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Pamy
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01-02-2002

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 4:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
ours is a little free standing unit that sits on floor, it kinda reminds me of r2d2 LOL....and then the exhaust thing goes out to the wall..

Who, Bill installed ours and knows more about it, if you need more info let me know and I will ask Bill

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 5:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
That would be great Pamy! Thanks. And ummm...if its not too personal, perhaps the cost? I Googled "mini split systems" as Huk suggested and Yikes! Looks like around 3 thousand bucks. Oh dear!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 8:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
oh wow ours was about 300.00, I think....Gosh I hope Bill didnt spend 3000 and tell me it was 300 LOL

but I think Huk's system is different than ours. you can actually roll it into different rooms if you had the hole in the wall. Bill is out getting his fathers day gift (we got him a big BBQ and he is picking it up) I will have him come here with more info

what info do ya want to know? nothing is too personal for me LOL

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 9:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Halfunit a private message Print Post    
This sounds like War's swamp cooler.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 9:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I never even knew about swamp coolers until War mentioned them. It's a neat idea. Unfortunately, while they probably work great where War is, they wouldn't work as well where we are because it is so humid.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 11:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL, Darren has both the swamp cooler on the house and the window unit up and running now. I've taken to carrying around my little lap blanket cuz I'm freezing my ass off!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 3:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Who...Bill said its on sale right now at walmart..300.00. you can have the exhaust thing go out a window....we didnt have one that wked thats why bill cut hole in the wall but you dont have to.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 3:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
I have a legal question.

If a company is having lay-offs and is giving its full-time workers two weeks' severance pay, do they have to give part-time workers the same equivalent rate?

This is in California. I've found lots of links to rules for Canada but not the US.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 3:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the info Pamy. I have a portable cooler, but its not very effective. I'll have to check out Wal-Mart the next time I'm there for that other one. But I don't know about cutting holes in my walls.

Kitt, I don't know about Cali, but AFAIK, in Colorado at least they don't "have" to give you anything for severance. I've been laid off three times, and never got severance. The only thing they did was pay out unused vacation time. One place I worked gave all their office workers a week's severance for every year they'd been there, and at the same time gave us production workers directions to the nearest exit. .

I found a blurb on THIS site about final pay and severance. Its located in the last paragraph under "What Final Pay Includes." But it isn't really clear if that is in California or nation wide.


quote:

Final pay might not include severance pay. Employers are not required to issue severance pay by law, but some do so anyway as a benefit or "bribe" to avoid lawsuits. Consequently, severance pay is typically not regulated by state final pay laws, but rather by contracts such as separation agreements or implied contracts such as employee policy manuals.




And THIS site seems to confirm it in the seventh paragraph on the page (there's more to read than what I quoted):


quote:

You might as well hear the bad news about severance first: no federal, state or local laws insist that laid-off workers get severance pay.




Of course they don't really address the issue of part time vs full time. But, it does seem to confirm that severance it at the employer's whim. So they can probably give/not give anything to anyone they want. Just my

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 4:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Who, thanks for all that. It's really useful, although unfortunately not in my favour. Looks like I'll just have to plead my case and see what they say. I've been there longer than all but one of the other people laid off and I work a 30-35 hour week, so it's practically full-time. It just seems very unfair to leave me out.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 4:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Kitt, severance pay is, essentially, a gift. Not a requirement. In California, we're at "at will" state. Which means employment can be terminated by any person at any time (employer or employee). Severance is usually given in recognition of a person's work (and usually more if the person's been there a while).

One of the problems with being part time is that you (generally) are not elibible for most benefits. That can include health insurance, paid vacations, and the like. Severance would fall into that.

Bummer, yes, but...

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 4:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Who, you dont have to cut a hole in wall if you have a window in the room you are using it in.

We use in bedroom and we have a sliding door so in past we would lose the use of the slider when we had the window swamp cooler

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 5:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
That's the drawback I think of the window swamp cooler. I really do love the thing, but I lose the use one of my living room windows during the summer because of it. Kind of sucks at night when it's nice outside and I can't have that open window.

Margyb
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07-04-2007

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 9:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Margyb a private message Print Post    
Does anyone know which day the Housecalls show will start? I can't find anything on the CBS BB front page.

Thanks,

Margy

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 1:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Margy, you might find that info in the BB section of the board HERE or not.. but I'm betting Julie Chen will tell us tomorrow night or they will promo it in some way.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 4:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
WHY is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest playing from 7-9:30 (2.5 hrs) immediately followed by a showing from 9:30-12:30 (3 hrs.) How does it gain a half hour? 30 mins more of commercials?

Stacey718995
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07-06-2007

Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 4:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stacey718995 a private message Print Post    
HMMM

Good question

My summer project this year to help with surgery recovery was to watch AFI's top 100 movies. I am amazed how I can get most of them on cable. This month is Jack Nicholson month on AMC and they are showing his movies, which he has several on the list: Easy Rider, One Flew.., and Chinatown.

This is not an official answer but maybe since it is special "month" they are adding some interview stuff or background stuff in to one of the movies? Just a thought. I think I have the longer one set to tape so if I find out I will let you know!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 5:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Julie, it could just be that the movie runs an unusual number of minutes. It may end at 9:45 instead of 9:30 and they just have it listed from 7-9:30 and 9:30-12:30 because it's eaiser than listing it til 9:45 or whatever time it'll end. I know on tv shows that run a few minutes over they don't list it from 8-9:07 but 8-9. LOL, that's how I missed the end of Eureka last week, the show before it ran a few minutes long, tv channel had it listed at its regular times and tivo didn't catch it.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 5:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I wonder if they cut some of the first one, cuz imdb says the running time is 133 mins.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, July 16, 2007 - 11:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Does anyone know what these patches on the back of some leaves of my maple tree are?

<removed image ... too wide ~77>

Serate
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08-21-2001

Monday, July 16, 2007 - 12:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Possibly this?

Q: I have red bumps on the leaves of my maple tree. Do you know what this is and how to fix it? (e-mail reference)

A: Those red bumps are caused by a small mite that lays eggs in the developing tissue early in the spring. The bumps you see are the larvae hatching and starting to feed. There’s nothing you can do about it, but the damage is mostly cosmetic and not lethal. It usually shows up for a couple of years. Weather extremes or natural predators usually take care of the problem.


Serate
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08-21-2001

Monday, July 16, 2007 - 12:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Not sure if anybody is familiar with Certegy and the problems they have been having - somebody selling information from checking accounts. I kinda blew it off as we never got contacted but then a letter came in the mail today addressed to my cat Eddie and referenced a checking account than ended with 4 numbers. Does not match either one of our checking accounts but should I try and figure out who is using Eddie's name and our old address on a checking account? Are we in any way liable for expenses our CAT makes if somebody "stole" his name and address?

Serate
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08-21-2001

Monday, July 16, 2007 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Hubby just reminded me that right before we left Kentucky I got a phone call from a Ford dealership that had an application for a loan filled out in Eddie's name, our phone number, our address, hubby's birth date, but not even close to either of our SS#'s.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Monday, July 16, 2007 - 12:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
best to check it out I would think, Serate. At least with a phone call to the bank to let them know this is your cat and NOT your account. You are probably not liable but I would think it is good to get the word out?

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, July 16, 2007 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Serate, I'd start calling the cat Ed, and let people know there is no "eddie" at your house.