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[TheGrove]

*sigh* I need a drink.

Dad and sister lost their jobs today. Dad had 27 years in the company, about 20 of them running it. Sis worked in billing. Rat bastard owners couldn't even man up and fire Dad in person - they sent minions to do it. So much for loyalty.

Sis says Dad is taking it well. Kind of saw it coming, sort of a relief. The whole company is being shut down so he doesn't have to be the one to fire everyone else. Sis started drinking and playing Wii at 10 a.m. I think Mom and I are more p1ssed than they are.

Wow - rough day!

Is dad in a position to just re-define it as 'retirement'?

Probably not. He's only 58.

The good news is, he got decent severance, and Mom has a good job. They've talked about this before, and they seemed to feel they'd be OK if it happened. I hope so...

I got terminated at 57 (illegally, but lawyers advised me they had tricked me into 'quitting').  Knowing I'd never get a job worth the effort at that age, and being able to, I decided I had 'retired'.

I often joke that if I'd known retirement was so great, I'd have done it 30 years earlier!   (Of course, at that time I'd also have been homeless and starving. )

Good luck to your sis, dad, and family.

Dad jokes that he'll just sell car parts on eBay and live off Mom's salary. 

[union89]

*sigh* I need a drink.

Dad and sister lost their jobs today. Dad had 27 years in the company, about 20 of them running it. Sis worked in billing. Rat bastard owners couldn't even man up and fire Dad in person - they sent minions to do it. So much for loyalty.

Sis says Dad is taking it well. Kind of saw it coming, sort of a relief. The whole company is being shut down so he doesn't have to be the one to fire everyone else. Sis started drinking and playing Wii at 10 a.m. I think Mom and I are more p1ssed than they are.

Wow - rough day!

Is dad in a position to just re-define it as 'retirement'?

Probably not. He's only 58.

The good news is, he got decent severance, and Mom has a good job. They've talked about this before, and they seemed to feel they'd be OK if it happened. I hope so...

I got terminated at 57 (illegally, but lawyers advised me they had tricked me into 'quitting').  Knowing I'd never get a job worth the effort at that age, and being able to, I decided I had 'retired'.

I often joke that if I'd known retirement was so great, I'd have done it 30 years earlier!   (Of course, at that time I'd also have been homeless and starving. )

Good luck to your sis, dad, and family.

Dad jokes that he'll just sell car parts on eBay and live off Mom's salary. 

Wow, brutal day......good luck to your family.

[dlippiel]

*sigh* I need a drink.

Dad and sister lost their jobs today. Dad had 27 years in the company, about 20 of them running it. Sis worked in billing. Rat bastard owners couldn't even man up and fire Dad in person - they sent minions to do it. So much for loyalty.

Sis says Dad is taking it well. Kind of saw it coming, sort of a relief. The whole company is being shut down so he doesn't have to be the one to fire everyone else. Sis started drinking and playing Wii at 10 a.m. I think Mom and I are more p1ssed than they are.

Wow - rough day!

Is dad in a position to just re-define it as 'retirement'?

Probably not. He's only 58.

The good news is, he got decent severance, and Mom has a good job. They've talked about this before, and they seemed to feel they'd be OK if it happened. I hope so...

I got terminated at 57 (illegally, but lawyers advised me they had tricked me into 'quitting').  Knowing I'd never get a job worth the effort at that age, and being able to, I decided I had 'retired'.

I often joke that if I'd known retirement was so great, I'd have done it 30 years earlier!   (Of course, at that time I'd also have been homeless and starving. )

Good luck to your sis, dad, and family.

Dad jokes that he'll just sell car parts on eBay and live off Mom's salary. 

Wow, brutal day......good luck to your family.

Yeah grove, very sorry to hear that news. dlip really wishes your family the best and hopes things work out.

[pg04]

Or Brock(space)Port....

Pg...pretty soon it aint going to be Brockport....did you hear that there is a good chance that the Village is going to dissolve itself?  It will simply be the Town of Sweden.

SUNY Sweden.....TASTE IT!!!

I really do not like that... 

[mattvsmith]

Or Brock(space)Port....

