Dec 2003
Wed, 17 Dec 2003
San Antonio Shoe Gives Workers Xmas Bonus
While a lot of companies in the US have been laying off workers and offshoring their jobs, San Antonio Shoe quietly gave it's Pitsfield, Maine workers a whopping Christmas bonus - $1000 for every year of service. That meant nearly $40,000 for some married workers with 19 years at the company. Let's hope that San Antonio Shoe has better luck than Malden Mills.
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Tue, 16 Dec 2003
Hallelujah Brother!
It's about time they put these morons in prison.
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Sun, 14 Dec 2003
The Brookings Institution On Pennsylvania
I caught the live broadcast of the Brookings Institution's report on Pennsylvania on NPR this morning while I was out driving around in the second near-blizzard of the season. The state takes some hard knocks in terms of what the data suggests. Nothing particularly new here, but I find the brutality of the message refreshing.
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Sat, 06 Dec 2003
The First Blizzard of The Winter Season
The snow started coming late thursday night and it's been coming down ever since. We're at about 8 inches now and likely to pass into the foot range by tomorrow. My wife's car is entirely covered and it's under the car port. That's a testament to just how brutal the wind has been. If local residents weren't convinced they needed a 4x4 by last year's winter, they're probably headed to the local jeep dealer now.
My german shorthaired pointer is quite happy with this state of affairs. She'd be even happier if she could keep from losing her frisbee in the deep drifts!
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