We've been monitoring our image with BBB, and that's a reflex of our work, we do mystery shopping at the most reliable way.
About the Certification, the answer is NO, you Don't need to have certification form MSPA. You can apply as a Mystery Shopping at www.gapbuster.com an take our online training free.
Just to clarify a few things:
What is certification and why do GAPbuster shoppers need to take a certification test?
GAPbuster shopper’s a required to complete a certification test to be eligible to shop for our clients. Certification gives shoppers all the information they need in order to shop for each client correctly.
Certification is completely FREE ON OUR WEBSITE and is set up in order to educate and train our shoppers to shop for our clients.
Think of it as a mystery shopping diploma. GAPbuster’s certification includes a virtual
tour/ simulation of a mystery shopping job, it’s actually great fun.
At the end you’ll need to pass a test based on the information you’ve been presented in the tour/ simulation to be certified and eligible to shop for that particular client.
MSPA charges an amount for a general training. But as I said, YOU DON'T NEED to get the MSPA training to be a Mystery Shopping for different companies.
All other mystery shopping companies have their own free training and they are not connected to the MSPA.
also - don't be afraid to stand up: lean over to shake their hand and say "Thanks for the interview, but we'd better stop wasting each other's time right there. It looks like you can't afford me after all, have a nice day."
A friend of mine says that her husband has literally pulled that stunt (well, I think it's a stunt, apparently this guy was dead serious) and had it work.
Just like in any negotiation situation, don't forget that your most powerful negotiation tool is that you can get up and walk out and enjoy the rest of your life if you don't like their terms.
Although I agree with some of the things that you say, the bottom line is that as a freelance/contractor, you have to play by the their rules. I make a decent living/life, schedule, as a Freelance Translator/Consultant, and have been for over 5 years now; I think it is all about a balance between what you expect as a boss and employee. Do not limit yourself to one company, you might be a contractor, but you are your own boss -- so have different clients, and have your own set of established rules for others to play by!
Ah yes........
It's ALL about the MONEY!!!
Not just the permit, but.....
the ol' taxman wants to know about ALL improvements,
so they can collect HIGHER property taxes....
Re: It's all about the hours - if you're a contractor who's experiencing bosses who begin to demand more than the exact requirements of your contract I say you should learn to say "I would be very happy to re-negotiate my contract so that you choose WHEN I work. I would be happy with a 15% premium for that demand, but I'll leave the ball in your court. Until then: stick to the agreement please!"
They cannot have it both ways, surely. Either you're an employee who's part of the family who gives and takes - we demand your hours but you get some level of job security, let's hug now - or you're explicitly kept at arm's length as an outsider expected to perform very explicit tasks under very explicit conditions.
(Speaking as an employee with family to feed on one income [read: craves security]).
I happened to be researching mystery shopping for myself just yesterday, and read on the FTC site about looking out for companies offering or requiring certification. As Jen mentioned above, the FTC recommends the Mystery Shopper Providers Association, but the association sells certification. So, is the MSPA scamming or are companies beginning to ask for certified mystery shoppers?
Andrea, I feel your pain! I had to take my cat to the emergency clinic this past Thursday when her rear end exploded, and by the time I picked her up the next morning I was $725 lighter. GAH!
They had to perform surgery to remove some tissue and then stapled her back up: it looks like someone cut her tail off and stapled it back on a la 'pin the tail on the donkey'. Now we call her Franken-Heiney....
While it's more money than I would have liked, I consider it an investment. My pets comfort me, provide entertainment, and even offer a certain amount of pest prevention. In the long run, I get something wonderful to snuggle that will happily do anything it can for me. Even if the only thing it can do is make me laugh until I snort.
