Writing is So Not My Day Job

At the more expensive price, of course....

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They do seem to drop in price after a bit, though...and it's still cheaper than amazon. Or I'm just an addict. (Why, yes, I do check exchange rates on the pound daily...)

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Oh good, I'm not the only one. *shame*

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*grin* Isn't your husband in finance? See? There you go! you're just taking an interest in his work. yeah, that's it. ;)

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Ha! Yes, he is in finance. Feeling the pain, right now - but then again, so is everyone. Hence me working more than I'd like right now.

BUT... that said, market is showing signs of recovery. As the hubby said Wednesday morning, 'SADDLE UP!' Now's the time to buy stocks. Not that I know anything about them, just passing that on.

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I certainly hope so. The job market is looking dire. :/

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That'd be the last thing to recover in any given recession. Unemployment numbers will likely worsen in the near future.

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Things need to get better, right? wonder if anyone needs a postdoc

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Things will get better eventually, despite the stimulus plan as it is right now. IMHO, it prolongs the agony. The economy will recover on its own, with time.

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The economy will recover on its own, with time.

All the mortgage-related hooha will be over by 2011, at least.

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Yup, if not sooner.

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My beef with Amazon is that the US branch will sometimes end up delaying shipment for months on end at the very last minute; my most recent experience with AUK almost resulted in my shipment going back because it shipped from Amazon.de and they decided to ship it with signature tracking without telling me, so the thing sat at my Post Office for almost three weeks.

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Oh nice. Not. :/ My post office *lost* the first shipment BD sent me. Then they replaced it, and 2 months later, my post office found the original. It took 3 tries for them to finally send it back. (Granted, the first time I forgot a customs form.)

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But, then again, your post office is special. *grins*

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You want "special"? My town got too large, and instead of building a bigger facility, the cheap bastards at the USPS decided to turn their holding center into a pickup gulag for people from the southernmost zipcodes in our town.

I say gulag not because the atmosphere is problematic (I could give a rat's ass if I can buy the latest postal tchotchkes when all I want is my package)—it's the hours. They don't open until 10.00 am, don't stay open later than 5.00 pm on any day, and are only open from 9.00 am to 2.00 pm on Saturdays.

*gnashes teeth*

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That's unfortunate. Mine opens at 7am, closes at 6pm, and they have cookies. Shorter hours on Saturday, though - might be similar to yours?

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Same here. If you work 9-5, you're screwed. god help you if a package or large letter comes and you're out of town, too.

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Especially true if you're one of the majority of folks in the area who have to commute downtown. It's ludicrous.

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*feels fortunate - esp. with the cookies*

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