A retiree sent me the question below: " Bernie, What happened to the cost-of-living adjustments?" Weren't they exported to India where labor and retiree costs...
Bernie - You need to ask the benifits people -- I think that they are as they always have been -- infrequent, unscheduled and unpredictable. jim...
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Sep 22, 2004 9:34 am
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... they always have been -- infrequent, unscheduled and unpredictable. ... XXXXXXXX Jim has in right about the pension COLA. If you are using a spread sheet...
rbyingst
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Sep 25, 2004 12:49 am
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I may be wrong, but there is no guarantee of a 'cost of linving ' increase or adjustment. If I remember correctly, there has been 2 col's. thats all I know. ...
I only retired in 1989 so I've only had one increase since then. And I can't legally expect more because it wasn't written into our employment contracts. ...
Jack Reed
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Sep 25, 2004 3:39 am
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The ad for printer ink has been deleted. Those types of items are not allowed on this site. Hilt...
This morning (10/13/04), in the ABQ Journal, p.B-4, "Wilson Ad Quotes Labs Chief", raised several philosophical questions. Taken out of context, she used it to...
Jack Reed
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Oct 13, 2004 10:47 pm
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This morning (10/13/04), in the ABQ Journal, p.B-4, "Wilson Ad Quotes Labs Chief", raised several philosophical questions. Taken out of context, she used it to...
Jack Reed
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Oct 13, 2004 10:47 pm
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This morning (10/13/04), in the ABQ Journal, p.B-4, "Wilson Ad Quotes Labs Chief", raised several philosophical questions. Taken out of context, she used it to...
Jack Reed
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Oct 13, 2004 10:47 pm
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This morning (10/13/04), in the ABQ Journal, p.B-4, "Wilson Ad Quotes Labs Chief", raised several philosophical questions. Taken out of context, she used it to...
Jack Reed
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Oct 13, 2004 10:48 pm
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Sorry that got sent four time; delete the first three. OE kept telling me that they couldn't send it. Straight Ahead, Jack W. Reed And reed that boweth down to...
Jack Reed
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Oct 13, 2004 10:55 pm
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Jack: Enjoyed your comments (all three of them!) and your letters to the editor! Keep it up. Paul Robinson was certainly right to squawk about being quoted in...
Hi, Glad to see some action on the retiree site. I can understand that the SNL president would not like a reputation to tie him to one party. In addition to...
Just too much sensitivity these days! I saw the ad and then read of the controversy. When I first read the ad, I assumed a public domain statement and not a ...
... Don't you mean "registration" rather than "reputation"? Does it also mean that I should add another category of "Independents" to include corporate...
Jack Reed
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Oct 14, 2004 11:53 pm
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Jack, I think I mean "Reputation" in the sense of more or less extreme partisanship. I think any prominent person can join and contribute to his choice of ...
The following note looked like it came from Sandia Labs. In reality it is a note with an attachment containing a worm. Other Thunderbird members and retirees...
abqphx
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Dec 17, 2004 9:50 pm
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Jim and SNL Retirees: I am going to assume that Jim's statement that "they are as they always have been -- infrequent, unscheduled and unpredictable" is meant...
John; The following is quoted from the December RASCAL Register report of a question asked at the October Retiree luncheon in Livermore. "Q — “When can the...
TEACHER PAY ABQ Journal, Friday, January 28, 2005, Page A-13. "Higher Pay for Teachers Better Investment Than Charters", Judith Binder and Jlia Rosa...
Jack Reed
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Jan 28, 2005 6:48 pm
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Hi Jack @ snl-retiree's every where, I am in agreement with Jack on the problem of adequate compensation for teachers below the college level-- It happens that...
Hi Bernie, I think you may have missed my point. When things are off by a factor of two, it takes major ground-up redesign to achieve a fix. It takes much more...
Jack Reed
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Jan 31, 2005 6:32 am
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After reading the posts on school teachers, I find it interesting that the solutions seem obvious. Aren't these solutions fought by the teachers unions? To...
Interesting discussion on teacher pay. I have been there, done that. When I was a teacher in Va, at the community college level, but all the pay was determined...
Thanks Hilt, And I guess when the surrounding states looked at their neighbors the next year they found they were overpaying even more, so could afford to cut...
Jack Reed
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Jan 31, 2005 10:57 pm
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Lots of fun at http://zerointelligence.net/ Then there's the joke my evil brother-in-law forwarded yesterday: Math Last week I purchased a burger for $1.58....
Come on Kent - It looks like you have not been shopping much lately-- Now they key in price of all items- followed by "Amt Rec'vd" and out pops the change. ...
I've been sent this internet address: http://www.moveon.org/socialsecurity/facts.html I assume all of us on this snl-retirees group are the super well off...
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