I received my Census Form yesterday. It's already completed and returned in the mail.
My JDPNYY Annual Prediction Contest entry is submitted (although I reserve the right to make chages until the deadline).
http://forums.nyyfans.com/showthread.php?t=122506
MY NYYFans brackets are filled out.I believe I've done my civic duty. How are YOU doing?ESPN.com.
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"But what people tend to forget...is that being a Yankee is as much about character as it is about performance; as much about who you are as what you do."
- President Barack Obama
Sent my census form out this morning. I was a little bamboozled that they sent out a letter last week to remind us to fill out the form. I'm not normally one to complain about that kind of thing, but it seemed a little wasteful.
I had to laugh at the spaces for 12 people living in my house.And I let the bf inspect the form before I sent it out...he doesn't really like to have his name on anything but he deemed it OK.
I've never done the JDP contest but will check it out shortly.
Anddddd.....I have completed one bracket so far but usually do four--not sure if this will be the one I use in the NYYFans contest yet.
1- haven't received my census form yet. (although I haven't gotten my mail in a couple days so it's probably there. )
2 - is that a march madness bracket? is there money involved?
3 - I did the JDP contest for the first time last year..it was fun - I think I finished in the top 15 or 20...andI would have finished higher if Robertson had made the team out of camp (which he should have)..yes, I'm still bitter - I'm very competetive.
I will fill my JDP one out soon...
I sent out my completed census form today. I tried a couple of times to finish the JDP Predictions contest, but shut the wrong window both times . . . losing my results.
I will work on the contest later this evening. Hopefully, I don't make the same mistake a third time.
Census - check.
NYYFans Prediction Contest - check.
March Madness, 6 brackets - check.
Fantasy Baseball Draft One - check.
Fantasy Baseball Draft Two - pending.
Not bad. Not bad at all.
I just said that to myself this morning. I actually hadn't even opened the 'reminder' until this morning - I thought it was the census form. Very wasteful. (we need a tsk tsk smiley)Originally Posted by xenadanielle
I have not received my real census form yet.
I did do 2 March Madness brackets (one here and one at work).
And I entered the JDPNYY contest this morning.
Dawn
I live in my own little private world.
She sits there so refined and drinks herself half blind
- Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I got the letter telling me I would be getting a letter that would let me know that I would be getting a Census. Then I got the letter telling me that the Census was on it's way. Yet still no Census.
I'll complete the Census within the allotted time frame.
I completed my NCAA Basketball bracket.
I made up the NYYFans.com 2010 Prediction Contest and I submitted a contest entry.
I called in my Unemployment Claim as directed by the Agency.
I have Fantasy Baseball drafts pending.
If I had 3 wishes... One of my wishes would be to make a select few of you Pirates Fans.
I'm oh for everything mentioned. Good intentions with respect to a few, though.
Census in the garbage, prediction contest done, NCAA don't care about. I'm a bad American.
Javy Vazquez's 2010 non-Cy Young season: 4-10, 7.15 ERA, 140 Ks, 170 IP.
The census form is sitting on the desk. I suppose I'll get around to filling it out eventually but I'm not in any hurry.
JDP's contest - entry submitted.
college basketball bracket - no interest
fantasy sports - I have less interest in those than I have in filling out a college basketball bracket, if that can be possible.
edit: census form completed and ready for the outgoing mail. That took all of about 5 minutes.
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Those who can — do. Those who can’t — criticize.
I filled out and mailed census form and attached some questions in Spanish.
I bought Corona, Tecate, and tequila for Cinco de Mayo.
I found my new pair of Vans (won't discuss where
Sticking to my New Year's resolutions about eating healthy.
I have done my civic duty!
And suddenly I become a part of your past
I'm becoming the part that don't last
I'm losing you and its effortless
$5,000 if they catch you.
Baseball is life;
the rest is just details.
I delivered an ess-load of them today to be sure. Filling mine out now.
Don't tease me, you know what I do for a living.
I'm doing my civic duty... I'm doing my tax return. Anyone wanna tell me if I can claim civil service exam fees as a job-related expense, since if I didn't take it, I would probably lose my job?
~*~ Bleeding Maize and Blue since 2001 ~*~
While the letter may seem wasteful, it is a form of advertising to raise awareness and remind everyone. It costs much more later to send people out to your door and in some cases multiple times.
Mo on repeating in 2010:
“The question is, do we want to do it? The question is, are we still hungry enough to do it?”
Rents are including me in their census while I'm at school.
New York Yankees
Volume XXVIII
MICHAEL
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They've actually been able to show that sending such a reminder saves money, since it cuts down on the number of people they need to send out in person to follow-up with people who didn't fill out the census.
