It's not as ominous as it sounds.

I'm a contractor,...so gettin' farred just means that you go home and keep getttin' paid for a year or two.

,..I dunno,...somethin' like that.

They done farred everbody who cain't do chit,...and I can do chit,...but I kinda been rubbin' the bosses nose innit.

They can far me and go out and hire some chithead who sits there lookin' at the milling machine with his lips all pooched out fer days on end.

I couldn't give a less of a fug.

My wife got a job,...and for some obscure reason, she feels inhibited about puttin' my sorry ass out,...and there's this guy down in London who got a V-Strom with 5K own it that he's lettin go fer chit.

I gotta figure out how to put it together, man,...

Get farred,....draw unemployment,...buy that V-Strom,..and live on the road until either me or the bitch blows up.

It's comin',...It's kinda scary at this age,..but fuggit.

Dyin' on the side of the road is as good as anywhere,...

OK.

All that I was waitin' fer was your approval.

,...thanks,..

WTF happened to that Vespa you were toolin around on? You don't need no damn Suzuki!!!

As a wise man like to post.............

lolol!

Sounds like you need a fishing trip or some vacation by the water, B. It does a man good.

The disadvantage of this day and age is if you're good at what you do, when things get slow they fire the deadwood and double your work load.

The catch 22 of modern life, having the money and time to enjoy life, before you get too old to enjoy the things that fired your imagine whilst young.

Go for it, anything beats dying in bed w/ a tube in your dick!

mike r

This plus the boss gets all over your azz everytime something goes south. It almost pays to be stupid.

I had a two year stint where our companies work load kept dropping and it was a stressful miserable period of my life. I couldn't afford to get unemployed so that added to the stress.

A man needs only two skills in life to survive, to be able to ask for food and to tell a woman you love her. The later skill is obviously the most important because if a woman loves you back she will surely feed ya!!!

Tis the reason I quit my last job on Oct 2nd last year...at 62, I'm tired of 14 hr. days...I've been looking for a part time gig & would even be up for a 40 hr. work week, but when I tell prospective employers I WILL NOT work more that a 12 hr. day, they're no longer interested.

Who fckng cares? I work every day. Last paycheck was Halloween.

I don't post about my problems, I fckng fix them.

I think you like to whine to make you feel better.

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Travis

If you are good at what you do then you are bad for our third world mentality..

It's a damned shame but those with their lips pooched out are a sign of the future. Affirmative action and a wasted brain.

You work free or just get paid once a year?

Probably self employed.

What thread on the campfire isn't complaining about something or someone?

I've learned how to act really well at work.....

Do what is in your heart B, fugg em.

Hell, dont worry bout it B, be a free-lancer, done fine for me since 1985.

Oh,...I ain't worried about it or whinin' about it,..I'm just puttin' it together.

In a sense I'm celebratin' it.

,..evidently my train of thought is easily misconstrued.

Only young people worry about gettin' farred.

Us old people just try to figure out how to get it done.

i can't wait to have enough F-you money to not give a scheeit anymore. the day is coming but gonna be 8-10 more years yet. hope i live to enjoy it.

Jus ride and glide man, ride and glide.

Yep, I don't shiv a git and won't suffer fools. I am too damn old to worry about hurting somebody's feelers as well. The fill in secretary asked me today to add Transmittal to the data entry I been doing as SAO for 3 different districts because she does it that way. I told her if that is how she wanted it done I would be more than happy to turn the chore over to her as I am not a typist, just a hunt and pecker and it was too much trouble IMNSHO! She just shook her head and walked off, I dropped 56 SAO's into the system a little later as I always have.

"Gettin' farred" is like a great opportunity to kiss a bad headache goodbye and make a fresh start. The most successful people in the world have been fired several times over their lifetime. I think it happens when the boss figures you could do their job as good or better

Good to see you post friend - Hope you and the missus are doing well -

I just wanna take up the "old start".

I was young and totally irresponsible once upon a time.

I let it get away from me.

It happened in increments. I didn't notice it fer about 35 years,...and then one day it slapped me in the face.

The old age slap will hang ya up.

You'll be like,.."I gotta fix this!",...and then your mind starts turnin',....yet you go on back to work every day.

,...but I know how I am,...at my core.

