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Conservatives thoughts on just being laid off. (I was)
Me ^ | 12/12/08 | Me

Posted on 12/12/2008 7:00:32 PM PST by MrPiper

Conservatives thoughts on just being laid off. (I was)

I was laid off this week.Two weeks before Christmas. Am I scared, No, I have no debt and a savings account.

I have been in my trade for 15 years and have excellent skills.

I took and passed my states contractors license a few months ago and passed. Yea me!

I have about 3 years of living expenses in the bank and no debt.

I'm taking a well deserved few months off before the next year and will start my own business come spring. I'll be hunting and fishing in my spare time. Who needs the damn government! Not this family.


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To: MrPiper

Good luck with everything, dude.


121 posted on 12/12/2008 10:56:47 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: MrPiper
Sounds like you have put together a properly ballasted and seaworthy ship that will withstand a category 5 financial hurricane!

Outstanding work!

122 posted on 12/12/2008 11:07:50 PM PST by Ken H
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To: wally_bert

A word of advice.....resist all efforts to get you to leave on your own. Hang in there until they RIF you. That’s what I did and the separation package that they had to give was enough to buy me six months. They will do everything they can to avoid having to pay that money.


123 posted on 12/13/2008 7:11:07 AM PST by wtc911 ("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
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To: wtc911
I have no intention of leaving until I am kicked to the curb by the queen and court of jesters.

Based on yesterday's meeting and regurgitation of some old complaints, almost word for word of a year ago, and not a word said since until now, I think someone doesn't want me to go peaceably.

One nightmare scenario I happened to think of today came to mind. About the time I started, an old PC tower went missing in some location. It was never found. Granted I would not steal, especially that junk, I would half expect to get reamed over that. I would contact a lawyer most likely and demand proof.

In the meantime, I am looking on-line and on the ground for places to go.

124 posted on 12/13/2008 12:17:29 PM PST by wally_bert (Tactical Is Still Missing A Chair! Star Wreck In The Pirkinning......)
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To: wally_bert
Don't use any company resources, not even e-mail, as part of your searching. Same thing with the phone.

If you've got a target on your back your spidey sense should tell you so. Listen to it, keep moving and stay in the shadows whenever possible. I've known guys to outlast the SOBs who tried to shove them out. Stay positive.

125 posted on 12/13/2008 12:38:31 PM PST by wtc911 ("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
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To: wtc911
Of course not, that is a given but friendly reminders can't hurt. One thing that probably annoys the PHB's in terms of monitoring is my cell phone. It was something agreed on early on since I asked for it.

I opted for not carrying an issue since I don't want something else to keep up with plus I have so many minutes, I never come close to burning them up. I pay the bill and keep the phone on me always.

Unless someone hacks into my cell account or removes my phone from me physically, they have no records. Since I have nothing to hide, I will show a log if asked. I clear it sometimes though since it is mine.

The cell is given as the primary contact number for just about everything I apply for. I don't make/take many calls. Sometimes, it goes for days without activating.

The landlines are checked monthly and I make so few calls, 99% work related, the other 1% to home once in a while.

126 posted on 12/13/2008 12:59:51 PM PST by wally_bert (Tactical Is Still Missing A Chair! Star Wreck In The Pirkinning......)
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To: wtc911
If you've got a target on your back your spidey sense should tell you so. Listen to it, keep moving and stay in the shadows whenever possible. I've known guys to outlast the SOBs who tried to shove them out. Stay positive.

Happened to me.....I knew "they" were gunning for me...I stayed away from them as much as possible...did my work on time, was never sick, or late to work.

Covertly I worked against "them" as they were horrible mean-spirited lying cheating dirt-bags....Finally they all got fired..or asked to quit.

