Way back in the 1980s, a medical college where I was a student had “stacks” This is where all the previous editions of all the medical journals were stored. There was a way to search by topic, but it didn’t pull up the whole article, just the journal and date of publication. So for research papers, you had to go and dig through these stacks. It was all very tight, minimal space to move around. The stairs were narrow. A couple male med students were caught placing 2-3 chairs at the top of the stacks area, so that if someone opened the door to enter the stacks, these chairs would tumble down, possibly injuring someone on their way up the stairs. Noone was seriously injured. When these guys were caught, there was a lot of debate about the appropriate punishment. Finally it was decided that the guys would lose a year. So if this happened during the spring of their third year of med school, they were out for the rest of spring semester, all of fall semester, then they could join in the class a year behind them when the following spring semester began. During their time out of school, they had to do community service, including tutoring undergrads in biology. I thought that was a fair punishment. Severe enough that they really paid for their youthful indiscretion, but not as severe as expulsion.

Maybe you should do the trip before you accept the offer. If you can, travel from home to the office and back at the times you would be going. You will have to kill 8.5 hours in Harrisburg. Then you’ll know what your door to door time will be. And if you are living with your parents, there is no lease so you can find a place in Harrisburg as soon as you can afford to or as soon as you hate the commute.

Are you locked into a lease in Philly? Maybe you could just rent a room in Harrisburg for some weeknights.

I know someone who lived almost to Lancaster and commuted into Philly on Amtrak. It was 1.5 hours each way. He was in school to be a veterinarian and had several kids. His wife’s parents had a house they allowed them to live in rent free. He said he was able to do all his schoolwork while commuting, so it worked out. If you are able to fall asleep easily, you can do some of your sleeping on the train to gain some free time.

I guess it’s just us. My husband drinks beer, I don’t drink much at all, I will buy a bottle of prossecco at Wegman’s if we are celebrating something. No real liquor except when our adult kids come to stay. They like to make martinis so I get everything for that, even order olive juice from Amazon so there’s plenty. So I go in a liquor store a few times a year. But the one closest to me has a very efficient set up for giving out boxes, so I go to the back door when we need boxes.

Do you know if state stores have less business now that the grocery stores sell wine?

I was thinking that if anyone believed whoever it is in San Francisco that is suggesting $5 million in reparations plus a house for $1, plus all debt wiped out, there would be lots of black people moving to San Francisco. But we all know it’s a joke.

And it might not be a 3 day weekend. They might want to keep staffed on Fridays, so some people get days in the middle of the week off.

Yeah. We got a kick out of calling it the comrade model. The USSR was still a thing.

My husband and I had a Chevette in the 1980s. It was like the cheapest Chevette. We called it the comrade model. It had a glove compartment with no door. And there was no vinyl padding on tje insides of the doors, just metal. And I don’t think there was any carpet on the floor, I think that was metal too.

Oh, you may not have access to that information. I was referring to the failed bank in Silicon Valley. The FDIC guarantees all deposits up to 250 K. So the consumer can know that even if their bank fails, deposits up to 250K are safe. Apparently, that bank had 93% of their accounts over 250K. But we are bailing them out after all. Supposedly it’s not the government (ie taxpayers) that are bailing them out, but it’s the banks (ie customers) who are bailing them out. But I think the banking sector is safe. We won’t let it fail.

What percentage of your holdings are from accounts larger than 250K?

Wait, they give a defined benefit pension just based on years of service, plus they match 401K and Roth contributions? That’s pretty amazing. Is it like a small tech startup that needs to hire geniuses?

A defined benefit pension? You work in the private sector?

Well, it’s not so much teachers I have a quarrel with, its the NEA and the ATF. Both are resistant to change, and, in my opinion, concerned about looking out for teachers when I think all Americans should be able to agree that schools exist to serve students, not to serve teachers. I will repeat: American education needs to be reformed from the ground up. Education exists to serve students. But in order to serve students, they must find the ways to attract and retain effective teachers.

I didn’t say removing pensions is the solution. I said that people in this thread who are complaining that nurses and social workers earn more than teachers need to calculate the value of the retirement benefits that teachers get, where nurses and social workers don’t have anything comparable.

I feel like teachers don’t like charter schools because they offer an alternative to a failing system. I don’t blame the failing system on teachers. I have worked in a public school as an occupational therapist, and I saw how hard the teachers worked. I think the special education teachers have an especially difficult job. I think we as a society need to revise our public education system from the ground up. That isn’t the fault of teachers, but they need to be open to new ideas to make education work better. Charter schools are laboratories to try out different systems.

And don’t forget, when you are complaining about how poorly teachers are compensated, that they have access to à valuable retirement plan which the professions you are comparing them wiith don’t.

I’m not an advocate for teachers. I’m an advocate for children and for education in America. Also, charter schools don’t seem to have any difficulty hiring teachers. The one closest to me is growing and growing. Also not included in this discussion is the value of the retirement benefits that teachers get, which is substantial and nurses and social workers don’t have that. They have 401ks.

Nurses and social workers also work outside their paid hours. I work in a nursing home and the typical nurse is there an hour after her shift finishing computer work five days a week. Social workers have more irregular extra hours, but they have them. Also teachers aren’t scheduled for an 8 hour day so their extra hours compared to those other jobs shouldn’t begin being counted until they work more than 8 hours. I know many teachers work far more than 8 hours. But I wonder if you added up the hours worked per year how it would compare.

But look at days off per year. Conservatively, teachers get 20% more.

More charter schools. They do more with less than traditional public schools. Instead of complaining that e very charter school student taxes X dollars from the district, say “wow, with only X dollars they have happier parents and teachers and higher test scores. We should have a charter in our district. And don’t use that tired excuse about cherry picking. I sub in a charter school and there are IEPs in every class.

Don’t listen to character brief or delco dick. I think you had a legitimate question. Personally, I think it might depend on who is processing you. Some of them might accept an old medical bill and others wouldn’t. Anyway, Reddit also has a social function. If character brief or delco dick don’t like your question, they should scroll.

Maybe you could print out an online medical bill, if it has your address on it. Also, I wonder if they would accept a library card.

Does this include the pollution that discarded solar panels cause? If they end up in landfill, do they cause water pollution?

I don’t think you can say that I am reducing Clinton to who she was married to. She had achievements in her own right. She was a strong contender for the nomination in 2008, and went on to win the nomination in 2016.

Giselle Fetterman doesn’t have political experience, but from the time John Fetterman suffered the stroke, I believe she acted as his campaign manager and chief adviser. I know there was at least one time that they were walking together after an event and reporters were shouting questions. Since John Fetterman needs talk to text as an adaptation, he would not be able to answer when multiple questions are being shouted simultaneously. And it was her who said “we aren’t taking questions.” I guess she wouldn’t be the best pick at this time, but if she wanted to get into politics and she paid her dues by starting small, I think she could be successful.