tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post963823996013312128..comments2024-03-18T05:15:30.666-04:00Comments on Foma*: Unemployment Benefitsyellojkthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-24013592407402409912008-05-29T10:55:00.000-04:002008-05-29T10:55:00.000-04:00Never even noticed em.Never even noticed em.Jeff and Charli Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868852480996815442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-40684416685716506532008-05-28T13:08:00.000-04:002008-05-28T13:08:00.000-04:00motd,That has got to be excruciating. Hope things ...motd,<BR/>That has got to be excruciating. Hope things are more stable.<BR/><BR/>jeff,<BR/>But you were completely oblivious to the ubiquity of Tauruses before you bought that car, right?yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-55974897000043568532008-05-28T11:50:00.000-04:002008-05-28T11:50:00.000-04:00That's so funny you mentioned the "every car on th...That's so funny you mentioned the "every car on the road is the same model as the one you just bought” thing. But in my case I believe that's true.<BR/><BR/>Last fall we bought a used Ford Taurus. Within a few days I noticed that there were stinkin Taurauses everywhere, and at one point I deliberately attempted to see if I could spot at least one Taurus per block on my 3 mile drive home from the home center. I didn't quite make it but I was pretty darned close.Jeff and Charli Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868852480996815442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-2799306506288001322008-05-28T07:36:00.000-04:002008-05-28T07:36:00.000-04:00I spent 3 years with on again off again employment...I spent 3 years with on again off again employment. It was horrid. I feel for anyone that's had to sit around and wait for their job to come back or to find one, especially in this economy.The Mistress of the Darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16923975714269274370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-89626084843720185502008-05-28T05:59:00.000-04:002008-05-28T05:59:00.000-04:00I did a lot of temp work over the years and never ...I did a lot of temp work over the years and never came away with all that much. Although, on one job I wound up with several Macs at low cost, because the job was removing them from the company. Now, I'm self-employed and have a very stable clientele, so this isn't much of an issue for me. But I do know that, when you're unemployed, job fairs are an excellent source of swag. Maybe not quite as good as the office supply cabinet, but one fair can easily result in a year's supply of ballpoint pens and a handful of tchotchkes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-90816327834837483942008-05-28T00:21:00.000-04:002008-05-28T00:21:00.000-04:00ve,It is tough to get worried when you are in a sw...ve,<BR/>It is tough to get worried when you are in a sweet situation. It'll bite you when you least expect it.<BR/><BR/>eliz,<BR/>I keep trying to tell my wife that the point of a job is to make money, not donate office supplies.<BR/><BR/>tbg,<BR/>I didn't like Shine's lousy handyman article, but the terminated on is so bittersweet.<BR/><BR/>2fs,<BR/>In some ways you have a lot of flexibility which is it's own security net. My job skills are pretty non-transferable. <BR/><BR/>OM,<BR/>Don't want to cross you. Sounds like it didn't go well.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-52238167017608462062008-05-27T23:51:00.000-04:002008-05-27T23:51:00.000-04:00Got fired about two years ago. It felt bad, even t...Got fired about two years ago. It felt bad, even though it was a soul-crushing retail job. I left with nothing, the way I came. I wish I could leave with a can of gasoline, though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473298272771049857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-14814337056575626512008-05-27T22:42:00.000-04:002008-05-27T22:42:00.000-04:00Interesting idea for an entry... Both my wife and ...Interesting idea for an entry... Both my wife and I are relatively secure - although I've managed to cobble together a reasonable living wage via two part-time jobs, they're both fairly secure. Unfortunately, the one that's the most secure is also the one that earns the least and is not in my field (I'm an untenured college teacher). The one in my field is far more at risk - more at risk than my wife's job (architect), too. Neither of my jobs really offers much in the way of swipeable swag, though. Amusingly, the best swag I've ever got came via a "job" that paid nothing: when I worked as a music reviewer...not only the CDs, obviously (well, many of them, anyway) but occasionally other stupid little promo items. And had I pursued that interest beyond reviewing CDs, there would have been the opportunity to interview lovely young chemically-altered female musicians. Oh wait - I was married then, too ;-)<BR/><BR/>The thing I would hate most if I had to look for a job? The resume/interviewing process - in part because I've actually not really used either for about 20 years, and then never in any field I was seriously interested in.2fshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17813487704459856169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-35991181238505144452008-05-27T21:50:00.000-04:002008-05-27T21:50:00.000-04:00My personalized, framed copy of the picture of Lou...My personalized, framed copy of the picture of Louis Rukeyser that appeared in Playboy magazine some time in the 70s or 80s. Very groovy.<BR/><BR/>Shine's blog used to feature his hilarious Timelines. I'm assuming they were written on company time. Don't know if his former employer made him take them down or he did it by choice. <BR/><BR/>They were mostly timelines of his work days and that would have been a little maudlin, I guess. Reading funny details of his daily drudgery now may not be so funny for any of us... especially him.<BR/><BR/>But they were very funny at the time.TBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671397846105100809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-89268369058947524362008-05-27T20:38:00.000-04:002008-05-27T20:38:00.000-04:00At least $1000 worth of teaching materials I've bo...At least $1000 worth of teaching materials I've bought with my own money.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06544076384942487436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-44534223974535521022008-05-27T19:16:00.000-04:002008-05-27T19:16:00.000-04:00I'd probably pursue one of my business ideas. I'v...I'd probably pursue one of my business ideas. I've got dozens...just no inspiration to do them as I have a cushy job that requires no effort at all.Ed & Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730956006290504616noreply@blogger.com