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TOMMAY · 02-20-2003, 01:25 AM

Seeing Mike's post about his website problems reminded me of a couple of years ago when he was thinking about closing down his site.

I had just gotten my ol sled of a pickup and was hanging out at the other forum a lot and was getting a lot of good info off Swervins site so I decided to make hard copies of everything on his site.Took me about four hours off and on and about a two inch stack of paper off the printer.My boss drifted by and figured out this probably wasn't work related and told me if I had so much free time he'd have to find more for me to do.He didn't take too kindly to it when I told him I was already working fifty five or sixty hours a week and getting paid for fourty so I didn't feel to bad about using a little of his printer paper.He went stomping back to his office and didn't speak to me for a week but he eventially got over it.

So,Mike,please don't shut down your site,think of all the job's you could risk.

Good Luck

Tom

J-Spec C10 · 02-20-2003, 02:30 AM

too funny....

87gmc · 02-20-2003, 10:41 AM

That is really funny, I think its even funnier that you had the nerver to tell him to back off because he works you to much already.

LOHRTBT · 02-20-2003, 10:46 AM

lol ballzy!!!

Low87 · 02-20-2003, 11:11 AM

LMAO!! Good one TOMMAY! Just a minute before I read this post I asked my boss if I could leave at 2:00 tomorrow to drive to Dallas since I've already got 40 hours in this week. Glad to hear I'm not the only one.

LOHRTBT · 02-20-2003, 12:48 PM

Does anyone else think of South park when they see TOMMAY !! haha makes me think of TIMMAY!!! hahahaha

PHOENIX · 02-20-2003, 01:08 PM

Yeah Dave, thats what I think of too.

I guess Im at the point where I wouldn't care a whole bunch if I got fired, except for the fact that good work is hard to find. I get underpaid, no benefits, no sick days (that are paid), no paid holidays. Its a big rip off. Atleast I still have a job, Im late everyday and spend alot of time online. I do alot for this company but they dont return it. As soon as I can find new work Im gone!
I wont be on here half as much, atleast thats how it looks.

Why didnt you get fired? Is the company stickin' it to you too, and theres not awhole lot either of you can do? I know Im needed so I know it will take alot to get fired. My boss knows I wont be easy to replace (with this pay and lack of benefits) so he doesn't say much about me being late or anything. It sounds nice and all for me, but money and benefits are the key to a good job, and I dont get either

**swervin ervin** · 02-20-2003, 01:21 PM

Tom,

you're a nut.

I'm not shutting the doors at all.

How's the family doing? Hope everything is going well.

Mike

scarface-87 · 02-20-2003, 01:37 PM

that's funny!! But does anyone actually work, cause i got today off and i see a lot of people on, man i wish i had one of those jobs.

:p

Low87 · 02-20-2003, 01:57 PM

I actually do a lot of work, most of it damage control. Last minute, someone screwed something up, gotta make the customers happy. During those times you won't see me on here, but when I'm doing the tedious routine paperwork is when I log on here a lot.

LOHRTBT · 02-20-2003, 02:01 PM

I would tell you all that I do a lot of work too but its just not beliveable!! haha I really do bust my butt...Greg Knows what its like being a CSR!! haha

Low87 · 02-20-2003, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by LOHRTBT
I would tell you all that I do a lot of work too but its just not beliveable!! haha I really do bust my butt...Greg Knows what its like being a CSR!! haha

LMAO!!! When chatting on AIM with Dave, you know when he's working because he types in all CAPs. Most of the time we chat he's using lower case......

scarface-87 · 02-20-2003, 02:28 PM

that must be sweet

I've gotta get a job where i work behind a computer.

Low87 · 02-20-2003, 03:57 PM

It has it's benefits, surfing the net is one of them.

LOHRTBT · 02-20-2003, 04:08 PM

yep yep...actually I am just nice to you most the time now...caps sucks to read!! haaha

Low87 · 02-20-2003, 04:17 PM

So do quotation marks bish

LOHRTBT · 02-20-2003, 04:19 PM

hahaha

Low87 · 02-20-2003, 04:26 PM

Your whoring has reached a new low.

