[gatortalk] Re: Non-Gator Related
Wow Randy...Congratulations! Very Very Happy For You...my friend! Now really start growing those dreadlocks ;-) -BadMan On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 7:26 PM, ken...@earthlink.net wrote: Congratulations! They obviously -- finally -- recognized quality! Go Gators Ken B. (NYC Gator) Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed -- *From*: Gatornet Admin *Date*: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 09:47:01 -0400 *To*: GatorTalkgatortalk@googlegroups.com *Subject*: [gatortalk] Non-Gator Related I'm not trying to start a non-gator related thread, and the ONLY reason I'm mentioning it here is because several months ago a large number of us participated in a thread relating to the mass of layoffs that has hit our country. Many of us here on Gatornet had been affected either directly or indirectly by the layoffs, and I indicated that I was one of the casualties, having been laid off twice during 2008. Well, the first layoff for me occurred in March of last year and it was by Sprint, which I have said was the best job I ever had. I loved working for Sprint, loved my job, loved my teams, blah, blah, blah. Do you get the picture? Mushy, I know, but true. Anyway, being laid-off by Sprint affected me traumatically, and I never really recovered from it. Even though I was hired for a short time as a corporate controller, the economy forced them to outsource their financials for 25% of my salary and I was laid off again in October. All in all, 2008 was not a very good year for me or thousands of other people. I know I wasn't the only one going through it. I think I'm rambling, so let me try to get to my point. This past Thursday, after over a week of negotiations (no, I'm not a union guy - it just seemed to be the appropriate word to use), I received an offer from Sprint to resume my previous position beginning Monday and with a substantial raise. I am going from managing 17 sales teams to 26 sales teams, which will, of course, keep me pretty busy and on the road, but after spending the last 7 months at home, I WANT to be busy and I WANT to be on the road! To say I'm happy would be understating it. I'm actually quite giddy. I feel like a young Randy and the best looking girl at school just asked me to take her to the prom. It was TOTALLY unexpected and an incredible rush of validation. After months and months of doubting my own self-worth, I realize now that it wasn't me at all. I just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. That wrong place was on a list of what some economics expert determined was expendable positions. Many of us here have been together for over 15 years, so I consider you good friends even though we might actually only see each other once every 5-6 years. I just wanted to share my good news with you, and hopefully the moderator won't chastise me for this being non-gator related. :) Oh, did I mention I can't wait for Monday morning? It might be a VERY long time (if ever) that I dread Monday's again! :) Randy --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Countdown to Kickoff - Day 90!
#90 - Lawrence Marsh Lawrence is a 6-4, 304 lb. redshirt Junior Defensive Tackle from Augusta, GA (Josey HS) who has played in 22 games, including 13 starts and recording 33 tackles (17 solo) with seven tackles for a loss and 3.5 quarterback sacks. The son of Eileen Christian, Lawrence was born on January 11, 1988. He is majoring in Sociology. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~--- inline: 58.jpg
[gatortalk] Re: Non-Gator Related
Cpngratulations Randy! I have been through several 'wilderness' experiences and will be taking your place on this one soon. Effective July 1, I am back on the street. At least I will have time to spend with the kids over summer! Ken K. _ From: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Gatornet Admin Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 8:47 AM To: GatorTalk Subject: [gatortalk] Non-Gator Related I'm not trying to start a non-gator related thread, and the ONLY reason I'm mentioning it here is because several months ago a large number of us participated in a thread relating to the mass of layoffs that has hit our country. Many of us here on Gatornet had been affected either directly or indirectly by the layoffs, and I indicated that I was one of the casualties, having been laid off twice during 2008. Well, the first layoff for me occurred in March of last year and it was by Sprint, which I have said was the best job I ever had. I loved working for Sprint, loved my job, loved my teams, blah, blah, blah. Do you get the picture? Mushy, I know, but true. Anyway, being laid-off by Sprint affected me traumatically, and I never really recovered from it. Even though I was hired for a short time as a corporate controller, the economy forced them to outsource their financials for 25% of my salary and I was laid off again in October. All in all, 2008 was not a very good year for me or thousands of other people. I know I wasn't the only one going through it. I think I'm rambling, so let me try to get to my point. This past Thursday, after over a week of negotiations (no, I'm not a union guy - it just seemed to be the appropriate word to use), I received an offer from Sprint to resume my previous position beginning Monday and with a substantial raise. I am going from managing 17 sales teams to 26 sales teams, which will, of course, keep me pretty busy and on the road, but after spending the last 7 months at home, I WANT to be busy and I WANT to be on the road! To say I'm happy would be understating it. I'm actually quite giddy. I feel like a young Randy and the best looking girl at school just asked me to take her to the prom. It was TOTALLY unexpected and an incredible rush of validation. After months and months of doubting my own self-worth, I realize now that it wasn't me at all. I just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. That wrong place was on a list of what some economics expert determined was expendable positions. Many of us here have been together for over 15 years, so I consider you good friends even though we might actually only see each other once every 5-6 years. I just wanted to share my good news with you, and hopefully the moderator won't chastise me for this being non-gator related. :) Oh, did I mention I can't wait for Monday morning? It might be a VERY long time (if ever) that I dread Monday's again! :) Randy --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 90!
