Old People Are About To Get Older

blubeard11: hey neighbor
Wendy York: hey...do you live in my building?
blubeard11: I don't know
blubeard11: all I know is you live in greeley with me
blubeard11: where do you live in town?
Wendy York: near the university
blubeard11: im near the mall, U?
blubeard11: well u in college ?
Wendy York: no
blubeard11: your profile says your not looking ?? why not?
blubeard11: you get to meet all sorts of neat guys online
Wendy York: oh i know.
blubeard11: I just turned 47 don't know what im looking for
Wendy York: that's why i'm not looking
blubeard11: im off college for the summer, just kicking back with some beers and swimming in the pool
Wendy York: you're in college?
blubeard11: yes
blubeard11: I have 8 more classes and I graduate
Wendy York: congratulations
blubeard11: for an associates degree and a few computer certificates
Wendy York: and what will you be doing after college, young man?
blubeard11: then its more classes at aims, then last year online at a 4 year college
Wendy York: and then?
Wendy York: what then?
blubeard11: well should get a good job in IT
Wendy York: should?
blubeard11: well the market should be better by then
Wendy York: you've got to have a plan in this high paced world
Wendy York: the market?
Wendy York: what's that got to do with it?
blubeard11: well running a server / servers is a good paying job
Wendy York: yes but it's competitive
blubeard11: the job market
Wendy York: it's going to get more competitive
blubeard11: yes and I have a better chance getting into a job with a ba than an assoc.
Wendy York: you've got all these whippersnappers to contend with too
blubeard11: well I hope to get some experence as im going to college
Wendy York: yes but ...i hate to say it. companies are ageist
blubeard11: companies are aganst what
Wendy York: ageist
Wendy York: they are ageist
Wendy York: always have been
blubeard11: well older people are more apt to stay with a company instead of looking for a better one
blubeard11: like the younger crowd does
blubeard11: so what do you do for a living
blubeard11: ???????
Wendy York: true. and i'm not trying to discourage you but they will have to pay you a 401k a lot sooner than freshy fresh spring chicken over there.
Wendy York: i am a visual artist and a writer
blubeard11: that's an interesting job
Wendy York: you have NO idea
blubeard11: nope, ive worked for binderies and mailing houses, not for the printers
Wendy York: i don't work for printers
blubeard11: ok
Wendy York: well kind of
Wendy York: i am a slave to my photo printers
Wendy York: i have experience in binding too
Wendy York: it's kind of a bitch
blubeard11: binderies don't pay that much unless you run the machines
Wendy York: oh i worked for a large corporation that merged with a shipping company
blubeard11: cool
Wendy York: then one day i was trying to manually bind something with a wooden cover and it was the last straw
blubeard11: ive mostly worked for mom and pop shops
Wendy York: and i walked out
Wendy York: so why the career change?
blubeard11: ive always been good with computers
Wendy York: why didn't you become a massage therapist?
Wendy York: i hear that's a big field
blubeard11: don't have the wrists for it
Wendy York: but you have to have wrists for computer work.....?
Wendy York: you're going to get carpal tunnel syndrome
Wendy York: and you won't be able to hold your beers
blubeard11: well hopfully I wont have to do much typing
Wendy York: um.
Wendy York: so do you magically meld things?
Wendy York: are you uri geller?!!!
blubeard11: lol nope
Wendy York: right. he worked with spoons and was a fake anyway
blubeard11: ok
Wendy York: what if you took an online course in medical billing?
Wendy York: you could work from home
blubeard11: ive done medical billing before
Wendy York: why did you leave that?! i hear that's a cash cow!
Wendy York: you can work in your underpants!
blubeard11: it was for a mom and pop shop
blubeard11: they didn't have the machines
Wendy York: what machine?
blubeard11: to insert the bill into the envelope
Wendy York: that's just stupid
blubeard11: I know how to run those
Wendy York: it sounds like these mom and pop shops are screwing you over
Wendy York: they're holding you back
blubeard11: yes, they don't pay much
Wendy York: you could have all the cash
blubeard11: that's why im going for IT
Wendy York: no man.
Wendy York: you just need to start your own business with the medical billing
Wendy York: get the machine
Wendy York: work at 2 am if you want
blubeard11: that's an expensive machine
Wendy York: well then hire some kid to lick the envelopes
Wendy York: they're machines anyway
blubeard11: lol
Wendy York: what?
Wendy York: they are
Wendy York: they have unending energy
Wendy York: harness it
blubeard11: I get bills from doctors all the time, they farm it out to the mailing companys to insert the bill into the envelope
Wendy York: well you don't NEED the machine
Wendy York: see! i just saved you tons of money and you don't have to have a kid around
blubeard11: I don't know who needs medical billing, they all seem to have it covered
Wendy York: no! they don't! it's blowing up!