LOHRTBT · 02-20-2003, 04:27 PM

why thank you jr whore

arveetek · 02-20-2003, 04:45 PM

I'm self-employed....I can log on whenever I want! However, I don't make any money when I'm sitting at this computer! I guess these trucks and these message boards are almost an addiction!!

TOMMAY · 02-20-2003, 04:48 PM

Hey Mike,Thanks for asking.Yeah,Im doin fine.

Little Andy's not so little anymore,Just turned fourteen and is tall enough to look me square in the eyes.I've still got him convinced I can whip him in a fair fight but I'm not so sure. He's discovered girls so he's not around near as much,but I guess he'll live through it.

Me and the Flamin' Redhead split up but that's ok,she'd gotten real mean anyway.Last time she drove my Vette she drove it right into my rollaround tool box,thank goodness the rollers weren't locked down and it bounced away and only left a small chip on the underside of the nose where it isn't too noticeable.She said I shouldn't of left it where she could run into it.I told her I started to hang a red flag on so it'd be easier to see,but since it was already six feet tall and red,I didn't figure it would do much good.

She'd gained a lot of weight,too.Had to put helper springs on the passenger side of my ol truck to keep it level when she was ridin' with me,and when she'd hop out it would bounce so high it looked like one of them lowriders with hydraulics hoppin'down the road.

She asked me how I was gonna get along without her and I told her I was pretty sure I could hire somebody for about twenty dollars a day to lay around all day,smokin'cigarettes and complaining about everything in sight,whilst not cookin or cleaning.Iwish I could have seen her face when she read the divorce decree.She thought she'd get about fifteen grand out of me and she got two hundred a month for three months.

My old boss did eventially fire me but that worked out ok,too.I got two weeks severance pay and two weeks vacation pay and after two days the owner hired me back into a different position with about the same pay so I came out pretty good.

All in all,life is good,hope things are goin'well for you,too.

Good Luck

Tom

PHOENIX · 02-20-2003, 05:45 PM

Wow Tom, sounds like some hard times, but you seem to be getting through them no problem

**swervin ervin** · 02-20-2003, 06:03 PM

Tom is just an ole country bumpkin, just like me. I have read his stories before and laughed until I cryed almost. I've already heard of the flaming redhead. Figured it might come to this. Sorry to hear, but you seem to be OK with it.

I guess if you are feeling fine with the way things are going, I'm glad for you as well. Good to hear Andy is doing good too. I know the feeling with the girl thing. I've got a 15 yo son who is girl crazy too. Or is it the girls are crazy over him? I don't know. All I know is, he's on the phone constantly. It's got to the point if the phone rings, I let him answer it. It's always for him anyway, so why should I waste my time getting up.

Me, I'm doing OK I guess. Things could be better, but we all think this way, right? I think my trouble is I'm just getting old. At 48, it takes a lot to thrill me. I've seen a lot of stuff in my time, some good, some bad. It used to be more fun when younger. Heck, everything thrilled me then.

You need to stop in more and bring some of that fantastic humor you have with you. I'm sure these youngins would get a big kick out of it. I know I sure do.

Good to hear from you.

Mike

02-20-2003, 01:25 AM	#1
TOMMAY Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mobile,Al Posts: 163	The day Swervin almost got me fired. Seeing Mike's post about his website problems reminded me of a couple of years ago when he was thinking about closing down his site. I had just gotten my ol sled of a pickup and was hanging out at the other forum a lot and was getting a lot of good info off Swervins site so I decided to make hard copies of everything on his site.Took me about four hours off and on and about a two inch stack of paper off the printer.My boss drifted by and figured out this probably wasn't work related and told me if I had so much free time he'd have to find more for me to do.He didn't take too kindly to it when I told him I was already working fifty five or sixty hours a week and getting paid for fourty so I didn't feel to bad about using a little of his printer paper.He went stomping back to his office and didn't speak to me for a week but he eventially got over it. So,Mike,please don't shut down your site,think of all the job's you could risk. Good Luck Tom __________________ 76 Silverado 74 Vette

