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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2016 17:34:50 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2016 17:38:31 GMT -5
Well, couple of things happened today in my life. First thing is that I changed my display name from my real name to "The Captain", both in a nod to my passion for Captain America as well as a desire to go incognito in my current situation, which is... ...I lost my job today. I have worked in the natural gas industry for the past decade, and it is worse now than it has ever been due to oversupply coupled with lack of pipelines, leading to depressed prices with no end in sight. My company has done everything it could up to this point to avoid layoffs, but the time came that that option could no longer be avoided. Being in middle management and making the salary that I did made me a prime candidate, so I was not surprised when they let me go this afternoon. Luckily, the severance package is fairly generous and my wife and I live pretty frugally to begin with, so we have a rainy day fund saved for just this type of occurrence, so we're not panicking. This is the first time in my adult life that I've been unemployed, so it's a little unsettling, but I know that this is part of God's plan for us, and while we may not know what that entails today, we have faith that everything is going to work out in the long run. Sorry, of course, to hear it. I've been unemployed 3 times. though the first didn't occur till I was 41. Hang in there.
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 18, 2016 17:41:11 GMT -5
Well, couple of things happened today in my life. First thing is that I changed my display name from my real name to "The Captain", both in a nod to my passion for Captain America as well as a desire to go incognito in my current situation, which is... ...I lost my job today. I have worked in the natural gas industry for the past decade, and it is worse now than it has ever been due to oversupply coupled with lack of pipelines, leading to depressed prices with no end in sight. My company has done everything it could up to this point to avoid layoffs, but the time came that that option could no longer be avoided. Being in middle management and making the salary that I did made me a prime candidate, so I was not surprised when they let me go this afternoon. Luckily, the severance package is fairly generous and my wife and I live pretty frugally to begin with, so we have a rainy day fund saved for just this type of occurrence, so we're not panicking. This is the first time in my adult life that I've been unemployed, so it's a little unsettling, but I know that this is part of God's plan for us, and while we may not know what that entails today, we have faith that everything is going to work out in the long run. Sorry, Cap. Never easy, but it sounds as if you have always had a back-up plan. I hope everything works out.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Feb 18, 2016 17:52:00 GMT -5
Well, couple of things happened today in my life. First thing is that I changed my display name from my real name to "The Captain", both in a nod to my passion for Captain America as well as a desire to go incognito in my current situation, which is... ...I lost my job today. I have worked in the natural gas industry for the past decade, and it is worse now than it has ever been due to oversupply coupled with lack of pipelines, leading to depressed prices with no end in sight. My company has done everything it could up to this point to avoid layoffs, but the time came that that option could no longer be avoided. Being in middle management and making the salary that I did made me a prime candidate, so I was not surprised when they let me go this afternoon. Luckily, the severance package is fairly generous and my wife and I live pretty frugally to begin with, so we have a rainy day fund saved for just this type of occurrence, so we're not panicking. This is the first time in my adult life that I've been unemployed, so it's a little unsettling, but I know that this is part of God's plan for us, and while we may not know what that entails today, we have faith that everything is going to work out in the long run. I echo the other's sentiments in wishing you the best in your job search. I'm sure you have plenty over experience and skills that will translate to other endeavors. Also hope you live in a state that provides good support for those who are job huntimg
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Post by hondobrode on Feb 18, 2016 17:55:45 GMT -5
Good luck to you Richard !
My wife got laid off from her job of 14 years in the pharma industry and is still interviewing.
We're in Oklahoma and know very well about the energy bust happening right now. Devon Energy, one of our biggest employers, announced laying off another 700 jobs in Oklahoma yesterday, and more in other locations.
