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Posted: 12/16/2010 5:20:36 PM EDT

P.S.A.

financially things have been less than stellar at casa de Athompson for the past six months or so and my job is ending after the first of the year....

That being said, due to the fact I spent $$$ on preps when things were going well, we are doing fine...

not looking nor asking for help or pity...just want the non-prepper types to examine their personal situation and do some self examination too see where your at if something happens...

we joke about zombie invasion/rainier blowing up/ snowpacalypse, but every day life is what is most likely to "happen"....

fwiw: I'm drinking gin out of my stash currently..

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Posted: 12/16/2010 5:25:27 PM EDT

[#1]

gin doesn't help with spelling...

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Posted: 12/16/2010 5:25:59 PM EDT

[#2]

Hang in there buddy. I've been going through the same thing. Look at this as a way to rotate your preps.

Posted: 12/16/2010 5:36:05 PM EDT

[#3]

Excellent message, and good on you for not being just another victim who couldn't be bothered with reading the writing on the wall.

Familys gotta eat. That's our real job.

Best of luck to you. Holler if I can help.

Posted: 12/16/2010 5:40:15 PM EDT

[#4]

Hope for the best and PREPare for the worst. The most common problems are financial. I wish you the best and hope you can find something sooner rather than later.

As Boeing Is hiring again, and if there is a facility near you; it may be worth looking into.

Posted: 12/16/2010 5:45:07 PM EDT

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Hope for the best and PREPare for the worst. The most common problems are financial. I wish you the best and hope you can find something sooner rather than later.

As Boeing Is hiring again, and if there is a facility near you; it may be worth looking into.

I really appreciate the heads up, but I have a good reputation in my field and I have a better deal lined up than where I'm at currently ....might be off for a month, but ill be fine...

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Posted: 12/16/2010 5:55:40 PM EDT

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Quoted:

Quoted:
Hope for the best and PREPare for the worst. The most common problems are financial. I wish you the best and hope you can find something sooner rather than later.

As Boeing Is hiring again, and if there is a facility near you; it may be worth looking into.

I really appreciate the heads up, but I have a good reputation in my field and I have a better deal lined up than where I'm at currently ....might be off for a month, but ill be fine...

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Good to hear. I hope all turns out well. If you don't mind me asking, What is your field of expertise?

Posted: 12/16/2010 6:02:45 PM EDT

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Quoted:

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Hope for the best and PREPare for the worst. The most common problems are financial. I wish you the best and hope you can find something sooner rather than later.

As Boeing Is hiring again, and if there is a facility near you; it may be worth looking into.

I really appreciate the heads up, but I have a good reputation in my field and I have a better deal lined up than where I'm at currently ....might be off for a month, but ill be fine...

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Good to hear. I hope all turns out well. If you don't mind me asking, What is your field of expertise?

I run bars and restaurants...I've done every job related over the past 17 years....the last 10 years I've running them in the small casinos in wa...

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Posted: 12/16/2010 6:07:43 PM EDT

[#8]

I also run the security dept and deal with maintenance type issues...

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Posted: 12/16/2010 7:47:30 PM EDT

[#9]

I see you have a minor in vinidots as well..............................

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:55:15 PM EDT

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I see you have a minor in vinidots as well..............................

I started the concept and he ran with it...

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Posted: 12/16/2010 7:58:22 PM EDT

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Careful, now. Overdotting can have serious side effects. Look at the recent pix and you'll see what it did to his head.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:58:26 PM EDT

[#12]

we have stacked away 12 months worth in 6, with inflation on the horizon and another hit on the economy looming, you just never know. Better be safe than Hungry.

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:46:29 PM EDT

[#13]

Good luck to you.

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:55:41 PM EDT

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we have stacked away 12 months worth in 6, with inflation on the horizon and another hit on the economy looming, you just never know. Better be safe than Hungry.

if you drink add some booze to your preps... ;)

we have been eating a out of the preps for awhile and have barely made a dent....money well spent...

