Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/all-that-terrible-knowledge
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In article <t3939h$gc5$1@reader1.panix.com>,
James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
>Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
>
>https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/all-that-terrible-knowledge

I'd do better if I wasn't typing this while drinking coffee...

Young woman returns to the home from which she was ejected by her
mother, ostensibly to help care for her now terminally ill parent.
Revelations ensue.
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On 4/14/2022 5:17 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
> In article <t3939h$gc5$1@reader1.panix.com>,
> James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
>> Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
>>
>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/all-that-terrible-knowledge
>
> I'd do better if I wasn't typing this while drinking coffee...
>
> Young woman returns to the home from which she was ejected by her
> mother, ostensibly to help care for her now terminally ill parent.
> Revelations ensue.

Probably would help to get the "drinking" and "typing" parts done in the
correct order too. :P

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In article <t39dah$brs$1@dont-email.me>,
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>On 4/14/2022 5:17 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
>> In article <t3939h$gc5$1@reader1.panix.com>,
>> James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
>>> Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
>>>
>>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/all-that-terrible-knowledge
>>
>> I'd do better if I wasn't typing this while drinking coffee...
>>
>> Young woman returns to the home from which she was ejected by her
>> mother, ostensibly to help care for her now terminally ill parent.
>> Revelations ensue.
>
>Probably would help to get the "drinking" and "typing" parts done in the
>correct order too. :P

The issue is having to wake up an hour earlier than I like and getting
everying posted in the 30 minutes before I head off to counsel Canada's
intellectual elite on the complexities of mask wearing.

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In article <t3a8n6$7ml$1@reader1.panix.com>,
James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
>In article <t39dah$brs$1@dont-email.me>,
>Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>On 4/14/2022 5:17 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
>>> In article <t3939h$gc5$1@reader1.panix.com>,
>>> James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
>>>> Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
>>>>
>>>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/all-that-terrible-knowledge
>>>
>>> I'd do better if I wasn't typing this while drinking coffee...
>>>
>>> Young woman returns to the home from which she was ejected by her
>>> mother, ostensibly to help care for her now terminally ill parent.
>>> Revelations ensue.
>>
>>Probably would help to get the "drinking" and "typing" parts done in the
>>correct order too. :P
>
>The issue is having to wake up an hour earlier than I like and getting
>everying posted in the 30 minutes before I head off to counsel Canada's
>intellectual elite on the complexities of mask wearing.

Is that what you're doing these days? Are you sure you don't
want to open a games store?

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In article <rACtrH.3FD@kithrup.com>,
Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
>In article <t3a8n6$7ml$1@reader1.panix.com>,
>James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
>>In article <t39dah$brs$1@dont-email.me>,
>>Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>On 4/14/2022 5:17 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
>>>> In article <t3939h$gc5$1@reader1.panix.com>,
>>>> James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
>>>>> Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
>>>>>
>>>>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/all-that-terrible-knowledge
>>>>
>>>> I'd do better if I wasn't typing this while drinking coffee...
>>>>
>>>> Young woman returns to the home from which she was ejected by her
>>>> mother, ostensibly to help care for her now terminally ill parent.
>>>> Revelations ensue.
>>>
>>>Probably would help to get the "drinking" and "typing" parts done in the
>>>correct order too. :P
>>
>>The issue is having to wake up an hour earlier than I like and getting
>>everying posted in the 30 minutes before I head off to counsel Canada's
>>intellectual elite on the complexities of mask wearing.
>
>Is that what you're doing these days? Are you sure you don't
>want to open a games store?
>
I expect running a game store involves even narrower margins and
more paperwork than a generation ago.
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On 4/14/2022 7:41 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
> In article <rACtrH.3FD@kithrup.com>,
> Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
>> In article <t3a8n6$7ml$1@reader1.panix.com>,
>> James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
>>> In article <t39dah$brs$1@dont-email.me>,
>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>> On 4/14/2022 5:17 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
>>>>> In article <t3939h$gc5$1@reader1.panix.com>,
>>>>> James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/all-that-terrible-knowledge
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd do better if I wasn't typing this while drinking coffee...
>>>>>
>>>>> Young woman returns to the home from which she was ejected by her
>>>>> mother, ostensibly to help care for her now terminally ill parent.
>>>>> Revelations ensue.
>>>>
>>>> Probably would help to get the "drinking" and "typing" parts done in the
>>>> correct order too. :P
>>>
>>> The issue is having to wake up an hour earlier than I like and getting
>>> everying posted in the 30 minutes before I head off to counsel Canada's
>>> intellectual elite on the complexities of mask wearing.
>>
>> Is that what you're doing these days? Are you sure you don't
>> want to open a games store?
>>
> I expect running a game store involves even narrower margins and
> more paperwork than a generation ago.

