if it wasn't for bad luck i wouldn't have any !

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here is something that burns me up .
well i have many things on ebgay, why in the world people people don't want my yz engine i'll nervier know ! throw some piece of **** on there and everybody and there brother bids :|
may i ask a simple question without having my thread closed please . pretty please !
ok as everyone knows i had hell of a bike or maybe not but i did . complete engine was redone, tranny, crank, connecting rod, hinson basket, hub, plate, which i did say i wasn't sure on the hub and plate but i know for a fact it's there i changed freakin water pump for crying out loud, but don't wanna think i'm bs them so i just put bottom end redone and topend, to much is unbeliveible . but also a good ole barnett clutch on top of the other stuff, wiseco piston rings . even told everyone i wouldn't warranty the motor, but i'd guarantee it to run and shift just like i say it does, if not i would refund the money . i even pulled head off cylinder to show the condition of the cylinder walls and show condition of the piston, give the serial # off the piston vin off the bike, plus a freakin vid . now tell me how good my luck is ! entire motor has freakin 3 gallons of fuel total . oh and even told exact jetting the bike has and what stock jetting is, and what fuel ratio i used gas type, and everything is complete for it to run . someone come shoot me please ! i'll even load the gun ! told ya can't win for loosing . i rest my case . i'm not telling anyone here to buy the motor . so please don't close, i'm just venting alot .

oh the supension was done new chain, sprockets, plastic, seat cover, tires, and i feel like i just striped a bike for fun yay ! someone give me a cardboard cookie please . :bang:
 
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No knee jerk response from me, I really believe in what I posted. There is ALWAYS something that can be done even though it may not be what a person wants to do. My dad lives in NC so I have seen what it's like there and there ARE jobs, maybe not what everyone wants but they are available and even for the short term will put money in a persons pocket for everything from rent to food to cigs or vet bills or medication depending what they determine is an important bill. There are plenty of other places that have an even stronger economy and even greater chances for both personal gain of money and education which will further improve a persons situation. The down side is a person has to go there the up side is it can turn in to a great improvement for them.

Yes no doubt I have had and have my share of toys and done lots of fun things. Many people have experienced bad times but the big difference is what they do to change things in their world. I have found that complaining about things is often time better spent DOING something to change the situation a person is in towards a positive track. I know this from personal experience as I have been there myself and gotten where I am by following the advice/opinion I have presented. Any level of success is possible no matter what the starting point. An interesting book that is both reasonably short and easy to read is "Be my guest" about the life of Conrad Hilton, it may be an inspiration.
 
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what really is a pain is when i'm willing learn new job something diffent from what i've done before, and all they want find me is something from shipping everywhere i go . i understand that they look and see i have quite few years experience doing that, but cmon give me a freakin jobie job lol . i'd take anything better than nothing . how is anyone ever going get anywhere if they don't give ya a chance, everywhere i go get that same response we will call ya, don't ever hear anything . i even tell like unemployment, temp places i'll take something different besides shipping, i learn fairly quick on anything . there is not to many people i know that likes there job, but you got do it to get anywhere . it's like driver positions, i can't get anything like that cause my driving record from when i had my mustangs, careless reckless driving, speed comparasion, dwi, speeding now i'm clean haven't had any tickets in about 3 years now . but everything sticks right with me . they don't understand i'm was young and dumb then and just trying make to be an old & wise .

another thing, i have nervier been fired from any job, laid off but not fired . i was wrote up one time sense i've worked . so whats going on with me not finding a job, i have no clue . everywhere i go now fill out another alplacation been there before i've run out places to go lol . something i have nervier firgured out, be truthful and it's like your lying, tell a bunch of crap get everything you want, just way seems anyway . i know there is people out there had way worse than i have and still having it worse . main thing i have roof over my head and food so it could be worse . it's has to get better .
 

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Obviously you realize your past decission when behind the wheel are now biting you in the butt, that will go away with time, I hope you can use it as a learning experience to build off of not just for driving but how to live a positive life. Since it doesn't fix your current situation on to solutions...

Create a resume. Even when applying for an entry level job a resume will show you have the desire to do something rather that you just fell off the bus and this is the first place you came across. Give your resume to everybody you see at a placement office or anyplace you are applying.

