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I have a few things in the works for next year as it is already .
1- Looks like I will be working 7 nights a week straight thru Christmas and New Years . It sucks but can't do anything about it .
2- I'll be working for a new manager as of the first of the year . This is a strange story and a long one also , but a nice change for me . ( more to come )
3- My son got married this past year and it was a complete surprise ( unannounced ) to me as well as everyone else . He married a great girl and she is from Canada . As of Jan. 2 , 2021 , they will be living in Toronto on Blue Jay Way , right next to the stadium . They both have excellent careers ahead of them , almost as great as us metalworkers !
At least maybe now I can go up north and get my 3 pt.. stump grinder for the Kubota .
4- Still planning on offing more of my treasures . This has been on-going for 22 years now . I get rid of 1 thing and 4 things follow me home .
I just need the basics .
5- Retirement eligible on tax day 4/15/21 . 62 and not sure what I want to do . Always thought I would get the heck out of dodge the minute I could but now that it's almost here , I'm not sure about it anymore . I do have lots of oppurtunities on the spit , but just don't know .
I don't dislike my job or the $$$$ , just the shift , and that may change with the new HMFIC .
6- I want to have some kind of permanent building up on my Adirondack property . It could be a leanto , large shed , small cabin , whatever . I have a 32 ft trailer on it now that did not like the 6 ft of snow on it . The only ones enjoying it are the mice during the winter .
7- Hopefully I can get out again into the world . This virus thing just flat out sucks . No travel or getting out at night for a breather from working isn't good for me . I miss getting out .
About my new boss . Long long ago in the land of the tool and die shop , I became the supervisor of the machine shop . We had a group of younger apprentices in their 4rth year at the time . I had the priviledged knowledge that the company was being shut down in 9 months but could not let that cat out of the bag . Anyways , I left that job before they closed and came to the company I work for now as machine shop manager . When the time arrived , I hired a very smart now journeyman machinist from the die shop and who also worked at my shop at the house for a few years . After a year I left this company full time but helped out setting up their cncs with programming , tooling , fixturng etc and continued making them parts at my shop . I always kept in touch with Bob , as well as any other past employers over the years . Bob ended up as the plant manager at that plant some many years after arriving . So , the circle of life has rotated 360 degrees . Bob's going to be my new boss , and I can't wait . He has a great head on his shoulders , he came off the shop floor , and he knows the truth . I think this will be fun .
Jeez , sorry for being long on wind tonight , but it's Sat night after payday and there aren't many bodies in the plant tonight .
So what's on your bucket list for 2021 , anything ?
1- Looks like I will be working 7 nights a week straight thru Christmas and New Years . It sucks but can't do anything about it .
2- I'll be working for a new manager as of the first of the year . This is a strange story and a long one also , but a nice change for me . ( more to come )
3- My son got married this past year and it was a complete surprise ( unannounced ) to me as well as everyone else . He married a great girl and she is from Canada . As of Jan. 2 , 2021 , they will be living in Toronto on Blue Jay Way , right next to the stadium . They both have excellent careers ahead of them , almost as great as us metalworkers !
At least maybe now I can go up north and get my 3 pt.. stump grinder for the Kubota .4- Still planning on offing more of my treasures . This has been on-going for 22 years now . I get rid of 1 thing and 4 things follow me home .
I just need the basics .5- Retirement eligible on tax day 4/15/21 . 62 and not sure what I want to do . Always thought I would get the heck out of dodge the minute I could but now that it's almost here , I'm not sure about it anymore . I do have lots of oppurtunities on the spit , but just don't know .
I don't dislike my job or the $$$$ , just the shift , and that may change with the new HMFIC .6- I want to have some kind of permanent building up on my Adirondack property . It could be a leanto , large shed , small cabin , whatever . I have a 32 ft trailer on it now that did not like the 6 ft of snow on it . The only ones enjoying it are the mice during the winter .
7- Hopefully I can get out again into the world . This virus thing just flat out sucks . No travel or getting out at night for a breather from working isn't good for me . I miss getting out .
About my new boss . Long long ago in the land of the tool and die shop , I became the supervisor of the machine shop . We had a group of younger apprentices in their 4rth year at the time . I had the priviledged knowledge that the company was being shut down in 9 months but could not let that cat out of the bag . Anyways , I left that job before they closed and came to the company I work for now as machine shop manager . When the time arrived , I hired a very smart now journeyman machinist from the die shop and who also worked at my shop at the house for a few years . After a year I left this company full time but helped out setting up their cncs with programming , tooling , fixturng etc and continued making them parts at my shop . I always kept in touch with Bob , as well as any other past employers over the years . Bob ended up as the plant manager at that plant some many years after arriving . So , the circle of life has rotated 360 degrees . Bob's going to be my new boss , and I can't wait . He has a great head on his shoulders , he came off the shop floor , and he knows the truth . I think this will be fun .
Jeez , sorry for being long on wind tonight , but it's Sat night after payday and there aren't many bodies in the plant tonight .
So what's on your bucket list for 2021 , anything ?
