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Old May 18, 2012 | 07:59 AM
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Old May 19, 2012 | 08:55 AM
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My old *** thread rears its ugly thread!!!!

well thanks for the interest guys!!!!

got layed off on Friday, temp job is over!!! got resumes all over the place, but so do the other 8000 other layed off employes,

it's going like this, finished the Septic permitting this week, waiting on the permit, county has there hand out!!!! but had some help from a great county guy.

The architect, brought over the finished plans last monday, took for ever but came out real good, dropped a set of the off with my friend to get some truss estimates,

Meeting with the concrete guy this week to get a estimate on slab and block,

Now that I'm unemployed I can take care of the permitting,

Now for the car content, have gathered some small parts for the Camaro, got the C6 parts awhile back real nice stuff, and I've been working on the interior of the Nova, let me get some pics,

interested in doing a turbo 5.3 for the nova when the shops built, got a intercooler, gathering parts slowly,

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Old May 19, 2012 | 11:58 AM
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Before

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this after the pavers and screen enclosure, the the first picture the dog fennels were up to my chest at one time,pool was green the yards a wreck, the sprinklers havent been run in 4 yrs, there always something to fix or work on,

you can see out the screen the rest of the property, there's another half acre out there, more later,
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Old May 20, 2012 | 06:08 PM
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Glad to see your still with us! Hate to hear about the job. The house is nice!!! Love the screen enclosure and pool!!! Where is the Camaro and Nova at?
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Old May 20, 2012 | 06:58 PM
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Man,sorry to hear about job!!!house looks great,love the pool!
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Old May 20, 2012 | 10:26 PM
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Thanks, love the pool myself, it's 84* in the pool, feels great,

Camaro is in the garage, Nova's on the side of the side of the house,

if you have friends looking to come to FL insearch of a job steer them somewhere else!!!
unless they want to make $8.00 an hour,
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Old May 20, 2012 | 11:46 PM
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Should turn out to be one badass camaro
Can't wait to see more
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Old May 21, 2012 | 06:55 AM
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Thanks man, what the BS on you Fikse's maybe I can run mine on my 4th gen,
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Old May 22, 2012 | 07:19 AM
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going to see a electrical, masonary, plumbing contractors today,
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Old May 26, 2012 | 08:39 AM
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Bids coming in, meeting with the truss guys on Tuesday!!!

here's the updates!!!
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 06:49 AM
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trusses are expensive!! but I have a great room built in, that 10x30, and they are 50 ft,

been messing with 4L60's, got one for my 2001 Camaro, works but I need to build one for a van and a buddys truck,,

working on a 2000 TA with a built LS6 in it, need somethings fixed on it, so there's some LS content!!!
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 08:09 PM
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Job market that bad there???
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Old Jun 7, 2012 | 07:22 AM
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since the economy took a ****, the dems killed the space program,

unemployment was around 26%, and if you CAN get a interview for some reason it now takes months, sometimes up to 4 to get hired,

out of 4 Lockheed Martain jobs I was looking at, 3 of them are BS, there's no jobs or money to hire for that division, got a guy on the inside, and he's a director,

thats about the jist of it, now I get to collect unemployment, not really wanting to do that, but there is side jobs,
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Old Jun 7, 2012 | 10:23 AM
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Steve,

Sucks to hear about the job... Still interested in DynaCorp out at Patrick?? Take a look at this link..

https://dyncorp.taleo.net/careersect...moresearch.ftl

I am not sure what your "talents" are but I am sure there is something on there that might interest you...

Also, don't rule out the overseas gigs either..that's if you don't mind being gone for 90-days, then home for 30... Most guys I know go into the program for a year or two; make a butt-load of $; then come "back to civilization"...

If you find something that piques your interest, let me know and I'll make a few calls...


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Old Jun 7, 2012 | 12:48 PM
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Best of luck Steve!!!
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Old Jun 7, 2012 | 08:10 PM
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TC, thanks for the link, sent you a PM,

I'm waiting for luck to fall on me,
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 09:30 AM
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Not much going on, permits, Little Nova work,
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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 11:30 AM
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Just read thru my thread, try it sometime, not mine your own, I was really cranking on the car for a while, by looking at the car in wrap, you cant tell crap, we took a roll of green wrap and encompassed the the car before putting it on a trailer to bring to the new house,

I did leave some parts out of the POD when I moved the car, maybe be I should finish the door hinges and paint them and the mirrors,

been hunting for jobs, acouple of interviews but nothing yet,

by looking at the stuff I bought, man, I'll have a pretty nice car when its built, damn!!

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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 04:06 PM
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You will have one sweet ride for sure!
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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 04:19 PM
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