Yeah the world horror organisation - 'nuff said, for most people this won't be a problem, fortunately monkeypox does not transmit the same way as COVID19, and the vaccine consists of poking a 2 prong skewer into your skin, leaving a permanent scar - so this is good to know for the frequent shaggers and fondlers out there

Yes because Canada has the world's most CRAZY EXPENSIVE mobile, phone and internet rates, we have monopolies here ........ As far as inflation it has gone up again, BUT remember this is for last month's DATA. We may have peaked, because food prices are trickling down a little, and gas prices on a continuous slide, so NEXT report should definitely show signs of a slow inflation - YES it will still be high - it's not like we are going to get back to 2% inflation anytime soon
BUT it would be good news if we stopped going up - this is like when you are constantly "up" and find out it is a huge inconvenience to be hard and up all the time, and just that time you notice it begins to soften a little there is hope - this is exactly what is going to happen inflation will show signs of cooling, maybe not without a recession, but a short lived one - if the 2 hostage takers will end their tantrum and compromise on each end and stop this war, this will help even more, if supply chain issues improved over time, that's another, inflation may show signs of cooling off in next report, it will, we cannot possibly get down considerably without some damage to economy, that "soft landing" theory should go out the bloody window - if they want to bring down inflation pre-pandemic, Biden has to stop printing new money and giving thousands of $ to people, for a while at least, interest rates have to be high enough to put the brakes on spending, supply needs to be restored, etc. this year for sure inflation will peak and cool, BUT still remain too high, in 2023 it will be high but cool down, I do think inflation will remain well above the 2% target for at least another 2 years, it could remain high because high inflation causes inflation - it's a circle, inflation is high, people DEMAND raises, companies increase their prices - in maybe we will have to get used to higher inflation, but not crazy high like in the 8%-10%, maybe around 4%-5% ? Inflation CAN go down to 2% or lower, VERY unlikely to happen in the next 2 years, and you have Mr. Biden, Mr. Jerome Powell, and Mr. Putin to thank for this - oh yeah and Mr. COVID19

valerie wrote: Silly boy, no blonds in China.

No blond haired in China, really ? you sure ? No Albinos in China ? I'm pretty sure out of the 1.4 billion population there are exceptions There are white skinned and haired African Americans, colour is just skin pigments (melanin), the more you have it, the darker your skin, the less you have it, the lighter it is, and if you don't have it, your skin is white as fresh snow

tasman1 wrote: Just Another Day ...... this time in Russia

A mother accused of selling her newborn son for $4,200 to pay for a nose job has been seized by police.

Only $4.2k, damn that's cheap

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The 33-year-old woman, not named in local media, is said to have told a friend she did not want to keep the baby.

So she arranged for a couple to buy the child just five days after he was born on April 25 in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, southern Russia.

That will make a nice story for the kid to tell his mates in kindergarten later or eventually when he learns that he was sold on the open market, or tell his own kids if he has any eventually..........well at least she didn't throw the newborn in a dumpster or abandon them on the curb - these stories happen A LOT in North America, and it's going to become much much worse now thanks to the Supreme Court ruling - because people "ain't gonna" stop having sex - and even this new ruling won't deter people, they'll just travel to different states where they CAN get aborted, or just simply abandon the baby.

Trafficking of newborns, let alone body parts, kids, people, is nothing new, we are in 2022, you can buy your future wife through the mail and online, nope no more catalogues, that's old school this world has gone deep down the dumps.

RunSal wrote:

Quote:We have a tax bracket that is even in the 55%, more than half your f****** earnings if you are lucky to earn past a certain salary,

Wow fot us the max is around 45%. Then I should better keep my mouth shut

Actually in Canada there is 2 taxes, one for Federal and one for Province, when you file your taxes you either owe to one or the other or both OR they owe you, which is very rare

Federal and Provincial have different tax brackets. Some provinces have a very high bracket, for instance, if you earn over $100k, you'll pay 26% to Federal and let's take an example, Quebec, you'll pay 24%, so the combined would be 50%......if you were to earn over $200k, you'd pay 33% federal and 25.x% provincial, taking one province with a high taxation rate such as Quebec, so nearly 59%, so 2/3 of your bloody salary - that's why a lot of people cut their taxes by allotting a % of their salary invested into RRSP (IRA in the states) in theory this money should grow and when you retire you withdraw it and THEN pay the taxes on your TOTAL income, in other words you get ripped off at retirement instead of now

