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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:19 AM Original message |
My wife, a talented Graphic Designer, Losses job, health insurance |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Good luck |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. No MO but can't they do everything at a distance these days? |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. not sure |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Only as long as nobody in biz strikes. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. The internet makes it very easy to do. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
4. If she had a relationship with her clients she could call them directly |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. 10 roger on that |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. I agree; freelancing is the way to go |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
6. i am so sorry. |
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greymattermom (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
7. guru |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Damn, thank you! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. With those expensive $30,000 jobs going to India, what's left to say? |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
11. So sorry |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
12. I'm sorry that this happened, usregimechange. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
13. this is the "sound economy" that shrub was spouting off about yesterday |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. What kind of an economic joke |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Corporate assholes who see people as numbers |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. I wish you both luck and good fortune. |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. She needs to go out on her own. |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. That seems to be the plan, thanks |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. Sorry to hear this |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. so sorry |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. If she ends up freelancing, send me a PM. No guarantees, but I might have something. |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Thanks bunches, she is updating her portforlio... |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
24. As a Graphic Designer myself (also without health insurance)... |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Thanks for taking the time to offer some good advise |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
27. Damn! So sorry! |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
28. I'm a graphic designer too, and I worry all the time. I don't need insurance luckily |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. One problem is that we live in a smaller sized city. Can it be |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Possibly, though occasional face-to-face contact makes for the best relationships. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. One of my friends does work for a company in California (we live in Chicago). |
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