Luck of the Irish

Congratulations Ron!!  Whoo Hoo!

Cool cats always land on their feet! Great news, Ron!

congratulations! 

Congratulations, Ron!!!  That's exciting, and I'm sure a huge weight off your shoulders.

Thanks guys.

I had such a good run there before and I should hope to have a good one again, considering that a number of problems have been cleared up and the owner is more directly involved. In fact, he's the one I interviewed with, as I did back in Jan 2001.

I'll be making a few dollars less an hour than I was at the most recent company but that's because at that other company, I was attached master. Here, I will work as a journeyman. That is, they don't "need" masters but that's fine, at least it's not an impediment to getting hired here like it can be elsewhere.

MissMandy

Congratulations, Ron!!!  That's exciting, and I'm sure a huge weight off your shoulders.

Yes, it is. And I think I have you to thank. In your thread, I hoped some of your luck would rub off on me and it did.

Congratulations and I'm totally jealous of the relatively short commute time

  congrats and good times ahead for ya!!!

now um.. mind sending some of that luck our way? i'm mostly Welsh and NA... and not enough Irish to be considered lucky lol 

DumDog

i'm mostly Welsh and NA...

Maybe we can stretch it out to fit anyone with ancestry from the UK. Actually, my mother's father was from Germany. My father's side of the family was English, Irish, and Scottish. So, I'm good anywhere in the UK. I guess I could spare a little celtic coolness for you.

That's great!!!   Congratulations!!!   My fathers family is English, Irish and Scottish too.  I bet luck had nothing to do with it....might be your skills,yes?

Good deal.  You were certainly due for some good things Ron.

Hey, my Davey was born/reared/lived in Dundee, Scotland (til he married me 10 years ago) and his Mum was from Donegal, Ireland.  so ... we've got that all covered.

I'm mostly "wasp" with about a fifth of Scotch ... er ... (sorry, old family joke) ... but I'll send you any luck (or whatever) I can.  but I'm thrilled at your news!!!  It really says something about you when you can go back to a former employer have them think well of you and have you think well of them and find a working relationship.  That speaks integrity to me, my friend!!!! 

calliecritturs

It really says something about you when you can go back to a former employer have them think well of you and have you think well of them and find a working relationship.  That speaks integrity to me, my fri

He started out as an electrician in the 70's. And he's worked his way up, attaining skills at each level. What I value most about him is integrity. His doesn't kiss butt, which is something I can identify with. Most of my experience, including my supervisory experience is based on actually knowing the trade. Amongst the working guys kissing butt is a grievious sin. Kissing butt is used mostly by people who have no skills or limited knowledge. If you can't bend a 4-point saddle (2 back-to-back offsets) then you ain't so hot. I can bend a 4-pointer without measuring but I don't hold people up to that. But we've all seen our share of butt-kissers mess things up for others because their chance at leadership was disasterous. It takes more to lead a crew than just attitude. You got to have knowledge.

Well, this employer doesn't kiss butt, which is not the same thing as taking good care of a client.

 That's great, Ron! Makes the holidays a bit less stressful, huh? Congrats.