Money this ecomomy effecting you? - Page 6

tooge · 09-17-2008, 10:41 AM

How is this crappy economy affecting you guys? I have noticed that I am noticeably slower at the office and folks are pretty stingy about spending money, even on their health. Y'all feeling the effects yet? If not, do you think you will at some time? Misery loves company.

Garcia Bronco · 09-17-2008, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by PhillyChiefFan

We basically did, well one that ran well and stuff.

Can't wait till she graduates, she can get a job anywhere and start above 50.

We are just trying to tread water until then.

If she becomes a nurse practioner she'll make great money.

HC_Chief · 09-17-2008, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by PhillyChiefFan

We basically did, well one that ran well and stuff.

Can't wait till she graduates, she can get a job anywhere and start above 50.

We are just trying to tread water until then.

Been there, done that. Those were actually fun times. Just don't stress it... things work themselves out in the end.

**007** · 09-17-2008, 03:12 PM

Other than gas prices, we are doing just fine.

Nightfyre · 09-17-2008, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

Get one. Get a couple of them. And follow up with them at least once a week. The reason for the follow ups is you stage in your career, but keep up with them, plus look on your own.

I will definitely look into that. Thanks for the advice

Alec R · 09-17-2008, 03:31 PM

The economy isnt hitting me or mine hard.

Im a web developer though, work is never going away for me. I have too much damn work as a matter of fact. I do have friends who chose not to get an education and they are being hit hard, but I suspect education has little to dowith it, probably more the field you are in.

**Bearcat** · 09-17-2008, 03:34 PM

I started traveling for work around the time the economy went into the sh*tter, so it worked out well because they reimburse (bill the client) everything. Weekend roadtrips suck because of 25mpg/$50 per tank, but overall it was great timing.

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Originally Posted by Nightfyre

Try getting a job with zero experience as an accounting graduate with an emphasis in finance. Yeah, the economy is making me depressed.

A friend of mine in London got a job with Lehman Brothers about a month ago. Yeah, their stock had been going down for a while, but as a job seeker who was hoping to find something before having to move back to the States, it's not something she could really worry about. Started a week and a half ago, was let go Monday with the news of the bankruptcy. Now she has to move back here, find a way to come up with the money to buy a car, and oh yeah, find a job.

Unfortunately for the rest of us, these companies, the lenders who threw cash at those who wanted to buy a house they couldn't afford, and those who bought the houses they couldn't afford, all deserve it. Who could have known...

Road Hog · 09-17-2008, 03:35 PM

You think maybe we're just a little bit spoiled?

Road Hog · 09-17-2008, 03:41 PM

If you have to worry about the price of beer, maybe you're drinking too much. I think we're all just a little bit spoiled.

Calcountry · 09-17-2008, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by MOhillbilly

what was good money last year aint good money this year. gonna have the goverment bail me out soon.
time to do the things i know how to do when things are tough.

How's that rabbit bus going? I sent you a p.m.???

Hydrae · 09-17-2008, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by PastorMikH

Actually, out here it isn't too bad for the most part. The oil companies are doing a lot of drilling and field work in this area so for the most part, energy prices, and retirement savings plummeting are the only major problems for us. We are having employment problems in that there aren't enough workers to fill positions - restuarants are really hurting - a lady in our church that manages one was told by her District Manager that if the person is breathing, she needs to hire them.

We used to call that the spoon test. Hold a spoon up to their mouth, if it clouds up they are breathing and hireable!

**DaneMcCloud** · 09-17-2008, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by kcchiefsfanGoLJ

Good Lord man, in our neck of the Woods you would be the Big Dog on the block with that kind of money. Depending on where you are in realtions to 100k you could be making almost triple what I make. I would kill to see that kind of income.

Have you considered moving to a new city that will offer more opportunity?

**DaneMcCloud** · 09-17-2008, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Road Hog

If you have to worry about the price of beer, maybe you're drinking too much. I think we're all just a little bit spoiled.

Speak for yourself, grandpa

**Bearcat** · 09-17-2008, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Road Hog

You think maybe we're just a little bit spoiled?

Of course we are, but you can't take it with you....

(also, I didn't spend 6, er, 7 years in college so I could live like the Amish)

Simply Red · 09-17-2008, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Road Hog

If you have to worry about the price of beer, maybe you're drinking too much. I think we're all just a little bit spoiled.

I have absolutely no clue what you are talking about. Just sayin...

L.A. Chieffan · 09-17-2008, 04:25 PM

I switched to getting my shiatsu once a week instead of every other day. I've been in a pretty bad mood all the time.

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