musings - way waay OT

So Jay do you draw a salary that is "almost unimaginable?"

I know you know the answer to that question, but here it is:

Mary and I are the lowest-paid employees at the hotel, if you figure
out what we make per hour.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On 21 Oct 2006 06:50:25 -0700, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

So Jay do you draw a salary that is "almost unimaginable?"

I know you know the answer to that question, but here it is:

Mary and I are the lowest-paid employees at the hotel, if you figure
out what we make per hour.

Awh, come on Jay. We all know you're one of those rich, self employed
guys:-))

When I graduated from college at age 50 with a BS in CS (OK so I'm a
slow learner and you may interpret the BS in CS as you wish) and
started a good job I had a salary that was way above what I made back
as an hourly employee. Then I figured out how many hours I was putting
in for that extra money. It was less per hour than I'd been getting
before. Plus I was on call 24 X 7 X 365 OTOH it was worth it just in
the freedom and autonomy I gained.

BTW the pager went off when I was wandering around one year as OSH. I
apparently didn't get to a phone fast enough so they had me paged over
the flight line PA system. They called me again at night where I was
staying, they paged me when we were visiting my wife's folks down in
Florida... Well...you get the idea. (I purchased a cell phone the
next year but I always forgot to give them the number)
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

BTW the pager went off when I was wandering around one year as OSH. I
apparently didn't get to a phone fast enough so they had me paged over
the flight line PA system. They called me again at night where I was
staying, they paged me when we were visiting my wife's folks down in
Florida... Well...you get the idea. (I purchased a cell phone the
next year but I always forgot to give them the number)

When I had my newspaper distribution company, with 100 drivers on the
road every day, my phone ALWAYS rang at OSH. Or when I was picking out
my Mom's casket. Or...well, you get the idea.

Now, it's MARY'S phone that always rings at OSH -- or at least it did
till this year. Since she's in charge of housekeeping at the hotel,
she is the one who gets the call when someone walks off the job.

So, this year we actually hired an extra housekeeper right before OSH.
And, of course, no one walked, so we wouldn't have needed her...
That's the way it goes!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

wrote:

You don't say so, but I assume that this "lesser skilled" employee works
full time. What's broken is clearly a salary structure that does not allow
a working person to support herself and her child above the poverty line.
Meanwhile, CEOs and upper management draw salaries that are almost
unimaginable, and the gap is rapidly growing.

Well the typical socialist answer is "lets regulate salaries". Some of the
outrageous salary and benefits packages some CEO's get not withstanding, the
alternative is pure socialism (or communism).

"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs". Sounds
so nice I'm sure. Well, the Soviet Union tried it and failed miserably. Castro
is still trying it and it isn't working.... and it never will. It was even
tried briefly in America's first English settlement in Virginia... until they
discovered that people quit working as hard when they discovered they would
receive a sufficient share of food no matter how hard they worked and there
was even less of it.


But don't worry... we'll keep on trying it here in the U.S. because people
still think it will work. It's sort of like the definition of insanity....

"kontiki" wrote in message
...
wrote:

You don't say so, but I assume that this "lesser skilled" employee works
full time. What's broken is clearly a salary structure that does not
allow
a working person to support herself and her child above the poverty line.
Meanwhile, CEOs and upper management draw salaries that are almost
unimaginable, and the gap is rapidly growing.

Well the typical socialist answer is "lets regulate salaries". Some of the
outrageous salary and benefits packages some CEO's get not withstanding,
the
alternative is pure socialism (or communism).

Let's regulate trail lawyers fees, sports stars and Hollyweird bozos first!!

(Oh, I'm sorry, they're typically leftist...can't even mention them, can
we?)

Matt Barrow wrote:
"kontiki" wrote in message
...
wrote:

You don't say so, but I assume that this "lesser skilled" employee
works full time. What's broken is clearly a salary structure that does
not allow a working person to support herself and her child above the
poverty line. Meanwhile, CEOs and upper management draw salaries that
are almost unimaginable, and the gap is rapidly growing.

Well the typical socialist answer is "lets regulate salaries". Some of
theoutrageous salary and benefits packages some CEO's get not
withstanding, thealternative is pure socialism (or communism).

Let's regulate trail lawyers fees, sports stars and Hollyweird bozos
first!!

(Oh, I'm sorry, they're typically leftist...can't even mention them,
can we?)


I used to run a small FBO here in California and when things picked up
I hired five new employees. After paying the all the local, state and
federal taxes I broke even. I had the state OSHA folks walk in one day
and that ended the business. As a small business I could not afford
all the stuff they wanted changed or pay a $10,000 fine each day I was
open.

I closed shop and moved everything into a hangar at an airport exempted
from storing used engine oil. Suck the life out of me. Yes the system
is broken and will not be fixable in our lifetime. If you try to
change it you are classified a militant.

What happen to the men with real balls to say what is right and stop
sugar coating all this stuff. I would like to fine just one politician
that had a set of balls to stand up and make a difference. What's
sad there are none!!!

Stache

What happen to the men with real balls to say what is right and stop
sugar coating all this stuff. I would like to fine just one politician
that had a set of balls to stand up and make a difference. What's
sad there are none!!!

Amen, brother!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Stache wrote:

I closed shop and moved everything into a hangar at an airport exempted
from storing used engine oil. Suck the life out of me. Yes the system
is broken and will not be fixable in our lifetime. If you try to
change it you are classified a militant.

What happen to the men with real balls to say what is right and stop
sugar coating all this stuff. I would like to fine just one politician
that had a set of balls to stand up and make a difference. What's
sad there are none!!!

Stache


Well stated Sir. I too lament the lack of real statesmen and
leaders in this country. To get elected to you have to shmooze
up to Hollywood and get your millions of $$$ to run your campaign.
Then you have to fawned over by the media and the press.

Anyone with a shred of intelligence and integrity could not
stand for five minutes what it takes be a politician, much less
run for an office. What we are left with is exactly the ones
we have now... a bunch of run-out, out of touch Clinton wannabe's,
most of whom haven't ever held a real job in their life.

The time for term limits was 30 years ago.

In article IYa_g.29$6f4.23@trndny01, wrote:

You don't say so, but I assume that this "lesser skilled" employee works
full time. What's broken is clearly a salary structure that does not allow
a working person to support herself and her child above the poverty line.

huh? An employer would be an IDIOT to pay someone more than the
the revenue generated by the employee.



Meanwhile, CEOs and upper management draw salaries that are almost
unimaginable, and the gap is rapidly growing.

check out what CEOs were making 100 years ago vs the "average" worker
and compare that to today. I think you'll be surprised.

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

"Bob Noel" wrote in message
...
In article IYa_g.29$6f4.23@trndny01,
wrote:

You don't say so, but I assume that this "lesser skilled" employee works
full time. What's broken is clearly a salary structure that does not
allow
a working person to support herself and her child above the poverty line.

huh? An employer would be an IDIOT to pay someone more than the
the revenue generated by the employee.



Meanwhile, CEOs and upper management draw salaries that are almost
unimaginable, and the gap is rapidly growing.

check out what CEOs were making 100 years ago vs the "average" worker
and compare that to today. I think you'll be surprised.

Irrelevant, but it is interesting.

Our "poor" live like (or even better than) the middle to upper class in most
other nations.