02-20-2003, 02:30 AM	#2
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02-20-2003, 10:41 AM	#3
87gmc I Got My Engine!!!!! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Palmer, AK Posts: 253	That is really funny, I think its even funnier that you had the nerver to tell him to back off because he works you to much already. __________________ F.O.R.D. "F*cked Over Rebuilt Dodge" -+-+-+-+Cameron+-+-+-+- 1987 GMC HIGH SIERRA LWB 1500 32X11.50 383 TBI/Vortec Heads/Intake MSD Ignition Dual Exhaust Custom Pinstriping Sweet interior & stereo http://www.cgalvin29.freehomepage.com

02-20-2003, 10:46 AM	#4
LOHRTBT BeWarE tHe eViL CrAnkTOe! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Yukon, OK Posts: 3,605	lol ballzy!!! __________________ ~Dave~ You can call me Mike, Mike Oxlong - 1986 Chevy SWB - Stock for now - *1986 Chevy Custom SWB* *Stolen 6/26/05* - 1985 Chevy SWB SOLD - 1999 T/A Some mods www.cardomain.com/id/ramairdave AIM Screenname - Jester84

02-20-2003, 11:11 AM	#5
Low87 been here longer than Liz Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Posts: 2,437	LMAO!! Good one TOMMAY! Just a minute before I read this post I asked my boss if I could leave at 2:00 tomorrow to drive to Dallas since I've already got 40 hours in this week. Glad to hear I'm not the only one. __________________ ~Greg~ Mac's Garage '87 SWB 6/8 drop "Piso" '08 CCSB Silverado DD the departed '89 GMC K5 Jimmy 4x4 "Rusty Nuts" '77 Chevy K5 Blazer 2wd '83 Chevy stepside "You get what you pay for" - Mike 'swervin ervin' Ervin

02-20-2003, 12:48 PM	#6
LOHRTBT BeWarE tHe eViL CrAnkTOe! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Yukon, OK Posts: 3,605	Does anyone else think of South park when they see TOMMAY !! haha makes me think of TIMMAY!!! hahahaha __________________ ~Dave~ You can call me Mike, Mike Oxlong - 1986 Chevy SWB - Stock for now - *1986 Chevy Custom SWB* *Stolen 6/26/05* - 1985 Chevy SWB SOLD - 1999 T/A Some mods www.cardomain.com/id/ramairdave AIM Screenname - Jester84

02-20-2003, 01:08 PM	#7
PHOENIX Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 4,703	Yeah Dave, thats what I think of too. I guess Im at the point where I wouldn't care a whole bunch if I got fired, except for the fact that good work is hard to find. I get underpaid, no benefits, no sick days (that are paid), no paid holidays. Its a big rip off. Atleast I still have a job, Im late everyday and spend alot of time online. I do alot for this company but they dont return it. As soon as I can find new work Im gone! I wont be on here half as much, atleast thats how it looks. Why didnt you get fired? Is the company stickin' it to you too, and theres not awhole lot either of you can do? I know Im needed so I know it will take alot to get fired. My boss knows I wont be easy to replace (with this pay and lack of benefits) so he doesn't say much about me being late or anything. It sounds nice and all for me, but money and benefits are the key to a good job, and I dont get either __________________ * AVOID: LOPER'S PERMORANCE / LOPERSPEED.COM OF PHOENIX, AZ & COTTMAN TRANSMISSION *

02-20-2003, 01:21 PM	#8
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	Tom, you're a nut. I'm not shutting the doors at all. How's the family doing? Hope everything is going well. Mike

02-20-2003, 01:37 PM	#9
scarface-87 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 22	that's funny!! But does anyone actually work, cause i got today off and i see a lot of people on, man i wish i had one of those jobs. :p __________________ Danny http://dg721.tripod.com 87 swb c10

