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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Tigger29 on August 24, 2006, 11:02:15 PM
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Hey guys.. fellow Rooks will recognize me.. as well as a select few of you that I "allowed" to shoot me down in the MA.
Just wanted to let you know and get the word across that my computer broke.. I won't be back on for awhile. Processor kept overheating... put on a new heatsink/fan and it hasn't booted up since. It went smoothly too... guess I cracked the motherboard.
Lost my job a couple weeks ago.. bills out the wazzoo..
I'm on my old computer.. 450MHZ (ick) and don't have the money for a motherboard.. I don't even know how we're going to pay rent next week.
Anyways.. Unless someone wants to send me money, a computer, or a job... it's no AH for awhile. (for some reason wife ack seems happy though)
I'll be seeing you. It's been fun flying with you guys. I'll keep you informed when things pick up.
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Well Tigger29
By the time you get a new job, new computer, another place to stay- you’ll have to get a new wife because all the time you’re going to be spending with her.
Good Luck
Spiker
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Damn that SUCKS! :( :cry
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Hmmm.... If the wife ack is happy, it could have been sabotage.
Good luck.
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Man talk about bad luck. Hope everything works out for you it sucks getting kicked out of your home I can deal with the other two.
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i hate to be the one to say it bro,but it could be alot worse, believe me when i say it. just remember whats important and get out there and demand a squealing job.
and good luck
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currently training in an intern into the company i work for.
we are looking for a person with alot of knowledge in java/jsp development.
dont know your background and stuff but just trying to help.
navajo
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Heres to a change in luck!
See ya when u return :)
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That really sucks man
i know verizon is doing some hiring for various positions.
not sure where you live or your skill set but there are openings in several different departments
addy is verizon.com/careers
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I know how you feel tigger i've had to unsubscribe. I'm moving into a new house in a couple of weeks and i've had a talk to my housemates and none of them seem interested in having a connection to the net. I cannot justify paying for broadband simply to play AH- which is what i would primarily use it for. I would have gone paid for half the cost of broadband but none of my other housemates want to pay for it. They may change their mind but it seems unlikely, so i wont be able to play AH for atleast a year.:(
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Oh I know things could get worse.. I mean.. at least I have my health (well kindof).
I've been spending 6-8 hours a day since I lost my job looking for employment.. I've applied many many places (including verizon).. no one wants me. Heck I haven't even heard from warehouse jobs I've applied for. Problem is it was really really nasty when I got fired. I called in sick my first time in the 9 months I worked there. Boss called me in his office and literally told me he'd beat the out of me if I did it again.
Now I knew he had a nasty temper as I had seen him rip into some of the other guys for little stuff like that but I put it aside being I needed work. But when it came to personal threats I wasn't going to take it. It turned into a long, drawn out two hour shouting match back and forth despite my initial attempts to keep it a grown up, logical conversation. The jerk even told me I'd better take my tools with me because they may not be there the next day if I didn't.
I've never had a boss treat me like that. I've never had to fight against anyone, and I've never felt threatened by any employer of mine. All I did was work hard for the guy and make him a lot of money, I'll be if I'm going to put up with that from ANYONE.
When all was said and done I was laughing and told him he's lucky I'm not the kind of guy to file an anonymous tip with the FBI (he's pakistani) and his reply.. "Oh that's it... when you come back to me apologizing tomorrow I'm not going to give you your job back". Needless to say I don't think I'll be getting a good reference from him for any job I apply for, and unfortunately there's not a dern thing I can do about it, being the man's a millionaire and his brother is a lawyer - and I'm dirt poor.
Wife's still on good terms with a bunch of managers at the local cable company she used to work for (charter). Heck we still get free cable and internet! haha. She's trying to pull some strings to get me a telephone sales job there and if she can pull it off, the commissions are very nice as long as I can deal with a structured corporate environment. Heck I almost look forward to a structured environment as the two places I've spent the last few years with have been chaotic, at best.
