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Sunday, October 11, 2026

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27-9 18:03:13 Guba Bye Ellen
27-9 18:02:38 rvn2001 Bye Ellen.
27-9 18:02:27 ejshelton Time for me to go as well......ZU next time
27-9 18:00:30 DAZed Bye John
27-9 17:57:55 Guba Bye John
27-9 17:56:56 ejshelton Have fun......
27-9 17:56:55 rvn2001 Bye John.
27-9 17:56:37 soccrdad30 well, wife got back from grocery shopping, I need to help her, then get back to the shrub I am pulling out. Later!
27-9 17:54:08 soccrdad30 that happens to me every now and then. My problem is when the in-laws mooch off me
27-9 17:53:14 ejshelton ....Lucky you
27-9 17:53:07 ejshelton Hi Stony
27-9 17:52:42 DAZed hi Stony
27-9 17:51:50 soccrdad30 even more fun!
27-9 17:51:40 stonysmith Unfortunately, yes. 14 at the table
27-9 17:51:00 soccrdad30 uh, you buying Stony?
27-9 17:50:47 soccrdad30 Fun!
27-9 17:50:40 stonysmith Family birthdays lunch...
27-9 17:50:31 soccrdad30 Hello Stony
27-9 17:49:38 soccrdad30 Thank you
27-9 17:49:33 soccrdad30 I will Doug
27-9 17:49:22 DAZed please send me your current address, too so I can send the track your way.
27-9 17:48:52 soccrdad30 cool, I will get that out Monday am for you
27-9 17:48:46 Guba Good luck finding something you like. I hope to retire in 4 years.
27-9 17:48:26 DAZed on a positive note, I just sent you my address to that email
27-9 17:48:06 DAZed thanks
27-9 17:47:50 soccrdad30 I wish all the luck, I know my last boss at the credit union went through that too before he landed his job with us.
27-9 17:46:49 DAZed So I'm prepared to find the best "hard stop 40 hours" job I can find that has good benefits regardless of the pay, and then do contract work or side hustle company to supplement.
27-9 17:45:37 soccrdad30 true
27-9 17:45:24 DAZed Or one and do a side hustle, something like that.
27-9 17:45:15 soccrdad30 I started from the bottom ranks when I hired in to the credit union, but it was the best out there at the time for my family and me
27-9 17:44:56 DAZed Since I was already working around 70 hour weeks, I'm considering just getting two full-time jobs that pay less but less stress. I'm hearing a lot folks are going that now.
27-9 17:44:01 DAZed Oh trust me....nothing scares me at the moment beyond my already elevated level of scare.

I am already aware of the age-ism situation. And this is the worst time in the history of IT to find a new role.
27-9 17:43:53 ejshelton It is hard to get a job as you get up in years....although right now I could likely get a bus driver job.....since they're all short
27-9 17:43:43 soccrdad30 When I hired in at the credit union I was hoping to get 8 to 10 years out of them, but I ended up with little over 12 years before I retired from them
27-9 17:42:48 soccrdad30 It took me 7? months to get another job, and my goal was to find my retirement job.
27-9 17:42:05 soccrdad30 I attributed it to my age at the time and my gray hair
27-9 17:41:45 soccrdad30 I would get phone interviews like crazy, but when i went in for the personal interviews was where I lost out on the job.
27-9 17:41:03 soccrdad30 not to scare you Doug... but I had that experience in 2012.
27-9 17:40:29 DAZed Nothing so far regarding a job. Had a few interviews and applying daily for stuff.
27-9 17:39:41 soccrdad30 yes it is, soccrdad525@yahoo.com
27-9 17:39:17 DAZed John, is your email still the Soccrd**52* @ yah**.***
27-9 17:39:14 soccrdad30 Doug, any luck on the job front?
27-9 17:38:22 rvn2001 Bye Mike. Have fun!
27-9 17:38:21 soccrdad30 have fun!
27-9 17:38:14 ejshelton ZU Mike.....have a good time
27-9 17:38:08 Guba Later Mike
27-9 17:37:52 DAZed bye Mike, have fun
27-9 17:37:36 GNFan Well, as promised, I'm going to leave early. ZU next time.
27-9 17:37:12 DAZed being on the tour was mostly just a little motivation to get significant work done a month prior. Then we'll use the final month for tweaks, practice ops sessions, etc.
27-9 17:36:06 DAZed John, no not done...the real purpose is for the ops session he's having on Halloween.
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