I'm pretty sure it is much the same in Germany, here in Canada and in the US every PENNY you EARN is taxable and you must declare it - it does not mean you will pay taxes, the taxes you pay depend on your TOTAL income of ALL sources, then you have deductions, expenses, exemptions, etc. The only thing not taxable in Canada are lottery, casino and won prizes, unlike the US which considers those asset and therefore tax you on it. The only thing here left to tax is the air you breath

Are you an honest person, if so you will struggle, are you a con, then you will find easy money - I do hope that you are in the honest kind though, as I do not condone criminal activity, just saying for those of us that actually work to earn, it's a struggle - just don't get tempted by the get rich quick schemes and bullshit ads online, on social media, on PTC that promise big money they are all scams - these people advertising and promoting these programs are making money NOT with the programs they promote but by placing ads for the very same thing - if there was a program that did deliver what is promised, who the bloody hell would promote it, people would want to keep it to themselves and avoid saturation. I used to be gullible and fall for all this - I even got scammed myself of a couple of grands in online stuff I thought were legit, like HYIPs, and watch out even in the legit freelancing world there are tons of scammers that will take advantage of you, not pay you, etc.

Try Appen, maybe you'll have better luck than some people - but be ready to accept unfair rejections of work. I can only mention Appen because they were a provider of tasks here before and there is instructions in the tasks forum on what to do - there are 2 types of Appen, your existing account where you worked on tasks from Figure8, and the hourly paid projects you can get invited to - There are many other freelancing and stuff you can do online, there are some legit freelancing platforms, but since the g*******d pandemic, it's been harder and harder to find something online because everyone is applying for the best positions - but you lose nothing in trying.

Also you can't escape the fact that you'll be sitting for most of these positions, so a good rule is to take breaks every 20-30 minutes, for 5 minutes and move about - of course if you are working in an hourly position and you are timed through an app, better make sure to pause the tracking first

Good luck finding something, hopefully you will have better luck - I'm going to start looking myself, things are getting worse and worse here - most survey attempts result in off quota or screenout now, even Peanut Labs that was top, now is showing mostly low paid stuff - it could be the summer or a slow down in market research due to recession fears, I dunno.

Like I said, if you want a job that is recession proof, is not mass saturated, then a divorce lawyer is the job for you, the only catch is that you will need to study and earn your certification - or you can move America and live the American Dream

We live and die on a daily basis - when we go to sleep at night, we become unconscious, we dream, some remember some don't, but then we eventually wake up. When we die, it is the same process, but a forced state of unconsciousness, but we also go into a dream state, as brain cells do not at t die instantly, after which we "wake up" in a woman's womb at that cut off - and since there is no notion of time/space beyond human consciousness, the process is instant - we die, we are born, and we die again, .......................... or maybe not

There is a saying that you do know when you are dying, you FEEL IT, you see the signs, there usually are signs unless you die a sudden death, but some show warnings, how are doctors able to determine how long a person has, within a window of time, because there are warnings based on vital signs, and when a patient has a DNI / DNR directive it is even easier to make that assessment, since that person cannot receive CPR or any chemical intervention to reset the heart into sinus rhythm - If a person goes into vfib that's pretty much an accurate WARNING that the person will die, it's life threatening unless you treat it, not ALL shocking attempts do help, and with a DNR, you can't do anything, so a clear warning person is going to die. Some people can have organ failure that is deteriorating, live, kidneys, etc, so they are basically on a progression to death - all these are warnings, then there are people who die suddenly at home, and since you are unlikely hooked up to monitors at home, you can't know the reason for that death so it is assumed sudden and without warning - but again, there is always a reason for death, the heart doesn't just STOP for no reason, if you understand what exactly makes a heart beat ..... things don't just STOP, just like planes don't just fall down from the sky

valerie wrote: Watch that movie with Robin Williams some time. I think it's free on Prime.