The reason sushi chefs are traditionally male is because women were thought to have "hotter energy" and would thus cause faster spoilage when handling raw fish. I've had raw fish cut from a still living fish in both Japan and Korea and it was spectacular. Flavor improvement as a result of post mortem aging only applies to certain fish. Toro or fatty tuna is absolutley, without question highly prized by sushi enthusiasts, in Japan or otherwise. Salmon, expecially white salmon, is very popular as sashimi in Japan (salmon has been an important food source in Japan dating back to the time of the indigenous Ainu). Exceptional tuna specimens still command 5-figure prices at the Tokyo fish market auctions, and these are most certainly used for sashimi. Finally using chopsticks is never discouraged except in the obvious case of temaki (hand rolls), and a diner eating sashimi with his or her fingers would draw disapproving glares at the very least. I am disappointed to find such erroneous information being disseminated by a published author on the subject.
Everything I know about money ... I DIDN'T learn from my parents! They were appalling money managers, gambling addicts and credit card junkies. After a painful adolescence, where I never had proper equipment for school and was not allowed to go on school field trips, they forced me to leave school at 16, so they could squeeze money out of me for my "board". They also introduced me to consumer credit - signing me up for a credit account so I could buy clothes to wear to work. This turned into a full-blown dependence on credit cards on my part, and it wasn't till I moved far away from my home town at 22, that I went "cold turkey" on the credit and retrained my spending and saving habits. I love being frugal! I love having retirement savings! But alas, my careful habits have never rubbed off on my family, who continue to live as if there was no tomorrow ... and to sponge off me ...
of new ten dollar accounts. It sure took some doing to find the Secret Offer. Now that we BellSouth sheeple know the ropes (thanks, bloggers!), the word is getting out.
The BellSouth customer (I'm happen to be Floridian) qualifies by never having had their broadband service before.
First I tried calling to learn more of the offer. "No, we have no information about any such plan. This is the sales department.".
So I went back online and learned that to find the offer we must go ahead and apply for their DSL service online. Fill in the blank with an eligible phone number. Then the special term offer is revealed on a subsequently visible page.
One thing, the only thing, that the live telephone DSL salespusher gave that was useful, was the sorry fact that my landline offers only a maximum potential speed of 1.5mb.
That made the choice for the low-tier service an even easier decision.
In "seven to ten" business days the FREE modem should be here.
However, and this is a laugh, ATT begins charging DSL customers just =five= days after their order date, or as soon as the first log-on occurs, whichever comes first
(a dollar skimmed here, a dollar there; it adds up when you taliban captives).
The lovely aspect of all of this is the thought that we finally can get an even deal from sweet old ATundT.
Think of your ten-buck-a-month DSL (with modem you get free and own outright by the time of the 12th month), as a sort of "public outrage repair".
I've been stuck on dial-up for over twelve years.
This first taste of DSL will be modest in quality at best, but hey--it sure beats giving money to that dreadful Comcast, no matter what speed. And it sure is good to know that ATundT isn't going to be making a dime for a change
of my dollar! So, if millions of other sheeple will now sign up like wolves, we wolves, in droves will have a pack of FUN times over the corpse of dear old Ma Bell. Can we get twenty million ten buck accounts going soon? I hope so.
Pardon my metaphor. I feel like howling--no, instead, I feel like promoting some minor calumny. Thank you wisebread and other bloggers for getting out this word of The New Deal.
I consider myself a connoisseur of fine sushi and I agree with most of what you said.
Wasabi can be found in the US and its grown in the northwest. Just like Shiso, that little green leaf that is often placed under Ika.
Most traditional Japanese do eat Tuna, but not as sushi, they traditionally eat it as Sashimi (sans rice) or preserved in soy sauce (salt)
Most of the rolls we get here in the US are not traditional, most of the time, traditional Japanese diners eat Maki (rolls) that are simple, not this Salmon, cream cheese, onion mixture that we here seem to like (yuch!)
If you really want to impress your local Sushi chef, don't put extra wasabi on the top of the Nigiri, or mix it in with the soy. Most traditional sushi eaters simply dip the fish side in the soy sauce and pop it in their mouth. The Wasabi is mostly for mixing into the soy sauce when you're eating Sashimi. Nigiri has wasabi between the fish and rice.
