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<0> hahahha
<1> but I imagine I was the only one with the party hat on.
<2> nerp: ya, our city just contracted out the last of our garbage collection, its supposed to save $2.5 million over 5 years... 3 months later the private company we contracted with raised their rates 15%
<1> Jet - that's what the bus drivers were saying
<0> we got this **** on a 60 day demo from CDW. We've had it like 3 days, and we're thinking of keeping it
<1> plus, our town has a lot of flexibility with field trips and other stuff
<0> we're pretty sure we're gonna keep it
<1> and another thing is that our district has to bus a TON of students to other towns for charter and private schools as required by law
<0> The real test will be when I move the file server data to it
<1> the next district is a 30 minute drive
<1> the bids the town's gonna get won't be all that cheap
<1> like, if the savings is only $200,000, they won't do it
<1> because it will mean the drivers will get a pay cut and ****ty benefits
<1> but the finance director made it perfectly clear tonight that 85% of the transporation budget is in personnel costs
<1> so any 'cost savings' that the town could make will hurt
<1> or be impossible. they can't cut bus monitors.
<1> that's required by state and federal laws.
<1> and umm, how do you save money on gas?
<1> you burn it all the same.
<1> the only real way is to increase the minimum walking distance from the school
<1> so make the kids who live within 3 miles walk, not just 2 miles. :D
<1> ok i'm boring everyone with municipal budget talk. sorry.
<1> i'll stop
<2> I dunno, I have trouble believing contracting out saves lots of money, and don't understand how other people figure it could... there are fixed costs of doing certain things... like picking up garbage or driving school buses
<1> WEEEEEED
<2> sure, private companies can save some money by sharing staff and reducing some overhead
<2> but it doesn't amount to that much when you consider the private company wants to turn a profit too
<1> Jet - the idea is that a private company can save money because they have cost savings by sharing staff, having lower overall operating costs since their fleets are larger
<1> woah you stole the words out of my mouth
<1> :D
<1> but yes, in practice, the difference isn't all that great.
<2> ya, but they want to turn a profit
<1> right, exactly.
<2> which eats into those other savings
<1> and the feeling is that the first contract you get will be great, then once you're locked in, they **** you up the ***
<1> by then you've sold off your fleet and scrapped your maintenence facilities
<1> so you've got no choice
<2> I'm not opposed to it if they can save money... so take the bids and at least look into it
<1> yeah that's what the school board is doing, they're asking for bids now and are going to compare before they even begin to have a discussion
<1> so all the screaming and moaning tonight was premature.
<3> OMG!
<2> its a worthwhile exercise, but of course it isn't just an exercise
<1> i felt like standing up and saying to everonye that there's a difference between getting the figures and actually going ahead with the idea
<3> In the last 12 days, I've made $0.02 in interest on my new savings account!
<2> rworks is buying the next round!
<1> but thankfully a meeting regular got up and did just that, gave me my quotes and made the story easy.
<3> Damn straight!
<1> rworks - capitalone?
<3> No, wamu
<1> i have 4% interest in my captialone account
<3> Oh?
<3> Statement savings or money market?
<2> I get more interest on my US savings account than I do on my regular account
<1> no fee no restriction savings
<3> Ah.
<1> it's quite nice actually.
<1> i keep trying to find someone to give me $10,000,000 so I can live off the interest, but I've got no takers at the moment. :(
<4> my brain is rotting
<1> Depresed - read a good book
<1> eat some carrots and wipe your butt on the lawn like a dog
<1> you'll suddenly find a new reason for living
<4> nerp i dont read as a hobby so therefore ic an only read for career not for leisure
<1> Well that might explain why your brain is rotting.
<5> Agreed.
<4> no its not
<1> "it's"
<3> Wow, with Wamu, if I maintain a $5,000 balance on my checking account, I get .2%
<3> Amazing!
<1> reading would fix grammar issues. :D
<4> rworks youre losingmoney that way
<6> What the deal is fools?
<1> rworks why not give wamu the heave-hu?
<4> cody funny intro
<6> I have all sorts of $ with wamu
<0> wow
<4> whow bout What it issss .. fewls
<6> from what I've seen, they have the best as far as interest checking/savings accounts
<1> Cody, you find crumpled up $100 bills in your socks when you do laundry. STFU.
<0> keyboard is a lot different than guitar
<1> FK - yeah, you could say that. :D
<1> Cody` - was kidding, btw my man. :D
<0> it's easier
<4> actually when i go to any local college, its like noone really reads..they all do Internet Cafe..some work on cl***es
<3> nerp wasn't kidding.
<0> well
<0> I should say
<0> it's not easier
<3> He told me in a private message that he wants you to die a slow painful death, Cody`.
<0> but it's easier for me to come up with **** on the fly on the keyboard
<1> yeah it's easier to handle notation when they're lined up as keys instead of spread across a fretboard, if you ask me.
<0> yeah
<1> I can manage both but keys are just more intuitave to me.
<4> intuitive
<0> I'm used to the intervals and **** on the guitar though
<0> the spacings between full notes
<7> Damn. I really wish that peer I was getting 150kb+ speeds from would come back on.
<1> Depressed - i'm using the east montauk variation of the spelling
<4> NYCE
<6> Yeah
<6> wtf are you talking about
<7> Could get this torrent done in a blink.
<6> wamu rules
<4> wamu is cool real friendly
<6> My *savings* account pays 3.5%
<4> i walk in to wamu by chance once and somehow they dont piss me off
<5> I'm waiting for this episode of 24 to hurry up and finish downloading.
<6> wtf?
<6> YTD interest is $2700?
<0> dude
<6> wtf is the start of their year?
<0> warezing a show that's on broadcast TV is lame
<0> just set the DVR to record it
<6> FK: Totally... But that's mostly what I warez
<6> I forget to watch "24" or something so I have to DL it
<5> We don't get the series until much later than you do :(
<6> or forget to record something, or someone deletes it, or etc.
<0> oh true
<0> Dov-work: forgot about that
<5> :)
<1> i only torrent TV too.
<6> FK: It would **** to live in the 3rd world eh? :D
<0> Cody` yeah
<6> If I didn't have HD service and an HDTV, I'd likely warez the HD versions of shows and watch them on my monitor
<1> i'm never home during prime time and I don't have and DVR ****
<0> Dov-work are you metric over there?
<0> wouldn't the show be called "20" there
<5> Yup.
<1> and I have a 13 inch CRT TV with basic cable. :D
<7> nerp, so get a DVR
<4> remember cody from full house
<5> 24 hours are 24 hours....
<0> I know :D
<0> I'm jk
<0> LAWL
<1> i only watch like 2 shows. it would be a waste of money
<5> :P
<6> 24 is such a ****ing killer show.
<5> Yeah 24 rocks.
<0> 24 pwns dude
<1> and i'd have to expand my cable service and i'm not willing to do that
<1> 24 ****ing owns man
<7> Ah
<1> this season rocks
<0> this weeks was good
<5> jack bauer is a gun.
<6> ****
<0> Jack ****ing Bauer PwNz all
<6> I have to leave the channel
<5> And my shift key doesn't like to work..
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