The core hasn't been accessed for quite some time,....not since I didn't have anything to lose.

Then one day you realize that, regardless of what you've accumulated in the sense of comfort and security,.. you've never had anything to lose.

It's all an illusion,....brought on by the lies that you tell yourself,...

The only free people are those who understand that nothing on earth really means anything.

Most of 'em are street people.

It's best if you figure it out early.

If not, you find yourself pushin' 60 and thinkin', "How the hell did I get here and how the hell do I get someplace else?"

It's quite a conundrum.

My biggest ace in the hole is,..whatever I do, it'll only marginally affect anybody else.

,....so I sit,....on a Friday evening,...after yet another 5 days of work,...and try to work it out.

,...been going on for a while,...and it's starting to get worked out.

It's gonna be fun.

I'm looking forward to it.

"Life after the acceptance of mortality."

or,..... "freedom"

,...same thing.

Good luck B -

You have a way with words -

That right there's sig line material.

,...had the tube snatched outta my dick about 13 years ago.

,..layin' there in that hospital bed with my tongue poked out,...

Maybe it was a blessing,...telling me that, "This isn't going to last. You need to make the most of it,...then you can do something else."

I kinda feel like I might have wasted alla that since then.

Like,...I ignored the wake up call.

And it was a hell of a lot to waste.

Maybe I need to go on,....live it out like it's suppose to be,...get it out of the way,...do it up right,..

,...and then move on

It's pretty much been a pain in the ass, anyway.

Well,...some of it,...some of it's been good.

I need to make the remainder good,...in the way that I see it.

It's not that hard to do,..really.

Just live it until it's over.

The longer it goes on,....the more I think that it's supposed to be done that way.

Today is the oldest you have ever been and the youngest you will ever be again.

I am into quality of life, not quantity. Enjoy it while you have it, dead is forever.

Is that a rhetorical question?

just free form friday night rambling

transitions coming,...makes my mind toss stuff back and forth.

I tend to try to organize it all by typing it out, posting it then reading it back to myself.

,...seeing how other people see it.

Mostly, I think I'm trying to live it before it actually arrives.

Hey Greg how are ya!!! Just popped up long enough to remind "B" of something he no doubt already knew....grin... Lets go huntin' !!!!

Geez man, I'm feeling an old familiar twang when I read this stuff. Dredges up ex-wifes, a year on the road with a travel travel trailer, a canoe, a quad, and a crzy wench. Trips to Idaho together, with me coming home alone...

Ain't me envyin' your spot. It didn't solve a thing making little swirling noises all over the west as I spun my wheels.

fer my money, find yer place in the world, which has to include people you can trust and love, and dig in for the haul... It ain't gettin' better.

Oh,..It's not something I'm dreading at *all*. All of that divorce and resettlement stuff is in my distant past.

I'm just making retirement plans.

I've got a good place and some good people.

It's just that I like to roam,..and I enjoy thinking about it,..and sometimes typing about it.

It was how I celebrated my Friday night.

After another cup of coffee, I'm going out to do a bit of roaming today,...then again tomorrow.

I only get to do it a day or two at a time right now,..but soon I'll be able to do it as much as I want.

I can't wait.

That's all this rambling has been about.

anticipation.

The following forum has been a very bad influence since I found it.

http://advrider.com/forums/

Bristoe, one of the most liberating things I have learned in my life: "never love anything that doesn't love you back". Thanks to my BIL Danny for that wisdom.

mike r

So nobody should have problems?

So nobody should say anything about his problems?

Which?

Both?

Your over thinking it.
If your a good CNC mill programmer/operator.
Your next job is right around the corner.
Need a change.
I spent 30 years in tool and die making... ie plastic injection mold making.
All my training.All the years.I moved on.
Now a days I work in the biggest locomotive plant in the world.
I build chew chews.
Gives you a totally different perspective.
Best move i've made.
Oh.
And make sure you get farred,..
Dont make the mistake of quitting.
It really pizzes them off if you collect on them...
Kinda dots the eye...if you know what I mean.

dave

My goal isn't to find another job.

My goal is not having one.

That's not exactly an original thought...

Maybe because you like her cabbage rolls.

As long as he's willing to nibble on the coochie, she's gonna be a happy camper....