on 12/11/02 8:06 PM, J.C.Wren at jcwren_at_jcwren.com wrote:
> Most likely because of end-of-year budgetting. By laying people before the
> first of the calendar year, they can write off the benefits packages, if I
> understand this correctly.
>
> Of course, my idea of high finance is actually getting my checkbook to
> balance once a year.
There's a great line in an episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show where Rhoda
says, speaking of her checkbook: "I have to go over the figures again.
There's something wrong - It balanced." The actual line was better, I can't
remember it exactly. It's been a few years.
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Owen Robertson
Received on Wed Dec 11 2002 - 20:25:00 GMT