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goobee · Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:01 pm Post subject:

Isn't there any small airports near you that need plane mechanics?
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lonewolfz28 · Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 5:29 pm Post subject:

I don't want to work on aircraft anymore. But no, there hasn't been any jobs advertised at any of the local airports since before I moved back here. There's a lot of nepotism and most of the people that work there stay for years.

Albany airport is ~45 miles away. That commute is a bear because they won't add any lanes to I-87 or rework the access roads to alleviate the problem. The only jobs I've seen advertised at the Albany airport are for cleaning the aircraft (inside and out) and the TSA (checking baggage, security, etc). I definitely don't want to clean aircraft. I did enough of that in the AF. Yellow Rolleyes

Some of the TSA jobs wouldn't be too bad...other than having to deal with irate customers and a lot of standing. I think I'll pass on that too. Oh, the McDonalds in the airport was hiring a manager trainee a few months ago. Yellow Confused

The medical manufacturing job is fairly steady and I'd get to work with my hands. If you ever watch "How it's Made", you'll see the type of assembly work they do. Basically just assembling small parts or plastic-welding parts together using the ultrasonic welder. They make catheters and stuff like that.

goobee · Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 12:36 am Post subject:

Sounds like a plan. Do you need special training for that?
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lonewolfz28 · Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:43 am Post subject:

I imagine it'll be on-the-job training. They only require a High School Diploma and 0-1 years experience. Even I can meet those criteria. Yellow Wink

goobee · Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 8:06 pm Post subject:

How about looking into being a CNC machinist?
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lonewolfz28 · Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:51 am Post subject:

I thought about that, as well as CAD/CAM, heavy equipment operator, pharmacist, chef and welding. Yellow Laugh

Unfortunately, they all involve going back to college or a trade school for a year or more. I didn't get the G.I. Bill and I make too much to qualify for grants. Besides, I'm not overly enthused with the idea of going back to college.

goobee · Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:00 pm Post subject:

Well there's already the college girls........ Yellow Twisted

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lonewolfz28 · Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:37 am Post subject:

goobee · Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:40 pm Post subject:

They still look pretty good here. Boobies

Kinda hard to not look at them at the mall. Whistle

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lonewolfz28 · Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:16 am Post subject:

It doesn't help that I've got three nieces that are all college aged. I feel a little creepy looking at girls that age now. Embarassed

Heck, I just became a great-uncle for the first time a month ago. The oldest son of my oldest brother had a daughter with his second wife. Yellow Cool

That boy is following right along in his daddy's footsteps. He lost most of his hairline before he turned 23. He couldn't make it as a cop. He married a nurse. He got divorced within three years. He got remarried again very quickly and had a baby shortly afterwards. Now all he needs is a Harley. Yellow Laugh

goobee · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:16 pm Post subject:

What was the big hurry after the first marriage and divorce? scratch

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lonewolfz28 · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:47 am Post subject:

I can't say much, I was only married 6 months before we separated. Heck, we were separated for three times as long as we were together married. Embarassed

I my case, it was combination of expectations changing, her realizing she wasn't ready to settle down with one person yet, me realizing that I was always going to come third behind her friends and the pets, me not spending as much time with her because I was working full time and going to college full time(at her insistence) and me getting tired of feeling like I was a father more than a husband. I made sure she got up in the morning, made sure she got breakfast, did the cooking, did the laundry more often than not (she had way more clothes than I did so I always ran out first), did the yard work, made sure she made her appointments, balanced the check book, paid the bills, etc. All of this on top of working 10-12 hours a day, going to school 10-15 hours a week and homework. I burned out.

It started out with me doing the cooking (she couldn't cook other than in a microwave) and outside work and her doing the inside work. As time went by, I ended up doing more and more of the inside stuff because she was always "too busy". Too busy hanging out with her friends that is. It was like living with a 23 year-old teenager.

In my nephew's case, they were High School sweethearts that did what their parents and friends expected them to do. Her family and his mother are all very religious and go to the same church. It was expected that they get married shortly after they graduate.

Then they went to separate colleges with him going into business and then criminal justice and her going to pre-med and then med-school. They just grew apart quickly. They had little to no time together and developed very different lives, views and ambitions. Yellow Sad

goobee · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:27 pm Post subject:

Definitely difficult to make a marriage work. Don't know how I made it 17 years so far, it's a challenge.
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lonewolfz28 · Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 7:06 am Post subject:

You're a better man than I am. I gave up. Now I date occasionally, but take off before it gets too serious. Yellow Sad

I like to think that if the right one came along, that I'd actually hang around and give it a try again. But the chances of finding that right person, up here, at this stage of my life and as infrequently as I date, are slim to none.

goobee · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:13 pm Post subject:

Being more mature now, you have more patience which will help you deal with the stress and demands.
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