Re: [MBZ] Car delivery jobs?

2014-11-11 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
I don't recall the original WILTON son experience, but my son mentioned FAA hires many in that "fatal sin" arena of 54+ - perhaps FAA requires aircraft experience. Maybe the WILTON BUFF experience can pull some rank for son? My added spin is that I complain about the diss that is shown to workers

Re: [MBZ] Car delivery jobs?

2014-11-11 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Craig may offer to adopt you, rub off some of that work in his direction... Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Nov 11, 2014 8:38 PM, "Curt Raymond via Mercedes" wrote: > > Sorry, phone strips em sometimes. A bunch a stories about how hard it can be for older workers. > > None of my older relatives see

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2014-11-11 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Sorry, phone strips em sometimes. A bunch a stories about how hard it can be for older workers. None of my older relatives seem to have any problems. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okieben

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2014-11-11 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:13:13 -0800 Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > Groan. They've probably done a dozen stories on it already. My dad is > 72, fixing to retire and has 3 different companies chasing him to be a > consultant... > > Curt I thought I had been following this thread fairly closely

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2014-11-11 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Groan. They've probably done a dozen stories on it already. My dad is 72, fixing to retire and has 3 different companies chasing him to be a consultant... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.oki

Re: [MBZ] Car delivery jobs?

2014-11-11 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Max wrote: > Yes, my Pop lives in Fargo ND. I guess that is as firsthand as anyone can ask. Thanks. Western states have a history of boom/bust cycles and perhaps when prices (which are dropping) reach $XX the boom might bust? Maybe the Geographic article is online too - quite an important piece o

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2014-11-11 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Bring your wood chipper --R On 11/11/14 7:55 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Yes, my Pop lives in Fargo ND. Jobs, jobs, jobs. Pop is retired, but finds plenty of both volunteer work and part-time gigs (think janitor) to keep busy. If you can live in Chicago, you will love Fargo. Max D

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2014-11-11 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Yes, my Pop lives in Fargo ND. Jobs, jobs, jobs. Pop is retired, but finds plenty of both volunteer work and part-time gigs (think janitor) to keep busy. If you can live in Chicago, you will love Fargo. Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Nov 10, 2014 7:28 PM, "Mountain Man" wrote: > > Max wrote: >

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2014-11-10 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
There was a long and very informative article about it in National Geographic Magazine a number of months ago. With a librarians help you could probably find it at the local library. Gerry Mountain Man via Mercedes wrote: > Max wrote: > > ...North Dakota, he'll have his pick of jobs. Oil boom

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2014-11-10 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Curt wrote: > I expect the good times are about done in the oil fields what with the price > of oil being so low... > Yes - very true. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

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2014-11-10 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Max wrote: > ...North Dakota, he'll have his pick of jobs. Oil boom. I suspect the glowing report about ND that seems to not play well at NPR is probably wy overblown by people such as hannity, etc. Do you have any personal knowledge of this glowing market "reality"? Thanks, Max. mao __

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2014-11-10 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Curly wrote: > His great sin is being 54. Someone gotta suggest to NPR that they highlight this reality as a major news item, rather than the glowing numbers about large-cap financials and industrials. I think this is a huge problem. Over 50? - go away, die already. That is what I found 3 years

Re: [MBZ] Car delivery jobs?

2014-11-10 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
There ya go! I'd guess a bakery would go well there too. Probably not much fresh bakery available. The boy needs to buy that old truck, get a good-sized trailer and outfit it with a camper and a big kitchen then go into the mobile food truck bidness to sell good stuff to the rig workers.

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2014-11-10 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I expect the good times are about done in the oil fields what with the price of oil being so low... It'll come back of course but it will take awhile. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okieben

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2014-11-10 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
The boy needs to buy that old truck, get a good-sized trailer and outfit it with a camper and a big kitchen then go into the mobile food truck bidness to sell good stuff to the rig workers. Combine his 2 trainings, drive that sucker right into the fields and shovel chow. --R On 11/10/14 1:0

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2014-11-10 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
No worse than Winnipeg If they want you to work, I'll bet they will help you find a place to park it. It gets VERY cold in North Dakota. On Nov 10, 2014, at 12:33 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: Got to have somewhere to park it and remember, it gets pretty cold in ND. > RB _

