Thinking of you Raider

[slonezp]

Hope everything's ok

 

 

[Fishing Rhino]

 

Raider has gone AWOL.

[Smokinal]

Hope you are well Raider. Watch out for the ladle.

[Redlinerobert]

Abducted by aliens from outer space!  Will they wonder why Neanderthals are still walking the earth? 

[Senko lover]

@Raider Nation Fisher

[soflabasser]

He's probably taking a break from the internet and spending more of his time fishing.

[Fishing Rhino]

On 2/12/2017 at 10:21 PM, soflabasser said:

He's probably taking a break from the internet and spending more of his time fishing.

 

He's gotta be doin' a lot of fishin'.

[Raider Nation Fisher]

On 2/11/2017 at 6:38 PM, Redlinerobert said:

Abducted by aliens from outer space!  Will they wonder why Neanderthals are still walking the earth? 

Holy poop! My brother electrician called me a Neanderthal yesterday. 

On 2/14/2017 at 7:27 PM, Fishing Rhino said:

 

He's gotta be doin' a lot of fishin'.

The three f's to be exact. Fishing, fighting, and well I'm not allowed to use that word on here. XD

 

[Raider Nation Fisher]

On 2/8/2017 at 9:55 PM, slonezp said:

Hope everything's ok

 

 

ROFLMFAO!!!!!

[Fishing Rhino]

It is you!   It is you!!!!!!!

 

 

[deaknh03]

4 hours ago, Raider Nation Fisher said:

Holy poop! My brother electrician called me a Neanderthal yesterday. 

The three f's to be exact. Fishing, fighting, and well I'm not allowed to use that word on here. XD

 

Your not allowed to use the word frotteurising?

[Fishing Rhino]

Nah, I think he meant fraternizing.

[Redlinerobert]

35 minutes ago, Fishing Rhino said:

Nah, I think he meant fraternizing.

 

To be fair, he has to know how to spell it first.  and use a keyboard. 

[deaknh03]

36 minutes ago, Redlinerobert said:

 

To be fair, he has to know how to spell it first.  and use a keyboard. 

that's how he uses a keyboard.

[slonezp]

3 hours ago, Redlinerobert said:

 

To be fair, he has to know how to spell it first.  and use a keyboard. 

Give the guy a break. He spells better that Tipptruck who is AWOL as well

[Fishing Rhino]

4 hours ago, slonezp said:

Give the guy a break. He spells better that Tipptruck who is AWOL as well

 

Hmmmmm, has anyone ever seen Tipptruck and Raider at the same time?

[Raider Nation Fisher]

Wow the machinist is missing as well. That ain't a good thing. Plus he lives in the frozen north, at least I'm in the warm South.

 

Naw, I have had a complete and total come apart recently. Life has completely ran me through the meat grinder of this world. Every time I start to get back on level footing I get thrown back down again. 6 weeks work out of the last 14 has taken a toll on me. Granted ive worked for the last three weeks straight and hopefully will continue to for at least the next 70 days. Probably should have drawn unemployment during the time off. I just have big issues with accepting assistance from government entities. I feel if I can't do it on my own, no matter how hard that may be, then I'm failing. Maybe I am failing and drowning and just don't realize it. However, my kids will never look back and say, "my father took hand outs cause he couldn't find a way to make ends meet.". My great grandparents immigrated here from the Ukraine in the early 1900s, they weathered my grandmother visiting home, getting trapped at home for five years. Fighting the communist in the Russian/Ukranian revolution. Returning home to the Great Depression, and never got a single handout or assistance to survive. If they could face those challenges, then by God what I'm going through pales in comparison.  

I have an amazing support system in my family and my union brothers and sisters, which are my family too.

I have over the past three years lost everything that I have worked for. I own nothing anymore. Its all gone. I got divorced and the greedy, cheating, conniving female I married took everything. Not that there was much for her to take. She had already drank most everything away. Took two of my sons and my dog. Got remarried which added 2 more sons to the mix. My current wife is amazing and one of the hardest workers I have ever met. She has kept us afloat through these tough times when work is scarce in alabama. I love her more than life itself. 

Don't think I'm complaining. Far from it. I'm letting y'all know whats been going on. Even having life beat me down I still love it. Its just another challenge to overcome and another experience to learn from. I have studied random stuff during my off time and have advanced my knowledge of quite a few things. Most of which I will probably never use at any point in my life. However, I can now say I know about them. I may not know why a bird sings, however I know why an atom goes through fusion and decays into other elements from its original state. 

I have restarted making jewelry and other odds and ends to pass the time. My stainless steel bracelets are selling for 100 to 200 dollars a piece and earning me additional money. Life is good, its just how you make it work for you.

 

Y'all be good and remember I'm not going anywhere. I'm just trying to kick life back harder than it kicks me currently. Sometimes life gets in the way of me posting on here. I've been around these boards too long to just leave them. Plus y'all tend to brighten my day when I am around here. 

 

Raider the Mighty

 

 

 

16 hours ago, deaknh03 said:

that's how he uses a keyboard.

LMAO. Thats exactly how I use a keyboard.

[Redlinerobert]

Fight the good fight, Raider.  Hoping things work out for you.  Sounds like you have all the components to make it work.  Many do not. 

[Raider Nation Fisher]

There's my two youngest zonked out in the back seat of the car. I love my boys so dang much. They are what makes this life worth living.

 

Wow my right arm looks weird from that angle. We are also sitting in a parking lot and not currently driving during the taking of the picture.

 

[Raider Nation Fisher]

7 minutes ago, Redlinerobert said:

Fight the good fight, Raider.  Hoping things work out for you.  Sounds like you have all the components to make it work.  Many do not. 

Its gonna work out. Either that or I will die trying to make it work out. Like you said. Unlike many I have an amazing support system in place. There are many people a lot worse off than me.

 

I mean hell one of my biggest complaints is that I have had to forgo getting my bi monthly manicures. My hands feel atrocious right now. 

[Gundog]

Remember Raider, it ain't how many times you get knocked down by life that matters, its how many times you get up. I'm wishing you all the best in the future.