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NeoConsSuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:41 AM Original message |
For the Unemployed Over 50, Fears of Never Working Again |
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DiverDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. Thank God I got my CDL |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 06:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. a whole new class of cdl drivers are taking to the road |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. In the 60's & 70's MOST truck lines were union (Teamsters).......... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
66. And big trucking companies are setting up a sharecropper system for them. |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. interesting numbers |
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Mark D. (420 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
53. A Great Idea |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #53 |
70. It took me 30 years experience to get my present job. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. This won't be the last recession we will see -- |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. I don't expect to work for anyone else again.. |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. that's an excellent idea |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
30. What's micro-manufacturing? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
48. I hear ya. 62, here, and re-cycle restaurant stuff for a meal ticket... |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. No surprise for me those of us in the late baby boom |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. God, isn't that the truth? Born in '61....n/t |
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zenprole (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
34. Age = Class |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Those born in the 1930's had better life options than the boomers |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. maybe, maybe not |
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Gaedel (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
64. 1930s were the "empty years" |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
84. Out of curiosity, what war did late baby boomers have to go to? |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #84 |
93. The guys born in 1953 |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #93 |
98. I had thought that 1954 was a sort of transitional year |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #93 |
100. right |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
7. I received this email today and by coincidence, it pertains to this OP. |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. But Let's Raise the Retirement Age |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
79. Had we gotten ourselves Universal Single Payer HC Reform, |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #79 |
106. +1000. nt |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
9. Jobs jobs jobs... |
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Action (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
10. Question For 50 + Workers |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. If you voted for the Democrats, you also voted for this |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. When did he say he was slashing SS..........when?????? You sound like a propagandist. |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:58 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Well, I guess we'll find out in December who is right, and who is wrong. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
57. Look at the make-up of the deficit reduction or Cat-Food committee. |
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subterranean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #57 |
90. It's just like what happened with health care reform. |
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Riley133 (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 09:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
27. The majority in the commission. NFT |
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NikRik (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. if you are not rich ,voting repug a dumb move |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. You hang in there. Your self-esteem doesn't come from your |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
59. have you thought about micro manufacturing those slip covers? |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I NEVER voter for a repuke nt |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. I have voted Democratic my entire life. Your demonizing of the |
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GreenEyedLefty (708 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I know lots of people who came of age in the 80s and 90s who cannot find a job |
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Riley133 (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Did you really just say that out loud? |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
29. Clinton signed NAFTA. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. "people stop with the binary thinking or we really will stupid ourselves into extinction" |
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dadzilla (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:36 AM Response to Reply #29 |
101. You have a point... |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 09:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
33. Nicely divisive, both generational and intra-party. Extra points for self-righteous. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. +1 |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. People deserve what they vote for, but folks I know out of work vote Dem |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. I have voted for two Republicans in my entire life, and none for President. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
46. This forum is Democratic Underground in case you didn't notice |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 06:01 AM Response to Reply #46 |
102. Oh please. That argument was old when Ralph Nader was young |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 07:48 AM Response to Reply #102 |
104. The OP isn't debating. He's wagging a finger in your face |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
50. I didn't vote for the repubs and I'm in that boat! |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
51. I've never voted R in my life. |
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freebrew (478 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
60. 59 here, soon to be 60 |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
69. I'm fifty years old |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
71. umm |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #71 |
78. actually |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
77. 53, hanging in there for now |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
89. Say It Again Brutha! |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
94. St. Ronnie's first term |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
13. Same here |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
18. Thank God for my hardware store job |
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Zoonart (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. On the bubble |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
41. Welcome to DU, Zoonart! |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 07:29 AM Response to Reply #22 |
103. Shout out to a fellow artisan |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
43. I love local hardware stores... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
44. "It's a blatant attempt to kill off Social Security recipients before they can even collect. " |
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Clear Blue Sky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
20. Scary... |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
28. as I've just been told by some friend of a friend on FB: She's just lazy and |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
31. Out-of-work boomer here. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Deleted message |
Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I'm 46 and we're doing the same thing... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
76. self employment is slow suicide |
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zenprole (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #76 |
97. Many Thanks |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Ah, so you're the one they deleted. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
85. Seems like over 40 are going to have to hire themselves (micro businesses) to make it |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
42. yep.... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
47. THIS began minutes after the JFK assassination ..... |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
49. Hey, I'm in that boat |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
52. Hey, whiners, Bush says outsourcing is a "positive transformation." |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. Did he really say "positive transformation?" |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #62 |
105. His spokesperson said it . . . you're right, Bush couldn't handle vocabulary like that. nt |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
54. it happened to my dad |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
55. soylent green? |
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matt819 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
56. Everything is upside down |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Allow me to answer you questions: |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #58 |
82. you're not getting a billionaire's cash w. your beer money micro business |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #82 |
96. I don't even know where to start here. |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #56 |
73. Funny you mention wood stacking - I paid $11/hour for a kid to do this when |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #73 |
86. The holy phone..... |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. That made me smile:) |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
61. I dunno who has it worse. |
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bluescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
63. I know all about it. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
65. I've experienced age discrimination. It has to be one of the most insidious forms of prejudice. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
67. This woman's story is mine too. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
68. Girlfriend will be 60 next year and unemployed since first of the year. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #68 |
75. she's fortunate to have you, Faygo Kid |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #68 |
83. That is really good of you, Faygo. We all should be helping |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
72. So lucky I am in the health care profession. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Those are fairly safe jobs. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #72 |
80. in new orleans theyre importing cheap nurses from the phillipines |
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kiranon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
81. It feels like this is the new industrial revolution where some jobs will never |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
88. Not quite 50, but I've given up hope |
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jimmil (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
91. It's all over, I'll never have another job.... |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
92. job scared. me too. |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
95. Catfood baby!!! |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
107. Wish I could rec this one again and again. n/t |
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