There are lots of wonderful traditional Japanese traditions and foods that are part of the sushi experience. Unfortunately most Americans are too squeamish. (Their loss and My gain!)
Some day ask for Ika-Shiokara (or sometimes just Shiokara) or Ika-Nato. One of my favorites is Yamakake (Yamaimo or Japanese Mountain Potato grated to a slimy consistency mixed with Maguro and a little soy)
My parents never taught me much about money overtly, but like you they taught a lot by their actions. I went grocery shopping with my mom every week (and when they started putting the cost per unit (ounce, each, etc.) on the price labels, I taught HER how to use those to get the cheapest price!), and saw that she only bought clothes that we on sale for 50% off or more.
I also saw how they had a big house that was well furnished, and my dad got himself a new car every few years. So there were ups and downs.
I was born frugal, it's just in my blood, so that helps a lot with my managing my money now.
"The AC is only more efficient if you are traveling over 50 MPH; at speeds under 50 MPH (most city driving) turning off the AC and rolling down the windows is more efficient."
Shhhh, don't tell people that, they will be doing 50 in a 35 MPH zone just to justify running the A/C! ;-)
The trouble is that inside a city is where you most often really need the A/C, since cities often tend to be 10 to 15 degrees warmer than the surrounding rural areas (depending on what percentage of the city has been built on and/or paved over). Of course, if you are riding alone then feel free to swelter in the heat if you like, but if you have passengers then you have to consider that not everyone may have the same heat tolerance that you do.
There are two types of parents that really worry me, those that subject their kids to the overheated interior of a car (whether moving or parked), and those that smoke in a car when there are children present. Of course, smoking is probably the very worst thing you can do for your financial situation (literally it can be the difference between a family making it or not making it), so I doubt there are many smokers in this crowd, but it always really ticks me off to see an adult smoking inside a closed car with kids riding inside.
Unable to find anything about the $10 dollar a month service on AT&T's web site and only passing mention of it on the BellSouth web page I decided to give AT&T a call. They are my local phone provider here in Pennsylvania and I also have their cell phone service (my wife got me stuck in some 2 year plan.) After being passed around and given multiple numbers to call I was finally given 1-800-967-5363. This will allow you to talk directly to the DSL department with any questions regarding this matter. I should note that all representatives I spoke with were obviously outsourced, probably Indian, so it made communications difficult and frustrating.
My first go resulted in the representative saying that the $10 offer was not available to me so I asked to speak with the manager. The manager said the "special offer" was only available in 22 states. I asked him to list them and he gave me the following: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. I asked him why it is only available in those states. He didn't know. I then told him that I had family in California who would be interested in this DSL price, how do I directly access the AT&T web page that details this "special offer." He directed me to att.net which uncovered nothing, then to att.com/localhelp which also uncovered nothing, finally he told me to go to newatt.com which redirects you to attfashion.net a site selling shoes. At this point he was getting frustrated and said he would connect me to one of his "DSL specialists" to resolve the matter.
Can you guess what happened? He redirected me back to the main menu of 1-800-967-5363. *sigh* I waited on hold again for another outsourced Indian representative. This lady was armed with a lot of information. She was obviously reading a printed statement and basically said that the $10 offer is only available where BellSouth owns the land lines. Because Verizon owns the land lines in Pennsylvania the service is not available. I asked when the offer would be available to Pennsylvania and she said she did not have that information.
She then tried to sell on the 19.99 DSL offer. No thanks. Much faster than the $10 offer! No thanks. How about AT&T dial up? No thanks. Its very fast with an accelerator! No thanks. Would you like AT&T wireless? I have it already, it sucks and is overpriced. How about adding another line? *CLICK*
That was my experience. I say to hell with AT&T. Although if you're in one of those 22 states you might be in luck and your best bet is probably ordering it over the phone.
