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| mr_stang | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 271 | | Location | : | East Kurrajong, Australia |
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| | Posted : 08 Apr 2010 - 10:15 Post title : A milestone reached. | | | Last April I was retrenched.
Last April I ordered my Thunderbird.
Last April I ordered all the accessories.
In October I received the bike along with *some* of the accessories.
In dribs and drabs the accessories kept coming.
In January I got a new job.
And today I have just come in from the garage where I have been fitting the very last ordered accessory - the chrome luggage rack.
Stan
(and on Monday the bike goes in to have the drizzle on the snizzle fixed)
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| Birdy68 | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,352 | | Location | : | Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland |
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| | Posted : 08 Apr 2010 - 10:24 Post title : Re: A milestone reached. (Re: mr_stang) | | | 
May the long long road ahead of you be pot-hole free 
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Leave the pork pies for now - get the sausage rolls while they're hot!
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more info at Fuelly.com
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| mr_stang | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 23/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 271 | | Location | : | East Kurrajong, Australia |
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| | Posted : 09 Apr 2010 - 09:01 Post title : Re: A milestone reached. (Re: Birdy68) | | | Thanks Birdy - but I spoke too soon.
Went in to work today - and at 11:00 all hands meeting.
Company has gone into administration - all staff let go - I may see my holiday pay and salary - in 3-4 months!
Stan
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| fab | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,515 | | Location | : | wyong, nsw, Australia |
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| | Posted : 09 Apr 2010 - 09:14 Post title : Re: A milestone reached. (Re: mr_stang) | | | shit that's never good news sorry to here that Stan, keep your chin up mate things will get better
hope you are still able to go to bathurst next weekend,i will buy you a beer or two
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Remember, soft cocks hang around all life long, hard ones come and go
ahh f**k im deep
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| Birdy68 | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 16/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,352 | | Location | : | Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland |
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| | Posted : 09 Apr 2010 - 09:18 Post title : Re: A milestone reached. (Re: mr_stang) | | | Sorry to hear that Stan.
I have my fingers crossed for you and hope new & better doors open up for you in the near future.
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Leave the pork pies for now - get the sausage rolls while they're hot!
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 09 Apr 2010 - 11:44 Post title : Re: A milestone reached. (Re: mr_stang) | | | Sorry to hear that. All the best for what ever turns up.
| My first natural instinct is to breathe. My second is to evade tax's.
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| EnGage | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 14/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,155 | | Location | : | Grand Rapids, MI, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Apr 2010 - 12:30 Post title : Re: A milestone reached. (Re: mr_stang) | | | I can relate to that. The start-up company I have spent the last 3+ years working for has run out of funding so I am on another practice retirement.
I am going to take my time and spend the summer doing various things around the house and taking several road-trips on the Tbird.
Thatch - I might make it down to NC yet!
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| Thatch | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Apr 2010 - 12:53 Post title : Re: A milestone reached. (Re: EnGage) | | | Well the reason for your availability sucks, but I'll welcome the ride.
Hang in there Stan, I went through a couple of those. No fun at all, but each time brought me something better eventually.
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| EnGage | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,155 | | Location | : | Grand Rapids, MI, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Apr 2010 - 13:08 Post title : Re: A milestone reached. (Re: Thatch) | | |
Thatch wrote:
Hang in there Stan, I went through a couple of those. No fun at all, but each time brought me something better eventually. |
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That's right. Looking for work is a PITA, but often leads to bigger and better things. I started a whole new career after my first "practice retirement" in 1990 that turned out to be more lucrative and more enjoyable.
Personally, I'm at a stage of life where I don't need to work (kids gone, house paid off, etc.) as long as my wife works, but she wants to take up gardening full-time. Go figure 
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| zolti | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 09 Apr 2010 - 18:51 Post title : Re: A milestone reached. (Re: mr_stang) | | | hope you get sorted quickly
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| Sam77 | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 03/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 469 | | Location | : | Finland |
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| | Posted : 09 Apr 2010 - 19:05 Post title : Re: A milestone reached. (Re: EnGage) | | |
EnGage wrote:
Thatch wrote:
Hang in there Stan, I went through a couple of those. No fun at all, but each time brought me something better eventually. |
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That's right. Looking for work is a PITA, but often leads to bigger and better things. I started a whole new career after my first "practice retirement" in 1990 that turned out to be more lucrative and more enjoyable.
Personally, I'm at a stage of life where I don't need to work (kids gone, house paid off, etc.) as long as my wife works, but she wants to take up gardening full-time. Go figure
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If I were you and economically independed (hope that went right) I'd take few months off and think what I allways wanted to do or achieve. My long last dream is to be travelling motorcycle test driver/journalist but as I picked a career as an electrician, that would take enormous mount of education to get the papers for the job. Of course those articles would have to been written in my native language and that makes even more impossible as there's not so many finnish motorcycle releases.
I know that this is sort of a cliche but I write it anyway because I don't know anything else in english that suites your situation. When one door closes, another one opens. I Hope everything turns allright.
| A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station...
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