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General Site Info => General Discussion => Topic started by: zieg85 on August 22, 2015, 08:22:25 am
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I got word in the last 2 weeks that my position at work is being eliminated. Even though I was the most recent hire in our group I have the most years in service. They did offer me a position in the St. Louis market that would require a move. With no choice in the matter if I wanted to continue my employment (I need 3 more years till I am eligible for retirement) I signed on the dotted line. 19+ years in the same place. It is hard to fathom moving but I must. Exciting and scary all at once. My new job starts the day after Labor day.
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As long as you & your loved ones are healthy, nothing else in life matters.
Hopefully you will find a house with a big garage. That will make the move easiey to deal with.
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Embrace it as an adventure and be conservative until you settle in. Once you learn the layout and new routines, it will become fun with new friends made in a fresh new environment and untold potential. A big new garage would certainly be a plus!
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As long as you & your loved ones are healthy, nothing else in life matters.
Hopefully you will find a house with a big garage. That will make the move easiey to deal with.
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Now you gotta decide if you wanna just rent a place for three years and retire and move back. Or move there permanently
Hope your new job is gonna be miles and miles away from all the riots and looting and burning
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As long as you & your loved ones are healthy, nothing else in life matters.
Hopefully you will find a house with a big garage. That will make the move easiey to deal with.
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Now you gotta decide if you wanna just rent a place for three years and retire and move back. Or move there permanently
Hope your new job is gonna be miles and miles away from all the riots and looting and burning
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I haven't seen the territory maps but it will be a region with the store that services those customers being in St. Louis which I would be tied to. Oddly enough Ferguson isn't that far away from the route I will travel too. I am pretty much set on a place but my wife has to be happy there too. I know the area fairly well and family is close by. I'd love to put roots down there but the old saying goes, Happy Wife, Happy life. The story has to play out at least to June when my youngest graduates college. We are going down there next weekend to check it out...
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Good luck on your new adventure, look forward to seeing you here in Arizona.
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I've noticed that a lot of big companies do this kind of thing to folks nearing retirement. They announce a restructuring and then offer you a lump sum and early retirement, or make you move to some distant place. The folks who move end up doing the work of 5 people because everyone else got laid off. Seems kind of chicken to me but maybe I'd feel differently if I ran a big company.
Best of luck to you.
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Good luck man, keep us informed. We are here to support our friends.
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All that matters is if they salt their roads or not! Hate winter, hate salty roads...my c-10 hates em too.
Just kidding, read Proverbs 3:5,6.
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All that matters is if they salt their roads or not! Hate winter, hate salty roads...my c-10 hates em too.
Just kidding, read Proverbs 3:5,6..
Great passage! Good luck zieg. Hope it works out well for you!
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The folks who move end up doing the work of 5 people because everyone else got laid off. Seems kind of chicken to me but maybe I'd feel differently if I ran a big company.
Sounds like my job
Zeig, what do you do for work?
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Zeig, what do you do for work?
Sherwin-Williams, Product Finishes Division. We sell and service the OEM and tier 1 and 2 type companies that paint. About 1.5 years ago they asked me to join their equipment sales group to install spray systems and complete spray lines. As the economy is not doing well at all, despite what you read in the news, they need me to do my previous job as a Technical Service Rep down out of the St. Louis market requiring me to move. I am fortunate I still have a job and am actually looking forward to getting out of the real harsh winters. I will be 290 miles from my Indiana home. Here is the place we are going to staying at. The driveway is 1/4 mile roughly. Picture was taken from the road.
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Well good luck and I hope it all works out to be a blessing. It's tough to move for a job but sounds like you have the right attitude. Maybe you'll even find better opportunities. Don't be getting rid of your trucks now
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Well good luck and I hope it all works out to be a blessing. It's tough to move for a job but sounds like you have the right attitude. Maybe you'll even find better opportunities. Don't be getting rid of your trucks now
I have a plan alright but God is going to lead me. My mission field is changing. Trucks are being put on hold for now until I either plant roots there or eventually return to my home in Indiana. My extended cab will continue to be on the market as I want to build one anyway. My rental has a 1.5 car garage so my tools/air compressor/tire machine are coming with. Life will be different as empty nesters. My kids will take care of the Indiana home for now and we will evaluate our situation come spring when the youngest finishes up at Purdue.
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As the economy is not doing well at all, despite what you read in the news,
Oh, I'm not the only one who's noticed the profound disconnect between news and reality? I have a rule, when they start lying, I turn them off...forever.
The Ivy League smart guys are doing their best to hold this economy together long enough to steal the last few things not nailed down then jump in their helicopters for Belize. Then it all comes down. I keep telling people that the only safe investments are land, away from populated areas, that you can grow food on and the tools to work that land. I think they're getting ready to listen.
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Zieg, no better place to be than in the center of the Lords will. Stay the course brother.
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As the economy is not doing well at all, despite what you read in the news,
Oh, I'm not the only one who's noticed the profound disconnect between news and reality? I have a rule, when they start lying, I turn them off...forever.
The Ivy League smart guys are doing their best to hold this economy together long enough to steal the last few things not nailed down then jump in their helicopters for Belize. Then it all comes down. I keep telling people that the only safe investments are land, away from populated areas, that you can grow food on and the tools to work that land. I think they're getting ready to listen.
i agree
How long can the fedgov borrow 42 cents of every dollar they spend ?
Every town will act like Fergeson when the fed welfare checks stop coming in the mail
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Don't worry too much about Ferguson. St. Louis is really a great town overall. You can look at the statistics and they will scare you but crime, and the flunkies that commit crime happens everywhere.
