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Warpy

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42. It certainly suggests our system needs a serious redesign

Sun Jul 10, 2022, 12:52 AM

Jul 2022

even though I inherited being part of that class and I'm really, really not the type. I did invest in a cannabis operation, if that supplies a little deodorant. And I do care what those C-level weasels are doing in my name. They listen as well as a government lousy with conservatives does.

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It's Time to Stop Living the American Scam [View all] PatSeg Jul 2022 OP

K&R 2naSalit Jul 2022 #1

Well, maybe, hopefully, Americans will get back to having hobbies again... Hugin Jul 2022 #2

Often people tend to forget PatSeg Jul 2022 #32

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Even if unions come back fully, it's too late for pensions for the middle generation jimfields33 Jul 2022 #26

Many boomers got left out in the cold PatSeg Jul 2022 #33

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I suppose PatSeg Jul 2022 #46

K & R Thank You for Posting This Stuart G Jul 2022 #4

Thanks for this. Novara Jul 2022 #5

You're welcome PatSeg Jul 2022 #34

I am grateful Novara Jul 2022 #36

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The only time I work that many hours is if the workload is so heavy I can't avoid it. Novara Jul 2022 #39

I work 12+ hour nights four nights a week Skittles Jul 2022 #40

Been saying this for years, and I'm a Boomer, not an X-er. malthaussen Jul 2022 #6

I have been wanting to research this phenomenon Redleg Jul 2022 #7

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Just bookmarked it to listen to while exercising. Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #11

You're welcome. It's an eye-opener. n/t ariadne0614 Jul 2022 #14

This was in the NY Times? Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #9

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One of the reasons I decided to be self-employed MineralMan Jul 2022 #13

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As a Former ClearChannel Employee... LoCo Cat Lady Jul 2022 #23

You know then exactly what I'm talking about. They gave my wife a decent exit package but had they Pepsidog Jul 2022 #24

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Thanks. It's true if you can survive and thrive in radio sales then most everything else looks easy. Pepsidog Jul 2022 #30

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K & R ..... plus a trimmed URL if anyone is having issues, plus an archived version Celerity Jul 2022 #17

Good writer. edbermac Jul 2022 #18

Fabulous insight. cilla4progress Jul 2022 #19

Saw this coming with the dawn of the "Information Age". jaxexpat Jul 2022 #20

When beepers came in (remember them?) I knew it was gonna get bad. malthaussen Jul 2022 #29

I was assigned a "beeper" at about the same time in my career....... jaxexpat Jul 2022 #31

I don't accept calls after 6pm Sympthsical Jul 2022 #35

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Keep your nose to the grindstone snd Captain Zero Jul 2022 #21

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You forgot telephone sanitizers Warpy Jul 2022 #25

He didn't mention "owners", who don't even need... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2022 #41

It certainly suggests our system needs a serious redesign Warpy Jul 2022 #42

It is really disturbing PatSeg Jul 2022 #43

KNR and bookmarking. For later. niyad Jul 2022 #44