On Sat, 16 Sep 2017 09:30:01 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

>jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On 9/15/2017 4:08 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> > On Friday, September 15, 2017 at 3:53:36 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>> >>On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:40:38 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Bruce wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I think that's wrong. If it was a full-time job, you should
>> > > > > have been able to live modestly of it at least. Full-time
>> > > > > means you give all your working hours. I think that should
>> > > > > mean you can live off it.
>> > > >
>> > > > If you are uneducated and unskilled and accept a minimum wage
>> > > > job, you can live fine but you have to adapt to the situation.
>> > > > Live with roommates to split monthly costs, etc.
>> > >
>> > > No, not roommates! A little 1 bedroom apartment in an affordable
>> > > part of town.
>> >
>> > Would that be an affordable part of Manhattan, or an
>> > affordable part of Peoria? I think "no roommates" is unrealistic
>> > in many urban areas.
>> >
>> > A studio apartment in Manhattan is $2500 per month, or $30,000 per
>> > year. As an example of a low-paying job, let say a dishwasher in
>> > a restaurant. What restaurant could afford to pay a dishwasher
>> > enough that, after taxes, he could pay that much rent plus all
>> > other living expenses?
>> >
>> > You are simply not being realistic.
>> >
>> > Cindy Hamilton
>> >
>> How can you expect a clueless person to be realistic?
>>
>> Jill
>
>LOL!

Don't encourage her, cshenkie.