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Originally posted by Blackeagle
Man that really sucks hav'n to go on the road. Liv'n from a suitcase isn't a good thing. And as you said, ya can't see your girl much that way either.
Have you given any thought to starting your own shop? As you've been running the one this company had it's clear you know how. Or perhaps a shop doing puter's?
Hope you can find a good pay'n option to roading it! :shrug:
Don't waste yer last day with that laser man, cut out anything you can invision making use of in the future! Has to be better than hang'n out bummed all day.
Very sorry to hear about this change in your situation Jaydee. Best of luck to you, and I hope you find a better situation very soon.
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Spokane's economy just blows. A lot of small business are shutting down. We lost our major economy boost when Kiaser Aluminum's employees decided to go on strike for 2 years and make the company go bankrupt.

****ing idiots. Not only did they loose their jobs, they lost pretty much everything they had here in Spokane. Stupidity and greed took over and the union helped them go down. Their average salary was $60,000 a year. Thats 3 times higher than ANY other job in Spokane with the exception of Boeing. Then Boeing cut a huge chunk of their employees and later sold the place to another airplane manufacturer. Those two companies where holding what little good economy Spokane had. Now companies are pulling out and going elsewhere or just closing shop.
I would stand no chance at my own business. Well established business are going under as it is. There is already to many on-line outfits to even bother trying to compete. No win situation. There are also zero jobs to be had here. The best I can find is an $8 to start welding job that is temporary to boot. Not going from a $14.50 (in town)- $17.50 (on the road)/hour job to that. Only way I could get a better job would be to move. That's not an option for many reasons.
I just have to make the best of what I got now. Traveling isn't all that bad actually. We have about 3-6 months that is non stop, but the rest of the year is relaxed some. I will see the daughter just about as much, but the schedual will not be as solid. Makes it kind of rough for me and her mom to work it out.
I am trying to save up as much money as I can in 2004. I stopped D.F. to save $40+ a month in power and will not devote any new money towards water blocks or computer hardware (well maybe a new Radeon). That will save another $500+ this year. Cutting some of the luxury bills down being I will not be home to use what those bills where for. At the end of 04 I will hopefully have enough cash to spare to look into more options. By then the economy should be better to. Going to tough it out this year and see what happens.
Also, I got no laserable material left to cut. Everything left is Rotory only. We ordered the laserable material on demand only. We didn't stock anything. Just cleaned up the Rotory engraver so I am not going to mess with it.
What is really bumbing me out is this damm 38K dialup here at work.

Things shouldn't get any worst though. At least I am not layed off. Looks like it might be a slow year at the construction company. I went in this morning and they only have a couple jobs on the board and they are not going out anytime soon. Probably be doing a lot of in-town shop work for a while. On the 5th I go back there, but that week we will be down here moving and getting rid of everything. After that I am not sure what's going on.