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Best thing about this story is he wasn't a HCP holder. Bad thing, it shows felons can still get guns.  More back ground checks ahead.

    I take about 40 calls aday.  It is amazing we support about 22,000 people and it seems like it is the same 500 people that keep calling over and over.    Sometimes I look at previous tickets and the same person has called in the last 10 times to have their password reset or unlocked.   Last night, a co worker had an IT person at home that didn't know how to connect to his own wifi.  I have had the same call many times.   

Sadly I don't think I am up to Server level at this time, I don't have the certs to even be considered in that direction.  I am certainly not a programmer   I really needed to vent some.   I do know they are  re base-lining and and I talked with them and was told next Month on the new schedule there would probably be some opportunities to shift times and I would have an option of looking at other time slots.

PC Tech support.  As said above, it is my choice to continue showing up, they do pay me OK for the area.  But talking with them, feels like talking to a wall.  I have actually ask for a half day off with 3 weeks notice and was told it would an attendance issue.   either way I just needed to vent this morning some.    I did look into trying to get my old shift back, told not none but maybe in a month when they reorganize it might open back up.   BTW, they did ask me if I would stay on the late shift if they let me work from home.  I have and can work from home but in that job I really don't like working from home so I don't see that as a benefit.  (I live very close to work).     In short, I want to stay with the same company, just need to look for other positions outside of my current job.  They have opening from time to time. 

Work is just so messed up.   Were I work we have to agree to be availalbe 24/7 even though we only work 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. they hint they would use the right to work state if you don't agree to work when they determine with only days of notice sometimes they will just replace you or you can quit. I am considering bringing that up with ethics but I don't expect it would help as others say they have taken things to ethics\Hr with no results.   With that 24 hours of availability they will just schedule you when ever the hell they want as they know you can't do anything about it as long as you want the pay check.   A few months ago due to turn over we lost a couple people that worked the closing shift and no one would volunteer for that shift so they made it a rotating shift 2 months at a time. I got the second rotation.  Fine, I am a morning person that hates 2nd or late shift but after doing it, did I get to go back to my old shift of 7 a.m. to 4.  No, they left me mid freak-en day 9 to 6.  Not much better. So I end up getting up at 6 anyways as my wife has to get up, and I can't go back to sleep.  Plus if I over sleep I get headaches.   There again, I am a morning person and would prefer to get up and get started early, besides someone has to be there then.  We have some people that hate mornings in the spot, going to see if I can get one of them to switch with me.   It took me about a year to get moved to the 7 a.m. spot last time, I had to find someone to swap with and after my rotation, I expected to go back to my old time.  Staying to 6 is just awful for me.    Sometimes I believe they do it, just to annoy me as I have been there as long as anyone, so they probably would be just as happy to see me quit.  (i won't do that).     So Today I am going to see if any of the 7 a.m. people will switch with me.   To get a day off, need 4-6 weeks notice in advance or is an attendance issue, although management rarely works a full day and just comes and goes as they please. It is easier to quit on good terms 2 weeks notice they to ask for a  day off.   heaven forbid if you ask for a time of or a slight adjustment in your schedule like you need to be late, they ask like it is just a hard thing even if no one else is scheduled off at that time.   Just needed to vent, would have thrown a pizza box if I had one handy.    

He had some of the best stories.  I have allot of his cassettes.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqw4IayN1AI     However I believe most on this site will like this one more.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu1Q0E7oGQU

My wife thinks it would be extra fun if a bad guy got shot with a pink gun and survived while in prison word got out he was shot by a pink gun.

Prayers for you.

well I can't type that so I will just quote another fine member.

  Right now we have no idea what the education system will be in 20 years.  Having funds locked into an education only fund limits options.  What is the penalty on an unused 529 plan?   well now that I looked, not as bad as I thought it would be.   http://www.savingforcollege.com/intro_to_529s/what-is-the-penalty-on-an-unused-529-plan.php

Patton is right, if you invest it, look at all options for withdrawing in an event it is needed for something else.

my plan if I had a kid (fingers crossed) is to put at least half of my tax return into a fund.  finally decision to be made later.

Does this mean I have a target on my back now that might affect a city block?   I always assumed I had a target on my back, just feel this might have increased the radius. 

Some good suggestions here, plus a couple good PMs.   I do plan to get the engine running myself.  However I do suspect the carb will need a rebuilt,  at least it only has 1.   I am going to attempt to get it started myself, last I had it running, I had just had the carb rebuilt, then of course didn't have the time or money to do anything else with it. So it will probably need a rebuild again just because of age and sitting.  Assuming the carb is still OK, I don't believe I will have much issue with getting it started.   I will probably have to farm out some help on some things as I am not a very mechanical but can do some of it.  As the weather gets better I am going to get started on it.

Historically accurate  Wake Island.   There was a movie made during the war, but it wasn't accurate.

Question, does anyone know if there a place kinda like Rick Dale's http://www.ricksrestorations.com/ much closer to East TN?   For those that are curious, I have a 250 1986 Rebel I would like some day to have restored.     I know it would cost more then it is worth, but this bike does have sentimental value to me.  Got it when I turned 14, made my license on it when I was 16.   Long story about what happened to it, I used to keep it up, but then I went away for College for 4 years, it was neglected during such, after college I didn't have time or money to work with it.   A full years ago, I did get it started and rode it a few times but it needed work and has been under my carport since.  Trust me under my car port has been better then before I got it here.   I have a new seat and Gas Tank for it.  Going to try to get it restarted as the weather gets better.   I know the motor isn't locked and I suspect I will get it started this spring as the weather gets nicer.  Beyond that I don't know.  Last time I rode it, I had some trouble shifting gears which it had not had before.  Something felt stuck.   If I get it running,  Next will probably be a set of rims/tires  (Tires for sure),   I know it is going to need other things, already got a new gas tank as I suspect the one I have won't be useable which is very sad.  Also got new seat as the ones was going to need to be recovered and got a good deal on one at ebay when I got the tank.

In my opinion, that would be a hard movie to make better.     Well, I wouldn't cry at the end with that remake.

well, how do you make french toast with out eggs?

but they need the credit back on their EBT cards so they can get cash back for other items.

What movie would you like to see made and Made well?   I am thinking if you could pick something from history where there is either no movie or no real good movie what would you like to see?   I know I have seen the documentary of Wake Island and it is also on youtube.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os3PmiXl3DU   But I would love to see a well done, historically accurate movie made about Wake Island.          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wake_Island   "The Battle of Wake Island began simultaneously with the attack on Pearl Harbor and ended on 23 December 1941,"   "Early on the morning of 11 December, the garrison, with the support of the four remaining Wildcats, repelled the first Japanese landing attempt" "This was the first Japanese defeat of the war, and it was the last time in history that a forced landing attempt was repelled by shore batteries."   "After the initial raid was fought off, American news media reported that, when queried about reinforcement and resupply, Cunningham was reported to have quipped "Send us more Japs!" In fact, Commander Cunningham sent a long list of critical equipment—including gunsights, spare parts, and fire-control radar—to his immediate superior: Commandant, 14th Naval District. It is believed that the quip was actually padding (a technique of adding nonsense text to a message to make cryptanalysis more difficult).[11]"     One can only image what they went though.  

What is the return reason on milk that isn't expired?    Don't get me wrong, I believe people do that.

I have done the Ryman, but nothing directly round the capital.  That is highly on my list this year.

If you have to go store brought, Smukers it is. Homemade just spreads so much better even directly out of the refrigerator. 

i waited before I added this.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY  This might have actually been my introduction to any Rock music. Not saying first I heard, but one of the first I could get behind.   My experience and range has expanded since.