That's changing! There are all kinds of reasons why women were not permitted to make sushi, all of them bogus. However, it is still very difficult for a woman to become a sushi chef these days, even in the US.
I believe that the toothpaste was from South Africa, too. China has a history of that as well, though, as Jessica pointed out.
John, regarding the skinning - it's not a matter of SOME people in China skinning dogs, it's an institutionalized, government-directed practice of brutally harming animals for profit or "common good" - usually trumped up rabies scares.
"Some of the dogs were clubbed to death in the street as their owners watched.
Other dog owners took matters into their own hands, poisoning or electrocuting their pets.
They were paid around $0.60 (£0.32) for each dog in compensation."
I've lost my ability to defend China's actions ("They're new to this whole capitalism thing! Everyone who was poor now has a chance to be middle class!"). When the government can order the military to slwly beat pet dogs to death in front of the owners, you're dealing with something much more troubling and terrifying than capitalism gone wrong.
Well, your terrible English aside, you're completely wrong. Yes, the belt does spin pulley even when the compressor isn't on, however, the pulley isn't actually CONNECTED to anything inside the compressor when the compressor is off. When your turn on the AC, the pulley engages and spins the mechanism in the compressor. Think of the pulley with the compressor off as the pedals of a bike with no chain. Spinning the pedals is easy because you're not actually doing any work. Hook the chain up (turn the compressor on) and things become significantly more difficult.
Ok. I don't get it. You said NOT to pay for certification, but on the Mystery Shopping Providers Association, it offers certification.....for $15!!
???????????
Yep, you certainly do grow up fast when you have no choice! Life is great now, provided I stay a safe distance from my miserable past ;-)
Thanks for reminding me to stop reading your site. You might as well be a cat owner.
Hi Paul,
no worries,
We've been monitoring our image with BBB, and that's a reflex of our work, we do mystery shopping at the most reliable way.
About the Certification, the answer is NO, you Don't need to have certification form MSPA. You can apply as a Mystery Shopping at www.gapbuster.com an take our online training free.
Just to clarify a few things:
What is certification and why do GAPbuster shoppers need to take a certification test?
GAPbuster shopper’s a required to complete a certification test to be eligible to shop for our clients. Certification gives shoppers all the information they need in order to shop for each client correctly.
Certification is completely FREE ON OUR WEBSITE and is set up in order to educate and train our shoppers to shop for our clients.
Think of it as a mystery shopping diploma. GAPbuster’s certification includes a virtual
tour/ simulation of a mystery shopping job, it’s actually great fun.
At the end you’ll need to pass a test based on the information you’ve been presented in the tour/ simulation to be certified and eligible to shop for that particular client.
MSPA charges an amount for a general training. But as I said, YOU DON'T NEED to get the MSPA training to be a Mystery Shopping for different companies.
All other mystery shopping companies have their own free training and they are not connected to the MSPA.
also - don't be afraid to stand up: lean over to shake their hand and say "Thanks for the interview, but we'd better stop wasting each other's time right there. It looks like you can't afford me after all, have a nice day."
A friend of mine says that her husband has literally pulled that stunt (well, I think it's a stunt, apparently this guy was dead serious) and had it work.
Just like in any negotiation situation, don't forget that your most powerful negotiation tool is that you can get up and walk out and enjoy the rest of your life if you don't like their terms.
Although I agree with some of the things that you say, the bottom line is that as a freelance/contractor, you have to play by the their rules. I make a decent living/life, schedule, as a Freelance Translator/Consultant, and have been for over 5 years now; I think it is all about a balance between what you expect as a boss and employee. Do not limit yourself to one company, you might be a contractor, but you are your own boss -- so have different clients, and have your own set of established rules for others to play by!
Ah yes........
It's ALL about the MONEY!!!