I know you have faith, my friend, and we wish the best for you and your family.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 18, 2016 20:15:59 GMT -5
Well, couple of things happened today in my life. First thing is that I changed my display name from my real name to "The Captain", both in a nod to my passion for Captain America as well as a desire to go incognito in my current situation, which is... ...I lost my job today. I have worked in the natural gas industry for the past decade, and it is worse now than it has ever been due to oversupply coupled with lack of pipelines, leading to depressed prices with no end in sight. My company has done everything it could up to this point to avoid layoffs, but the time came that that option could no longer be avoided. Being in middle management and making the salary that I did made me a prime candidate, so I was not surprised when they let me go this afternoon. Luckily, the severance package is fairly generous and my wife and I live pretty frugally to begin with, so we have a rainy day fund saved for just this type of occurrence, so we're not panicking. This is the first time in my adult life that I've been unemployed, so it's a little unsettling, but I know that this is part of God's plan for us, and while we may not know what that entails today, we have faith that everything is going to work out in the long run. Im really concerned about it myself working in the oilfield. We thankfully are only a crew of three at our location and our numbers are fairly decent. But when the whole state has like 50 rigs drilling for oil or natural gas as compared to 200 a year or less ago it's only a matter of time if the price of oil doesn't stabilize. I filled up with gas for $1.14 a gallon at one point. It's not good.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2016 20:40:28 GMT -5
A Diamond semi-truck was involved in a freeway crash just outside Columbus Ohio today leaving Deadpool comics strewn all over the freeway.... BC articlelooks like a lot pf people might not be getting their pulls filled. Alert the speculators-shortages might drive up the prices on these books! -M Following up on this... Diamond sent the following to retailers... It affects deliveries to about 100 comic shops... Books that have replacement copies available will have them shipped to fill the orders. Books without replacement copies available will be allocated among affected shops, so some shops may not receive enough copies of some books to meet their pull sales. I am betting Diamond does nothing to help out the affected shops and will charge them up the wazoo for the shipping on replacement copies to aqueeze some extra money out of their clients, because that's what Diamond does. -M
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Post by thwhtguardian on Feb 18, 2016 20:42:29 GMT -5
Well, couple of things happened today in my life. First thing is that I changed my display name from my real name to "The Captain", both in a nod to my passion for Captain America as well as a desire to go incognito in my current situation, which is... ...I lost my job today. I have worked in the natural gas industry for the past decade, and it is worse now than it has ever been due to oversupply coupled with lack of pipelines, leading to depressed prices with no end in sight. My company has done everything it could up to this point to avoid layoffs, but the time came that that option could no longer be avoided. Being in middle management and making the salary that I did made me a prime candidate, so I was not surprised when they let me go this afternoon. Luckily, the severance package is fairly generous and my wife and I live pretty frugally to begin with, so we have a rainy day fund saved for just this type of occurrence, so we're not panicking. This is the first time in my adult life that I've been unemployed, so it's a little unsettling, but I know that this is part of God's plan for us, and while we may not know what that entails today, we have faith that everything is going to work out in the long run. Hang in there man.
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Post by shaxper on Feb 18, 2016 20:55:26 GMT -5
Well, couple of things happened today in my life. First thing is that I changed my display name from my real name to "The Captain", both in a nod to my passion for Captain America as well as a desire to go incognito in my current situation, which is... ...I lost my job today. I have worked in the natural gas industry for the past decade, and it is worse now than it has ever been due to oversupply coupled with lack of pipelines, leading to depressed prices with no end in sight. My company has done everything it could up to this point to avoid layoffs, but the time came that that option could no longer be avoided. Being in middle management and making the salary that I did made me a prime candidate, so I was not surprised when they let me go this afternoon. Luckily, the severance package is fairly generous and my wife and I live pretty frugally to begin with, so we have a rainy day fund saved for just this type of occurrence, so we're not panicking. This is the first time in my adult life that I've been unemployed, so it's a little unsettling, but I know that this is part of God's plan for us, and while we may not know what that entails today, we have faith that everything is going to work out in the long run. Oh man, I'm so sorry!!
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 18, 2016 21:16:56 GMT -5
Any Supernatural fans here? I ordered the Suoernatural anime series as a surprise for my wife since she loves the show so much. There were some good reviews on Amazon where I bought it but thought I'd ask people I know well what they thought if they'd seen it.
