Charlotte Foust
cfoust at infostatsystems.com
Thu Jul 17 19:11:21 CDT 2003
My Dad was a barber. He used to tell misbehaving little boys that he had a drawer full of ears and he'd be happy to add theirs to his collection if they didn't sit still! <VBG> Charlotte Foust -----Original Message----- From: Don Elliker [mailto:delliker at hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 12:32 PM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: RE: [AccessD] Future of Access? Jim, Agreed, I was commenting more on the "Well, I don't like barbering, so I guess I'll hoe tobacco" aspect of the earlier email. I would never disparage barbers, they have too many sharp things lying around, and they can make you look really bad really fast. And they DO make money...say.... maybe I can write them a database tool...hmmmmm. _d "Things are only free to the extent that you don't pay for them".-Don Elliker >From: "Jim Dettman" >Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" >Subject: RE: [AccessD] Future of Access? >Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 10:43:06 -0400 > >Don, > > I wouldn't knock the barbering. Some make pretty good money. In my neck >of the woods, a haircut goes for $12 -$15. A good barber will push out 4 >cuts an hour. $60/hr? Not too bad. Especially since what is report as >income at tax time and what goes in the pocket can be two totally different >things. > > Plus no long term stress, no deadlines, and you know the customer needs to >come back in a month or so. > > Of course their are some drawbacks (like being on your feet all day), but >that's true of any job. > > My point though is that it is not as bad as some things you could be >doing.... > >Jim Dettman >President, >Online Computer Services of WNY, Inc. >(315) 699-3443 >jimdettman at earthlink.net > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Don Elliker > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 10:07 AM > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Future of Access? > > > That's it! That's the options? - Hoeing Tobacco and Barbering?? I have a >feeling there must be SOME other opportunities. Puts me in mind of a joke >about Hell, though. Remind me on Friday. > _D > > "Things are only free to the extent that you don't pay for them".-Don >Elliker > > >From: Brett Barabash > >Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > >To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" > >Subject: RE: [AccessD] Future of Access? > >Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:30:43 -0500 > > > >Hey, I know the job market is bad right now, but I definitely haven't > >considered hoeing! > >(okay, maybe I have, but I haven't been given any offers yet!) > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Susan Harkins [mailto:harkins at iglou.com] > >Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 11:22 AM > >To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > >Subject: Re: [AccessD] Future of Access? > > > > > >Jim, you don't explain it -- he'll figure it out. :) > > > >My son in law is a barber -- family tradition. He hates it and decided to >do > >something else. Six weeks later, after hoeing a lot of tobacco, he's > >barbering again. Said barbering was a lot easier than hoeing. :) > > > >Susan H. > > > > > > > >LOL. perfect analogy. How do you explain to someone who has never been > >unemployed that a job, even if it is not a perfect fit and you have to > >struggle for awhile, is a GOOD thing? A lot of his classmates wish they >had > >a job of any kind right now. Besides, learning skills such as these can >help > >differentiate you from the crowd. > > > > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >----------------------------------------- > >This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > >intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom > >they are addressed. > >If you have received this email in error please notify the > >originator of the message. 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