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2014-11-10 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
It gets VERY cold in North Dakota. > On Nov 10, 2014, at 12:33 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > Got to have somewhere to park it and remember, it gets pretty cold in ND. > > RB ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.oki

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2014-11-10 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Got to have somewhere to park it and remember, it gets pretty cold in ND. RB On 10/11/2014 11:08 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: BAT On 09/11/2014 10:12 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: If he can move to North Dakota, he'll have his pick of jobs. Oil boom. Drive, weld, cook, cut h

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2014-11-10 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Texas is booming with the oil/gas bidness. Probably lots of jobs there too. they are drilling everywhere, even close or in decent places to live, not some godforsaken place in West Texas. People in Dallas suburbs are Not Happy about it. --R On 11/10/14 11:50 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes

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2014-11-10 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
BAT On 09/11/2014 10:12 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: If he can move to North Dakota, he'll have his pick of jobs. Oil boom. Drive, weld, cook, cut hair, you name it. Even Minnesota has shortages due to the demand for workers in ND. Max Dillon, Charleston SC Is it possible to find

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2014-11-10 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
omas via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Car delivery jobs? You need to eat there more often and build up your cushion. Looks like it is working for her. I need to get there sometime and check that place

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2014-11-10 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 10/11/2014 8:58 AM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: Yeah, 'wondered that, too - Vivian Howard in Kinston,, 21 miles southeast; 'been to her restaurant several times. Other than the bill, my worst problem there is the terribly uncomfortable, hard and flat bottoms in her dining chairs. After a fe

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2014-11-10 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 09/11/2014 10:12 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: If he can move to North Dakota, he'll have his pick of jobs. Oil boom. Drive, weld, cook, cut hair, you name it. Even Minnesota has shortages due to the demand for workers in ND. Max Dillon, Charleston SC Is it possible to find some p

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2014-11-10 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
ker seat, which is really too high for dining, so I hafta switch back and forth coupla times during a meal. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Car

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2014-11-10 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
to switch to my walker seat, which is really too high for dining, so I hafta switch back and forth coupla times during a meal. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 9:26 AM S

Re: [MBZ] Car delivery jobs?

2014-11-10 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
No, the chef over there around you --R On 11/9/14 7:47 PM, WILTON wrote: Vivian, my daughter, interior designer in Charlotte? Wilton - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" To: Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 7:25 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Car delivery jobs?

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2014-11-09 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
If he can move to North Dakota, he'll have his pick of jobs. Oil boom. Drive, weld, cook, cut hair, you name it. Even Minnesota has shortages due to the demand for workers in ND. Max Dillon, Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives ht

Re: [MBZ] Car delivery jobs?

2014-11-09 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sun, 9 Nov 2014 18:55:09 -0500 WILTON via Mercedes wrote: > I began to wonder today about jobs delivering cars. Anybody in > Raleigh-Durham area (or else where) know anybody at a dealership who > may need somebody to deliver cars? I recall reading on http://www.elkharttruth.com/, the website

Re: [MBZ] Car delivery jobs?

2014-11-09 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Vivian, my daughter, interior designer in Charlotte? Wilton - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" To: Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 7:25 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Car delivery jobs? He needs to go work for Vivian. She seems to have a hard time keeping

Re: [MBZ] Car delivery jobs?

2014-11-09 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
He needs to go work for Vivian. She seems to have a hard time keeping good help. --R On 11/9/14 6:55 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: Unemployed, 54-year-old son, (former land surveyor, welder, restaurant cook) who lives near Spring Hope, NC, (40 miles or so east of Raleigh, NC) is needing a

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2014-11-09 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Unemployed, 54-year-old son, (former land surveyor, welder, restaurant cook) who lives near Spring Hope, NC, (40 miles or so east of Raleigh, NC) is needing a job badly; unemployed for a year now since the restaurant where he worked closed. Has good driving record; in good health. 'Graduated

[MBZ] Car delivery jobs?

2014-11-09 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Unemployed, 54-year-old son, (former land surveyor, welder, restaurant cook) who lives near Spring Hope, NC, (40 miles or so east of Raleigh, NC) is needing a job badly; unemployed for a year now since the restaurant where he worked closed. Has good driving record; in good health. 'Gradua