OT Unemployment......

[EL PRESIDENTE]

OR JET FUEL. DEFINITELY NOT JET FUEL.

BARFO

I AGREE.

 

[Lanny]

I'd like to take a sec to thank @SlyPokerDog . He reached with some ideas on how to get my unemployment through other channels and I'm happy to announce it worked.

Contacted my local representatives .......Senator Dembrow, Representivitve Kenny-Guyer, and NE Portland natives Ron Wyden and Earl Blummenaur. AND IT WORKED!!!!!

Nothing like getting 24 unemployment checks in the mail at one time!!! @SlyPokerDog you dude are a true gentleman. This helps me and my family out more than you could imagine. Not out of the woods, but this is a huge start!

A couple decades ago I had to apply for unemployment. I was turned down. I took it to an unemployment arbiter and they ruled in my favor resulting in about ten unemployment checks bingo. I was pissed and took the bull by the horns and won. Did you try appealing?

 

[Lanny]

The wages of sin is death.

The pay is good but the perks suck.

 

[Lanny]

Standby, I need to go google what a garrote is. My first thought is, it is some sort of french pastry.

Well, I think you're right about it being French.
I think one was used in the movie, Marathon Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Roy Scheider.

 

[BigGameDamian]

LET'S BLAME THE DEMOCRATS, TRUMP TO THE RESCUE!

 

[Chris Craig]

The wages of sin is death.

Everyone dies, good or not.

A lot of times the good die young

 

[Hoopguru]

I wish that was true son. Not taken any chances. Can't go back to the penn.

Measure 11?

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[BigGameDamian]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cn...benefits-will-other-25-states-have-to-follow/

Indiana ordered to reinstate extra unemployment benefits: Will 25 other states have to follow?

Indiana workers sued the governor for ending pandemic unemployment compensation early, resulting in a judge ruling the state must continue paying the bonus federal benefits.

 

[Lanny]

Well I applied for unemployment this weekend. Haven’t heard anything back yet. Hope I am eligible.
My work calendar has been completely wiped clean with all this going on. Usually in my industry if you lose some work, you can reach out and find something else, but with EVERY sport being shutdown, I got nothing. I have friends around the country right now freaking out.
If I get the max each week from unemployment and don’t spend one dime of it, at the least our mortgage will be covered.
Going to be some interesting times.
I have been poor for quite a long time in my 20s.....my wife and kids have not had that humbling experience.
Have already started cutting back. Canceling some services and memberships. Didn’t turn the heat on the last few nights. Trying to teach my family that every cent counts.
This whole experience will change me....... Like I said, I’ve been poor, and swore it would never happen again.
I truly hope nobody is going through the same because of all this. This shit has gotten VERY real, VERY quick.

That's interesting. I haven't turned my heat on the last several nights either.
I dearly wish I could help you, I especially feel sorry for your kids because I've also been there. We once depended on my mother taking in wash which she also had to iron. My mother had divorced your father.
All I can offer is some food. My wife only eats Korean food. This means I'm the only one eating Western food and I don't eat that much. We have a Costco apple pie of which I have eaten one slice and I'll probably eat two more slices and we'll throw away more than half a pie. We looked in our pantry for some boxed food. We found a Rice-A-Rony and a noodles Romanoff both of which were long expired. My wife has frozen meat that we'll never get to. We're always throwing away expired food. It drives me nuts but my wife loves to throw stuff away. Your wife and kids would probably rather die than eat donated food.
Maybe some people in here have some tips on saving money. Here's a tip, if you have a Costco card buy your gas there. It's probably cheaper than anywhere else plus you get 3% back.
We could take you with us to Ft. Lewis where you could buy what you need with no state or federal tax. My wife and I both have retired military ID cards allowing each of us to take one guest. The have a commissary that sells food, a lot of which is not really a deal but some of which is a real good deal. They also have a PX which sells stuff that isn't food except for the liquor. The PX has a lot of good deals including the liquor. They have a cheap gas station but you could ride with us and save the wear and tear on your car and wouldn't spend a nickel on gas.
Okay, there's my good dead so it's time for other's to belly up to the bar so to speak. Let's find ways to help this guy out.

 

[Lanny]

But when I mimicked this in good humor I got a ration of shit. Why?

 

[Lanny]

We are all feeling this one way or another, idk how much longer I will have a job myself. Tough times.

I am not going through this but I feel very very sorry for every one of you. My mother and little brother and I went through this when I was young. It breaks my heart to see others go through this.