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Skids
Quitting drinking will be one of the best choices you make in your life.
Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Location: Joined 3/6/02 . Member #175
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Well trendsetters it's been almost 2 months since I drove out of my outback life. 13 years of living more than half my life away from home.
And I feel great!
The time I've been able to spend with my family, especially now having our absolutely gorgeous granddaughter, a grandson due in May and another one in June... is amazing to say the least.
So much change and I couldn't possibly put it all into one (half tanked) post. But a thing that I've really noticed is my relationship with my youngest (17) daughter. She's the only daughter (of 3) still at home.... and she's not used to me being home every night.
Jess was 3 when I started FIFO, I've been home for 4 Christmas days with her, I've missed every teenage birthday party she's had.
It's just different. _________________ Don't count the days, make the days count. |
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think positive
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Lot of catching up to do, enjoy it xxx _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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Skids
Quitting drinking will be one of the best choices you make in your life.
Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Location: Joined 3/6/02 . Member #175
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think positive wrote: | Lot of catching up to do, enjoy it xxx |
Cheers Jo I am _________________ Don't count the days, make the days count. |
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Skids
Quitting drinking will be one of the best choices you make in your life.
Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Location: Joined 3/6/02 . Member #175
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Well, well, well.... The new job is a grind, I can't stand the traffic, I hate only having a 2 day break, Bunnings is much better during the week, my pay drop is unbearable..... so.
I sent my resume to a few mining companies last week. Had an Interview with Atlas Iron this morning that went awesome. They rang me an hour later and I have a medical on the 2nd of January 12 days on 9 days off, right near the hottest place in Australia Marble Bar... yeah boi! _________________ Don't count the days, make the days count. |
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Jezza
2023 PREMIERS!
Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Location: Ponsford End
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Congrats, Skids! _________________ | 1902 | 1903 | 1910 | 1917 | 1919 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1935 | 1936 | 1953 | 1958 | 1990 | 2010 | 2023 | |
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Skids
Quitting drinking will be one of the best choices you make in your life.
Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Location: Joined 3/6/02 . Member #175
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Cheers Jezza!
I was really struggling with the change and if I can really knuckle down this time I could be retired by 55. _________________ Don't count the days, make the days count. |
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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
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Where were you struggling with the change and if he or she can knuckle down this time he or she could be retired by 55? |
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K
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Skids wrote: | ..... so.
I sent my resume to a few mining companies last week. Had an Interview with Atlas Iron this morning that went awesome. They rang me an hour later and I have a medical on the 2nd of January 12 days on 9 days off, right near the hottest place in Australia Marble Bar... yeah boi! |
Ummm.... Do things normally proceed this quickly? |
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David
I dare you to try
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda
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This is actually what happened with my current job! The total time between applying, getting the interview, being notified that I had the job and actually starting work was about ten days. I’m guessing that’s very unusual, but sometimes you’re just in the right place at the right time. _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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K
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David wrote: | This is actually what happened with my current job! The total time between applying, getting the interview, being notified that I had the job and actually starting work was about ten days. I’m guessing that’s very unusual, but sometimes you’re just in the right place at the right time. |
Sounds great. Are you enjoying your current job, David? |
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David
I dare you to try
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Very much so! I’m editing a film magazine aimed at high school teachers and students. Brings together many of my passions in life, and gives me a great deal of creative freedom. I’m very lucky. _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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Skids
Quitting drinking will be one of the best choices you make in your life.
Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Location: Joined 3/6/02 . Member #175
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K wrote: | Skids wrote: | ..... so.
I sent my resume to a few mining companies last week. Had an Interview with Atlas Iron this morning that went awesome. They rang me an hour later and I have a medical on the 2nd of January 12 days on 9 days off, right near the hottest place in Australia Marble Bar... yeah boi! |
Ummm.... Do things normally proceed this quickly? |
It's funny the way things fall in to place! There are a few people I know who work there and I knew that one of the plumbers had recently left.
Believe me, I was surprised to get the job an hour after the interview!
Without blowing my own trumpet, my experience in plumbing on mine sites would be as rare as rocking horse shit. _________________ Don't count the days, make the days count. |
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Skids
Quitting drinking will be one of the best choices you make in your life.
Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Location: Joined 3/6/02 . Member #175
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David wrote: | This is actually what happened with my current job! The total time between applying, getting the interview, being notified that I had the job and actually starting work was about ten days. I’m guessing that’s very unusual, but sometimes you’re just in the right place at the right time. |
Precisely _________________ Don't count the days, make the days count. |
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think positive
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Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere
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Awesome, good luck to you. And you to David _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Joined: 03 May 2005 Location: In flagrante delicto
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Goodonya Skids, I'm sure the missus will be glad to get you out of the house.
Retiring at 55 would be great, but i can't get my super til I'm 60 so I'll have to work on the options between now and then. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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