When you go to an interview dress reasonably well, this will depend on the position you are looking for but showing up in flip flops and cutoffs even at a Hardee's doesn't inspire. Look people in the eyes, maintain eye contact when you are talking even if the person interviewing you looks like Pam Anderson look at their eyes, you'll have plenty of time to oogle when you get the job. Be respectful but not beat down, use "Yes/No sir." or "Yes/No Mr./Mrs./Ms. (whatever)" and not "Yeah." or "Nah".

Here's some ideas, honestly I'm trying to help ya' out here.
-Walmart
-Home Depot/Lowes
-Food store
-Fast food chain
-UPS/DHL/FedEx shipping center

All of these options have entry level positions and should offer a pretty quick upward movment because of turn over or just the sheer size of the orginizaton. They should also offer decent benis to help cover your medical expenses. Showing the drive to move up WILL get the attention of the right people in these types of places as they often have people that are just in it for the short haul.

Something else to try and I mean really try don't just lip sync it.
-When you go to be tell yourself tomorrow will be a better day.
-Then you get up tell yourself today you will accomplish "X" and then make "X" happen.
-ALWAYS use the phrase "When I get this job." do NOT use "If I get this job" or "I wish I would get a job." the power of personal suggestion will help you just as it will allow you to drag yourself down when you use negatives.
 
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Excellent post Patman! With a more guidence and coaching like that, we should be able to turn this young man around. If guts has the determination he claims, he should be able to find some kind of employment.

Every able bodied person should be able to find self sustaining employment. You may have to choose menial labor to start, but while you are earning your keep, you can work on the skills that will get you into the field of your choice.

I've done landscaping, worked in a supermarket and even had my turn at a local Walmart (for three months as a degreed engineer after relocating). I take pride in doing whatever it takes to stay in the work force and keep a positive cash flow. It can be done. You just need to put your ego aside.
 
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trakkerman said:
I take pride in doing whatever it takes to stay in the work force and keep a positive cash flow. It can be done. You just need to put your ego aside.
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Well said. :cool:
 
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Once upon a time, I found myself down and out in New Orleans. A victim of circumstance I suppose (really, I thought life was a playground and working for a living was for losers). After spending the night sitting in a hobo hell hole of a bar watching it rain sideways and about 40 degrees F, I found a cosey little spot on the steps of city hall to grab a little nap. I was awakened by a security guard tapping me on the bottom of my foot with his night stick. I was penniless and had no where to go and no one to turn to. I had hit rock bottom!
I soon hitch hiked to Tampa an started work for a labor pool (daily pay kinda deal) I slept in the parking lot with all the other derelicts. I soon landed a steady (still daily) job at a concrete block factory stacking blocks for twelve hours a day, well night (3pm to 3 am). After doing that for six weeks, they hired me on full time. It was minium wage, but with LOTS of overtime. I was soon promoted to machine operator then to supervisor. I eventually got a job as the plant manager in a block plant in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands making about double what any of the other employees made.
Of course now I'm back home, married, and working for the railroad. I've go three cars, nice house on several acres, beautiful family, blah, blah, blah....
The point is... it doesn't matter where you get on, just get on, and WORK your way through it. There is always a market for someone who is willing to throw himself into his work and prosperity for those who stick to it.
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im not really comfortable indulging my whole story, but i will tell you the philosophy i used to get out of my troubles, which worked magnificently

1) make your decision and DIVE in , dont procrastinate.
2) im sick of living like this and i will do whatever i have to do to never be in this position in life again, i will not settle for second class and will not tolerate anyone who looks down on me or others.
3) EVERY decision you make must be in a positive direction, if its not conducive of the solution , it is part of the problem.


the thing that really put a lump in my throat and let me know i made it , and others see me as a stand up guy now was last summer my sister let me take my nephews(4+5 years old) out on a speedboat(she was at work nowhere around), they had never been in water deeper than a wading pool and couldnt swim yet. I tought them to swim and go under with their eyes open. the trust that , that must have taken, i cant fathom, and could not picture myself recieving 7 years ago
 
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yes i have had my share of toys that is for sure . the job thing getting me, i don't understand why i don't have a job along with everyone else don't know either . it's got to the point where i'm thinking know one belives me that i'm out looking . so here is what i have done, i take the girlfriend with me that way i proof i'm looking .
sounds pathetic i know but when you look for freakin job for year and hear nothing, it's just flat out strange .

the good news i have today is that one my buddies about get fired, well he looses his job i'm going to get it, found out he loosing his job bye his cousin lol .i could probly go right now and take that job from him, but i'm not like that even though times i think i should be . thanks again for replys, oh and if i get another job it will be time to get more toys . but of course get some of this debt out the way !
 
