>>>>>>So, I think you're reasons and arguments against WP7 are bogus. By this fall, it will have far superior quality, capability and user experience than android ever will...
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>>>>>John. Please sit down. Yes, this is an intervention. Please don't leave. You have a problem. You must stop drinking the Microsoft Kool-Aid. Android owns the mobile space. Even if your statement that WP7 will have far superior quality is true, hasn't history shown you that superiority of product has nothing to do with who wins. Android's lead is insurmountable. Stop drinking the Kool-Aid, it will kill you.
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>>>>Well said. MS has been giving John who knows how much assistance and that colors his remarks, without disclosure.
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>>>>iPhone what, though? ;-) Maybe Android will overtake it but the market leader now is clear.
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>>>Also, LOL. You are the definition of a fanboy, so get your stuff straight before casting stones.
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>>Fanboy != msinstream? Guilty as charged.
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>>Entirely off topic, I was thinking of you and Kevin yesterday, envying you having young children. I was driving home from O'Hare with a lump in my throat. Allie will be spending the summer in North Carolina selling books door to door. It sounds weird but she is going under the auspices of one of her friends, who made over $10,000 doing this last summer. Of the group of 30 only one made under $8000. So she is off for a week of sales training in Nashville and then the rest of the summer in NC. Just yesterday she was an infant. APPRECIATE EVERY MOMENT.
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>Ooohhh..... (removed company name here) There are a few companies that do that in NC (as well other states) and they are well-known for working the kids to death and terrible living conditions (and a few scary male leader/teenage girl working for him stories). Since Allie is going based on a friend's recommendation, it should be better. They also get $ for bringing kids in too. CHECK IT OUT. Just a recommendation from reading the news stories, having them knock on my door, and reading about the investigations....10,000.00 sounds like a lot, but when you are running at top speed door to door 7 days a week, 14-16 hour days for 90 days, it works out to around 111/day at 6.94/hr and they often sleep in vehicles or really cheap motels 10 kids to a room (no expenses hence more money in the pocket at end of summer) Lots of horror stories, so just get some facts if you care about your daughter.
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>Being a NYTimes fan, you should have seen this (PLEASE READ IT):
>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/us/21magcrew.html?ex=1329714000&en=be91678aaac7038d&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
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>Based on the stories in the news every summer, it hasn't gotten any better....

I will read the article. Thanks for the link.

Allie's friend Julia, who she has known since they played soccer together at age 8, did get a bonus for bringing in Allie and one other person. Allie will be partly under Julia's supervision and partly under Julia's boss, who is 25 (male) and seems all right. They all stay with local families, one or two per home. Julia was down there last weekend trying to find a place for them to stay. They had one lined up but the husband had a heart attack so that's off. They take the safety of the workers, especially women, very seriously. If there is only a man at home they are not supposed to go inside but make an appointment to come back when the wife is home. Obviously that is a situation where the numbers would eventually catch up with someone.

Allie was told that the realistic work expectation if you want to be successful is about 80 hours a week, ~7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. They don't work Sundays but it sounds like there are a lot of group activities (water parks etc.) It's going to be a shock to her system working so much but I don't think it will do her any harm, and it will be nice for her not to be perpetually broke. Just the thought of her not having her iPhone while working is pretty amazing. It will be strange not having much contact with her but we don't talk or see each other a lot during the school year, either. She is basically an adult now.