Hey guys,
Well, looks like my time has come for full retirement.....from my company. Been laid off for a year & a half & Monday I was told to come in & pick up my tools & personal belongings. Looks like the company is getting merged into another to try & salvage it somewhat. I had a feeling a while back when I heard that we were in rent arrears for over 6 months & the gas company shut off the gas because of no payment. We got an eviction notice to be out by the end of Apr...... this is the 2nd time for eviction. Says something, doesn't it?
In a way, the layoff was a blessing as my home shop has been quite busy with repairs & been making a lot of crafts. I won't complain as I'm ready & the company was quite generous with me with a lot of residual leftovers & I made good wages. Seems funny, at 66, I am still ready to go to work & my body alarm clock wakes me religiously at 6:15am. Well, at least now I can grab my coffee, have my cig, & walk thru the door & to work only 10 steps away. Don't believe I'll miss the traffic headaches & the winter jaunts on icy roads. The owner did indicate that he would appreciate if I would take on some sub work for them as I'm the only one who could do all the aluminum specialty jobs we got in......yup!....I'll take it. Another facet of bowing out is that he also indicated they would probably move operations into the city(Pgh).....NO WAY for me. I told him if he wants anything done, he'll have to bring it to my shop.... he agreed.
Anyway, just another 'ol timer moseying into the pasture. I'm ready. I like working at my pace & being able to make my day as I see fit. My bike is gonna like it......my pup already likes all the time I've been home. I'll post some of the projects I've been doing & probably start a blog.
Denny