that's it. i am not starting any more friendships with retired people or teachers.

[Darth-Baiter]

i seem to only hang with those types.  at least my fisherman friends.   they are all fishing and tapping out questions like..."what should i throw first", "can you check the tides for me?"....

 

i am putting on pants for an online meeting.  okay..not pants, but a shirt.  grrrr...i would rather..much rather be fishing.  even in December. 

 

my friend got a 6.5 lb spotted bass yesterday.  at least it looks like one.  i need a better pic.  

 

i should have never accepted this promotion.  nothing but work.  :D.    my teacher friends are all on holiday break!!  dont they have papers to grade, rooms to decorate.  detention?  anything?

[Susky River Rat]

The plant I work at is shutting down till the Tuesday after the new year. I also would like to do some fishing but as far as it looks now only one day will be good enough to head out.

[roadwarrior]

A lot  of my fishing buddies are engineers which REALLY comes in handy

when things need fixed.  They seem to know how everything is suppose to

work and they get it running right.

[gim]

3 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said:

my teacher friends are all on holiday break!!  dont they have papers to grade, rooms to decorate.  detention?  anything?

My Father retired from education 12 years ago (he's 74 now).  He had every summer, spring break, winter break, MEA, holiday, weekend, and workshop off.  He never did any summer school during his entire career either, and for some reason even when they were having a teacher's work shop day, he was not working lol.  He spent his summers on the golf course or the lake...which is what he did/does when he retired too.

 

Work for about 8 months and get paid for 12.  Not a bad gig if you can get it, and tolerate it.

[Mobasser]

You can still be friends with retired guys. Most of them are ok. Theyve worked all they're lives, and now have some time to go fishing.

[Bankbeater]

I talk to a lot of retired guys.  I usually get out on the water one or two days a week.  Some of these guys fish 5 or 6 days a week, and they know what is going on with the lakes and ponds.

[TnRiver46]

I just fish along my work route and make all my buddies jealous 

[softwateronly]

4 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I just fish along my work route and make all my buddies jealous 

 

In my mind, you're the only terrestrial pest eradicator who shows up with a boat full of rods.

 

scott

[Woody B]

How much time do you get off for Christmas/New Years?   

 

I don't get any.  My normal schedule is Monday through Friday.   That's when I'll be working this week and next week.  I can't even go fishing this Saturday or Sunday due to holiday family stuff.   

[roadwarrior]

That's terrible. I'm retired and still take Fridays off.

 

 

 

                                        

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, softwateronly said:

 

In my mind, you're the only terrestrial pest eradicator who shows up with a boat full of rods.

 

scott

I don’t take a boat (unfortunately) but that could work for beaver otter and muskrat trapping 

[softwateronly]

1 minute ago, TnRiver46 said:

I don’t take a boat (unfortunately) but that could work for beaver otter and muskrat trapping 

See, maybe you could just be well prepared for all the requirements of the job.  I think having a boat with you would be best

 

scott

[TnRiver46]

3 minutes ago, softwateronly said:

See, maybe you could just be well prepared for all the requirements of the job.  I think having a boat with you would be best

 

scott

That would be awesome. I keep it hooked up to my personal truck for rapid fire 5 pm launches in season. Right now it’s not worth launching at 5 (although days get longer starting now) so I go ninja bank fishing ? 

[Bluebasser86]

I use to be the guy that made my friends jealous when I was on midnights and went fishing a lot of mornings after I got off work. Since I got my new spot at work and started working "regular hours", it's a lot more work and way less play ?

[slonezp]

Change the lyrics to "I fish alone"

 

[MidwestBassAttack]

You actually take online meetings at home??? My “remote” days were always at the lake…just don’t forget to mute when a flock

of geese flies over or when your fishing buddy starts screaming “that’s at least a 9lber”

[Columbia Craw]

That’s interesting. Since I retired I can’t think of my having any new friends, or old ones for that matter.

[GreenPig]

Man that's rough. I'll be thinking about you while at the lake tomorrow. ? Not kidding. Gotta go, it's court ordered.?