And if you are looking for some good folks to fellowship with I know of a great little Southern Baptist church right down I-55 that is old school in the country tradition. No loud rock bands or anything like that.
Oh, did I mention how great the St. Louis baseball scene is? My youngest son plays baseball for a college that is local to St. Louis, there is the Gateway Grizzlies over in East St. Louis. There are many semi-pro teams. Also the grass roots baseball is of impeccable quality. High school, American Legion, prospects, etc. And there is the St. Louis Cardinals. I think I heard somewhere that they are doing pretty good as of late.
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I forgot to ask, since you are coming this way you wouldn't consider bringing an extra set of those '91 Blazer/Suburban wheel opening molding trim that you found? Could you?
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One door closes, one thousand others open?
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I cant imagine uprooting my whole life. Not only would I not want to, all the crap I have it would be near impossible.
Hope all is well.
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I cant imagine uprooting my whole life. Not only would I not want to, all the crap I have it would be near impossible.
Hope all is well.
It is tough for sure. Second week on the job, I can say so far so good. It was touch and go getting my first truck down here with 2 break downs but I made it. Unloaded it and my topper at the new residence. Was greeted by 3 dear laying by the pond and didn't seem bothered I was there. I will deal with the other stuff I have come spring as we decided to sell the house in Indiana or keep it and move back when I retire... I guess it all depends on how well my wife likes it down here.
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Tomorrow will complete 3 weeks on the job. I am getting a little stir crazy living out of a motel waiting on the house to get a new roof. I am staying down here this weekend to work on what I can. I did find out retirement can happen as early as Jan. 2017 if I choose too. Supposedly you can retire in the year you turn 55 and since I have a December birthday, I am starting the count down T-67 weeks and counting...
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Tranquil morning leaving for work and I saw a photo op. The old girl down by the pond.
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That looks nice, around this time of year, my mornings look like this from my back door.
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/29/220f0548cd35c03f61fcd20d84d8012e.jpg)
Evenings from my front door.
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/29/086768cd7dcf1efda810afaeca13e060.jpg)
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Glad the transition is ok so far. Retirement fore me is T-13 years! Good grief! Need 30 years for govt. service. The way the world is i think the Lord will show up by then. Lord bless.
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Glad the transition is ok so far. Retirement fore me is T-13 years! Good grief! Need 30 years for govt. service. The way the world is i think the Lord will show up by then. Lord bless.
Amen
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Well a hick up in the move happened. My dad took a turn for the worse so I put the movers on hold and will reschedule when the timing is right. Dad finally met his savior this afternoon about 3:50 PM and is no longer gasping for air. He passed very peacefully with the family around his bedside and every last family member was able to say goodbye.
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Zieg,
I am sorry for your loss.
My thoughts go out to you & your family.
Fitz.
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Wow! I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Just know that he's in a better place and no longer suffering. I've been there and done that when I was watching my dad dying from cancer. It sucks! Praying for you and your family! God bless!
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Zieg, my condolences to you and your family. It's good to know that everyone was there and he passed peacefully. My best wishs go out to you.
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I am glad he called upon the Lord Jesus to save him. Now you know for sure he is in His presence. Amen! Romans 10:9,13.
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Sorry to hear that Zieg. My condolences
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Condolences, lost my mother in May
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So sorry for your loss, I lost my dad in April.
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Condolences, Zieg.
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Well the official move will be next week so I have mixed feelings.. On a positive note, my wife came down with me last Sunday and really likes it down here. While at my cousins last night for a little get together for his grand daughters 3rd birthday I took a picture of an aerial shot of the house back in 2003. Can't post in detail because of the size restrictions but my 85 C20 is parked out by the electric pole... Lots of trees have been removed to triple the pond since then but definitely something neat to see again.
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Zieg,
I'm glad that everything is working out for you.
Fitz.
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Nice view from that photo.
Have you figured out your territory yet? If you wind up being sent to the northeast corner of the state let me know, especially if you need a cheap (read: free) place to crash, I store my camper outside my shop, and while not the Hilton, its heated and in a quiet area at night. Id offer a space in the mostly unused half of my house, but its jammed full of stuff to keep it out of the way while we are in a state of continuous remodeling.
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It's great your wife likes the area, that sure helps a lot. It will take a while, but soon you'll know your home. Proverbs 3:5-7.
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sorry zeig i never saw this before. my grandmother was living with mom for a month before she left us. about mid october i get a call from mom saying she was gasping for air. we knew it wouldnt be long so i rushed home and a uncle was there and he wanted to call 911. mom mom had a DNR and wanted to go. but mom called hospice and they intern said to call 911, they took her to the hospital and was working on her for a couple hours and stabilized her. a couple days later mom mom wakes up and asked mom "why didnt you let me go" no one wants to let go of a loved one but its something that has to be done. a few weeks went by and we could see mom mom fading again, me and her were kind of close and i respected my elders and mom moms opinion mattered to me. years ago i asked mom mom opinion on my girlfriend and she liked her and said she approved of her. so i married her. but when she was laying in bed she would ask to see her grandson, now our family is big but she knew that i would be around all she had to do was ask. and a day before she left i told her "mom mom go if you want, you will be missed and you will always be loved. but when you see pop pop, Dustin and ryan tell them i miss and love them." she went in her sleep peacefully dec 2nd. i dont think she felt any pain when she went through the whole gasping stage she didnt talk about it. mom did ask her if she saw pop pop and she said no. but i know shes pain free now