tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961482411019588300.post433768035319291313..comments2023-06-16T04:05:22.534-04:00Comments on A Climax of Hope: #4: Bald ChefsShoshana! Me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02915894396663264926noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961482411019588300.post-68925515586444479212010-04-17T12:53:34.856-04:002010-04-17T12:53:34.856-04:00the statistical middle class — the middle 20 perce...the statistical middle class — the middle 20 percent of households, as ranked by income — underlines this point. Households in this group made $35,400 to $52,100 in 2006, the last year for which the Congressional Budget Office has released data. That would describe a household with one full-time worker earning about $17 to $25 an hour. Such hourly pay is typical for firefighters, preschool teachers, computer support specialists, farmers, members of the clergy, mail carriers, secretaries and truck drivers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. -NYTimes 4/13/10 "Economic Scene"Debby Seidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15030652232091030902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961482411019588300.post-25076651231030029492010-04-17T12:38:31.907-04:002010-04-17T12:38:31.907-04:00One person with a paid-off house and two full civi...One person with a paid-off house and two full civil service pensions.<br /><br />Where to go? Hmm, I have been thinking about that because of my heel. It is getting better again. So, if it is fine, then we can walk around your neighborhood and other interesting places. Otherwise, we can spend an hour at a museum and 3 hours in a park or cafe. <br />Moses' house. A show. Or two.<br /><br />Millie? Doris?Debby Seidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15030652232091030902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961482411019588300.post-45995398330133105772010-04-17T01:07:44.677-04:002010-04-17T01:07:44.677-04:00I am not upper middle class. I live on civil serv...I am not upper middle class. I live on civil service pensions. I just do not spend money on fur coats or fancy cars or jewelry or hair dressers or big houses.Ethelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967618741419103397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961482411019588300.post-65216136646217542752010-04-17T00:45:35.153-04:002010-04-17T00:45:35.153-04:00I absolutely agree with you about restaurant desse...I absolutely agree with you about restaurant desserts. It's rare that they are anywhere near as good as what you or I or other family members can make. Somehow that doesn't stop me from eating them.Ruthynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961482411019588300.post-7076503629275095722010-04-16T21:30:08.479-04:002010-04-16T21:30:08.479-04:00so far the only place i've planned is chocolat...so far the only place i've planned is chocolate by the bald man, where you should go, but we don't have to get dessert, which will take off ten bucks a person.<br />but my roommates and i will brainstorm good restaurants!<br />what else do you want to do when you are here?Shoshana! Me!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02915894396663264926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961482411019588300.post-76950312384865780992010-04-16T21:14:54.591-04:002010-04-16T21:14:54.591-04:00yeah, $30 is a little pricey but not if you includ...yeah, $30 is a little pricey but not if you include alcoholic beverages. your grandmother is upper middle class, actually.<br />are you planning where to go when your family members visit?Debby Seidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15030652232091030902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961482411019588300.post-63402588831042148542010-04-16T19:35:41.175-04:002010-04-16T19:35:41.175-04:00Well, Sho, by me $30.00 is a pricey dinner. My fa...Well, Sho, by me $30.00 is a pricey dinner. My fancy lunches run more to $10 to 15. When I take Ruthy out for her birthday it is a little more than the 30 but not much more. I am middle class. I must say that that chocolate place looks marvelous and I would love to go there although I do not eat chocolate.Ethelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967618741419103397noreply@blogger.com