Another One Bites The Dust

**Glen C** · 15th January 09, 01:54 PM

Red, really sorry to here that!! If your wife drags you back to Chicago, stop in the Duke of Perth. The first one is on us!

**ChromeScholar** · 15th January 09, 04:35 PM

Hang in there, Red. Things will keep turning. Something will come up.

**Arizona Scot** · 15th January 09, 04:50 PM

Craig rest assured that what ever way you decide to go the thoughts, prayers and support of myself and the rest of the scottsmen are with you.

**Derek Conley** · 15th January 09, 10:43 PM

Good luck... perhaps you'll find a path which is more enjoyable for you!

**SteveB** · 15th January 09, 11:29 PM

Retro Red,
The world of mainframe is not going away it is just getting pretty new names. Many small associated businesses are using the internet as the connection to the big machine. Even in the small store that I work in, our cash register shares data, and transacts business with the mainframe in the Windy City. It is our inventory maintenance lifeline. This type of function is only going to grow as more transactions are completed over the internet for the smaller stores and internet only based retail businesses.
DJ like crazy, if the economy will let you, but keep one finger on the IT pulse.
Function hall business (and the need for DJs for these functions) has dropped by close to thirty percent in this neck of the woods. Even some of the rentals are using Ipod boomboxes for the entertainment, rather than hire a real person.
May your luck be good.
Steve

**Weasel Mender** · 16th January 09, 08:28 AM

Red,
Sorry yours sprung. I am standing on my own here hoping that it will either drop or I will be told to move off the trap! Waiting for it to happen is the worst part, living in the land of "what if" sucks badly. I do have a tin parachute, 6 months severance. Maybe I can get a job as CEO somewhere, I am certain I can run a company into the ground and will only charge a couple of million to do it and not demand a continuing pension for my work.......any takers?

Weasel

**Retro Red** · 16th January 09, 10:03 AM

Thanks, guys, I do appreciate your words of encouragement, support & advice.

Originally Posted by Weasel Mender

Red,
Sorry yours sprung. I am standing on my own here hoping that it will either drop or I will be told to move off the trap! Waiting for it to happen is the worst part, living in the land of "what if" sucks badly. I do have a tin parachute, 6 months severance. Maybe I can get a job as CEO somewhere, I am certain I can run a company into the ground and will only charge a couple of million to do it and not demand a continuing pension for my work.......any takers?

Weasel

I hear ya, WM. I'd been stuck in that Limboland for 3 months since they announced last October that they were going to "redeploy" some of us & the time they actually told us this last Tuesday. At least I can take some definite action now.

My view on this is - ya cannot keep a Scotsman down!!!

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**thescot** · 16th January 09, 08:55 AM

Well, Red, several of us have been there. And believe me, we defiitely sympathize, empathize, and wish you the best. It's not a good place to be, and, to quote one of my favorite movies, Good Morning Viet Nam, "It's a big #$^ sandwich, and we're all going to have to take a bite!"

I'll see yours and raise you one:

In 2000, after the i-bubble burst, several of us were laid off as consultants with a good sized software company. That was in May, three weeks before our stocks options would have come due.

In July, with no job and COBRA insurance, I had a massive heart attack (that cost me a new job I would have started in August), and I ended up having to have a heart transplant in September.

Please understand, this is not a play for anyone's pity. I'm fine and not deserving of pity. But that's the point. Sometimes Life sucks, and you just have to get on and figure out how to handle it.

We all wish you well and will add you to our growing prayer list.