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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Powerstrokedlariat
Well, some of us can control it, I however can not. I check in here more than you know...
Good morning darling...
Good morning!

Originally Posted by ccg711
Well I'm actually keeping up with the OT thread. I got laid off in August cause the company I worked form had financial troubles. So between remodelling a bathroom for my mom, job search, interviews, I try to get an occasional moment in relating to the truck. I'm one of the few people who don't have a job getting in the way.

Chad
Sorry to hear about the job Chad. Hope you can find something soon!!!

Originally Posted by Ponyboychris
Yeah, I have three projects that need to wrap up before December simply because I will never get anyone to do anything during the holiday season. Then it get pushed to January. Things are tight around here - including anxiety - because of the economy and construction slowdown. Even the mining and oil business is gripped with fears of a recession. Not a good time to be in the heavy equipment business.
That sucks Chris, I don't know of a field that isn't feeling the pinch. I know Troy is in the micro chip industry, Freescale has closed 2 plants and layed off 2400 people this month. Kinda scary....
 
Old Nov 13, 2008 | 11:17 AM
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Hey Chris, Sherri's haircut looks very nice. I gave her the check and she said "thanks, looks like it will be a nice X-mas for me." Hope that check makes it into BB's account. lol. She is too funny, always great to talk with. Probably my favorite person there. We like sharing kids stories, she's got her hands full with those daughters....
 
Old Nov 13, 2008 | 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by liftedgrocerygetter
That sucks Chris, I don't know of a field that isn't feeling the pinch. I know Troy is in the micro chip industry, Freescale has closed 2 plants and layed off 2400 people this month. Kinda scary....
Yeah, just hoping that we can weather the storm. We have 10 Cat 777F Haul trucks in our yard that are from a canceled sale of one of the mines. Several upon several million bucks just sitting there. We normally don't have something that big in our yard - they usually are delivered straight to the mine site - because their bed bodies and tires need to be removed for highway transport. The order was canceled as they were in-route by rail and they ended up here.

Originally Posted by Powerstrokedlariat
Hey Chris, Sherri's haircut looks very nice. I gave her the check and she said "thanks, looks like it will be a nice X-mas for me." Hope that check makes it into BB's account. lol. She is too funny, always great to talk with. Probably my favorite person there. We like sharing kids stories, she's got her hands full with those daughters....
I haven't heard the latest from Sherri about the girls. They have a lot of Sam in them. Free spirits for sure. Sherri is the ultimate conservative type.
 
Old Nov 13, 2008 | 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by ccg711
If they ever change octane or Sirius Patriot they'll lose me as a customer. I'm just watching all you guys chat, waiting on a compression gauge I ordered to show up. Wanna get a good reading on the truck before I pull the engine and tear down.

Chad
They already changed Patriot some time back that just about ruined it. They got rid of one conservative channel and tried to put them all together on 144, why I don't know. But they got rid of 2 I really like. Liddy and Ingrams, and cut Mike Reagan down to just one hour a day. Makes no sense to me. But they gotta do what they gotta do just to be able to pay that foolish Howard the ridiculous amount they agreed to.
 
Old Nov 13, 2008 | 12:11 PM
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well I like hannety, and levin is OK sometimes, but he yells too much. I do miss liddy and still like church and wilkow. I originally got sirius when a job I had took me all over the region. Our terrestial stations here suck. I'll listen to Octane when I want music, my wife listens to it more than me, she commandeered my radio. When I'm in the car I flip to 144. We only have 1 working vehicle, and I want the truck running in a bad way to fix that. We each had a car starting out, but haven't got everything settled where we can be a 2 vehicle household again. So rebuilding the PSD is my poor man's financing. Plus then I can outfit it. I miss not having a mobile ham rig or my own sirius radio, and lots of other cool ideas I have. But let's fix the engine first. Not sure if my gauge is gonna show up today or not, UPS is contradicting itself. I've got a cherry picker and stand waiting, just want to get a few things out of the way before I dig into it.

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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 12:25 PM
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 12:26 PM
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hey Dan, how's things?
 
Old Nov 13, 2008 | 12:43 PM
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 12:55 PM
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Hiya Dan!

Hope your day is going well!!
 
Old Nov 13, 2008 | 12:57 PM
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Boy, Lisa must be up to her eyeballs dealing with her trainee.
 
Old Nov 13, 2008 | 01:07 PM
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Hello Jay.. Cris.. How are the two of you tonight??
I am way behind but, Hello!

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I know,,,,

It's kinda eerie!!!
Tyring to catch up!!

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Ya what a bunch of looooosssssserrrrrrrs!!!!
Only loooooosers start unnecessary OT!! j/k

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Yeah, stupid work getting in the way of my OT....
Same here
 
Old Nov 13, 2008 | 01:29 PM
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Jay, just saw on the news we are supposed to be 82 on Monday, 81 on Tuesday and 80 on Wednesday. Sould be really nice for you and the wife next week!!!



I hope Lisa isn't too busy with her trainee, but she said she is the go to girl so I bet her head is spinning with everything she needs to learn.
 
Old Nov 13, 2008 | 01:47 PM
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Oh well, the novelty of visiting the Club just wore off again. How long did I last? I think since Monday. I have a knack for really pissing folks off in there somehow.
 
Old Nov 13, 2008 | 01:47 PM
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Jay, just saw on the news we are supposed to be 82 on Monday, 81 on Tuesday and 80 on Wednesday. Sould be really nice for you and the wife next week!!!



I hope Lisa isn't too busy with her trainee, but she said she is the go to girl so I bet her head is spinning with everything she needs to learn.
Thanks for the update Cris. Looking for some pool time!
 
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