USNRET Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Sitting at my desk watching the weather go by when I got the call. Must be getting saddled up and headed to Tejas by next week. I will be stopping by as I can but it will be some time before I'm out from under the bridge and have a place to call home and get the computer back up. Thanks for the fun and fellowship. See ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Have a safe trip. Good to see another klipsch fanatic in the Lone Star State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Don't stay a stranger! [ap]............................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIGARBUM Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Man, you can't go yet, you haven't heard those KHorns that I put the backs on. They sound out f.......standing.. I'm putting a thing together on the build, you can see it here. Mike, you have been a good friend and partner, I hope the best for you and your family. Godspeed my friend and you always got a bed here. Later Dude CigarBum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Mike....I won't have anyone to have a Makers Mark with.....except maybe bluesboy......and he's no fun[:S] And you were about to catch me in number of post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 USNRET, Stay safe and drop in when you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 We will watch for your drive by. Geeze CB, I did't realize you were so warm and fuzzy.[<)][{] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser SET say Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Mike, Dallas is only 4 hours from Little Rock (if you drive like the Kaiser[] LOL) You can get to Hope in less than 3 hours[] You get a chance to get away we have plenty of Klipschheads in this region to keep you occupied for a while[8] Best of luck to you and the family in Tejas[Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrinkles Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Have a safe trip. Next year maybe you can make the Lone Star Audio Fest here in Dallas. Wrinkles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me Loves Khorns Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Well, if you are ever in the Waco area, give me a hollar! Welcome to Texas. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 Hey guys, I'm moving to Corpus Christi but will be doing some flying back and forth between Atl, Corpus and Jax FL for a few weeks and then staying in Corpus. Finally got the wife convinced that I need to box and haul the system and not let the re-location folks move it. We'll be in a hotel for 60-90 days looking for a trailer house to live in [:|] until we figure out what the heck to do with our house here. Anyone need a place outside Atlanta? Buy, rent, burn? Any one have a place in Corpus they want to lease out for 5-10 years? CB, now you have an excuse to leave the mountain resort and take a road trip. The family will miss you. Thanks for allowing Jeffrey to have some live fire fun up there and giving me a cozy place to sleep off a night with you, Winchester and Coytee. Give 'sweety pie' a hug for me. Hope the Coastal Bend Dart Assoc. is still alive. I use to play 5-7 nights a week there back in the 80's. My Mom and sisters live up in the Ft. Worth, Dallas, Sulphur Springs, Clarksville area so I will be traveling that corridor as I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winchester21 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Mike- Its been a real pleasure hanging out and dealing with you. I am happy for you in your new venture - particulary in our unstable industry- sounds like you hit the home run- so happy for you. You sytll have my cell number- Please don't be a stranger. We need to plan a get together. I could haul some of the other NC K heads ups to CBs or whatever. Let's not let this be a good buy- just a later on. Alll the best my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have customers in DFW and Houston... Sounds like trouble to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Cheez, it's about time you left. I got dibs on his chair. Don't let the door hit you...[] Sounds like an oportunity and a challenge all wrapped up in one. Good luck to you, and please do check in when time permits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 Cheez, it's about time you left. No sheeeet. I have been living minute by minute since accepting the position in April last year! Thanks, dude. I'll be around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted July 24, 2009 Moderators Share Posted July 24, 2009 Thanks, dude. I'll be around We kind of expected that ! Have a good move and get settled as soon as a good housing opportunity pops up, you have a big advantage over many in this economy, your EMPLOYED ! Good luck to you and your family. [Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 It finally became 'officially' real today. https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=544aaecca5909c5b6d34432fae20e210&tab=core&_cview=0&cck=1&au=&ck= I hope to never have a day like this again between current boss and new boss (in same company). As you guys might remember I have been on hold awaiting contract award since April '08 and was on again/off again for freaking ever. I was notified at about 10 this morning to get to Corpus ASAP. Current boss threw a fit and refused to release me due to short notice even though he approved my eligibilty to interview for a Blue Sky (dependent upon contract award) position last March. It got ugly and I was finally released at 4:00 today. I am packing my undies and giving hugs and kisses to the kids tonight. At 5 and 7 they don't quite understand that daddy will be in and out on the weekends as I can until I can get the new project up and move them there. I fly back to my home state of Texas on Saturday. I hope they will re-instate my status as a real Texan. A couple of: here honey you need to paint here and oh yea I meant to tell you that this had to be done will keep me busy for the last few days. Thank god for my in-laws that at 70+ are here cleaning and weather proofing the dock, cleaning house, painting retaining walls, hauling debris and generally being damn good folk. I will miss this, my first house as a home owner and the only home that my wife and kids have known, but I am sorta excited about the new opportunity. I regret that the move didn't happen a year ago when the market was a little better so we would not be paying for a vacant house and starting up a new one. Ah, got to listen to the VRDst and Belles last night for the final time in this environment. It happens that a co-worker/real friend that has razzed me without mercy about old tube crap was here. He was impressed and apologized for his transgressions. Don't know when I'll fire them up again. I put the folks to bed, mixed a Makers Mark, lit a Malboro (where are you CB, I need a Cuban) and took a walk down to the lake for a last look around. What a nice view! Take care my friends, catch up with you (YA'LL) later. Mike PS: On a side note , if there are any aircraft maintenace folks out there looking, check this out. I will be needing to fill numerous positions: http://www.lockheedmartinjobs.com/jobsearch_all.asp filter for keyword CBP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsl Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I hope they will re-instate my status as a real Texan. Welcome back and a "real Texan" is for life so no worries there![Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 Welcome back and a "real Texan" is for life so no worries there!Thanks, I'll take that as the Welcome Committee. My non-Texan wife doesn't quite get it when I sit and talk to my son that his hand shake is worth so much more than his signature, his word is everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 rugged day indeed. glad things are looking the way you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 good luck to you shipmate. texas pride--that's good. i'm from Oakland, CA born in the shadow of the collesium. life was getting too much two weeks ago, told the boss that i really needed to take a week off. she said when, and i said "i'll start right now if you'll let me." She did and I booked a flight back home. Upon my return, a co-worker asked where i had been. i said Oakland, and she made a face as if to say I'm sorry. I laughed and said, the funny part is, that i went there to relax! Anyway, reading you texan's exchanges, reminded me of an episode of King of the Hill. Hank Hill is a proud Texan and he is devestated when he learns that he was actually born in New York City. His mom made a trip late in her pregnancy and delivered him while on vacation. It was as if his life was over. So, you texans are sure proud of your homestead--and that's a good thing too. Haven't moved since I retired from the Coast Guard back in 2003. Strange thing though, every four years I get a little restless. Was talking to a former retiree and he said the same thing happens to him--he said it was from a career of switching jobs every four years. Guess that makes sense. Fair winds and following seas my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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