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Q: Driving with Greased Lightning?
I wonder what the rest of you think about this possible fuel alternative:
Grease is the word for alternative fuel
CHICAGO (UPI) — Restaurants are filling up more than stomachs as U.S drivers turn to used grease as an alternative fuel to skyrocketing gasoline costs, market analysts say.
Increasingly, restaurants are being paid for their used cooking oil, instead of having to pay someone to take the discolored, food particle-filled goop away, the Chicago Tribune reported Friday.
Not so coincidentally, sales for kits that allow diesel-powered cars to run on the spent cooking oil also are on the rise.
Rising energy prices greased the wheels for grease’s popularity.
“It all goes back to the high price of crude oil,” said Bill Dieterichs, an analyst at The Jacobsen, a Chicago publication that follows grease and tallow markets. “That’s what started the ball rolling.”
…/2
Biodiesel, primarily derived from soybean oil, can be made from a number of fats, including used cooking oil. With a conversion kit, grease car drivers can fill their tanks at their local eateries.
Jonathan Erber of Harvard, Ill., says he prefers the oil from Chinese restaurants to power his 1993 Chevrolet diesel pickup.
“I get higher performance from their peanut oil. I barely touch the pedal and it gets up to 60 (mph),” he said.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
The point of this question is to provide an option and potentially a forum for all those interested in alternative fuels & alternative vehicles. Consider this a place to share what you think about options and solutions as per this question’s category.
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I ask because I am interested to read and possibly learn about the state of energy and potential alternatives.
About your answers:
Titou, your message is delivered with eloquence, & I detect, some nostalgic regret for missed opportunities to set a more solid foundation than we have. Perhaps like you, I too often feel cynical with an edge of “conspiracy theorist”. Yes, agreed, N.A. is indulging in a lustful addiction for plenty. It’s mind boggling that with the current price of gas (here $1.30/ltr = approx $4.95/U.S. gal) that some people drive a Hummer to “Piggley WIggley” to buy a pack of gum. The days of 10% of the pop. using 90% of the world’s resources are fast coming to a grinding halt. At this rate, we here will be a 3rd world nation in short order as China’s emerging needs eclipse all else.
Corporations are magnets for negative press. Worse yet, they are notorious for “eating their young” & everything else in their wake as they drive for the bottom line at all co$t. As long as we buy into shiny baubles & trinkets, they will own us lock, stock & oil barrel. TY for sharing.
Thank you for your answers, WinterRules, & 2N2222.
Your opinions are a cautious “wait & see”, but you aren’t “buying into the possibility” of alternate oils as a complement to diesel. Agreed, McDonald’s couldn’t fry enough food to supply en masse, but perhaps you might benefit from reading Bronwen’s answer to this same question in “Conservation”;
“The article I read featured a man who runs his farming equipment on the used grease from the McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s in the small town where he lives….Once he got all the restaurants in the area onboard with the project, he found there was more oil than he needed in their little area of the world. He figured that several other farmers in his area could use the cooking oil, and others could use oil from other towns in their county.”
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AjiIwMYxQaxFGAUbd8bHyIzty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080526172427AAzdOSY
QT,
I really appreciate the link to the article on Mr. Diesel’s foresights & I really learned something valuable from your answer.
“The fact that fat oils from vegetable sources
can be used may seem insignificant today,
but such oils may perhaps become in course of time of the same importance as some natural mineral oils and the tar products are now.”
Prophetic, and like you, I feel frustrated that intelligence is seldom heard, seldom acted upon – until the “11th hour”. I nearly chose your answer, until I read this quote from the article,
“In any case, they make it certain that motor-power can still be produced from the heat of the sun, which is always available for agricultural purposes, even when all our natural stores of solid and liquid fuels are exhausted.”
—Diesel
Thanks to you & your amazing memory – obviously 6th grade is not that far off -, my brain has had an aerobic workout, as I hope others have had too. This should be the Best Answer… if not for Hempstead.
Hempstead,
I posed this question because I thought that recycling used cooking oil seemed like a great idea the day I read the article. QT educated me & now I know that this is a recycled idea…
I read your link, & at your suggestion, primed my receptors with optimism. Not only did I LEARN why solar energy is workable, but I also realized that doing (their) math leaves less room for our excuses (although my realistic side did have questions as I read). You certainly have had me doing my homework, & while I confess I felt twinges of concern over their plans for “my beloved southwest, the proposals and blog posts managed to alleviate much of my hesitation. Quite frankly, the biggest threats to solar solutions are the nay sayers & the oligopolies whose omnivorous lusts won’t be sated until everything is left sere. And I’ll bet they make Girl Scout cookies too…. 
TY for relieving me of some of my ignorance and quelling some more of my “conspiracy theorist” tendencies
A: Scientific American magazine came out several months ago, with a rather comprehensive plan to become completely oil independent by the year 2050. They called it the “Grand Solar Plan”.
Like other alternatives (e.g., biodeisel, tidal, wind, geo-thermal,nuclear, etc.), it gave many people a reason to feel somewhat optimistic about the future; at least from the standpoint that we have possible solutions. To add to the optimism, other recent scientific articles have also suggested some breakthroughs in the efficient use of all of these alternatives.
In response to the “Grand Solar Plan” article, there were 82 “blog” responses, mostly from the scientific community attempting to address concrete problems and practical applications of this, any other proposals. There were a number of valid criticisms that made intuitive sense although not immediately obvious to the layman (me). But rather than dampen my spirits, it made me feel even more optimistic about the future. It seems obvious that we have the knowledge, talent and skill to convert these proposals to reality. Now all we need is the will.
Q: Greasing Our Wheels for Speed?
I’d like to know your thoughts on the following:
Grease is the word for alternative fuel
CHICAGO (UPI) — Restaurants are filling up more than stomachs as U.S drivers turn to used grease as an alternative fuel to skyrocketing gasoline costs, market analysts say.