Not just the permit, but.....
the ol' taxman wants to know about ALL improvements,
so they can collect HIGHER property taxes....
I hope he eventuallys understand you are doing this all for his own good. A wonderful story Andrea. =)
Re: It's all about the hours - if you're a contractor who's experiencing bosses who begin to demand more than the exact requirements of your contract I say you should learn to say "I would be very happy to re-negotiate my contract so that you choose WHEN I work. I would be happy with a 15% premium for that demand, but I'll leave the ball in your court. Until then: stick to the agreement please!"
They cannot have it both ways, surely. Either you're an employee who's part of the family who gives and takes - we demand your hours but you get some level of job security, let's hug now - or you're explicitly kept at arm's length as an outsider expected to perform very explicit tasks under very explicit conditions.
(Speaking as an employee with family to feed on one income [read: craves security]).
I happened to be researching mystery shopping for myself just yesterday, and read on the FTC site about looking out for companies offering or requiring certification. As Jen mentioned above, the FTC recommends the Mystery Shopper Providers Association, but the association sells certification. So, is the MSPA scamming or are companies beginning to ask for certified mystery shoppers?
Andrea, I feel your pain! I had to take my cat to the emergency clinic this past Thursday when her rear end exploded, and by the time I picked her up the next morning I was $725 lighter. GAH!
They had to perform surgery to remove some tissue and then stapled her back up: it looks like someone cut her tail off and stapled it back on a la 'pin the tail on the donkey'. Now we call her Franken-Heiney....
While it's more money than I would have liked, I consider it an investment. My pets comfort me, provide entertainment, and even offer a certain amount of pest prevention. In the long run, I get something wonderful to snuggle that will happily do anything it can for me. Even if the only thing it can do is make me laugh until I snort.
The reason sushi chefs are traditionally male is because women were thought to have "hotter energy" and would thus cause faster spoilage when handling raw fish. I've had raw fish cut from a still living fish in both Japan and Korea and it was spectacular. Flavor improvement as a result of post mortem aging only applies to certain fish. Toro or fatty tuna is absolutley, without question highly prized by sushi enthusiasts, in Japan or otherwise. Salmon, expecially white salmon, is very popular as sashimi in Japan (salmon has been an important food source in Japan dating back to the time of the indigenous Ainu). Exceptional tuna specimens still command 5-figure prices at the Tokyo fish market auctions, and these are most certainly used for sashimi. Finally using chopsticks is never discouraged except in the obvious case of temaki (hand rolls), and a diner eating sashimi with his or her fingers would draw disapproving glares at the very least. I am disappointed to find such erroneous information being disseminated by a published author on the subject.
Good for you Karin. While you had a tough childhood, you learned to be responsible with your money at a much earlier age than most people I know.
I like this plan.
Everything I know about money ... I DIDN'T learn from my parents! They were appalling money managers, gambling addicts and credit card junkies. After a painful adolescence, where I never had proper equipment for school and was not allowed to go on school field trips, they forced me to leave school at 16, so they could squeeze money out of me for my "board". They also introduced me to consumer credit - signing me up for a credit account so I could buy clothes to wear to work. This turned into a full-blown dependence on credit cards on my part, and it wasn't till I moved far away from my home town at 22, that I went "cold turkey" on the credit and retrained my spending and saving habits. I love being frugal! I love having retirement savings! But alas, my careful habits have never rubbed off on my family, who continue to live as if there was no tomorrow ... and to sponge off me ...
of new ten dollar accounts. It sure took some doing to find the Secret Offer. Now that we BellSouth sheeple know the ropes (thanks, bloggers!), the word is getting out.
The BellSouth customer (I'm happen to be Floridian) qualifies by never having had their broadband service before.
First I tried calling to learn more of the offer. "No, we have no information about any such plan. This is the sales department.".
So I went back online and learned that to find the offer we must go ahead and apply for their DSL service online. Fill in the blank with an eligible phone number. Then the special term offer is revealed on a subsequently visible page.