Only (gasp!) 90 days to go. I'm so excited I'm about to pee on myself! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Darlene Goodfellow goodfell...@earthlink.net Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 15:44:46 To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Countdown to Kickoff - Day 90! #90 - Lawrence Marsh Lawrence is a 6-4, 304 lb. redshirt Junior Defensive Tackle from Augusta, GA (Josey HS) who has played in 22 games, including 13 starts and recording 33 tackles (17 solo) with seven tackles for a loss and 3.5 quarterback sacks. The son of Eileen Christian, Lawrence was born on January 11, 1988. He is majoring in Sociology. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~--- inline: 58.jpg
[gatortalk] Re: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 90!
That shouldn't be a problem. You DO still wear Depends, don't you? ;-) Randy - Original Message - From: oli...@bobparks.com To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 4:00 PM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 90! Only (gasp!) 90 days to go. I'm so excited I'm about to pee on myself! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- From: Darlene Goodfellow Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 15:44:46 -0400 To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Countdown to Kickoff - Day 90! #90 - Lawrence Marsh Lawrence is a 6-4, 304 lb. redshirt Junior Defensive Tackle from Augusta, GA (Josey HS) who has played in 22 games, including 13 starts and recording 33 tackles (17 solo) with seven tackles for a loss and 3.5 quarterback sacks. The son of Eileen Christian, Lawrence was born on January 11, 1988. He is majoring in Sociology. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~--- inline: 58.jpg
[gatortalk] Re: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 90!
Nope, I go commando. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Gatornet Admin gator...@comcast.net Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 16:02:38 To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 90! That shouldn't be a problem. You DO still wear Depends, don't you? ;-) Randy - Original Message - From: oli...@bobparks.com To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 4:00 PM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 90! Only (gasp!) 90 days to go. I'm so excited I'm about to pee on myself! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- From: Darlene Goodfellow Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 15:44:46 -0400 To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Countdown to Kickoff - Day 90! #90 - Lawrence Marsh Lawrence is a 6-4, 304 lb. redshirt Junior Defensive Tackle from Augusta, GA (Josey HS) who has played in 22 games, including 13 starts and recording 33 tackles (17 solo) with seven tackles for a loss and 3.5 quarterback sacks. The son of Eileen Christian, Lawrence was born on January 11, 1988. He is majoring in Sociology. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~--- inline: 58.jpg
[gatortalk] Re: Non-Gator Related
Its been tough out there - but I am seeing a lot of positive trends in the last couple of weeks. Leading economic indicators (ECRI) are up, consumer sentiment is up, stock market is up for three months, price of oil and gasoline is up (unfortunately for us - but a good economic sign), plus I have had numerous people contact me from resumes I sent months ago. Keith Original Message Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Non-Gator RelatedFrom: "Ken Kirkley" k...@kirkley.netDate: Sun, June 07, 2009 3:59 pmTo: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Cpngratulations Randy! I have been through several 'wilderness' experiences and will be taking your place on this one soon. Effective July 1, I am back on the street. At least I will have time to spend with the kids over summer! Ken K. From: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:Gatortalk@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Gatornet AdminSent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 8:47 AMTo: GatorTalkSubject: [gatortalk] Non-Gator Related I'm not trying to start a non-gator related thread, and the ONLY reason I'm mentioning it here is because several months ago a large number of us participated in a thread relating to the mass of layoffs that has hit our country. Many of us here on Gatornet had been affected either directly or indirectly by the layoffs, and I indicated that I was one of the casualties, having been laid off twice during 2008. Well, the first layoff for me occurred in March of last year and it was