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even a 20 year stint in the military isn't a given anymore. Wife works for the DoD and says that 20 years is not "automatic" as it once was.
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After WWII... GM, Ford, Chrysler, Frigidaire and places like that offered real job security. Here in the Philippines there are not a lot of good jobs to go around. Even Doctors and Lawyers here do not make much in comparison to the States. I want my kids to learn computers, and marketing.. as the internet has no real borders, boundaries, or limits. Even a dummy like me can make enough to get by just flipping pdf files. I know there are many much larger opportunities out there, just have to find them. |
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That is him in the avatar Gene, I met him once a few years back and it looks just like him.. His real name is Tim, his ID is Mike Mercury, why I can't remember... I think he said once in a thread. |
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opps.. too slow...
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Worked from '66 to '09, enough is enough. Enjoying my retirement as best I can. Here's one way, old geezer's day at my place.
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Looks like a great place to hang out with friends Norm
Do any of those other guys post here? |
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I worked at/owned a scrap metal business for 38 years, from the time I was 13 to 51, in a shit neighborhood in down town Atlanta.
I've been in 5 stick ups and fired on 3 times. After the last one my wife insisted I retire. I refused. A year later, my brother/bus. partner was carjacked. We recovered his car and pistol. He wasn't harmed. When I got home from work that day, my wife met me at the door and said through gritted teeth, "You've had your fun, made your money,.....YOU WILL RETIRE AND SELL THAT G.D. PLACE." I wanted to work longer, but deep down, I knew my luck was gonna run out. My brother and I sold the business. During the 6 month transition, I carried 2 handguns on me and an AR15 with 8 magazines in the office. On my last day at work, at the end of the day, I tossed my keys to the new owners, said "It's been real" and walked out the door. Never looked back. |
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while not as dramatic, i had a job years ago that was driving me nuts, i'd get home from a trip and moan and bitch. finally, Mrs. DAB said 'quit'. just quit. you'll find something else in short order, we'll be ok for a bit. so i did. took 2 weeks to find another gig. |
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Sounds harsh, but it's the truth. But this tells you the type of neighborhood it was. https://www.thevettebarn.com/forums/o...other-day.html This happened about 200 yards from my former shop. He was a friend. |
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The ONLY man I have known for any length of time was Ken McAllister, who has managed to stick with a job for damn near 40 years, we went to FW Tejas in '70 I"d met him in HS long about '60 or so....
so he got a job driving a beer wagon for some distributor, and quickly joined the Teamsters, and got a job at Miller Brew, where he stayed from '71 until he retired some years ago.....I think he had like 6 years retired, as he passed on at age 68, I dunno from what/how.... he is the ONE guy who managed that feat outside of .gov circles.....everyone else lasts, like previously stated 10-15 years or so....if that.... Electronics crapped on me for the last time, and long about '85 or so, after some 20 years in the field, I just burnt out....went into home remodeling, had my card handed out as an independent installer for a home despot type operation in the DC region....called Hechingers..... I knew two older folks at Hechinger kitchen design dept....same as Loews/Despot.....they both there for like 25 years at the time, and Hechinger stock was worth like 22-25 bux/share, which was their supposed retirement....worth maybe 100 grand each at the time.....Hechinger would build huge shopping centers with their stores as the anchors....and rent out to hundreds of other stores.....so the employes of the Hardware division thought it was fine, NO NO and HELL NO...!!! Hechinger Hardware saw the looming dual threats on the horizon and they being a solid regional supply house, they knew that Loews/Despot would eat them alive, SO all the Real Estate was spun off through the years into Hechinger Holding company, another corporation, they folded the Hardware chain and all the workers got shit.....while the family continued to own all those stores and land, basically for free..... |
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Worked 30 years in a factory (Western Electric, ATT and Lucent) Wife and I took a buy out in 2001 and retired. Still get up at 6 AM to go play golf 5 days a week . Life is tough!!!
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