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Offline rockman

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My luck ran out
« on: December 28, 2011, 12:30:37 pm »
 Got the news today I am unemployed. The construction company I work for has been having trouble winning bids for the last year, I guess I have been fortunate to have stayed this long. Kinda nervous about whats next, not much around here, I guess I'll get some work done around the house.

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Re: My luck ran out
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2011, 01:20:30 pm »
sorry to hear that kevin :(
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Re: My luck ran out
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2011, 01:42:19 pm »
I went through the same thing about three years ago, has to be one of the worst feelings ever.
Just remember when one door shuts another opens.
Good luck to you!
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Re: My luck ran out
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2011, 02:23:07 pm »
Sorry to hear that, seems like anymore I hear this more and more often.

GF
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Re: My luck ran out
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2011, 02:53:12 pm »
I went through it in September of 2008. At the time I wasn't sure what to do.  In December 2009 my Wife lost her job to India.  We thought about it long and hard and decided we would just retire early.  Me at 52, and my Wife at 63.  While I won't say it would work for everyone, we never looked back and said we made a mistake.  It has been a lot different that's for sure.  And not always easy.  Hopefully you find the right road to follow, and things work out for you.
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Offline rockman

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Re: My luck ran out
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2011, 03:45:05 pm »
Thank You for the encouragement. Thankfully the only bills we have are our mortgage and utilities, I do have alot of tools(mechanic and woodworking), portable lincoln welder, my little tracktor loader backhoe and the skills to use them. I have never been without a job when I wanted one my whole life, the thing that scares me the most is marketing these skills in this economy at my age. It sure is nice to have a place to think out loud while I formulate a game plan.
 Thanks again everybody
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Re: My luck ran out
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2011, 03:46:35 pm »
Like Riggs said:

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Just remember when one door shuts another opens.

Might be time to get the Band Mill ;) Hope it all comes together for you
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Re: My luck ran out
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2011, 04:07:03 pm »
Hang in there Rockman.  I have heard there are several places around here looking for skilled welders.
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Re: My luck ran out
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2011, 05:11:58 pm »
Sorry to hear about your plight rockman:/ I'll 3rd rigg's thoughts, another opportunity is just waiting for you to discover it. Best to you and yours as we enter the new year!
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Re: My luck ran out
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2011, 06:13:12 pm »
I am so sorry to hear this news. Sometimes things do happen for a reason, and hopefully a new door will open for you. Best of luck.
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Re: My luck ran out
« Reply #10 on: December 28, 2011, 07:20:14 pm »
Rockman, sorry to hear about your job loss.

Where do you live from Charlotte, N.C.?

I'm 20 minutes south of Charlotte in S.C. If I can help you to make up your mind on a band mill, come on down and you can run my Woodmizer. Your mind will be made up then.

Good-Luck.

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Re: My luck ran out
« Reply #11 on: December 28, 2011, 09:59:40 pm »
I hate to hear about this but   your skilled and age shouldnt matter.  Alot of companies are looking for more experienced personell now.  When the plant that owned our landfill closed  I felt the same way. Another company came in and we went back to work.     Wife lost her  job at the bank and got a part time job at another that was kinda crappy. THe 90 day  didnt work out for her o they were  letting her go and he found a job a few weeks before the 90 was out.   It worked out to be a great job.     

I have  friend that was just told by the company her works for that  they were getting down graded in pay.  Alot of the workers there  had to quit  and find other work  rather than the  lowered wages.    He was shocked to see that all the replacements were  as nicely as I can put it   Undocumented workers.  Kinda chaps me badly.   He found work with another company and got to see his former company go down hill.         What line of construction are you  in? I may know of someone in your area thats looking.


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Re: My luck ran out
« Reply #12 on: December 28, 2011, 10:11:59 pm »
Thanks for the invite David, the sawmill will be put on farther hold I search for another source of income. "If I can't pay cash I don't need it" has been my motto since the economy went down the tubes in'08.

 Tractornut, I have been working on heavy civil construction projects as an equipment operator/ maintenance man, my expertise is in aggregates (i.e. rockman) crushers, screens etc.
 Thank You,
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Re: My luck ran out
« Reply #13 on: December 28, 2011, 10:15:41 pm »
Best of luck. I find that, when people have been working in specific areas for many years, that they are more specialized, and more marketable, than they believe.  Show confidence in your skills and you'll find work, and maybe a better job than you had.
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Re: My luck ran out
« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2011, 10:48:21 pm »
I went from Sawyer to Geek. Never planned that or even saw it coming for that matter.  :D
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Re: My luck ran out
« Reply #15 on: December 28, 2011, 10:54:30 pm »
Kevin, best of success to you in landing back on your feet.

In the interim....  if you're interested I've got an older Cat D8H that needs the pan pulled and the oil pump replaced.  I can do it myself, but am not sure when it will get to the top of the priority list.

Send me a PM or e-mail if you're interested in doing the repair work here at my farm.

Thx.

Scott
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Re: My luck ran out
« Reply #16 on: December 29, 2011, 12:28:23 am »
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And a DanG good one at that!
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Re: My luck ran out
« Reply #17 on: December 29, 2011, 06:37:50 am »
Good luck Kevin.  :)
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Re: My luck ran out
« Reply #18 on: December 29, 2011, 07:27:05 am »
It always kinda amazes me. All this is on a short time base,like 6 months. We have all fell on bad times,large bills, be it medical bills or whatever,no job,but we always seem to get by. Even if on a few hundred a week instead of 6-800. May not buy what we are use too,but we get by. You will do just fine rockman,but I still want to wish you luck on a job. That should be my name,rockman. Seems like that's all I do around here is dig rocks.
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Re: My luck ran out
« Reply #19 on: December 29, 2011, 07:42:05 am »
Thanks again to everyone for the support, it really does mean alot.
doctorb, In the America we grew up in, you would be on the mark, however in todays America where companies cut every corner they can get away with, Illegal Aliens are the cheaper alternative. That is a topic for another time and place.

 Jeff, As long as it has taken me to figure out how to post photo's, I don't think I have enough years ahead of me to become a "geek". 

 Kevin
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