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Another thing with the Dewalt XRP is you can buy replacement brushes for the motor. Which is nice because those will wear out before the drill itself breaks or wears out.

If your going to use your potential drill for HD uses or possibly drilling holes that are bigger than you should be with a cordless drill I suggest the XRP with the metal gearcase and all steel Jacobs chuck. Its heavy as hell but is damn near unbreakable.

Now if you just need something to run screws or light duty stuff I used my neighbors 12v dewalt. It was compact and feather light while still having plenty of torque.

This guy^^^^^

The obvious is The Alamo.  Learn about Santa Ana, Crockett, Bowie and the rest of those peeps if thats what your into.

Could be sublimation. If you don't know what that is go to a high school and take freshman chemistry.

Thank you Prof. SkullCrusher.

So I see on Facebook people talking about it. Basically go outside and make a snow ball. Bring it in and burn it with a lighter. What happened is that it turns black and smells like burn plastic. Also it doesn't really melt.

Naturally my bullshit meter goes off. Then I try it myself and I'll be damned I got the same result.

Discuss.........

Edit* After further review of current conspiracy running amuck on FB I did it again. The blackness comes from the butane in the lighter. Also it does melt but the snow seems to draw the water in.

We just had our first 3 months ago. Wife was on the pill for 12 years before she got knocked up. She went off it and doctor said at least a year before she'd be preggers. Ya it happened the month she stopped taking it... Wasn't planning on having a kid this soon but it's great having a little bugger around.

Yeah our first happened pretty quick like that also. The 2nd we have had to try alot harder. 

I'm going to a different one.

Sorry to hear this !

Good luck in the future !

Well its the future now and were expecting again! This time all is well and should be no issues. Kiddo #2 will be here before we know it.

I seen that yesterday. I believe they are also auctioning off (by their description) a lot of other motorcycle parts. What i did see at another local (to me) auction this saturday is something i hope no others know is worth a shit ton of money.

Last year i spotted a Surley Karate Monkey mtn. bike mixed in with other cheap bikes at an auction that i was sure no one knew what it was. Of course i had to sit around most of the morning waiting for them to get around to selling the bikes.   That usually happens when i show up for one thing, but anyway. Turns out there was one other in the know and ran up the price higher than i wanted to go which was still a great deal if you wanted to keep it to ride. 

So this saturday im sure i will be sitting around waiting on something to sell only to get out bid. 

Well, my offers in and now just waiting to hear back from them. Thanks again peeps for all the extra insight.

I have begun to read the book and i a little over half way through it. Started reading it last night and couldn't put it down.Thank Helmutt for the link! I had quit smoking about 5yrs ago but have dipped for the last 12 or so. Its time to quit nicotine all together. 

how do we become site sponsor?? where do i sign up?

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I say aim high Aaron, you aren't out anything if they deny your offer or fail to counter up to your standards. Small companies can be somewhat double-edged in the respect that you'll be more valuable in your position, yet the company can be less stable due to it's smaller scale.

My wife understands this as she's recently transitioned to a smaller corp. Less on her plate, more money, shorter work weeks, she is much more valuable and gets more of mgmt's attention to her needs, yet the company isn't very old/established. But, for the stress reduction and her peace of mind, a well deserved change.

There are several things to consider like all the posts above have mentioned, really is up to you and your wants/needs though. Good luck man!

This is what im thinking. I got nothing to lose.

You've a sweet ass job now. Ask for what ever you want. Make them make you want to quit. I'm betting you get an offer from current job to stay. Your probably a lot more valuable to them than you think. Not having to retrain someone is worth at least 4k extra a year. Probably more for everything you can do in there.

It has gone through the shop with a quickness that you are quitting. I can only imagine the fun you are having with them today.

Yeah, i went ahead and spoke with them this morning before it made it that far.

He's not looking for insurance and benefits included. He can't do that math as he pays others to do that. Take your hourly and multiply by 2080 and that's your annual wage (OT not included). If you have OT on top of that and will be going to a salaried position, take that into consideration in your calculation. You are in a very special negotiating position since you don't really want/need a change. I hesitate to think in terms of percentages since I don't know what you do and how much you make. $10K per year is a good jump if you make <$50k. A few questions to ask yourself:

Are you one of many people who will be in the position? If so, your ability to negotiate may be limited by EEOC or Union. If you will be one of a very few, go high.

I am under the inpression that i would be the sole person in this position of a Design Checker. 

How big is the company? A billion dollar company won't feel $20k vs $10k.

Small company. 20 employees or so and to guess they do less than 15mill a year

Don't bluff. Decide that this is going to happen at a certain rate and won't if not met. We can sniff out a bluff.

Yeah, whatever salary i decide on is basically it. Industry norm or not. Again they have approached me.

Was the request for an offer a "we gotta have you, how much do you want?" Or was it a "we have give good candidates, who can we afford?". Also a game changer. From your description, it sounds like they want you. Good luck!

Seems to be a mix of both. Sorta like we gotta have you but dont know if we can afford it.

As for vacation, bigger companies who don't want a union will not be flexible with vacation. I have the same vacation as my CEO and as my custodial staff. Keeps the playing field even.

