On 17 Mar 2009 16:21:39 GMT, Curly Surmudgeon
wrote:

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:10:52 -0400, Cliff wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:33:46 -0700, wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:30:35 -0700, BottleBob
wrote:



wrote:
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:17:31 -0800, sittingduck
wrote:

Chip Auger wrote:

1: jon_banquer : 34 2: Gunner Asch
: 34 3: Cliff :
31
Are the three stooges sick? What gives?

Asch is in the hospital.............

Tom:

Gunner's in the hospital?

Yes, since last Wednesday.

He just got OUT of the hospital, where there some complications?

That is my guess.

Is it serious?

I don't know but it's an unexpected hospital stay six weeks after open
heart surgery, I would guess it's serious.

Tom

Dang welfare state !!!!
I'd wager he ignored the doctor's instructions,
may have pulled his sternum open with some gun crazy stuff .... not
taken his $$ meds .. ?

Worst case might be endocarditis .....

Highest probability is a stroke/clot. Given his years of bile for the
poor and health care, I wonder what the tab is for Gunner, the Welfare
Queen, now?

Something just doesn't fit. Gunner claimed he was making $75/hour yet
had no health insurance. At his age of 54, 55, 56 health insurance would
cost less than a day's work. Even if he was 70 as one post indicated
Blue Cross with a $5k deductable would still be less than two days a
month.

Was gunner lying about his income or irresponsible about his health
needs? In either case he is now the lowest form of life in his own
words. Gunner should have watched "My Name Is Earl."

Gunner's not lying. He gets $75/hr for machine tool service. That's
not a full time, 40 hr/week job. Some weeks are good, 5-6 service
calls for a 50 hr week. Other weeks suck. You wind up with one or two
1 hour jobs.

Then you get times when the economy is down, people find ways to fix
their equipment themselves, or try to get by without needed repairs,
and you find yourself with no service calls for two or three weeks.

Been there, done that.

Matt

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:30:22 -0800, Matt Stawicki wrote:

On 17 Mar 2009 16:21:39 GMT, Curly Surmudgeon
wrote:

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:10:52 -0400, Cliff wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:33:46 -0700, wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:30:35 -0700, BottleBob
wrote:



wrote:
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:17:31 -0800, sittingduck
wrote:

Chip Auger wrote:

1: jon_banquer : 34 2: Gunner Asch
: 34 3: Cliff :
31
Are the three stooges sick? What gives?

Asch is in the hospital.............

Tom:

Gunner's in the hospital?

Yes, since last Wednesday.

He just got OUT of the hospital, where there some complications?

That is my guess.

Is it serious?

I don't know but it's an unexpected hospital stay six weeks after open
heart surgery, I would guess it's serious.

Tom

Dang welfare state !!!!
I'd wager he ignored the doctor's instructions,
may have pulled his sternum open with some gun crazy stuff .... not
taken his $$ meds .. ?

Worst case might be endocarditis .....

Highest probability is a stroke/clot. Given his years of bile for the
poor and health care, I wonder what the tab is for Gunner, the Welfare
Queen, now?

Something just doesn't fit. Gunner claimed he was making $75/hour yet
had no health insurance. At his age of 54, 55, 56 health insurance
would cost less than a day's work. Even if he was 70 as one post
indicated Blue Cross with a $5k deductable would still be less than two
days a month.

Was gunner lying about his income or irresponsible about his health
needs? In either case he is now the lowest form of life in his own
words. Gunner should have watched "My Name Is Earl."

Gunner's not lying.

Stranger things have happened.

He gets $75/hr for machine tool service. That's not
a full time, 40 hr/week job. Some weeks are good, 5-6 service calls for
a 50 hr week. Other weeks suck. You wind up with one or two 1 hour jobs.

Then you get times when the economy is down, people find ways to fix
their equipment themselves, or try to get by without needed repairs, and
you find yourself with no service calls for two or three weeks.

Then he had the $$$ for health insurance and chose not to purchase.

The question of his military service remains. Gunner could have opted
for VA care and avoided the hospital bills.

Been there, done that.

