Author Topic: I am going back to work!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Read 1151 times)

DalesCarpentry · « **on:** March 31, 2009, 08:13:26 AM »

Things are looking up finaly. The guy I work for when things are slow for me called this morning. He said he has a addition to do and the material will be dropped on Friday. Looks like We will be starting Monday. Thank God!!!!!!!! I have been going stir crazy. I went down to the pawn shop this morning and picked up my Passload framing nailer I pawned last week. On the way back my wife and I stopped at a buy here pay here car lot. They got a 98 Silverado 1500 4x4 with 123,000 miles on it for $4,000.00. They said they need half down plus tax and tag. I am going to need to do this because it is going to cost to much to fix my van. Dale

Spanky · « **Reply #1 on:** March 31, 2009, 08:16:23 AM »

Sounds like good news Dale.

Spanky

rparsons934 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 31, 2009, 09:01:55 AM »

Happy to hear that dale..........even if you do like the steelers (just kidding you guys won the bowl)

wareagleguy · « **Reply #3 on:** March 31, 2009, 11:17:40 AM »

Sounds like you are down $4000+ BEFORE your first pay check

DalesCarpentry · « **Reply #4 on:** March 31, 2009, 11:30:54 AM »

Quote from: wareagleguy on March 31, 2009, 11:17:40 AM

Sounds like you are down $4000+ BEFORE your first pay check

Well I have come up with the $2,000.00 down I need for the truck and will have it in a couple days. If I pay $300.00 a month on the truck it will be payed off in 7 months. That would be good because I would own it before winter comes and work slows down again. Dale

wareagleguy · « **Reply #5 on:** March 31, 2009, 12:08:59 PM »

Hope things work out for ya!!!

dw06 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 31, 2009, 02:05:22 PM »

Good to hear Dale, hope all goes well for you.

DalesCarpentry · « **Reply #7 on:** March 31, 2009, 02:14:00 PM »

I am so happy I am about to jump up and down.

I will have the new to me truck on Friday. This truck is in really great shape. Not a lick of rust on it. I will still have to buy a cap for it to protect my tools. I have not made any money for so long I forgot what it is like to have it. Hey it is $700.00 a week. Not as much as I get when I do my own thing but right now that sounds like big money.

I am happy and my family is happy for the first time in a very long time. Dale

S.S. · « **Reply #8 on:** March 31, 2009, 02:17:31 PM »

hopefully much more work will follow!
God Bless!

DalesCarpentry · « **Reply #9 on:** March 31, 2009, 02:21:06 PM »

Quote from: S.S. on March 31, 2009, 02:17:31 PM

hopefully much more work will follow!
God Bless!

I told the wife I am paying this off as fast as I can. I had a 2003 Chevy Silverado 2500HD 4x4 that I paid alomst 5 years on and only had a little over a year to go. Well it got repoed. It still hurts. That truck did not have a scratch on it. Dale

torpedoman · « **Reply #10 on:** March 31, 2009, 03:15:56 PM »

glad to hear it, have a mechanic check out that truck to make sure it will out live the payments.

DalesCarpentry · « **Reply #11 on:** March 31, 2009, 03:18:31 PM »

Quote from: torpedoman on March 31, 2009, 03:15:56 PM

glad to hear it, have a mechanic check out that truck to make sure it will out live the payments.

You know that is a good idea. I got I guy that can check it out. Thanks Dale

billy_56081 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 31, 2009, 05:18:46 PM »

I'm glad to hear that for you Dale, make hay while the sun shines brother.

holahead · « **Reply #13 on:** March 31, 2009, 05:19:25 PM »

Good deal Dale. Hope everything works out for the good for you.

OR-E-Gun Bill · « **Reply #14 on:** March 31, 2009, 05:24:54 PM »

Happy for ya Dale.
But it's sure gonna be boring during the working hours around here with you gone.

Bill

DalesCarpentry · « **Reply #15 on:** March 31, 2009, 05:25:50 PM »

Thanks guys. I really have not been this happy in a long time. Dale

Siskiyou · « **Reply #16 on:** March 31, 2009, 05:36:33 PM »

Congratulations!

DalesCarpentry · « **Reply #17 on:** March 31, 2009, 05:41:08 PM »

Quote from: OR-E-Gun Bill on March 31, 2009, 05:24:54 PM

Happy for ya Dale.
But it's sure gonna be boring during the working hours around here with you gone.

Bill

Yea it may but I am going to have more fun working. I have been going crazy with out work!!!!!!!!!! Just ask my wife.

I would much rather be building something than shooting my mouth off here. I live to build. I have never enjoyed anything more. I even enjoy watching other people build things. I like to see how they do it as compared to how I do it. I have built some one of a kind custom homes in my time but I like to ride through neighborhoods where they are building one of a kind homes also. I look at what they are doing and think of ways to inprove on their idea. I have to say there are a lot of great builders out there though. I never claimed to be the best. There is always someone out there better than you. I am very good at what I do though. Dale

nomosendero · « **Reply #18 on:** March 31, 2009, 06:07:43 PM »

Glad to hear it.

Sweetwater · « **Reply #19 on:** March 31, 2009, 06:24:27 PM »

Good News, Dale!!! You are working!
Sounds like a good deal on that pickup, also.
You know, ya gotta do what ya gotta do! You are working! Yee-Haw!!
I owe twice that on my 99 Lariat, but I had to re-fi last December and pay off some stuff when we got laid off, or it would have gone back..sorry that happened to ya

We just got back to work yesterday, but not sure how long it will last. Been a long hard winter here, also.

Regards,
Sweetwater

magooch · « **Reply #20 on:** April 02, 2009, 03:30:15 AM »

I'm happy for you, Dale, but I scared myself; I had a dream that I was working. Make that a nightmare.

DEACONLLB · « **Reply #21 on:** April 02, 2009, 07:35:45 AM »

When I was doing carpenter work years ago I know how you feel we had a saying around here. chicken today feathers tomorrow. Good luck on the job.
Deaconllb

DalesCarpentry · « **Reply #22 on:** April 03, 2009, 09:11:18 AM »

Well I just got back from picking up my truck. It is a 1998 Chevy Silverado 1500 4x4. It has 124,000 miles on it. The blue book value on it is almost $6,000.00. I bought it for $4,000.00. I gave them $2,000.00 down and I owe $250.00 a month untill it is payed off. I plan on giving them a hundred dollars a week. This way it will be payed off 5 months or so. It only has rust on one spot and that in on top of one of the bed rails. It is an area about 1'' by 5" and it is just surface rust. I plan on touching it up. The truck runs real well and am happy with the deal I got. Dale