I think Harry Truman is probably older...oops.

 

 

No No No.........

 

If you an older guy just wear your manzeer and you'll be ok !

 

I might be old but I'm living large.......

 

I think Methuselah might have been older than you. I am planning on coming the Open House.

 

replied did you order a front cobra bumper or a rear bumper?

 

shhhhhhhhh they will tax you for that

 

Thanks Scott
I'd have a little warning though, unlike John
I'd been informed my company is contracting to farm out all the heavy maintenance on our fleet of helis. I've been offered 1 of 2 positions in Colorado, where the work will be done. Not planning on moving, most of our children have families/lives here.
The signed contract will occur in the next week or 2, so just kinda holding my breath until then.

I'll let you know about a get-togther, I'd enjoy seeing all you guys again.

 

That is pretty chitty what they did to John! Smaller tire shop he's been good to should have givin him some sort of warning. We are getting ready to lay off 22 people and the pres of the company has been coming out once a week letting people know whats going on. Shame on Stoners Boss

 

Yeah this really sucks for everyone having employment problems. Best of luck to everyone.

I will talk to the wife about the grand opening, hopefully we have the weekend free.

 

I'm busy as ever keeping school buses on the road now that school started again, our buses just keep breaking left and right.

 

I hope it's not because of the quality of the technicians ;-)

 

 

Thats called Job security, must be a Union shop



and yes I work in a Union Shop

 

Hey Darrell,
Are you guys seeing orders increase in the steel industry? We are seeing new tooling getting released that last 6-8 weeks. It's the best it's been in 12-18 months. We have 3 tools we are starting for the Chevy Volt. A radiator header and upper and lower AC condenser tools. Nothing for Ford at the moment.

 

Yea 3 out of 4 core lines are back to 21 turns. I would have to say we are back to 80 to 90%. Starting the 1st of next month all concession the Union made to keep working are off.

 

That's good to hear from both you guys. I know were back at it again too. I just hope it keeps up.

 

We just went union right before school started, however we don't have a contract in place yet, its still in the works. We are busy because of certain rear-engine buses that are taking a lot of labor to keep them running. The conventional nose buses are much more reliable. We only have 8 mechanics total too, and 270 buses to maintain. We do also have a new electronic system for pre-tripping the buses, the drivers use a handheld scanner to note any defects in the bus, and we have to keep up with fixing the defects. We had to add another mechanic to be able to keep up with it all, and that guy will be coming to the afternoon and evening schedule to help us cope with fixing that stuff.

 

did we see any pics of the new town home yet ???