'Angriest Man' or similar title. He had 90 minutes to live. lol

Not available outside the U.S. too bad.

tasman1 wrote: One example of million how fast inflation is going , let say one block of cheese I am buying , but it is same with any products in shop

30 day ago ...8.00
20 day ago ...9.00
10 day ago ...10.50
Yesterday .....13.50

Western World shot itself in lungs not just in foot with sanctions on Russia
The sanctions do not help Ukraine, however, they are bad for the world economy and if it goes on like this, they will kill off the World economy
The coming collapse of the developing world will be of biblical proportion

That's what I've been saying all along from day 1, all those sanctions will hurt us more than it will Russia, Biden is one of the WORST of the WORST of Presidents the US has seen in history, a SHAM from day 1 till now, following on Obama's foot steps and now he is travelling abroad to go kiss some arseholes to save his Presidency - America and Europe played right into Putin's dirty hands - sanctions - like I said a million times, Putin does not need to threaten with nukes, he knows that, he has more to lose with that - instead he is using one of the world's most powerful weapon - inflation and high prices. Whilst the rest of the world is heading straight down caca land, he is getting filthy richer and richer mainly from energy. The only good news are those with a lot of money, at least you can buy GIC at crazy high interest rates and earn a residual income. Here some banks almost pay 5% for a 6 year GIC with monthly interest paid, so $1 million into a bonus rate GIC for 5 years @ 5%, that's $50k a year, that's over $4k a month paid in interests, for doing absolutely nothing. It's likely interest rates will remain high for at least 2-3 years.

Forget about investing in the stock market for the next 1-2 years maybe more. Not even oil - winter is coming soon, and in the winter prices fall - summer, more demand, higher prices, so yeah.

RunSal wrote: Does Trump hire from Germany ?)).

Sure why not - he does international hires - ask Russians

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I got a 9-5 work, which is relatively well paid,

Wow that's great, congrats, one would be lucky to get ANY job nowadays let alone one that is well paid - unless you are a CEO or other C-Suite.

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I just started to have health problems due to the constant sitting. I started to look for side hustles, but so far I looked online, which gives me more sitting, hence, more backpain.

Some people have sitting jobs all their life and have no health issues, you probably had an underlying issue to begin with, that became worse with sitting. It's always a good idea to take a break and walk around from time to time, I was going to suggest you sports, NBA, Football, NHL, Boxing, UFC - that'll make you move around but I guess that's not a good idea with back problems. Online work is same thing you will be sitting most of the time, but at least when working from home you can get creative and move about - say stretch a little, do some hula hoops, jumping jacks, etc.

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Also, I got annoyed by the German tax office and all the paperwork you need to do if you have some extra earnings.The more income you get the higher the tax, and all the social contribution gets. This is somehow fair to the low earners, but does not reward the hard workers or who would like to do/work more.

You think it's annoying, what about here on this side of the planet, the more you earn the more your hard earned money gets "stolen" so it is misused by the idiots in power, using that money to look for stars in outer space and aliens, or send billions of $ help outside, instead of helping own first, poverty, homeless, hunger, etc. We have a tax bracket that is even in the 55%, more than half your f****** earnings if you are lucky to earn past a certain salary, which means technically you work half of the year for FREE - the only way to cut down on your taxes is buy registered investments tax deferred - this means you will get f***** later when you are old and are forced to withdraw yearly minimums

Yuck - #1 I don't like sour cream - just the thought of it gives me a sour stomach

Interesting about milk, now why the hell would people NOT refrigerate pasteurised milk anyway ? Everything nowadays is, even juice, all the fluff and marketing people fall for "freshly squeezed orange juice" etc, it's rubbish - they boil the juice, remove the oxygen, all flavours gone, it sits in vats for a year or so - then when ready to put in boxes, they add back the flavour using flavour pouches, which they argue is made from natural sources, like the orange peel, etc, so they add back flavour profiles and this is the juice you drink. IN FACT, you will notice that these juices DO taste much better than freshly squeezed I would not take chances consuming non pasteurised juice or milk. I'm one of those maybe rare human beings who do not like butter, do not like sour cream, or anything with cream unless cream on lemon meringue pie

No buttermilk, no butter, no cream, no milk, no cheese, well ok only limited cheeses, like mozzarella and Swiss, oh yeah and obviously no yogourt I know a lot of stuff is cooked with butter (pastries) I don't mind as long as I do not taste that butter same for milk, and this is from someone who used to drink one tall glass of milk every day, ate yogurt, used butter, I dunno what happened but now just the thought of those makes me gag inside, not the milk though I could drink milk, it's just I lost interest in it, I am more of a water person and juice (not the processed kind) but natural juice, yes pasteurised too

and speaking of Amazon Prime, how come the Prime Ribs are not on special ?

tasman1 wrote: Depend on your qualification , one of my kids works full time in Croatia for Australian company but no way for ySense

btw .... how many people can earn 500 bucks per month with ySense ????

