February 2008 TacomaWorld Giveaway

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Originally Posted by Toy4Life

O.K., here's what I'm getting. Been wanting/needing these for a while.

should have finished the tread before my last post i guess. thats exactlyl what i got. The hitch Dring works great. definately a good choice and essential if you are gonna spend time off road

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Originally Posted by piercedtiger

Yeah, for pulling Jeeps!


Congrats toy4life!


Oh, and to you alliance members, I did win back in December and I'm not in the Carolina Alliance so.....

yeah but didnt you "co-win" with someone that was in the Alliance?

Originally Posted by mvega1969

You all Alliance can do more if you get a Job and stop posting all day... at least once in a while but CONSTRUCTIVE... not junk criticism

i have a job. actually my job is the only reason i spend so much time on TW. i never use the internet when i'm not at work, so if i were at home i wouldnt be online right now.

Originally Posted by piercedtiger

Yeah, I'm not sure why I don't have a job yet. A couple places said they were growing and wanted new ideas, fresh blood, etc. Only thing I can think of was my appearance (long hair and ear rings. Now short hair, and the rings come out.), or the reason I was fired. Half tempted to sue my former employer for wrongful termination since an unemployment hearing found the charge "hearsay" and dropped it. But I still don't have a job and I wonder if the reason I was fired has tainted my reputation. If that makes sense. Some woman claimed I made a comment, it went down as sexual harassment, there were never any written warnings or anything I signed, no statement from the client it occurred at, and employees of the client and my company are yelled at for asking about me..... I don't want to deal with a lawyer, but this all seems shady to me. And now, almost 6 months later I still can't get a job. Partly due to that? I don't know.

Oh, and I'm 28, but I've been using computers since I was around 5 and could read DOS 3.1. Guess 20 years personal experience isn't enough, or something else is involved.

out of curiosity, what did you say

Originally Posted by piercedtiger

Thanks. Yeah, it's been a real eye opener. Made me re-evaluate who my "friends" were after that point (since she acted like a friend). I normally don't trust people or let my guard down around them. That just reinforced that policy, but I'm afraid I'll slip up again. People like to joke with me, and vent about things, and I don't mind letting them. Very little offends or bothers me. My boss used to tell me I need to smile more, and people would ask what was wrong if I wasn't smiling. Well, I usually only smile when I'm happy or laughing. And laughing over a joke is what caused all this so you wonder why I don't smile....

Idiots. I'm still debating the lawyer thing. Maybe I'll call someone today and see if I even have a case.

you sound like me. people have been telling me to smile more my whole life. i dont get it, i smile and laugh when something is funny but if i'm not being amused i just have a normal face. i could be compeltely content and happy but look like i'm pissed (at least thats what i'm told). i'm very light hearted and happy usually but i look mean. I've been told by multiple girls that i look very un-approachable and angry/scary. When my head is shaved i look like a very angry skin head. Looks matter alot when job looking though. you need to be clean cut, shaved and not peirced, then after you get a job you can get your look back. i try not to go in with a shaved head to an interview, i let my hair grow back a little. i look less threatening when you can see my receding hairline I look like a felon otherwise

Anyway, good luck Tiger, i hope things work out for you soon. if not, move down south, its better down here anyway

[piercedtiger]

Originally Posted by ndcouch

yeah but didnt you "co-win" with someone that was in the Alliance?

Maybe.... but winning is winning.

out of curiosity, what did you say

She claimed I said "you know you want me" or some such thing... I have no recollection of saying anything like that. And there were apparently 2 other women around at the time (that I didn't notice) that didn't hear me say anything like that either.

you sound like me. people have been telling me to smile more my whole life. i dont get it, i smile and laugh when something is funny but if i'm not being amused i just have a normal face. i could be compeltely content and happy but look like i'm pissed (at least thats what i'm told). i'm very light hearted and happy usually but i look mean. I've been told by multiple girls that i look very un-approachable and angry/scary. When my head is shaved i look like a very angry skin head. Looks matter alot when job looking though. you need to be clean cut, shaved and not peirced, then after you get a job you can get your look back. i try not to go in with a shaved head to an interview, i let my hair grow back a little. i look less threatening when you can see my receding hairline I look like a felon otherwise

Anyway, good luck Tiger, i hope things work out for you soon. if not, move down south, its better down here anyway

Thanks. And yeah, I'm not one of those naturally happy/bubbly/perky (read: ANNOYING) people so normally I have a straight face unless I'm laughing over a joke. Or just got a new toy.

A few people may have mentioned I look unapproachable as well in the past. No one has mentioned that recently, but it still sticks in my mind. People seem afraid to say much to me until they get to know me.

Regardless, the client I was at had multiple family members working there so it was like one big family. As such, people acted accordingly. Off-color jokes, lots of sarcasm, etc. Towards me as well (which I don't mind. I love a good joke, and appreciate sarcasm), but apparently I can not reciprocate. That's the part that pisses me off. We go back n forth for a year, then BAM! HR gets called in, I'm fired, and a family of 5 struggles to survive. (I was denied unemployment at first for nearly 2 months.) Al over 1 woman's word.

Guess the moral of the story is be VERY careful about who you trust at work.

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Originally Posted by piercedtiger

Guess the moral of the story is be VERY careful about who you trust at work.

or better yet, keep women out of the workplace

or even better than that, lets go back to the good ole days when you could tell a woman she did a good job by slapping her butt or cupping a boob

[piercedtiger]

Originally Posted by ndcouch

or better yet, keep women out of the workplace

or even better than that, lets go back to the good ole days when you could tell a woman she did a good job by slapping her butt or cupping a boob

Hell, I'd settle being able to talk to one without stopping and thinking about what to say for 5 minutes to make sure it can't be misinterpreted as "sexual" and filed with HR.

[Toy4Life]

Got my stuff yesterday. The hitch d-ring is rated to 10,000lbs and the strap is a 3" by 30' rated at 17,000lbs with a break strength of 30,000lbs.

[Roland]

Looks like that'll get the job done. Gratz!

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So, what happened to the March prize? are we done with the monthy prizes?

[tcBob]

Originally Posted by ndcouch

So, what happened to the March prize? are we done with the monthy prizes?

for the time being yes but i've got more interesting things in the cooker for giveaways...

[TheMaster]

Steaks?

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Tacoark?!?!

[jhodge83]

Originally Posted by ndcouch

Tacoark?!?!

i second that....and i am unanimous in it!!! HERE HERE!!!!!

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come on Bob! you gotta tell us what you got cookin!

[jhodge83]

we're still waitin to see whats up, bob!!!

[tacomaman06]

Originally Posted by jhodge83

we're still waitin to see whats up, bob!!!

yeah........im wondering too!!!! and im hoping bob gets some tw stickers in the near future......my 04 seems kinda naked without one!!