One thing, the only thing, that the live telephone DSL salespusher gave that was useful, was the sorry fact that my landline offers only a maximum potential speed of 1.5mb.
That made the choice for the low-tier service an even easier decision.
In "seven to ten" business days the FREE modem should be here.
However, and this is a laugh, ATT begins charging DSL customers just =five= days after their order date, or as soon as the first log-on occurs, whichever comes first
(a dollar skimmed here, a dollar there; it adds up when you taliban captives).
The lovely aspect of all of this is the thought that we finally can get an even deal from sweet old ATundT.
Think of your ten-buck-a-month DSL (with modem you get free and own outright by the time of the 12th month), as a sort of "public outrage repair".
I've been stuck on dial-up for over twelve years.
This first taste of DSL will be modest in quality at best, but hey--it sure beats giving money to that dreadful Comcast, no matter what speed. And it sure is good to know that ATundT isn't going to be making a dime for a change
of my dollar! So, if millions of other sheeple will now sign up like wolves, we wolves, in droves will have a pack of FUN times over the corpse of dear old Ma Bell. Can we get twenty million ten buck accounts going soon? I hope so.
Pardon my metaphor. I feel like howling--no, instead, I feel like promoting some minor calumny. Thank you wisebread and other bloggers for getting out this word of The New Deal.
Let's sic 'em where it hurts.
I consider myself a connoisseur of fine sushi and I agree with most of what you said.
Wasabi can be found in the US and its grown in the northwest. Just like Shiso, that little green leaf that is often placed under Ika.
Most traditional Japanese do eat Tuna, but not as sushi, they traditionally eat it as Sashimi (sans rice) or preserved in soy sauce (salt)
Most of the rolls we get here in the US are not traditional, most of the time, traditional Japanese diners eat Maki (rolls) that are simple, not this Salmon, cream cheese, onion mixture that we here seem to like (yuch!)
If you really want to impress your local Sushi chef, don't put extra wasabi on the top of the Nigiri, or mix it in with the soy. Most traditional sushi eaters simply dip the fish side in the soy sauce and pop it in their mouth. The Wasabi is mostly for mixing into the soy sauce when you're eating Sashimi. Nigiri has wasabi between the fish and rice.
There are lots of wonderful traditional Japanese traditions and foods that are part of the sushi experience. Unfortunately most Americans are too squeamish. (Their loss and My gain!)
Some day ask for Ika-Shiokara (or sometimes just Shiokara) or Ika-Nato. One of my favorites is Yamakake (Yamaimo or Japanese Mountain Potato grated to a slimy consistency mixed with Maguro and a little soy)
My parents never taught me much about money overtly, but like you they taught a lot by their actions. I went grocery shopping with my mom every week (and when they started putting the cost per unit (ounce, each, etc.) on the price labels, I taught HER how to use those to get the cheapest price!), and saw that she only bought clothes that we on sale for 50% off or more.
I also saw how they had a big house that was well furnished, and my dad got himself a new car every few years. So there were ups and downs.
I was born frugal, it's just in my blood, so that helps a lot with my managing my money now.
"The AC is only more efficient if you are traveling over 50 MPH; at speeds under 50 MPH (most city driving) turning off the AC and rolling down the windows is more efficient."
Shhhh, don't tell people that, they will be doing 50 in a 35 MPH zone just to justify running the A/C! ;-)
The trouble is that inside a city is where you most often really need the A/C, since cities often tend to be 10 to 15 degrees warmer than the surrounding rural areas (depending on what percentage of the city has been built on and/or paved over). Of course, if you are riding alone then feel free to swelter in the heat if you like, but if you have passengers then you have to consider that not everyone may have the same heat tolerance that you do.