Pg...pretty soon it aint going to be Brockport....did you hear that there is a good chance that the Village is going to dissolve itself?  It will simply be the Town of Sweden.

SUNY Sweden.....TASTE IT!!!

The Rev had to +K for reviving the expression "Taste it!"
Also, the fact that a municipality may dissolve is the first good news I've heard in a while.

Now only if a little municipality called the District of Columbia would dissolve...

[SaintsFAN]

*sigh* I need a drink.

Dad and sister lost their jobs today. Dad had 27 years in the company, about 20 of them running it. Sis worked in billing. Rat bastard owners couldn't even man up and fire Dad in person - they sent minions to do it. So much for loyalty.

Sis says Dad is taking it well. Kind of saw it coming, sort of a relief. The whole company is being shut down so he doesn't have to be the one to fire everyone else. Sis started drinking and playing Wii at 10 a.m. I think Mom and I are more p1ssed than they are.

Sorry to hear that Grove... that ever happens to me and I'm moving to some 3rd World Country with a nice beach where I can live on pennies a day...

[Knightstalker]

*sigh* I need a drink.

Dad and sister lost their jobs today. Dad had 27 years in the company, about 20 of them running it. Sis worked in billing. Rat bastard owners couldn't even man up and fire Dad in person - they sent minions to do it. So much for loyalty.

Sis says Dad is taking it well. Kind of saw it coming, sort of a relief. The whole company is being shut down so he doesn't have to be the one to fire everyone else. Sis started drinking and playing Wii at 10 a.m. I think Mom and I are more p1ssed than they are.

Sorry to hear that Grove... that ever happens to me and I'm moving to some 3rd World Country with a nice beach where I can live on pennies a day...

The shipping guy at KS job is from the DR, he told KS that you could rent a 2 br house in a nice area for less than 200 a month.

[JT]

*sigh* I need a drink.

Dad and sister lost their jobs today. Dad had 27 years in the company, about 20 of them running it. Sis worked in billing. Rat bastard owners couldn't even man up and fire Dad in person - they sent minions to do it. So much for loyalty.

Sis says Dad is taking it well. Kind of saw it coming, sort of a relief. The whole company is being shut down so he doesn't have to be the one to fire everyone else. Sis started drinking and playing Wii at 10 a.m. I think Mom and I are more p1ssed than they are.

Sorry to hear that Grove... that ever happens to me and I'm moving to some 3rd World Country with a nice beach where I can live on pennies a day...

The shipping guy at KS job is from the DR, he told KS that you could rent a 2 br house in a nice area for less than 200 a month.

For another 200, you can get a maid and your yard work done.

[JT]

*sigh* I need a drink.

Dad and sister lost their jobs today. Dad had 27 years in the company, about 20 of them running it. Sis worked in billing. Rat bastard owners couldn't even man up and fire Dad in person - they sent minions to do it. So much for loyalty.

Sis says Dad is taking it well. Kind of saw it coming, sort of a relief. The whole company is being shut down so he doesn't have to be the one to fire everyone else. Sis started drinking and playing Wii at 10 a.m. I think Mom and I are more p1ssed than they are.

Wow - rough day!

Is dad in a position to just re-define it as 'retirement'?

Probably not. He's only 58.

The good news is, he got decent severance, and Mom has a good job. They've talked about this before, and they seemed to feel they'd be OK if it happened. I hope so...

I got terminated at 57 (illegally, but lawyers advised me they had tricked me into 'quitting').  Knowing I'd never get a job worth the effort at that age, and being able to, I decided I had 'retired'.

I often joke that if I'd known retirement was so great, I'd have done it 30 years earlier!  (Of course, at that time I'd also have been homeless and starving. )

Good luck to your sis, dad, and family.

Dad jokes that he'll just sell car parts on eBay and live off Mom's salary.  

Good luck to your family.  Dad should certainly consider ebay if he's serious.  JT can recommend a few good ebay courses, if you want me to PM.  The end game is to generate an email list to promote a personal website, while continuing to sell on ebay.

[union89]

*sigh* I need a drink.

