Hefe33

worked with Chrome... damn IE !!
 

worked with Chrome... damn IE !!
 

worked with Chrome... damn IE !!
 

worked with Chrome... damn IE !!
 

worked with Chrome... damn IE !!
 

worked with Chrome... damn IE !!
 

worked with Chrome... damn IE !!
 

worked with Chrome... damn IE !!
 

worked with Chrome... damn IE !!
 

+1 @@little_old_man
 
I couldn't have said it better myself
the amount of mis-information about Wal-Mart is mind-boggling!
people just repost it every day.
 
interesting fact...
a few of my friends work at our local Wal-Mart
and have for years.. they have decent Insurance and make over $20 an hour
well ABOVE the poverty line
a couple of them have been there for over 20 years. (2 of them are married and are both are dept managers and have a pretty decent combined income (around 90k yr, that's pretty high in our area)
the notion that ANY company should pay everyone a "livable wage" is ludicrous,
we don't have the right to a livable wage, if we fail to prepare ourselves for our future.. we lose
and lets face it, stocking peas on a shelf is a MINIMUM wage job..
 
I worked there on my way up, everyone has to start somewhere, and since they are the biggest employer in the world (aside from the US Govt) what better place to start!
I learned about running a department, ordering, Hiring people, profit margins....
all stuff that helps me run a successful business today..
it really wasn't as bad as people make it out to be
I wonder how many of today's and tomorrow's entrepreneurs started there?
 
 
the amount of charitable donations that company hands out over and over is stunning! (1.3 Billion in 2013)
2 Billion to "fight hunger"
they have committed 20 Billion to buy from women owned businesses
 
 
as for all the china made crap..
that solution is simple...
 
Wal-mart, Target, Meijer and all the other places like that are here for one reason... to sell stuff for a profit..
if we don't buy it.. they won't sell it.. plain and simple..
they will adapt..
let that garbage sit on their shelves and rot.. they will mark it down and never order it again
the real problem (as I see it)
everyone wants to make "good money" but nobody wants to work hard for it
 

+1 @@little_old_man
 
I couldn't have said it better myself
the amount of mis-information about Wal-Mart is mind-boggling!
people just repost it every day.
 
interesting fact...
a few of my friends work at our local Wal-Mart
and have for years.. they have decent Insurance and make over $20 an hour
well ABOVE the poverty line
a couple of them have been there for over 20 years. (2 of them are married and are both are dept managers and have a pretty decent combined income (around 90k yr, that's pretty high in our area)
the notion that ANY company should pay everyone a "livable wage" is ludicrous,
we don't have the right to a livable wage, if we fail to prepare ourselves for our future.. we lose
and lets face it, stocking peas on a shelf is a MINIMUM wage job..
 
I worked there on my way up, everyone has to start somewhere, and since they are the biggest employer in the world (aside from the US Govt) what better place to start!
I learned about running a department, ordering, Hiring people, profit margins....
all stuff that helps me run a successful business today..
it really wasn't as bad as people make it out to be
I wonder how many of today's and tomorrow's entrepreneurs started there?
 
 
the amount of charitable donations that company hands out over and over is stunning! (1.3 Billion in 2013)
2 Billion to "fight hunger"
they have committed 20 Billion to buy from women owned businesses
 
 
as for all the china made crap..
that solution is simple...
 
Wal-mart, Target, Meijer and all the other places like that are here for one reason... to sell stuff for a profit..
if we don't buy it.. they won't sell it.. plain and simple..
they will adapt..
let that garbage sit on their shelves and rot.. they will mark it down and never order it again
the real problem (as I see it)
everyone wants to make "good money" but nobody wants to work hard for it
 

+1 @@little_old_man
 
I couldn't have said it better myself
the amount of mis-information about Wal-Mart is mind-boggling!
people just repost it every day.
 
interesting fact...
a few of my friends work at our local Wal-Mart
and have for years.. they have decent Insurance and make over $20 an hour
well ABOVE the poverty line
a couple of them have been there for over 20 years. (2 of them are married and are both are dept managers and have a pretty decent combined income (around 90k yr, that's pretty high in our area)
the notion that ANY company should pay everyone a "livable wage" is ludicrous,
we don't have the right to a livable wage, if we fail to prepare ourselves for our future.. we lose
and lets face it, stocking peas on a shelf is a MINIMUM wage job..
 
