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  • Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

    Originally posted by Deutsche Gopher Fan View Post
    95% of my work has been in healthcare, but yes...I have been very fortunate
    Not to mention getting to work in such exotic locations as Jacksonville and Pittsburgh
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    • Originally posted by Handyman View Post
      Not to mention getting to work in such exotic locations as Jacksonville and Pittsburgh
      Omg don't get me started on those ****holes

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      • Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

        Originally posted by Deutsche Gopher Fan View Post
        Omg don't get me started on those ****holes
        A comment like that reinforces my decision to NOT look into a promotion that involved Jacksonville.
        Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
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        • Originally posted by Brenthoven View Post
          A comment like that reinforces my decision to NOT look into a promotion that involved Jacksonville.
          Oh god, never Jacksonville. Just never.

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          • Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

            Originally posted by Deutsche Gopher Fan View Post
            Oh god, never Jacksonville. Just never.
            It helps I hate FLA's weather to begin with....
            Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
            Tastes like a warm summer day. -Raylan Givens

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            • Originally posted by Brenthoven View Post
              It helps I hate FLA's weather to begin with....
              All of Florida sucks, but go anywhere else before Jacksonville. Really.

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              • Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                Originally posted by Deutsche Gopher Fan View Post
                All of Florida sucks, but go anywhere else before Jacksonville. Really.
                I decided long ago, the only place I'm going (if anywhere) is CO. I've been offered/hinted at/groomed to be in northern CA, JAX, SC, CHI, a slight hint at NJ....and nope to all of them. Big nopes.
                Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
                Tastes like a warm summer day. -Raylan Givens

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                • Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                  Originally posted by Brenthoven View Post
                  I decided long ago, the only place I'm going (if anywhere) is CO. I've been offered/hinted at/groomed to be in northern CA, JAX, SC, CHI, a slight hint at NJ....and nope to all of them. Big nopes.
                  Go:

                  - Alaska (would love to do it again, possibly "endgame" there and retire)
                  - New Hampshire/Vermont (beautiful, not too expensive, live and let live politics, another "endgame" candidate)
                  - New Mexico (need to get down there dammit)
                  - Minneapolis (#1 on my "big city" list)
                  - Colorado (beautiful, strong economy, common sense seems to prevail on both sides of the political aisle, might be getting a bit expensive though)
                  - Urban areas of Texas (Austin, maybe Dallas, yeah it's conservative but not THAT kind of conservative...overly so, anyway)
                  - Urban areas of North Carolina (Raleigh/Durham, strong STEM-based economy)
                  - Parts of Michigan that have recovered (Grand Rapids, nicer suburbs of Detroit, maaaaybe Ann Arbor)
                  - Montana (another possible "endgame" candidate, but the right-wing wackiness is starting to scare me)

                  No:

                  - California (too expensive)
                  - New York (ditto)
                  - DC (ditto)
                  - Massachusetts (dittah)
                  - Florida (too hot)
                  - Arizona ("but it's a dry heat" is a bald faced lie)
                  - Deep South (cue Dueling Banjos)
                  - Kansas (fun is illegal there)
                  - Hawaii (strange, I know, but I've heard they do not take kindly to outsiders there)
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                  • Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                    Originally posted by Deutsche Gopher Fan View Post
                    All of Florida sucks, but go anywhere else before Jacksonville. Really.
                    I am laughing my arse off right now.

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                    • Originally posted by Brenthoven View Post
                      I decided long ago, the only place I'm going (if anywhere) is CO. I've been offered/hinted at/groomed to be in northern CA, JAX, SC, CHI, a slight hint at NJ....and nope to all of them. Big nopes.
                      Brent

                      NJ is one of the most highly taxed states in the Union. Having grown up there, it's a great place (in parts) but pick where you live that won't take 1/4 -> 1/3 of your take home pay in property taxes.

                      Also, housing prices are not cheap. Mass transit leads to Newark, NYC, Trenton, or Philly. You pay to leave the state, but it is free to enter.

                      They have HS hockey, though the over proliferation of pay to play Junior leagues / teams has hurt the product.

                      They're about to elect a democrat governor. Hold on to your wallet as this guy seems to be a Corzine clone.
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                      • Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                        Originally posted by Jimjamesak View Post
                        However, I am an Air Ramper and all they care about for us is the plane leaving on schedule.
                        Just had a couple guys leave to dispatch for your company...sounds like missing "sort" is grounds for a public flogging.

                        Slightly more liberal fuel policy than us.

                        Originally posted by Deutsche Gopher Fan View Post
                        As a consultant I was one staffed at ups airlines in Memphis. Boy did I learn a lot about ACARS...also leaned to feel a huge rage whenever I see a ups truck
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                        • Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                          Originally posted by Handyman View Post
                          Not to mention getting to work in such exotic locations as Jacksonville and Pittsburgh
                          Better than Sheboygan, Grand Forks, Fargo, Aurora (SD), Wausau, Weatherford (OK).
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                          • Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                            Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                            Better than Sheboygan, Grand Forks, Fargo, Aurora (SD), Wausau, Weatherford (OK).
                            Alice Springs laughs at all of you.

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                            • Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                              Originally posted by Twitch Boy View Post
                              - California (too expensive)
                              - New York (ditto)
                              - DC (ditto)
                              You get what you pay for.
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                              • Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                                Originally posted by joecct View Post
                                NJ is one of the most highly taxed states in the Union. Having grown up there, it's a great place (in parts) but pick where you live that won't take 1/4 -> 1/3 of your take home pay in property taxes.
                                Meh. Commuting to the city also means you make 250% more than you would in Cottonhead, Kansas, so it more than balances out.

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