Well Brian all the advice I would give has already been given. Except
that I run into several people a year that ask me "Is that Bus for
sale?" Then they tell me how they had one back in the day and had to
sell it and regret it still. Seems to me it might cheer ya up to drive
it during this "bump" in the road.
The graphics work where I am at has dropped off dramatically.
Newspapers will eventually go the way of the milk delivery guy as
people move to online news sources. It happened sooner than later but
would have probably happened in the near future, regardless of this
economic crisis, according to my magic 8 ball. Good luck and stay
grounded.
--- On *Sat, 2/7/09, Brian Denning /<i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
From: Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: everyone!!!
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 8:48 AM
thanks to everyone, i am extreemly stressed right now. thanks to
our wonderful economy the newspaper business is finally getting
hit. after all the promises that were made in the past 6 months
our division of the paper got shut down. my last day is the 17th
of this month not march 1 like they originall projected. when
asked about transferring to the big paper they simply said "we
have your resume" i asked them about an application, something i
had to fill out regardless at my current job, they said, "we have
your resume" so do you think i'm getting transferred, no, not at
all. i made the carreer move last year because the company i
worked for was in the pits baaaaad. i thought, newspaper business
is a good steady job that will be up and running forever. well,
just my luck, the company i left just bought a 4-color lithoron
press and i just got laid off. i made a horrible carreer move, i
am kicking myself in the ass for it. i have so far applied at
autozone, best buy, hastings, and walmart. all are supposedly
hiring, none have called and it's been 4 days. monday i go to the
unemployment office and mooch for the short time that i can.
that's the added stress, is arkansas is one of 30 states that is
projected to run out of unemployment in the next 3 weeks. someone
on the aircoolers site said it best, it's a recession when it's
your neighbor, it's a depression when it's you. we're doing all we
can to stay afloat including some shit freelance work...but
whatever pays the bills right.
diana says bad things happen in 3's so here's the deal our
dishwasher quit working, we need a new roof (discovered a new
leak), and i got laid off. so that makes 3 right, well here's the
icing on the cake folks, we did our taxes thinking, that will help
us in this situation. well, we owe $690. evidently those wonderful
monthly taxed bounses i was getting for reaching monthly goal were
taxed and put us into a different tax bracket. of course i wasn't
taking enough out to cover the different tax bracket. i'm scared
of what the other 2 are gonna be. i hit unsubscribe on the list
but it said the moderator had to do it. keep me on gerald. i may
not post much but keep me on. i have found out who true friends
are. many of you have emailed me personally offering to help. i
appreciate that. we'll get by. i'm just depressed beyond belief.
there's an old habit of mine i haven't done in many years that
i've been awfully tempted to partake in but then i'm reminded that
every place i applied for a job at does a certain "test" that i
would then fail.
oh well, like i said, we'll get by. yesterday was old today is a
new day. now i'm gonna get back to the freelance work and then try
to get hershey back on the ground and drive the piss out of him
while he still has insurance :D
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From: whocanduncan@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: everyone!!!
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 23:25:03 -0600
Whatever it is, don't panic. Always remember tomorrow is a new day
and you won't make rash decisions. Keep us updated and let us know
how we can help.
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From: i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx
i'm going through some hard times. . ..
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