by Sprint, which I have said was the best job I ever had. I loved working for Sprint, loved my job, loved my teams, blah, blah, blah. Do you get the picture? Mushy, I know, but true. Anyway, being laid-off by Sprint affected me traumatically, and I never really recovered from it. Even though I was hired for a short time as a corporate controller,the economy forced them to outsource their financials for 25% of my salary and I was laid off again in October. All in all, 2008 was not a very good year for me or thousands of other people. I know I wasn't the only one going through it. I think I'm rambling, so let me try to get to my point. This past Thursday, after over a week of negotiations (no, I'm not a union guy - it just seemed to be the appropriate word to use), I received an offer from Sprint to resume my previous position beginning Monday and with a substantial raise. I am going from managing17 sales teams to 26 sales teams, which will, of course, keep me pretty busy and on the road, but after spending the last 7 months at home, I WANT to be busy and I WANT to be on the road! To say I'm happy would be understating it. I'm actually quite "giddy". I feel like a young Randy and the best looking girl at school justasked me to take her to the prom. It was TOTALLY unexpected and an incredible rush of validation. After months and months of doubting my own self-worth, I realize now that it wasn't me at all. I just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. That wrong place was on a list of what some economics expert determined was "expendable" positions. Many of us here have been together for over 15 years, so I consider you good friends even though we might actually only "see" each other once every 5-6 years. I just wanted to share my good news with you, and hopefully the moderator won't chastise me for this being non-gator related. :) Oh, did I mention I can't wait for Monday morning? It might be a VERY long time (if ever) that I dread Monday's again! :) Randy
[gatortalk] Re: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 90!
Thank goodness that Lawrence March came through for us last year! Hopefully some of these DTs can stay healthy this year - and we have a good rotation. Original Message Subject: [gatortalk] Countdown to Kickoff - Day 90!From: "Darlene Goodfellow" goodfell...@earthlink.netDate: Sun, June 07, 2009 3:44 pmTo: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com #90 -Lawrence Marsh Lawrence is a 6-4, 304 lb. redshirt Junior Defensive Tackle from Augusta, GA (Josey HS) who has played in 22 games, including 13 starts and recording 33 tackles (17 solo)with seventackles for a loss and 3.5 quarterback sacks. The son of Eileen Christian, Lawrence was born on January 11, 1988. He is majoring in Sociology. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: Non-Gator Related
Yep, real estate in Nashville is doing better. Not great yet. But better. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: ke...@baldwinnc.com Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:13:19 To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Non-Gator Related Its been tough out there - but I am seeing a lot of positive trends in the last couple of weeks. Leading economic indicators (ECRI) are up, consumer sentiment is up, stock market is up for three months, price of oil and gasoline is up (unfortunately for us - but a good economic sign), plus I have had numerous people contact me from resumes I sent months ago. Keith Original Message Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Non-Gator Related From: Ken Kirkley k...@kirkley.net Date: Sun, June 07, 2009 3:59 pm To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Cpngratulations Randy! I have been through several 'wilderness' experiences and will be taking your place on this one soon. Effective July 1, I am back on the street. At least I will have time to spend with the kids over summer! Ken K. From: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:Gatortalk@googlegroups.com mailto:Gatortalk@googlegroups.com ] On Behalf Of Gatornet Admin Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 8:47 AM To: GatorTalk Subject: [gatortalk] Non-Gator Related I'm not trying to start a non-gator related thread, and the ONLY reason I'm mentioning it here is because several months ago a large number of us participated in a thread relating to the mass of layoffs that has hit our country. Many of us here on Gatornet had been affected either directly or indirectly by the layoffs, and I indicated that I was one of the casualties, having been laid off twice during 2008. Well, the