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Trakternut said:
Y'know, Sushi, to a survivor of a suicide, even jokingly talking about "ending it all" makes me want to kick your ever-lovin' ass up between your ears. It's not a subject to be taken lightly.
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Been there myself Monte.
I hate anyone even joking about it.

But, back to Sushi's topic.
I am not being harsh or uncaring with you, Paul.
The words I shared up there^? consider it tough love... because I do care about you.
 
OK. One thing that IS statistically true.... people that talk about suicide DON'T do it. That does NOT lesson the impact for you that have experienced it, but it IS true. Sushi aint gonna off himself. He and I have talked in PM and I am gonna talk to my uncle up there who IS in marketing... We are gonna explore some options...

Most of us have felt like he does. I was probably worse than most. He will be fine if for no other reason because of friends like us.
 
rback33 said:
He and I have talked in PM and I am gonna talk to my uncle up there who IS in marketing... We are gonna explore some options...

Most of us have felt like he does. I was probably worse than most. He will be fine if for no other reason because of friends like us.
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rback I don't care what people say about you; your alright. It is great to know there is people out there like you yet. Hats off to you my friend. :thumb:
 
Sushi,

Get your CDL and take rback's advice and move to Kansas. We have seven customer harvester families in our church that can't find help for the summer wheat harvest. Get on a plane to Wichita tomorrow and they will even help you get your CDL. You won't make $32K but you won't need to. Room and board is provided and you'll see the midwest from Texas up to Montana!! You'll also meet "salt of the earth" people.

Kevin
 
rback33 said:
OK. One thing that IS statistically true.... people that talk about suicide DON'T do it. That does NOT lesson the impact for you that have experienced it, but it IS true. Sushi aint gonna off himself. He and I have talked in PM and I am gonna talk to my uncle up there who IS in marketing... We are gonna explore some options...

Most of us have felt like he does. I was probably worse than most. He will be fine if for no other reason because of friends like us.
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I love ya Jeremy, but that is 100% bullshit.
People talk about it, carry out actions that are suicidal tendencies, while those around them say "they won't do it", then they do.

Sushi is just reaching out to us for advice. I know that.
He knows I love him too.. :)
Buck up buster!!
 
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The Evil Bunny says he will take revenge upon Sushi's boss.
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Kwiens said:
Sushi,

Get your CDL and take rback's advice and move to Kansas. We have seven customer harvester families in our church that can't find help for the summer wheat harvest. Get on a plane to Wichita tomorrow and they will even help you get your CDL. You won't make $32K but you won't need to. Room and board is provided and you'll see the midwest from Texas up to Montana!! You'll also meet "salt of the earth" people.

Kevin
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There is a bit of smudge on his record that complicates this. I THINK it has been long enough that it should not be too much trouble. I have to research this further though.

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rback I don't care what people say about you; your alright. It is great to know there is people out there like you yet. Hats off to you my friend. :thumb:
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Thanks Murph. I appreciate that. My uncle is a one man marketing company, but he has LOTS of contacts up there. I can't make promises, but one thing is true in business. It's about who ya know.
 
rback33 said:
There is a bit of smudge on his record that complicates this. I THINK it has been long enough that it should not be too much trouble. I have to research this further though.
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I believe the form asks for violations within the last 3yrs. His is older than that. While it may be a complication, I think he'll be ok if he's kept his nose clean since then. I think driving might be a good change for Sush. He could even keep his cats with him in the sleeper.
 
Sushi.........Take this from someone who's been there.....In 1980 I had just landed a factory job (Rubbermaid) that would have set me for life. I had just bought a house (at age 22) & thought I had the world by the a$$. 3 months later I got laid off (having worked since I was 13 every day ...started on a farm) & I too thought the world as I knew it was over...I got $90 per week umemployment & my house payments were $315 a month..........What the heck was I gonna do with the nearly $45 surplus per month.........maybe buy food ??

I started working on cars to help make ends meet (It was my hobby anyway) & before long I was too busy with customer work to have time to look for a job. I have since started 3 new businesses each one rolling over into the next & have never looked back.

I look upon getting laid off as the best thing that could have happened to me. It forced me to go out on my own & think for myself. That company I was working for (Rubbermaid) was bought out in a take over about 8 years ago & is no more...all the union employees are out of their jobs & the company is gone.........just an empty building shell in our town is all that's there........but my small business is thriving !!

My advice is to find something you like to do (Something you'd do for free) & find a way to get paid for it & you'll never work a day in your life. There's just so much opportunity here in the USA.............Someone once said " I could do what you did if only I'd had the chance".... The other replied: you had the chance........."You just didn't take it !!"



Sushi..........Jump in & take the chance............I did & it was the BEST choice I ever made !

GOOD LUCK

TOM
 
Bobcat said:
$32k sounds like a reasonable target, but I'm sure you could get by with less, depending on the economy of the area to which you relocate.

As far as what to expect from a laborer job... expect to get paid for doing what you're told to do. That's all. No stress.
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Sushi........allot of good advice has been given to you and I have nothing more I can add to that at the moment but what I can do for you is give you some insight on what a laborer job entails as that's what I do for a living. I had a high stress job before in the healthcare field and I'd take a little bit of physical stress anyday over being mentally stressed all the time.

You want a job with very little stress and decent pay, that's it. I work in a plywood mill as a laborer and have been there for 7 yrs now. Stress is virtually non-existant. The job itself is long and tedious and dirty but what I really like is the fact that once that buzzer goes off at the end of my shift, I'm not even at my vehicle yet and I've already forgotten all about that place. Basically it's a case of leave your brain at the door and do your work. I don't know what the pay is like at other places but on average most of the guys get $40-50,000 a year. Some make quite a bit more but they basically live there every weekend doing all the overtime they can get.
 
Dead on groomergit. I sometimes miss the days when I was in the field and all I had to do was what my supervisor told me to do. At the end of the day, I could drop everything and go home to work/play with whatever I wanted. These days I go home and work on plans, reports, etc. AND the laborers (non-exempts) get more pay because they get time and a half. Sometimes they make more than me and I work far more hours. :pat:
 
OK, I just got back home. Sushi, there is too much in this thread for me to comment on each thing. You have a lot of people that care for you here.
You have a lot more choices than you thought you had. I think I would go for the harvest company. You might find you love, or you might not like it a bit. But it will be a break for you, room & board is worth about, oh, say $1,000 to $1500 a month? No rent, no food to buy, NO HIGH-ASSED GASOLINE to buy. Try it for a few months. If you don't like it, you don't have to stay long, just long enough to feel refreshed, and get back on your feet. And with the travel, you will probably find an area you would like to settle down in. Damn, that sounds good to me, except I'm tied down with a family.
Try some-thing else for awhile, my friend. Then if you want to come back to sales, there are latterly thousands of other companies to work for.
Good luck, my friend.
 
stick is easy to learn -- and some of the newer "grain trucks" are automatics. I once taught a girlfriend how to drive the 67 Nash "3 on the tree" her own dad was afraid of.
 
Deadly Sushi said:
Well with the CDL..... I cant drive stick :pat:
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Big trucks are easier to drive than smaller cars and pickups from this standpoint. I would even make you a deal.... you get yer happy ass out here and I will teach you to drive myself. I have access to several semis that we can get out on the back country roads. I can teach you to drive in the EXACT spots I learned. You can fly direct into ICT from ORD any day of the week. I have room for you, but I DO have 5 dogs and two are in the house.... They love cats though:hammer:
 
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