Increasingly, restaurants are being paid for their used cooking oil, instead of having to pay someone to take the discolored, food particle-filled goop away, the Chicago Tribune reported Friday.
Not so coincidentally, sales for kits that allow diesel-powered cars to run on the spent cooking oil also are on the rise.
Rising energy prices greased the wheels for grease’s popularity.
“It all goes back to the high price of crude oil,” said Bill Dieterichs, an analyst at The Jacobsen, a Chicago publication that follows grease and tallow markets. “That’s what started the ball rolling.”
…/2
Biodiesel, primarily derived from soybean oil, can be made from a number of fats, including used cooking oil. With a conversion kit, grease car drivers can fill their tanks at their local eateries.
Jonathan Erber of Harvard, Ill., says he prefers the oil from Chinese restaurants to power his 1993 Chevrolet diesel pickup.
“I get higher performance from their peanut oil. I barely touch the pedal and it gets up to 60 (mph),” he said.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
Thank you Big Nickel and Dr. Jello for your votes of confidence – or at least mild acknowledgment – for an inventive way of reducing, recycling and reusing. While Capitalism might view this a venue for revenue, our beleaguered environment might profit in unquantifiable ways, no matter how seemingly small the contribution we make.
A: I read about this sometime last summer. The article I read featured a man who runs his farming equipment on the used grease from the McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s in the small town where he lives. (It says a lot in itself that he lives in small town America but that all three of the “big” burger chains have an outlet in his town.)
The gentleman farmer said that when he first converted his harvester, the manager of one of the local restaurants where he gets his oil thought he was insane when he asked if he might have their used oil. The manager had to write to corporate headquarters to get permission, but it was all worked out fairly quickly.
The farmer soon found that he couldn’t get enough fuel from the three chain restaurants, so he contacted all the “mom and pop” restaurants in the area, and the only payment he makes for his fuel is that one of the places is famous for their fried green tomatoes, and he planted extras (he doesn’t sell tomatoes, just large harvest crops like corn and wheat) in his family garden, and he gives them green ones for his fuel.
The nifty thing was that when the technology came around, this farmer was operating in the red a lot of the time, and it was due to fuel costs. After he started using the new fuel, his numbers slowly moved into the black, which really made him happy, since the land he farms has been in his family for generations, and he didn’t want to be the one who had to sell the farm.
I think it’s wonderful technology. The farmer of whom I wrote is the only person I have heard of who uses it, but the end of the article I read about him said that several other farmers in the area were eyeing the conversion kits. Once he got all the restaurants in the area onboard with the project, he found there was more oil than he needed in their little area of the world. He figured that several other farmers in his area could use the cooking oil, and others could use oil from other towns in their county.
The great thing about this technology is it takes a waste product and turns it into something useful. That’s the true meaning of “recycling” in my eyes. Not only is it of use, he wasn’t paying anything but green tomatoes for what he was getting. I am sure that’s changed since I read about him last summer, but still, I cannot imagine that the cost is as high as a gallon of regular dieself fuel. (And I would just add that he bought heavy equipment for his farm which runs on diesel because diesel used to be less expensive in the first place–he was totally unprepared for diesel prices to go so high that it’s now more expensive than regular gasoline.)
Any alternative fuel source is a good one, in my eyes. I think using what amounts to garbage which needs careful disposal is a great idea. I would use it myself if I could.
Q: Help on math homework please?
7.) Who now are six will soon be three And gaily we confess it, But how we’ve chosen you may know No sooner than you may guess it.
Tom, who is older than Jim, is Dorothy’s brother. Virginia is the oldest girl. The total age of each couple-to-be is the same although no two of us are the same age. Jim and Jean are together as old as Bill and Dorothy.
What three engagements were announced at the party
To whom must the oldest girl be engaged?
8.) smith, Robinson, and Jones are a conductor, a porter, and an engineer on a certain train; their salaries are all integers. Also aboard the train are three passengers with the same last names: Mr. Smith, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Jones.
a.)Mr. Robinson lives in Detroit.
b.)The Porter lives exactly halfway between Chicago and Detroit.
c.) Mr. Jones earns exactly $50,000 per year.
d.)The porter’s nearest neighbor, who is one of the three passengers, earns three times as much as the porter.
e.)Smith usually beats the conductor at tennis.
f.)The passenger whose last name is the same as the porter’s lives in Chicago.
Who is the engineer?
9.)Two cars are approaching one another; one from los angeles, at 80 mph, and the other from Palm Springs, at 60 mph. How far apart are they 1 hour before they meet?
You don’t need to know the distance from Los Angeles to Palm Springs!
10.)In the fall, the members of the small and very exclusive Lawnsand Garden Club began to plan the following season’s garden arrangements. After several meetings, the 5 members of the club- Mr. Isaac Iris, Ms. Rita Rose, Madame Anastasie azalea, Dr. Frederick Forsythia, and Sir Horace Holly- decided that each should send a plant to one of the others.
a.)The 5 plants sent corresponding, in some order, to the names of these 5 people.
b.)Each of the five received exactly one plant.
c.)In no case did the receiver or the sender have the name of the plant.
d.)Ms.Rose sent a holly to Dr. Forsythia.
e.) The recipient of the plant sent by the doctor sent a rose.
f.)The flower lover with the same name as the plant send by Madame Azalea received a forsythia from the namesake of the plant that Madame Azalua received.
Who sent which plant to whom?
How can you untangle clue (f)?
11.)A commuter is in the habit of arriving at his suburban station every evening at 5 o’clock. His wife always meets the train and drives him home. One day he takes an earlier train, arriving at the station at 4. The weather is pleasant, so instead of telephoning home he starts walking along the route always taken by his wife. They meet somewhere on the way. He gets into the car and they drive home, arriving at their house ten minutes earlier than usual. Assuming that the wife always drives at a constant speed, and that on this occasion she left just in time to meet the 5 o’clock train, can you determine how long the husband walked before he was picked up?
