Gunny376 Posted July 23, 2010 Posted July 23, 2010 It may take me a couple of months or a year to do so? But, I think I'm going to jump on that big grey dog to Mexico. Just got fired from my last job, because a typo came to the attention of a born-rich, high school drop out whose ticket got punched the day he was born. When "Daddy's" dies he inherits everything ~ and his solution to any problem with any and everyone that's an employee? Is to fire them! Good luck finding a sucker that's willing to work every weekend and holiday for almost the last six years ~ second shift even. Apparently there's a significant difference between .009 and .09 not to mention a .0018 (which makes it using the rule of five ~ a .002 ~ which made it out specifications for the alloy) Got me to thinking about things ~ and if you ever gathered up all the women I've ever known and been with? I wouldn't give a hoot about! That's because I always had to invest more time, effort, energy and money into it all than they did. They had in my younger years had the supply and I had the demand! While all of the time? I had more to offer them than they had to offer me? Daddy told me years ago ~ "You can pay now and play for the rest of your life? Or you can pay now and play for the rest of your life!" Alabama and much of the South ~ not to mention is plagued with nepotism. Family and friends get hired first, and then the rest! I paid up front, and now its paying off in Spades! Not but 'gravy" but pure gravy (Ref: The movie "Platoon") I called my medical insurance provider and dental provider ~ and they said that in so long as I registered my PCP and dentist in El Paso, they could care less where I lived. I live in Mexico? I can live like a king in Mexico off of my military retirement. I thought that if I married a woman from a poor family, that I could satisfy her and make her happy & content in and with life? I was wrong. And I make no exceptions in believing I could do so in Mexico. But you know what? Its time to catch the bus to Mexico! Its time for me, it time for me to find and take responsibility for my own happiness and contentment in life! I wish each and everyone of you the same! Gunny!
solitary_man Posted July 23, 2010 Posted July 23, 2010 ...not the sort of separation i'm used to seeing here. Good luck down there :-)
kelly1030 Posted July 23, 2010 Posted July 23, 2010 I'm with you Gunny...maybe there's a job for me there
Author Gunny376 Posted July 23, 2010 Author Posted July 23, 2010 Melinda was mine 'Til the time That I found her Holding Jim Loving Him Then Sue came along Loved me strong That's what I thought Me and Sue But that died too Don't know that I will But until I can find me The girl who'll stay And won't play games behind me I'll be what I am A solitary man Solitary man I've had it to here Bein' where Love's a small word Part-time thing Paper ring I know it's been done Havin' one Girl who'll love me Right or wrong Weak or strong Don't know that I will But until I can find me The girl who'll stay And won't play games behind me I'll be what I am A solitary man Solitary man
quankanne Posted July 23, 2010 Posted July 23, 2010 my 'bama-boy husband finally got smart and married a Texas girl! So never say never, Gunny! El Paso is not the best place right now, what with all the violence – Laredo either. Go south, young man, and consider Matamoros, which is across from Brownsville (in the Rio Grande Valley) ... you'll be near some of the prettiest stretch of beaches here in Texas. Not quite the Flori-Bama coast, but South Padre Island has a charm of its own. as for the young pup who fired ya ... well, I hope that act becomes a blessing in disguise for you, Gunny.
Author Gunny376 Posted July 23, 2010 Author Posted July 23, 2010 I'm with you Gunny...maybe there's a job for me there "Some people spend their whole lives wondering if they made a difference? Marines don't have that problem!" Ronald Regan I'm not going to sit here and proclaim I was the greatest husband nor father there ever was, ~ not even among the best! BUT? I was the best that I knew how to be at the time! Had I known thirty years ago what I know now? I would have been one awesome SOB of a husband and father!
solitary_man Posted July 23, 2010 Posted July 23, 2010 Melinda was mine 'Til the time That I found her Holding Jim Loving Him Then Sue came along Loved me strong That's what I thought Me and Sue But that died too Don't know that I will But until I can find me The girl who'll stay And won't play games behind me I'll be what I am A solitary man Solitary man I've had it to here Bein' where Love's a small word Part-time thing Paper ring I know it's been done Havin' one Girl who'll love me Right or wrong Weak or strong Don't know that I will But until I can find me The girl who'll stay And won't play games behind me I'll be what I am A solitary man Solitary man exactly. but I think mr. diamond was a little more hopeful than I am.
wrencn Posted July 23, 2010 Posted July 23, 2010 There's always Puerto Rico, and there's a military post there. Good luck either way Gunny!!!
