Reply #20: You should have planned ahead.

[The Croquist]

After 17 years in business you couldn't afford to hire an electrician for an hour? I hope that's not true.

I have a small business and I live on a tight budget but I've always found the time and money to save money.

"Non profit" businesses are not obviously superior to "for profit" businesses. If you feel that way maybe you should close your "for profit" business and go work for a "non profit". You could probably do better as a "non profit". You wouldn't have to pay sales tax, property tax or income tax for starters. The fact that the government loses out on the revenue that a "for profit" would pay is besides the point right?

I saved $800 this week too. On Monday I climbed into a septic tank and installed a new Effluent Pump in a rental house I own. The pump cost me $163.00 plus tax. I got it at Home Depot. It was a real beauty. Here it is:

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100178457&N=10000003+90401+502426

The plumber wanted $1,000. Don't tell me I don't have a clue about sacrifices.

I have never worked for a utility of any kind and I am a big fan of conservation. I keep my house cool in the winter and warm in the summer. The vast majority of my lights are CFLs and my car gets 33 miles per gallon. For 10 years I took the bus and/or the train to work until I realized that I kept getting sick from all the coughing people I was traveling with.

I love my neighborhood. My alleged neighbor, Dave bought the house for $165,000 about 2 years ago (actually his girl friend bought it). My house is worth maybe $130,000. I've lived in it for 22 years. How much is your 800 square foot home worth?

PS: This Georgian lives in Cynthia McKinney's old district and wrote her in two years ago after she lost the primary.