02-20-2003, 01:57 PM	#10
Low87 been here longer than Liz Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Posts: 2,437	I actually do a lot of work, most of it damage control. Last minute, someone screwed something up, gotta make the customers happy. During those times you won't see me on here, but when I'm doing the tedious routine paperwork is when I log on here a lot. __________________ ~Greg~ Mac's Garage '87 SWB 6/8 drop "Piso" '08 CCSB Silverado DD the departed '89 GMC K5 Jimmy 4x4 "Rusty Nuts" '77 Chevy K5 Blazer 2wd '83 Chevy stepside "You get what you pay for" - Mike 'swervin ervin' Ervin

02-20-2003, 02:01 PM	#11
LOHRTBT BeWarE tHe eViL CrAnkTOe! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Yukon, OK Posts: 3,605	I would tell you all that I do a lot of work too but its just not beliveable!! haha I really do bust my butt...Greg Knows what its like being a CSR!! haha __________________ ~Dave~ You can call me Mike, Mike Oxlong - 1986 Chevy SWB - Stock for now - *1986 Chevy Custom SWB* *Stolen 6/26/05* - 1985 Chevy SWB SOLD - 1999 T/A Some mods www.cardomain.com/id/ramairdave AIM Screenname - Jester84

02-20-2003, 02:28 PM	#13
scarface-87 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 22	that must be sweet I've gotta get a job where i work behind a computer. __________________ Danny http://dg721.tripod.com 87 swb c10

02-20-2003, 03:57 PM	#14
Low87 been here longer than Liz Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Posts: 2,437	It has it's benefits, surfing the net is one of them. __________________ ~Greg~ Mac's Garage '87 SWB 6/8 drop "Piso" '08 CCSB Silverado DD the departed '89 GMC K5 Jimmy 4x4 "Rusty Nuts" '77 Chevy K5 Blazer 2wd '83 Chevy stepside "You get what you pay for" - Mike 'swervin ervin' Ervin

02-20-2003, 04:08 PM	#15
LOHRTBT BeWarE tHe eViL CrAnkTOe! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Yukon, OK Posts: 3,605	yep yep...actually I am just nice to you most the time now...caps sucks to read!! haaha __________________ ~Dave~ You can call me Mike, Mike Oxlong - 1986 Chevy SWB - Stock for now - *1986 Chevy Custom SWB* *Stolen 6/26/05* - 1985 Chevy SWB SOLD - 1999 T/A Some mods www.cardomain.com/id/ramairdave AIM Screenname - Jester84

02-20-2003, 04:17 PM	#16
Low87 been here longer than Liz Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Posts: 2,437	So do quotation marks bish __________________ ~Greg~ Mac's Garage '87 SWB 6/8 drop "Piso" '08 CCSB Silverado DD the departed '89 GMC K5 Jimmy 4x4 "Rusty Nuts" '77 Chevy K5 Blazer 2wd '83 Chevy stepside "You get what you pay for" - Mike 'swervin ervin' Ervin



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02-20-2003, 04:19 PM	#17
LOHRTBT BeWarE tHe eViL CrAnkTOe! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Yukon, OK Posts: 3,605	hahaha __________________ ~Dave~ You can call me Mike, Mike Oxlong - 1986 Chevy SWB - Stock for now - *1986 Chevy Custom SWB* *Stolen 6/26/05* - 1985 Chevy SWB SOLD - 1999 T/A Some mods www.cardomain.com/id/ramairdave AIM Screenname - Jester84

02-20-2003, 04:26 PM	#18
Low87 been here longer than Liz Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Posts: 2,437	Your whoring has reached a new low. __________________ ~Greg~ Mac's Garage '87 SWB 6/8 drop "Piso" '08 CCSB Silverado DD the departed '89 GMC K5 Jimmy 4x4 "Rusty Nuts" '77 Chevy K5 Blazer 2wd '83 Chevy stepside "You get what you pay for" - Mike 'swervin ervin' Ervin

