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[HiMyNameIsNick]

Yup. Well, just a bit bigger, but still... It is at 788 reais, and with the dollar at ~2.67 reais, that's a little less than 300 dollars.

 

 

I get it. It's a little bit lower, but the inflation is lower too, it's like... I don't know 6 or 7%? Here in Argentina we're dealing with a rate of 30 or 35%.

[Swar]

I get it. It's a little bit lower, but the inflation is lower too, it's like... I don't know 6 or 7%? Here in Argentina we're dealing with a rate of 30 or 35%.

Yeah, at least there's that. Argentinas been really unlucky lately Most South American countries, actually.

[NapisaurusRex]

Guuurrrrrll, you needa get on dat TriCare.

wellll... there used to be a lot of Army guys on Craigslist looking to wife up before they went to the Middle East, but that's dropped drastically.

[Frizzle]

wellll... there used to be a lot of Army guys on Craigslist looking to wife up before they went to the Middle East, but that's dropped drastically.

That's...thats really sad

[NapisaurusRex]

It is. I have mixed feelings about it.

 

I also looked into mail-order wifing 6-7 years ago, but most of the US men looking for that kind of thing live in Alaska and I don't think I'm physically capable of that kind of lifestyle.

[Padme]

Canada. 

 

I will marry you. I have greencard. You can haz.

[Adam]

Militarycupid.com

[talbs]

I thought you lived in NC? The minimum wage is $7.25... unless it went up at the start of the year still ~$15,000 annually (assuming 40 hours for 52 weeks per year)

 

 

Yeah you're right it is $7.25. At the last "minimum wage" job I had, I was making $7.85 and apparently I forgot that figure included some raises.

Edited by talbs, 09 January 2015 - 06:51 AM.

[NapisaurusRex]

Militarycupid.com

You on there, darlin?

[Ali]

Ugh. So grateful for the NHS.

Marry a Brit Jess and up sticks across the Atlantic. It's fairly dire (supposedly, I've had nothing but great experiences) but it's so easy.

[Waser Lave]

Yeah, at least there's that. Argentinas been really unlucky lately Most South American countries, actually.

 

Decades of incompetent monetary policy isn't unlucky.

 

As for America, the fact that they spend by far the most money on healthcare than any other country in the world and yet find themselves so far down the life expectancy tables suggests that they're really not getting value for money and a lot of it is being wasted. If somebody bothered to sort that out perhaps the cost of individual health insurance would drop, I imagine there's a lot of people with plenty of incentive to maintain the status quo though.

[Swar]

Decades of incompetent monetary policy isn't unlucky.
 

Oh, I know that. But by that I mean the population, not the government itself

[Frizzle]

Ugh. So grateful for the NHS.

Marry a Brit Jess and up sticks across the Atlantic. It's fairly dire (supposedly, I've had nothing but great experiences) but it's so easy.

When I was stabbed I had nothing but praise for them. Pure professionalism and seen incredibly quickly, if that was in the US im sure I would have rocked up at least 10/20k in debt.

[NapisaurusRex]

Ugh. So grateful for the NHS.

Marry a Brit Jess and up sticks across the Atlantic. It's fairly dire (supposedly, I've had nothing but great experiences) but it's so easy.

The more I dig around, the more this plan sounds appealing.

[Frizzle]

It'll only take 3/4 years but at least you can sit at home and claim JSA, tax credits and Child benefits.

[Bee]

When I was stabbed I had nothing but praise for them. Pure professionalism and seen incredibly quickly, if that was in the US im sure I would have rocked up at least 10/20k in debt.

 

I also think the NHS is brilliant (I work in it so I'm biased) and of course it's got its flaws, but a lot of the shit it gets smeared with is so sensationalised by the media that some service users forget that they are in effect getting free healthcare. A colleague also told me about how a MP had been lying about GPs closing when they hadn't, on a radio station thousands of people listen to.

 

I think it's a luxury being able to walk into A&E and know you'll be seen without having to worry about insurance or how to pay for your visit. @Jess I told you you and your girls are welcome at any time.

[NapisaurusRex]

I have no idea what any of that means, but I've already dicked around for 7 years on my health, another 3/4 won't matter much.

That was in response to Frizzle

[Emily]

Wouldn't it just be easiest to try and find a job near you that offers it? I work 20 hours a week for little pay behind a desk, telling people which room their adviser is in and which papers to fill out if they want to drop out of school and they offered it to me when I was filling out my paperwork at HR. I didn't need it but it was there.

[Ali]

When I was stabbed I had nothing but praise for them. Pure professionalism and seen incredibly quickly, if that was in the US im sure I would have rocked up at least 10/20k in debt.

Absolutely, A&E (ER for you Americans out there) teams get so much flack about waiting times but I've been a fair few times and it's always been positive, given the circumstances.

The more I dig around, the more this plan sounds appealing.

Waser could do with a wife...

[Waser Lave]

Waser could do with a wife...

 

Husband*

[Frizzle]

Beasitality still isn't legal though.

[NapisaurusRex]

Wouldn't it just be easiest to try and find a job near you that offers it? I work 20 hours a week for little pay behind a desk, telling people which room their adviser is in and which papers to fill out if they want to drop out of school and they offered it to me when I was filling out my paperwork at HR. I didn't need it but it was there.

I've been looking (I've actually been looking from a lot of different angles for insurance over the past year), but the area that I live in is lacking in jobs that offer it. Despite Obamacare imposing rules saying that people who file tax returns must have insurance or get fined, there's still loopholes that make it so it's easy for employers to not have to offer it... which cuts out a lot of the jobs. I'm very qualified for the county/city offices, but those positions are filled by people who have worked there for a thousand years and have no intention of leaving, or their family members. I'm also physically incapable of doing the manufacturing/chicken farm/manual labor jobs that make up most of the counties surrounding me, plus the one I live in. There's more in the city, but it's not cost-effective to work there, I'd end up spending money to have a job, so I'd be back to spending money to pay for insurance to pay for medical care again. Online jobs are considered contractor positions for the ones I've found in my skillset, so I'd have to buy my own insurance anyway.

 

The "easiest" thing for me to do at this point is move further south, into Arkansas, but that comes with another set of problems I'm not comfortable discussing here.

 

#rurallife

[Frizzle]

Just do porn or webcam shit, that's what I'd do if I were female.

[DonValentino]

Just do porn or webcam shit, that's what I'd do if I were female.

Girls have it so easy

[Emily]

Terrible.