In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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Man... that's nice to hear. I hope he does well too Sigs. :)
I was just listening to a podcast with Joe Rogan and the Amazing Atheist yesterday and one of the tangents they got off on was that anybody in this country that is working a minimum wage job should be able to afford a place to live and food on the table with that money. When you're giving 30 to 40 hours of every week to somebody, that should come with at least 3 hots and a cot.
I agree with that 100%
In this new economy we live in, more of the good jobs are going to keep disappearing and all that will be left are the service type jobs that pay next to nothing unless you went to college and were smart enough to get a meaningful degree in something that won't disappear soon, or you're lucky enough to have a daddy that's in one of the Unions.
I'm still hoping that the Universal Income becomes a thing.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
The homeless guy we have been hiring is no longer homeless. YAY! He's fully settled in to his new (temporary) home. Was working at our place again over the weekend, so I got him a radio-clock-alarm and one of those clip-on LED lights for personal use.
I know it's very hard for formerly homeless to adapt back to home-based life. Apparently, the house has something of a "den mother" who cooks b'fast and dinner. But one of the things (let me call him "AL") said was that SHE said ... "I'm turning on the heat in the evening, you guys better shut your windows"
I hope AL can make it thru this transition. Next week I'm going to get him a personalized mug, and the week after that reading glasses, since his eyes aren't so good. I hope that will motivate him to stick with it: It's been really cold (for CA) the past week-plus; NOBODY should be out in the cold like that!
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I hope he can too Sig.
Nobody should be out in any kind of cold. California or anywhere in the NA.
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Just small clumps of snow around now. Most has been washed away by the rain.
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Went to a local casino on Friday. Took $100 with me and had a real good morning. Walked out with $334 in my pocket. 
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Its been dry here today and maybe for tomorrow too. Yipee!!!!
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Quote:That's amazing good fortune! I have never ... and I mean NEVER ... won at anything. I used to tell my workplace lotto pool that they should pay me to stay OUT of the pool so I don't contaminate them with my bad luck. But they never did.
Went to a local casino on Friday. Took $100 with me and had a real good morning. Walked out with $334 in my pocket
Quote:Good for you! Enjoy the weather!
Its been dry here today and maybe for tomorrow too. Yipee!!!!
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I played at the casino twice. I lost $40 bucks in about 3 minutes on slots and never played them again. I won about $175 at Blackjack and decided I would never gamble again because the rush is too good. That was maybe 15 years ago.
If I never gamble again at a casino, I'm one of the few people who can honestly say that I've beat the house over the long run.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:That's amazing good fortune! I have never ... and I mean NEVER ... won at anything. I used to tell my workplace lotto pool that they should pay me to stay OUT of the pool so I don't contaminate them with my bad luck. But they never did.
Went to a local casino on Friday. Took $100 with me and had a real good morning. Walked out with $334 in my pocket
It was. I won over $200 on 1 slot machine. Because of my seizure disorder I can only handle being in a casino for about 2hours after that it becomes too much. I go to one maybe twice a year. It's just for fun. I have never walked out with that much money from a casino. Usually I break even or loose about $40.
Quote:Good for you! Enjoy the weather!
Its been dry here today and maybe for tomorrow too. Yipee!!!!
Yes and it suppose to rain some later this week but that's okay as what is left of the snow will be all gone.
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I played at the casino twice. I lost $40 bucks in about 3 minutes on slots and never played them again. I won about $175 at Blackjack and decided I would never gamble again because the rush is too good. That was maybe 15 years ago.
If I never gamble again at a casino, I'm one of the few people who can honestly say that I've beat the house over the long run.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
My mom and I started going when one opened up in my city over 30years ago. We only went a couple of times a year.
I do the same thing now. I go twice a year but like I told Sig. The clanging and the noise gets too me after a couple of hours because of my seizure disorder. That's why I limit myself.
I go for fun and limit myself to $100 and that's what I play with. Usually I loose a little and sometimes I win a little and there are times I break even. This time was just wow!
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That's cool. I'm not saying that people shouldn't gamble and you're totally being smart about it and only gambling with money you can afford to lose. We all have to have our fun.
I've got a little history with addiction though, and my reaction to "winning" was very similar to my one experience on a prescription opioid that somebody had given me after I was injured pretty badly once, which was "This feels WAY too good and I'm never doing it again".
Congrats on your win. :)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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