WILL THE WORKPLACE EVER CHANGE?
I have been working since I was 17 years old. And even from that time on. Each company has their own way of ding things. Old machines, old bosses, old mgt., old ways of thinking, and on.
The only time when a company did change! Was when it was bought by someone and they decided to go metric. Some machines that were there were able to convert to the system. In the meantime! All was the norm.
It’s the old saying: “If it’s not broke!” “Don’t fix it!”
Poverty and Income | Center for Immigration Studies
Poverty and Income | Center for Immigration Studies.
The Immigration issue is not going away anytime soon. Because it’s very hard one to decide as to who stays! And who goes?
I always have believed in the “Grandfather rule” But! Where can it be applied? You see what a problem we are in? More questions than answers!
BBC – Capital – The problem with smart people
BBC – Capital – The problem with smart people.
How many times in the past! Have we came up with a solution to a problem(s) at work? Only to get dist by our bosses? This article speaks for us in such mega volumes!,
It seems like management is just looking for someone to either find blame on. Or! Someone who they thin can handle it. Not how much they have learned on the job or elsewhere (Even though most employers do not check ref’s!).,
My favorite quote from this is: “But it turns out that the best technology,doesn’t, always win, just like the, smartest people, do, not always succeed.”
BBC News – Who, What, Why: How do you get your face on the dollar?
BBC News – Who, What, Why: How do you get your face on the dollar?.
YOU HAVE TO BE DEAD TO BE ON A DOLLAR BILL?
BUT! YOU HAVE TO BE ALIVE TO PAY THEM?
BBC – Capital – A landlord’s dos and don’ts
BBC – Capital – A landlord’s dos and don’ts.
There is much more to this than there is! From the days when my parents were rental agents. That handled just about anything that needed fixing, repairing to rentals. I watched them as they did voluntary in turn for a four room apartment for in those days a $65.00 (USD) a month. I saw what the income property owner had to go through. Let’s start out with an empty apt. Put a classified ad in the local paper, wait for someone to bite, show the place to the prospective tenant, hope they want it, then if they want it (This place was on a month to month rental), the tenant would pay both the first and last months rent (The last months rent was another name for security deposit), And the day they moved in was when the rent was expected to be paid. The owner was lucky! Most of her tenants did pay on time. Its that “Downtime Among rental that is the worse. Unless! You are into industrial, office leases.
The “”REAL” Damage was when they left! One tenant! Used the biggest nails he could find. To hang his Bud wall mounts on. That one stands out the most. There were others who want to re-rent again! Who knows! There are people who do think that rentals are the way! “NOT!”
What a lots of renters do not know is! Credit reporting agencies look at on time rentals as a loan! And it does effect your credit rating.
FRACKING!
http://www.what-is-fracking.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/opinion/global/the-facts-on-fracking.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://dangersoffracking.com/
http://www.prweb.com/releases/largest_fracking/companies/prweb9535282.htm
As you can see! There is money to be made from fracking. But! At what cost? When I first heard about it. I did not like it! Chemicals in the water to extract the natural gas? When the gas is extracted. Where does the rests of the chemicals go? It has to go somewhere?
For companies! It’s an easy way to get at the natural gas. For us not so. Fracking is being blamed for contaminating water supplies, even earthquakes. All for profit.
What happens if companies extracted all the chemicals from the earth? Then what?
HEROS & VILLIANS & ROLE MODELS
I have not had any of them in my life. I think it’s because of the way my parents were brought up. There have been time when I had my favorite stars! But that was it.
I grew up watching a “LOT” of cartoons. And that may has had something to do with it. Each time I saw rin tin tin, the lone ranger, fury, flipper! I got so depressed you would not believe.
But The prime time stars! That was different. Prime time when I was growing up. Was mostly TV programs, some movies, specials.
I did see the bad guys! But I knew it was all make believe. I learned that on my own. I did learn about how crime does not pay, the good guys always win and get the girl (All but me!), Were there any? Heroes and villains and roll models for me? No!
