Nightingale

EVERY SINGLE PERSON who is in school qualifies for federal stafford loans. Period. The loans are more than enough to cover full time attendance at any state school. That person, once they turned 18, could apply for a loan, attend school in the evenings, and work at their regular job during the day. Many people do that. It isn't easy. I know. I'm a student myself with a full time job. But it can be done.

Kallend- People draw the line where they feel comfortable drawing it, within the bounds of the law. People are welcome to donate or not donate at their will. Nobody is forcing women to be in the calendar. Nobody's forcing anyone to buy it. I, for one, will be buying copies for my whole family, including my 82 year old Catholic grandmother.

thanks, shark!

{{{{{{{{{{{{{Hugs and Vibes}}}}}}}}}}}}}} If you post a picture of her, I'd bet a ton of us would print it out and take her for a jump with us.

find a nice spot, a park, meadow, beach or whatever, and have a candlelight picnic. then, go home and spend a long time necking on the couch like teenagers.

find a nice spot, a park, meadow, beach or whatever, and have a candlelight picnic. then, go home and spend a long time necking on the couch like teenagers.

um... guys, I hate to tell ya this, but its not a possible 140. But I can tell you that the test scores low, because I know what my IQ is. I took an IQ test a few years back, one of the ones that's hours long and administered by a psychologist. They're a lot more accurate than the internet one. Congratulations, Kris! Your IQ score is 144 This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions you answered correctly on the Classic IQ Test relative to others. Your Intellectual Type is Visionary Philosopher. This means you are highly intelligent and have a powerful mix of skills and insight that can be applied in a variety of different ways. Like Plato, your exceptional math and verbal skills make you very adept at explaining things to others — and at anticipating and predicting patterns. And that's just some of what we know about you from your IQ results. Find out more in your personalized 15-page IQ Report.

it feels like its a little snug though the hips, but apparently, that's how a jumpsuit's supposed to fit... I'm so used to the student suits that were all too big for me that wearing one that fits right feels odd.

this is the internet and there are psychos out there. I have my home DZ listed, but not my hometown. Its nobody's business where I live unless I tell them.

nope, not kidding bout the make-up. regular make-up bends light weird in photos. Darcy and I were talking about making a jaunt down to the MAC store in Brea sometime soon. You can come too!!!

YAY!!! I got it today!!!!!

if you burn, look for something called "surf ice" or something similar. Blue gel. Aloe and lidocaine. Sent by the Gods to relieve sunburn. I had my uncles (who were silly enough to fry themselves attempting to surf in hawaii) swearing they owed me their lives when I made them try the stuff to get them to stop moaning about their burns.

1. take the shuttle from the airport to the Green line. 2. Take the Green Line to the Norwalk Metrolink station 3. Take Metrolink to Downtown Riverside 4. Take Metro 22 bus from station to Perris. The bus drops off in Perris, at the corner of 4th and Wilkerson, which is about five blocks from the DZ, and get someone to pick you up there. The entire trip should cost you less than $10 each. helpful websites: www.metrolinktrains.com http://www.riversidetransit.com/Home/index.html

learn?

there are several organizations who offer free babysitting to single mothers who wish to attend high school classes. I don't mind offering assistance to people trying to improve their lot in life. I do mind offering assistance to people who would rather whine about how bad things are than do anything to fix it.

the people who aren't motivated to get such a degree. There will always be some.

I'm saying minimum wage is pointless. The more you increase minimum wage, the more prices increase, and the minimum wage workers are in the same spot as before. Its an artificial way of attempting to increase the standard of living and has proven time and again to be ineffectual. The minimum wage is barely enough to live on. You're right. But increasing it doesn't change anything, because they're still on the bottom of the economic pyramid. If you really want to increase the standard of living, instead of raising the minimum wage, require paid time off for employees to go to school and earn their degrees. Then, those that choose to, can move on to more skilled professions.