The only way to earn that amount here is being a good promoter and having a good amount of quality referrals. For non US members earning that in a month on surveys is difficult, but I know some US members that earn that and more on surveys alone, maybe not here due to the lack of routers. Without tasks anymore, it is even harder. I used to earn $300-$500 a month consistently on former site, but it was mainly thanks to tasks. You are not gonna earn $500 a month on those crummy 10-30 cent surveys . Is there an easy way to make money online, no, not unless you have a large capital, some luck and a lot of skill and patience. Some YouTubers started with one idea, and turned it into profit making channels with millions in net worth, but I do think it's only a small percentage of people. There are people who have a good talent to lie, deceive and bullshit, all perfect combinations to become an affiliate marketer and promote stuff online, good or bad, mostly bad Why are we seeing online more bullshit than legit stuff, because scammers know that it's the easy way out, I am not condoning scamming and deceiving in any way, I think these people have given a bad name to good business - the ones who make money honestly are struggling ...... You can operate your business, but again, requires capital and time -you can freelance for companies online through platforms, if you have good talent, but the problem now is mass saturation - everyone is getting the best positions, it's almost hard/impossible now because everywhere you go everything is taken/used/done, you see a good freelancing position, there are 5000 applicants, companies now are in a good position they have a lot of choices, so they often can easily get rid of you just like that and have a lot of choices for hires. Companies do not give a shit anymore nor do they do enough to retain their employees, because they know if someone goes out the door, they will have thousands of applicants waiting for the job.

There are also crowd sourced tasks site - some are closed and some are open, Appen for example, I don't think it is against the rule to mention this one, since it was an integral part of this site before and it is already mentioned in the tasks topics - there are paid by unit and hourly paid positions there, would I recommend them ? NO - It's mainly unfair task authors, unfair test questions, bad support (like we all remembered here), authors who reject perfectly good work just to avoid paying - etc. it's basically like AMT, you only get paid for work approved, and if a certain amount of work is rejected, yo don't get paid at all. When Appen had tasks here, we got paid regardless.

There are other freelancing / work sites, but cannot mention the names here as it is against the rules. There are many of similar tasks sites, anything from writing, transcribing, etc, problem is all these sites have reviewers who abuse the system and reject perfectly good work to avoid paying. So wherever you go you will find a lot of unfairness.

If you are looking for an EASY way out, earning without efforts, without talent, without skill, you are wasting your bloody time - If you are looking to build a residual income - there are many ways to do that, if you don't mind promoting sites and/or products. Or you can wait for Trump to win in 2024 and apply for a job, no experience required, just write in your resume that you'll do ANYTHING that needs to be done - and that'll get you hired on the spot - P.S. Make sure ANYTHING is all caps, that's very important

Now with the war, global recession, crumbling markets, and bad times ahead, it's probably going to be the worst time to find something - as the ratio of people looking for online work vs. supply is very unhealthy, there is not enough for everyone, which creates a frustrating situation - a lot of those online companies hiring freelancers are moving towards automation and AI to cut on costs and get better quality -(that's debatable) but there is less work (much less) than there was, so it's a challenge.

I used to earn 4 figures per month online for some with freelance work for a company, it required skill and a lot of time / patience though, problem is a big blow and betrayal by 3 incompetent persons. ON that very same platform there are many companies recruiting for work online - but expect to get paid less than you would a normal job. For example, if you are looking for freelance QA work, don't expect to get the same salary as a dedicated internal QA team in a company - that's the point, some companies are opening freelancing position and flexible on work experience in exchange for lower pay.

IN any case if you are expecting someone to give you names of sites, they cannot do it here because of rules. But we are allowed to mention industries.

