Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Brian, glad to see you got her all fiqured out. Looks like a very workable solution.


I had a really strange week this past week. Tuesday I woke up and had some discomfort in my chest, and by the time I got to work it hadn't gone away. Since I had a heart attack 18 years ago, and this felt a lot like that, I called my Cardiologist, and they told me to go to the ER. So, I did, and they admitted me for observation. Kept me there all day Tuesday and Wednesday and ran every test known to man, including Nuclear medicine and stress on a treadmill. Found nothing at all. Said the heart looks good, but that my Cholesterol is high (159) so I gotta work on that. Released me Tuesday night, and I feel fine now, and think the pain may have been muscular from all that grinding on Sunday.


Then, Friday at 5 pm the "new" General Manager at our Marina comes into my office and tells me they are eliminating my position. No big surprise, I knew 3 months ago when Ritz Camera/ Boaters World bought us that my days were numbered. They simply love to employ minimum wage people, or slightly above, and we were all on a pretty good pay scale. We made a lot of money for the family that owned and just sold the marina, and they really took care of us because of that. Ritz has tried twice to make a go of the marina business and has failed both times, and the VP told me personally "we aren't going to let that happen again." Well, guess what, they are on the same path once more if they think they can run this business without experienced people. Business and moral have both dropped dramatically in the 3 months they have owned it.

So, there is good news and bad news. Bad news is, I lost my job. Good news is, I lost my job. Now I can spend some time finishing up my car. Every time I wanted to go to a sandblaster or some other business, it was during the week when I had to be at work. Now I will be able to do that stuff. I have already had one person call me with a semi-offer of a new job, but I told him to give me a little while so that I can get some things taken care of. I don't want to jump right back into something right now, and need some time to figure out my next career. I didn't think it would be cool to tell him I wanted some time off to work on my hot rod........might make a strange impression. lol

But in the meantime, I have ordered some of the final pieces I need for the engine, and yesterday I worked on the battery box. That is about the final work I need to finish before the frame can go to the sandblaster. As work goes on, and there is more interesting stuff to post and photograph, I will do so.


But the worst thing of all...........CHR was down all week !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks,

Don