12)During a class reunion, the classmates caught up on everybody’s news. Amy, Bill, Chuck, and Dave couldn’t attend the reunion, so their classmates speculated on what they were doing with their lives. In fact, most of the rumors told about the 4 were true, only one was false. Here are the rumors:
a.)The teacher, the sales representative, and Bill all belong to the same old-fashioned men’s club.
b.)Chuck doesn’t like to be responsible for his employer’s money.
c.)Bill, Dave, and the sales rep carpool to work.
d.)The teacher and the sales rep are partners at the 60’s dance class they attend.
e.)Bill is Dave’s boss, and they both hate to get dirty.
If the other two jobs are principal and gardener, which rumor is false, and what is the job of each of the friends?
13.) Messrs. Downs, heath, Field, Forest, and Marsh- five elderly pigeon fanciers- were worried by the depredations of marauding cars owned by five not less elderly spinsters, and, hoping to get control of the cats, they married these ladies.
The scheme worked well for each of the, so far as his own cat and pigeons were concerned; but it was not long before each cat had claimed a victim and each fancier had lost his favorite pigeon.
Mrs. Down’s cat killed the pigeon owned by the man who married the owner of the cat that killed Mr. Marsh’s pigeon. Mr. Down’s pigeon was killed by Mrs. Heath’s cat. Mr. forest’s pigeon was killed by the cat owned by the lady who married the man whose pigeon was killed by Field’s cat.
Who was the owner of the pigeon killed by Mrs. Forest’s cat?
These are the 13 i have troubles with, please help me and answer them. they are due on Wednesday, the 17 i believe, If you do answer them please include a chart for each and a short paragraph on how you achieved the answer. I am very very very very appreciative of the help I’ve had in the past, and so i would be very humble if i can receive help on this, Thanks.
A: To hard and stop cheating ur cheating ur self
Q: what rights do I have? did i get a bad deal at the dealer? ?
Three months ago I drove my 4 year old Kia Sorento truck into a dealership to buy a small part. In speaking with a salesmen he mentioned they had a special sale on the new 2008 models. I mentioned I was quite happy with my truck and the only issue I had was that it was rear wheel drive. I live in Chicago, so rear wheel drive is a pain in snow and sleet weather. He assured me they carried four wheel drive models and we started the process.
I was approved for financing and I traded in my truck for a 2008 Sorento. I had increased my monthly car note by $128 a month, but I had the stability of four wheel drive. Or so I thought. We were hit with some bad storms and I got stuck several times, and I soon discovered my brand new truck was rear wheel drive as well.
I took it back to the dealership this past Friday, and had the repair shop confirm the rear wheel drive. I spoke to the salesmen that sold me the vehicle several months prior. He stated that he ‘really thought it was a 4×4’.
A week after I had bought this vehicle, I had purchased a second vehicle from them as well. So I have proven that I can be a loyal customer. I have made a few calls since and I am told that they’ll look into it. But the consensus seems to be that I can come in and trade it in, but I’ll probably end up paying more for the replacement. Since my vehicle has depreciated, they tell me I’d either have to trade down to an older car, or increase my debt and car note to get what I want: a 2008 Kia Sorento 4×4.
I checked and the Blue Book value on my new truck has dropped over $10,000. I am not sure what my next step would be, or what my rights are.
I never would’ve bought the truck had it not been a 4×4. That was the only issue I’d had with my original truck, other than that, I would’ve stayed with it. It was in excellent condition, while 4 years old, and I had a low car note. Not to mention half the debt I have now owed to the bank with financing. Now I am stuck with a higher car note, double the debt and still driving a rear wheel drive truck in Chicago weather.
I have filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. Do I have a shot at being heard? Am I in the right? Or am I on a wild goose chase? I am not trying to scam, or get more than I paid for. I want the vehicle that I was told I was getting.
Thank you for your help!
A: As the saying goes, “When pigs fly”. the first question i have to ask why did it take you so long. Second if it wasn’t written on the sales agreement you got what you paid for, a 2 wheel drive. All 4 wheel drives have buttons or switches on the dash to switch from 2 to 4 wheel drive. They are not hard to miss because they are on the dash. So you are going to explain why you didn’t notice it was 2 wheel drive and didn’t look for the switch. And truthfully, it shouldn’t have taken more than a day or so to notice it wasn’t 4 wheel drive, no matter what the weather is or was.
Q: Homework Tax questions?
I am doing two problems for my tax class homework and believe I have come to the correct solutions but want to make sure before he goes over it in class. The 2 questions are as follows
Robert had the following transactions for 2009
Salary 80,000
Alimony Paid 6,000
Recovery from Car Accident
Person Injury Damages 60,000
Punitive Damages 30,000
Gift From Parents 26,000
Property Sales
Loss on sale of personal use camper 2000
Gain on sale of Chevron Stock (held for 8 months as an investment) 3000
What is Roberts AGI? I got 107,000
Homer (Age 68) and his wife Jean (age 70) file a joint return. They furnish all of the support for Luther, Homer’s Father (age 90) who lives with them. In 2009 they received $6,000
of interest income on city of chicago bonds and interest income on corporate bonds of 48,000. Computer homer and jean’s taxable income for 09?
I ended up with 33,950.
I did I didn’t add the chicago bonds because they are city issued bonds but took the married standard deduction and added 3 additional deductions for each of their ages, ended up doing it this way
$48,000 Interest from Corporate Bonds
$(10,900) Standard Deduction
$(3,150) Additional Standard Deduction
$33,950 Taxable Income
And ps everyone I did do it I just want to make sure I did everything correctly hints how I got the answer, you couldn’t get the answer without doing it.
A: You’re good on the first one.
On the second, I come up with something different. Did you take into account the rules for municipal bonds, and the extra std deduction for someone 65 or over?
Q: Help with history!!! All you history buffs?
What is NOT true about city life and immigrants in America from 1875-1900?