There are two types of parents that really worry me, those that subject their kids to the overheated interior of a car (whether moving or parked), and those that smoke in a car when there are children present. Of course, smoking is probably the very worst thing you can do for your financial situation (literally it can be the difference between a family making it or not making it), so I doubt there are many smokers in this crowd, but it always really ticks me off to see an adult smoking inside a closed car with kids riding inside.
Unable to find anything about the $10 dollar a month service on AT&T's web site and only passing mention of it on the BellSouth web page I decided to give AT&T a call. They are my local phone provider here in Pennsylvania and I also have their cell phone service (my wife got me stuck in some 2 year plan.) After being passed around and given multiple numbers to call I was finally given 1-800-967-5363. This will allow you to talk directly to the DSL department with any questions regarding this matter. I should note that all representatives I spoke with were obviously outsourced, probably Indian, so it made communications difficult and frustrating.
My first go resulted in the representative saying that the $10 offer was not available to me so I asked to speak with the manager. The manager said the "special offer" was only available in 22 states. I asked him to list them and he gave me the following: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. I asked him why it is only available in those states. He didn't know. I then told him that I had family in California who would be interested in this DSL price, how do I directly access the AT&T web page that details this "special offer." He directed me to att.net which uncovered nothing, then to att.com/localhelp which also uncovered nothing, finally he told me to go to newatt.com which redirects you to attfashion.net a site selling shoes. At this point he was getting frustrated and said he would connect me to one of his "DSL specialists" to resolve the matter.
Can you guess what happened? He redirected me back to the main menu of 1-800-967-5363. *sigh* I waited on hold again for another outsourced Indian representative. This lady was armed with a lot of information. She was obviously reading a printed statement and basically said that the $10 offer is only available where BellSouth owns the land lines. Because Verizon owns the land lines in Pennsylvania the service is not available. I asked when the offer would be available to Pennsylvania and she said she did not have that information.
She then tried to sell on the 19.99 DSL offer. No thanks. Much faster than the $10 offer! No thanks. How about AT&T dial up? No thanks. Its very fast with an accelerator! No thanks. Would you like AT&T wireless? I have it already, it sucks and is overpriced. How about adding another line? *CLICK*
That was my experience. I say to hell with AT&T. Although if you're in one of those 22 states you might be in luck and your best bet is probably ordering it over the phone.
On larger dents a plunger will work as well.
That's changing! There are all kinds of reasons why women were not permitted to make sushi, all of them bogus. However, it is still very difficult for a woman to become a sushi chef these days, even in the US.
I believe that the toothpaste was from South Africa, too. China has a history of that as well, though, as Jessica pointed out.
John, regarding the skinning - it's not a matter of SOME people in China skinning dogs, it's an institutionalized, government-directed practice of brutally harming animals for profit or "common good" - usually trumped up rabies scares.
"Some of the dogs were clubbed to death in the street as their owners watched.
Other dog owners took matters into their own hands, poisoning or electrocuting their pets.
They were paid around $0.60 (£0.32) for each dog in compensation."
I've lost my ability to defend China's actions ("They're new to this whole capitalism thing! Everyone who was poor now has a chance to be middle class!"). When the government can order the military to slwly beat pet dogs to death in front of the owners, you're dealing with something much more troubling and terrifying than capitalism gone wrong.
I am just as curious about that. Personally, I don't think it's necessary at all. But I'm waiting for a reply.
Well, your terrible English aside, you're completely wrong. Yes, the belt does spin pulley even when the compressor isn't on, however, the pulley isn't actually CONNECTED to anything inside the compressor when the compressor is off. When your turn on the AC, the pulley engages and spins the mechanism in the compressor. Think of the pulley with the compressor off as the pedals of a bike with no chain. Spinning the pedals is easy because you're not actually doing any work. Hook the chain up (turn the compressor on) and things become significantly more difficult.
Ok. I don't get it. You said NOT to pay for certification, but on the Mystery Shopping Providers Association, it offers certification.....for $15!!
???????????
Just curious!
-Jen