According to GameStop the margins are negative nowadays. They make
money by selling Sony and Microsoft game consoles. And when people use
them for arbitrage.

Lynn

On 4/14/2022 8:15 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 4/14/2022 7:41 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
>> In article <rACtrH.3FD@kithrup.com>,
>> Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
>>> In article <t3a8n6$7ml$1@reader1.panix.com>,
>>> James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
>>>> In article <t39dah$brs$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>> Dimensional Traveler  <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>>> On 4/14/2022 5:17 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
>>>>>> In article <t3939h$gc5$1@reader1.panix.com>,
>>>>>> James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/all-that-terrible-knowledge
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd do better if I wasn't typing this while drinking coffee...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Young woman returns to the home from which she was ejected by her
>>>>>> mother, ostensibly to help care for her now terminally ill parent.
>>>>>> Revelations ensue.
>>>>>
>>>>> Probably would help to get the "drinking" and "typing" parts done
>>>>> in the
>>>>> correct order too.  :P
>>>>
>>>> The issue is having to wake up an hour earlier than I like and getting
>>>> everying posted in the 30 minutes before I head off to counsel Canada's
>>>> intellectual elite on the complexities of mask wearing.
>>>
>>> Is that what you're doing these days?  Are you sure you don't
>>> want to open a games store?
>>>
>> I expect running a game store involves even narrower margins and
>> more paperwork than a generation ago.
>
> According to GameStop the margins are negative nowadays.  They make
> money by selling Sony and Microsoft game consoles.  And when people use
> them for arbitrage.
>
> Lynn

And the paperwork on my small business with eight people here in Texas
is simply breathtaking. Every time I turn around there is a report due.
My accountant has a annual check list with several hundred entries.

Lynn

On Thu, 14 Apr 2022 20:27:16 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 4/14/2022 8:15 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 4/14/2022 7:41 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
>>> In article <rACtrH.3FD@kithrup.com>,
>>> Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
>>>> In article <t3a8n6$7ml$1@reader1.panix.com>,
>>>> James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
>>>>> In article <t39dah$brs$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>> Dimensional Traveler  <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>>>> On 4/14/2022 5:17 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
>>>>>>> In article <t3939h$gc5$1@reader1.panix.com>,
>>>>>>> James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/all-that-terrible-knowledge
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd do better if I wasn't typing this while drinking coffee...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Young woman returns to the home from which she was ejected by her
>>>>>>> mother, ostensibly to help care for her now terminally ill parent.
>>>>>>> Revelations ensue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Probably would help to get the "drinking" and "typing" parts done
>>>>>> in the
>>>>>> correct order too.  :P
>>>>>
>>>>> The issue is having to wake up an hour earlier than I like and getting
>>>>> everying posted in the 30 minutes before I head off to counsel Canada's
>>>>> intellectual elite on the complexities of mask wearing.
>>>>
>>>> Is that what you're doing these days?  Are you sure you don't
>>>> want to open a games store?
>>>>
>>> I expect running a game store involves even narrower margins and
>>> more paperwork than a generation ago.
>>
>> According to GameStop the margins are negative nowadays.  They make
>> money by selling Sony and Microsoft game consoles.  And when people use
>> them for arbitrage.
>>
>> Lynn
>
>And the paperwork on my small business with eight people here in Texas
>is simply breathtaking. Every time I turn around there is a report due.
> My accountant has a annual check list with several hundred entries.

Any idea how many are for each level of gummint? (Feds, State, County,
City, Borough, Precinct, Block ...)
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