I love the Dollar Store....lots of things there. nm

• How do you guys pinch your pennies - need help conserving monies
  • Here's how I get by cheaply....sm - Cheapskate
    • I forgot to mention how I save money on clothes...sm - Cheapskate
  • i buy almost all generic, make a list when i - dcc
  • My tricks - sorry long post - Money Miser Mother
  • Grocery savings, and web link - JZ
    • Another great grocery saving website...s, - El Cheapo
  • I make everything from scratch - Ma of 4 and their friends
    • Love your handle, Ma of 4 and their friends and - mlstoo
  • Go to Dollar General. sm - Rachel
    • I love the Dollar Store....lots of things there. nm - $$ lady
  • inexpensive produce - ed
    • NorthGate is really good too...same area - Jen
  • I'm a vegetarian so not buying meat saves, - fg
    • vegetarian idea - lynn
    • saving money - zp
      • Trying to survive - 99 cent store
    • I LOVE shopping for clothes at resale stores - meowmeow
      • So true! My 17yo swears by them. I think I spend more on hangers - than the clothes! nm
      • thrift stores - cc
        • saving money/thrift stores - crittersmom
      • Me too! I have a really good one nearby. - Endiqua
        • Yes! a new outfit for under $20... - meowmeow
          • Me too - unfortunately, I don't get paid until next week. LOL! NM - Endiqua
    • the extra bottle for the shampoo is an excellent idea - thanks!
      • Another shampoo/conditioner idea - sm
  • Eat less meat or no meat - Healthy
  • Try checking the grocery store for reduced buggies, reduced - wannie
    • good idea with the potpourri, love the scent of cinnamon - thanks!
    • Also got rid of our house phone because we all had cell phones and that saves me about 75.00 a month - wannie
      • Are you an MT? How do you work? Just - curious. No offense please.
        • Use high speed internet. No offense taken. nm - wannie
        • I was told to have 2 phone lines, one can be cell. But (sm) - Modem backup
        • High speed internet - Working without phone
          • Dont need phone line? - te
            • My DSL is through my phone company - sm
            • My high speed internet is through our local t.v. cable company. nm. - wannie
            • High speed internet - I like it
              • high speed internet - clueless
  • Well I don't buy stuff like candles, for one thing, if I'm having to be careful. SM - Pinnypincher
    • Candles essential in my home...sm - stepmomfor2

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Just bought 4 pair at a 2.25 magnification today, as the more I do this, the worse it gets.  Started with a 1.25 a year ago.

I knew it was time when I had to wear two pair of 1.75's on top of each other so I could thread my sewing machine needle.

Ahhh, the "golden years."

Heres a hug for you, there are no icons for that so here's a handshake .  I'm having a bad day also, cannot seem to focus, bad dictators, hot, and someone in my life is being a turd, to add to the bunk...and yes it might just be PMS, so I know it won't be like this forever thank God. 

for every person who asked me about getting into this profession JUST to work at home, I could retire.  They have no idea what the profession entails, they just want to work at home, kids or no kids.  They usually see those ads.

Trying to stay around not more than 275,000.  Would like 3 bedrooms, and 2 to 2.5 baths with an office or fourth bedroom for work.  A pool would be nice.  When we were there about three weeks ago all the new tracts were on lotteries or about a one year wait to build.  Don't really wanna hassle with the lottery since I don't live local.  How about Palm Valley?  Is that a nice place?  What would you say is the community with the best schools.  My priority is location, schools, price, community amenities, not too far from everything so hubby does not have a monstrous commute, etc. 

Thanks so much for answering, it is really nice to get opinions from people who actually live there.

If Canadian MTs are making more $$ than American MTs, it all evens out.  Also, the national health care system in Canada is currently under revision and my cousin tells me it takes her 6 months to get an appointment for an XRAY in Calgary!!!........

Canada's dollar is not as strong as our dollar in the US and I LOVE CANADA so please do not think I'm bashing that wonderful sister country of ours.

 line expectations/requirements up to 1800 a day, the QA/editors I saw expectations 3000 a day, 2,3,4 cents a line. 

What do you suppose this comes out to hourly, say 4 pages an hour, 35 lines/page times 140 lines an hour, say 6,7,8,9. And, now what are the requirements.

.I see where they expect/require the MTs to pay for just everything, THEIR costs to do business.  Recently saw -- need 3 phone lines, provide at your cost, long distance plan buy this and that. Nonsense. .

After all this output who knows if in 30 days either side wants to continue relationship and look at all the money and equipment, Lanier $250 footpedal, thousands on some type of Lanier equipment LX something, 500 deposit to return in 6 months, this is nothing more than free interest loan for the business to fund their equipment purchase. 

There is a lot of anger, frustration and disrespect out there, you can tell by the ads posted, a slave-like attitude toward the MTs.

Frustration/anger fosters errors.

AND, look at what the MTs have to put up with in terms of dictation, if we can't hear how to make production and accuracy. It is, anything goes, take a deep gulp and see if you can finish report before you need to take another breath.  Dictate at live football games and "whisper" Intentional speed dictation because they don't want to say it again, no matter how many times yuu rewind, can't make out the dictation.  Anything goes, just dictate dear doctor, just dictate, we expect/require 99.5% accuracy.

Yep, I too am frustrated and saddened.

What could be done is--- nicely state on ads, be sure and run a spell check, "smile"---- problem solved ----instead of the disrespect you feel..

I think they are just being pains.  There are some people they bend over backwards for, some they don't work with at all and unfortunately I am at the lower end of the stick, it seems.   I had a coworker quit and went to work for an on-line service because they would not let her have Sundays off so she could go to church with her family even though they had adequate coverage on Sunday and by Thursday we were always out of work. 

I do auctions.  I try to be very careful about what I list.  I love books and have in the thousands of them, mostly educational material.  I have been selling those on half.com for a long time, so my time listed as a member is about 6 years.  It has only been in the last couple of months that I really started trying to power sell--everything you can think of--collectibles, books, clothes, my felt sets, shoes, etc.  You just have to watch the market and know that what you list will sell (hopefully) so that you don't lose money in fees.  I am still learning, but so far I have been very lucky and have made some good sales.

Lynn

the scout ants will carry back to their nest(?) and eradicate the entire colony.  What I used was a product that was a small, enclosed tin thing with a hole in top.  It held a poisonous gel.  I think there were 3 in a box.  Sorry, can't remember the name.  Anyway, I never saw ants in the house since using these.