NOT!!!!!
Not very directly archery related but I just gotta crow one time real loud.... After 2 months of no work, I got a solid job offer with pay real close to what I was making before. No more unemployment for this guy.
Now, to keep it archery related and get back to the point of the title, the bummer is that I won't have any vacation during the rut this year. Oh well, I'll still have weekends.
I was only about 3 weeks away from having to start selling stuff. You know, important things like bows, guns and other toys to make the house payment.
I've also gotta add, thank you to all here. Tradgang was a major stress reliever during a tough time. I think I spent more time here and posted more replies in the past two months than in the past two years.
Now, if I can just get used to driving 73 miles each way to work....
Aw, who cares????? I GOT THE JOB!!!! :thumbsup: :pray:
Dave,
You'll get plenty of venison with a 150 mile round trip...
Great news about the job! Being a weekend warrior beats the unemployment line every time. Good luck :thumbsup:
Congrats!!! Man i bet that feels good.
"You'll get plenty of venison with a 150 mile round trip..."
Dang Steve O, I hope you're not psychic or somethin'. I'll be driving between Kansas City and Topeka and if ya don't know, it's pretty prime deer country all the way. Sure hope I don't get a deer in my lap at 70 mph.
:biglaugh:
Just make sure your insurance is paid up...and does only!
Glad to hear you got the job Dave. This must have been the one you were talking about at Mojam.
Bummer it will mess with deer season but that's why they call it "work"...
Drive carefully Amigo.
Good for you Dave! I went through that over a year ago. Sold every last stinkin bow and ended up with a job 72 miles each way right after I sold my beloved Morrison Cheyenne! Sold my canoes, kayaks, bows, and tree stands. I managed to land on my feet again this year by taking a job closer to home that pays for my kids' college and lots of hunting time!
Congrats on the new job my friend! I'm sure thats a stress reliever right there!
Congrats!
Congrats on the job.
Congrats on the new job!!!
Glad to hear it, Dave, good luck! :wavey:
Congrats on the new job!
Congats on the job and to bad about hunting season, we should have been born with a silver spoon so not to worry about hosue payments and such things. LOL
Glad for ya, Dave.
congrats on the job. I am in the same boat. I have been laid off since January and doing little odd jobs to pay the bills. Now a month before the season , I just had my first interview in 7 months.
It's sad, but while in the interview, I kept thinking about having hunting season off for the first time in 25 years. I hope I get the job, but I had plans, BIG plans.
Rick
Glad to hear that you have found work.A paycheck is a good thing,and rest assured I for one will spend as much time as possible in the woods chasing whitetails,oh boy gotta go there is a ground hog at seventeen yards getting ready to dine in my garden.Now where did I put those broadheads!!
Sounds like you are a Winner!!
Glad to hear your employed - Hard times these days -Congrads
Great news Dave! I'm happy for ya.
good for you mate .....
it'll make those weekend hunts all the more special !!!
ben
Driving 146 miles a day all in Unit 19 :scared: I have a grill gaurd you can barrow.
Steve O's right you won't have any problems seeing deer. ;)
Congrats on the job!
Tracy
Nothing like gainful employment to brighten one's outlook. Rejoice, the recession must be over!
You'll always find time to do the things you love. Success will be that much sweeter.
awesome. I'm happy to hear it went well for you.
ChuckC
Atta Boy Dave!
Now you can check tradgang from work! :eek:
:biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
I NEVER do that !!!
:clapper:
Nothing like a job when you really need it.Good Luck and hunt hard on those weekends!!! Bob
Congrats on the job! You are very fortunate to find work in this economy. The weekends are as good a time to hunt as any, just get back in the woods away from the crowds...PR
That is so cool. This is the toughest time in a couple of generations to be out of work. Not that any time is ever easy. I'm glad you pulled through. Keep your faith. Keep your priorities. And hunt when you can.
Congratulations on the new job. I'm glad that things didn't get too desperate for ya (i.e. you got to keep your toys!).
Wow! Over two pages of congrat's just in one morning!
THAT is part of what I love about this place. All these guys, most of whom I've never met take the time to say "way to go" or "good for you" and MEAN it.
Funny thing is, now that I've got this job offer, I've got another interview today and one on Thursday too. When it rains it pours eh?
Maybe they're closer to home and pay more!
Good to hear You found something Dave. I've not had to get in the bean line yet been getting in 2-4 days a week. Finishing up Our last two jobs in the next couple of weeks.
Drive carefully between home and the new job. Lots of deer on that stretch of road.
bretto
Congrats Dave,
I know what you were going through. I have been on the street since November and construction in my neck of the woods isn't going anywhere fast. Hope you get some huntin time in, its a bummer looking forward to the fall knowing you have to work all the time.
Sounds like you are a Winner!!
hell, Dave, just move on over....Unit 19 can't be a bad place to set up camp..... :D
Kevin I've thought about it!
I'd go in a heartbeat. Just point me to about 50 to 100 acres with a fixer upper farmhouse in my price range and I'd be a happy camper. My wife on the other hand likes being near the stores and entertainment, restaurants etc. We'll just have to wait and see how things go.
Congrats on the job!I've been unemployed before and it stinks.I love to hunt but it dosent pay the bills.
Dave be thankful for the new job pretty tough in my neck of the woods TD.
Congrats on the job!
Works been slow for me this year and the winter looks even slower. You know it's bad when you have plenty of time to hunt but you rather be working. :rolleyes:
congrats, Just in time to keep all your toys.
Dave, glad to hear things have taken a turn for the good! Also I use to commute 76 miles one way for 3 years, 2 hours and 30 minute on the road just getting to and from work each day. At first it was lie man I must be crazy but after a while I looked forward to the solitude and time in peace before the stress of the job! Good time to talk to God and take in his awesome creations.
Congrats Dave,
Times are tough and those of us who work for ourselves are feeling it quite hard too. I hope to read on this site about more of my fellow trad-gangers who share your similar good news, maybe we are finally feeling the bottom of this terrible economic hole. I hope you and your vehicle don't get any furry new grill work and that you have great success in both the new job and in the woods.
Great news Dave!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Hey Dave,
All that time commuting ought to count towards being a resident... :)
You could always move out my way, country living but right between the two cities and north of the Peoples Republik of Lawrence.
Not Unit 19 tho... :(
Sounds like the Ol'Man upstairs has some special plans for you. After you get your Big Buck this year let us know the date of harvest.
Hi Paul, I'm sure I'll be looking in a casual way at first. Gotta decide how much I like the job and if I think it's gonna last before I make the jump. For years after we moved to KC MO, my wife used to always just say we were from Kansas when talking to people. Not sure if she was just being lazy and dropping the "City" from Kansas City or what but maybe she was having a premonition of something in the future eh?
By the way, is there something special about unit 19? Lot of you all from Kansas have mentioned it. Sure seems to be a lot of rural farmland in the little bit I've seen. Almost odd for an area along a major interstate. I like it.
Man that's great news, congrats!!
Congrats on the job, Dave. A guy can have money, or he can have time. It's a rich fella that has both.
Unit 19 is the states target area for decreasing the heavy deer population Dave. Basically borders I-70 from Wyandotte to Shawnee County. Extra tags, extra seasons and extra People Who don't normally hunt. If Your on I-70 between Bonner Springs and Topeka Your in unit 19.
Yep, what Brett said...
Too many Volvo and Beemer vs whitetail confrontations.
;)
I'm closer to The Nocking Point tho... :D
congrats on the new job dave!! :thumbsup: