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(...) At this point in the discussion, I'd just like to say "You lucky American bastards!". (400 piece buckets tend to cost $20+, rather than $5 or $7, around here) Jasper (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ahh, the upside to living in a culture that is insanely materialistic;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) We're not lucky, just more market oriented. Not to mention smarter and handsomer. Seriously, you can't have it both ways. Of COURSE stuff is generally cheaper here (not just in dollar to dollar terms, but in terms of the time it takes to earn (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Larry, Anyone making $60 an hour is indeed a lucky person. Considering that minimum wage is only around $5.25 and most people consider a $10 an hour job doing well. No hard feelings intended here....but some of us have to work 3 hours for that (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Heh, I hear you. I'm still (for the time being) very "blue collar" pay-wise at my current FTJ (full-time job). But on my last consulting job I think I would have had to work about 17.14 minutes for that CD player. Can't (or at least haven't (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Your point is well taken, although I'd go farther and say that 10 an hour isn't considered by everyone as 'doing well', if that's the wage that a single wage earner is making. It is HARD to get by on 400 a week pretax (that's about 20K a (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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First, no offense was intended in my original statement and none was taken by me with regard to Pat's response. Nor should any be taken by the below. One point I forgot to make though. (...) I'm not sure (and this IS .debate, after all) that luck (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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No, it's bloody IMPOSSIBLE to get by on $400/week POST-tax in my area, unless you have multiple earners in a household. With rents at $1200+ for any area short of slums around here, $400/wk barely pays the rent. Don't get me started on that :-/ (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:3870F1E0.8D1B0D...ger.net... (...) Peh..:-) Slightly less then 1000$ (after tax) per month is just my income, and yes I'm not a blue collar, actually a relatively well earning white..:-) (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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