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Only Two Weeks Vacation Per Year In The Us???

Old Dec 24th 2004, 9:07 pm
  #1321  
chrisvillar
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Oh, yeah, I should add that the salary employees have 10 paid sick days
a year if they need them. Hourly employees don't.
 
Old Dec 24th 2004, 9:26 pm
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Jeff Hacker
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I'm a small businessman in the U.S. In my office, my hourly employees get
the same benefits as the salaried ones - 5 sick days for each year of
service (may be cumulative), plus two weeks vacation for the first 5 years,
then 3 weeks. Plus retirement and a major medical plan (alhtough quite
frankly I can't afford as good a plan as bigger companies. You can't make
generalizations.

Jeff

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    > Oh, yeah, I should add that the salary employees have 10 paid sick days
    > a year if they need them. Hourly employees don't.
    >
 
Old Dec 24th 2004, 10:37 pm
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Rod Speed
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Jeff Hacker <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > I'm a small businessman in the U.S.

The fact that you are a stunted pygmy is your problem.

You could try the traditional approach, elevator shoes.

    > In my office, my hourly employees get the same benefits as the salaried ones -
    > 5 sick days for each year of service (may be cumulative), plus two weeks
    > vacation for the first 5 years, then 3 weeks. Plus retirement and a major
    > medical plan (alhtough quite frankly I can't afford as good a plan as bigger
    > companies. You can't make generalizations.

He can and did.

    > <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected] oups.com...
    >> Oh, yeah, I should add that the salary employees have 10 paid sick days
    >> a year if they need them. Hourly employees don't.
    >
 
Old Dec 25th 2004, 12:15 am
  #1324  
Jeff Hacker
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boy are you funny

"Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Jeff Hacker <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected] m...
    >> I'm a small businessman in the U.S.
    > The fact that you are a stunted pygmy is your problem.
    > You could try the traditional approach, elevator shoes.
    >> In my office, my hourly employees get the same benefits as the salaried
    >> ones - 5 sick days for each year of service (may be cumulative), plus
    >> two weeks vacation for the first 5 years, then 3 weeks. Plus retirement
    >> and a major medical plan (alhtough quite frankly I can't afford as good a
    >> plan as bigger companies. You can't make generalizations.
    > He can and did.
    >> <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >> news:[email protected] oups.com...
    >>> Oh, yeah, I should add that the salary employees have 10 paid sick days
    >>> a year if they need them. Hourly employees don't.
    >
 
Old Dec 25th 2004, 12:21 am
  #1325  
Rod Speed
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Child, are you pathetic.

"Jeff Hacker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > boy are you funny
    > "Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    >> Jeff Hacker <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >> news:[email protected] m...
    >>> I'm a small businessman in the U.S.
    >> The fact that you are a stunted pygmy is your problem.
    >> You could try the traditional approach, elevator shoes.
    >>> In my office, my hourly employees get the same benefits as the salaried
    >>> ones - 5 sick days for each year of service (may be cumulative), plus two
    >>> weeks vacation for the first 5 years, then 3 weeks. Plus retirement and a
    >>> major medical plan (alhtough quite frankly I can't afford as good a plan as
    >>> bigger companies. You can't make generalizations.
    >> He can and did.
    >>> <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >>> news:[email protected] oups.com...
    >>>> Oh, yeah, I should add that the salary employees have 10 paid sick days
    >>>> a year if they need them. Hourly employees don't.
    >
 
Old Dec 25th 2004, 5:03 am
  #1326  
chrisvillar
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I can't take credit for this. It is brilliant and entirely
appropriate. I just came accross it.

The Rod Speed FAQ



+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Who or What is Rod Speed?


Rod Speed is an entirely modern phenomenon. Essentially, Rod Speed is
an
insecure and worthless individual who has discovered he can enhance his
own
self-esteem in his own eyes by playing "the big, hard man" on the
InterNet.


Why is Rod Speed worth a FAQ?


You need to brush up on your NetSpeak. Rod most certainly isn't worth
a
FUQ in anybody's opinion except his own.


