Text 16498, 63 rader
Skriven 2014-06-29 16:24:26 av Joe Delahaye (42964.fidonews)
  Kommentar till text 16481 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
Ärende: Right up your, errrr,
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  Re: Right up your, errrr,
  By: Roy Witt to Joe Delahaye on Sat Jun 28 2014 19:03:15

 RW> I was going to. They changed my mind and suggested that I join the Navy.
 RW> I was going to, but then I wasn't very inclined to do so because of the
 RW> chances of being hurled into the ocean when the boat sinks.

Well, the Marines are part of the Navy <G>.  Some time during my military
career, when we were tri-service, they wanted me to serve on a ship as well. 
Because of my contract, I had the right to refuse, without any consequences,
and I did just that.  You get the normal excuses of course,  You will likely
get promoted if you do this, etc.  They tried that same excuse when they wanted
me to take a French course.  I refused that one too, and got promoted anyway, a
month later <G>

 JD>> I stayed on dry land, or in the air

 RW> The last place I'd want to be is in the air. The first step isn't so bad,
 RW> but the last one is a near-death experience.

It doesnt hurt at all.  The only part that hurts after stepping out (only
paratroopers, and SAR techs, do that), is the sudden stop at the bottom.  :)


 RW> He was surounded by Iraqi soldiers who wore black uniforms. Something or
 RW> other 'special guard'...

Not a nice situation to be in.

 JD>> Why?  To hire a worker part time, in order to get out of paying
 JD>> benefits, to my way of thinking is fraud.

 RW> Far from it. Part time workers are usually only looking for part time
 RW> work.

Perhaps way back.  For the last 10 years or so, that is all you can get.  Very
little full time work available.  As well, a lot of companies are now using
Temp agencies to get their workers, who get paid pretty much minimum wage by
the temp agency.

 RW> When you're standing in the unemployment line and they tell you that this
 RW> is your last benefit payment, part time sounds pretty good about then.

There is truth in that.  

 RW> They signed that lease, then they're subject to its terms. However, it
 RW> isn't impossible for the leasee to find a tenant of their own. If the
 RW> lease requires them to continue the lease under lease terms that are so
 RW> strict that they can't get out of it is their own fault.

They did a lot of things, prior to Head Office deciding to close the plant. 
All of that, cost them money.  They got the city to lay water lines to the
area, which they paid for.  The rest of the area is benefitting from that
depending on your POV of course <G>

 RW> Mine is quite substantial compared to a lot of seniors who're on the
 RW> verge of living hand to mouth. It pays for everything and anything we
 RW> make on the side is gravy...

I'm not complaining.  Between my military pension, and Old Age Pension, as well
as the CPP pension, and my wife's 2 pensions, we are doing OK.
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