Yup. I'm down. But when I'm in a contract I'm not ashamed to push the higher price for the next guy. Sent just such an email this evening. I've had people push my price down to about half of what it once was. I have every intention of getting it brought back up as soon as I can. _____________________________ What if life IS fair. And everyone is getting what they deserve.

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She gets 300K and complains the police seem to be able to get away with hurting people? My current favourite word is: Nipple! -SK Genius

He is my lead developer on the project I am working on. Success is the happy feeling you get between the time you do something and the time you tell a woman what you did. --Dibert My left name is Tremendous Savings, Ms. America – Señor Cardgage

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I would rather get my handy dandy hands on K8 MOSS than working with such desk stuff... _____________________________________ Action without thought is not action Action without emotion is not life

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