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  Guys, are you good at expressing feelings for your lady?

  by asilentone in

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  I'm good at telling her when she's pissing me off. Other than that, no. Women are better at that stuff, and I prefer to keep it that way.
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  Update: I got a new job!

  by Nosferatu in

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  in my last post, i mentioned how i basically had a foot in the door for an hvac job with pretty good benefits although it was for $2 less per hour.

  today, i got a call back from a job i interviewed for about two months ago.

  the job is for $2 more per hour than what i'm making, company vehicle, 3 weeks vacation on start, a blackberry, and it's somewhat related to the electronics field... i'll be fixing electric wheelchairs :) .

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  In my last post, I mentioned how I basically had a foot in the door for an HVAC job with pretty good benefits although it was for $2 less per hour.
  
  Today, I got a call back from a job I interviewed for about two months ago. The job is for $2 MORE per hour than what I'm making, company vehicle, 3 weeks vacation on start, a Blackberry, and it's somewhat related to the electronics field... I'll be fixing electric wheelchairs :)
  
  With the baby boomers getting old, there'll be no shortage of work.
  
  I am happy!
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  I forgot how unsupportive my dad is...

  by Nosferatu in

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  i'm searching for a new job.

  i've been searching for a new job for about 3-4 months now.

  the ones that i liked didn't hire me.

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  Thanks for the support all, and mustang: thanks for relating that experience! It just confirms that this will be a good move if I get hired - at this point, I don't see why I won't get hired. I just need to wait for the background check to come back clear. Hey, I've never been in trouble and my driving record is pretty good.
  
  Also, my dad isn't a JW. He just seems to know what's best for me as usual. All the things he's told me not to do, I did them and I don't regret any of it. I remember how unhappy he was when I moved out. Turned out to be the best thing for me! I was so happy being independent and free from his control (and of course away from the JW influence of my mother).
  
  So, if they call and ask if I still want the job, you'd better believe that I'll go for it! :)
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  I forgot how unsupportive my dad is...

  by Nosferatu in

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  i'm searching for a new job.

  i've been searching for a new job for about 3-4 months now.

  the ones that i liked didn't hire me.

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  Just as a side note, this was my 4th interview for an HVAC related job. One of the guys who interviewed me also came from the electronics field. He said that they've been having a difficult time keeping people because of the job market, so my 10 year stay at my current job made me desirable. He also talked about two people who left and regretted leaving the company (one of them came back).
  
  They already had me fill out an application form and the form for the background check. Takes 4 days to come back, so it'll either be Friday or Monday.
  
  But I'm looking forward to having a vehicle as my office. I never had an office window before, and the scenery will always be changing! And free transportation to and from work! That's a savings right there :)
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  I forgot how unsupportive my dad is...

  by Nosferatu in

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  i'm searching for a new job.

  i've been searching for a new job for about 3-4 months now.

  the ones that i liked didn't hire me.

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  - "how did you work at that company for so long?"
  
  Well, before things got stupid, I actually enjoyed my work and was being paid decently. When things started getting stupid (around 3 years ago), there were no decent jobs out there. Now, the job market is just crazy with all the baby boomers starting to retire.
  
  Also, after looking at what other employers were paying for a starting wage for the type of work that I do, I became quite offended after my (4 month late) raise of only 50 cents, which didn't even cover the increase in gas prices. I should be making somewhere above $20 per hour. And that's another thing... the raises have been consitently late for the last 3 years. They promise the raise in April, we get thre raise in August. We help make the bosses successful, they neglect us.
  
  They installed a new ERP software system last year (for 25 employees) which costs thousands of dollard both to implement and maintain. They re-arranged the stock room to the way they thought would work well with the new ERP system (but sucks for the employees), they're not using the system to it's full potential, and the same garbage inventory got transferred into it. The stuff that's been going out the door for the past few months has been unprofessional and incomplete, due to the person who keeps inventory not keeping any inventory.
  
  When they decided to have four MANDATORY summer bbqs where the employees were told to supply the food, that was the straw that broke the camel's back. I started job hunting, and there's an abundance of jobs out there right now.
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  Apple Day is here again

  by Junction-Guy in

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  in five hours i head out for kentucky.

  this is the kentucky apple festival weekend, otherwise known as "apple day".

  this is always the highlight of my year and something i never want to miss, though occasionally i have.. .

