Welp... Officially unemployed.

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  1. BlazerWookee

    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    We shut down our manufacturing facility here in Oregon, and I'm officially out of a job.

    Sigh...




    The good news is I have had three different customers and a vendor ask me for my resume...


    EDIT: Whoops. Meant to put this in OT. Little help, mods?
     
  2. BlazerCaravan

    BlazerCaravan Hug a Bigot... to Death

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    I'm glad you're instantly in demand at least!
     
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  3. riverman

    riverman Writing Team

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    Good luck Wookie! Sometimes new chapters are great!
     
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  4. Dougnsalem

    Dougnsalem not barf

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    Don't knock it yet though. Collecting cans is a pretty easy living. Out in nature every day and getting exercise(riding bikes around picking them up), meeting new people (at the Bottle Drop). I'm enjoying it....
     
  5. riverman

    riverman Writing Team

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    Did you include your lifetime Coors Lite frequent flyer miles?
     
  6. GriLtCheeZ

    GriLtCheeZ "Well, I'm not lookin' for trouble."

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    So does that mean you'll be posting here more often?
     
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  7. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Was it that giant LMA poster that caused the business to fail?

    barfo
     
  8. santeesioux

    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

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    Just become a nomad with a van you live in and take odd jobs in the various places you go to.
     
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  9. riverman

    riverman Writing Team

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    Move to Klamath Falls?
     
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  10. santeesioux

    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

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    Hey man if I could find one of those awesome Keystone Montana rvs for a decent price I'd probably live that lifestyle. Just give me some internet access and I'm good.
     
  11. BrianFromWA

    BrianFromWA Editor in Chief Staff Member Editor in Chief

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    Start at 1:25

     
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  12. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    This sounds like a Breaking Bad type of situation but instead of making meth you're going to start pimping sheep.
     
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  13. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Thanks Obama!
     
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  14. JFizzleRaider

    JFizzleRaider Yeast Lords Global Moderator

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    I heard @HCP is fixing up his basement.

    You already spend a lot of time at his house, so you might as well move in.
     
  15. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Wookee would be an easy house guest to get rid of, just throw a 6 pack of Coors Light on the front lawn and lock the door.
     
  16. Further

    Further Guy

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    A couple years ago the lab I worked in shut down and I was out too. Sucked, it was the first time in over 25 years I was out of work. I almost got several jobs but something kept going wrong, like funding falling through at one lab and a scientist having a health crisis and having to take a year off the day before I was signing papers.

    Ended up being a god send. Changed careers. Much happier life now. Good luck, I hope your next step is the best one yet.
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    rotary111 Well-Known Member

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    Sorry to hear that Mr. Wookie.

    Sounds like you were well respected in your field. You will be fine.
    Best of luck going forward.
     
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  19. Dougnsalem

    Dougnsalem not barf

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    This is SO true for me too. If I had continued with the corporate life I had been doing, my life span would have been shortened by 20 years. Wookie, go find something that you enjoy doing, and have fun with life!
     
  20. 3RA1N1AC

    3RA1N1AC 00110110 00111001

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    Bummer dude.

    Insert obvious ironic trump joke.
     
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