No need for a formal letter from you but an offer letter from them would be expected.

 

Benefits are health care, insurance for you and your family (wife, kids) if you have them, paid vacation, sick day allowance, 401k matching, worker training, fitness facilities..... These things don't have a price tag but are common items that you would look for when evaluating companies as they do have a value.

 

What they offer for insurance is basically giving you X amount of dollars per month to buy your own.  Which I do now anyway and the amount they offer for a family would cover my medical premiums 100%. Which is a plus.  

 

Salary is one thing but there a lots of intangibles that can make one company better to work for than another, even if the wage was lower.

 

Here is the thing im having the hardest time putting a price on. The intangibles that don't really have a dollar amount but the perks/freedom/weight one has from being a somewhat small company for just over 12 years.

 

Yes, bump up your wage demands as you can come down. But be sure to have a floor and try to find out some of these averages to determine your worth. Make sure they know you have some flexibility or give them a reall number that it would take and you won't come down.

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One thing often forgotten and easy to achieve, is keep your current accrued vacation or time-in-grade for vacation when moving over. Most companies will give that without a problem.

 

Moving expenses if you're going to move, or some sort of fuel/vehicle compensation if it's farther to drive.

Actual mileage compensation is something that is harder to get.

 

If it's a job that has state or federal contracts, go as high as a 40% increase in wages. Especially if military contracts.

 

If it's a red hot job, ask for a company car.

 

Asking a potential employee what wages is out right rude. I've had it happen and I didn't like it. Based on what? To do exactly what? What's the job description and working conditions? Wasn't enough details given yet, for me to pin a wage down. To try to negotiate without something offered in writing first to base it on, is a shoddy personnel/human resources department. And I've not experienced negotiations with any one other than a personnel or human resources. That's their job.

 

I've gone as high as a 40% increase, and a 20% cut when changing jobs. Sometimes available overtime will give it back.

As far as vacation, starting its  2 days less than I have now. And travel isn't much different, maybe 15 minutes farther.

Im dealing with the president of the company and I did find it odd that im having to make the intial offer as far as salary goes.

I always used anydvd to rip DVD and bluray to an ISO file. Then used virtual clone drive to mount the ISO as if it was a physical disk. Allowed me to save everything exactly as it is on the original disk. 3-4 hours for a DVD seems terribly long. I could rip a 20 gig bluray faster than that.

Know of a good free program to take an ISO file and burn it to DVD? The DVD discs I made once before are lost and for the life of me I cant get it to work right again. I have since deleted a lot of once used or crap programs I no longer use on my computer but still have the ISO files.

Had a long story typed out but deleted it. So here is the long story short.

A company that I have interviewed with wants me to give them a compensation package; i.e., how much is it going to take for you to quit your job and work with us. Currently I wasn't looking for a job and have been for the most part happy with my current employer. A friend of mine referred me for the position. So after a couple interviews with them they seem eager to get me aboard.

So anywho, Ive never had to give a potential employer comp. package. During the interview today they never came out and said what it paid but hinted toward industry averages. One of the last things he said before I headed out the door was, "Don't give me an hourly wage but more as yearly income." even though its an hourly position. So I assume that's wages plus benefits like insurance and what have you.

I guess my questions are. Does this need to be in some form of a formal letter? He did say just give me a call or email him a figure. What all should I consider that im not thinking of? I do have all of there benefit information and what they do for their employees.

Im not desperate for a job as im comfortable where im at and have explained that to them also, but they still seem very interested. So any advice or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

As of now im thinking start with:

My current wage +25%

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There benefits offered to employees: $2500-$4000 yearly

I don't have any experience doing this. In the past its just "We'll give you X dollars an hour". Granted I haven't had a real interview for a job in a long time. So yeah, I'm all ears.

Man, that sucks... my traction control on the Eldo is pretty good, if i give it nominal throttle, it'll modulate the torque pretty well and roll me right along without any wheel spin, when i want to mess around a bit, i just hamfist the throttle and the engine will overpower the traction control no problem, and when i really want to mess around, the traction control can be disabled by a button in the glove box...

 Dont get me wrong, traction wise its great. But when i want to drift corners or other acts of parking lot fun the truck wants no part of it. 

My truck is this guy:

My Nissan Titan is almost zero fun in the snow. As soon as the the wheels start to slip the ABLS (Active Brake Limited Slip) kicks in applying the brakes to the spinning wheel or wheels. If the wheels are spinning to fast for the ABLS it cuts power to the engine. With no switch to turn it off,  i think the only way around it is to put it in 4L and use the Diff locks. 

Casper, were you wanting to get an OR team together or just a group from OR just to ride with. Other than that I'll just wait till the web site is up to answer the rest of the questions.

I don't know a whole lot about it but interested. I assume there are different distances you can sign up for. If so which do you plan on? Also I would expect that you would want help with the fund raising. I guess I could hit thier site but if you have some cliff notes or some more details that would be great.

Edit: I would be riding.

Get a cat too. Trust me you dont want this guy to show up without one.