Dad and sister lost their jobs today. Dad had 27 years in the company, about 20 of them running it. Sis worked in billing. Rat bastard owners couldn't even man up and fire Dad in person - they sent minions to do it. So much for loyalty.

Sis says Dad is taking it well. Kind of saw it coming, sort of a relief. The whole company is being shut down so he doesn't have to be the one to fire everyone else. Sis started drinking and playing Wii at 10 a.m. I think Mom and I are more p1ssed than they are.

Sorry to hear that Grove... that ever happens to me and I'm moving to some 3rd World Country with a nice beach where I can live on pennies a day...

The shipping guy at KS job is from the DR, he told KS that you could rent a 2 br house in a nice area for less than 200 a month.

For another 200, you can get a maid and your yard work done.

Is this 'yard work' you speak of a code word for something else and is it performed by the hot maid??

[TheGrove]

*sigh* I need a drink.

Dad and sister lost their jobs today. Dad had 27 years in the company, about 20 of them running it. Sis worked in billing. Rat bastard owners couldn't even man up and fire Dad in person - they sent minions to do it. So much for loyalty.

Sis says Dad is taking it well. Kind of saw it coming, sort of a relief. The whole company is being shut down so he doesn't have to be the one to fire everyone else. Sis started drinking and playing Wii at 10 a.m. I think Mom and I are more p1ssed than they are.

Wow - rough day!

Is dad in a position to just re-define it as 'retirement'?

Probably not. He's only 58.

The good news is, he got decent severance, and Mom has a good job. They've talked about this before, and they seemed to feel they'd be OK if it happened. I hope so...

I got terminated at 57 (illegally, but lawyers advised me they had tricked me into 'quitting').  Knowing I'd never get a job worth the effort at that age, and being able to, I decided I had 'retired'.

I often joke that if I'd known retirement was so great, I'd have done it 30 years earlier!  (Of course, at that time I'd also have been homeless and starving. )

Good luck to your sis, dad, and family.

Dad jokes that he'll just sell car parts on eBay and live off Mom's salary.  

Good luck to your family.  Dad should certainly consider ebay if he's serious.  JT can recommend a few good ebay courses, if you want me to PM.  The end game is to generate an email list to promote a personal website, while continuing to sell on ebay.

Dad's been doing that off and on for awhile now, but please do PM me! If he's going whole hog, every little bit of info helps.


Many thanks, all, for the good wishes. Nearly brings a tear to my eye. There are some darn fine folks here on the LLPP. +k all around!

[union89]

Doid & Garnet.....check this out

http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=456688&GT1=28102&ppud=4&

See anything in there??

[labart96]

Hang in there Grove.  This too shall pass.

Here's something to cheer you all up:

In case you need more excitement at your Superbowl party, try playing the game below.

The New Orleans Saints Superbowl Drinking Game
 
1.        Every time they mention hurricane Katrina, drink 1
2.        If they show pictures of the City of New Orleans right after Katrina, drink 1
3.        Every time they say how much the Saints mean to the City of New Orleans , drink 1
4.        Every time the words "tragedy", "flood", or "devastation" are used, drink 1
5.        Every time they talk about how good Reggie Bush was in college, drink 3
6.        If they show Kim Kardashian in the stands, drink 5
7.        Every time they show a picture of Reggie Bush with a bat or say "bringing the wood" drink for 5 seconds..
8.        Every time Reggie Bush gets negative yardage trying to run around in the backfield a bunch and outrun the defense, drink 1 and turn to the person next to you and say "I told you Vince Young should have won the Heisman"
9.        Every time Reggie Bush gets up and flexes his arms in that pose he likes to do, drink 1
10.        If they mention Tim Tebow for any reason, funnel a beer
11.        Every time they say that "it's destiny for the Saints to win" drink 1
12.        If they show footage of Katrina survivors at the Superdome, take a shot of cheap liquor
13.        If they call Saints fans the most passionate fans in football, drink 1
14.        If they say that the Saints, Saints fans, or the City of New Orleans "deserve" a Superbowl victory, drink 1
15.        Every time they say how good of a story the Saints are, drink 1
16.        If Jeremy Shockey pretends to be hurt after dropping a pass, drink 2
17.        If they mention the Saints beating the Falcons in 2006 in the first game after Katrina in the Superdome, drink 5 and remember that we are still a better football team with better fans.
18.        Every time they compare hurricane Katrina to the Haiti earthquake, funnel a beer and yell "bulls***!"
19.        Every time they mention Drew Brees as the Mardi Gras king, drink
20..        Every time they show Archie Manning, drink 1, and mention how bad he sucked.  If they show old footage of him on the Saints, drink          5.  If they mention how tough of a decision it was for him as for whom to cheer for, drink 10.
21.        Every time they show a saints fan yelling "Who dat!" Or a sign/shirt saying the same, drink 1.
22.        If they show Chris Paul at the game, drink 1 and mention to someone how much better he is than Marvin Williams.
23.        If they show former Mayor Ray Nagin, drink 5 and then punch someone in the face
                                           
