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Old May 18, 2010 | 06:25 AM
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Maybe just being able to stay home, but not when the bills gotta be paid!

So I'll just be working for my weekend...LOL
 
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Old May 18, 2010 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Sparky83
btw pete.. whys there a kitty sitting on ur head??
It's not me that's a character from a Canadian mockumentary called Trailer Park Boys. That's Bubbles and he loves kitties so he's got a kitty on his head.
Originally Posted by Sparky83
not nessasarily... ive been trying to get one since i was laid off 5 years ago and am not having much luck at all... which in that 5 year time 2 of them i had gone back to school to learn a new field and graduated...
I've been going all the time and over spring break I was actually turning away work cause I was just too busy. Work hard people find out and they want you to work for them. That's what I've found. Maybe I'm different but I know for fact that the majority of those people aren't even looking for work. That or they say they want to work but really don't want to. They just go to mommy and daddy for money all the time.
 
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Old May 18, 2010 | 05:17 PM
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blah.

hospitals suck.
i got a blood pressure spike this morning at the corner deli, and almost passed out.
it was 213/121 in the meat wagon at 11:40 am.
they still don't know why. gave me some pills and it dropped down to 129/72 by 1pm.
i finally convinced them to let me go and i got home a little while ago, but i had to promise to follow up with my doc tomorrow.
 
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Old May 18, 2010 | 06:23 PM
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Damn Tom, you better get that checked out.....thats way too high to fool around with!
 
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Old May 18, 2010 | 07:17 PM
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Tom!!! Please take care of yourself.

Else I'll have to go out there just to watch ya.

Keep us updated on what the Dr. says.
 
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Old May 18, 2010 | 07:20 PM
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Hey Tom, no skipping out on the follow-up!

To state the obvious, those kind of fluctuations are really dangerous. You need to find the root cause and get a handle on it!!

Good luck with it amigo.
 
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Old May 18, 2010 | 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by 7.3 Rocket
It's not me that's a character from a Canadian mockumentary called Trailer Park Boys. That's Bubbles and he loves kitties so he's got a kitty on his head.


I've been going all the time and over spring break I was actually turning away work cause I was just too busy.
Work hard people find out and they want you to work for them. That's what I've found.
Maybe I'm different but I know for fact that the majority of those people aren't even looking for work. That or they say they want to work but really don't want to. They just go to mommy and daddy for money all the time.
Excellent philosophy.
I find that to be true at my business as well.
When everyone else is slow around me, I'm still booked out a week in advance.

And Tom, I hope they figure out what's going on with you.
 
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Old May 18, 2010 | 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by 7.3 Rocket
It's not me that's a character from a Canadian mockumentary called Trailer Park Boys. That's Bubbles and he loves kitties so he's got a kitty on his head.
ahh

Originally Posted by 7.3 Rocket
I've been going all the time and over spring break I was actually turning away work cause I was just too busy. Work hard people find out and they want you to work for them. That's what I've found. Maybe I'm different but I know for fact that the majority of those people aren't even looking for work. That or they say they want to work but really don't want to. They just go to mommy and daddy for money all the time.
for me i want to work... just not getting bites on my hooks... nice thing is a friend of mines letting me work with him atm as his assitant/lacky.. and paying me pretty good too...
 
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Old May 19, 2010 | 02:57 AM
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Old May 19, 2010 | 04:46 AM
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Morning everyone, today & tomorrow and it's the weekend...or at least for me. Anyone want to show up for me Monday at 0200 so I can sleep in for once on a Monday?
Originally Posted by just another truck
I didnt think it was that bad, but, I have been known to be a tad off as well.
You live & learn. Oh well, if I could have gotten away with it I would have pointed a couple of the groups that kind of thinking would apply to (like lawyers)...but then I'd most likely gotten into more trouble.
Originally Posted by 7.3 Rocket
Maybe I'm different but I know for fact that the majority of those people aren't even looking for work. That or they say they want to work but really don't want to. They just go to mommy and daddy for money all the time.
Some folks...like myself...were/are looking for a particular field of work. While I was unemployed (7 months, 13 days) I could have climbed back into a truck and run across country, but I knew I would hate it and didn't want to be gone for weeks at a time away from the family. So I keep looking for something else. Yes, I'm back railroading, working at a lower rate and I'm out of town...but I'm home every weekend. Hopefully things will pick up soon and I'll be able to find something closer to home. Can't exactly afford to sell my house; and not to wild about moving the family down here were I'm working right now.
Originally Posted by tjc transport
blah.

hospitals suck.
i got a blood pressure spike this morning at the corner deli, and almost passed out.
it was 213/121 in the meat wagon at 11:40 am.
they still don't know why. gave me some pills and it dropped down to 129/72 by 1pm.
i finally convinced them to let me go and i got home a little while ago, but i had to promise to follow up with my doc tomorrow.
I'll agree with you on that....they like to rape people via their pocket book. But like everyone else is saying, get that blood pressure checked out...those are some scary numbers.
 
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Old May 19, 2010 | 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Smokin'
Tom!!! Please take care of yourself.

Else I'll have to go out there just to watch ya.

Keep us updated on what the Dr. says.

ya mean all i got to do is get real sick to get ya to come nurse me back to good health??























pack your bags baby!!!
 
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Old May 19, 2010 | 08:05 AM
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Woohoo!!! I made it to 10,000 posts!!

I need lots of rep now cause someone accidently neg repped me and the powers that be are having trouble removing it...

He sent me a pm and the moderator sent one also explaining what happened...

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According to the dictionary, "YIELD" means "to give way". According to the average driver, it means "go like hell/you can make it/screw them""

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hmmm it seems poetic that this is page 666 at 40 posts per page!
 
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Old May 19, 2010 | 09:18 AM
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at the default settings your its page 1776...
 
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Old May 19, 2010 | 11:50 AM
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yeah...at default setting we were going throuh 20 pages in 8 hours for a while...
 
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Old May 19, 2010 | 01:20 PM
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at 10 posts per page, it is page 2,664
 
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