Not wasteful at all actually.
One finger extended.
I didn't do ................ all week, that's the American way.
The loser now will be later to win...
OK. Let me regroup here.
I was using the requirement to complete a census form as a means of encouraging completion of JDPNYY Prediction Contest entries and Madness Brackets.
Somehow, the conversation has devolved into a discussion of the census. Good grief, people, it's the census. It's pretty dull.
Go put in your entry in the JDPNYY contest and/or the brackets. Much less dull.
"But what people tend to forget...is that being a Yankee is as much about character as it is about performance; as much about who you are as what you do."
- President Barack Obama
Did the census. Was tempted to say I live away from the house because I have a secret second family or something, but didn't.
I may try the Prediction Contest - I started it last year and gave up halfway through.
Brackets...ooooooooooops, missed the boat!
Well, I did one good thing this week anyway.
To be sane is more dramatic than to be mad - GK Chesterton, Orthodoxy
They're still open until the games start on Thursday. It's not too late!
And, by all means give JDPNYY's contest a try.
"But what people tend to forget...is that being a Yankee is as much about character as it is about performance; as much about who you are as what you do."
- President Barack Obama
I was tempted to leave race blank but I can really live without a visit from a census employee.Did the census. Was tempted to say I live away from the house because I have a secret second family or something, but didn't.
I may try the Prediction Contest - I started it last year and gave up halfway through.
Brackets...ooooooooooops, missed the boat!
Well, I did one good thing this week anyway.
Those who can — do. Those who can’t — criticize.
I put 5K. It was a white lie. I couldn't run a 5K at this point. I could run a little, then walk some holding my side. I might be able to run a little again near the end.
If I had 3 wishes... One of my wishes would be to make a select few of you Pirates Fans.
I'm not saying this b/c I saw him in a play last night but there is HILARIOUS SNL skit featuring Christopher Walken talking to a census taker. I wish I had access to video here...
The census form took me maybe two minutes to fill out. Maybe less.
I mailed it today, along with my jury questionnaire, so I've really done my civic duty.
I haven't done the contest yet, and I've never entered an NCAA pool in my life.
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.- Barry Manilow
Thank God I didn't take the job as Census Bureau Manager in the Hartford area. Everyday they have some sort of news on how they can't get employees to stay there, or even show up.
I started my form but haven't finished it yet. I have to do it for 5 people so it's not a 1 minute thing.
Merry f'ing Christmas
They will come to your house if you do not fill out the census form and return it to them.
"We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend." Barack Obama
I got stumped on question 2.
I am sure that is just a threat. They don't really enforce it.
"We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend." Barack Obama
I did Census work n 1990 and I found that some do that kind of thing for the company, in addition to the many who are simply forgetful, procrastinators, illiterate, or something. Kinda pitiful in some cases.
It's a shame that JDPNYY won't come by your house if you don't enter the prediction contest. That'd be cool.
"But what people tend to forget...is that being a Yankee is as much about character as it is about performance; as much about who you are as what you do."
- President Barack Obama
He doesn't? So I wasted a couple weeks in hiding last year after forgetting the deadline?
I would welcome him more than the census taker.
"We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend." Barack Obama
OK, it's a 5 minute thing
She sits there so refined and drinks herself half blind
- Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Yeah, I know.....it's in the pile of "forms that need to be completed." I'm not jokingOK, it's a 5 minute thing
Merry f'ing Christmas
Oh yeah, I have been on telephone standby for jury duty all week. I'll be calling momentarily to check on tomorrow.
To be sane is more dramatic than to be mad - GK Chesterton, Orthodoxy
What will she be doing, Margaret? I took the test, went to a few interviews, was hired and sworn in, finger printed, the whole bit, but I decided not to take the job...it was a management job. The 80% turn over for CB workers was part of the deal breaker for me.My sister, who was laid off a few months ago, landed a job at the Census Bureau.
I think it should be an interesting learning experience for her, since she's a Sociology major.
Merry f'ing Christmas
"I have dual citizenship, in the United States and Florida!"
http://www.hulu.com/watch/4165/satur...e-census-taker
Last census I did have to talk to a census taker b/c I forgot to send the form in...that time is sort of a blur. But it was pretty much like the SNL skit sans bobcat etc.
I wonder if she's going to do what my dad did last time..he had recently retired and was going knocking on people's doors..he had some interesting stories, that's for sure.My sister, who was laid off a few months ago, landed a job at the Census Bureau.
I think it should be an interesting learning experience for her, since she's a Sociology major.
After that he started doing deliveries for meals on wheels...he has even more stories from that gig..most of them heartwarming.
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