Confessor
CCF Mod Squad
Not Bucky O'Hare!
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Post by Confessor on Feb 19, 2016 10:14:15 GMT -5
Sorry to hear about the loss of your job, Captain. I hope everything works out OK for you in the not too distant future. Hang on in there.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Feb 19, 2016 10:16:59 GMT -5
Keep the faith Captain. I've been there a couple of times and it's no fun. But my family and I made it through intact, just as I'm sure yours will.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 19, 2016 12:30:59 GMT -5
I'm really sorry to hear about your job, Captain. Here's hoping a new and better one will pop up quickly.
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Post by hondobrode on Feb 19, 2016 14:58:43 GMT -5
That sounds like an exceptional position you're in, Captain, having friends in helpful places.
Good luck to you sir, and glad to hear that you're using LinkedIn.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 19, 2016 16:08:01 GMT -5
I think I am going to bite the bullet on a purchase I've been contemplating. There is a local video game/movies/music/pop culture store that also sells comics that has a sealed long box full of comics sampled from their $1 and .50 bins for $49. I have sampled this same stores bins finding at variety of times good finds like 90% of the Omega Men series, good chunks of Suicide Squad, my recent Warlord purchases, and good amounts of Batman LOTDK and SotB as well. So I think there is a good chance I could get a fair amount, easily I'm sure 50 issues that I would want to read and fill holes without a doubt. The rest would just be the icing on the cake. And maybe find some new things in there that I wouldn't have otherwise found or been interested to purchase. The only investment would be boarding them (almost all are just in bags) and some bags to replace. But I am not even that anal about bagging and boarding everything I own, so .... think I might go pick it up tonight or over the weekend.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Feb 19, 2016 16:15:09 GMT -5
I think I am going to bite the bullet on a purchase I've been contemplating. There is a local video game/movies/music/pop culture store that also sells comics that has a sealed long box full of comics sampled from their $1 and .50 bins for $49. I have sampled this same stores bins finding at variety of times good finds like 90% of the Omega Men series, good chunks of Suicide Squad, my recent Warlord purchases, and good amounts of Batman LOTDK and SotB as well. So I think there is a good chance I could get a fair amount, easily I'm sure 50 issues that I would want to read and fill holes without a doubt. The rest would just be the icing on the cake. And maybe find some new things in there that I wouldn't have otherwise found or been interested to purchase. The only investment would be boarding them (almost all are just in bags) and some bags to replace. But I am not even that anal about bagging and boarding everything I own, so .... think I might go pick it up tonight or over the weekend. Good luck. Hope you find lots of good reading in there.
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Post by Pharozonk on Feb 19, 2016 16:49:09 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 to hear that, Cap. Keeping my fingers crossed for you!
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Post by Pharozonk on Feb 19, 2016 16:50:10 GMT -5
On the topic of Linkedin, I just signed up a few days ago. I feel so old now!
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Post by hondobrode on Feb 19, 2016 17:52:35 GMT -5
I think I am going to bite the bullet on a purchase I've been contemplating. There is a local video game/movies/music/pop culture store that also sells comics that has a sealed long box full of comics sampled from their $1 and .50 bins for $49. I have sampled this same stores bins finding at variety of times good finds like 90% of the Omega Men series, good chunks of Suicide Squad, my recent Warlord purchases, and good amounts of Batman LOTDK and SotB as well. So I think there is a good chance I could get a fair amount, easily I'm sure 50 issues that I would want to read and fill holes without a doubt. The rest would just be the icing on the cake. And maybe find some new things in there that I wouldn't have otherwise found or been interested to purchase. The only investment would be boarding them (almost all are just in bags) and some bags to replace. But I am not even that anal about bagging and boarding everything I own, so .... think I might go pick it up tonight or over the weekend. Vintage Stock ?
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 19, 2016 17:55:44 GMT -5
Yup. I noticed they have one box left here a week or so ago when I took the boys to pick out something as a surprise. I thought I'd better get it before it's gone. They use to have 3 or 4.
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 19, 2016 18:52:51 GMT -5
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Post by hondobrode on Feb 19, 2016 19:35:25 GMT -5
Too funny Rob !
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2016 23:31:45 GMT -5
Around 11 years ago I was laid off at the hardware store I worked at. I was shellshocked. I walked around for a while, cried, then hopped in my car and drove around a while longer. I didn't know what I would do, I got the job as a favor from my friend's step dad, who was also the one who had to lay me off. Before that I was having a lot of trouble finding work anywhere that wasn't minimum wage because I couldn't pass a background check anywhere. I couldn't afford to go back to McDonalds. My mom ended up loaning me 2 grand to go to truck driving school. My income immediately doubled. I never looked back. Finally being able to afford bills and a little extra allowed me to move on from driving trucks to something even better, and now I make about double what I did driving a truck, or four times what I made at that job I cried over losing. Probably the best thing that ever happened to me.
Hopefully there is a silver lining to your layoff as well.
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Post by Mormel on Feb 20, 2016 5:16:25 GMT -5
On the topic of Linkedin, I just signed up a few days ago. I feel so old now! How's college going, Zonk? And don't say you feel old until one day you look in the mirror and see the first signs of wrinkles.
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Post by Spike-X on Feb 20, 2016 5:38:24 GMT -5
I felt old the first time I had to explain how records worked to somebody who was old enough to drive.
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