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 RC> When and if he goes to Home Depot, is the "clerk" who
 RC> helped him buy the right fertilizer or the proper drill bit
 RC> any less of a person, Home Depot also pays their clerks
 RC> very well.

 I have often thought that would be a good retirement job. Get to
 talk to people and work with tools. What more can you ask?

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 RC> When and if he goes to a electronics retailer such as Best
 RC> Buy, Circuit City, Fry's or Compusa, are those "clerks" any
 RC> less of a person as they help him with answers to foster a
 RC> purchasing decision?

 Well, yes. Esp since they are so often so underinformed. Esp
 Radio Shack.

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 RC> Wayne thinks he is goading me with his "Cassell, cleanup on
 RC> aisle 3", well if draggin a broom or mop around for what I
 RC> get paid, who am I to complain, even if his goad is not 
 RC> what I do.

 I get paid a lot more than the janitor where I work, but there
 is usually no janitor on Sundays, so I often empty the trash
 cans in the lunch room. I have a lot more flexibility than most
 workers, and it's better than overflowing trash cans.

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 RC> If Sakowski thinks being on the public dole is some sort of
 RC> virtue, then there you have it, thats whats wrong with the
 RC> Democratic Party.

 More like that's what's wrong with the republican party. Welfare
 tends to go up under republicans, down under democrats. The
 democratic program has always been jobs, the republicans cut
 that back and the result is welfare or poverty, or both.

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BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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