Question 10 answers
1.By the turn of the century, upwards of 30 percent of the residents of New York, Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco were foreign-born
2.These immigrants to America had little choice about where they could live; they needed inexpensive housing near their work
3.Urban blacks did not create their own communities in American cities but spread out in the new suburbs being built
4.With increased southern discrimination, African-Americans migrated to northern and western states for employment opportunities and better housing
What is NOT true about amusement activities at the turn of the 20C in US cities:
Question 11 answers
1.Prostitution was tightly regulated and this limited American male access to illicit sex (prostitutes and underaged females)
2.Amusement parks were built to entertain families along with theatres; saught most by pleasure-seeking working class individuals
3.Baseball grew into more than just an afternoon of fun; rooting for home teams, fans identifies with cities in which they lived
4.Newspapers contained a range of news items—information, events, stories, and want ads– for hungry reading American populace
Late nineteenth century business practices using new technologies maximized profits. What in regards to this history, listed below, does not belong?
Question 13 answers
1.American advertizing firms lacked marketing solutions to American industries & increased sales of consumer goods
2.As American cities grew in population, rural supplies used railroad systems to get their goods from city to city in the most effective manner
3.In 1865 the Union Stock Yard of Chicago opened to receive livestock shipped from the Great Plains; a city of live auctions, Chicago became known as ‘butchertown’
4.The meatpacking industry promoted the invention of refrigerated railroad cars, implimented by Gustavus Swift
What did NOT account for the emergence of student activism in the 1960s?
Question 23 answers
1.American students did not feel alienated from the government; they supported government efforts to spead democratic ideals world wide
2.Their growing awareness of the possibility of social change exemplified by the Civil Rights movement and dissatisfaction in politicians of the time
3.Student rallies were democratic and open political debates asserting their rights to talk about the Vietnam War publically
4.They were not unified politically and did not believe that voting would solve their problems; they lacked confidence in American democratic political practices
A: 1.By the turn of the century, upwards of 30 percent of the residents of New York, Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco were foreign-born – “The majority of the residents in these cities were immigrants!”
1.Prostitution was tightly regulated and this limited American male access to illicit sex (prostitutes and underaged females) – False
3.In 1865 the Union Stock Yard of Chicago opened to receive livestock shipped from the Great Plains; a city of live auctions, Chicago became known as ‘butchertown’ – It was San Francisco.
1.American students did not feel alienated from the government; they supported government efforts to spead democratic ideals world wide – False!
I believe that these are all false statements. Hope that helps!
The History Man!
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Q: Should I stay or should I go?
I’m very torn. I am scheduled to fly to Chicago tomorrow, my hometown, with my mom. We are staying for 2 weeks. My dad is going to come a week later, because he can’t go this week due to work. He is staying for one week. I usually have more fun when he is there because he rents a car, and he usually does what I want. My mom and I often get into fights, and without my dad, I have nobody else, except mom, who I’m fighting with. We got into three fights today, which were all her fault by the way. We are staying in my grandma’s tiny two bedroom condo. I have to sleep on the couch in her living room. If my mom and I fight, she hears it all, and will say something to my mom about it. I feel like I often have to “censor” what I say around her. I can’t say any swears or crude language, or anything against the beliefs of the Catholic Church, ( since I disagree with them on many things) because it could lead to problems with her. I feel bored when I’m there, because we only have one car, so we have to do what she does. She is 84 years old, and I’m 17 so our life styles are very different. On the other hand, I love Chicago, and just being there is good. If I go week one, I get to spend more time with my friends, and some of my family. Plus, some of my family is having a garage sale which I wanted to go to. I am just want to get your opinion on whether I should go the first week with my mom, or week two with my dad.
A: You wine to much! Try being more respectful to your mom.
Q: Could someone please look over my resume?
Could you please look over my resume and give me suggestions on how to make it better and what I could cut out? It is about four lines too long, and I am trying to get it to one page. I am specifically using it now for a job at Verizon. I think it will be a heavily sales-oriented job. Trying to get the right wording down for my job experiences was difficult and any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, whether it’s on grammar, context, format, etc. Thanks a lot! PS: I didn’t put real numbers or the locations for the sake of a little privacy on the internet.
Name
Email@gmail.com
(660)111-1111
Education: Bachelor of Arts- Expected graduation date: December 2010
College, City, State
Major: Sociology GPA in Major: 3.66/4.00
Work Experience:
Video Clerk (January 2010-Present)
Family Video, City, State
In this position, I am heavily involved with customers and ensure that they always leave satisfied. I monitor the sale and rental of movies and other merchandise. I have gained sales experience as I assist customers with their selections while suggesting various merchandise and/or deals that will work out for them. I have perform inventories, engage customers over the phone daily, and enjoy working in a great team environment. I communicate effectively with my customers as well as my co-workers and my employers.
Assistant Manager (June 2003-Present)
Sonic Drive-In, City, State
I have earned much responsibility involving the handling of money, customer relations, delegating responsibilities to other employees and training new employees, computer use, opening and closing the store, cooking, car-hopping, and cleaning and maintaining the store.
Caretaker/Housekeeper (June 2007-July 2010)
Services for Independent Living, City, State
I earned a substantial amount of trust and was assigned many diverse responsibilities in this position. This position involves cleaning and maintaining a household and assisting the client with various needs. I was given responsibility with money as the client entrusted me with obtaining her necessities and using my own judgment to decide what would be the best action to take in various situations. I would also remind the client of appointments and important dates and tasks.
Skills:
I have proficient computer skills which involve Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, general internet usage, and competent typing ability. I also am quite capable in American Sign Language.
Honors and Activities:
Dean’s List (2 Semesters)
Presented a paper at the Midwest Sociological Meeting in Chicago
National Society for Collegiate Scholars
Alpha Kappa Delta (International Sociology Honor Society)
Vice President of Sociology Club
Delta Epsilon Iota
Girls State Scholarship
University Scholarship for Academic Excellence
Also, does the way I put my GPA seem alright? I was going to put my cumulative GPA, but it is only 3.3, but I was wondering if someone reading it would wonder why I only put the GPA for my major. Should I not put it at all?
