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Been a long few weeks. I finished wiring all the surrounds and mounting them to the ceiling. Also installed the couch onto the floating platform with two butt-kickers . I really think I only needed one, just I only have them turned up to a 1/4 volume. Any higher and its just obnoxious...lol. However I did run into the problem with the TV which has prevented me from finishing. The dam thing buzzes so loud on bright color scenes. Now I know all plasmas buzz, but I should not be able to here if from the next room over with the volume at a moderate level. So called Panasonic and they picked up the TV this past Friday. They are sending me a new one and gave me a 42" loner in the meantime. Hopefully I get it by next week and its quiet! Oh and while it is off the wall I plan on lowering it down to the top of the mantle and putting the center speaker above the TV . Than I can finally be done!! Well with the living room anyway...lol.
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I just found this thread and it is cool to watch your project develop. I started to wonder, how can he buy all this cool stuff on a teacher's salary? Then it struck me that if I didn't have a wife and two kids, I could afford twice as many toys on half the salary . I thought buttkickers were for people with inadequate subs. It seems like you just got them to rub it in! Looks great!
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I started to wonder, how can he buy all this cool stuff on a teacher's salary? Do Teachers in the States not make much? There's always jokes about Teachers salaries but up in Canada Teachers do pretty well, I think. Here's a shot from an Ontario school board... Link
High Gloss Cherry M60 VP150 QS8 Open for Auditions but please don't drool on the High Gloss
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I think starting salary for teachers down here is probably around 35K. They might get up to 50K, maybe, but that's completely a guess. So no, they don't do all that well.
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It depends on the school district and more on the state. My wife's sister and husband are both teachers in southern California, both have 10+ years in the classroom and both have masters degrees. Both make $85k+. 12 years ago when we lived in SoCal my wife made $50k as a teacher. Here in LA, when my wife was teaching in the public system, with a masters and 10+ years, she made $42k. Mississippi is about $38k for that background. But the flip side is that our house is 1/4 or less the cost of a similar home in SoCal.
I guess it's all relative.
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I'd like to make more money. Tell me how.
I did hear on the radio that this part of Washington has the lowest cost of living in all of Washington, so at least we have that going for us.
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Hahah, I do alright as a teacher. If you really want to know this year I am doing 78k, but I teach an extra period this year also and we get a stipend of 12k for it. However, I have been a teacher since I was 22 and I lived at home till I was 30 and did not have a single bill besides my cell phone. That's really the reason I was able to buy a house and blow so much money. Having no kids and being single also helps .
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Clearly things are a little better than I thought. Still, given what you have to put up with...
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Clearly things are a little better than I thought. Still, given what you have to put up with... Yah I do want to pull my hair out sometimes at work, 150 teenagers can take it's toll on you...lol.
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If they're really good, it only takes two, er, or so I've heard.
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