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I think they started charging tax around a year or so ago in states where they have warehouses or locations.
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Thriftbooks also offers free shipping.
I just got Prime a couple of weeks ago. They do a student discount, it's about half off regular cost, for those of you who are students.
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Does WW still offer a "core" plan? I've waffled with doing WW again just because I need some sort of accountability. It's either that or count calories. I've used the Calorie King software in the past and had success.
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I've been looking at Irish whistles too.
We have recorders and have done some with that, but I am not in love with the way they sound. I watched some awesome YouTube videos of Irish whistles and have thought about switching. :)
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I am from S FL. I was born there and lived there until I was 31.
I remember once when I was a child going to school, one of my neighbors called me a Yankee because I was wearing shorts and a jacket. This was in West Palm Beach, it doesn't get real cold. I think that is the only time I remember anyone using that term and that was in the 70s.
There are a lot of tourists in the S FL area. A lot. To put it mildly. Permanent tourists as well as visiting ones. :)
I know how it feels to feel displaced though. I've been in TX for about a year and a half now and am having a really hard time considering it home. I miss FL (not S FL). Shoot, I even miss CA. I mean really, TX is the one state I've disliked for a very long time and here I am. lol What the heck.
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I am currently reading a book for a book club and feel the same way! A friend of mine just started one up, so this is my first one. I am feeling like having to finish it by a deadline is taking the fun away. If I don't finish it before the club, I'm sure there will be spoilers.
So yes, I feel the same as you about it. :)
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I'm not a sports fan, but I was rooting for the Tigers. Sadly, that error by Iglesias threw the game for the Tigers. And then he struck out and ended the game. Poor guy.
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Not on the list for Mother of the Year either.
Once, when I had been less than, a-hem, perfect, DS told me accusingly that I wasn't as nice as the mom in the Little Bear books, and I don't bake as many treats either. Oooookkkaaaaaayyyy. Well then. He told me. :)
An apology, and maybe that ice cream sound like a good plan.
lol Oh, that is funny!
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I've lost it in a similar with ds before. It really sucks. I do apologize. We move on and I learn from my mistakes, though that doesn't mean I'm suddenly perfect. :) But, we're humans too, us parents.
I just wanted to LYK you're not alone in the Not Mother of the Year category. :)
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"To be sure, the nobility of his intentions were somewhat marred by brutalities as well."
Somewhat marred. My favorite line from a different perspective.
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That's not hair gel, it's ectoplasm.
He even commented on his hair about three episodes ago, the one before their 100th episode, the "best of" episode. lol
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Zac bugs the crap out of me. I especially hate his hair. I think he looks like a Kewpie doll.
Funny you should mention his "thing" for demonic activity......
The lead investigator from the group that came to my house was just saying today that that Zac guy has gotten himself in trouble because of his reckless behavior. I guess the paranormal investigation community is pretty small and they all seem to know each other, or at least know of each other. Anyway, apparently there was just some convention for those people in Tennessee last month and Zac has appeared to calm down his demon-seeking quite a bit. Since he was never a trained investigator (they're all just filmmakers) and he kept being drawn to the "bad" stuff, he was supposedly pretty messed up in the head. He sought out counsel from some priest who does exorcisms or something and has changed his ways.
The guy who is always with him (Aaron?) is much more down to earth, I'm told, and also more careful, especially since some encounter he had at a place out West that he thinks messed with his life.
hahaha My mom is always making comments about his hair.
Yeah, I knew they were all film makers. He has talked about being blessed and having demons excised from him on the shows before. I admit, we watch the new one on Friday night, then watch three or four episodes (reruns) on Saturday night. I think there have just been a few demon reruns on lately. They did do some demon talk on a recent episode though, at the Exorcist House.
I *love* Aaron. I even follow him on FB. He totally cracks me up on the show. They do all seem to have a good camaraderie though and seem to get along well, making the show enjoyable. And I have fun poking fun at Zac.
A new season of Ghost Hunters just started too and we've been watching that on Wed night. It is really so calm compared to Ghost Adventures. And I've been disappointed with their wrap ups at the end, it seems they leave a lot of stuff out or just don't show it on camera.
Anyways, I didn't mean to totally hijack your thread. I think it's pretty cool you had investigators in your home. :)
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I watch a good amount of Ghost Adventures and Zac really seems to have a thing for demonic activity. He is was over the top and amuses me to no end. I do like the show a lot though. :)
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Happy Birthday!
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I have not had any trouble with tasks loading in a timely manner in the 2+ years I have worked for them. As soon as I submit a task, the next one appears...ones with multiple videos might take 2-3 seconds, at most. What is your internet connection speed? Speedtest is a good one to check it. As a frame of reference, I have 16 Mbps download speed and 1 Mbps upload speed.
I have to be honest...if I had to wait several minutes for each task to fully load, I would not keep the job. It is not worth getting paid for only half the time I would be spending on work. As it is, I write down the time that I get my first task and write a tick mark for each task I get for that task type, then write the ending time when I finish working or switch to a different task type. So if I get my first task at 2:15 and work on tasks until 4:15, I get paid for the full 120 minutes.
