Mel in Hawaii

Yes, computer networking gear. They make a wide array of equipment from local 'switches' for departments for $100+ to high end telecomm equipment that easily could be $50k+. At that price it's either a high density switch, or a mislabeled division office router.

Boy this thread really grew after I left... I am back, but no more time to bake.. :-( Two more weeks and I get to go back and live the out-back lifestyle.

Not to mention if you efile. Make sure your anti-virus software is up to date and do a full scan of your system.

Just tell them that your 'computer guy' sabotaged the computer right before he went on a trip so you would realize how much you actually need him. Hehe.

Hmm... as I sit in front of the fan resting a bit, I can almost feel the cold wind hitting me. Unfortunately, I could use a bit of cold weather right now to help cool me as I finish packing everything. Everywhere you look in my house there are more bankers boxes. Now if I just had more bubble wrap.

Uh, WELL I AM a geeky GUY/MAN... that also loves to cook. Why? I love helping people and I also love having people enjoy something that I have done for them. Cooking offers the best of both worlds in that I releive them of a chore that most would rather not do and yet I find relaxing and enjoyable, yet also get to watch their faces as they enjoy what I have made. Um, I am in the process of moving, so I won't be near any tourist places once April comes around (I get on the plane tomorrow). Sorry, I won't be able to visit, but I will be out in the boonies about a hundred miles from the airport busily working away. Recipes are like directions on how to get somewhere. No two sets are alike, yet they all seem to get you there in the end. I will post my recipe for cinnamon rolls when I need a break from packing, yet it is always morphing so if I post it today and then again in a week, it might have changed. Tom, that wouldn't be a 'Cinnabon' franchise would it? My kids enjoy watching them roll out the dough, but unfortunately theirs has eggs in them so they are off limits. So, after they watch at the mall for a while, we end up talking about making some after we get home.

Hehe.. I hit a sore spot.. Sorry guy/gals. AS for the cinnamon rolls, I make them too much. It got to the point that I had to stop for a while as the kids wouldn't eat them anymore. It's sad that when you make something so yummy and your son asks if you know how to make anything else... 'Why of course I can make something else, I just like these a LOT. What would YOU like me to make?' Every time I make them I change the recipe or the method a bit to see how it might turn out. This last batch was a hit as I had to fight the kids off so I could keep half the batch for someone. Instead of sugar in the dough itself, I used honey and then I only put half the normal amount of rolls in each pan and let them raise a lot longer. The combination of the honey, extra room and lots of time made for some really soft, melt in your mouth dough, although it seems I didn't put enough brown sugar/cinnamon in between as normally it soaks out the bottom but not this time. Hmm... maybe it's been coming out the bottom from being squeezed out and this time there was enough room not to get squeezed? I wonder. I am going to have to experiment with the next batch to see.

Amazing that you get upset at someone getting a second oppinion, but people advocate for that all the time. Getting a second oppinion from a Doctor comes to mind. Everyone is not an expert, and how are people to know that you are ALWAYS right? I know it hurts the pride on your part, but people are constantly being told to do that. Yes, I agree that HRB probably charge more so they came back to you, but something Greg Jackson once said comes to mind. "If you can't give it away, sell it!" His story was about an item that a furniture seller was trying to sell that they kept marking down and marking down and no one would buy it. Finally they jacked the price up really high and he could have sold it many times over. If your price is lower, somewhere back in the back of their brains they are going to questions themselves as to WHY it is lower. You may have the best resources behind you, do way more training than the HRB guys get, but still they will wonder as they don't KNOW that. To them the franchise probably adds a bit of unquantifiable value/quality that it probably doesn't deserve. Ok, I am off to grab a cinnamon roll that I just baked before they get cold... Ummm.. Homemade from scratch cinnamon rolls early in the morning.

Ray, some machines store copies of the outgoing faxes, most don't. Just think of the privacy issue if it did save a copy. At my last company, we had a photocopier that we could use as a fax machine too. Guess what, one day a lady in the office used it to fax something from her sideline job. Big mistake as the GM came in and was looking for something she faxed on it and found it. Amazing how after that incident, very few people used that machine to send faxes.

Here Here... But I don't think you need to keep your mouth shut.

Sorry, I only 'moderate/delete' pornographic emails. Political Humor or a person's oppinion is not 'bad' per se, as long as they aren't attacking someone for their views. I voted for the other guy, and I would have the same oppinion if you were pointing out McCain's faults. Besides, I was going to comment on the same thing. Seems every so often I get to open the newspaper and read about someone not paying their taxes until they get appointed. Is it me, or does he have a magnet for people who are not paying taxes when he is making choices. (Of course, how do YOU or I figure out who has properly paid their taxes?)

Where I live, the post office will return any mail that has the street address to the sender. IT doesn't matter if the post office box is listed on the next line, they STILL send it back. (Some postal emploees really have it in for you.) For the past 9 years I have been putting my PO box on there without any problems.

If he can't find a better use, tell him to take the loan and sink it into staggered CD's giving him a guaranteed return. If he doesn't want the no interest loan, there are lots of other people who would be HAPPY to have it. Personally, I would have it reduce my loan on the house to save me more money than he would get in interest.

Isn't this more of a liability issue than one of calculating your compensation?

If you are going to come here and complain, at least give us the error message so that some of the 'ex' employees might have a chance at helping. We really do care about every one of you even if we dont' work there anymore.