HopelessinDTW Posted July 23, 2010 Posted July 23, 2010 I hope you can get your hands on a computer and an internet connection there!!
trippi1432 Posted July 24, 2010 Posted July 24, 2010 It may take me a couple of months or a year to do so? But, I think I'm going to jump on that big grey dog to Mexico. Just got fired from my last job, because a typo came to the attention of a born-rich, high school drop out whose ticket got punched the day he was born. When "Daddy's" dies he inherits everything ~ and his solution to any problem with any and everyone that's an employee? Is to fire them! Good luck finding a sucker that's willing to work every weekend and holiday for almost the last six years ~ second shift even. Its time for me, it time for me to find and take responsibility for my own happiness and contentment in life! I wish each and everyone of you the same! Gunny! Gunny!! WTF?? I didn't see this post earlier today, my apologies. Screw Daddy's welp of a litter....yeah, that's the way it is in the South...know exactly what you mean. That is exactly what my company is like and my own father was that way with the family business. I have learned that the closer you are to the top, the further you have to fall no matter how big or small the company is. If that is the way this company you worked for is, you are better off now than you were before. Reason I never went into accounting....one bad stroke of the pen, you become the target. It is a very stressful life to live. The most important thing is how are you doing?? Check your email.....
Author Gunny376 Posted July 24, 2010 Author Posted July 24, 2010 Gunny!! WTF?? I didn't see this post earlier today, my apologies. Screw Daddy's welp of a litter....yeah, that's the way it is in the South...know exactly what you mean. That is exactly what my company is like and my own father was that way with the family business. I have learned that the closer you are to the top, the further you have to fall no matter how big or small the company is. If that is the way this company you worked for is, you are better off now than you were before. Reason I never went into accounting....one bad stroke of the pen, you become the target. It is a very stressful life to live. The most important thing is how are you doing?? Check your email..... I come a long, long, long of poor 'WHITE TRASH" ~ if you so use the term, I'm one of the few on either side of the family that graduated HS let alone college. Most because of the Great Depression and WWII never even completed Jr, HS. I've got medical insurance @ $19.17 a month and dental for around $33 a month. I converted my SGLI to VGLI for around $20 a month ~ that is $250K worth of life insurance. The 2003 Mazda Tribute is paid for, and only has 28K on her, and looks as good as the day I bought her. I'm into the IRS for a couple of grand ~ but got declared "uncollectible" ~ pay what you can when you can. My Chase MasterCard ~ I took out insurance and it will pay the interest for the next twenty-four months. I've got everything I need. Granted you probally couldn't give it away at a yard sale let alone sell it. But I've got everything I need. Having been raised dirt poor + 20 plus in the Marines I can live off of beans, red beans and rice, Bennie and weenies. I know how to hunt, lay a trout line, etc. A country boy can survive. The Hell of it is the SOB that got me fired? Doesn't even have a HS diploma yet is the heir apparent to a multi-million dollar company. The job I had isn't advertised nor listed in the newspaper ~ because they won't hire women nor African Americans for the job. To top that off I've worked every weekend and holiday for almost the last six years. At the very least? I'm going to move thirty miles south of here next to an Army Base and take full use of my military benefits and such. Get a "what-ever" job until I can get a federal civil service job on base. Forget this Southern "Because we gave you a job ~ we own you and you should be damn grateful for alloying us to work you like a dog!"