That seems an efficient way of keeping track. I've been using a stopwatch app and timing each task. I sometimes go over, but I am under on many others, so I don't worry about it.
I just did the Speedtest. I have a d/l speed of 12.56 and an u/l speed of 1.46. I have no issues with tasks loading either. I have AT&T Uverse.
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I agree, it is very boring. I am struggling to get my hours up before the end of the month because after about 30 minutes, I am done. lol
I hate the SxS activities, though I am usually able to complete them before the allotted time now. I prefer the shorter tasks.
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Cyndi, I am just finishing up my AA this semester, so they do hire w/o a Bachelor's. :)
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In the days before cash registers calculated the change, change was required to be counted back a certain way to avoid errors. You had to start with the smallest coin/bill and work up to the largest, and you had to count it back as you were handing it to the customer so that the customer could see that it was correct.
So, for ex, if the bill was $2.43 and the customer gave you a $10 bill, you handed him back 2 pennies while saying, "44 cents, 45 cents," then a nickel while saying, "50 cents," then two quarters while saying, "75 cents, 3 dollars," then 2 ones while saying, "4 dollars, 5 dollars," then a five while saying, "10 dollars." It's not complicated, but you couldn't just hand the customer $7.57 without counting up from $2.43.
Yes, this is what I have been referring to.
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It isn't making change that you had to learn, it is counting the money back in that particular manner that you had to learn. I think that is where the disconnect is occurring.
Yes, I think you're right. Your explanation is excellent and is what I was referring to. Not that I could not count or add or subtract coins or bills.
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We were told we could have up to 80 hours a month.
Yes, no pay for any training, which does take up a good amount of time. I think I'm still within my first four week period, so I get 25% extra time to complete tasks. I have found myself getting faster though, so that's nice.
There have been days where I logged in to work and there have been no tasks. They say they keep that in consideration as far as hours go.
They hold your pay back for about a month. I started at the end of August and worked about three days. I will not see that paycheck until the beginning of October. So, starting off, that kind of hurts.
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I graduated in 1990 and certainly knew how to make change. I guess I am missing where the disconnect was for you. The cash register I used simply told me what the change should be based on what I entered as payment. I still had to count the change myself when handing it back to the customer. At your restaurant the only difference should have been you had to compute the transaction yourself.
I guess I am just confused my SKL claiming most retail workers "can't make change".
I don't know. I had never had to count money back in that way before, had never been taught in that way, or seen it done that way, having only used an electric cash register at work.
Certainly I could count back whatever change the cash register told me to. I obviously can count coins and bills, as I'm sure most cashiers can.
And no, SKL, you're not the only person who checks to make sure you receive the correct change, though I don't use cash too often either.
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You need to explain to me what you did not learn about making change because I still do not understand: what besides the basic math facts would one need to make change???
The stuff costs $3.43, customer gives me $5, I have to give back the remaining $1.57 which I determine either by subtracting 3.43 from 5.00 and coming up with 1.57, or by counting up from 3.43 until I reach 5.00: 7ct to 3:50, 50ct to 4, $1 to 5. What is there to learn?
Well, I had never learned how to count it back like that, as in counting .43 to .50, .50 to $4.00, then adding a one dollar bill to make five until I came across it at a job where I had to use it. It's not like I had to take an extensive course on how to learn it. I asked my mom, she showed and that was it.
So, now you know what there was for me to learn. I obviously possessed the basic math skills to subtract 3.43 from 5.00, I had never learned how to count back change in that manner though.
I never said anything besides basic math facts were needed and counting back change in that particular manner was not taught to me in school. *shrug* I don't see what the big deal is?
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We didn't learn in school to count up to make change (Ontario, Canada, elementary from '72/73-'80/81). It's a skill I was first introduced to working retail as a teen. [At my first retail job, our cash registers weren't even electronic, though that was admittedly something of an anomaly at the time.]
I'm agreed that counting up change is not rocket science, but OTOH, people won't have skills they're not trained or *expected* to have. Now, the cashiers at our local Whole Foods are quite adept at counting out change and holding dozens and dozens of produce codes in their heads, in no small part because they are expected to.
Thank you, you put it much better than I was trying to explain. lol
Yeah, it didn't take long when my mom taught it to me, it is simple math. But, it was not something covered in school.
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I am pretty sure they teach money and addition/subtraction in elementary school. What else would one need to "make change"?
Counting up from a number to another one comes very early, 1st grade or so, before formal subtraction is even introduced, and would suffice if one was not able to subtract.
What am I missing here?
Yes, I did learn all my basic math facts through a semester of Algebra II in school but still did not learn how to make change.
Cash registers usually "make the change" for the cashier. You have a total, type in how much cash you were given, and the machine tells you how much change to give back.
I mean, really, do I really need to give an explanation of how to make change?
When did Amazon change the min $amount for free shipping?
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In TX too.
I love Amazon. Even if I hadn't just joined Prime, the increase to $35 for free shipping wouldn't bother me.
I love another poster's suggestion about buying household necessities there too. I hadn't even looked into that because I am all about the books for the most part. :)