A: I would add an objective:
Seeking a position where I can utilize my skills to there fullest potential and gain experience through growth and opportunity…
I would change the skills:
Also, I am quite capable in American Sign Language.
I would change the EDUCATION format to something like:
School Name (BOLD), City State
Degree:
Intended Graduation Date:
GPA:
Awards:
FORMAT YOUR RESUME:
DATES OF EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYER NAME, CITY, STATE
TITLE
BULLET POINT (try to format your resume so it is eye catching and easy to read…using bullet points to highlight work load is essential)
Otherwise, I think it looks great…
I hope this helps…
Q: My parents are in huge debt, and it’s affecting me. What do I do?
I am currently a sophomore in college. My first year my dad was put as a ‘Secondary’ person on my debit card to help add money while I was away. Today, he owes over $8,000 in debt and my account is frozen due to it (because any aspects with his name on it becomes frozen) and the bank is now the middle man and there seems to be no hope to get my account unfrozen even if it has nothing to do with me. My father is on workers comp., and my mother is almost 60 working 7 days a week for only $400 a week. Now my parents are divorcing, the house is up for sale, and I don’t know what to do. I want to live in the city that way I wouldn’t need a car and could be on my own. However, I don’t have enough money saved, so it looks like I’m stuck with my mom for now. But now my car has no engine and my parents can’t afford one, and I’m going to be commuting to school by September 8 in Chicago. I need help please. This financial debt is putting a burden on my life and preventing me from letting me continue it and my parents (who are the ones responsible) don’t care to do anything about it.. I guess they’ve given up. Thanks everyone.
A: The first thing you should do is close all of your bank accounts and open new ones. If your father was listed on any of your credit accounts, get rid of those too. You want to get yourself unassociated with anything that has to do with your parents finances. Unfortunately, this was all for nothing. You don’t have to be a user on an account to deposit money at a bank. If you had given him deposit slips for your checking account, he could have just done it at a teller window. anyone can put money into an account, but only the user can take it out.
Q: What would you suggest?
Looks like my neighbors all got ‘em, but we of course did not. I’m talking about blue bins. Y’know, for the beer cans, the beer bottles, and the newspaper circulars about beer being on sale. But, because I live in a multi-unit courtyard building, we don’t get any.
See, here in Chicago, they are slowly distributing blue bins to a few wards at a time, and today, it looks like my ward was on the list. But, the city only handles the garbage for single family homes and buildings up to four units. Bigger places pay for private garbage companies, which is what my management company does.
Now it’s true, the building is supposed to pay for a recycling dumpster, but these guys are a mere step up from slumlords, so that’s just not going to happen. We don’t rock the boat, and we get to stay in a classy neighborhood we can actually afford.
So what do we do?
Do we
(A) continue to leave the beer cans on the side of the dumpster for the scrappers to take? Or
(B) do we load up a neighbor’s blue bin? The third option is
(C) to drive our stuff to a recycling facility? But uhhhh… no. My husband will NOT put garbage in the car. So dat ain’t gunna happen. And then of course is classic
(D) just toss everything in the dumpster like damn near everyone else does in this town?
What are your suggestions?
A: I would load up the neighbors bins. It would be helpful if you talked to the neighbor and got permission, but the bins belong to the city, not the homeowner and once they are set out they are on public property. Just make sure you are actually putting the correct stuff into them, in some cities a homeowner can get a fine if they contaminate the bins with the wrong materials.
BTW tell your husband he already puts garbage in the car, what do you call all the packaging you will be recycling later.
Q: Short Romance & Marriage Jokes 2?
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN
A man is driving up a steep, narrow mountain road. A woman is driving down the same road. As they pass each other the woman leans out the window and yells, “PIG!!”
The man immediately leans out his window and replies, “BITCH!!”
They each continue on their way, and as the man rounds the next corner, he crashes into a pig in the middle of the road.
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A husband and wife were shopping when the wife said, “Darling, it’s my Mother’s birthday tomorrow. What shall we buy for her? She would like something electric.”
The husband replied, “How about a chair?!?”
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“I was married 3 times,” explained the man to a newly discovered drinking partner, “and I’ll never marry again. My first two wives died of eating poison mushrooms and my third wife died of a fractured skull.”
“That’s a shame,” said his friend. “How did it happen?”
“She wouldn’t eat the mushrooms.”
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The woman applying for a job in a Florida lemon grove seemed way too qualified for the job. “Look Miss,” said the foreman, “Have you any actual experience in picking lemons?”
“Well, as a matter if fact, yes!” she replied. “I’ve been divorced three times.”
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Young Son: Is it true, Dad, I heard that in some parts of Africa a man doesn’t know his wife until he marries her?
Dad: That happens in every country, son.
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Bob’s greatest achievement was his brood of six children. In fact, he was so proud of himself that he started calling his wife “Mother of Six”, despite her continual objections.
One night at a cocktail party, Bob decided it was time to go home and shouted across the room, “Shall we go home, Mother of Six?”
His irritated wife hollered back, “Any time you’re ready, Father of Four.”
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The hit-and-run victim was just getting to his feet when a policeman ran up to help. “My mother-in-law just tried to run me over!” the shaken man told the cop.
“The car hit you from behind,” the officer said. “How could you tell it was your mother-in-law?”
“I recognized the laugh!” he replied.
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A dietitian was once addressing a large audience in Chicago. “The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is awful. Vegetables can be disastrous, and none of us realizes the germs in our drinking water. But there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and all of us eat it. Can anyone here tell me what lethal product I’m referring to? You, sir, in the first row, please give us your idea.”
The man lowered his head and said, “Wedding cake?”
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“Congratulations my boy!” said the groom’s uncle. “I’m sure you’ll look back and remember today as the happiest day of your life.”
“But I’m not getting married until tomorrow,” protested his nephew.
“I know,” replied the uncle. “That’s exactly what I mean.”