I actually spent a year in school for IT administration awhile back, but with no FORMAL experience (and the fact that I don't think anyone feels comfortable with hiring a "grungy uneducated mechanic") I've had absolutely no luck finding a job in that industry. Can't even land an interview for a help desk support job. My choices are pretty much.. fast food... working on cars again... or waking up in the middle of the night some day with the "perfect idea" for making money off the internet. Heck I can pay one of these companies $49.95 for that! hahahaha Does anyone want to MLM with me? hahaha
Anyways thanks for the support and the advice. I'll stay in touch. I have a friend who thinks he knows a guy who has a socket A motherboard just laying around.. so maybe I can come across a hand-me-down that will at least get me back in the game.
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I have a new Mother board and CPU U.
Email me @--- randytovar@aol.com w/your contact info...;)
ECS Motherboard new in box I also have a AMD 3000 cpu for it. all you need is a fan and the know how...Its the same setup I use
BTW you will have to join my squad...
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Originally posted by Triumph
I have a new Mother board and CPU U.
Email me @--- randytovar@aol.com w/your contact info...;)
ECS Motherboard new in box I also have a AMD 3000 cpu for it. all you need is a fan and the know how...Its the same setup I use
BTW you will have to join my squad...
:rofl
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Good Luck in finding a job. But i have to say, if I was stapped as bad as you are right now, I would give up AH for the time being even if my PC worked. Sounds like every $15 you can save will come in handy right now.
Anyway Good Luck.
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Originally posted by SFCHONDO
Good Luck in finding a job. But i have to say, if I was stapped as bad as you are right now, I would give up AH for the time being even if my PC worked. Sounds like every $15 you can save will come in handy right now.
Anyway Good Luck.
good advice.
good luck, Tigger! :)
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Originally posted by SFCHONDO
Good Luck in finding a job. But i have to say, if I was stapped as bad as you are right now, I would give up AH for the time being even if my PC worked. Sounds like every $15 you can save will come in handy right now.
Anyway Good Luck.
On the other hand where can you get this many hours of entertainment in a month for $15. You can only read the want ads so many times.......
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There's more to searching the paper for jobs. Gotta beat the streets, talk to people. Call up old work buddies. Network, baby! :)
He'll have a better job quicker that way.
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Well I'm be starting something within the next couple weeks.. got a few interviews set up for next week. I'm catching kind of a lucky break.. the wife got hired on as "permanent" instead of working there through a temp agency... so she'll start getting full benefits.. plus about 30% raise.
I'm pretty confident about a job with Pitney Bowes as a.. well office gopher kind of person. Basic printer/copier repairs (jams, etc).. "mailroom" kind of stuff... probably be making some coffee.. stuff like that. Not a high paying job, but a foot into the door of some kind of office experience.
I'm getting a lot of support from family. They've been wanting to see me get out of auto repairs for awhile now. No they don't have any spare money to give me (not that I would ask anyway), but they are contacting everyone they know to try to help with a job.
My problem with old work buddies and all is that all I've ever done (officially)is automotive work. Although I know enough about computers to rival some IT guys, I simply do not have the experience.. or the degree. Auto techs make enough money to the point to where they typically aren't driven to go onto other things and the few that do tend to leave their past lives behind. There's a reason they typically work on cars.. because they don't want to work with the general public.
I could have probably started work a couple weeks ago somewhere else working on cars, the problem is it's like... quicksand. Employers aren't exactly "thrilled" about their workers seeking other careers, and will pretty much do anything within their power (legal or not) to prevent that from happening. The work is often fast paced and exhausting and when I would get off work the last thing I had energy for was to go looking for another line of work.
My aces high subscription is paid up through september. I had changed my name and as a result they double billed me last month. I contacted HT and they credited me an extra month, which was fine for me. Plus $15 isn't going to make or break me the way I see it, just kind of sucks to not be able to play.
Yes we'll pay the bills this month, it's next month that's going to be a bear... but as soon as we get it covered I'll fix my computer and be back "in the air" so to speak. I'm just happy that I don't have any kids because if I did I would have had another job, no matter how much I despised the work I was doing, the very next day for their sake.
I'm in a good position. My landlord is an old geezer (super nice guy)... puts all the money we pay in rent for this house into a trust fund for his family. He's very understanding and even refused to charge us the $25 late fee our second month here (we had some unexpected expenses and paid rent a week late as a result). He's already told us that he really likes us as tenants and if we have to delay rent a little he's not going to make a big fuss out of it.
