tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post8878595394320040515..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #12069Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-81712494478134954882012-03-09T16:44:42.436-06:002012-03-09T16:44:42.436-06:00anon @ 10:59
http://peakwatch.typepad.com/.a/6a00...anon @ 10:59<br /><br />http://peakwatch.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452403c69e20167638466df970b-pi<br /><br />chart from: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/02/why-tuition-has-skyrocketed-at-state-schools/rjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-8777225298597764662012-03-09T16:34:32.338-06:002012-03-09T16:34:32.338-06:00I agree. I don't understand why the waiters a...I agree. I don't understand why the waiters at that little cafe in some tiny town in Tuscany have palm-sized card readers they use to swipe your card and print out the receipt yet we have to let our servers cart our cards out of sight.<br /><br /><br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-5535789894974589332012-03-09T14:50:43.822-06:002012-03-09T14:50:43.822-06:00Not only do I tip in cash at restaurants, I pay in...Not only do I tip in cash at restaurants, I pay in cash - since I read that this is one of the likeliest places to have your credit card info stolen and misused.mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-79168431046567409552012-03-09T14:01:13.847-06:002012-03-09T14:01:13.847-06:00Secret Recipe:
The story about tip gouging does ...Secret Recipe: <br /><br />The story about tip gouging does not state how this is done. May I suggest that it is easily done if you tip by credit card. The waitstaff is then beholden to the manager to get its share of the CC money kinda like an MF Global customer. <br /><br />So, don't tip through the credit card, give the money directly to the waitstaff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-88147661628360934142012-03-09T13:11:44.929-06:002012-03-09T13:11:44.929-06:00RE: Nothing Plus Nothing:
Good one!
RBMRE: Nothing Plus Nothing:<br /><br />Good one!<br /><br />RBMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-85099301986254362682012-03-09T10:59:02.672-06:002012-03-09T10:59:02.672-06:00The BLS inflation calculator reports that $1.00 in...The BLS inflation calculator reports that $1.00 in 1991 was equivalent to $1.58 in 2008, so it appears that college costs are in line with the CPI. Earnings of young college grads, on the other hand, appears to be about 1.10 on the graph, or about 0.5 below the CPI trend. It's not college costs that are so high, it's wages that are so low, and thus it's no wonder that so many college loans are in arrears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-83808637205601041312012-03-09T09:30:41.501-06:002012-03-09T09:30:41.501-06:00Yeah, there's been a lot of stuff about studen...Yeah, there's been a lot of stuff about student debt on the 'net of late. It is another of those didn't-think-it-through programs we keep doing to ourselves. Maybe an entry on the weekend version of SAR.<br /><br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-46607590427602974562012-03-09T08:23:50.594-06:002012-03-09T08:23:50.594-06:00re household debt:
i get a 43% increase in Januar...re household debt:<br /><br />i get a 43% increase in January consumer debt owed to the federal government over 2010s first quarter<br /><br />http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/g19/current/default.htm (under major types of credit)<br /><br />thats student loans..rjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582noreply@blogger.com