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A construction worker came home just in time to find his wife in bed with another man. So he dragged the man down the stairs to the garage and put his penis in a vise. He secured it tightly and removed the handle. Then he picked up a hacksaw.
The man, terrified, screamed, “STOP! STOP! You’re not going to cut it off, are you???”
The husband said, with a gleam of revenge in his eye, “Nope. You are. I’m going to set the garage on fire.”
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A man wakes up his wife during the night with a glass of water in one hand and two aspirins in the other. She asks, “What’s this for?”
“This is for your headache,” he says.
She says, “But I don’t have a headache.”
He smiles and says, “Gotcha!”
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Joe said, “Know what, Charlie? I killed 5 flies yesterday, 3 males and 2 females.”
“How could you tell them apart, Joe?” asked Charlie.
Joe replied, “That was easy. The 3 males were sitting on a case of beer and the 2 females were on the phone.”
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A husband stepped on one of those penny scales that tell you your fortune and weight and dropped in a coin.
“Listen to this,” he said to his wife, showing her a small, white card. “It says I’m energetic, bright, resourceful and a great lover.”
“Yeah,” his wife nodded, “and it has your weight wrong, too.”
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“I must take every precaution not to get pregnant,” said Edna to Priscilla.
“But I thought you said your hubby had a vasectomy,” Priscilla responded.
“He did. That’s why I have to take every precaution.”
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The Smiths were dining out when his wife noticed a familiar face at the bar.
“Honey,” she said as she pointed the guy out, “That guy at the bar has been drinking like that since I left him seven years ago.”
Her husband said, “That’s silly, no one celebrates that much!”
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Nature has many laws that hold fast and true. For example, a baby ape will always grow-up to be an ape; likewise, a baby baboon will become an adult baboon. A baby pig will mature into a full grown pig. A baby jackass will always become a jackass. A puppy quickly matures into a dog; a mongrel pup develops into a cur.
Yet oddly enough, women say a young man may grow-up to be any one of these.
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Roger was fed up with his wife, so he packed up his stuff and moved into the garage. Although he couple seldom spoke, he continued to mow the lawn, take out the garbage and fix the car, while she cooked the meals, vacuumed and did the laundry.
Months later, Roger met his friend Don for drinks. “Things don’t seem to be working out any better,” Don remarked. “Why don’t you just move out?”
“Well, if you really want to know the truth,” Roger explained, “she makes such a damn good neighbor.”
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Worried about their less than exciting sex life, a young wife sent her husband to a therapist who wound up treating him with self hypnosis. And, to her joy, everything got much better.
However, she could not help but notice that each night, early into their lovemaking, the husband would dash out to the bathroom for several minutes. This tormented her until finally, one night, she followed him.
There, in front of the mirror, she found him applying this therapeutic technique: “She’s not my wife… She’s not my wife…She’s not my wife…”
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Rex’s barn burned down and his wife, Susan, called the insurance company. Susan told the insurance company, “We had that barn insured for fifty-thousand and I want my money.”
The agent replied, “Whoa there, just a minute, Susan. Insurance doesn’t work quite like that. We will ascertain the value of what was insured and provide you with a new one of comparable worth.”
There was a long pause before Susan replied, “Then I’d like to cancel the policy on my husband.”
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A little boy asked his father, “Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?” And the father replied, “I don’t know, son, I’m still paying for it.”
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A man said his credit card was stolen, but he decided not to report it because the thief was spending less than his wife did.
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First Guy (proudly): “My wife’s an angel!” Second Guy: “You’re lucky, mine’s still alive.”
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Bert took his Saint Bernard to the vet, “Doctor,” he said sadly, “I’m afraid I’m going to have to ask you to cut off my dog’s tail.”
The vet stepped back, “Bert, why should I do such a terrible thing?”
“Because my mother-in-law’s arriving tomorrow, and I don’t want anything to make her think she’s welcome.”
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Wife: “There’s trouble with the car. It has water in the carburetor.”
Husband: “Water in the carburetor? That’s ridiculous.”
Wife: “I tell you the car has water in the carburetor.”
Husband: “You don’t even know what a carburetor is. I’ll check it out. Where’s the car?”
Wife: “In the pool.”
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Overheard: “Has your husband lived up to all the things he said before you were married?”
“No, He’s only lived up to one of them.”
“Which one was that?”
“He said he wasn’t good enough for me.”
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The man told his doctor that he wasn’t able to do all the things around the house that he used to do. When the examination was complete, he said, “Now, Doc, I can take it. Tell me in plain English what is wrong with me.”
“Well, in plain English,” the doctor replied, “You’re lazy.”
“Okay,” said the man. “Now give me the medical term so I can tell my wife.”
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Once upon a time, a beautiful, independent, self assured princess happened upon a frog in a pond. The frog said to the princess, “I was once a handsome prince until an evil witch put a spell on me. One kiss from you and I will turn back into a prince and then we can marry, move into the castle with my mom, and you can hold down a full time job, prepare my meals, clean my clothes, bear my children and forever feel happy doing so.”
That night, while the princess dined on frog legs, she laughed to herself and said, “I don’t freaking think so!!”
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It is two o’clock in the morning and a husband and his wife are asleep when suddenly the phone rings. The husband picks up the phone and says, “Hello? How the heck do I know? What am I, the weather man?” He promptly slams the phone down.
His wife rolls over and asks, “Who was that?”
The husband replies, “I don’t know, it was some guy who wanted to know if the coast was clear.”
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A couple comes upon a wishing well. The wife leans over, makes a wish and throws in a penny. The husband decides to make a wish, too. But he leans over too much, falls into the well and drowns. Stunned, the wife smiles broadly and exclaims, “It really works!”
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Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl whispered to her mother, “Why is the bride dressed in white?”
“Because white is the color of happiness, and today is the happiest day of her life.”
The child thought about this for a moment, then said, “So why is the groom wearing black?”
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“This place is a mess! C’mon, You and I need to clean up. Your stuff is lying on the floor, and if we don’t do laundry right now, you’ll have no clothes to wear.”
