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That being said, and my recent decline in credit performance, would it be wise to explain before any active background checks are performed to explain the situation and why we are in it before they search?

We thought about our credit history as well, we have suffered in the past few years. My wife became a stay at home mom when our first child was born, in 2000. We went 2 salaries down to one. Then I was layed off in 2003 and again at the beginning of 2004. Here is what I found about credit history and job applications: "An employer is supposed to tell you if credit information is used against you. If an employer uses credit information to deny an applicant a job, fire a current employee, rescind a job offer or cancel a promotion, federal law requires the employer to do two things: Before the “adverse action” is actually taken, the employer is supposed to provide the worker with a copy of the report and an explanation of the worker’s FCRA rights. After the action is taken, the worker must be told which company provided the credit information, given contact information and told he or she has a right to dispute the report’s accuracy. Rather than go through all this, of course, many employers simply find a less complicated excuse to give you. Your ability to dispute the information may be of limited use, as well. If your employer’s decision was based on erroneous data in your credit report, for example, it could take you months to get the problem corrected -- by which time someone else will have been hired for the position you wanted." Again the offer was withdrawn and I'm not upset about that as I wasn't going to take it, but I need to worry about future application. I've contacted all my past employers and they all claim that they would be fair and give me a positive report. One aspect is that on the final interview, I was questioned by a systems integrator who was not an employee of the firm, he was just there to ask the techy questions. He mentioned one of my past employers and a specific individual. I think thats where the weak link may lie. If thats the case I owe this individual a slashed tire at the train station. And the good thing is that I don't think a situation like this will happen again, where a vendor would interview me.

I am looking at the past client/contact part of it. I am reaching out to so many people and calling in so many favors. Again, I wasn't going to take the position, but I am worried about my future. I can stay at this job for the foreseeable future, but its very boring, dead end work. But the pay and commute are good. Benefits are lacking. Thanks for all your inputs. AD: I know life is short, but its thorns in my side that make you stop and pull them out.

Long story, I'll try to keep it brief, Friday 2pm I was offered a job, think about it over the weekend and call us back. Monday morning, 10am HR director calls back and says that one of my references came back with "Not what we wanted to hear" and the offer was withdrawn So now I'm beside myself calling my references and none of my references received any calls regarding my employment history. The HR director also went on to say that it might not have been one of my references and they could have called any of my past employers. She said she did not have to tell me who it was. This has me going crazy, was it that they found someone else cheaper and used this as an excuse or who is the "bad mouthing" party. Could credit history play into a part, as my family and I have suffered for the past 4 years with a single source of income? What if any rights do I have? What do I do on the next job interview/application process. This previous one was for a lawfirm, it dept. Luckily I am still employed, just looking for bigger better. Thanks,

Jerry Lewis was on Letterman the other night and he is starting to look and sound very much like Buddy Hacket. RIP Johnny, Buddy and soon Jerry.

Ding Ding Ding....And give the young man a prize for being quick on his feet.

Yeah the husband looks like he is only ambition in life is to own a double wide in the park. Trashy! The little kid was cute, but where were her shoes? I have a problem with the entire audition process. First and foremost we all know here that randy, simon and paula do not screen all the 20k contestants. They get to look at a select few. From that we see that the producers let in the really bad singers for the gag. What gets me is that most of these "acts" bring family and friends down and they look truly shocked that they don't make it. I mean who gives these folks the idea that they are good? Don't they realize they are part of the joke element of the show?

This it turning out to be some eulogy for her

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/18/balcony.death.ap/index.html NORTH FORT MYERS, Florida (AP) -- A woman fell to her death while trying to do a handstand on the railing of a second-floor hotel balcony, sheriff's officials said. Molly Jerman, 23, of Cape Coral died Sunday. While attempting a handstand, she toppled over and dropped to the hotel patio, according to the Lee County sheriff's department. Just before she fell, she had called out to a friend, "Watch to see what I can still do," a police report said. Foul play is not believed to be involved, officials said.

The way I see their planning is that they are circling around the NYC area. Almost surronding it, I hope one day they push in and put A&P, Shoprite and Stop and Shop to shame!

I don't consider Stew's a real supermarket, you wouldn't buy cleaning supplies, or other non consumables there. Also the shop is setup like a one way street, you follow the flow from entrance to exit, there are some exit points along the way, but the first and only time we went we walked the entire place. Good Mozzarella.

I love Wegmans, I first experienced it back in 1985 when visiting a friend at RIT, they had touch screen computers that would help you locate where their products were. And the cleanliness was amazing. Growing up in Brooklyn we didn't have many "Supercenters" and the ones we had were very dirty. Our brand new Super Stop and Shop can't even compare to the Wegmans from 20 years ago! I have written a few times to the corp offices asking about opening some downstate.

DETROIT - The sign on the toilet brush says it best: "Do not use for personal hygiene." That admonition was the winner of an anti-lawsuit group's contest for the wackiest consumer warning label of the year. The sponsor, Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, says the goal is "to reveal how lawsuits, and concern about lawsuits, have created a need for common sense warnings on products." The $500 first prize went to Ed Gyetvai, of Oldcastle, Ontario, who submitted the toilet-brush label. A $250 second prize went to Matt Johnson, of Naperville, Ill., for a label on a children's scooter that said, "This product moves when used." A $100 third prize went to Ann Marie Taylor, of Camden, S.C., who submitted a warning from a digital thermometer that said, "Once used rectally, the thermometer should not be used orally." This year's contest coincides with a drive by President Bush (news - web sites) and congressional Republicans to put caps and other limits on jury awards in liability cases. "Warning labels are a sign of our lawsuit-plagued times," said group President Robert Dorigo Jones. "From the moment we raise our head in the morning off pillows that bear those famous Do Not Remove warnings, to when we drop back in bed at night, we are overwhelmed with warnings." The leader of a group that opposes the campaign to limit lawsuits admits that while some warning labels may seem stupid, even dumb warnings can do good. "There are many cases of warning labels saving lives," said Joanne Doroshow, executive director of the Center for Justice and Democracy in New York. "It's much better to be very cautious ... than to be afraid of being made fun of by a tort reform group." The Wacky Warning Label Contest is in its eighth year. ___

Yeah NYC looks so nice about a week after a good blizzard with all that black snow. We had 3 frozen inches of snow up here and it was heavy.

I never thought that Julia Roberts was anything special: http://www.amiannoying.com/(a0jja055aifxpg...iew.aspx?ID=797 Nice pix, heavy smoker and vegetarian.

You know what I like about you Stevetojan, is that your are ready to pounce on any subject. Kinda like Cliff Claven on Cheers.

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My current inlaws are Patsy fans, but most of them wouldn't know what special teams are. My future inlaws will all be Bills fan.... Go Bolts! oy....

I'll drive up for that night What time does the tailgate start

Yankees + RJ= ohh no.........

Watching cnn right now and Larry is off and some woman from court tv is filling in. She is so bad that we are laughing even though the Tsunami reports are so tragic. Gotta love these replacements.

I thought that Albany was Giants country, considering they hold their summer camp up there. Westchester is no better....thank god for Directv

This article is a little long, but it takes on the topic I started a few weeks ago. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...religiousnature MERRY CHRISTMAS

I love the power lines overhead......mmmm nothing fried brain cells....oh wait that just from the Al Cohol

Good pixs! Quality was fine. Question regarding the game, at some point towards the end of the game. TV coverage showed a group or rowdy bills fans chanting something. The audio didn't make its way over. Do you recall what was going on?