My apologies it's so long...

Ninety-Nine Weeks: A Fairy Tale
Posted on November 21st, 2011 by Ursula K. Le Guin
by Ursula K. Le Guin

Once upon a time there was a poor woodcutter who lived with his wife and their daughter and son in a cottage at the edge of a forest. He loved his trade, and worked hard at it. But most of the land belonged to rich ogres, who kept the forests for their own use. Firewood was so expensive that ordinary people had begun to heat their houses with coal. The woodcutter went from door to door offering timber or firewood, but again and again he was turned away. His wife was lame and could not walk far, though she worked hard and well, keeping the kitchen garden and the house. The daughter and son went to the village school. Young Janet looked after the mayor's wife's babies every afternoon when school was out, and young Bob earned a penny here and there doing odd jobs. That bit of money the children could bring home was all the family had now, and every penny had to go for rent to their ogre landlord. They had no new clothes or shoes, and ate only from their garden. Their life had grown hard, and winter was coming on.

“Maybe you could get a job at the coal mine, John,â€

You get 99 weeks in America? Holy crap!

In Canada you get 44.

Depends.
Wife got 15 months @ $479./week..
Edit: She got from mid-August 2009 to mid-February 2011

I beat her (if quoting 1995/96 counts).

17 weeks sick
42 weeks regular EI
52 weeks Self Employment Benefits

Total: 111 weeks @ approx $450/wk

i for sure am in the wrong job!

You're in the wrong country.

Chaos....

Come to Canada.... Come to Canada.... Come to Canada.... Come to Canada.... Come to Canada.... Come to Canada.... Come to Canada.... Come to Canada.... Come to Canada.... Come to Canada....

I figure it won't hurt to try it as a hypnotic meme. It just might work.... [img]/domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/smile.gif[/img]