02-20-2003, 04:27 PM	#19
LOHRTBT BeWarE tHe eViL CrAnkTOe! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Yukon, OK Posts: 3,605	why thank you jr whore __________________ ~Dave~ You can call me Mike, Mike Oxlong - 1986 Chevy SWB - Stock for now - *1986 Chevy Custom SWB* *Stolen 6/26/05* - 1985 Chevy SWB SOLD - 1999 T/A Some mods www.cardomain.com/id/ramairdave AIM Screenname - Jester84

02-20-2003, 04:45 PM	#20
arveetek Ultimate Diesel Dude Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Southwest Missouri Posts: 328	I'm self-employed....I can log on whenever I want! However, I don't make any money when I'm sitting at this computer! I guess these trucks and these message boards are almost an addiction!! __________________ Project truck: '81 C/20 converted to 6.2L TURBO DIESEL bored .040", gear drive, 6.5L injectors/pump, custom pistons, custom 4" exhaust, 700R4, 4.10's Daily Driver: '95 K1500 Tahoe, 6.5L TURBO DIESEL, NP241, 4L80E, 3.42's

02-20-2003, 04:48 PM	#21
TOMMAY Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mobile,Al Posts: 163	Hey Mike,Thanks for asking.Yeah,Im doin fine. Little Andy's not so little anymore,Just turned fourteen and is tall enough to look me square in the eyes.I've still got him convinced I can whip him in a fair fight but I'm not so sure. He's discovered girls so he's not around near as much,but I guess he'll live through it. Me and the Flamin' Redhead split up but that's ok,she'd gotten real mean anyway.Last time she drove my Vette she drove it right into my rollaround tool box,thank goodness the rollers weren't locked down and it bounced away and only left a small chip on the underside of the nose where it isn't too noticeable.She said I shouldn't of left it where she could run into it.I told her I started to hang a red flag on so it'd be easier to see,but since it was already six feet tall and red,I didn't figure it would do much good. She'd gained a lot of weight,too.Had to put helper springs on the passenger side of my ol truck to keep it level when she was ridin' with me,and when she'd hop out it would bounce so high it looked like one of them lowriders with hydraulics hoppin'down the road. She asked me how I was gonna get along without her and I told her I was pretty sure I could hire somebody for about twenty dollars a day to lay around all day,smokin'cigarettes and complaining about everything in sight,whilst not cookin or cleaning.Iwish I could have seen her face when she read the divorce decree.She thought she'd get about fifteen grand out of me and she got two hundred a month for three months. My old boss did eventially fire me but that worked out ok,too.I got two weeks severance pay and two weeks vacation pay and after two days the owner hired me back into a different position with about the same pay so I came out pretty good. All in all,life is good,hope things are goin'well for you,too. Good Luck Tom __________________ 76 Silverado 74 Vette

02-20-2003, 05:45 PM	#22
PHOENIX Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 4,703	Wow Tom, sounds like some hard times, but you seem to be getting through them no problem __________________ * AVOID: LOPER'S PERMORANCE / LOPERSPEED.COM OF PHOENIX, AZ & COTTMAN TRANSMISSION *

02-20-2003, 06:03 PM	#23
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	Tom is just an ole country bumpkin, just like me. I have read his stories before and laughed until I cryed almost. I've already heard of the flaming redhead. Figured it might come to this. Sorry to hear, but you seem to be OK with it. I guess if you are feeling fine with the way things are going, I'm glad for you as well. Good to hear Andy is doing good too. I know the feeling with the girl thing. I've got a 15 yo son who is girl crazy too. Or is it the girls are crazy over him? I don't know. All I know is, he's on the phone constantly. It's got to the point if the phone rings, I let him answer it. It's always for him anyway, so why should I waste my time getting up. Me, I'm doing OK I guess. Things could be better, but we all think this way, right? I think my trouble is I'm just getting old. At 48, it takes a lot to thrill me. I've seen a lot of stuff in my time, some good, some bad. It used to be more fun when younger. Heck, everything thrilled me then. You need to stop in more and bring some of that fantastic humor you have with you. I'm sure these youngins would get a big kick out of it. I know I sure do. Good to hear from you. Mike

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