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tell you what...
can you try to see it from my perspective here?

lets see:
I get $572 a month in disability.
from that, I remove $300.00 in rent leaving me with $272.00
ok, now I have to pay out my internet costs ($55.00). that leaves me with 
$217.00.
ok, now from this amount, I remove the costs I have for food (roughly $150.00 
a month for good food, not that junk stuff). so far, I have about $67.00 
left. I remove $20.00 from that for my health insurance (you can thank 
medicare for not allowing an increase, which means I am now saddled with that 
amount I didn't have to pay before). this leaves me with $47.00 each month. 
how am I supposed to pay even the lowest base membership with mandrake on 
this?

you know what that $47.00 is for me? thats either some new clothes, new 
shoes, transportation expenses (it costs to ride the bus or take 
dial-a-ride). after everything gets said and done, I'm lucky I even have 
enough left by the end of the month to even enjoy a movie (not that often).

pile on all of this the fact that I have been trying to find work for more 
than 3 years in the IT sector and have had no luck, period. So, pardon if I 
sound a bit frustrated. 

in any case, I am one of the "lower class" people you hear about. can't get 
work, can't get off disability and can't even afford to live (but I still 
try).

Technomage

On Thursday 30 January 2003 10:13 pm, you wrote:
> If they allowed joining for a month or three, you could download those
> commercial apps they've shelled out the fees for and they'd take a loss on
> it.  A year's silver membership covers the majority of the commercial apps
> you're likely to download.  StarOffice alone eats up over $70 of the $120,
> leaving them with less than a standard member's dues for the year ($60). 
> I'm sure they get some high volume deal from Sun, but it still eats into
> the $120 you pay for silver.
>
> On Wednesday 29 January 2003 05:44 pm, technomage wrote:
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> > tat isn't my point..
> >
> > I'd like to have an "affordable" solution to getting apps that aren't
> > included on the standard downloads edition. I wouldn't mind paying out
> > $20 or $30 for a short term subscription (like 2 or 3 months) but to have
> > to pay for a year at $200+?
> >
> > if they made it a bit less price intensive, or offered short subscription
> > terms, they wouldn't be having such a problem with their club as it is..
> >
> > Technomage
> >
> > On Wednesday 29 January 2003 05:26 pm, you wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 29 January 2003 05:12 pm, technomage wrote:
> > > > I don't have a problem with their club per se. its the prices they
> > > > charge for it that I have a concern with... I don't have that kind of
> > > > cash to be paying out at once for a year subscription!
> > >
> > > Then don't. Nobody forces you to join their club.
> > >
> > > I do have the cash, so I don't have a problem with it.
> >
> > - --
> > I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or
> > numbered!
> > My life is my own - No. 6
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I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or 
numbered!
My life is my own - No. 6
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