first layoff for me occurred in March of last year and it was by Sprint, which I have said was the best job I ever had. I loved working for Sprint, loved my job, loved my teams, blah, blah, blah. Do you get the picture? Mushy, I know, but true. Anyway, being laid-off by Sprint affected me traumatically, and I never really recovered from it. Even though I was hired for a short time as a corporate controller, the economy forced them to outsource their financials for 25% of my salary and I was laid off again in October. All in all, 2008 was not a very good year for me or thousands of other people. I know I wasn't the only one going through it. I think I'm rambling, so let me try to get to my point. This past Thursday, after over a week of negotiations (no, I'm not a union guy - it just seemed to be the appropriate word to use), I received an offer from Sprint to resume my previous position beginning Monday and with a substantial raise. I am going from managing 17 sales teams to 26 sales teams, which will, of course, keep me pretty busy and on the road, but after spending the last 7 months at home, I WANT to be busy and I WANT to be on the road! To say I'm happy would be understating it. I'm actually quite giddy. I feel like a young Randy and the best looking girl at school just asked me to take her to the prom. It was TOTALLY unexpected and an incredible rush of validation. After months and months of doubting my own self-worth, I realize now that it wasn't me at all. I just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. That wrong place was on a list of what some economics expert determined was expendable positions. Many of us here have been together for over 15 years, so I consider you good friends even though we might actually only see each other once every 5-6 years. I just wanted to share my good news with you, and hopefully the moderator won't chastise me for this being non-gator related. :) Oh, did I mention I can't wait for Monday morning? It might be a VERY long time (if ever) that I dread Monday's again! :) Randy --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] question about recruiting 30+ players in one year
I heard the SEC wants to impose a limit on how many kids a school can sign to scholarships. Normally a school can sign 25 max per year, but if the kids enroll in January - I think those students count towards the previous year. But Ole Miss sign 37 kids this year and only 1 early enrollee Arkansas signed 31 and 2 are enrolled early. How did they do this? Last year Alabama signed 32 - Miami signed 33 FSU signed 30 Minnesota signed 30 Virginia Tech signed 31 Auburn signed 29 etc --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: question about recruiting 30+ players in one year
There were no limits on how many you can sign, only how many you can put/have on scholarship at a given time. What some of these schools were doing was signing a lot of borderline academic types - sort of like throwing a lot of stuff against the wall to see if any of it sticks. Typically there were enough non-qualifiers in the bunch that the schools wouldn't exceed the limit of 25 new schollies, and if any of the non-qualified players ended up eventually qualifying after prep school, JUCO, etc. they might still have love for the program that had faith in them originally. Provided of course that that program still wanted them. --- On Sun, 6/7/09, ke...@baldwinnc.com ke...@baldwinnc.com wrote: From: ke...@baldwinnc.com ke...@baldwinnc.com Subject: [gatortalk] question about recruiting 30+ players in one year To: gatortalk googlegroups Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009, 6:29 PM I heard the SEC wants to impose a limit on how many kids a school can sign to scholarships. Normally a school can sign 25 max per year, but if the kids enroll in January - I think those students count towards the previous year. But Ole Miss sign 37 kids this year and only 1 early enrollee Arkansas signed 31 and 2 are enrolled early. How did they do this? Last year Alabama signed 32 - Miami signed 33 FSU signed 30 Minnesota signed 30 Virginia Tech signed 31 Auburn signed 29 etc --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: question about recruiting 30+ players in one year
