60+ year old thread.

Evening all:


Just to put things into perspective; forget about the years, I figure I've been around for about 590,000 hrs.!
Just thinking too much again!!!

 

I've roughly worked on over 115,000 cars so far..

 

That's like 437 miles of cars end to end.
How do u think I feel ??? Lol

 

wonder how many rivets I've drilled out and installed - I know it's a lot...

Evening boys!!!!

Happy Memorial Day all and a huge THANK YOU to all the vets out there!!!!

 

Well my boat don't leak so maybe you built it...
Ty to all the vet's.

 

Evening all:
If the boat doesn't leak, there's a good possibility she didn't build it!

Evening Sue!
I'll save you the time!!!!

 

Hey!!! how do you know what kind of work I produce??

 

Good one!

Knew that would get your attention Sue. I'm sure you did your best.
When guys fix rivets on boat hulls, a lot of them put a small amount of 3M sealant on them for a little added insurance.

 

Carl, added to ignore list!!!!

Well, duh, we did a lot of places on aircraft too

 

Oh well I'm used to it, my cats are good at that!

 

Like this one !!https://youtu.be/nO3rrPHQwbs

 

nice one for sure

 

Which one of you upset Susan?!? Bad move!

Hope everyone had a happy and safe holiday. I worked too hard putting our yard back together after finally getting our septic system woes fixed.

Talked to my boss again today. He is still supporting my move for part time. Now it's in the hands of a VP who needs to okay some $$ so they can bring another person on fulltime for me to train. My part time salary will give them some of the $$ but I guess they need a few more. He thinks it should all be in the bag by the beginning of July.

We still need to hash out the details of what constitutes "part time". Technically it is anything over 20 hours/wk but it sounds like HR is pushing for 24 hours/wk. They also want to keep me in the on call rotation, which I do NOT want. It means staying within 1 hour of home and/or carrying my stuff wherever I go and verifying a high speed internet connection will be waiting for me at the other end. Plus carrying their !@#@#$^ phone around with me at all times. It used to be cool but then I used to be younger. They'll have to trade hours on the job for hours on call, and it will have to be a pretty sweet trade from my point of view.

 

Sounds like you have retirement figured out. Being on call sucks especially when on vacation with the family. I used to get up at 6am to do email for the day then the Blackberry thing happened. Seems like I was fielding calls and doing email all vacation long. I even changed my out of office vacation message every day so the same knuckleheads would get the message every day and not just one time for the duration of the vacation. I do not really miss work.

I may have to go back to a part time job in two years for extra cash but I will look to Home Depot for a job. I believe I have a lot to offer as I am pretty handy and live is a Levitt home here in Bowie of which there were over 4500 constructed. A lot of the employees in our Home Depot do not really know how to fix anything in a home. So sad. Our local HD is getting more and more into serving the residential customer.

 

Morning all.

Back at work. Had my fill of airports and airline travel for the year all in one month. But both trips were worth it; wouldn't have missed either event for anything. It dawns on me that as one very important person in my life retired from active duty AF at the beginning of the month, our nephew, whose wedding we just attended, is just starting out on his career (graduated Basic Training last September). Seeing the difference in him and watching he and his bride as they begin a very similar path that my wife and I embarked on almost 31 yrs ago is very cool, and a little reminiscent.

Sounds like things are coming together Dave. Yeah, they'd have to make the on-call trade extremely sweet. If it has to be part of the deal, I think I'd negotiate a definite term for the on-call requirement; I wouldn't let them make it open ended. You need a light at the end of that tunnel that forces them to prepare someone to fill your slot in the on-call rotation. Those are my thoughts FWIW. I know my favorite part of my career after active duty retirement is no more electronic leash. Good luck brother.

 

Thunderstorms in the forecast today. And tomorrow, and Friday, and through the weekend. Naturally this occurs now, we want to plant grass seed. Last time we did that it all got washed into the driveway by thunderstorms!

Funny you should mention that. Local hardware stores are an option I've considered as well. There are some qualified folks in the stores around here, others not so much. Our local Ace Hardware stores are *great* at having qualified folks.

I hear that! I've grown to dislike the air travel experience so much that I would rather drive if at all possible.

Thanks! Part of the thing they're putting together is bringing on a 'protege' to follow me around, take on work that I do now, and generally learn the ropes. It's a good suggestion to have him also step into the on call role as soon as possible, and get me out of it as soon as possible.

It feels funny being in this kind of position to be honest. Throughout my career I've always felt as though I was the one learning from others.

 

Morning all. Trying to catch up on spring stuff. Still haven't done a clean on the vehicles.
Just not enough time. Only days off results in bad weather. Hope everyone is doing well.
Work is finally picking up. Rather have to much work than not enough.
Errands before work so out the door.