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mussa · January 10, 2006, 01:05:05 PM

theres always at least one attention whore at the party

BigEd76 · January 10, 2006, 01:23:37 PM

How come the NFL and NBA announce that there's 2 minutes left before the end, but the NHL waits until there's only 1 minute left?

MDS · January 10, 2006, 01:28:43 PM

Football is not really an announcment, its more of a scheduled stoppage in order to milk an extra TV timeout per half.

Father Demon · January 10, 2006, 01:40:23 PM

Quote from: Diomedes on January 10, 2006, 01:05:04 PM
Quote from: BigEd76 on January 10, 2006, 12:12:24 PM
Usually 4-6% here...

We haven't had better than 2% average raises for two years running. (Corporate wine and spirits industry (supplier)).

Three years running with no raises, other than promotions. High tech, engineering industry.

Phanatic · January 10, 2006, 01:44:17 PM

IT at a beer company, 2% this year. Most years it's 3 - 5%. Sales are down though.

Wingspan · January 10, 2006, 01:44:41 PM

i generally get 4-5% per year.

MadMarchHare · January 10, 2006, 02:15:11 PM

3.5% annual average. Major Pharmaceutical company.

General_Failure · January 10, 2006, 05:45:51 PM

Quote from: Phanatic on January 10, 2006, 01:44:17 PM
IT at a beer company, 2% this year. Most years it's 3 - 5%. Sales are down though.

In theory that sounds like the best job this side of secret agent, rockstar, and astronaut.

JTrotter Fan · January 10, 2006, 05:50:50 PM

How can some states thrive without taking a state income tax from residents, yet other states can't seem to come up with money when they do have a state income tax?

PoopyfaceMcGee · January 10, 2006, 05:56:11 PM

Because government is no different than most individuals/households. They spend whatever they get, and they get used to spending whatever they get. Thus, once an income tax is levied, the residents of that state are most certainly up shtein's creek, because there isn't any farging way that it's ever going to be taken off the books.

General_Failure · January 10, 2006, 05:56:30 PM

Higher real estate and sales taxes?

PhillyPhanInDC · January 10, 2006, 07:19:21 PM

Quote from: Sun_Mo on January 10, 2006, 11:59:28 AM
What's the industry standard for % of an annual raise?

If you do a semi-decent job and show up to work for your 40 a week, 5-8%

If you enjoy your work and do a good job, and work when needed, 9-12%

Verizon (Government contracting arm), Systems Analyst.

Geowhizzer · January 10, 2006, 09:08:42 PM

Quote from: The Waco Kid on January 10, 2006, 05:50:50 PM
How can some states thrive without taking a state income tax from residents, yet other states can't seem to come up with money when they do have a state income tax?

One of the FEW good things about living in Florida.

That and spring ~~break~~ training.

PhillyPhanInDC · January 10, 2006, 09:21:13 PM

Here is my dumb question: What kind of effort does it take to run and maintain this board?

I have built and maintained websites, for work and personal use, and maintain servers at work, etc. To me it seems like it would be a real beast to keep in check. Thank god there are people out there less lazy then me to create and maintain this nightmare.

JTrotter Fan · January 10, 2006, 09:28:23 PM

Quote from: Geowhizzer on January 10, 2006, 09:08:42 PM
Quote from: The Waco Kid on January 10, 2006, 05:50:50 PM
How can some states thrive without taking a state income tax from residents, yet other states can't seem to come up with money when they do have a state income tax?

One of the FEW good things about living in Florida.

That and spring ~~break~~ training.

I live in Texas and all i got was this shirt (and no state taxes)