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its pronounced as carnivore.It's actually a gorgeous cat.
She gets into the cab, and notices that the VERY handsome cab driver won't stop staring at her. She asks him why he is staring.
He replies: "I have a question to ask you but I don't want to offend you."
She answers, "My son, you cannot offend me. When you're as old as I am And have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about everything. I'm sure that there's nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive."
"Well, I've always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me."
She responds, "Well, let's see what we can do about that: #1, you have to be single and #2, you must be Catholic."
The cab driver is very excited and says, "Yes, I'm single and Catholic!"
"OK" the nun says. "Pull into the next alley."
The nun fulfills his fantasy, with a kiss that would Make a hooker blush.
When they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying.
"My dear child," says the nun, "why are you crying?"
"Forgive me but I've sinned. I lied and I must confess,
"I'm married and I'm Jewish."
The nun says, "That's OK.
My name is Kevin and I'm going to a Halloween party.
He replies: "I have a question to ask you but I don't want to offend you."
She answers, "My son, you cannot offend me. When you're as old as I am And have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about everything. I'm sure that there's nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive."
"Well, I've always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me."
She responds, "Well, let's see what we can do about that: #1, you have to be single and #2, you must be Catholic."
The cab driver is very excited and says, "Yes, I'm single and Catholic!"
"OK" the nun says. "Pull into the next alley."
The nun fulfills his fantasy, with a kiss that would Make a hooker blush.
When they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying.
"My dear child," says the nun, "why are you crying?"
"Forgive me but I've sinned. I lied and I must confess,
"I'm married and I'm Jewish."
The nun says, "That's OK.
My name is Kevin and I'm going to a Halloween party.
Are some of them the public or do they all have government contracts?
I do agree, God bless America. When we can hardly compete, going on strike doesn't always end up so we'll. Our paper mill went on strike for months. Part of it was reducing their 100% paid medical to 60%
....booo hooo
In Portland Oregon, longshore workers screwed themselvesout of a job. It also took hundreds or thousands of accompanying local jobs with it, plus untold hundreds of millions of port revenue.
Shipping companies are HUGE.
They got tired of the sniveling and moved 100% of their contracts north to Seattle, flipping the bird all the way back to the Pacific with a huge grin on their faces.
Longshoreman are one of the highest paying union jobs out there, but they just needed more...... more more more!
....more unemployment and more retirement is what they got for sniveling. Teachers unions hold your children's education hostage, using money as ransom.
Looking though a school parking lot, I see Volvos and Lexus and BMWs. No beaters in the lot. A large percent of the teachers are married to other teachers so it's not like they're starving, they have a nice job and summers off..... Yet they strike or threaten to.
I'm sure there's a lot of good unions out there but the only ones that I've heard about tend to make me grind my teeth. I'm speaking from my local knowledge of unions not everywhere.
I recall a picture on the front page of our newspaper and the so-called scabs that were educating our children while the teachers held ticket signs for weeks and weeks. The photo showed a school bus with one of the PE coaches hanging off the driver side mirror as it drove away.
. Teacher don't picket until school starts.
My personal knowledge of local events has soured my view of unions.
....booo hooo
In Portland Oregon, longshore workers screwed themselvesout of a job. It also took hundreds or thousands of accompanying local jobs with it, plus untold hundreds of millions of port revenue.
Shipping companies are HUGE.
They got tired of the sniveling and moved 100% of their contracts north to Seattle, flipping the bird all the way back to the Pacific with a huge grin on their faces.
Longshoreman are one of the highest paying union jobs out there, but they just needed more...... more more more!
....more unemployment and more retirement is what they got for sniveling. Teachers unions hold your children's education hostage, using money as ransom.
Looking though a school parking lot, I see Volvos and Lexus and BMWs. No beaters in the lot. A large percent of the teachers are married to other teachers so it's not like they're starving, they have a nice job and summers off..... Yet they strike or threaten to.
I'm sure there's a lot of good unions out there but the only ones that I've heard about tend to make me grind my teeth. I'm speaking from my local knowledge of unions not everywhere.
I recall a picture on the front page of our newspaper and the so-called scabs that were educating our children while the teachers held ticket signs for weeks and weeks. The photo showed a school bus with one of the PE coaches hanging off the driver side mirror as it drove away.
. Teacher don't picket until school starts.My personal knowledge of local events has soured my view of unions.
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You think a teacher strike during the summer would be more effective? Me neither.
So if you drive a ‘nice’ car then you must be rich? I know plenty of people that drive nicer vehicles than I do and they’re not rich. Having been married to a teacher I can tell you for certain that teachers aren’t getting paid that much. If you’re married to another teacher then you’re just a couple where neither one of you makes that much. Certainly not enough for putting up with someone’s crappy kid, or 30 of them at a time. What? Your kids not crappy. Great, now there’s only 29 crappy kids for them to deal with. The only thing teachers have going for them is they USUALLY have decent insurance. Not always, but usually. Then you gotta factor PERS into the equation. They’ve been trying to kill that for years. What now. You already don’t get paid that well and you never know if your retirement will disappear one day years down the road after you’ve already put in your time. I’d strike too, just not during the summer.
I know plenty of people that have a very nice expensive ride... And that's all they can afford. Lol
People want to LOOK like they walk the walk. No shortage of grown ass men with a nice Mercedes that live in their mom's basement. Vehicle is in Mama's name too.
Carpeted many a nice house that had crap furniture and junk cars.
I worked in the steelworkers union for a while. They struck for 3 weeks. Got a 25 cent raise. Over the 3 years of the new contract, they would not make back what they lost over the 3 weeks. In 1980 I made $25,000 working there. I was happy without the raise. Minimum wage was $2 an hour, I was making $9, plus I was making $18 for weekends.
I worked in the steelworkers union for a while. They struck for 3 weeks. Got a 25 cent raise. Over the 3 years of the new contract, they would not make back what they lost over the 3 weeks. In 1980 I made $25,000 working there. I was happy without the raise. Minimum wage was $2 an hour, I was making $9, plus I was making $18 for weekends.
I've worked for a lot of teachers over the years. They have multiple nice everything. Oregon's PERS was like striking oil.
Mileage in other states may vary.
...may vary greatly.
My metal shop teacher in 1972 was bitching about his takehome pay being only $425 per week.
Oregon probably has one of the best retirement systems in the country. Since the 80's economy was booming endlessly, their contract garnered them a 5 to 8% return on their retirement investments.
That rate was guaranteed even if their portfolio lost 10%
Let's just say, they do pretty well here. I guess I wasn't thinking how other states function.
The booming stock market of the 80’s proved to be profitable for PERS members. Typically, when a guaranteed rate is required as it is for Tier 1 members, amounts earned in excess of the guaranteed rate are used to set up a reserve to offset future periods where earning are less than the guaranteed rate. Instead, the Board, populated at the time by mostly PERS members, credited member accounts with the actual returns on investments rather than the guaranteed rate in effect at the time, sometimes crediting as much as 20% in a single year. PERS employees retiring on money match could retire and earn more in annual benefits than their final salary, with guaranteed payments for life.
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I might add, that I would hope a person goes into teaching because they like teaching kids, not because they don't like teaching kids. The income for teaching is hopefully known to a good degree before signing on the dotted line. Summers off is a nice perk, and I bet that's attractive if it fits the lifestyle. That said, who would sign up for a job that was only 9 months of the year. That has to be compensated for or you couldn't find enough people to teach.
Most teachers have to take college classes every summer. My daughter has her teaching certificate but can't afford to teach. When she got it she was managing a Burger king and would have taken a pay cut to teach. She is working home health care now and working toward being an NPR.