I worked there on my way up, everyone has to start somewhere, and since they are the biggest employer in the world (aside from the US Govt) what better place to start!
I learned about running a department, ordering, Hiring people, profit margins....
all stuff that helps me run a successful business today..
it really wasn't as bad as people make it out to be
I wonder how many of today's and tomorrow's entrepreneurs started there?
 
 
the amount of charitable donations that company hands out over and over is stunning! (1.3 Billion in 2013)
2 Billion to "fight hunger"
they have committed 20 Billion to buy from women owned businesses
 
 
as for all the china made crap..
that solution is simple...
 
Wal-mart, Target, Meijer and all the other places like that are here for one reason... to sell stuff for a profit..
if we don't buy it.. they won't sell it.. plain and simple..
they will adapt..
let that garbage sit on their shelves and rot.. they will mark it down and never order it again
the real problem (as I see it)
everyone wants to make "good money" but nobody wants to work hard for it
 

+1 @@little_old_man
 
I couldn't have said it better myself
the amount of mis-information about Wal-Mart is mind-boggling!
people just repost it every day.
 
interesting fact...
a few of my friends work at our local Wal-Mart
and have for years.. they have decent Insurance and make over $20 an hour
well ABOVE the poverty line
a couple of them have been there for over 20 years. (2 of them are married and are both are dept managers and have a pretty decent combined income (around 90k yr, that's pretty high in our area)
the notion that ANY company should pay everyone a "livable wage" is ludicrous,
we don't have the right to a livable wage, if we fail to prepare ourselves for our future.. we lose
and lets face it, stocking peas on a shelf is a MINIMUM wage job..
 
I worked there on my way up, everyone has to start somewhere, and since they are the biggest employer in the world (aside from the US Govt) what better place to start!
I learned about running a department, ordering, Hiring people, profit margins....
all stuff that helps me run a successful business today..
it really wasn't as bad as people make it out to be
I wonder how many of today's and tomorrow's entrepreneurs started there?
 
 
the amount of charitable donations that company hands out over and over is stunning! (1.3 Billion in 2013)
2 Billion to "fight hunger"
they have committed 20 Billion to buy from women owned businesses
 
 
as for all the china made crap..
that solution is simple...
 
Wal-mart, Target, Meijer and all the other places like that are here for one reason... to sell stuff for a profit..
if we don't buy it.. they won't sell it.. plain and simple..
they will adapt..
let that garbage sit on their shelves and rot.. they will mark it down and never order it again
the real problem (as I see it)
everyone wants to make "good money" but nobody wants to work hard for it
 

+1 @@little_old_man
 
I couldn't have said it better myself
the amount of mis-information about Wal-Mart is mind-boggling!
people just repost it every day.
 
interesting fact...
a few of my friends work at our local Wal-Mart
and have for years.. they have decent Insurance and make over $20 an hour
well ABOVE the poverty line
a couple of them have been there for over 20 years. (2 of them are married and are both are dept managers and have a pretty decent combined income (around 90k yr, that's pretty high in our area)
the notion that ANY company should pay everyone a "livable wage" is ludicrous,
we don't have the right to a livable wage, if we fail to prepare ourselves for our future.. we lose
and lets face it, stocking peas on a shelf is a MINIMUM wage job..
 
I worked there on my way up, everyone has to start somewhere, and since they are the biggest employer in the world (aside from the US Govt) what better place to start!
I learned about running a department, ordering, Hiring people, profit margins....
all stuff that helps me run a successful business today..
it really wasn't as bad as people make it out to be
I wonder how many of today's and tomorrow's entrepreneurs started there?
 
 
the amount of charitable donations that company hands out over and over is stunning! (1.3 Billion in 2013)
2 Billion to "fight hunger"
they have committed 20 Billion to buy from women owned businesses
 
 
as for all the china made crap..
that solution is simple...
 
Wal-mart, Target, Meijer and all the other places like that are here for one reason... to sell stuff for a profit..
if we don't buy it.. they won't sell it.. plain and simple..
they will adapt..
let that garbage sit on their shelves and rot.. they will mark it down and never order it again
the real problem (as I see it)
everyone wants to make "good money" but nobody wants to work hard for it
 

+1 @@little_old_man
 
I couldn't have said it better myself
the amount of mis-information about Wal-Mart is mind-boggling!
people just repost it every day.
 
interesting fact...
a few of my friends work at our local Wal-Mart
and have for years.. they have decent Insurance and make over $20 an hour
well ABOVE the poverty line
a couple of them have been there for over 20 years. (2 of them are married and are both are dept managers and have a pretty decent combined income (around 90k yr, that's pretty high in our area)
the notion that ANY company should pay everyone a "livable wage" is ludicrous,
we don't have the right to a livable wage, if we fail to prepare ourselves for our future.. we lose
and lets face it, stocking peas on a shelf is a MINIMUM wage job..
 