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Posted: 12/16/2010 8:55:53 PM EDT

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Lot of hiring going on in my parents area......entry level stuff...15-18hr

Posted: 12/16/2010 9:02:00 PM EDT

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Quoted:

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we have stacked away 12 months worth in 6, with inflation on the horizon and another hit on the economy looming, you just never know. Better be safe than Hungry.

if you drink add some booze to your preps... ;)

we have been eating a out of the preps for awhile and have barely made a dent....money well spent...

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Small amount. Remember to prep hygiene stuff.

Posted: 12/16/2010 9:02:43 PM EDT

[#17]

Folks with good experience in the restaurant biz will always have work. Folks gotta eat.

Hoping things turm out well for you. Take care.

Posted: 12/16/2010 9:03:06 PM EDT

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Folks with good experience in the restaurant biz will always have work. Folks gotta eat.

Hoping things turm out well for you. Take care.

Posted: 12/16/2010 9:03:43 PM EDT

[#19]

Fuckin' A, a double tap.

Pardon me, a fuckin' trifecta!

Egg nog is dangerous.

Posted: 12/16/2010 9:05:41 PM EDT

[#20]

These kinds of posts make me appreciate my job in the military. guaranteed paycheck, guaranteed paid vacation.... and hell, I actually like my job now that I'm an E4

Posted: 12/16/2010 9:18:16 PM EDT

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These kinds of posts make me appreciate my job in the military. guaranteed paycheck, guaranteed paid vacation.... and hell, I actually like my job now that I'm an E4

E4 Mafia......

Shammer.....

Posted: 12/16/2010 9:27:56 PM EDT

[#22]

Good point. A lot of the experiences and lessons from the Great Depression were so ingrained in my grandparents that they have carried on into some of the 3rd and 4th generations. Food storage and preparedness in general have been a way of life for as long as I can remember.

On the employment front, along with Boeing, the BNSF and other railroads have been on a hiring spree for the last 6 months as well. Probably continue into next year. With all the grain and coal exports and the Asian goods being imported, we're actually running shorthanded right now. Lotsa money being thrown around for those who want it. As well as rail traffic has rebounded, I'm having a hard time seeing this next big economic hit some people keep talking about. But I suppose we'll see. Hope for the best, plan for the worst and all that...

Posted: 12/16/2010 9:46:00 PM EDT

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As well as rail traffic has rebounded

WTF? Yards around here have been empty for months if you don't
count the road engines.

Posted: 12/16/2010 9:58:30 PM EDT

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As well as rail traffic has rebounded

WTF? Yards around here have been empty for months if you don't
count the road engines.

Where is "here"?

Posted: 12/16/2010 10:06:49 PM EDT

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As well as rail traffic has rebounded

WTF? Yards around here have been empty for months if you don't
count the road engines.

Where is "here"?

We had the sharpest mainline curve on the west coast.

Posted: 12/16/2010 10:11:15 PM EDT

[#26]

smething on to Page 2!

Posted: 12/16/2010 10:33:18 PM EDT

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As well as rail traffic has rebounded

WTF? Yards around here have been empty for months if you don't
count the road engines.

Where is "here"?

We had the sharpest mainline curve on the west coast.

Sounds like something someone in Tacoma would say. On the BNSF, those Tacoma boyz couldn't get their proverbial shit together, so while things were really slow a lot of the traffic that used to be handled in Tacoma was instead taken to Seattle to be switched. A shift that continues to this day.

And I am not saying that traffic is back to pre-recession levels, but we're going pretty well for a supposedly poor economy.

Posted: 12/16/2010 10:40:49 PM EDT

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Quoted:

As well as rail traffic has rebounded

WTF? Yards around here have been empty for months if you don't
count the road engines.

Where is "here"?

We had the sharpest mainline curve on the west coast.

Sounds like something someone in Tacoma would say. On the BNSF, those Tacoma boyz couldn't get their proverbial shit together, so while things were really slow a lot of the traffic that used to be handled in Tacoma was instead taken to Seattle to be switched. A shift that continues to this day.

And I am not saying that traffic is back to pre-recession levels, but we're going pretty well for a supposedly poor economy.

I was just about to call shenanigans, well done. You may pass.