Do we need them even today? No! Because all of them fail in one way or another or at sometime when you least expect it. If we want any of them! We have to look into the past for ,them.
The two great men from the past! Are Abe Lincoln & Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I do have to admire these two men. Because for example! Abe Lincoln when he was growing up. He was in height, 6 feet four inches (1.93 meters). And with his height he was able to do any things other men could not. Plus! Given the fact that he knew that whatever he did there was some money waiting for him afterwards.,
As for FDR! His world was one big observation deck! Nature always held him in awe of her beauty. He was a man that was upright, honesty, outstanding, morals, ethics, common sense and so on.
As I was growing up! I learned from people who I somehow knew they were the one’s that had so much more than I. They have been around they know where they are coming from and you knew it. I could not use them for any kind/type of role models. They came! They went! You develop this sense of IDK! What you would call it. But you knew this was no ordinary person.
The things we said and did as well as the others who said and did things to us as well had an influence on us growing up.
The one’s who made us what we are today! When we least expect it. To those I can say TY!!!!
SAVING MONEY WHERE IT COUNTS!
Some of you may remember! I posted an article about it.
Guess what? Here it comes again!
The thing to keep in mind is the income Vs. Outcome. This cannot be overdone.
1. Always keep track of your money! It’s yours! Why not?
2. Be responsible where it comes from! And where it goes. That means keep track of each cent & dollar you spend. There is a reason for this.
If you kept a record of where it came from and where it is going! You will find that over time. Money you did not even think you had before. This does not mean being stingy, cheapskate, tightwad whatever!
3. Work the coupons to your advantage. Example: When there is a sale! And you know it is as sale. Always use the paper, e-coupons and you savings card the grocery store has for it’s customers as well. Be aware of displays that may look like a sale but! It’s a price increase.
4. Cut the cable/satellite! Americans are now cutting the cable/ satellite because of rate increases/service. And! Why still have it! When you can go on the Internet and watch it at little to no cost?
5. Cut the landline! 67% of Americans a doing just that. Because it’s cheaper to use your cell phone that a landline.
6. Investing! A bad word if ever? There people who still believe that it’s better to either play the lottery/gamble it away. But! Think of it this way! With what the banks are paying people who leave their money in the bank. And with what banks are charging for interest. You could make four times that much if you invested in the market. YES! You do have to know what you are doing when it comes to investing. So is playing the lottery/gambling!
7. http://christianpf.com/get-out-of-debt-things-you-can-sell-to-pay-down-debt/
8. Brown bag it for a while!
9. Rent, subscribe, take-out movies! The take-out is from the library.
10. ISP’S! There are many ISP’S in cyberspace. One where you can connect to it via your toilet! I have one where it uses cell phone frequencies to connect to the Internet for $50.00 mo..
11. Consider: “Minimalists” http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20140224-the-joy-of-minimalist-living. Now! This is something that everyone should think about. ,I’m a minimalist! It’s something that I did not know exist until I realized I am. Even though I do love my food, drink, wearing what I want to wear, living on my terms and such. Being a minimalist. Affords me the time I would otherwise spend on trying to figure out who gets paid first? Me? Or them?
12. Retirement! I have met people who think that “When I am fully vested I can retire and spend time with the grandkids!” Once they do. They start to find that! That Company retirement pension. Gets depleted rapidly! And they find themselves trying to find work and continue until the legal age to retire.
Planning! Is everything!
The sooner you find a job! That is when clearly should thin about setting up a retirement account. Even during the President Carter Administration! Social security was not as stable as we thought it was. Even onto today.
13. http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20140718-is-getting-rich-worth-it. The reason I put this Is because as it has been said: “Money is the root of all evil”. We have heard the stories about people who won the lottery and stuff! And those who went through it like water. As you will see it is not the only game in town.
14.http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20131108-make-a-dramatic-career-change.
15. Consider A part time job! Now! The thing here is that. Once you start one! It can and does become addictive. Because you can get used to it and when you do decide to leave it! It’s very hard to go back to an one income. I suggest this only because if you have some things you would like to get rid of. Then this is a good way to go.