trippi1432 Posted July 24, 2010 Posted July 24, 2010 Sheesh, give me a break Southern Boy!! I am the only person in my family to have an Associates degree, much less a MBA and I get beat out all the time by people who play golf and such with the boss. I am fourth generation at my company and not one of them had a HS diploma, some even only had a GED. Education is for **** these days in the Good Ole South. It's the good old boys syndrome and the lesser of the idiots win at the game....don't take it personally...I've learned that you can't cure stupid. I've never considered myself "white trash" even though my family moved me 22 times in 11 years..it was a lesson in life....but they never took handouts...we always lived good. Had I not moved on with my education, my ex would have had us living as white trash....I refused to go there. Personally, I have never known single men to live off the state until I met my ex and found out that the great state of NY supports single men above the women and children they are not supporting...Sorry in advance if this offends anyone, but if you are living right, then you shouldn't be offended. Gunny, I will post it here instead of sending you an email...screw the as*hole living off of daddy's money...you know your worth, you don't have to prove anything to anybody. Hang in there...Hugs!!! Trippi
tojaz Posted July 24, 2010 Posted July 24, 2010 Sorry to hear about the raw deal Gunny. Then again though, is it? This could very well be a blessing in disguise Guns! The lack of passion you had for your job showed through in your posts, and it sounds like you are pretty well prepared for this unlike many poor souls who have suddenly found themselves unemployed. If mexico is where its at for you Guns, then i say pack your suitcase and have one heck of a time my friend, you sir have more then earned it. Screw the rich little s**t, time to follow your own advice my friend. But you know what? Its time to catch the bus to Mexico! Its time for me, it time for me to find and take responsibility for my own happiness and contentment in life! I wish each and everyone of you the same! Gunny! HEres to all the margaritas and senoritas coming your way Guns! By well, be happy, go be GUNNY! TOJAZ
Butterflair Posted July 24, 2010 Posted July 24, 2010 Life will close one door but open others. This was probably meant to be for you to move on to something else. Just since I've been on this forum I can see changes happening for you and in a good way. Look at how much you have endured in your life and here you are, helping others and yourself. Look at it as a great adventure. Try moving more north and east. North Carolina has two great Marine bases to use your benefits and the living is pretty easy here. Don't think that karma won't kick the SOB in the @ss later.
quankanne Posted July 24, 2010 Posted July 24, 2010 don't for get the Army and AF bases here in SA ... lotta pretty señoritas and some fantastic food that's ridiculously cheap. And if you miss the ambiance of small, Southern towns, I'll give you directions to the short drive to my hometown, which is stuck in the 50s :laugh:
Author Gunny376 Posted July 24, 2010 Author Posted July 24, 2010 don't for get the Army and AF bases here in SA ... lotta pretty senoritas and some fantastic food that's ridiculously cheap. And if you miss the ambiance of small, Southern towns, I'll give you directions to the short drive to my hometown, which is stuck in the 50s :laugh: My Mom and two half sisters live in San Antonio and she's practically begging me to move out there. I'm tempted. And thinking seriously about it. I lived there off and on in my teen years and always had a good time living there. I really don't have any reason to stay in Alabama ~ I'm estranged from the DS and DD ~ Because of the XHEX ~ you know the drill the cheater re-writes the martial history ~ promotes the current husband and the newer and better version ~ BTW that would be DHX3 my having four years left to make my "twenty" (I would have fool to have gotten out with sixteen years in the Corps ~ THANK GOD I DIDN'T) I never realized it until the last week but doing my "twenty" in the Corps bought me a whole lot of F R E E D O M! Granted it was Hell getting there, but I appreciate it for what it is. Even with the bills I figure if I can bring in $1000 to $1500 month? I'm good. Butterflair: Your right one door closes and opens another ~ because I screwed up and did at least one thing right in my life ~ retire from the Corps? There's a slew of opportunities out there for me. Its just a matter of finding the right one. For the past six years I've worked every weekend and every holiday, (unless I used my vacation), and its really not about