I worked there on my way up, everyone has to start somewhere, and since they are the biggest employer in the world (aside from the US Govt) what better place to start!
I learned about running a department, ordering, Hiring people, profit margins....
all stuff that helps me run a successful business today..
it really wasn't as bad as people make it out to be
I wonder how many of today's and tomorrow's entrepreneurs started there?
 
 
the amount of charitable donations that company hands out over and over is stunning! (1.3 Billion in 2013)
2 Billion to "fight hunger"
they have committed 20 Billion to buy from women owned businesses
 
 
as for all the china made crap..
that solution is simple...
 
Wal-mart, Target, Meijer and all the other places like that are here for one reason... to sell stuff for a profit..
if we don't buy it.. they won't sell it.. plain and simple..
they will adapt..
let that garbage sit on their shelves and rot.. they will mark it down and never order it again
the real problem (as I see it)
everyone wants to make "good money" but nobody wants to work hard for it
 

+1 @@little_old_man
 
I couldn't have said it better myself
the amount of mis-information about Wal-Mart is mind-boggling!
people just repost it every day.
 
interesting fact...
a few of my friends work at our local Wal-Mart
and have for years.. they have decent Insurance and make over $20 an hour
well ABOVE the poverty line
a couple of them have been there for over 20 years. (2 of them are married and are both are dept managers and have a pretty decent combined income (around 90k yr, that's pretty high in our area)
the notion that ANY company should pay everyone a "livable wage" is ludicrous,
we don't have the right to a livable wage, if we fail to prepare ourselves for our future.. we lose
and lets face it, stocking peas on a shelf is a MINIMUM wage job..
 
I worked there on my way up, everyone has to start somewhere, and since they are the biggest employer in the world (aside from the US Govt) what better place to start!
I learned about running a department, ordering, Hiring people, profit margins....
all stuff that helps me run a successful business today..
it really wasn't as bad as people make it out to be
I wonder how many of today's and tomorrow's entrepreneurs started there?
 
 
the amount of charitable donations that company hands out over and over is stunning! (1.3 Billion in 2013)
2 Billion to "fight hunger"
they have committed 20 Billion to buy from women owned businesses
 
 
as for all the china made crap..
that solution is simple...
 
Wal-mart, Target, Meijer and all the other places like that are here for one reason... to sell stuff for a profit..
if we don't buy it.. they won't sell it.. plain and simple..
they will adapt..
let that garbage sit on their shelves and rot.. they will mark it down and never order it again
the real problem (as I see it)
everyone wants to make "good money" but nobody wants to work hard for it
 

It's easy to make Walmart out as the evil bad guy, but the fact of the matter is that they employ 1% of the US population and many of the talking points you guys have listed simply aren't true. Those figures that actually are close to correct also apply to Target, McDonalds and many other low paying companies. The number of Walmart employees on food stamps is more like 15% and not 99% as cited above. The dead peasant life insurance (something that is common and those of us in the business call key man insurance) ended in the mid 1990's and didn't apply to every store across the country. There are a number of other inaccuracies but I'm simply not going to take the time to research each one. I can tell you that I live in a major metropolitan area with a few million other people and the closest Walmart to me is 35 minutes away. There are however 4 Target stores within 20 minutes of me.
 
The fact of the matter is that there are millions of unskilled workers in the US making at or below the federal minimum wage, and if many of them didn't work at places like Walmart, Target, or McDonalds then they probably wouldn't be working at all and 100% of them would be on Welfare and food stamps. As long as we continue our transformation from a manufacturing country to a consumer country, expect it all to get much worse.

HEY NOW!!!
 
with the tags comes skills... right?
 
like some sort of "Anti Skuz" hack??
 
I was all set to play last night when the wife says... alright.. lets go.. (shopping and dinner) :facepalm:
I should be able to join tonight

(Hefe, I could watch your avatar for hours...)

got 3 wrong.. not bad a 45 years old!!

I second what others have said!, we appreciate what all you guys do .. no worries!!

No sweat guys!! Appreciate everything that ALL of you folks do to keep us in the game.

 
I greatly appreciate DJ's passion and support for those who have made this server their home for years. It's greatly appreciated and demonstrates what a game admin should be: someone who cares more about the players rather than himself; who puts them first. DJ you're a star!!

that is pretty sexy!

man.. that sounds like a trap!!!
 
glad it worked out!