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Post by dupersuper on Feb 19, 2016 1:28:04 GMT -5
Any Supernatural fans here? I ordered the Suoernatural anime series as a surprise for my wife since she loves the show so much. There were some good reviews on Amazon where I bought it but thought I'd ask people I know well what they thought if they'd seen it. From what I've seen they're just retellings of early episodes.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Feb 19, 2016 6:20:29 GMT -5
Has anyone here watched "Making a Murderer" yet? I'm only on episode 3, and I'm quite disturbed by it. I'm not following the case, and my husband I decided to start watching it the other night, and wow. As of right now, I don't think he did it. I realize that a lot of people are watching this show, but being in Wisconsin during the trial, I lived through the news coverage and trial. What everyone should bear in mind while watching this, is that though it claims to be a documentary it's only showing one side. Also, according to the local officials (and confirmed by the film makers), there is evidence being left out from what's being shown on Netflix. If you Google "Teresa Halbach" you can find plenty of articles regarding it.
You and everyone else are, of course, welcome to come to your own conclusions, but I suggest you also read the news articles that are coming out now about the case as well. A number of things that the film makers claim are evidence that he was framed have been debunked.
My opinion is that there was indeed a victim here. She was raped, murdered, and burned in a fire pit. Her name was Teresa Halbach.
I've watched it, twice to be sure I didn't miss anything and checked the narative techniques of the directors/producers. I've read all the counter argument I could find, checked reviews of themissing parts (elements, past crimes etc). And what is obvious to me is that Brendan is 100% innocent. Steven? I guess I'm 90% convinced he is innocent as well, but I'm 100% sure he didn't get a fair trial and even less so during subsequent hearings. What strikes me is how the producers have managed to let all their evidence speak itself and not engage themselves in this to build more empathy. They spent ten years on the case, of course they developed empathy for this family, who wouldn't?! But, thay managed to extract themselves from the narration. All the additional elements omited in the series fail to convince me of anything else then the fact that from the get go, the police made a big mess out of this by ignoring the initial rulling that no local police should come near the Avery property when they were looking for evidence, plus the fact that all incriminating evidence was found by those very men forbidden to take part in the search. Another troubling thing are the erased phone messages on Theresa's phone : no way would Steven be sophisticated enough to pull that. Yet those messages have disappeared, and the prosecution still used those as proof of Steven's connexion to Theresa. Lastly, just the fact that the man had just spent 18 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit should have had an impact on the already existing doubts in that new case. Steven was found guilty, as was Brendan, but none of them were proven guilty. The whole point of the series is to show that the community in charge had decided they were guilty before they could even prove it, that's what's shocking! The fact that the trial was only moved to another county and not to another state also is troublesome...
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Post by The Captain on Feb 19, 2016 7:30:39 GMT -5
Thanks to everyone for your words of support.
I'm taking today "off" to get my head around the situation a little bit more and come up with a game plan for next steps. There's no sense in rushing into anything right now, as we have the resources to give me time to make sure I find the right position going forward. I'm lucky in that I used to work for a company that developed a lot of talented procurement professionals, and from what I know through LinkedIn, I have former colleagues in management positions in procurement at many of the major companies around my city, so I should be able to leverage those relationships into at least a first interview if they have available positions.
There is a song by Christian artist Matthew West titled "Day One", which talks about every day being the first day of the rest of a person's life, and I've adopted that as my unofficial theme song right now. Today is Day One of a new chapter for me and my family.
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Post by Mormel on Feb 19, 2016 7:40:23 GMT -5
Sending good vibes your way, Captain, a positive attitude goes a long way, taking a step-by-step approach and weighing your options carefully can take you further still.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2016 10:05:08 GMT -5
I'm really sorry to hear, Captain. But it's nice to see that you have a level head about it, and that you do not seem to be letting it get you down. You'll find another awesome job. <3
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