What a Man hears:
blah,blah,blah,blah, C’MON
blah,blah,blah, YOU AND I
blah,blah, ON THE FLOOR
blah,blah,blah, RIGHT NOW
blah,blah,blah,blah,blah, NO CLOTHES
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A lady sought out a fortune teller. The fortune teller tells her, “Be prepared for widowhood. Your husband will soon die a violent death.”
The lady asked, ” Will I be acquitted?”
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A young woman buys a mirror at an antique shop, and hangs it on her bathroom door. One evening, while getting undressed, she playfully says, “Mirror, mirror, on my door, make my bustline forty four.”
Instantly, there is a brilliant flash of light, and her breasts grow to enormous proportions. Excitedly, she runs to tell her husband what happened, and in minutes they both return.
This time the husband crosses his fingers and says, “Mirror mirror on the door, make my penis touch the floor!” Again, there’s a bright flash…and his legs fall off.
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An English professor wrote the words, “Woman without her man is nothing” on the blackboard and directed the students to punctuate it correctly.
The men wrote: “Woman, without her man, is nothing.” The women wrote: “Woman! Without her, man is nothing.”
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A man rushes into his house and yells to his wife, “Martha, pack up your things! I just won the state lottery!”
Martha replies, “Should I pack for warm weather or cold?”
The man says, “I don’t care. Just as long as you’re out of the house by noon.”
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“It’s just to hot to wear clothes today,” said Jack as he stepped out of the shower.
“Honey, what do you think the neighbors would think if I mowed the lawn like this?”
“Probably that I married you for your money.”
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While at the fairgrounds, a woman wanted to take a ride on the Ferris wheel before heading home. Her husband waited while she took a spin. The wheel went round and round and suddenly the woman was thrown out. She landed in a heap at her husband’s feet.
He gasped and bent down. “Are you hurt?” he asked.
“Of course I’m hurt!” she replied. “Three times around and you didn’t wave once.”
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Two men are playing golf when a funeral procession passes by on the street next to the green. One of the men takes off his hat and holds it over his heart. When the procession has passed, the other man says, “That was a nice gesture.”
“Well,” the first guy says, “After twenty years of marriage, it was the least I could do for her.”
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An old man goes into the Social Security Office and fills out an application. Too old to have a birth certificate, he is asked to prove he is old enough. He opens his shirt and shows them the grey hair on his chest and they except that as proof.
He goes home to his wife, shows her the check and explains to her what has happened. She replies, “Well get back down there, pull down your pants and see if you can get disability!”
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“Cash, check or charge?” I asked after folding items the woman wished to purchase. As she fumbled for her wallet I noticed a remote control for a television set in her purse. “Do you always carry your TV remote?” I asked.
“No,” she replied. “But my husband refused to come shopping with me, so I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to him.”
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Smith goes to see his supervisor in the front office. “Boss,” he says, “We’re doing some heavy house cleaning at home tomorrow and my wife needs me to help with the attic and the garage, moving and hauling stuff.”
“We’re short-handed, Smith” the boss replies. “I can’t give you the day off.”
“Thanks, boss,” says Smith “I knew I could count on you!”
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The man approached the very beautiful woman in the large supermarket and asked, “You know, I’ve lost my wife here in the supermarket. Can you talk to me for a couple of minutes?”
“Why?”
“Because every time I talk to a a beautiful woman my wife appears out of nowhere.”
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Two women were talking, when one said to the other: “Do you ever talk to your husband when you’re making love?”
“Yeah,” replied the second, “But only when he telephones!”
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The angry wife met her husband at the door. There was alcohol on his breath, and lipstick on his cheek. “I assume,” she snarled, “that there is a very good reason for you to come waltzing in a six o’clock in the morning!”
“There is,” he replied. “Breakfast.”
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A wife, one evening, drew her husband’s attention to the couple next door and said, “Do you see that couple? How devoted they are? He kisses her every time they meet. Why don’t you do that?”
“I would love to,” replied the husband, “But I don’t know her well enough.”
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A: ha ha ha hilarious thanks for the laugh
Q: Any P/R People? I would like PROMOTE your Company (shirts I wear, flyers, ect) for help for my son for summer.
My background is in Professional Sales, and Restaurant Management, as well as 6 yrs Active Duty Marine Corps. But, currently I am on disability (I will explain). I am also a single father, raising my 12 yr. old by myself. God has blessed us in many ways, and I have much to be thank-ful for, however I have not been able to do something exciting with my son for awhile, our funds all go for food, rent, and utilities.
SO I would like to earn, for example two Six Flags Season Pass, w/Parking Pass or Waterpark Passes for my son and I by doing small promotions in the Mid-West Area (Madison, WI; Rockford, IL; Chicago, IL area). A very unique example would be the young lady, who was in the news last summer, for having her body painted with a Company Logo for the summer. I would PREFER to wear Company Logoed Clothes, put a magnetic sign on my car, pass out flyers at Mid-West Events; outside Sams Clubs; at Six Flags, ect..
I am excellent at sales, and interacting w/ the public.
A: I may have something for you devil dog, email me
gs_analyst@yahoo.com
Q: very funny blonde jokes=please answer + star f you really like it ?
hey guys i have many blonde jokes
i would like to share with u
i am today very bored
anyway,here we go
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1) On a plane flight from Seattle to Chicago, a blonde was sitting in economy class. About half way through the flight, she got up and moved to an empty seat in first class. A flight attendant who observed this, went over to her and politely explained that she had to move back to economy class because that was what her ticket was for. The blonde replied, “I’m blonde, I’m beautiful, I’m going to Chicago and I’m staying right here.”
After several attempts to explain to the blonde why she had to return to economy class, the flight attendant gave up. She went to the cockpit and explained the situation to the pilot and co-pilot.
“Wait a minute,” said the pilot. “Did you say she’s blonde? I can handle this. My wife is a blonde. I speak Blonde.” So he went up to the woman sitting in first class and whispered something in her ear.
