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Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 2 Dec 1999 18:10:37 GMT
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Jeremy,
Sproaticus wrote:
> > This is a major misperception from what I have read in numerous e-mail
> > posts from people in Great Britain, do you have examples of "limited
> > access" to health care, etc. or is this just a random statement? You can
> > go to any employer here and get health care coverage, from gas stations
> > to retail shops to factories, etc.
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> Thanks for the chuckle, Scott. I promise I won't try to perpetuate a common
> misconception of America. ;-)
Misconception? I thought I typed misperception, oh I did. I am glad I
can get you to
laugh, however!
> However...the first job I was ever offered health care in is my current one as
> a software developer. No other job I've had -- college lab assistant, chef,
> telemarketer (the shame of it all), wood-shop floor sawdust-removal
> technician, CAD/CAM engineer, aluminmum foundry flunky, you name it -- ever
> offered more than Worker's Compensation, and only because that is the minimum
> required by law. I am somewhat ashamed to admit, my teeth went for seven
> years without a checkup. (1)
Hmm...I had health insurance from my mom and dad through high school and
some college, I didn't have it for three months when I came back from
Ohio to Michigan, and I have had it ever since, at Meijer, at all of my
engineering jobs, and the plastic parts plant I worked for. Since I am
working at Meijer, even part time people get it now. It is a must with
the economy the way it is. As for the dentists, it has been up and down.
I have coverage again now, I now I need work, but I have not gone as of
yet.
> But then this morning as I was filling my gas tank, I noticed the clerk behind
> the counter was filling out an employee benefits worksheet, so perhaps things
> have changed significantly in the past ten years.
It has, thanks due to a certain person! :) (Another debate, another
time!)
> Now, while I will agree with Scott-A that everything (within and without the
> U.S.) has a dollar value,
? Do you mean most things, as in insurance and the like, or am I missing
something?
> I cannot subscribe to his notion that everything is
> exploited for it. Exploitation does not require monetary worth, and quite a
> few folks are extremely scrupulous about how they handle their business.
Exploitation comes from many sources, for different reasons, etc. For
the most part I have been pleased with the LUGNET community and trading
and the like. Even the one I was most concerned about contacted me and
got my package out, so I think most people try to be good about deals
and the like. I am learning a lot just from my first E-bay postings, for
my roommate Tony.
Scott S.
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| (...) I say conecption, you say perception, let's just order a pizza. (...) Scott, I may be opening a huge can-o-worms here, but... You got off pretty easy in terms of health insurance, esp. being covered by your parents after high school. (My dad's (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| <384689C9.2BC09E99@hw.ac.uk> <38468B94.73FC33EC@voyager.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) I won't respond to this. (...) Just take it that I agree or have no opinion on the points I do not respond (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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