Need Some Salt Blue!

mrerick · 08-21-2010, 12:42 PM

Gerald, congratulations! I made my move when I was 53 after 31 years with the same company.

It was a good decision, and I've never regretted it!

Project prime is now "you"!!! Go for it!

Marc

G.T. · 08-21-2010, 01:44 PM

Thanks Marc, Ted & Tom..I really do feel free... I went out ugly but well.. I stood up tall for a good guy, woudn't budge.. bang Ger, your gone!!!!.. Your first thought is, Holy Crap!

..Then, Oh well....Amazing how much stuff you can fit into a desk drawer...

... How you can get three boxes of crap to carry out... I guess I'll never know..
I have always really liked the support this forum has given me, and others like me.. Everyone seems to be quite a bit alike?? And all have lived a bit outside the reach of a safety net... So, Onward and upward... Well, for awhile, at least onward..

... Best to all, til...lat'r...GT

Neil Young · 08-21-2010, 03:07 PM

Good luck G.T.!

Neil

lfid · 08-21-2010, 03:23 PM

GT

happy to hear you are out of their grasp

Im retired once and then back as a contractor 10+ years same place better job than direct employee

and now waiting for the layoff but I seem to be kept somehow
so I know that waiting feeling and look forward to the release myself

Im almost decided to do something luger/similiar related small business in the actual retirement after the move to final city

best of luck to you !!!
Bill

Hugh · 08-21-2010, 04:03 PM

GT,

Good luck in your new "position"! You will find that there still isn't enough time to do everything that you want to do!

Hugh

Thor · 08-21-2010, 04:04 PM

GT, similar stuff happened to me. The Engineering company I worked for had a President that when projects didnt make deadlines he picked on the Engineers saying there was something wrong with our plans, plans that multiple agencies had approved and many time he looked at them before they went out. I was only one of the Engineers that stood up to him and said "What specifically do you have a problem with" and he would just repeat, "your plans are crap" or something to that affect in front of the client. I had a verbal knock down drag out very long session in his office that nobody else had the guts to do. They were gunning for me and when 9/11 happen they used the excuse that they were downsizing to give me the boot! BEST thing that ever happened to me! Look what I am doing now! I just wished I could do the restoration work faster!
When God closes one door, he opens another!

G.T. · 08-21-2010, 04:56 PM

Hi to all, Yes, I knew for years that this was the eventual result of hard work for somebody else.. but I always liked to believe, and will continue to do so.. only this time, it's in myself! Ted, it's really funny, when it all goes down, how you find out who your friends are, and who's got knives in their hands! Never ceases to amaze me... But, I digress, we are definitly going forward! Best to all., til...lat'r.....GT...

pitsword · 08-21-2010, 08:59 PM

GT,
God bless you. You have the right attitude Brother. Make it happen. What you believe will be. An opportunity to spread your wings and soar a flight of Freedom. Only in America. God save us all.

08-21-2010, 12:42 PM	#1
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,139 Times in 1,520 Posts	Gerald, congratulations! I made my move when I was 53 after 31 years with the same company. It was a good decision, and I've never regretted it! Project prime is now "you"!!! Go for it! Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

08-21-2010, 01:44 PM	#2
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,541 Thanks: 1,342 Thanked 3,742 Times in 1,020 Posts	Thanks! Thanks Marc, Ted & Tom..I really do feel free... I went out ugly but well.. I stood up tall for a good guy, woudn't budge.. bang Ger, your gone!!!!.. Your first thought is, Holy Crap! ..Then, Oh well....Amazing how much stuff you can fit into a desk drawer... ... How you can get three boxes of crap to carry out... I guess I'll never know.. I have always really liked the support this forum has given me, and others like me.. Everyone seems to be quite a bit alike?? And all have lived a bit outside the reach of a safety net... So, Onward and upward... Well, for awhile, at least onward.. ... Best to all, til...lat'r...GT

08-21-2010, 03:07 PM	#3
Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 552 Thanks: 567 Thanked 449 Times in 170 Posts	Good luck G.T.! Neil __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

08-21-2010, 03:23 PM	#4
lfid Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wichita, KS USA Posts: 453 Thanks: 573 Thanked 96 Times in 53 Posts	enjoy the ride !!! GT happy to hear you are out of their grasp Im retired once and then back as a contractor 10+ years same place better job than direct employee and now waiting for the layoff but I seem to be kept somehow so I know that waiting feeling and look forward to the release myself Im almost decided to do something luger/similiar related small business in the actual retirement after the move to final city best of luck to you !!! Bill

08-21-2010, 04:03 PM	#5
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 166 Times in 65 Posts	GT, Good luck in your new "position"! You will find that there still isn't enough time to do everything that you want to do! Hugh __________________ *TRUMP FOR PREZ IN '20!*

08-21-2010, 04:04 PM	#6
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 971 Times in 277 Posts	GT, similar stuff happened to me. The Engineering company I worked for had a President that when projects didnt make deadlines he picked on the Engineers saying there was something wrong with our plans, plans that multiple agencies had approved and many time he looked at them before they went out. I was only one of the Engineers that stood up to him and said "What specifically do you have a problem with" and he would just repeat, "your plans are crap" or something to that affect in front of the client. I had a verbal knock down drag out very long session in his office that nobody else had the guts to do. They were gunning for me and when 9/11 happen they used the excuse that they were downsizing to give me the boot! BEST thing that ever happened to me! Look what I am doing now! I just wished I could do the restoration work faster! When God closes one door, he opens another! __________________ Thor's Luger Clinic http://members.rennlist.com/lugerman/ Ted Green (Thor Yaller Boots) 725 Western Hills Dr SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 915-526-8925 Email thor340@aol.com ----------------------------------- John3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

08-21-2010, 04:56 PM	#7
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,541 Thanks: 1,342 Thanked 3,742 Times in 1,020 Posts	Hi Ted! Hi to all, Yes, I knew for years that this was the eventual result of hard work for somebody else.. but I always liked to believe, and will continue to do so.. only this time, it's in myself! Ted, it's really funny, when it all goes down, how you find out who your friends are, and who's got knives in their hands! Never ceases to amaze me... But, I digress, we are definitly going forward! Best to all., til...lat'r.....GT... Last edited by G.T.; 08-22-2010 at 07:24 AM.

08-21-2010, 08:59 PM	#8
pitsword User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Southern Maine Posts: 459 Thanks: 3,964 Thanked 103 Times in 83 Posts	GT, God bless you. You have the right attitude Brother. Make it happen. What you believe will be. An opportunity to spread your wings and soar a flight of Freedom. Only in America. God save us all.

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