Other Rules not involving the Saints:
1.        Every time they show Eli Manning in the press box, drink 1
2.        Every time Pierre Garcon is mentioned with Haiti , drink 1
3.        If Brett Favre is mentioned for any reason, drink 1
 

[Kira & Jaxon's Dad]

Too many rules.  After the first Quarter, no one would remember when to drink or not.

[PBR...]

Hang in there Grove.  This too shall pass.

Here's something to cheer you all up:

In case you need more excitement at your Superbowl party, try playing the game below.

The New Orleans Saints Superbowl Drinking Game
 
1.        Every time they mention hurricane Katrina, drink 1
2.        If they show pictures of the City of New Orleans right after Katrina, drink 1
3.        Every time they say how much the Saints mean to the City of New Orleans , drink 1
4.        Every time the words "tragedy", "flood", or "devastation" are used, drink 1
5.        Every time they talk about how good Reggie Bush was in college, drink 3
6.        If they show Kim Kardashian in the stands, drink 5
7.        Every time they show a picture of Reggie Bush with a bat or say "bringing the wood" drink for 5 seconds..
8.        Every time Reggie Bush gets negative yardage trying to run around in the backfield a bunch and outrun the defense, drink 1 and turn to the person next to you and say "I told you Vince Young should have won the Heisman"
9.        Every time Reggie Bush gets up and flexes his arms in that pose he likes to do, drink 1
10.        If they mention Tim Tebow for any reason, funnel a beer
11.        Every time they say that "it's destiny for the Saints to win" drink 1
12.        If they show footage of Katrina survivors at the Superdome, take a shot of cheap liquor
13.        If they call Saints fans the most passionate fans in football, drink 1
14.        If they say that the Saints, Saints fans, or the City of New Orleans "deserve" a Superbowl victory, drink 1
15.        Every time they say how good of a story the Saints are, drink 1
16.        If Jeremy Shockey pretends to be hurt after dropping a pass, drink 2
17.        If they mention the Saints beating the Falcons in 2006 in the first game after Katrina in the Superdome, drink 5 and remember that we are still a better football team with better fans.
18.        Every time they compare hurricane Katrina to the Haiti earthquake, funnel a beer and yell "bulls***!"
19.        Every time they mention Drew Brees as the Mardi Gras king, drink
20..        Every time they show Archie Manning, drink 1, and mention how bad he sucked.  If they show old footage of him on the Saints, drink          5.  If they mention how tough of a decision it was for him as for whom to cheer for, drink 10.
21.        Every time they show a saints fan yelling "Who dat!" Or a sign/shirt saying the same, drink 1.
22.        If they show Chris Paul at the game, drink 1 and mention to someone how much better he is than Marvin Williams.
23.        If they show former Mayor Ray Nagin, drink 5 and then punch someone in the face
                                           
Other Rules not involving the Saints:
1.        Every time they show Eli Manning in the press box, drink 1
2.        Every time Pierre Garcon is mentioned with Haiti , drink 1
3.        If Brett Favre is mentioned for any reason, drink 1
 

pbr will be drinking heavily after shoveling just a 'ish load of snow...1 f'n gigantic storm bearing down on us....will get the streets/sidewalks cleared as another storm is taking aim on tues/wed. next week again...