Rod certainly posts a lot. Why is that?


It relates back to the point about boosting his own self esteem by what
amounts to effectively having a wank in public. Rod's personality,
as
exemplified by his posts, means he is practically unemployable which
means
he sits around at home all day festering away and getting worse and
worse.
This means he posts more and more try and boost the old failing self
esteem. Being unemployed also means he has a lot of time on his hands
to
post in the first place.


But maybe Rod really is a very clever and knowledgable person?


Clever? His posts wouldn't support that theory. As far as being
knowledgable, well, Rod has posted to various aus newsgroups including
invest, comms, and politics. He has posted to all as a self professed
"expert" and flames any and all who disagree with him. Logically,
there's
no way any single individual could be more than a jack of all trades
across
such a wide spread of subject matter.


But maybe Rod really is an expert in some areas?


Possibly. However, his "bedside manner" prevents him from being
taken
seriously by most normal people. Also, he has damaged his credibility
in
areas where he might know what he's on about by shooting himself in the
foot
in areas where he does not. For example, in the case of subject matter
such
as politics, even a view held by Albert Einstein cannot be little more
than
an opinion and to vociferously denigrate an opposing opinion is simply
small
mindedness and bigotry, the kind of which Einstein himself fought
against
his whole life.


What is Rod Speed's main modus operandi?


Simple! He shoots off a half brained opinion in response to any other
post
and touts that opinion as fact. When challenged, he responds with
vociferous and rabid denigration. He has an instantly recognisable
set of
schoolboy put downs limited pretty much to the following: "Pathetic,
Puerile, Little Boy, try harder, trivial, more lies, gutless wonder,
wanker,
etc etc". The fact that Rod has been unable to come up with any new
insults says a lot about his outlook and intelligence.


But why do so many people respond to Rod in turn?


It has to do with effrontery and a lack of logic. Most people who
post
have some basis of reason for what they write and when Rod retorts with
his
usual denigration and derision they respond emotionally rather than
logically. It's like a teacher in a class room who has a
misbehaving
pupil. The teacher challenges the pupil to explain himself and the
student
responds with "**** off, Big Nose!" Even thought the teacher has a
fairly
normal proboscis, he gets a dent in his self-esteem and might resort to
an
emotional repsonse like "yeah? well your dick wouldn't fill a pop
rivet,
punk", which merely invites some oneupmanship from the naughty pupil.
Of
course, the teacher should not have justified the initial comment with
a
response, especially in front of the class. The correct response was
"please report to the headmaster's office right NOW!"


What is a "RodBot"?


Some respondents in aus.invest built a "virtual Rod" which was
indiscernable
from the "real" Rod. Net users could enter an opinion or even a fact
and
the RodBot would tell them they were pathetic lying schoolboys who
should be
able to do better or some equally pithy Rod Speedism.


Are you saying that Rod Speed is a Troll?
You got it!


What is the best way to handle Rod Speed?


KillFile!
 
Old Dec 25th 2004, 10:52 am
  #1327  
Icono Clast
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Icono Clast wrote:
    > [December 20] it was reported that 4/3000 of counties in the USA
    > have one-bedroom rents that can be afforded by a minimum wage
    > worker.

From: http://plutonium-page.dailykos.com/s...2/21/104821/85

<< JEERS to America, land of opportunity. How badly are wages
lagging behind the cost of living? Get this: a person earning the
federal minimum wage can afford a one-bedroom apartment plus
utilities in only four out of 3,066 U.S. counties. So don't tear up
your cardboard boxes on Christmas---someone may need them to finish
off their living room. >>

***

Full story: Minneapolis-Saint Paul Star Tribune:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/417/5146866.html
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Old Dec 25th 2004, 10:53 am
  #1328  
Icono Clast
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Jeff Hacker wrote:
    > I'm a small businessman in the U.S. In my office, my hourly
    > employees get the same benefits as the salaried ones - 5 sick days
    > for each year of service (may be cumulative), plus two weeks
    > vacation for the first 5 years, then 3 weeks. Plus retirement and
    > a major medical plan (alhtough quite frankly I can't afford as
    > good a plan as bigger companies. You can't make generalizations.

