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exboyfil

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4. And the fact we have allowed ourselves to get to this point
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 04:25 PM
Feb 2020

Is a sad commentary on our society.

When I was in account management, I remember fielding calls from my customer while at Universal Studio. I never got paid for overtime.

17 years ago I went back into engineering. I am in a lower level engineering job (a grade or two below those 15-20 years younger than me), but I am far happier. My company doesn't know my cell phone, and I only use the laptop when I can't get to work. We have one car, and my wife brings me to work. I don't know if I have enough saved for retirement, but I don't plan to spend money (of course medical will screw up any plans - it is what chewed up my parent's savings and it will mine as well).

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