"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 26 Mar 2019 16:09:59 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>>> On 3/26/2019 9:40 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> On 2019-03-26 1:42 a.m., Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> On 2019-03-25 11:02 p.m., Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>>>>>>> I think it's cute that after 2 years you still refer to him as
>>>>>>>> "your
>>>>>>>> gardener" when that's the least of what he is. But if it makes you
>>>>>>>> feel all high society, then knock yourself out.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is true that he's also my handyman and a friend. But he is the
>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>> that takes care of my gardening and that is what I first hired him
>>>>>>> for. So I refer to him as such. I am certainly not high society. I
>>>>>>> am
>>>>>>> currently working on my taxes. Can't file yet as I'm waiting on some
>>>>>>> paperwork but I do know my total income for the year and that total
>>>>>>> puts me below the poverty level for this area. Poverty level being
>>>>>>> $72,000.00 per year
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm calling bullshit on that one. The poverty threhold for Washington
>>>>>> is $24,339 for a family of four. The median household income is
>>>>>> 86,167.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll get you a link.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.king5.com/article/news/l.../281-434107397
>>>>>
>>>>> And another:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://q13fox.com/2017/04/26/72000-...homish-county/
>>>>>
>>>>> So... Low income. Is that the same as poverty? Don't know.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> NO. It is not the same as poverty.
>>>
>>> Poverty is definitely not $72,000 a year. Poverty is worrying
>>> constantly
>>> about paying for a roof over your head, food, a way to cook it. It
>>> definitely doesn't involve having hired help. LOL
>>
>>Who here has hired help?
>
> Do you not have a gardener?
Yes. I do. But he's not hired help. Unless you count the part about how I
help him and he helps me. I did initially hire him to do some specific
things. But now he lives here. I cook for him. That in exchange for what he
does in the yard and around the house.