I outlasted them....but it still took a toll on me.

fwiw-

127 posted on 12/13/2008 2:17:09 PM PST by Osage Orange (Congress would steal the nickels off a dead man's eye's...............)
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To: maine-iac7

I was born in the real poor part of our state (West Tennessee). We always lived close to my grandparents who kept chickens and furnished us eggs. (We also kept a few chickens, and one of them chased me from the outhouse to the house one day. Embarrassing. I may have already related this tidbit.) They, and my parents, gardened and my mother canned vegetables; my grandparents were getting old when I was born and had always raised and killed hogs when it got cold weather, made sausage, cured hams, kept a cow and had fresh milk and butter. Yeah, we didn’t know anything about credit cards, wouldn’t have mattered if we had because my Daddy hated being in debt in the least. - We didn’t know what “plasic wrap” or “paper napkins or paper towels” were either. I guess I probably knew or guessed that some of the townie kids I went to school with thought I was rude, crude and totally unacceptable, but it wasn’t all that big a deal to me. I guess in retrospect a more “nutritious” diet might have spared me some dental problems I struggle with today, but we just didn’t know how Hostess cupcakes and a dime Coca Cola could possibly be bad for us. I once picked cotton for hours as a child and it only came up to a dime’s worth the day I decided picking cotton wasn’t going to be my forte. Those were the days!

Once, some neighbor kids’ daddies had made them pairs of toy crutches on which they tooled all around the neighborhood. I begged my dad to make me a pair and he told me NO WAY am I going to make you any crutches. YOU ARE NOT crippled and that would not be nice to mock a crippled person that way! - Were you in that bunch by any chance?


128 posted on 12/13/2008 4:43:14 PM PST by Twinkie (TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT!!!)
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To: Twinkie
- We didn’t know what “plasic wrap” or “paper napkins or paper towels” were either.

Yes - and to this day, I make napkins from cotton scraps, roll hemming them. Great tranquilizer and accomplishes something while watching TV.

I still use the old 'flour sack' towels for dish wipers, hand towels, to make cafe curtains, to clean with...I buy one 6 pack of paper towels a year.

LOL - you picked cotton. Up here, it was potatoes. We kids got out of school 2 weeks in the fall to help pick potatoes. Didn't we love it. Out in the fields instead of in school - and pocket money we earned ourselves! Sweet. Lots of lessons there.

But Big Daddy Gub'mint protected kids right out of that opportunity.

129 posted on 12/13/2008 4:58:48 PM PST by maine-iac7 ("He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help" Lincoln)
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To: Osage Orange

It’s always good to out last and out class the bastids then leave on your own terms. Good for you.


130 posted on 12/13/2008 9:10:47 PM PST by wtc911 ("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
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To: maine-iac7

Where do you find good flour sack towels? I have to admit that I now use a lot of paper towels in cleaning, excusing the waste with the idea that they are a more sanitary solution. I do use cloth towels and terry towels, only drying my hands once or twice a day on paper towels. - I also waste toilet paper, I suppose. :O/


131 posted on 12/14/2008 5:35:24 PM PST by Twinkie (TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT!!!)
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To: wtc911
At fifty I was retired.

Wow. How did you do that? Bravo Zulu!

132 posted on 12/16/2008 7:26:37 PM PST by bootless (Never Forget. Never Again. And NEVER GIVE UP!)
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To: MrPiper

Nice plan, and nice plane, too. Can’t quite see all of it - is that a Saratoga? I like the paint scheme.

Your preparedness is a model for what I *should* have done, but unwisely didn’t. A divorce, a serious surgery, other family issues to deal with, and several well-intentioned but less-than-optimal choices later, it’s a struggle for me today (in my 23rd year of self-employment). I am saving your posts for my son to learn from. God bless you.


133 posted on 12/16/2008 7:43:57 PM PST by bootless (Never Forget. Never Again. And NEVER GIVE UP!)
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To: neal1960

What do you do, and what kind of business are you considering starting?


134 posted on 12/16/2008 7:47:42 PM PST by bootless (Never Forget. Never Again. And NEVER GIVE UP!)
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To: bootless
Me: At fifty I was retired.

You: Wow. How did you do that? Bravo Zulu!

___________________________________________

Timing is everything. God was kind to us. I found myself in the data network business at the 'dawn' of the internet. I saw the opportunity before most and moved to take advantage of it. A lot of work, a bit of luck and the money rolled in for a few years. We did not change our lifestyle (except to travel more) and invested in rental properties (again timing - this was before the run up of prices). By fifty we were debt free with steady income from the rentals.

I 'retired' to start my own company. I do what I want without the pressure of 'having' to bring in a paycheck.

I'm no genius, just smart enough to know what I don't know.

135 posted on 12/17/2008 4:35:52 AM PST by wtc911 ("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
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To: MrPiper; All

Looking for a job?

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136 posted on 03/14/2009 2:14:13 PM PDT by Cindy
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