Bill...maybe it's time to take on 928's full time Or join Microsoft in Seattle.

I bailed out 2 years too early and missed out on an additional $200,000 profit but...I'm good w/what I got and you can't beat the PacNWest.

 

Wow Bill was a TME?
I never knew.

 

I have been laid off 3 times in my life by so-called computer firms.

Last time was November 2006.
Now I am working freelance since 2 weeks at a higher daily rate than my last permanent job paid. Just think positive
BTW, I am 64 years old.

Everything in life is an opportunity.

I am also not formally "computer qualified" - when i was studying there were no computer courses; or for that matter any computers.

marton

 

Bill :After that impressive list of upcoming chores I did not see messing around with your track car on the list ,whats up?
Gerry

 

Bill,

Like most here, I felt bad at first, but with your second post and the comments by others that know you better, it sounds all good.

I've been laid off once too (and am also a self-taught computer geek) and it's a kick in the chest at first, even if you see it coming. But clearly you've got everything figured out and will be better off for the change.

Best of luck with your new endeavors.

I think good people with a strong work ethic are always in demand in every industry.

 

I am a living testament to the fact that 'formal computer education' doesn't buy a lot for us over-50 folks. Many non-degreed 'experts' high up in the food chain. Reality is that a person with some good sense and some experience in the industry, and some real business education or experience, can do at least as well as the 20-years-of-schooling folks.

Bill, good people can always find something that pays reasobably well when they want to work. Find something else that's fun for you, and go for it. There isn't enough life left to work at something that gnaws at you.


The good news: Spent a couple hours with the financial planner yesterday, and he says I'll have plenty of money when I decide to stop working in four years. He's been singing that same 'four years' song for the last 'four years'. And I have been semi-retired for the same 'four years'. So with only four years to go....

Keith, we have some friends who live on the ocean an hour south of you. They want me to buy their place now, and take posession in (drum roll) four years. Half of that couple just died of Alzhiemers, other half is close behind. We get to gamble on the four years. Sort of a reverse mortgage but with a hard sunset clause built in.

Jim, that secondary sub-prime lending market is the tip of a large iceberg that looms closer on the horizon every day. There are a lot of over-leveraged owners, and it only takes a small percentage to start a run. Even with a market that's levelling out some, only so many buyers are there to move at any one time. Once the folks who have to move here are done buying, prices will plummet until some value hunters start to see the bottom. In the 1989-1992 period, I was able to pick up a couple great properties at truly incredible low prices. One might consider leveraging cash from assets now and stockpiling for the upcoming fire sale. The worst is that you'll pay the difference between rates for a year and buy back your own equity. Best is that you'll score a property or two for your collection. Cash has been a pretty wonderful negotiating tool, and property will --always-- come back in value. Notice thgat through all this, and even during that run in the early 90's, rents never dipped.

 

Hey Bill,
Congratulations on a new future opportunity. I've got just a couple more to go and an really looking forward to retiring. You beat me out the door on this just like you do in ORR. Enjoy your freedom until YOU decide it's time for something else.
See you in Wendover.

 

Yea Bill! You're free!!

 

I hear traveling 928 mechanics do pretty well..... ;-)

 

Oh, yeah, that's actually rather high on the list. I saw the announcement of the track event next month and will shoot for it.

 

I'm wishing all the best for you, too, Bill!

 

Congrats bill...

LO

 

I have had a similar thing happen to me. But intelligent, dedicated individuals in this world are always in demand.

Please let me know your schedule of projects, let's see what I can help you with.

 

Bill,

Sorry to hear the bad, I mean good, doh.........news. I'm sure good things are around the corner for you.

 

Best of luck Bill, whatever you decide to do.

More importantly, any interesting bikes for sale?