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From: jmfbahciv on 14 Nov 2006 07:28 In article <45586F70.5FF100EE(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >Finding the right thing that's profitable isn't always that easy. >> >> It is easy. People around here charge $50 for 15 minutes' worth >> of housecleaning and they get it. > >They do ? Yup. People have too much money. > >I'm sure they wouldn't here. That depends on whether there are people available to do the work "cheaper". /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 14 Nov 2006 07:29 In article <BN06h.5439$IR4.708(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net>, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >news:45586F70.5FF100EE(a)hotmail.com... >> >> >> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >Finding the right thing that's profitable isn't always that easy. >>> >>> It is easy. People around here charge $50 for 15 minutes' worth >>> of housecleaning and they get it. >> >> They do ? >> >> I'm sure they wouldn't here. > > >It's certainly not the norm in the US. It might be $50, (I've heard smaller >number, in the $30 - $40 range) but it's not for 15 minutes work--typically >it is for cleaning a whole house, which, including vacuuming, mopping, >cleaning the loo, is probably more like an hour or two. I have a 4-room house. If one is healthy, it takes 15 minutes to do the usual cleaning. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 14 Nov 2006 07:31 In article <4558C9E2.8C4D1D97(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > >> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >Finding the right thing that's profitable isn't always that easy. >> >> >> >> It is easy. People around here charge $50 for 15 minutes' worth >> >> of housecleaning and they get it. >> > >> > They do ? >> > >> > I'm sure they wouldn't here. >> >> It's certainly not the norm in the US. It might be $50, (I've heard smaller >> number, in the $30 - $40 range) but it's not for 15 minutes work--typically >> it is for cleaning a whole house, which, including vacuuming, mopping, >> cleaning the loo, is probably more like an hour or two. > >I think I detect a dismissive attitude from BAH as in she thinks it should only >take 15 mins to clean a house. Strange though, most women I know like to make a >song and dance about it. > You people are unbelievable. I can write any ASCII line and the meaning will be turned into the most politically uncorrect agenda. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 14 Nov 2006 07:38 In article <455758A5.4A1C96E1(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >How much do you pay for your dial-up connection ? >> >> I have two. For the newsgroup access, I used to pay $30/month. >> I definitely got what I paid for. >> >> Then it got bought out and the priced was reduced; as a result, >> I also got what I paid for :-((. > >Over here you can get an ADSL connection for ?12.99 a month. I can get connection for $5/month if I wish a lack of service. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 14 Nov 2006 07:45
In article <MPG.1fc11d6c7f7a92ce989af6(a)news.individual.net>, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >In article <ej7b7t$8qk_023(a)s851.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... >> In article <4em5h.2414$6t.70(a)newssvr11.news.prodigy.com>, >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: <snip> >> >> You should notice that Keith is swearing. That is not is usual >> >> style. I guess he's got the same problems I have. >> > >> >Yes, defending an untenable position against data and logic will cause one >> >to do that. >> >> Actually, the problem is property taxes doubling and then quadrupling >> every four or five years. And we in Mass. passed a 2.5% cap. The >> governor people just elected has promised to undo it. > >Our property tax is increasing at about 10% per year. Goodfuckinggrief! I sure hope Duvall doesn't know Vermont exists. >I'm outta >here in a couple of months (the day after we sell the joint). The state isn't ever bothering to eat its seed corn. >> >> >> > >> > >> >>AS minimum >> >> wage goes skyhigh, >> > >> >This is disingenuous. Nobody is suggesting it go "sky high". The >> >contemplated increase, the first such in something like 20 years, is about >> >$2, or about $20. In that time, inflation has gone up nearly 100%. I'd say >> >that's a rather modest increase. >> >> Are you saying that there is no correltation between a minimum >> wage increase and living expense increases? >> >> >> I say there is a correlation. > >Even without a correlation (there is) the federal minimum wage is >wrong. Not for people who want to take your money and spend it for you because you're too stupid to spend it unwisely. /BAH |