“I’m sorry,” said the blonde, and she promptly got up and returned to her seat in economy class.
“What did you say to her?” ask the astonished flight attendant and co-pilot.
To which the pilot replied, “I just told her that first class isn’t going to Chicago.”
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2)A blonde goes to a sales man to buy a TV, “I want that TV” the man replies, “sorry, I don’t sell to blondes.
She went home, died her hair red and went back to the sales man, “I want this TV,” “again, “Sorry, I don’t sell to blonbes”
Frustrated, she went home, shaved bold and went again ” I want this TV!!!” agian, “sorry I dont sell to blondes”.
The blonde screams out” HOW THE HELL DO U KNOW I’M BLONDE!?!” he replies, “Caues thats not a TV, it’s a microwave!”
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3) Two girlfriends were speeding down the highway at well over a 100 miles per hour.
Hey, asked the brunette at the wheel, see any cops following us?
The blonde turned around for a long look. As a matter of fact, I do.
Oh, NOOOO! yelled the brunette. Are his flashers on?
The blonde turned around again. “Yup…nope…yup…nope…yup…”
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4) A blonde driving a car became lost in a snowstorm. She didn’t panic however, because she remembered what her dad had once told her. “If you ever get stuck in a snowstorm, just wait for a snow plow to come by and follow it.”
Sure enough, pretty soon a snow plow came by, and she started to follow it. She followed the plow for about forty-five minutes.
Finally the driver of the truck got out and asked her what she was doing. And she explained that her dad had told her if she ever got stuck in a snow storm, to follow a plow.
The driver nodded and said, “Well, I’m done with the Wal-Mart parking lot, do you want to follow me over to K-Mart now?
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5) Q: 17 blonds stand out side a workout room, why don’t they go in
A: The sign says must be 18 to enter.
star if u like it
going to sleep now bye
reece28 thank you
A: haha! Funny jokes!
Blondes are really cute:)
Q: Does Obama love ALL terrorists?
Barack Obama’s very first political fundraiser, when he was tapped to replace Alice Palmer in the Illinois State Senate, was a party hosted by Michael Ayers and Michelle Dorm in their home. Ayers and Dorm, of course, are the unrepentant “Weathermen” terrorists who have said that not only do they not regret their bombings, they think they didn’t do enough.
When terrorist supporter Rashid Khalidi was deported for his outspoken support of Hamas terror campaigns, he was thrown a lavish “Going away” party in a Chicago luxury hotel. The host? Barack Obama. In charge of ticket sales? Michael Ayers. This was, doubtless, payback for Khalidi’s active fund raising for Obama in Illinois’ Muslim community.
Now, today, comes his latest support for terrorists. SLA baby killer Sara Jane Olson, who participated in car bombings and other atrocities, and who herself personally kicked a pregnant bank teller in the stomach while she lay helpless on the floor at gunpoint, causing her to miscarry, has been released after serving less than half her sentence.
Richard
A: If you say so>*
Q: Can you believe how much of douche my x boss is?
Here’s the skinny on this: I work for a failing cell phone company. I live in a part of the country where it gets no reception, there for our numbers are not there. My x boss as forced to close the kiosk in the mall today. I sent him an email telling him i was looking for a new job, and this is what he said back: keep in mind i am 23 years old, am completely self reliant, have a house and car payment, and i was working full time, and he completely decided this TODAY, without NOTICE that he was closing where i worked.
Let me finally address all of our concerns here:
The Marion Booth is closed as of today. We are not opening it again. Kirk and I TALKED, yes TALKED about shutting it down in the future because of the sales, but Spencer took the liberty of reading in between the lines and didn’t show up for work today. He did manage to fire off an email about 14 minutes before the booth was to be open…. so that’s cool. I wish him all the best at the Cracker Barrel. Your last day will be today.. as with him.
I am happy that you are looking for another job. For a number of different reasons. I hope it works out well with Alltel and the other job in Chicago.
I am sure everyone is hurt and upset and mad, etc.. etc.. et… but for the first time in 3 years I am too. Upset that the booth has taken such a dive. Upset that we constantly hire people that could give a crap whether or not they are sitting at the booth or not. Upset that you had such an AWESOME interview, and then took such a dive. Honestly I don’t want employees texting me at 11pm telling me their are dunk or hearing that one employee asked another to sleep with them at the bar. These are all things I could care LESS about… but it seems to always happen, time and time again…. I suppose this would fall on me. I should have double checked references and had a stronger interview process. I have learned my lesson for the future.
This is why Kirk and I have decided to downsize to only Brian and Stephanie. The two people that have always done the right thing. Always put forth an effort and ALWAYS made more money then every single person… combined, in some months.
The fact of the matter is you have nothing to loose. You are a kid with a job. I understand that. You both should understand that Kirk and I are not at that point anymore. This is our lives… not just some joke, or some stupid thing that we try and do on the side.
You walked out the other day. To help your dad… which I TOTALLY understand and would have done the exact same thing…. but then I told Deebo about it and he said “Really… she told me her dad lived in Japan”…. Bottom line is that it affects my bottom line when people leave or people don’t show up… but all of that can be solved because I don’t have to pay you while you are not there. I do have to pay you while you ARE there… doing nothing.
I do wish you the very best and I hope that you are so successful with finding a new job. I can’t say that I would give either of you a very good reference, so I wouldn’t ask… You may ask Kirk, if you choose to. We have dropped ADP as of now, so your final checks will be mailed to your houses. If you would like me to mail them elsewhere, please inform me before I mail them out on the 25th.
i didnt lie, you fucking idiot. try reading things…
A: Doesn’t sound like you were a very good employee. Especially telling him you were looking for a new job, and lying about your dad? He’s right this is the problem with retail, no one cares. Even if you hate your job, when you become a big girl you suck it up and fake it.
Your all in the wrong, it’s life suck it up and find a new job instead of posting about it on yahoo.
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