brownie65

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  • Birthday 06/25/1965

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    Pike County,Illinois
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    maintenance
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    deer & turkey hunting, coaching baseball & basketball, playing on the computer.
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    Born & raised here in Pike County,Illinois. Was gone for a year to college, then 4 years whilein he
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  1. fresh earth wafers are awesome. Really like Tinks smokin sticks, all season and rut sticks.
  2. brownie65

    Am I wrong?

    suro25 I agree and disagree with you. I do believe people need to base their lifestyle/spending on a 40 hour week and try to put some ot money back. I also do not blame people for being upset with hours being cut. don't remember exactly what Dawg said in his post but thinking it said possibly cutting their hours to 6 a day. I understand if the work is not there, hours will be cut. yes, people should be thankfull for having a job right now. That being said lot of people have taken jobs that are not that great of jobs because they have had to. There are so many people looking for and needing jobs that wages are going down. I think this will continue to be a problem. If business A wants to hire 6 guys and only want to pay $10 an hour, all they have to do is start at top of the list of people they would like to hire. If 20 people turn them down they know they can and will still be able to hire people at the wage they want to pay. Jobs that used to pay $20 hour ,company would have no problem filling openings at $15 hour.Times are tough right now,for individuals and businesses. Businesses are taking advantage of the situation in my opinion.
  3. brownie65

    Am I wrong?

    I lost my job due to a plant closing 14 months ago. Miss that job very much. There is no work where I live. Some jobs but very low pay. I took a job where I go all over the country. Lots of work but also gone allot. I havn't been home in 2 months now. Hopefully this job will be done in another 2 weeks or less. Then I plan on going home and taking July off, would like to spend some of the summer with my kids. When on the road I work 12 hours a day 7 days a week. If its a 30 day job, we work 30 days. yes it gets old but have to do what you have to do. As Kat said , have to learn to put money back. I basically live off my per diem on the road and pay the regular bills out of my check. Rest is sitting in the bank. Bad thing is it can go pretty fast when you get home..
  4. brownie65

    Am I wrong?

    sounds to me like you need to voice your opinions to your colleagues and your bosses. then you can tell the guys you are in charge of that you tried. It means allot if you know a super went to bat for you, even if results weren't what you wanted. You can honestly say you tried. If you want tell them you will split whatever bonus you might get evenly among your guys.
  5. I was picking bunches of them at home in Illinois, then had to go back to work. Doesn't look like gonna make it home for awhile. So glad I have had plenty.
  6. Chuck, Criminal Minds, NCIS, Cold Case
  7. the mushrooming just really getting good at home and I get sent to a job in Enid,Oklahoma. Hopefully it is only a week long so can get back home and pick a bunch more.
  8. I have been picking them here in Illinois for 2 weeks now. Just now getting good though. Picked 3 pounds yesterday,a pound today. We need this shower that we are supposed to get tonight and tomorrow. Most of the ones I found last couple of days were dry, still good but dry. Get a shower look out. the big yellows will be coming.
  9. brownie65

    Holy overtime

    I usually get 112 straight time hours a week. That is my OT/DT figured into straight time.7 days or nights a week 12 hours a day. From mid Jan to last Tues I had 2 days off. Got home last Tue, supposed be home rest of this week. Nice to have a few days off but will be ready to go again by this weekend I am sure. Gotta make money,gotta make money,gotta make money,gotta make money. Never know when things could go kaput again. From the places I have been ,my opinion is that things are still getting worse. Most plants we have been at to work are still laying off , cutting hours or working skeleton crews. Only places it seems to be booming have been in the States of Louisiana and Washington. Again this is my opinion and out of the places I have been working the past few months.
  10. brownie65

    Holy overtime

    I usually get 112 straight time hours a week. That is my OT/DT figured into straight time. From mid Jan to last Tues I had 2 days off. Got home last Tue, supposed be home rest of this week. Nice to have a few days off but will be ready to go again by this weekend I am sure. Gotta make money,gotta make money,gotta make money,gotta make money. Never know when things could go kaput again. From the places I have been ,my opinion is that things are still getting worse. Most plants we have been at to work are still laying off , cutting hours or working skeleton crews. Only places it seems to be booming have been in the States of Louisiana and Washington. Again this is my opinion and out of the places I have been working the past few months.
  11. brownie65

    Computer stuff

    Agreed the free AVG works great.
  12. brownie65

    I made it

    Congrats, enjoy it. Are you going to go ahead and retire now or get a few more years in?
  13. openoffice is a good program and it is free
  14. I just got back from Utah on Tuesday. We left as the big storm was beginning. Wanted to get back over the mountains before it got bad. Was on I-70. Good Luck to them on their trip home.
  15. I did a Google search. there website shows there new bows. Did a HC bankruptcy search , shows they filed in May,09. Didn't read any farther. Don't know details if they will stay in operation or what. Google, High Country bankruptcy and you will find some info.