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  How about some music?

  by beksbks in

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  let's forget all this politics for the next 3 hours hmmm?

  here's one of my absolute favorite songs.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrcn2yxahoo.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKqpeU1mCAM

  Of course I have to use a video that I put up :)
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  I forgot how unsupportive my dad is...

  by Nosferatu in

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  i'm searching for a new job.

  i've been searching for a new job for about 3-4 months now.

  the ones that i liked didn't hire me.

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  I'm searching for a new job. I've been searching for a new job for about 3-4 months now. The ones that I liked didn't hire me. The ones that liked me had something wrong with them.
  
  I'm also looking into switching careers. There's no future in Electronic Repair anymore. Electronics have become cheap and disposable. In most cases, I can't repair something cheaper than it costs to replace it. Hence, I've been eyeballing the HVAC industry. People will always need Air Conditioning and Heating.
  
  It looks like I've finally got a company interested in me, albeit for $2.30/hr less than what I'm making now (at least for the first 3 months). The benefits are kinda nice though: a company vehicle, and the company pays for gas (including transportation to and from work), a cell phone, and additional pay for any product I happen to sell while I'm servicing someone's furnace. It's a large company, lots of job security (they've been around since 1904 or something like that) plus I can get a discount on a new furnace for myself. Oh yeah, and they will pay me to go to school to get my apprenticeship.
  
  My dad is currently looking into getting a new furnace, and I was going to tell him to hold off briefly because I could probably get him a discount. However, the conversation didn't go that way. Once I mentioned the company and considering working there, he told me that I should stay with electronics until something comes along that also has me fixing electronics.
  
  It was then that I remembered that he has been unsupportive for every job that I've ever gotten. If I had listened to him, I'd still be working for that stupid temp agency. He told me not to get free help getting trained in how to job hunt, he told me not to work for the blind manufacturer, and he told me not to work for my current job because the temp agency would eventually find me a good job. I haven't regretted anything SINCE the temp agency. My current job is turning into a dead end, it looks like things are going downhill internally, and it's quite frightening. Not to mention the shit work they've had me doing... picking up garbage, setting up crappy outdated software, building crates, painting over graffiti, shovelling snow. And the way I got those jobs? Talk about RUDE! The snow shovelling was a favor at first, and then I got an email saying "Do we have to tell you every time to shovel snow, or do you think you can figure that out by yourself?"
  
  Oh yeah, and the bitch who won't order any of the parts I ask for, and then blames me when the customer complains. I knew it was time to get out when I started seeing red and found myself walking to her office to throw a steel-bodied ammeter at her friggin head. I normally have a lot of patience with people, but after ten years of abuse from that woman, I've reached my boiling point. Enough is enough, I need to get out.
  
  Sorry, I had to vent. Anyway, what do you all think of the HVAC industry? Is it worth getting into?
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  Older Music Lovers, I Need Your Help! (Sound Samples Included)

  by Nosferatu in

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  hey all, i need some info on a couple of songs.

  first of all apologies for the dropouts and noise in the tracks.

  these cassettes are pushing 25 years of age!.

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  Thanks for all the help so far!
  
  - "Your second link is broken"
  
  copy and paste it, or just ad a - to the end of the url. Something went goofy while linking it.
  
  The second song doesn't have any lyrics, at least as far as I know.
  
  But that copy of Pineapple Rag you found is very close! Not quite the same version, but it almost sounds like the same singer. Maybe one of them was a re-recorded version? And thanks for the sheet music. Maybe I can get my wife to learn how to play it ;)
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  Virtual Kingdom Hall Super-secret Password

  by Shepherd Book in

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  so i want to sign up for the virtual kingdom hall here: http://thekingdomhall.ning.com/, which i guess is a clean and safe place for brothers and sisters to join.

  problem is, in order to be in approved association there, i need to know the first song listed in the july kingdom ministry for the meeting beginning the week of july 28. .

  the site says only jws know this, so i was hoping one of you loyal brothers or sisters could help me out..

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  So that we would know who were fakes, we placed an incorrect answer to our security question in the forum.

  You know how I found out Jehovah was fake? I kept asking him for his help in all of my times of need, and he didn't give me any help.