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  2. (OT) big layoff at work

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    @Marvin,

    Sorry to hear this news.

    I had been through it 3 or 4 times in my first 20 years after graduating college in 1986.  Even after I got my CPA in 1995.  Mostly when companies I worked for were sold.

    After that (till now) I spent 20 years working for myself.  Still doing that with no realistic option for full retirement.  There are advantages and disadvantages to working for yourself.  It's rare that I hate my boss.

    Last tax season I took on a part-time gig with Intuit as a Tax Expert in their Full Service department - preparing and filing tax returns.  Not glamourous, but I liked it and loved the variety and talking with many good people all across the country.  The people I worked with (100% remote) are fantastic.  I don't like huge corporations, but Intuit seems good.  My Seasonal contract was extended until the end of August.

    I did like the steady paycheque every 2 weeks.  It was nice to have it to help the seasonal ups and downs that come with any CPA working for themselves at a small practice.

    This fall I submitted my name for consideration and my Manager recommended me for a year-round part-time (I could work as many as 40 hours a week depending on my availablility and work load) senior position.  I am thrilled that I was offered the position and eagarly accepted.  My new role is in the Audit Defence department - we deal with CRA on behalf of Intuit clients who receive review letters from CRA.  I like it a lot.

    I too am turning 60 this October so I understand your feelings.  My hope is that you are not laid off.  If you are hopefully there will be a nice severance package available to hold you over.  My advice is to consider the route that I took.  That said, I took that route at 40.

    Best wishes, my friend.

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  4. Owen Power Week to Week with Injury

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    15 hours ago, PASabreFan said:

    Why not be precise if that is what you are arguing for?

    NS was playing with numbers to make his point.

    I'm a CPA.  I play with numbers all day.  Sometimes you have to *manipulate* them a tad to make your point more goodly.

    15 hours ago, SwampD said:

    Either way, the point is still made.

    He'll be 23 until the second to last game of this season, and this is his 5th season. Still crazy.

    And you were both precise on one and vague on the other. 😂

    That's what she said.

  9. Craig Berube for Coach

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    15 hours ago, Doohickie said:

    Yeah, I was living in Detroit during that period of time... Detroit went from a bubble team when I got there in 1991 to Cup champs just before I left in 1997.  Yzerman was a big part of it.  And goaltending.  And the Russian Five.

    You don't say ..

    (insert winkie thingie here)

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  10. Craig Berube for Coach

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    17 hours ago, Pimlach said:

    Yes.   

    This is corrct.  Cup winning experience is very important in players as well as coaches.  The entire Sabres organization has very little playoff experience yet alone cups.  I think Adams in it.  He was dastardly back in 2006, but he turned out okay.

  12. OT: Weather (just weather)

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    15 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

    24 hours ago they were saying 6-10" in my part of NH. Today, not one flake. Apparently the system fell apart as it moved north. Which is fine by me.

    We got over 30 CM (about a foot).  That is alot for us in one snowfall.  The winds made it worse.  We have drifts that are about 3 or 4 feet high.

    That is why 16 year old sons of neighbours were invented - to shovel snow in the winter and garden soil / rocks in summer.

  15. Owen Power Week to Week with Injury

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    14 hours ago, SwampD said:

    I can’t believe he’s only 21.

    On a real team, he’d be in the A for another two seasons.

    Dahlin is an almost 6 year vet at 23.

    He would be in his rockie or second year on a real team.

    These two are really going to be something at 25 to 32+.

    Adams is going to look like a genius for locking both up long-term.

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  17. Buffalo Bills 2023 Thread

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    As long as the Bills have Josh when Kelce retires they wil beat the Chiefs in the playoffs.  

    Until then, I'd say no.  Not Burrow either.

    Best idea is for the Bills to find Josh his Kelce as soon as possible.  If they do they will beat the Chiefs in the payoffs.  They almost had them this year.  The Bills where the closest to beating the Chiefs.

     

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  23. Sabres shopping Mittelstadt?

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    I'm calling BS.

    Petie and Rivet are clowns that love controversy.  If there is not enough around they will just create some by spewing out nonsense.

    I mean reallly, they would not say it if it were not true, eh.  They obviously have highly placed sources whom will never be named.  Mostly because they don't have any sources atoll.  Nevermind sources with actual names.

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