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ON: What to do--offer rescinded after I quit my old job

Posted 04-27-2015 at 01:12 PM by Blondebaerde
Updated 06-01-2015 at 09:15 PM by Blondebaerde

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Originally Posted by Rambler123

Wrong way around.

The government is being bought up by big business, and as much as certain extremists hate "duh evil gubermint," I find it laughable how quickly they'll sell out to big business... even though it is even more corrupt and can't even be voted out of office. Remember, government is evil because of the power it has, but corporations - who write the laws and can't be voted out of office - are just great! Right...

I'm very tired of the "big

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ON: Suggestions for moving to Seattle?

Posted 04-21-2015 at 10:44 PM by Blondebaerde
Updated 06-01-2015 at 09:16 PM by Blondebaerde

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Originally Posted by FindingMyRoost

Hi there, I live in Minnesota and am turning 21 soon. I have yet to move out of the tiny town I have lived in most of my life and have been staying with family for the last 3 years. However, I HATE it here. My friends are long gone and I want to get out. I'm going to be getting my driver's licence over the summer and really want to move to the Seattle area by the end of the year. I have only had one job in the past - I've been working at this gas station for three years, but I did wash dishes back

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ON: Is there any state in which the Basic Skills Test for non-math teachers DOES NOT include a math component? :-(

Posted 04-13-2015 at 05:55 PM by Blondebaerde
Updated 04-26-2015 at 03:25 PM by Blondebaerde

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Originally Posted by SPAteacherNYC

I know, I know...we all use math one way or another whether we realize it or not.

But do we really use high-level math? I can certainly understand the reading and writing parts of the Basic Skills Tests...we all [English speakers] talk and write in English all the time; we communicate through the English language, not through statistical data or algebraic equations. I know that some of you will give me snarky examples of how we do use those in real life, but I really need some sympathy

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Marrying Hookers, Strippers, etc. Wow: Whouda Thunk That Wouldn't End Well?

Posted 04-12-2015 at 07:12 PM by Blondebaerde
Updated 07-24-2015 at 08:36 AM by Blondebaerde

Reading a story elsewhere about another man getting fleeced by a wife. A bad wife, we might say, as in a person with a "colorful" past. There are two sides to every story, "but" it goes to something more fundamental, in my observation.

I have three guys I trust to watch my back. They're my brothers now, closest thing a loner like me has to family.

In an odd stroke of timing, 2/3 friends had a bad 2014. Each had partners of about 11 years walk...

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RE: Reply here if you are not a fan of having "SMALL TALK"

Posted 03-30-2015 at 04:55 PM by Blondebaerde

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Originally Posted by AnthonyJ34

More often than not I don't feel like engaging in small talk, but I often do simply to appear friendly and polite. For me, it takes a lot of effort to engage in much of the expected, trivial, superficial social banter that seems to be expected in many day-to-day social interactions.

But I realize the importance of this 'social lubrication' of which you speak: it greases human interaction and helps to keep things civil, pleasant, courteous, etc.

But it does feel like

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