Wendy York: sick people are everywhere
Wendy York: people are sicker than ever before
blubeard11: ill look into medical billing
Wendy York: yeah. old people are about to get older
blubeard11: don't know of any hospital looking for help in that area
Wendy York: no. doctor's offices
blubeard11: I used to look up icd-9 codes for billing of the patient
Wendy York: iced tea 9?
blubeard11: hot pack, massage, etc ... has icd 9 codes
blubeard11: that's medical coding
Wendy York: see. you're already trained
Wendy York: you just need to find out how to find contracts.
blubeard11: well I don't have the icd-9 book to code from
Wendy York: you're just all over the place
Wendy York: you can buy them. they're 63.95.
Wendy York: you should do it
blubeard11: why don't you do it, if it is that great
Wendy York: because i'm an artist
blubeard11: then maybe we can go into business together
Wendy York: uh. i'm a loner. a rebel. you don't want to get mixed up with me.
blubeard11: even loners need company now and again
blubeard11: lol
Wendy York: no they don't. that's the definition of a loner.
Wendy York: i can order everything from the intraweb
Wendy York: the least amount of contact with the rest of the population the better
Wendy York: unless they happen to be a cowboy
Wendy York: a real one
Wendy York: i need to talk to one of those
Wendy York: but i digress
blubeard11: hummmm tight pointy shoes, tight pants, big belt buckle, ill pass, but im still a nice guy
Wendy York: do you ride the range?
Wendy York: on a horse?
Wendy York: do you lasso things?
blubeard11: no, I have rode a horse before
Wendy York: but is it your JOB?
blubeard11: nope
Wendy York: ok
blubeard11: you want you a rich cowboy
Wendy York: no.
Wendy York: it's for research purposes
Wendy York: cowboys don't tend to be rich
Wendy York: also they are loners
blubeard11: oh, sorry don't know of anyone that has that job title
Wendy York: it's cool
Wendy York: you just walk YOUR line and you will be alright
blubeard11: true
Wendy York: stay away from the mom and pop shops. they appear nice and quaint but they are just out to bamboozle you with their lack of envelope machines
Wendy York: who does that? how do they operate?
Wendy York: sickies
blubeard11: well they also teach you more than one maching to run making you more in demand for the company
blubeard11: that's the only good they have going for them
Wendy York: at the mom and pop shop? you're in demand at the "company?"
blubeard11: I cant stand 8 hours a day anymore. that's why I picked a sit down job, one with computers
Wendy York: do you have glasses?
blubeard11: no
Wendy York: prepare to get them
blubeard11: I only need glasses for fine print
Wendy York: nope. eye strain is in your future, mr.
Wendy York: it will start with squinting
blubeard11: pop a few asprin and good to go
blubeard11: lol
Wendy York: you can't fix eyes with aspirin
Wendy York: who told you that? mom and pop?
blubeard11: no. you get migraines from squining, that's what the asprin is for
Wendy York: yes and then after that you need glasses
Wendy York: that's what happened to me in the third grade
blubeard11: dang
blubeard11: are you a hottie even with glasses ?
Wendy York: i normally wear glasses
blubeard11: nothing wrong with that
Wendy York: no
Wendy York: i buy the sample glasses at dr's offices to wear over my contacts for accessories sometimes
Wendy York: sometimes i just wear contacts
blubeard11: that's cool
Wendy York: again. i digress
Wendy York: america's best is a good place to go
Wendy York: if you don't have eye insurance
Wendy York: just so you have things to think about if you're going to be staring at computers all day
Wendy York: it's inevitable
blubeard11: yep
Wendy York: okay.
Wendy York: to recap
Wendy York: what's the plan?
blubeard11: go to college for medical billing
Wendy York: i thought you already knew it?
blubeard11: find contacts who need medical billing
blubeard11: start own business
Wendy York: roll around in cash
blubeard11: ill check into it, I don't know how big of a need that there is, but ill check
Wendy York: there's a HUGE need
Wendy York: you're going to think "thank god i talked to that artist!"
blubeard11: ill check into it
blubeard11: I can do it part time while going to college
Wendy York: you need more of a "can do" attitude
Wendy York: there you go
Wendy York: now off into the world with a fresh face!
blubeard11: so why are you not doing it parttime
Wendy York: i don't have time to do it and i'm an artist
Wendy York: and a writer
Wendy York: no interest
Wendy York: remember?
blubeard11: no interest in making the big cash?
Wendy York: how do you know i'm NOT making the big cash?
Wendy York: you know what happens when we assume?
blubeard11: yes
Wendy York: consider that a lesson learned.
Wendy York: except you didn't make an ass out of me.