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Ever apply to a temporary agency? I am pretty sure it doesn't take a year to get hired on by one of them.
 

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check car washes, lots of turnover for possible quick relief ,after that

print up some business cards on your computer then go to the nearest subdivision being built and walk up to every foreman you can find , tell him " I am the hardest worker i know " he will laugh and take the card .....one of them will call you , its how i got my job

when my now boss was about to take my card someone walked up to him and said the doorhandle for the front entry was missing, well it was a fancy shmancy one at 400$, he looked as though he got a bright idea and said could i start now i said yes he said to look for the handle in the rolloff dumpster. i started looking couldnt find it (bossman forgot about me and left for a while), i emptied that rolloff , which was almost full , found the handle, and refilled that dumpster . his workers as well as himself were not expecting that , they were in awe, and looked at me like i was nutso. ................................. TODAY I AM THEIR BOSS!! :aj:

the company is a commercial / industrial lighting and electrical company, work was slow so they invest in fixer upper houses to keep their labor too busy to look for work elsewhere :)
 
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Green Horn said:
Ever apply to a temporary agency? I am pretty sure it doesn't take a year to get hired on by one of them.
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yes sir, going threw 3 right now plus umployment, why i can't find job, cause only thing numb nuts looking for is me a shipping job,why there doing that..... well your guess is good as mine when i plainly told them i would take anything . i don't seriously know why i'm having such bad luck finding a job, i have feeling it's one my old work places giving me a bad rep, and i'm pretty sure i know which one . but the old plant manger i walked out on him at that company money issues . went few years to another company guess who called me in, same plant manger at different company, hired me right on the phone . crazy huh .
 

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Here's a few more suggestions.
You obviously have a computer use it to search for jobs, use it to apply for jobs, use it to spell and grammer check everything.

I still find it totally amazing that a person that wants a job could not find one in 365 days of actually looking. Every job that I have wanted I got from the time I was 13 living in a small little town to living in a large city. No doubt I have interviewed and applied at many other places but I use and interview as a two way street, do I like this place as much as they like me? I use the suggestions I provided and it has worked every time. Heck even when I was working there were times when I had to eat Hamburger Helper that was just Helper because there wasn't enough dollars for the Hamburger. I had a lawn chair and an old couch from the 1960's in my "apartment" along with a cast iron skillet, a spoon, two forks, a knife and 2 plastic cups! What I didn't have was any toys no matter how broken or old, nor a dog or TV or computer but I had a girlfriend that was 1,200 miles away!. I never worried about it though because I knew that I would turn things around or die trying and I still subscribe to that same ethic. Anybody that feeds the "bad luck" theory and pitty party isn't doing you any favors.

Sounds to me like you need to leave Mayberry.
 
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Guts, I think you made a mention in this or another thread about "practice makes perfect". Right now is a good time to start using proper capitalization, spelling, and punctuation...Right now, right here, in this forum.

Compose your posts in a word processor with spelling and grammar checking, then cut and paste into the thread reply window. Always re-read your post (out loud if possible) before clicking the submit button! Maybe get the girlfriend to check it over too.

Everyone appreciates respect. One way to start earning it is through good writing and communication skills. You will feel better about yourself and as you get better, people will treat you differently.
 
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Patman said:
Heck even when I was working there were times when I had to eat Hamburger Helper that was just Helper because there wasn't enough dollars for the Hamburger.
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:rotfl: Now that's sig line worthy right there.
 
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Wow, the hillclimb thing is a great way of putting it, and it brings back memories. I remember an old gypsum strip mine area we would ride, really big hills. I had an '82 RM125. I remember trying to make it up these hills, and crashing over and over. The difficult section of the hills was steep enough that me and the bike would come tumbling down, sometimes end over end. In short order, the ends of the grips were completely gone, plastic was cracked, and the handlebars were bent on both sides, custom "wheelbarrow" bend! Sometimes, the length of the ride was deterined by how many clutch levers you brought instead of how much gas. But my friend and I wouldn't give up until we could make it up the hill, and boy did it feel good.