Somewhere in this long thread I mentioned that there are good
employers who treat their employees fairly. They probably get more
for their money than those who don't. Good employers who understand
their employees' needs create good workers who understand their
employer's needs. As I've always said, we're all in this together; if
either of us fails, we all fail.
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A San Franciscan who's stickin' t'the union!
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Old Dec 25th 2004, 10:56 am
  #1329  
Icono Clast
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Jeff Hacker wrote:
    > boy are you funny

    > "Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote:

Funny? How can you tell? His posts consist almost entirely of

brainless
fool
gutless
ignorant
inadequate
lie
lump it
mindless
pathetic
pig
pygmy
silly
stupid
trivial
etc.

without a word or comment relevant to anything anyone's said.

He's not worth the trouble to read and certainly unworthy of a reply.
He's too stupid to know that, so ignoring him won't cause him to go
away. All we have to do is remember the First Amendment to the
Constitution of the USA:

Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
__________________________________________________ __________
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Old Dec 25th 2004, 6:36 pm
  #1330  
Rod Speed
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Icono Clast <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1103976052.00fb068a01f72ba5469972fd7dd779ad@t eranews...
    > Jeff Hacker wrote:

    >> I'm a small businessman in the U.S. In my office, my hourly
    >> employees get the same benefits as the salaried ones - 5 sick days for each
    >> year of service (may be cumulative), plus two weeks
    >> vacation for the first 5 years, then 3 weeks. Plus retirement and
    >> a major medical plan (alhtough quite frankly I can't afford as
    >> good a plan as bigger companies. You can't make generalizations.

    > Somewhere in this long thread I mentioned that there are good employers who
    > treat their employees fairly. They probably get more for their money than
    > those who don't. Good employers who understand their employees' needs create
    > good workers who understand their employer's needs.

Sometimes they do, sometimes they dont, specially
when some damned union trys to get into the act.

    > As I've always said,

Pig ignorantly, as always.

    > we're all in this together; if either of us fails, we all fail.

Mindlessly silly. As always.
 
Old Dec 25th 2004, 6:41 pm
  #1331  
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Rod Speed wrote:
    > Icono Clast <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:1103976052.00fb068a01f72ba5469972fd7dd779ad@t eranews...
    >
    >>Jeff Hacker wrote:
    >
    >
    >>>I'm a small businessman in the U.S. In my office, my hourly
    >>>employees get the same benefits as the salaried ones - 5 sick days for each
    >>>year of service (may be cumulative), plus two weeks
    >>>vacation for the first 5 years, then 3 weeks. Plus retirement and
    >>>a major medical plan (alhtough quite frankly I can't afford as
    >>>good a plan as bigger companies. You can't make generalizations.
    >
    >
    >>Somewhere in this long thread I mentioned that there are good employers who
    >>treat their employees fairly. They probably get more for their money than
    >>those who don't. Good employers who understand their employees' needs create
    >>good workers who understand their employer's needs.
    >
    >
    > Sometimes they do, sometimes they dont, specially
    > when some damned union trys to get into the act.
    >

The best way for an employer to avoid a union is to treat their
workers fairly.


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Old Dec 25th 2004, 7:08 pm
  #1332  
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barbecue sauce or honey glaze (see index)
Salt
black pepper
white pepper
paprika

Remove the silverskin by loosening from the edges,
then stripping off.
Season generously, rubbing the mixture into the baby?s flesh.
Place 1 quart water in a baking pan, the meat on a wire rack.
Bake uncovered in 250° oven for 1½ hours.
When browned, remove and glaze,
return to oven and bake 20 minutes more to form a glaze.
Cut ribs into individual pieces and serve with extra sauce.



Fresh Sausage

If it becomes necessary to hide the fact that you are eating
human babies, this is the perfect solution.
But if you are still paranoid, you can substitute pork butt.