[DogBone_384]

You forgot Firefighters …. I work 24 hour shifts. It worked out great when I met @Fishing Rhino, who’s retired.

 

We’d fish two or three days a week, depending on my side work… 

[TnRiver46]

Just now, DogBone_384 said:

You forgot Firefighters …. I work 24 hour shifts. It worked out great when I met @Fishing Rhino, who’s retired.

 

We’d fish two or three days a week, depending on my side work… 

One of my buddies is a fireman, he chased the pro fishing dream for a few years and had the free time. He is darn good, almost made it. His oldest son won a high school bassmaster national championship and got a college scholarship for bass fishing 

[Darth-Baiter]

2 hours ago, DogBone_384 said:

You forgot Firefighters …. I work 24 hour shifts. It worked out great when I met @Fishing Rhino, who’s retired.

 

We’d fish two or three days a week, depending on my side work… 

Nah. You guys deserve it.

3 hours ago, Columbia Craw said:

That’s interesting. Since I retired I can’t think of my having any new friends, or old ones for that matter.

Really?   Man I’m fairly social. That’s my retirement fear;  losing my social skills and circles. 

[roadwarrior]

Retirement is what you make of it. Most guys are looking for new friends, their

old ones tend to die or become disabled. I have two new friends that I fish with 

a lot now, almost every week!

[Fishlegs]

Retired friends are great. They can fish any time. It's those of us that have to work to pay bills that make it difficult.

[Big Hands]

On 12/20/2022 at 12:15 PM, gimruis said:

Work for about 8 months and get paid for 12.  Not a bad gig if you can get it, and tolerate it.

 

I'm glad your father was able to make it into a workable gig. I'd like to hear whether or not he would advise people to get into the field considering the current state of affairs?

 

In my 13 years of teaching experience, I get paid for the days I actually work (but not the nights) and five days PTO (no vacation) along with the same holidays others get paid for. I can have the checks spread out over 12 months so the income is steady, but I don't work for 8 (or 10 in my case) and get paid for 12. And, for the requirements you must meet, it rarely fits the definition of financially lucrative. If you can stretch your pay out and make it work, the time not worked can serve to restore your soul in a profession that is steadily losing the appeal it previously had.

 

The numbers of experienced and newly minted teachers leaving the field for other lines of work seems to back that up. There isn't really a so-called teacher shortage, but there is a shortage of teaching jobs that aren't underpaid and/or don't have a soul sucking toxic environment.

 

On 12/20/2022 at 8:54 AM, Darth-Baiter said:

i should have never accepted this promotion.  nothing but work.  :D.    my teacher friends are all on holiday break!!  dont they have papers to grade, rooms to decorate.  detention?  anything?

 

And I have already spent several hours working (and several more to go) during my current two week unpaid "Holiday Break". Maybe I'm simply doing it wrong.

 

Just call me Mr. Sunshine

[TnRiver46]

16 minutes ago, Big Hands said:

 

I'm glad your father was able to make it into a workable gig. I'd like to hear whether or not he would advise people to get into the field considering the current state of affairs?

 

In my 13 years of teaching experience, I get paid for the days I actually work (but not the nights) and five days PTO (no vacation) along with the same holidays others get paid for. I can have the checks spread out over 12 months so the income is steady, but I don't work for 8 (or 10 in my case) and get paid for 12. And, for the requirements you must meet, it rarely fits the definition of financially lucrative. If you can stretch your pay out and make it work, the time not worked can serve to restore your soul in a profession that is steadily losing the appeal it previously had.

 

The numbers of experienced and newly minted teachers leaving the field for other lines of work seems to back that up. There isn't really a so-called teacher shortage, but there is a shortage of teaching jobs that aren't underpaid and/or don't have a soul sucking toxic environment.

 

 

And I have already spent several hours working (and several more to go) during my current two week unpaid "Holiday Break". Maybe I'm simply doing it wrong.

 

Just call me Mr. Sunshine

My mom was a school teacher, she got out at the right time and retired in 05 . Things are pretty wild in there now