Ahhh - thanks! Original Message Subject: [gatortalk] Re: question about recruiting 30+ players in oneyearFrom: Steve McKibben augiega...@yahoo.comDate: Sun, June 07, 2009 6:45 pmTo: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com There were no limits on how many you can sign, only how many you can put/have on scholarship at a given time.What some of these schools were doing was signing a lot of borderline academic types - sort of like throwing a lot of "stuff" against the wall to see if any of it sticks.Typically there were enough non-qualifiers in the bunch that the schools wouldn't exceed the limit of 25 new schollies, and if any of the non-qualified players ended up eventually qualifying after prep school, JUCO, etc. they might still have "love" for the program that "had faith" in them originally. Provided of course that that program still wanted them.--- On Sun, 6/7/09, ke...@baldwinnc.com ke...@baldwinnc.com wrote: From: ke...@baldwinnc.com ke...@baldwinnc.comSubject: [gatortalk] question about recruiting 30+ players in one yearTo: "gatortalk googlegroups" Gatortalk@googlegroups.comDate: Sunday, June 7, 2009, 6:29 PM I heard the SEC wants to impose a limit on how many kids a school can sign to scholarships. Normally a school can sign 25 max per year, but if the kids enroll in January - I think those students count towards the previous year. But Ole Miss sign 37 kids this year and only 1 early enrollee Arkansas signed 31 and 2 are enrolled early. How did they do this? Last year Alabama signed 32 - Miami signed 33 FSU signed 30 Minnesota signed 30 Virginia Tech signed 31 Auburn signed 29 etc --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: Non-Gator Related
Ken, I am so sorry to hear that. I hope your story has a happy ending like Randy's has. Enjoy your summer with the kids! Consider that a gift. :-) Cee - Original Message - From: Ken Kirkley To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 3:59 PM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Non-Gator Related Cpngratulations Randy! I have been through several 'wilderness' experiences and will be taking your place on this one soon. Effective July 1, I am back on the street. At least I will have time to spend with the kids over summer! Ken K. -- From: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Gatornet Admin Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 8:47 AM To: GatorTalk Subject: [gatortalk] Non-Gator Related I'm not trying to start a non-gator related thread, and the ONLY reason I'm mentioning it here is because several months ago a large number of us participated in a thread relating to the mass of layoffs that has hit our country. Many of us here on Gatornet had been affected either directly or indirectly by the layoffs, and I indicated that I was one of the casualties, having been laid off twice during 2008. Well, the first layoff for me occurred in March of last year and it was by Sprint, which I have said was the best job I ever had. I loved working for Sprint, loved my job, loved my teams, blah, blah, blah. Do you get the picture? Mushy, I know, but true. Anyway, being laid-off by Sprint affected me traumatically, and I never really recovered from it. Even though I was hired for a short time as a corporate controller, the economy forced them to outsource their financials for 25% of my salary and I was laid off again in October. All in all, 2008 was not a very good year for me or thousands of other people. I know I wasn't the only one going through it. I think I'm rambling, so let me try to get to my point. This past Thursday, after over a week of negotiations (no, I'm not a union guy - it just seemed to be the appropriate word to use), I received an offer from Sprint to resume my previous position beginning Monday and with a substantial raise. I am going from managing 17 sales teams to 26 sales teams, which will, of course, keep me pretty busy and on the road, but after spending the last 7 months at home, I WANT to be busy and I WANT to be on the road! To say I'm happy would be understating it. I'm actually quite giddy. I feel like a young Randy and the best looking girl at school just asked me to take her to the prom. It was TOTALLY unexpected and an incredible rush of validation. After months and months of doubting my own self-worth, I realize now that it wasn't me at all. I just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. That wrong place was on a list of what some economics expert determined was expendable positions. Many of us here have been together for over 15 years, so I consider you good friends even though we might actually only see each other once every 5-6 years. I just wanted to share my good news with you, and hopefully the moderator won't chastise me for this being non-gator related. :) Oh, did I mention I can't wait for Monday morning? It might be a VERY long time (if ever) that I dread Monday's again! :) Randy --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 90!