#1 So, are there any good underwater, disposable cameras? Kodak. don't take it below 10 feet of water or so, because if you take a pic at that depth, the water pressure will make the shutter button get stuck, so you won't be able to take another pic til after you surface. mine took about an hour to equalize to the point where I could take a photo again #2 Is this a myth: should my extremely pale self tan once or twice before going near the equator so that I don't burn? Is that just a myth? yes its a myth. skin damage is skin damage. SPF 50, every few hours, and every time you get out of the water, and you should be fine. #3 How embarrassed to people get when they are forced to hang out with someone with their hair all braided? (Okay, I'm not really going to do that again!) huh? braided like Pippi Longstocking, or braided like a rasta?[/url]

The new workers start between $15.50 and $17.50. I never said "unskilled" meant dumb. It means without skill. Additional training not required. Skilled jobs, by nature, pay more (union interference not withstanding) simply because there are fewer people who can do them. Unskilled means that basically anyone can do it. Why should a company pay more for someone to do something anyone can do? Companies pay for their employee's skill. If you've gone to school to become an aerospace engineer, you can expect to be paid fairly well for your skill. Conversely, if you have no skills, your value as a worker is minimal. I also didn't say they should never, ever get a raise. Please stop putting words in my mouth. Do you also believe that fast food restaurant workers should be paid almost $20 an hour? I guess you want to pay $12 for a burger then. The high wages paid to unskilled workers because of union bargaining is part of why your groceries are so expensive. If you increase the base salary, that means that everyone has more money to spend, and therefore, prices go up, usually to the point where things equalize out exactly the way they were, but with the dollar worth less. When California raised its minimum wage from $4.25 to almost $7.00, do you really think that helped out minimum wage workers? NO. They're still scraping by, just like before. It just means that now a loaf of bread is $2.50 instead of $1.50. The thing is, capitalism by nature creates a social pecking order. Someone's got to be on the bottom for it to work. When you start giving everyone the same benefits, no matter what the job, you end up with socialism. Capitalism has its flaws. However, it also has its benefits. Don't like your job, pay or benefits? Go to night school. Earn your GED. Earn your AA. Its $13 a unit, and if you're below a certain income level, you can even get the government to pay for it, so you can get a better job. If you don't like your lot in life, take steps to improve it, YOURSELF. I've busted my ass to get an education so I can have a well paying job. Why should I pay more for my groceries or hamburgers because others choose not to get an education and a better job? That isn't my fault. Don't penalize me for others' lack of motivation.

Dude... there are some college professors here in california that don't make $19.50 an hour. A grocery store checker is UNSKILLED labor. Should be minimum wage or thereabouts. Not damn near $20.00 a day.

I think most union workers are good people... However, I think the pro-labor laws we have enable unions to bargain for benefits they otherwise would not receive. The law states that the company must bargain "in good faith" with the union. HOWEVER, no such restraint is placed on the union.

I had a conversation with a striking grocery cashier a few months ago. I knew the facts about this strike. I did my research before deciding not to support it. Normally, I walked right by them, and they didn't bother me. However, this particular woman decided to stop me and read me the riot act about crossing her picket line. I simply told her I didn't support the strike. She asked why not. I asked what she did. She was a cashier. I asked what the job entailed. Ringing up purchases. Basically, dragging items over a scanner, hitting a total key, and occasionally making change. I asked how much she made per hour. I think it was something like $19.50. I asked her if she thought what she did was worth $19.50 an hour. She replied that it was. So, I asked her why she simply didn't get another job for $19.50 an hour somewhere else. She said there weren't any that she could do that paid that well. I then pointed out that if she couldn't find someone else willing to pay her that much, then maybe what she did wasn't worth $19.50 an hour. She shut up and let me pass.

Nope. just doing Excel camp on friday, and MJ's camp at perris on saturday.

I'll be at elsinore this weekend on the 9th, but the weekend of the 17th, I'll be at hollister.