Hey! Who Changed my Avatar?

[lone-wolf]

great, now everytime I see PEI, I'll think of a feather

[coastal]

Does no one recognize PEI?

I thought it was a sharknado 7 avatar. What are PEI?

[Petamocto]

Permanent Employment Insurance.

[Gaidheal]

Permanent Employment Insurance.

awesome - what's fundamentally offensive in most places is an enshrined cultural issue in others. Only place I've lived in where it was was worse was Newfoundland and Labrador, where they called it a lottery.

It is astounding the hatred here for Harper based on EI reforms alone. You'd think it was a Charter Right to work 6 weeks a year and collect pogey. I near spit my beer out at poker one night when a guy said he made 300K+ in 6 weeks and had to "make do" the rest of the year on EI. Where I live it's easy to spot the 'poor fishermen' - they're the ones with the new trucks, new 4-wheelers, etc. As long as they claim they're used once for the business it's all good.

[lone-wolf]

Man, my father and friends are fishermen. I know poor fishermen and they're not driving new trucks.
We never had an atv, snowmobile, or fun toys growing up. My father was gone for what seemed like weeks a year fishing.
Many have no adapted to work in AB during the winter to make payments that aren't just for interest on their loans.

[Gaidheal]

They're easy to spot here. They're a running joke that I only repeat. At least one of them can be heard running by several times at day just by the exhaust note of his truck - his is the only one in this area comically lifted that doesn't have alberta plates.

[Petamocto]

I have no issue with fishermen or any seasonal worker, but what I take issue with is people who think that they are entitled to a year's pay even though they don't put in a year's work, because their profession doesn't allow it.

If you catch fish/lobster and you can only do that a few months per year, that's no different than me saying I'm a professional snow shoveler and I expect EI from April-November.

Find something else to do in the off season. If you farm in the summer, do snow removal in the off season.

I've lived in NB for several years and also witnessed the entitlement to EI, based on several generations of expectations. I share Gaidheal's astonishment when people attack the government for daring to suggest that EI isn't automatic, and the onus is on the person to keep trying.

"What do you mean work the rest of the year? My job is seasonal?" Wow.

[chuckbuster]

Okay, so, it appears that I still see LoneWolf's avatar on my iPad, which is what I was using when things got switched, but not on other devices...any ideas on how to fix the problem...?

[chuckbuster]

Ha! Problem solved! Rebooting didn't work, clearing all browsing data etc didn't work, but clearing everything and then rebooting did the trick.

[harbl_the_cat]

I'm seeing some flakiness on my ipad:

http://instagram.com/p/xcDfitnaAu/

[lone-wolf]

I've lived in NB for several years and also witnessed the entitlement to EI, based on several generations of expectations.

The government created and nurtured that dependance. I'm hoping that will be reversed.

[blacksmithden]

[chuckbuster]

Whoa! Now I have the anus of a male cow as my avatar. Wouldn't that replacement avatar be considered gay porn...?

[Canuck]

Ha! Problem solved! Rebooting didn't work, clearing all browsing data etc didn't work, but clearing everything and then rebooting did the trick.

Based on your results, I will never, ever reboot.

[blacksmithden]

Sorry...couldn't resist.

I wasn't even sure if our pay grade was high enough to change them. Apparently it is. LOL. It's changed back. Now to mess with Rottweilerboy.