There is Streaming, social media channels, BLOGGING, vlogging, affiliate marketing, promotion, referring, design, coding, game development, transcribing, writing........... if you have a little patience study law and pass your bar exam, become a divorce lawyer, guaranteed work, recession/depression proof, can't fail

The only thing keeping inflation HOT is the war - so let's call it the Putin virus. I mean sure inflation was sparked by the idiots who kept interest rates way too low for too long instead of increasing it much sooner - but the hot red inflation that is stagnant is mainly facilitated by war. So it's a combination of Federal Reserve and Putin. But let me tell you this Tasman1, would you rather have had world war 3 OR high inflation ? Because now the threat of WW3 is gone - Putin realised that red hot inflation and high food prices is his best weapon, better than nukes. The world IS at war, we can call it WW3 but this one does not involve weapons, it involves inflation, high rates of suicide, the complete catastrophic destruction of the middle and low class - it's hard to top that

Maybe Amazon's choice because it is popular and purchased a lot - you gotta watch the prices days before the Prime day and observe them day by day, I would not be surprised to see gauging of prices before the day, this is what likely happened - it happens on some items - and yes Amazon's own products will be greatly discounted but watch out, you are getting lower end. EXAMPLE, the Amazon DOT echo was for only $29, what a GREAT deal right ? BUT wait, the Amazon DOT echo is a low end version of the more expensive Amazon Echo (without the dot), which was BTW not discounted.

You have to be a good consumer and do your research to snag the right deals, not all deals are good deals, and what you did was exactly what people should do....... besides one trick in retail when there is a sale day, people tend to buy more items than they would normally or stuff they would not normally have bought

tasman1 wrote:

Madison91 wrote: Here, 38 degrees Celsius + and daily heat warnings are issued.
No rain.
The second hottest year in recorded history has arrived.

And you call that justice ? You have nice warm weather and I still have frozen ass

Careful what you wish - so why not switch places with her, you go to China and she can come to the Island of Tasmania, let's see how long you last there at nearly 40C - I think you will want to return to the North Pole quickly, I know I would

As a nurse you should know better not everyone just drops dead, many do show signs/warnings of impending daeth, by their vitals (i.e. blood pressure drop, erratic breathing, rattling, etc.) so yeah those are the "warnings" they mean, not the patients going "hey everyone I am going to die in 10 minutes" :lo: Those would be external warnings, they are visible. If the external warnings are not present, there is almost always internal warnings in the body that occur prior to death. The heart does not just STOP for no reason, I mean we learn this in biology there is always a reason for death - it is called sudden and without warning because none were monitored externally or internally. Sure, sudden failure of organs is possible, but there is no fire without smoke, there is always a reason whatever that may be.

But you see, it's more important spending trillions of $ every YEAR to look for stars in the galaxy, over creating innovations in medicine, that is pretty much a SHAM right now and catered to enriching the pockets of hospitals and doctors over patients' best interest.

tasman1 wrote:

valerie wrote: I ordered everything separate.

Naw, don't need any electronics. Don't really need anything.

Most is for Bo and I think I did ok by that. He has lots of dog beds but the one I ordered is orthopedic and he is getting older so, decided to go for it. He's been using a car booster seat that is actually too small for him and not very safe so I grabbed that deal which may or may not be the deal it states but has loads of 5 star reviews. Of course the dog toy isn't about much.

The handbag, well, I certainly could have done without it. I got weak.

Continue to spend but remember...................US Inflation Quickens to 9.1%, Amping Up Fed Pressure to Go Big
How far will inflation go ?? 20% ? 50 ? 100% ? or millions% like in Zimbabve ??? Will your income stay same ?
Save or die is current game to survive

Canada .......Bank of Canada’s Shock 100-Basis-Point Hike Is Most Since 1998
Rest of world will follow