5 lb. lean chuck roast
3 lb. prime baby butt
2 tablespoons each:
salt
black, white and cayenne peppers
celery salt
garlic powder
parsley flakes
brown sugar
1 teaspoon sage
2 onions
6 cloves garlic
bunch green onions, chopped

Cut the children?s butts and the beef roast into pieces
that will fit in the grinder.
Run the meat through using a 3/16 grinding plate.
A
 
Old Dec 25th 2004, 7:18 pm
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George Grapman <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Rod Speed wrote
    >> Icono Clast <[email protected]> wrote
    >>> Jeff Hacker wrote

    >>>> I'm a small businessman in the U.S. In my office, my hourly
    >>>> employees get the same benefits as the salaried ones - 5 sick days for each
    >>>> year of service (may be cumulative), plus two weeks vacation for the first
    >>>> 5 years, then 3 weeks. Plus retirement and a major medical plan (alhtough
    >>>> quite frankly I can't afford as
    >>>> good a plan as bigger companies. You can't make generalizations.

    >>> Somewhere in this long thread I mentioned that there are good employers who
    >>> treat their employees fairly. They probably get more for their money than
    >>> those who don't. Good employers who understand their employees' needs create
    >>> good workers who understand their employer's needs.

    >> Sometimes they do, sometimes they dont, specially
    >> when some damned union trys to get into the act.

    > The best way for an employer to avoid a union is to treat their workers
    > fairly.

Mindlessly superficial. In spades when fools like that one are 'workers'
 
Old Dec 25th 2004, 7:21 pm
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up.
Tie with butcher string around and across so that he looks like
he?s crawling.
Glaze, then arrange pineapples and secure with cloves.
Bake uncovered in 350° oven till thermometer reaches 160°.



Cajun Babies

Just like crabs or crawfish, babies are boiled alive!
You don?t need silverware, the hot spicy meat comes off in your hands.

6 live babies
1 lb. smoked sausage
4 lemons
whole garlic
2 lb. new potatoes
4 ears corn
1 box salt
crab boil

Bring 3 gallons of water to a boil.
Add sausage, salt, crab boil, lemons and garlic.
Drop potatoes in, boil for 4 minutes.
Corn is added next, boil an additional 11 minutes.
Put the live babies into the boiling water and cover.
Boil till meat comes off easily with a fork.



Oven-Baked Baby-Back Ribs

Beef ribs or pork ribs can be used in this recipe,
and that is exactly what your dinner guests will assume!
An excellent way to expose the uninitiated to this highly misunderstood
yet succulent source of protein.

2 human baby rib racks
3 cups barbecue sauce or honey glaze (see index)
Salt
black pepper
white pepper
paprika

Remove the silverskin by loosening from the edges,
then stripping off.
Season generously, rubbing the mixture into the baby?s flesh.
Place 1 quart water in a bak
 
Old Dec 25th 2004, 7:45 pm
  #1335  
Rod Speed
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the cornstarch, cook a few minutes till thick,
then place the stuffing into a colander and cool;
2 hours
Wrap the rolls:
Place 3 tablespoons of stuffing in the wrap, roll tightly -
corner nearest you first, fold 2 side corners in,
wrap till remaining corner is left.
Brush with egg, seal, and allow to sit on the seal for
a few minutes.
Fry the rolls:
325° if using egg roll wraps, 350° for spring roll wraps.
Deep fry in peanut oil till crispy golden brown, drain on paper towels.



Lemon Neonate

Turkey serves just as well, and in fact even looks a bit like a
well-dressed baby. By the time you turn the child?s breast into
cutlets, it will be indistinguishable. The taste of young human,
although similar to turkey (and chicken) often can be wildly
different depending upon what he or she has consumed during its
10 to 14 months of life...

4 well chosen cutlets (from the breasts of 2 healthy neonates)
2 large lemons (fresh lemons always, if possible)
Olive oil
Green onions
Salt
pepper
cornstarch
neonate stock (chicken, or turkey stock is fine)
garlic
parsley
fresh cracked black pepper

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