(02-08-2016, 06:50 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: I didn't go to the Metallica show, Gunnar. Probably would have been fun though.

My industry is now regulated/licensed by the state, so I've been knee-deep in forms, applications, process docs, and fucking fees for the last two weeks. Most of it has to be completed and verified by the department of social services by end of February, including the huge license fee, which hurts my small business very deeply.

Here's my song...

She said fuck. It must be making her crazed.

(02-08-2016, 10:34 PM)BigMark Wrote: I saw metallica open for Black Sabbath at the forum, it was pretty good but the long guitar solos were too much as I just wanted to see OZZIE!

(02-09-2016, 01:35 PM)Blindgreed1 Wrote: Welcome to my world. Only, in my world, the regulation is on a federal level. Focus on the documentation part of your job moving forward. It's 50% of your job now.

(02-09-2016, 01:38 PM)Duchess Wrote: She said fuck. It must be making her crazed.

(02-09-2016, 02:47 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:

(02-09-2016, 01:35 PM)Blindgreed1 Wrote: Welcome to my world. Only, in my world, the regulation is on a federal level. Focus on the documentation part of your job moving forward. It's 50% of your job now.

Yeah, it's kind of a bitch. Documentation, old school hard-copy type even, has always been a requirement in my industry though. And, I already run my business ethically and according to high standards. What's happening now is that I have to get employees registered with the state ($$$ and time), provide the state with a bunch of reports and business/operations docs (time and opportunity cost), and pay the state $6,000 ($$$) to be licensed to do what I already do, the same way that I already do it. Add that to the quarterly payroll tax and it's killing me.

It's one of those cases of everybody paying for the bad actions of a few. Some asshole organizations and individuals in the senior care industry cut corners and take advantage of their clients/patients. So, the vast majority of us who do not are now being regulated in attempt to better protect seniors from the bad guys/gals, in the process driving up our costs and thus the price to our largely fixed-income senior clients.

I lobbied a lot against it in Sacramento several years ago. Many of us reputable owners, our clients, and our employees flooded our congresspersons with letters and phone calls. All of which did result in the bill being denied twice and staved off for four years. But, the bill was passed in 2014 and now the regulation is reality.

Anyway, I'm doing what's required and hope I can stay in business. If not, I'll do something else --roll with the changes.

(02-09-2016, 01:38 PM)Duchess Wrote: She said fuck. It must be making her crazed.

You would not believe the amount of paperwork and fees. I'm cross-eyed, sneezing, and definitely a little crazed.

(02-15-2016, 11:58 AM)Blindgreed1 Wrote: Lita Ford is releasing a memoir next month. That should be... Interesting.

(02-09-2016, 01:41 PM)Blindgreed1 Wrote:

(02-08-2016, 10:34 PM)BigMark Wrote: I saw metallica open for Black Sabbath at the forum, it was pretty good but the long guitar solos were too much as I just wanted to see OZZIE!

Are you sure it wasn't Metallica's Master of Puppets tour (1986) where they opened for Ozzy on his Ultimate Sin tour? I don't believe Black Sabbath and Metallica ever toured together. In fact I'm certain of it.

(03-23-2016, 06:42 PM)Maggot Wrote: That might end up sounding like a Pterodactyl scratching a chalkboard.