• covid/

    From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to Tiny on Tue Apr 14 01:07:00 2020
    Hello Tiny!

    ** 12.04.20 - 07:36, Tiny wrote to Ogg:

    Sorry. I assumed you were an independent driver/business. CERB is

    I am.

    Oh.. But if you are working for the taxi company, then you are an
    employee. In that case, you *have* to wait for the company to let you go?


    on July 4. So, if you are earning more than the monthly handout, you
    are ahead. Just don't get sick!

    I'm earning waaaaay less.

    Shit. The meagre $500/wk is already below "minimum wage". And, the CRA adds insult to injury by stipulating that it is taxable!

    But the CERB is only for 16 weeks total. Maybe get it when the last 4-
    month block arrives.


    Note, one of the conditions of CERB is "You have stopped or WILL STOP
    working due to reasons related to COVID-19"

    This is why I don't qualify. As of now I have not stopped I'm just on
    waaaaaaaay less hours.

    The way I read it is technically one could register NOW, and then stop in
    a few days, because it say "or, WILL STOP", future tense.


    So I'm waiting to see about the new program
    announced the other day where they will top up your income to previous
    levels.

    Yes.. the new vapour-ware program at this time, might be something your employer could utilize to keep you on. But I read that it will still be based on a %'age of your current wage. So, it could even be less? I don't think the CRA is going to hand out anything over and above.

    In my case, The option to take out a $40K interest-free LOAN is an insult.

    The gov't has created this economic homicide. They should be more
    accountable and responsible.


    The town told the owner of the brokerage I work for, "If you close,
    we're taking your license." So we're still running and I'm sure the
    boss is losing money at a fevered pitch.

    That seems totally unfair by the Town. I don't think I've seen our town taxis in business.

    Do your cars have the plexi-glass dividers between the front and back
    seats? The taxis hear in town are only vans. No dividers.


    apparently) ..before allowing access. A simple cough could get
    someone booted out. If that was me, I would be expected to starve?

    Yes. Even if the cough is from something else. I've had a dry cough
    for years caused from a side effect to a BP med.

    And.. this the beginning of allergy season.


    Good luck! You can always cover up a mistake with a hat! :)

    Totally! ;)

    In one of my early sessions, I felt that I was done and it looked pretty good. A few minutes later, I came back to "touch up" here and there. But that's when I forgot that I took off the length "guide" when I need to do
    my sideburns. I ended up cutting a clipper-wide swath just above the
    ears. It looked pretty obvious since the cut was very close to the scalp.

    I started to were my cap strategically dipped to one side to cover it up.

    Whoa.. the hydro power *just* went out here (Mon 13, 9p) We've been
    having fairly gusty winds here all day. It seems to have picked this
    evening. Running on laptop battery power. Gotta send this off and call
    it a night.


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  • From Tiny@21:1/130 to Ogg on Tue Apr 14 15:25:44 2020
    Quoting Ogg to Tiny <=-

    Oh.. But if you are working for the taxi company, then you are an employee. In that case, you *have* to wait for the company to let you
    go?

    Taxi drivers are the one exception to the normal CRA rules on what is
    self employeed. Seriously first page. LOL However, with Andrea still
    working part time we should be okay.

    Shit. The meagre $500/wk is already below "minimum wage". And, the
    CRA adds insult to injury by stipulating that it is taxable!

    Won't affect me anyway, everything I earn is taxable. So it's the
    same as if I worked.

    But the CERB is only for 16 weeks total. Maybe get it when the last 4- month block arrives.

    If I'm ever not scheduled for 14 days (schedule done a month in
    advance) I qualify for at least one payment.

    The way I read it is technically one could register NOW, and then stop
    in a few days, because it say "or, WILL STOP", future tense.

    See above.

    In my case, The option to take out a $40K interest-free LOAN is an
    insult.

    So true.

    The gov't has created this economic homicide. They should be more accountable and responsible.

    We'll never be able to claw out of this. I figure when this is all
    over they will tax us like 85% of earnings. Of course they are also
    going to get rid of cash which will kill the side gigs people use to
    live on.

    Do your cars have the plexi-glass dividers between the front and back seats? The taxis hear in town are only vans. No dividers.

    Nope. Hell we still have cars on the road. Normally I drive a car,
    but when this started I switched to a van so people are further away.
    Sunday I had to park my van get a car to drive a senior who couldn't
    get in the van and wouldn't stay home.

    In one of my early sessions, I felt that I was done and it looked
    pretty good. A few minutes later, I came back to "touch up" here and there. But that's when I forgot that I took off the length "guide" when
    I need to do my sideburns. I ended up cutting a clipper-wide swath
    just above the ears. It looked pretty obvious since the cut was very close to the scalp.

    Before the virus I was working towards being a barber, so I spent a
    month or more just hanging out and watching with my barber. He's
    going to take me on as an apprentice as soon as I complete the last
    few credits I need to register. (When I was younger, one only needed
    a grade 10 to go to college as you could upgrade there - so I have a
    college education, but no highschool diploma and as such I can't
    register to be an apprentise) Just need to finish one course online,
    and if the schools ever open write a math and a science exam and I'm
    done.

    Shawn

    ... An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last.

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