I'll dig out my old 8-track collection of C.W. McCall sings "convoy" and Merle Haggard "white line fever" and brush up on my CB jargon :) You missed one area though...it doesn't have to be limited to driving for Wal-Mart....I could hand out "happy stickers" at the door for $6.00 an hour :( You are absolutely right though...I'll pick myself up by the bootstraps, and try to get through this as best as possible. Cal --- LeRoy Westlund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Forget it, Calvin. > It's the same everywhere. The politicians are all > lying about how good the > economy is. > It's ONLY good for ONE company that I know > of,.....Named " WAL-MART ". > " Sorry ",...there are NO answers to the problem. At > least NONE that we have > any control over. > I have hashed out this problem while I was on > Nesda-Net for 2 years, and we > have discussed it til we are all blue in the face on > Jeff's chat > list.,.......just NO answers,.....so do the best you > can,....and take it on > the chin, like the rest of us. > There are plenty of Truck driving jobs out > there,...IF you wish to change to > THAT profession. > > Regards, > LLW > > LeRoy Westlund > Westlund TV & Electronics > 97 North Main "At > least I'll go down > Centerfield, UT 84622-0087 swingin,......what a > swingin > Ph./Fax 435-528-3822 way > to go." > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Calvin Neal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, February 12, 2004 3:23 AM > Subject: [Techs] please read > > > > Here in Maine....the shoe industry is gone, the > >textile industry went out in the late '90's, and > now > >the paper mill I worked at as an electrician has > >closed...and on...and on...I just had a customer in > >the shop the other day from another large paper > mill, > >telling me they just got put on notice..."there > will > >be a large, permanent lay-off in the next 2 weeks." > > The repair facility I have run for the past > several > >years as a second source of income has steadily > seen a > >decrease in profit. The market has been flooded > with > >el cheapo home electronics that most people want > >repaired for next to nothing 'cause "I can go to > >Wal-Mart and get a blah blah for blah amount of > >dollars" If I hear that one more time...I am going > to > >go ballistic. > > What is the problem here you ask? There is NO > >problem when you confront your Representative or > the > >governor of this state ....all you have to do is > get > >"retrained" > > Tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in this > >state have been lost over the recent years with > >nothing to fill the void that is left. Many of > these > >people would have been potential customers. It has > >really gotten out of control in this state. > > It is so bad, the wife and I have been discussing > a > >move to another state. The question is where and > >doing what? I cannot figure out to what means and > end > >NAFTA is supposed to reach. All I know is > thousands > >of people in this state are hurting and are in > serious > >financial trouble....and I just joined them :( > > Can someone on this list tell me about a state > where > >this is NOT happening...you may get a new neighbor > :) > > Sorry about being a bit off topic...thanks for > >reading. > > > >Calvin Neal > >Orrington Electronics > >Orrington, Maine > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing > online. > >http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Tech Repair CD...order your just $49.00 plus > shipping...One year of updates > free. > >www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net > >Techs mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://intrepid-video.com/mailman/listinfo/techs_intrepid-video.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech Repair CD...order your just $49.00 plus > shipping...One year of updates free. > www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net > Techs mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://intrepid-video.com/mailman/listinfo/techs_intrepid-video.com
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