tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post6123785083633093130..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: RWNJ martyr-wanna-bes out of luckBadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-10104953408154064472010-03-21T04:25:54.869-07:002010-03-21T04:25:54.869-07:00Just to give you a slightly different view of the ...Just to give you a slightly different view of the census as an amateur genealogist, that 1850 census has a lot of info about your ancestors that you might not be able to get from family stories. If you get interested in finding out more about your great-greats, those census reports from way back then are a great resource for you. That's why genealogists want this latest census done correctly and completely so our great-great descendants can have some idea of who we are now. Of course, that's assuming we do have great-greats coming along in 100 years. (sigh) Who knows.IllanoyGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05460713691700156707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-63368260351347005702010-03-19T14:23:21.062-07:002010-03-19T14:23:21.062-07:00The same conservatives who just loved the Patriot ...The same conservatives who just loved the Patriot Act -- remember, if you even questioned it, you hated America and wanted the terrorists to win -- are now terrified of the Census.<br /><br />Go figure.Tom Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610417770240609022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-10781394660852971652010-03-19T10:59:23.442-07:002010-03-19T10:59:23.442-07:00In today's money, probably close to $20/hour, ...In today's money, probably close to $20/hour, when you add in the per-mile reimbursement and the fact I was in a rural county (one that I taught in, actually -- Census *loves* hiring schoolteachers to do this in the summer, because schoolteachers know the kids and when the kids tell Mommy, "hey, it's Mr. Tux from the school!" it's a real ice-breaker). I was the second tier up, the folks who go in behind the first-line folks and do quality control (i.e. make sure they're not just making shit up just to fill in forms) and handle cases that the first-line folks couldn't handle, so I got paid a couple bucks an hour more than the bottom-tier folks. It was a nice summer job, definitely helped on a teacher's salary. And the fact that I was related to half the folks in the county and had an immediate answer to the suspicious question "who's your folks" in this inbred hillbilly place definitely helped too. That's why Census hires people from the community, rather than sending people in from outside... it gets them better and more accurate information that way.<br /><br />- Badtux the Former Census PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-39485473235479745692010-03-19T10:53:14.717-07:002010-03-19T10:53:14.717-07:00I suppose you got $20/hour for doin' it, too.
...I suppose you got $20/hour for doin' it, too.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />jXb the cut-rate trombonistJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.com