At least you won't be creating a laundry problem then. Cee - Original Message - From: oli...@bobparks.com To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 4:10 PM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 90! Nope, I go commando. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- From: Gatornet Admin Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 16:02:38 -0400 To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 90! That shouldn't be a problem. You DO still wear Depends, don't you? ;-) Randy - Original Message - From: oli...@bobparks.com To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 4:00 PM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Countdown to Kickoff - Day 90! Only (gasp!) 90 days to go. I'm so excited I'm about to pee on myself! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry From: Darlene Goodfellow Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 15:44:46 -0400 To: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Countdown to Kickoff - Day 90! #90 - Lawrence Marsh Lawrence is a 6-4, 304 lb. redshirt Junior Defensive Tackle from Augusta, GA (Josey HS) who has played in 22 games, including 13 starts and recording 33 tackles (17 solo) with seven tackles for a loss and 3.5 quarterback sacks. The son of Eileen Christian, Lawrence was born on January 11, 1988. He is majoring in Sociology. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~--- inline: 58.jpg
[gatortalk] Gator Baseball
Top of the 4th, Gators 6 - So Miss 1! Bases loaded, 2 outs. Go Gators! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] (bites nails)
Cmon Gators... Get up and go!!! Woody --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: (bites nails)
A world class choke job by our guys... --- On Sun, 6/7/09, Gatorr gatorrr...@gmail.com wrote: From: Gatorr gatorrr...@gmail.com Subject: [gatortalk] (bites nails) To: Gatortalk Gatortalk@googlegroups.com Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009, 9:46 PM Cmon Gators... Get up and go!!! Woody --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] No World Series this year
We lost. I'm going to sleep. Start back to work part-time tomorrow. A week ahead of schedule! Surgery went really well. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: Non-Gator Related
Wish you all the best, Kirk! On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Ken Kirkley k...@kirkley.net wrote: Cpngratulations Randy! I have been through several 'wilderness' experiences and will be taking your place on this one soon. Effective July 1, I am back on the street. At least I will have time to spend with the kids over summer! Ken K. -- *From:* Gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Gatornet Admin *Sent:* Saturday, June 06, 2009 8:47 AM *To:* GatorTalk *Subject:* [gatortalk] Non-Gator Related I'm not trying to start a non-gator related thread, and the ONLY reason I'm mentioning it here is because several months ago a large number of us participated in a thread relating to the mass of layoffs that has hit our country. Many of us here on Gatornet had been affected either directly or indirectly by the layoffs, and I indicated that I was one of the casualties, having been laid off twice during 2008. Well, the first layoff for me occurred in March of last year and it was by Sprint, which I have said was the best job I ever had. I loved working for Sprint, loved my job, loved my teams, blah, blah, blah. Do you get the picture? Mushy, I know, but true. Anyway, being laid-off by Sprint affected me traumatically, and I never really recovered from it. Even though I was hired for a short time as a corporate controller, the economy forced them to outsource their financials for 25% of my salary and I was laid off again in October. All in all, 2008 was not a very good year for me or thousands of other people. I know I wasn't the only one going through it. I think I'm rambling, so let me try to get to my point. This past Thursday, after over a week of negotiations (no, I'm not a union guy - it just seemed to be the appropriate word to use), I received an offer from Sprint to resume my previous position beginning Monday and with a substantial raise. I am going from managing 17 sales teams to 26 sales teams, which will, of course, keep me pretty busy and on the road, but after spending the last 7 months at home, I WANT to be busy and I WANT to be on the road! To say I'm happy would be understating it. I'm actually quite giddy. I feel like a young Randy and the best looking girl at school just asked me to take her to the prom. It was TOTALLY unexpected and an incredible rush of validation. After months and months of doubting my own self-worth, I realize now that it wasn't me at all. I just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. That wrong place was on a list of what some economics expert determined was expendable positions. Many of us here have been together for over 15 years, so I consider you good friends even though we might actually only see each other once every 5-6 years. I just wanted to share my good news with you, and hopefully the moderator won't chastise me for this being non-gator related. :) Oh, did I mention I can't wait for Monday morning? It might be a VERY long time (if ever) that I dread Monday's again! :) Randy --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Randy's New Job
Congratulations! Best of luck to you. Go Gators! Go Randy! Dave Rice Home: dri...@austin.rr.com Work: david_r...@roundrockisd.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
