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OKDem08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 02:16 AM Original message |
What is your personal situation? |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. Because, unfortunstely, economic recovery... |
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davidthegnome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. Not great, but not terrible yet. |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. Retired for almost 10 years |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. I've heard estimates of unemployment/underemployment at 50% |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. Not too bad, all things considered... I have been a lot better off, but also a lot worse off |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. It's complicated. I just gave notice today to my current emmployer. |
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Harmony Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Where I live... |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I'm in Florida, too. |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. could be worse |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Well, let me put it this way. Things have improved dramatically. |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. cheers! |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
9. Unemployment in my county is 18.2%. |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'm 23, living with my parents and working in a store of the world's largest retailer. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
13. OK. Good job, but living situation changed. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
14. I have a science based education and live in a state that has technology pools. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
16. Can't complain but then again I'm in a business that can do well in many instances when the |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. What business is it that is thriving now--if that's not too personal? nt |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
17. Sucks and getting suckier. |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
18. There's a fair amount of folks struggling on this thread. |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
19. In school as an adult.......... |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
20. Got caught up in housing crash. Paid three years for a mortgage of a house |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
22. Unemployed for 18 months but |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I love your side business concept. Wish more DUERs would go that route. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
23. Not just me, but my entire region, my state, is struggling. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
24. Doing good. Retired. Enjoying it. n/t |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
25. I can't complain yet. |
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pinkkillersheep (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. I was very lucky |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. hanging by a thread |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. Looking for a job...after 18 years out of the workforce. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
30. We're doing okay. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:20 PM Original message |
Pretty good. Better than any time in the last 8 years, anyway. n/t |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
31. Barring a miracle, I expect to be laid off in July or August. |
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backwoodsbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
32. personally good |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
33. Doing well. |
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Populist_Prole (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
34. Doing alright but knocking on wood |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. A little on both sides. We are living day to day on hubby's pension. Went |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
36. Hanging on... |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
37. Better than a year ago, worse than, say, the mid 80s |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
38. Good - recession never effected us |
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