16. If you are those who were laid off because of the “Great Recession” and working at a fast food place! Let’s say that you have a marketable skill. Why not think about “Freelancing”. It means that you take what you know and make a buck out of it. When you start out you may have to make you are asking price a little lower than what the market is asking. Once you establish yourself! Slowly increase your price to what the market is.
17. Funding for school! This may seem like the “Death Sentence” for some! But! The times are changing. There is no rewind, way back machines! As I understand it! Most Federal, state funding. Asks for the person who is out of work that if they want to retool of learn another line of work. Is to find something that takes two years or less to learn. It does take time to find these things out! It will not drop out of the sky for you!
18. If you need help in paying your utilities! Look into Federal, State agencies for help. Also! These cell phone carriers do offer Government subsidized phone service. Be careful! There are cell phone companies that do offer a free used cell phone! But! They will try to ask you to pay for additional minutes as well. DON’T! Its a ploy! , You do have to meet Federal poverty guidelines to get any kind/type of help/funding.
19. http://www.medicaid.gov/index.html When it comes to eligibility ! The Federal Government has some sort of eligibility form. Do not do it! Go to the agency and apply for it there.
20. RECYCLE! I have seen people who think “You can make a lot of money recycling!” Yes! And No! Recycling does have many benefits. But! Think of the time you would need to make a lot of money recycling? Vs. Cashing in? The money you can make from recycling can go for something later on. Not the here & now! The pennies do add up!
CONFESSIONS OF A MACADAMIA (NUT) RANCHER! OR HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION!
It started out as a normal summer vacation. But little did I Know that I would be spending it in macadamia ranch (Euphemism for nut house!).
I was off my meds for over three months, and I did not feel the affects of it until one day! My sweetie got into it. This is something I did not want to do but I had warned her about the antagonizing, arguments, yelling, so on for over 36 years to quit it but! She did not.
To make a long story short! Ended up in the hospitals intake unit. During that time I have seen em come and go. From Friday afternoon to about Saturday afternoon I have seen one who was taking food off others trays and eating it. This guy had an excellent opp. To just walk out when he had the chance! But did not he? NO! He mouthed off at the two security guards and found himself on a gurney strapped in padded leathers most of the night., He got up the next day and wanted to use the phone. Someone was on it and he did this movement with his arms back and forth back and forth like he was the BIG man! Like her could kick the young kids ass who was using the phone. Another one! Was the young girl who had a psychical fight with her bf. And he had her sent via the police to where I was at. There were others but they went out, as fast as they came in.
When I went to the “Quiet unit! The people there were wonderful But the more I was there the more some of them became noisy.
Please! Define the word: “Quiet?” Because what I had seen were patients who were yelling at the nurses trying to get their attention because they did not have anyone come to visit them To just plain “Motor mouths” people who just could not shut up!
The women! Were mostly quiet there were some who helped themselves to others snax while not looking. You got three squares a day and snax later.There were art classes to kill time, we were limited in what we could drink mostly water nothing else. One TV usually room, no TV in our rooms/radio that some were PO’d about what they wanted to watch on the TV. I just kept my mouth shut and hope to rack up those quiet patient points!
There was one patient! That kept handing out magazine ads to us. I think it was because he was one of two who did not get any visitors. And this was his way of perhaps making a connection with others that were there.
The Nurses were excellent! The quality of care was great. The Doctor I had was “WOW!” He was very tuned in to my problem. And Psychiatrist was good. But they relied on then nurses observations of the patients for the evaluations. Which In turn their visits with the patients were less than two minutes.
The food was really good. Just the right number of seasonings. They did serve Ginger Ale at snax time, coffee, pudding, applesauce, graham crackers.
During the whole time I was there! The first few days were dead silence! You could not hear anything but yourself thinking about: “How long am I am going to be here?” In the long & short of it! Those quiet patient points did paid off very well!
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