Obstacles in life are like that hill. There are scrapes and bruises along the way, and just about the time you think there's no way you can make it over the top, you will conquer your problems, making all the hard work worthwhile. And if you can find a way to "make lemonade out of lemons", that's all the better.

Temp jobs can many times lead to permanent jobs. Also, once you get started at a job (and I am confident this will be soon), besides moving up within THAT company, there may also be an opportunity with another employer. If you are dealing with the public, and you come off with a good positive attitude, you might just catch someone's attention get an offer for a better job.
 

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Green Horn said:
:rotfl: Now that's sig line worthy right there.
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Yeah HH or Nighthawk TV dinners were my splurge meals when I just couldn't take Top Raman or $0.25 Mac & Cheese any more. If I worked overtime I might even have some Black Label :aj:
 

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try the 3/$1.00 tuna with the occasional crunchy bone still in there :bang:
 

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trakkerman said:
ellandoh, I like the new avie. You should put some googles on it.
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:) :) time for a change, saw this on a jeep forum and decided to swipe it , the originals eye blinks red like terminators on the other site

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Sounds to me like you need to leave Mayberry.[/QUOTE]
that is pretty much my point . there is nothing here . if i was up in wiston, charlotte some where like that, i would not have a problem .
 
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i understand what your saying . i do reread everything i have put, does it help hell no, i'm being honest though !

i have nerver been real book smart, my iq is high though which is what i don't understand about my writing . it simple flat out sucks, but i get my point across . i mean if i did not, well they wouldn't be so many replys .

if you read that, well sounds like i'm coming across as an ahole does it not ? about how i look at you replys .

i'm sorry i don't give a damn how dumb someone is . if they do this that or another, to me it's about respect, so if you can't respect my situation and can only look way i write then why even bother to reply ?

what if i can't write, there is alot people can't read do i feel need going say haha you can't read ? no ! there not anything anyone says going hurt me . i knew from beging i was going to bashed bye someone, i'm sorry if you can't read it, if you can't and if you made it to the reply button hmm it's either you could read it or you gotta be an ass be someone . so which is it ?

i did say practice makes perfect, pretty sure i mentioned i can't write to well either, so if it was so much trouble, why do it ? i understand trying be helpful, but my writing is not going get better over night .

i have always said just cause i can't write don't mean i can not do something, i'm pretty sure people be like hell he can't write why i want take his advice on working on something right ! the reading is irrevlant it's the actuly working on something and getting it right thats important ! i nerver plan be in any kind suit going to job, thats not me .

it's like most people think about cars and bikes if it looks good it's fast.... yeah right . it's the ones in the pretty painted cars or that bling here or excel wheel on a bike and think they have something . just like my writing may not look good but gets the job done ! it's like i remeber while back guy i know went to dealer buy a truck, sales guy said dought you can even get credit cause he wasn't dressed nice . funny thing is when he said who said i wanted finace and pulled hunderds out paid for it . guys wife went up there and told them off .

moral it helps look good have words spelled right and all, but it's all a person has on the inside, not want is present that don't look good ! like said before may not have finshed school, but what i have had worked hard for and pretty pround of it . i mean aprranetly it's not all in how you write, or i wouldn't be where i'm at now .

yes it be nice having a job money in the pocket and it's like this if you try and try and it hasn't come well maybe it's not meant to yet i dunno !

i nerver ask anyone how to get a job ! didn't need anyone to help before, why now ? i just said how my luck was .
basicly timing was off, this not my first bad exprince, to be truthful i have very little emotions toward anyone or anything . everyone likes talk about respect but do they give any ? very few .

thanks for the ones that did !
to the ones that didn't well just keep putting down on people so that it makes you feel like such big person, if thats what it takes more power to ya !
no have a good time going over my post make sure you can correct it, i'm not going threw on spelling why bother, i have better things the do than take 20 seconds do that ! for anyone that helped me thanks i want be back or is that wont hmm . oh well
 
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