I'm not going to ba around as much.......

[Mt_Goat]

......since I just found out I start a job tomorrow and go back to work for the first time since May. I am really looking forward to it but am going to miss being on here all the time. I guess priorities and common sense win out. Oh pffffft!

[Geeky1]

Good to hear you got a job. :thumbsup:

Look at it this way... the more time you spend at work, the more money you have to spend on more computer parts. :D

[primesuspect]

Congrats Larry! I bet getting back out into the workforce is gonna be a great thing for you. I'm happy for you! We'll still be here when you get home :)

[Mt_Goat]

I figued that I would be working again when I was ready to do it again. I don't think I would have lasted for long back in August or September and that would have made getting another job even harder. So I finally kicked myself out the door when I started to feel like a lazy bum and it worked. The good part is that I will be working local instead of going over the road like I tried for a year earlier on. Geeky is right that I will be able to buy more parts as this is obviously an addiction, both upgrading components and getting online. Yes, My name is Larry and I am a geek and an internet junkie. :D

[Xenogeared]

Hi Larry (trying so sound like a mindless drone in a support group)

[madmat]

Glad to hear that you got a new job, let the modding commence.
I'm hoping to rejoin the ranks of the employed soon but I'll have to find something my back will allow me to do.

[Clutch]

Good to hear your back in action working. More money for parts is great, better systems to put together and start crunching those wu's :)

Don't worry about being an addict, it's okay, we all are, so your only half insane, hehe

[Spinner]

That's great to hear buddy. I'm very pleased for ya.:thumbsup:

[Thrax]

YAY! :D

Congrats MT!

[QCH]

Welcome back into the workforce.

[TBonZ]

Good news Larry, congrats on the new job. :)

[a2jfreak]

I'm happy for you, Larry.
Hope all goes well!

[Mt_Goat]

Thanks everyone! I will be off for my first day in less than an hour. See I am addicted enough to get up eaely to come and visit. ;)

[bothered]

Nice to be back at work though MT, congrats.
I start my early shift at 6am but get up 20 minutes earlier than I need to to check email and pop in here. It's like a virtual breakfast.

[Mr_Bojingles]

Congrats! :thumbsup:

Hope everything goes well.

[keto]

I went thru something similar in 2000. Ended up going back to work at a job I wasn't really suited to and being miserable, then bounced to another less than satisfactory job. Took until last year to find the right situation but all is well now, fingers toes & eyes crossed. Good to hear you waited for the right situation and are back putting shoulder to grindstone, hope it's 100% fullfilling for ya Larry.

[csimon]

hope you have a great first day back at work larry! congrats

[Shorty]

Nice one my man :D

Wicked! :rockon:

[Mt_Goat]

Thanks again. I just got a long lunch and work isn't far so I'm proving my addiction again! :O

[a2jfreak]

Too bad you don't have a desk job w/ a computer and access to the 'net. Actually, upon further examination, it might be best because you might not accomplish anything during the work day other than browsing. :D

[JB]

bothered had this to say
It's like a virtual breakfast.


;D

[TheLostSwede]

Larry,

You are one of the bravest persons i have ever talked to. Congrats on a new job! Good man.

[Mt_Goat]

WEll the first two days went pretty good. I like the people I am working with (even though a little horseplay between 2 of the guys broke my special order Serengetti Pilot's glasses but they are getting them fixed for me;)). In case anyone doesn't know, I am a truck driver and I have a good diversified background in it. My current job has me working for a construction company and moving heavy eqipment like loaders, dozers and graders to name a few. It is good work and I get more physical than I would doing any other driving job due to always climbing and throwing chains and pulling and thightening things down. Yesterday I had a close call that I patted myself on the back for saving and not loosing a piece of equipment. I was moving a Cat 988 loader (these are one of the bigger ones) and had a chain holding it down break on the freeway during rush hour traffic after noticing that the giant loader was moving on my trailer. I was able to pull over and reposition the equipment and re-chained it. It turned out that the pin that holds a hook on the end of the chain was badly worn and should have been replaced some time ago. After that I inspected the rest of my chains and tie-down equipment and replaced what I deemed to be in poor condition. In the first 2 days I got 24 hours in. :D

[Geeky1]

Oh god. mtgoat driving an 18 wheeler. Heaven help us all. Hey Larry, you want to do me a favor and let me know before you come through the bay area... I want to be sure to stay off the sidewalks. ;) ;D

[Mt_Goat]

Geeky1 had this to say
Oh god. mtgoat driving an 18 wheeler. Heaven help us all. Hey Larry, you want to do me a favor and let me know before you come through the bay area... I want to be sure to stay off the sidewalks. ;) ;D

Geeky
I have just over 2 million miles under my butt with 0 tickets and the only accident was when someone lost control going the other way and came spinning like a top right at me. I often wish I had gone into the engineering field like my teachers tried to get me to but after some recolection I think I had more fun and adventure along the path I took. Sometimes more than I bargained for!

[madmat]

Nice record mtgoat, that's very commendable. I've had 3 accidents just driving personal vehicles and the first was my fault (I backed into a guy that had stopped in my blind-spot when I was 18) and the other 2 were not my fault...well one was when I looped my bike because I wasn't used to disk brakes on the front end and I got cut off but the other was totally not my fault, I was turning left in a protected left turn lane and the guy in the other left turn lane went straight and hit me instead of turning left.
I was on my bike at the time as well.

[Geeky1]

Nice record, yeah. But I like mine better... 1 ticket within 1 year of getting my license... :D

I wasn't going that fast... 53 (ok, so it was more like 60, but he wrote it up for 53) in a 35. Besides, I had to get to the computer store before it closed...

;D