Yes it is the biggest one time hike, BUT remember in Canada there was a time interest rate was 12-20% or more, the problem is that people were spoiled all those years with low interest rates, and for the past 2 bloody years near 0, the federal reserve and banks should have raised interest rates much sooner and not WAIT for this shit storm to happen in the first place. The CPI report in the US only reflects data up to June, it does not account for the drop in oil prices - so next report will reflect interest rates have peaked hopefully - it will help bring interest rates down, BUT overall inflation will still remain higher than pre-pandemic for a long time. As to Feds, they may raise 2 more times 75 points each before EOY, or 100 points once and another 50-100 points before EOY - people have money and are buying that's the problem despite the high prices, so rate hikes only will slow down the economy a little, with a recession that will likely happen but a short one - PROBLEM IS, this inflation will remain stagnant for years to come - because the issue is supply and demand - solve the *****g supply chain issues, and you will see the inflation drop down like a rock - people are buying like crazy so you would think economy should be great and companies happy - except that when people want to buy and there is shortage of everything, it's not good, even shortage of door knobs, SO, they have to artificially create a soft recession or crater the economy, interest rates plummet, but then what ? If supply issues are not addressed, then inflation goes back up as soon as interest rates go back down ? No way - Expect interest rates to remain high for the next 2 years AT LEAST - this is a good opportunity for people to invest in GICs with guaranteed returns - as the stock markets will likely be negative in 2023-2024, so a million $ in a long term GIC at 5% with interest rates paid annually or quarterly, that's about $50k a year - and now crypto is crashing (like I predicted) so now finally people can buy computer components again - CPUs, GPUs, etc, hopefully tech companies have learned the lesson, build cards only for miners, and disable mining capability in gaming cards - yeah that's like asking oil companies not to be greedy and raise the prices, just like now Mr. Biden is going abroad and begging Arab countries to play nice with Israel, Biden is trying hard to save his Presidency which is in shambles - too late for that. But at this point in time, even Trump cannot save the day, there is nothing much he could do now that the damage is done - and Republicans are not too strong on dishing out money to the needy and rich, only the democrats - and all that relief money is what caused the problem in the first place - people were spending like crazy during pandemic, whilst supply was down, and now with this war, makes things more complicated.

SO now the threat of World War 3 is no more - because Putin found his new weapon, more damaging than the A-bomb - it's called Inflation and food prices. So a war that will last another 3 maybe 5 years or more, COVID19 variants to spread like wildfire in a perpetual cycle of outbreaks, yep if anybody thinks inflation will go back down to 2% per year you are truly ******* mistaken not a bloody chance.

tasman1 wrote: Buy nothing , saving 100% , that will be best deal in 2022

That's probably the best advice anybody has given so far this year, words of the wise Cheers!

valerie wrote: Ok, I am not going over there any more. Good thing Prime Deal Days is about over!

Car booster seat for Bo:

List Price: $153.99$153.99 Details
With Deal: $58.51$58.51 & FREE Returns
You Save: $95.48$95.48 (62%)

Right, now watch the prices go up on these very same items, so Amazon can recover from those deals

tasman1 wrote: Just Another Day in ...... ehhh , errrr uhhhh In this Stupid World

Tourist rescued after falling into Mount Vesuvius while trying to reach phone

An American tourist was rescued after falling into the crater of Mount Vesuvius trying to retrieve his phone.

Italian media said the 23-year-old had been trying to take a selfie at the summit when his phone slipped out of his grasp and into the crater.

He tried to reach the device during Saturday's incident, but then fell a number of metres into the mouth of the volcano.

Vesuvius guides, overseen by a rescue helicopter, abseiled into the crater to reach the man, who later needed treatment for minor injuries.

Yeah all these obsession with selfies, people DIE taking selfies in the wrong places - he is so lucky to have been saved, he should buy a lottery ticket - I hope his phone was worth risking his life for, it was probably an iPhone That would make a great ad for Apple, not that they need it anyway

valerie wrote: Think of all the people that money could have fed. Instead, all it did was show us some stars. Whoopie doo.

Yeah and your President acts like it's very impressive and a major breakthrough, big ******* deal - a bunch of coloured dots on a black background, nothing I haven't seen before, for all you know maybe it was computer generated, just like the landing on the moon

Very disappointed, it's almost INSULTING that NASA would even release this garbage when most people don't care, the day they will take pictures and videos of humans on some remote planet, then it will be worthy news, and your President, instead of looking at stars at the end of the universe, he should try to save what's left of his DISASTROUS Presidency, I'm sure people didn't vote someone to look at stars and report space images