Matt

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On 18 Mar 2009 12:54:39 GMT, Curly Surmudgeon
wrote:

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:30:22 -0800, Matt Stawicki wrote:

He gets $75/hr for machine tool service. That's not
a full time, 40 hr/week job. Some weeks are good, 5-6 service calls for
a 50 hr week. Other weeks suck. You wind up with one or two 1 hour jobs.

Then you get times when the economy is down, people find ways to fix
their equipment themselves, or try to get by without needed repairs, and
you find yourself with no service calls for two or three weeks.

Then he had the $$$ for health insurance and chose not to purchase.

What part of "Other weeks suck. You wind up with one or two 1 hour
jobs." didn't you understand? I didn't imply that the 1 or 2 hour
weeks happen only once in a while. Sometimes you can go for months
without a decent service call.

Matt

"Matt Stawicki" wrote in message
news On 18 Mar 2009 12:54:39 GMT, Curly Surmudgeon
wrote:

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:30:22 -0800, Matt Stawicki wrote:

He gets $75/hr for machine tool service. That's not
a full time, 40 hr/week job. Some weeks are good, 5-6 service calls for
a 50 hr week. Other weeks suck. You wind up with one or two 1 hour jobs.

Then you get times when the economy is down, people find ways to fix
their equipment themselves, or try to get by without needed repairs, and
you find yourself with no service calls for two or three weeks.

Then he had the $$$ for health insurance and chose not to purchase.

"What part of "Other weeks suck. You wind up with one or two 1 hour
jobs." didn't you understand? I didn't imply that the 1 or 2 hour
weeks happen only once in a while. Sometimes you can go for months
without a decent service call."



I don't know a good service tech alive that hasn't been and isn't up to his
eye balls.
I've even gone out myself and at $140.00 per hour.

Sheesh.

JC

On Mar 18, 7:09*pm, Matt Stawicki wrote:
On 18 Mar 2009 12:54:39 GMT, Curly Surmudgeon

wrote:
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:30:22 -0800, Matt Stawicki wrote:

He gets $75/hr for machine tool service. That's not
a full time, 40 hr/week job. Some weeks are good, 5-6 service calls for
a 50 hr week. Other weeks suck. You wind up with one or two 1 hour jobs.

Then you get times when the economy is down, people find ways to fix
their equipment themselves, or try to get by without needed repairs, and
you find yourself with no service calls for two or three weeks.

Then he had the $$$ for health insurance and chose not to purchase.

What part of "Other weeks suck. You wind up with one or two 1 hour
jobs." didn't you understand? I didn't imply that the 1 or 2 hour
weeks happen only once in a while. Sometimes you can go for months
without a decent service call.

Matt

The way I hear it, a person in that position should have gotten a part
time job at Wal-Mart or Mc Donald’s to fill in the 40 hour week
instead of just laying around the house doing nothing.
The hours on those jobs are pretty flexible, and according to some,
they pay enough to not need any public assistance at all.

A person with a machine tool shop could even make parts on contract
just like the shops that he services does for a living.

Personally, I have construction tools and use them to do odd jobs when
the construction trade is slower then 40 hours a week.

Built a bath room for a flea market just lately.

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:02:50 -0700 (PDT), CanopyCo wrote:

On Mar 18, 7:09*pm, Matt Stawicki wrote:
On 18 Mar 2009 12:54:39 GMT, Curly Surmudgeon

wrote:
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:30:22 -0800, Matt Stawicki wrote:

He gets $75/hr for machine tool service. That's not
a full time, 40 hr/week job. Some weeks are good, 5-6 service calls for
a 50 hr week. Other weeks suck. You wind up with one or two 1 hour jobs.

Then you get times when the economy is down, people find ways to fix
their equipment themselves, or try to get by without needed repairs, and
you find yourself with no service calls for two or three weeks.

Then he had the $$$ for health insurance and chose not to purchase.

What part of "Other weeks suck. You wind up with one or two 1 hour
jobs." didn't you understand? I didn't imply that the 1 or 2 hour
weeks happen only once in a while. Sometimes you can go for months
without a decent service call.

Matt

The way I hear it, a person in that position should have gotten a part
time job at Wal-Mart or Mc Donald’s to fill in the 40 hour week
instead of just laying around the house doing nothing.