living to work ~ but working to live. Having been a Marine for over twenty years and accustomed to living a Spartan lifestyle ~ I'm a happy camper with a can of beanie and weenies or some Ramen Soup. quankanne Yes I seriously need to pursue federal civil servant employment ~ especially given that I've 10 point preference on any civil service exam. I know some consider this so-called "Double-dipping" but what the Hell. I guess I earned it through blood, sweat and tears over the years. And I need to get back around my "own kind" ~ aka military type and a military type town that appreciates the military. trippi1432: Your right, a college education in the South ~ a bachelor's degree ~ master's along with a $1.05 will get you a cup of coffee at the Waffle House in and for the most part. Nepotism is favor granted to or friends, with no regard to qualification nor merit. The word nepotism is from the Latin word (meaning "nephew" or "grandchild"). Is rampant in the South. Especially where I worked. The "Big Boss" had his son, his daughter, his grandson, his grandson's former GF, his niece's husband, his nephew. the "air-head" of a step-daughter of the plant manager all working there ~ and they all basically (with the exception of the nephew) did nothing more than they absolutely had to? (The DD works less than 40 hours a week, but gets paid for such. She's basically a data entry clerk ~ but gets paid as an "Office Manager") The owner of the company is himself an alcoholic, his son has been in rehab for meth and a high school drop out. The job I had? Was in a secondary lead smelting plant working in the lab. I wrote up a certification form with sixteen elements and on one of them ~ bismuth ~ instead of writing .009 I typed in .09 The thing is? The job I had you will never see listed at the employment office, nor listed in the newspapers? Why? Because they don't want to hire blacks, nor women for the job. (They figure what few blacks that can do the job have already completed their education and move on elsewhere, and because you work alone and in an isolated area the potential of being raped) Factoring in the 30% that don't even have a HS diploma, the one's that have a criminal conviction, that's willing to work every single weekend and holiday? Screw them! The joke is on them! I'm thinking about filing unemployment under the ADA (American Disabilities Act) in that my boss knew I was seeing a psychologist for my depression, anxiety, and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome) and even days before said that my work performance was up 90% plus since seeing Dr. W. and getting on the antidepressants and anxiety drugs (Thank God ~ they've been a God Send) Judge me as you will but you they weren't there in the early morning hours of a motor attack, nor some joker trying to take your head off with a RFG or machine gun. They weren't there during Beruit, digging rubble and rocks out to find the dead ~ your friends ~ your buddies to put them in body bags. They weren't there in Rawanda digging dead women, men, children, and even babies out of the ditches to throw into the back of Marine Corps five ton dump trucks to bury in mass graves throwing lime over their bodies. Freedom isn't Free! You know what? They can just kiss my sweet ever loving @ZZ!
Butterflair Posted July 25, 2010 Posted July 25, 2010 If you want to kick them in the arse, then definitely file unemployment. They will get a letter notifying them about it and their unemployment tax will increase because of it. The can't dispute it because they let you go. Take it for as long as you can and start enjoying your life and your weekends.
2sunny Posted July 25, 2010 Posted July 25, 2010 i'm in Gunny! let's go! you drive - i'll hold the map... bring you water and sandwiches while we navigate south!
stepka Posted July 26, 2010 Posted July 26, 2010 Well find a good internet cafe down there and keep us posted Gunny! And stay away from the Oaxaca weed--it'll fry yore brain.
2.50 a gallon Posted July 28, 2010 Posted July 28, 2010 This is not good! First we lose Lisa and now possibly Gunny? Black July on LS
You Go Girl Posted July 30, 2010 Posted July 30, 2010 Gunny ain't gonna leave us. He knows better, that we'd catch a bus to Mexico and come down and kick his cute little arse. Mexico is lovely. Best fresh food ever. Stay away from border towns and high drug traffic areas. Realize that every sweet Mexican that approaches you on the street is a hustler. Embrace the culture and love the people. And stay away from too much booze! Problem is...in Mexico, it's more tempting than ever. We should have an LS trip to Mexico, I'm thinking late January or early February when the US is just a miserable freezer.
