something.. - TM
              • Question... - sm
                • Yes, as mother's we should take the - TM
                  • The reason why I think marriage.. - SM
                    • I believe it is important for children too.. - Tm
                      • You are right... - SM
                        • Yes we could reduce a lot of things in this world. - TM
      • I think it was the mayor of Fort Lauderdale that I saw on TV. - I was impressed
      • I do not work hard every day to support fools, yet I am forced to by this - horrid system!
        • They can brag all they want....... - kitty
          • You've misunderstood...... - kitty
            • You can't explain it. Our system we have - TM
              • Exactly....... - kitty
        • You are an idiot if you think the people - TM
        • UR2B pitied! - Don't try to justify your narrow mindedness
          • Those who claim to have so much compassion.... - sm
    • Most of the people in this country - Tend to agree
      • I agree with you completely - Why rely on government??
      • Too dependent on the govt? - zk
        • There is also a limit. People in expensive cars - tia
          • You hit the nail on the head! - Soul Sista
        • I'm not talking about roads, bridges, etc. - People are just lazy
        • You just proved our point. - C-msg
        • Wrong. Remember the pioneer spirit. You PAY for the stupidity of others. - Clean the gene pool!
    • And have you had your roof collapse because - Agree too
      • You have my respect and admiration. YOU are a true American. - Enough said.

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Just wondering if there were any other IC in the Tampa/Brandon area, and do you think line rates are cheap around here?? 

Just wondering if there is anyone in my area that would be interested in doing my IC accounts while I am on vacation 3/18/06-3/25/06.

Let me know if anyone is interested

I have been here for 15 years and still love to drive over the causeway into Tampa it is just so neat having the water all around!  I will say that things are more affordable in Tampa but the county taxes are high because you are paying for the Bucs and for many social programs as there is a price to pay to fix a city and make it a place anyone would want to live.  Pinellas County (over the Bay and more beach like) is a bit pricier, but there are still affordable places to live.  SW Pasco county is also affordable and taxes are lower but so are services.  It all depends on what you want/need.  Jobs are available.  Many hospitals still have inhouse and there are services always looking for good help.  I love it here and there is a substantial community of MTs if you need a shoulder to cry/grouse on!! 

I would love to know - I have a question.

thanks!

Florida and especially TAMPA is up and coming - they cleaned up that city (which was a mess 30 years ago) and it's booming and affordable!!  That's just my opinion.  Also the beaches there are far nicer than the east coast of Florida, again, just my opinion.  I hope you find Florida as wonderful as I do but it took me 5 years to really start loving it once I got here.  Best of luck, really!!!

nm

I really do find some of it interesting, and I like to feel like I am contributing to the overall care of the patient. I have a couple of decent accounts I consistently work on, and I really cannot complain at all about them.  The people I deal with at my company are nice too. 

 I was a SAHM for 7 years before doing this and I really like working again.  The kids are still young (7,almost 4, almost 3) and it is nice to be able to flex my schedule a bit if one is home sick from daycare/school and also to attend all of those class parties blah blah blah without begging permission to work through lunch or stay late to do so. 

I don't like doing the same thing for 40 hours per week though.  I have a hard time sitting that long.  I didn't think I cared for people very much as far as dealing with them all day long as part of work, but now I do realize I would like to be around people for at least part of my job.  I am thinking about doing some volunteer work at hospice or something just to give me some variety and feel like I am touching someone's life directly. 

I love using my education to do this job though!  DH helped me pay off my student loans from college and I had been getting sick of hearing about the lousy return on investment.  I also love that I am getting paid to know the information I loved to learn.

Not long ago, in  one of my nursing (psychiatric) journals, the editorial contained the phrase "to the manner born"....and I have seen it elsewhere.  Yikes!

Also my flesh crawls when I hear "orientated" but I see that has been incorporated as an alternative spelling per my Random House dictionary.

I find myself struggling not to correct grammar or syntax in conversation.  My daughter calls me a word-snot.

Which brings me to hyphens.  Do I have the correct understanding when I use a hyphen with, for, example, washed-up career, (i.e. the washed modifies career, foul ) but incorrectly when (and there seems to me to be an overuse of hyphens) if I write foul-smelling socks...because the foul modifies smelling per se?

And how about the frequent "I am anxious to attend the Rolling Stones concert" rather than the "I am eager to attend the Rolling......"

Thanks for your input.

Alexa in Washington State

The average middle class American worker is always the one who gets screwed!   It irritates the he** out of me that our government already freely gives handouts to freeloaders who are too sorry to work , and don't even deserve to be called a citizen of this country, and on top of that, illegal aliens break our laws to come here - but they're not punished for breaking our laws - yet they expect "free" medical care, "free" government benefits, "free" government write-offs - for the most part at the expense of the middle class.  Very ironic that so many people come here for our way of life - we do more for them than their own country - yet many of them hate America and what it stands for, and would not hesitate to spit on us and our flag, and some of these idiots in politics just let them do it.   Personally I think it's a collaborative effort to bleed the coffers dry, but what do I know,  I'm just a working stiff.   When is somebody in Washington going to speak up for us?