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by Phineas
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:07 pm
Forum: Work & Education
Topic: Making the most out of university
Replies: 47
Views: 10632

Re: Making the most out of university

How serious are you about working after graduation? If you need the job, then summer needs to be spent working an internship in your career choice. This means that this is not the time to hike the French Alps, or do the culture tour of Bohemia.
On the other hand, actual uni time is not the time to ...
by Phineas
Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:52 pm
Forum: Work & Education
Topic: Choosing your life's calling
Replies: 22
Views: 6730

Re: Choosing your life's calling

I may be using calling differently than most; my fault. What I meant was get a job, any job, that uses a great many of your talents. This way you will keep working and excelling so you can build your stash more quickly. You can't depend on any skills training you may already have because you haven't ...
by Phineas
Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:19 pm
Forum: Work & Education
Topic: Choosing your life's calling
Replies: 22
Views: 6730

Choosing your life's calling

How do most of us get a job? We apply where our friends or relatives are already working, or we answer a mass cattle call. Such jobs are relatively easy to get, don't pay very well and aren't very satisfying.
Others read an article in some magazine, and then ask our equally clueless friends if this ...
by Phineas
Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:37 am
Forum: Housing and Transportation Questions
Topic: Getting out from under rent on limited $$$
Replies: 14
Views: 2994

<t>A mobile home has an axle, a trailer hitch and no foundation. By building a foundation and bolting the mobile home to it (and removing the trailer hitch) you now have real estate instead of a mobile home.<br/>
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With real estate you will now have property taxes, but this may be the way to ...