Author Gunny376 Posted July 30, 2010 Author Posted July 30, 2010 Actually all in all? I'm in fairly good shape. Car with only 28K miles is bought and paid for. I've got medical and dental insurance through the military for less than $60 a month in premiums (Medical premiums are $19.17 a month with $12 co-pay ~ currently getting Class A-1 dental with nothing out of pocket ~ about $2000 + worth of dental work ~ mostly bridge and cosmetic dentistry) I'm retired out of the Corps, have commissary (grocery store on base ~ name brand groceries less than 30% than off base), MWR, PX privileges. Yada~yada! I called the employment office and they told me to file a claim. I got fired because the dumb-@zz high school drop son of the owner of the company got involved because I made a typo on a certification form ~ instead of typing in .009 I typed in .09 which made it out of specification. I had unemployment insurance on one of my credit cards ~ so I'm good for the next 24 months with that. The one other I current on and only owe about $700 on. I can get it paid off in the next month or so. Got declared "indefinitely uncollectible" by the IRS (problems from the divorce) They told me to pay what I can when I can. I've got a couple of thousand in the bank. Enough to get me month to month until the retirement check comes in the first of each month. I worked every weekend and holiday for almost six years. Forget that! (Good luck finding an idiot willing to do that!) Time to get to working to live and not living to work. Having lived a Spartan lifestyle via the Marines and being brought up dirt poor ~ I can live off beans and weenies, chicken and rice, beans and rice and fried corn bread. Someone asked me yesterday if my AC was broke? I told them no. I've a box fan in one window in the front and another in the back sucking out the hot air. Another one in front of my recliner and the ceiling fans going Light bill? $40 a month. All of which is relevant to divorce and separation which I will post on a new thread for those currently going through divorce/separation.
2sure Posted July 30, 2010 Posted July 30, 2010 I know two guys off the top of my head who moved to Mexico ( one to retire, one to escape taxes). They are both living simply but very comfortably. Ex pats are all over the world...Mex is pretty easy. Your money goes far.
You Go Girl Posted July 30, 2010 Posted July 30, 2010 Actually all in all? I'm in fairly good shape. Having lived a Spartan lifestyle via the Marines and being brought up dirt poor ~ I can live off beans and weenies, chicken and rice, beans and rice and fried corn bread. Someone asked me yesterday if my AC was broke? I told them no. I've a box fan in one window in the front and another in the back sucking out the hot air. Another one in front of my recliner and the ceiling fans going Light bill? $40 a month. All of which is relevant to divorce and separation which I will post on a new thread for those currently going through divorce/separation. It is indeed relevant. I am poor I suppose. Poor by some people's standards. There's hardly any money in the bank. The divorce will be final and leaving me already needing to be completely self-sufficient, and it's a tough go. The antique trade isn't what it was several years ago. Frivilous purchases are low on many people's spending list. But I have my cottage. I have inventory to sell. I have my health so far--knocks on wood. I've only been in the hospital two days in my life--when I was born, and when my daughter was born. So who's to say if I'm rich or poor? How is it measured? I still have most of my wits about me, that makes me rich compared to those who don't, at least I think! My health is pretty good--rich compared to those with endless ailments. I have my cottage, although my taxes are behind. No mortgage. There's families right now living in cardboard boxes all over the world. My cottage is a small place. Am I rich or poor? I have a roof over my head, that's something. I take great joy in everyday life, sunshine, a good tune on the radio, a sweet breeze blowing over the lake. Laughing with another person--that's rich, it's downright priceless. I can't afford expensive wine anymore, expensive vacations, dining out often. These things are not in my immediate future whatsoever. I bought some beer last night. I don't particularly like beer very much. But how much of a priority is alcohol? Very low on my list. One might be good after I mow the lawn today. I don't have HBO anymore, waaaaaaaaa! Well just about everything I could want to see is online anyway, somewhere. What we value in life. If it were material possessions and throwing money around, the world would cave in on itself. Luckily, so far, humankind still holds a few other things valuable.
GorillaTheater Posted July 30, 2010 Posted July 30, 2010 Hey Gunny, look up "Lake Chapala" in Mexico. GREAT place. Sits at about 7000 ft so never too hot, never too cold. Beautiful scenery, friendly people, and cheap. Guadalajara is only a half hour away. Hell, there's even a Walmart not too far away. Lots of American and Canadian expats (mostly retirees) so it feels a little like home. Definitely one of my retirement options.
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