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11/24/2016 at 8:58 am in reply to: Should we build a stick & frame building, or a metal building #6480
One day I bet those metal filing cabinets might be valuable again.
Here’s a common myth I hear on a regular basis:
LPT: Never label your shipped packages as ‘Fragile’. According to Pop. Mechanics, "One disheartening result was that our package received more abuse when marked ‘Fragile’ or ‘This Side Up’." from LifeProTips
If you put a “fragile” sticker on your box, post office workers purposefully treat your box rough.
Big welcome to a postal worker! We hope you stick around and help us better understand shipping questions and how USPS thinks.
I’ve heard of the fancy concierge doctor service, but that seemed like rich luxury living.
I’m surprised I haven’t heard more about direct primary care:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_primary_care
It reminds me of the old time doctors that worked out of their homes and did house calls.You can search for providers in your state.
http://mydpc.org/dpc/directoryOur closest direct care provider is about an hour away. Not too bad.
He charges between $45-$85/month depending on what level of service we want.
(Although he does charge a $25/visit fee as well. Maybe this is to cut down on members abusing the service?)I can see how having a super high deductible (and hopefully cheap) insurance plan + a DPC doctor could be a cool combination.
I appreciate this perspective. You’re correct that America does progress in fits and starts. This is a good thing!
I like the MLK quote: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
But I also like another MLK quote that gives that first one practicality: “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
Let’s be honest: as a privileged white dude, I’m doing great and always have been in the US. But if you go back far enough in our history, America has not been great for many Americans. African-Americans were slaves. Women couldn’t vote. If you were Irish, Polish, Italian, and other “unwanted” immigrants, you were treated as second class. There’s no magical great america to return to. There’s only progress.
Since we’re all business people, it’s important to acknowledge that inclusiveness is good for profits.
Hey SMMTA, we’re about the same age. Though the late 60’s certainly brought tumultuous times, we have our own recent history to consider. The years of 2000-2008 are a strong recent memory. We’re just now pulling out of that multi-layered disaster. And we once again have a Republican president that didn’t win the popular vote. Voting matters if it comes in a certain formula.
As business owners, let’s keep our eyes open and see what happens. When I hear other scavengers say we need to “turn over the apple cart” and “we want to be left alone”, I want us all to judge if the next four years achieve these goals and positively affect our lives and our fellow citizens. Let’s be the “results” people.
And just for future reference, these are the official term for this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_sharing_ministry
Can you share how many employees you have and what they do for you? Many are figuring out how having employees would work.
It’s a really interesting model. I wonder how they navigate the issue of too many old/sick people in their group vs younger, healthier people to balance the costs.
This is the current problem.
People who need healthcare seek it out.
People who don’t need healthcare don’t buy it.
This doesn’t work because you have more need for healthcare than money to pay for it.The ACA was supposed solve this issue by requiring everyone to pay in since everyone eventually needs healthcare. It’s not a fair system if you only seek healthcare if you need it..and expect the community to bear the expense.
I guess the best solution is for healthcare to be cheap enough that you can pay out of pocket. Just not sure everyone would then be getting state of the art treatment. Those machines, medicines, and fancy degrees don’t pay for themselves.
11/23/2016 at 12:51 pm in reply to: Is this good or bad? Cutting pics from books and framing to sell #6425We’ve never done this but have seen many sellers do what you’re doing. Those old, antique books often have beautiful images. Just be honest about what you’re selling.
“Framed book lithographs from “Name of book 19xx”
Agreed. The sharing of a similar faith probably keeps people “honest”. At least these people would know who exactly they were screwing over by not paying up.
Welcome Sharon. If you continued to gross $2k/month, could you pay your bills without a job?
While I share your sadness over the election, I do agree with others here. Trump won’t be the end of the world. We’ll all survive. He’s not a king. Ugly difficulties isn’t utter doom.
But I do agree with you that elections matter. If each of us honestly compare the reality of 2000-2008 vs 2008-2016, we know this to be true. Strap in.
Awesome. Did you sell it on Craigslist?
Or did you sell it on eBay? If so, did you put it on auction to make sure it would sell quickly?
Good outcome. As with any of these companies, it’s often worth it to fight your case as long as you know the rules. As you suggest, this is much different than just ranting and being angry. Logic rules.
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