Trambo

i'll be there with the svrider group. Been going with them now for the past 9 years. I'll look up who ever i recgonize, but i'll be there on the husky with ohio plates and hopefully some or stickers (which is cool how they are ordered now!)

33 days until i leave.

+1

<-- 5 years, including that l'il scuffle in the sandbox called Desert Shield. Lost good friends when those fucking cowards called Al Qaeda bombed the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia. Most of them were on their first enlistment.

Not familiar with that one? Lemme show you:

19 US Airmen died that night. I consider all of them heroes.

My vote says "Any years of service makes a veteran". Especially the ones who serve during wartime.

WTF happened to this thread??!?

I'm slamming a few brews tonight to dull the pain from a nearly 300 mile ride tosay.

Drink, bitches!!!!

Happy Crimmis, Oh-Hi-Oh.

Drink up!

with the occasional bender, just to keep things interesting.

Hell yes. You damn sure won't need that liver in the afterlife.

Tyler;

I wish you the best. I want to share my recent work experience with you.

Back in October, I was "offered" a "promotion" as well. The Corporation wanted to increase my workload by approximately 30%. I was already a salaried employee, and working on average 50-60 hours weekly. In the busy season, I was working 80-90 hours a week... that season lasted 3 months for us. I asked if there would be a pay increase, or ANY compensation for the "promotion". There was none. In fact, it was then made very clear to me that declining this "promotion" would probably mean being laid off. Frankly, I was already at the end of my rope there, so I politely declined their "offer" and was subsequently laid off.

The very next day, my job responsibilities were dumped on another manager... who immediately resigned. The duties were again reassigned to a new manager, and they also quit. Two weeks later, the Corporation laid off 120 managers (ALL of them with my specialty), and just a few weeks ago, they laid off another 50+ managers again.

What is my point, exactly?? Well, for one, I would not accept additional work for no additional pay, regardless of the possible outcome. That may actually be illegal in some places (research this!!) I know there are plenty of folks who would call that stupid, hey, whatever. Never sell yourself youself short. My next point is, you NEVER know what will happen in a corporation, company or business. Here today, gone tomorrow. Your best course of action is to invest heavily in your retirement (401(k) or IRA, whatever) and savings, to be ready for these moments. Thank God we have a good savings to carry us through this.

I have been laid off 3 times now in 10 years. It sucks. This is the first time, however, where it was even slightly attributable to my actions. The other 2 times were companies that went under from their own shitty business practices. Gone are the old days, when you worked for a company 30-40 years, retired with your gold watch & stock options, and lived happily ever after. Corporations now are all the same; they trim costs anywhere they can; overwork/underpay employees whenever possible; cut costs/benefits/perks everywhere. People are numbers, to be manipulated however necessary to improve the bottom line & pay that quarterly dividend.

My advice is to look out for YOU. If they want more work from you, make them pay you for it. My secondary advice is to save, plan for retirement, and ALWAYS have a "rainy day fund" ready.

/soapbox

or just get a ps3 and problem solved.

Ditched mine for the PS3......

1st crash, I went through all the trouble of shipping that piece of shit back to MicroFuck.

2nd crash, I stripped that fucker of all valuable parts, and trashed it. Fuck MS and their faulty shit.

PS3 FTMFW.

Just drinking for the sheer hell of it tonight.

dayum, you still have some of that left?

Not anymore.

Sporting the Guinness Extra Foreign Stout tonight. Damn this is good shit.

I refuse to believe that no one is drinking tonight.

Holiday weekend.

Saturday night.

*Ahem*

-wink-

yes sir it does...

Free booze = Win.

ftfy

:make me a sammich dammit: Damn. Need a new sign.

Okay, I hear a lot "bla bla bla", but what I don't hear is a lot of DRINKING.

This is the "Get drunk HERE" thread.

That means DRINK, bitches.

It's not even 5pm and I am fucking HAPPY.

Long live Cabo Wabo.

Hell yeah. Got all my chores and shit done early, got nothing better to do as I wait for the better half to get home. So CHEERS!

*tink*

In.

3pm on Saturday, starting off with a shot of Cabo Wabo Reposado tequila (yes, Zach. Still working on that damned bottle. ) and an ice-cold Sol.

Prosit!

I know.

Like I needed another interwebz to suck up all my time.

glad to see you guys found a new playpen.

Hi, Michelle!

This is a fun place. I've been enjoying the forums here.

"And I'm telling myself, my conscience is talking to me saying, 'Tara, don't send this. What are you doing? Are you crazy?'

:roflmao:

Next time, trust yer gut.

Oh, and maybe don't take nekkid pictures of yourself, dumbfuck.

I saw this:

And nearly pissed myself laughing.

It looks like the infamous Youtube "Chimp rapes frog"

I don't get it... wait, OK. I see it now.

The one on the left is feeding the one on the right.

Awesome.

Bet you took the damned trash out, too, dintcha?!?!?

im kinda pissed at IRL right now though, after last week's shenanigans at the end of the race.

Definitely a bullshit call by Barnhart. What the fuck was he thinking? I'm pissed that Will Power said he blocked him. And Will is my guy!! I don't blame Helio or Cindric for being pissed. It WAS a lousy call.

However, let me just say: One bad call in a very long time, compared to NASCAR making them every week...

I'll take Indy, kthxbye