Given my choice
Posted By: CynicalMT on 2009-06-16
In Reply to: one other thing I was told... - cj
What I would like to see is my tax dollars redirected from black holes like Iraq and directed to health care. Or maybe taken away from some of the pork projects to pay for it. Would I personally be willing to pay another $50/check to have insurance (which is all your 10% tax increase amounts to)? You bet your sweet petootie, I would. It's still a much better deal than my MTSO is offering at $400/month.
As to wait times, I used to have Kaiser...wait times for non-emergent consults and procedures were easily 6-8 weeks. Not as bad as Canada but not the pie-in-the-sky spontaneous that you would like to imply.
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try First Choice
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His choice! nm
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First Choice does, too. nm
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If you had the choice would you....sm
go hourly as a QA Editor or stay production as an MT? I have the chance to take a job as an QA/editor making between around $14+ an hour. I know I could make more as a production MT, but then you have the worry of work flow, ect. I was just wondering for those who made the transition if you like the change or ended up going back production. Thanks.
We have no choice...
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Job choice
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Also, you'll be modeling ambition, hard work, and motivation to your 3 kids - pretty great mothering in my opinion.
if I had a choice
I'd take your place over theirs any day, Hayseed, including the pig! Grass and manure beats asphalt and exhaust any day! They have a house. You have a home.
I would say that you really have no choice.
errors. I would present it as a probationary period. I would cut the rate, and then once the proofing need not be done, then up the rate. If you have to proof after 5 years, then you are defeating your purpose no doubt. Good luck.
Everyone here has a choice and I see
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Transolutions is a bad choice!!
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not her mother's choice
Glitter eyemakeup? False eyelashes? What channel are you watching? Maybe you should put on a pair of glasses, and maybe then you would have seen her crying. I think the arubans investigation stinks and so does their goverment.YOUR THE LOON, NOT BETH TWITTY.
Nice choice!! :)) ........
I make my kids sing some Temptations when I have them prisoner in the car.  Ball of Confusion ... 
Sophie's Choice. sm
I only have one grown child, but asking me my fav Beatles song is like asking Sophie to pick one child to live or die. I love Something (Harrison), Imagine (Lennon), Yesterday (McCartney), and Let it Be - Lennon and McCartney. That would be my Sophie's choice, Let It Be - I have had to apply that concept in my life.
Dateless by choice ...sm
I'll take bored over miserable anytime!!! If you're seriously looking for a relationship or even just a date, the odds of her showing up at your front door are slim to none... and you're certainly not going to find any romance here. There are many dating websites where you can get to know someone from your area. Try match.com.
She is in this situation by her own choice.
puh-leeze
Well, we don't have a choice when we visit...
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Been there, doing that, wish I had made a better choice.
My personal experience with the good captain has also been unsettling. I have been with them for almost a year and it has been bad for half of that. Man am I tired of bounced checks, late checks, no work, and ridiculous reasoning. I have been appling with other companies but have not found anything yet. Good luck and lets hope the ship doesn't sink until we get off!!!
Tough choice, for sure.
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Good luck to you!
a bad career choice
As an IC I make the choice whether or not....(sm)
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I think it's the Weapon of Choice - sm
video he did that makes me think of him as "sexy."
which means it was her CHOICE
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Everyone is telling her she has no choice
because if her employer says "jump", she should say "how high". What was she supposed to do when they said work from home, say "No". She was just criticized on an earlier post for standing up for herself and telling her employer no. There are many on this site that have to be "right" about everything. Contradiction is not "right".
I like Quick Look. My second choice would
be Drake and Drake.
A couple of good sites are drugs dot com and prescribing reference dot com.
You can't post the links here, which is why I typed it the way I did.
I currently have a 2003 electronic version of QuickLook and with the above references I haven't felt the need to upgrade.
Which choice to make??
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Quitting was the right choice!
Ya know, IC work seemed to be a great idea back when but from what I have read and heard, it's no longer a good route to go. Your little scenario really confirms that in my mind. You are better off just signing on with a company and trying to get a "right fit" with one of them. That's crazy, "you get paid when I get paid." Don't go there again.
Yep I made the choice
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Getting CMT is a personal choice. Obviously...sm
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Second-shifter by choice
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IMO, their choice to use or not use, no matter
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She was an adult, not her mother's choice
Obviously there is enough evidence to hold at least 1 suspect as he is still being held! What about him? Poor him huh? You are exactly the kind of person who talks one way, but given the problem being placed on your doorstep, you would cry and complain just like the rest of them. If it were your child, you be just as angry and scared and frustrated as she is.
You have excellent taste in men. My first choice also.
He has it all. Class, dignity, intelligence and charm and oh so cute/handsome/sexy.
Do you get choice of which report types are sent to you?
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A break? Your arm, your neck or your leg? Your choice...
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Tha;nk you hard choice.. Andrews I think...
I am not stupid actually I'm pretty smart but there is so much to learn and I need the correct support... I am investigating loans and I emailed Linda at Andrews for more information
Anti-reproductive choice ? that is so very PC
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shut up or put up - your choice - you cannot control them, only yourself
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Usually, it is a system-wide choice SM
that was made and the hospital (one that is part of a greater health care system) must go with the vendor chosen by the system.
I would pick choice #2 because of the practicum. sm
Anything that gives you actual professional-type experience is a step ahead.
Doctor's Choice Diet
Anyone been on this diet? I called and they said it is a diet plan and some kind of a hormone shot that you have to get once a week. Sounds scary to me.
For the future, its always the correct choice
to put "negotiable", if you want to be able to negotiate. Works for me everytime. Took lots of biz courses, etc., and all recommend the same - if you put a specific amount, you end up either selling yourself short, or you might impact them the other way - best to negotiate. Also why most companies don't put specifics. Preferred wording - salary commensurate with experience!
Trans Tech Definitely the Best Choice
I cannot say enough good about this company. I previously had a horrible horrible job, dealing with the most hostile and unfriendly backstabbing managerial staff. Oh well, paycheck not there, well it must be your banks fault. Total lack of respect, incompetence to name a few, and could care less if your 6 feet under. Glad I made the change. I was miserable. So happy to be at a place where your happiness counts for something. Go for it!
I think where you work and what you do should be YOUR choice, not hubby's! (nm)
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I have to disagree. It is a personal choice to
Now, the changes that are happening ... mostly it is business decisions made possible by governments both here and abroad, insurance companies, and our healthcare issues. Government allowances for us to do that much business elsewhere, in countries that will accept less because their economy is no where near ours.
Now, the competition is so stiff here that a business has to keep costs down in order to survive and have money to keep up with technology, etc.
Benefits cost so much even to employers because we, Americans, have made fat pigs of ourselves and run up outrageous health bills, don't pay, file bankruptcy and the healthcare system has to support it. Catastrophic damage awards in courts have caused insurance companies to be pushed so they raise their stands.
It isn't one thing, dear. It is many things.
However, good work and good companies still exist. You have to make a personal decision to be happy regardless. People's needs change. Perhaps change is what you need, too.
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