And he seems to be making 6 figures anyway. Plus there are all
sorts of machines & things to fix, not just the ones he does.
Lower income of he declared & paid taxes but ... still plenty
for health ins IF he could stop buying guns & stuff.

The hours on those jobs are pretty flexible, and according to some,
they pay enough to not need any public assistance at all.

A person with a machine tool shop could even make parts on contract
just like the shops that he services does for a living.

Personally, I have construction tools and use them to do odd jobs when
the construction trade is slower then 40 hours a week.

Built a bath room for a flea market just lately.


I'd wager they took his guns, knives & explosives away
from him at the hospital. Probably a full body cavity
search too. He probably clanked a lot.

"Out of his cold dead hands", right?
--
Cliff

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:30:22 -0800, Matt Stawicki
wrote:

On 17 Mar 2009 16:21:39 GMT, Curly Surmudgeon
wrote:

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:10:52 -0400, Cliff wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:33:46 -0700, wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:30:35 -0700, BottleBob
wrote:



wrote:
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:17:31 -0800, sittingduck
wrote:

Chip Auger wrote:

1: jon_banquer : 34 2: Gunner Asch
: 34 3: Cliff :
31
Are the three stooges sick? What gives?

Asch is in the hospital.............

Tom:

Gunner's in the hospital?

Yes, since last Wednesday.

He just got OUT of the hospital, where there some complications?

That is my guess.

Is it serious?

I don't know but it's an unexpected hospital stay six weeks after open
heart surgery, I would guess it's serious.

Tom

Dang welfare state !!!!
I'd wager he ignored the doctor's instructions,
may have pulled his sternum open with some gun crazy stuff .... not
taken his $$ meds .. ?

Worst case might be endocarditis .....

Highest probability is a stroke/clot. Given his years of bile for the
poor and health care, I wonder what the tab is for Gunner, the Welfare
Queen, now?

Something just doesn't fit. Gunner claimed he was making $75/hour yet
had no health insurance. At his age of 54, 55, 56 health insurance would
cost less than a day's work. Even if he was 70 as one post indicated
Blue Cross with a $5k deductable would still be less than two days a
month.

Was gunner lying about his income or irresponsible about his health
needs? In either case he is now the lowest form of life in his own
words. Gunner should have watched "My Name Is Earl."

Gunner's not lying. He gets $75/hr for machine tool service. That's
not a full time, 40 hr/week job. Some weeks are good, 5-6 service
calls for a 50 hr week. Other weeks suck. You wind up with one or two
1 hour jobs.

Then you get times when the economy is down, people find ways to fix
their equipment themselves, or try to get by without needed repairs,
and you find yourself with no service calls for two or three weeks.

Been there, done that.

Matt


They all seem to think that that $75 is for 40 hours plus a week.

This week, I made $190.
Last week, I didnt make anything.
The week before, I made $280

I cant remember what I made the weeks before that. Probably not very
much. I do know that my rent at my RV is due for 2 months, $768...and
I brought home $190 this week. Not going to be much better either,
next week.

And 6 days in the hospital, even without surgery....thats gonna be
pricey. 6 weeks ago, I owed the hospital $125,000, not counting the
doctors and so forth. Last week....shrug...no idea.

I figure Im up to at least $250,000 though.

Shrug.

Gunner

"Human nature is bad. Good is a human product*
A warped piece of wood must be steamed and forced
before it is made straight; a metal blade must be put to the whetstone
before it becomes sharp. Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected
they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual
and moral principles."
—Sun Tzu
*

On Mar 21, 12:44*pm, Deucalion wrote:
On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:04:57 -0700, Gunner Asch

wrote:
They all seem to think that that $75 is for 40 hours plus a week. *

This week, I made $190.
Last week, I didnt make anything.
The week before, I made $280

I cant remember what I made the weeks before that. Probably not very
much. I do know that my rent at my RV is due for 2 months, $768...and
I brought home $190 this week. * Not going to be much better either,
next week.

I guess that answers the question about paying taxes huh?

I guess he's qualified to be SecTreas, huh?