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Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip
Reply #240 - 06/03/11 at 10:18:45

ALfromN.H. FSO wrote on 06/03/11 at 05:12:33:

serenity3743 wrote on 06/03/11 at 04:52:43:

It looks like I'm gonna make it!! Got vacation approved at work and got $ approved at home Cheesy

I plan to arrive Wednesday afternoon and stay until Sunday. I'm prepared to camp, but if anyone vacates a motel room bed I'd like to have dibs on it. Looking forward to meeting some more people face-to-face.

I don't think anyone has claimed bed #3 in the room with Toymaker and myself. I may be wrong. If someone has dibs on bed #3 on the wed - sun, speak up. It would be nice for you if you don't have to carry camping gear with you.

AL

Yep, Al, you're right about that!! So put me down if nobody speaks up!!

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Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip
Reply #241 - 06/04/11 at 03:37:08

Gots me a serious complication ... work schedule for Dragon week has been posted.

The people I had lined up to work my days of vacation have been one by one asked by the supervisor "as a personal favor" to the supervisor to work different positions and hours on my planned vacation days instead of working for me. He said that he did it because of the needs of the department as he covers the vacation time for the more senior people who are supposed to be off.

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There is no doubt he's screwing with me to some degree, but he is all legal by the rules of the place where I work. He is supposed to schedule vacation according to seniority and he is working around the people who are supposed to be off and he is scheduling extra work days for the people who are supposed to be here.

So, not only am I supposed to work the week of June 26-July 2 I am working 2 extra days according to the current released schedule. And all the people who could possibly work for me are loaded up with extra days as well.

Looks like I won't be up at the Dragon this year ....

Angry

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Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip
Reply #242 - 06/04/11 at 03:56:03

Oldfeller, so sorry to hear this. I know how much you and the
rest look forward to meeting and riding the Dragaon each
year.
Did you tell your boss, supervisor what this time off really
meant to you? Did you tell him , once a year I get together
with my Buds. They travel from all over the map for us to
be together this one time of year.
Yes I realize some don't give a sh*t. Most don't even care.
Just an idea and thought maybe if they knew that it was
the one time of year you really look forward to, it just
might help.
Again so sad as well that it seems you won't be meeting
the guys at the Dragon this year.
If it makes you feel any better, I won't be there either.. Kiss

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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12673 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #244 - 06/04/11 at 05:39:40 I was pushing to get the time off and I surely got pushed back some .... it is sad but times are tight and employers can get pushy with their people if they choose to, they have the upper hand right now. Try go finding a replacement job .... (no thanks, I'll keep the crappy one I have for the time being)
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #245 - 06/04/11 at 07:37:16 Jobs are important. some liquids can harmful to paint. moral is very important. a rubber bulb of liquid can be squirted discreetly. I used to have a manager that would mess with me. I found another job.
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10664 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #246 - 06/04/11 at 09:00:39 verslagen1 wrote on 06/04/11 at 07:37:16: Jobs are important. some liquids can harmful to paint. moral is very important. a rubber bulb of liquid can be squirted discreetly. I used to have a manager that would mess with me. I found another job. oooohhh, you're bad ........
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5836 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #247 - 06/04/11 at 22:39:52 OldFeller How about a second trip like we did last year ? That was fun for me and I hope it was all-the-way=around. Thats when we found that nutty little ride up "the residendental" neighborhood. Maby make it up to mount mitchell this time ? Any of you other fellers in the nieghborhood like to join in ?
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Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip
Reply #248 - 06/05/11 at 04:58:15

MMRanch wrote on 06/04/11 at 22:39:52:

OldFeller

How about a second trip like we did last year ? That was fun for me and I hope it was all-the-way=around.
Thats when we found that nutty little ride up "the residendental" neighborhood.

Maby make it up to mount mitchell this time ?

Any of you other fellers in the nieghborhood like to join in ?

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Hmmmmmm ..... a 2nd ride ....... Cool

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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12673 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #249 - 06/05/11 at 05:26:47 I'm up for it if you guys are ...
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10664 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #250 - 06/05/11 at 11:18:44 Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 06/05/11 at 05:26:47: I'm up for it if you guys are ... do you have dates yet for your new vacation time ?
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serenity3743 Serious Thumper Offline Striving to better, oft we mar what's well Posts: 778 Black Mountain, NC Gender:	Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #251 - 06/05/11 at 13:38:40 Oldfeller, I'm very sad to hear you might miss the Dragon trip. But I have something to talk with you about. I will PM you.
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Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip
Reply #252 - 06/06/11 at 01:29:21

I don't have any planned dates at this time -- I told my uberboss privately that it does no good to plan a vacation in advance as it only gets taken away from you as it gets closer. He understands he has a problem in his department as I was not the only new person left dangling AFTER having announced vacation plans over six months in advance.

I suspect that the crunch will be off later on in the summer as the oldtimers will have taken their vacation up already.

Somebody propose a date that does something good for them for some other reason and I'll see if I can get off. Something later on, towards some cooler weather -- with some avowed purpose that is worth doing anyway.

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Serentity, yanking that sucker out and plugging a new one in and running off immediately up to the Dragon kinda sounds like a formula for some potential serious stuck out-on-the-road issues.

I never saw a swap out that didn't have some issues that cropped up in the first few weeks that didn't require some covers off work. But then I always buy me some broken stuff cheap .... it jest could be me and my "customised" luck.

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Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip
Reply #253 - 06/06/11 at 05:17:15

Oldfeller, I'm hoping to get the engine swap done and ride to and from work a couple weeks to work the kinks out.

For those who can't make sense out of what Oldfeller and I are saying:
I was out riding around just for fun on Saturday and my transmission died, just in time for the Dragon trip. This being the second engine in my bike, a couple years ago I had given Oldfeller the old engine to re-build and tinker with, and now I'm maybe gonna put that original engine back in my Savage. If we can work out a deal.

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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5836 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: 2011 Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #254 - 06/06/11 at 19:02:24 thinking about that late summer ride last year .... BigZuk is that little Suzuki car still serving you well ? I've though "thats , a cool little ride" from the first time I seen it !
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