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Offline midnight Target

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« on: March 30, 2004, 11:43:54 AM »
Is good.... get over it!

We can't get enough warm bodies in here to fill the orders we have now. Where the heck are all those dang unemployed people?

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« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2004, 12:20:50 PM »
MT your labor shortage is not Bush's doing....if there is somthing posotive about the economy its "no one man has that much power to effect the economy"

If its bad news its "this president has the worst job records since hoover"

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« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2004, 12:50:48 PM »
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Is good.... get over it!

We can't get enough warm bodies in here to fill the orders we have now. Where the heck are all those dang unemployed people?


This would be the "increased productivity" one hears so much about these days....

Offline Gunslinger

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« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2004, 01:00:28 PM »
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Is good.... get over it!

We can't get enough warm bodies in here to fill the orders we have now. Where the heck are all those dang unemployed people?


Seriously though...I know of a lot of people that are hiring right now BUT they arent the high tech high paying jobs of the past.  The job market has switched  Here's an example:

In 2000 i was getting out of the Marines for the first time....I had 5 years of experince in RF and RADAR technology with microcomponent ciricut board repair.  I was a needed technician.  I put my resume on the internet and within 24 hours had 5 interviews set up.  

that was then.

I was hired by a company that repaired and serviced land mobile radios and trunking systems.  I loved my job and was great at it....then motorola came out with a new radio and said they will fix or replace any radio for $200.   Well there was no need for a well trained highly paid technician any more all they needed was a contractor to maintain the trunk and a shipping clerk to send and recieve the radios.  I was unemployed.  I retrained into a more "mechanical" discapline and I'm not happy with what I do.

Point of this whole rant is there are plenty of jobs out there right now....you just have to know were to look and maybe retrain your self to do somthing you think may be "below you"

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« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2004, 01:04:39 PM »
who in their right minds wants to build mobile old folks homes? :)
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« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2004, 01:10:18 PM »
Will this affect your trip?

From the Austin paper today:

 

RV company president guilty


A federal jury on Monday found the president of a recreational vehicle company with dealerships in Buda, Seguin and Mission guilty of money laundering and bank fraud.

Federal prosecutors charged that Jim Rich, 55, president of Interstate RV Center Inc., misrepresented his inventory of recreational vehicles on applications for loans from Pacific Southwest Bank. The loans were "floor plan loans" and were contingent upon Rich putting a bank lien on unsold vehicles.

Rich was found guilty of four counts of money laundering, money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aiding and abetting bank fraud. The top count carries a maximum punishment of 30 years in prison.

Rich was indicted in May after an investigation by special agents with the IRS and the FBI. The U.S. attorney's office in Austin prosecuted the case.

 
 

Offline Maverick

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« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2004, 01:54:28 PM »
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who in their right minds wants to build mobile old folks homes? :)


Eagler,

Think about this a moment. In a couple months I'll be traveling where I want when I want whenever I want. I'll be staying in my own home which will follow along behind my RV motorhome toter and all without my having to work, AND I'll be getting money to do it with.

Please think about this while you are in your 9 to 5 job. I'll be touristing, fishing, hiking, hunting, photographing, scuba diving, snorkeling, internet browsing (by satelite), watching TV and generally enjoying the sights and activities this continent can provide.



In short this sums it up.

NEENER NEENER NEENER :p
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« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2004, 02:50:19 PM »
Lol Mav!

This retirement stuff is a beach, ain't it?

Finally doing what YOU want to do ALL the time instead of what someone else wants you to do?

Oh, the horror!  :)



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« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2004, 02:55:30 PM »
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Lol Mav!

This retirement stuff is a beach, ain't it?

Finally doing what YOU want to do ALL the time instead of what someone else wants you to do?

Oh, the horror!  :)





Geez! Come on up to the NW, I'll give ya a good haircut, Toad! :D

Nice pic, btw.

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« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2004, 02:57:09 PM »
Wait till u see my ponytail! Maybe another six months or so.........
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« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2004, 02:59:15 PM »
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Wait till u see my ponytail! Maybe another six months or so.........


Congrats on the future pony tail, will it be ear hair? :p

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« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2004, 02:59:56 PM »
You're just jealous.
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« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2004, 03:12:56 PM »
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Congrats on the future pony tail, will it be ear hair? :p


LOL, PWN3D :)

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« Reply #13 on: March 30, 2004, 03:19:53 PM »
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You're just jealous.


My nose hair can out-braid your nose hair!:eek:

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« Reply #14 on: March 30, 2004, 04:10:57 PM »
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Wait till u see my ponytail! Maybe another six months or so.........


Hippie!