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    >  GP> Then he came o me to say the day shft was too much for his   
    >  GP> elderllyt dad, really, & would I like to take over the   
    >  GP> arcade completely, as he had his hands full with his other   
    >  GP> business.   
      
    > That's interesting, and somewhat generous to have been arranged     
    > for you.   
      
   Definitely his good deed for a number of years!   
      
   He expl;ained that he didn't need the money it brought in, & didn't have    
   the time or interest to be involved in it, so this was the simplest thing.   
      
   At the time I was awed by jhis generosity, bnt since I've recalled that no   
   paperwork was signed (doubt it'd be legal anyway, with me only 17, in ON)   
      
   When I decided to head on home, I just handed the keys over & said sorry &   
   thank you. . .   
      
   & everything reverted back to pre-me!   
      
    > I am in a similar dilema with my bookshop.. tonnes of extra     
    > duties (ie. cleaning) and I can only do it myself.  There     
    > simply isn't the extra cash to pay someone to do something like     
    > that.   I have some shelves that need serious attention - so,     
    > for that I won't have a choice and need to hire a carpenter.   
      
   They say that choiosing to go independent from hourly wage slave is    
   exchanging your 8-hour days(40-hour weeks) for 16-hour days 6 days/week.    
   (7, even, for some!)   
      
   I consider myself a freelancer in the area of social justice. I have the    
   one steady job I've had since 2006, but only 4 hours/week, but that's   
   reliable, so I'm happy keepoing it & counting it as p[art of my portfolio.   
      
   Mostly I'm doing non-profit work for orgs & on my own.  I receive a   
   goverhnment assistance cheque monthly, so I consider I'm working for the   
   people in exchange for the taxes they had no choice but to pay on my    
   behalf.   
      
   I'm FT or more, but I nly count tyhem when Ui'm on a project (got    
   oneresearcgh project for $30/hr (only 20 hours, though, darn); she asked    
   me, trepidatiously, based on her limited budget, "Will you accept    
   $30/hour?"; I expected close to minimum wage (then $12) but I maintained    
   poker face & said, "It's for a non-profit -- I can make it work."   
      
   My old rate as a freelance computer geek was 2 hours for $150, but I was   
   generous with discounts even of all, especially for seniors & pretty girls)   
      
   I probably averaged $30-$40, as I'd fix whsatever it was fort he flat fewe    
   of $150, if I could do it in under 4 hours.  Any more, I'd give an estimate   
   for the remainder, after fixing the mnost important things for the base    
   fee.   
      
    >  GP> By December, t hough, I'd run afoul of some local issues,   
    >  GP> & basically ensured the top local meathead..   
    > [...]   
    >  GP> I was a twiggy thing, & not up to a fight with a veritable   
    >  GP> psychotically angry monster, so I did the prudent thing &   
    >  GP> fled.   
      
    > A couple of dobermans at your side couldn't have helped?!    
      
   If I had a couple well-trained ones, I'm sure. .    
      
   Your friend,   
      
   <+]:{)}   
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