This house is the best place I've ever lived. It's not exactly "eye candy" but it is very solid and functional. Furnishings are old.. the hardwood doesn't shine.. and there are scatches in the windowframes.. just from normal wear and tear from the 80 years this house had been here. But the roof doesn't leak a drop, the floorboards have no mold, mildew, etc at all. I'd buy this house in a heartbeat given the chance. I'd rather live here and be able to put pictures up and paint if i want.. then somewhere else where they need written permission in order to put up a poster!
Anyways, I'll keep you guys posted I have a feeling it won't be long! Thank you for your help and advice! Some of you guys truly treat me better than close friends of mine!
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Hell, I have a friend who is finishing up his degree at ASU and is working as an auto mechanic right now. He tells me the same thing as you--working as an auto mechanic for someone else is a biotch. He plans to open his own shop after graduation & after getting further experience in repairing BMW's.
He said the auto repair shop owner is making mega bucks.
If your experience is in repair--of either automobiles or computers--I'd suggest you consider getting a formal education in either small business management or the IT/IS field.
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:aok good to hear Tigger
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yeah the owner of the shop I was at drove a $90k BMW, his wife had an $80k Hummer, lived in a $1.5million house and bragged about paying $47,000 for a dining room set he had to ship in from England.
Then he would come out in the heat of the shop and eat lunch with us.. which was fine and dandy and all but then he'd rub it in about how he wasn't any better than us because he ate lunch in the heat with us!
Then he would spend 45 minutes talking about how he isn't egotistical at all.
But yet... 105 degrees out... working on 250 degree cars, 1000 degree exhausts he never supplied any soft drinks or juice or water or anything. He "bought" us lunch about once or twice a month using money paid to him from old scrap metal parts from the junk guy... and then he would brag about how he buys us lunch all the time. I told him to use that money for drinks but he'd rather blow the money on one day of applebee's for everyone, rather than a months worth of gatorade or bottled water. Needless to say none of us were very appreciative, as usually it was just too darn hot to enjoy your meal.. especially when he wouldn't let us eat in the air conditioning.
But he's no better than us! I told him during our fight he'd earn more respect by staying in his office all day or better yet... not coming in at all! Things were always more complicated when he actually tried to run things.
Well I've got an interview today for a car salesman position at a dodge dealership... we'll see how that goes! Wish me luck!
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Good luck man
I've worked for people like that before. They never realize the damage they do by stroking their own egos.
My Father In Law is a Ford Master Tech and I hear about this kind of stuff all of the time.
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Good Luck!
Pipz
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wtg! Best of luck and hope it goes really well!
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Originally posted by Tigger29
But yet... 105 degrees out... working on 250 degree cars, 1000 degree exhausts
melted pistons ewwwwwwwww
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Hey I passed all the Ford tests for that... all I needed was the classroom experience... in lieu of sending me to ford school, they laid me off
haha (low man on the totem pole... 3 days away from earning vacation pay, tool allowance, and test bonuses... over $2500.. guess they decided to be cheap.. union "can't do anything to help") and this was the job BEFORE mr. EGO
YES I got the job! All I have to do is pee in a cup :eek:
Haha.. nah that won't be a problem.
If I sell 20 cars a month.. i'll almost double my previous salary
A car a day... well... I'll be building that dream ACES HIGH machine! And maybe even my own mustang... what? it's a dodge dealer.. good thing I'm talking about the P51! :aok
LONG LONG Hours though.. but I'm at the point to where I'm so sick or being behind on bills and getting sued and all that.. I don't care. I just want to make as much money as I possibly can. I'll work my life away for a couple years if I have to, I just don't want to work on them anymore. Once I get out of debt, buy my own home, and have some savings and retirement in place.. then I can go looking for something even better... who knows though I may love this job.
Anyways.. things are starting to look up. Still not in a position to fix my computer, but.. well I'm sure someone will cough up a used motherboard somewhere.
Thanks for the support guys, I really needed it. This has been hard on me, especially mentally. I really felt like I was going crazy and even the wife was starting to get really worried (about me). She has been putting applications in for a second job and I really didn't feel comfortable making her work all those hours while I sat on my butt and sulked. Hopefully that won't be necessary now.
Her best advice to me... NO ACES HIGH AT THE OFFICE! darnnit! haha
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congrats... that's good news man
I sent you a pm re your motherboard :aok