I'll Always be a FIB at Heart
CalvinAndHobo
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So I have some big news. After a year or so of feeling like Charlie Brown kicking the football, one of the companies that gave me an interview and then said "You sound like a great fit, we'll have someone get back to you shortly with our decision" actually went through with it and hired me. I didn't want to say anything about it, because I had heard that many different times before, but I filled out the paperwork early this morning to make it official. I just gave my two weeks notice today, and I'll be moving to Dubuque, Iowa on the weekend of the 26th-27th.
I got a job as an insurance agent. I was complaining about my job hunt to my mom, and she told me that Dubuque has a 2% unemployment rate, and is desperately in need of employees. I rolled my eyes and applied to a few of the companies out there just to appease her, and it ended up working.
I'll see all of you FIBS and cheese-heads on Sunday, which works out well as a little going away herf. I'll probably be on a major buying freeze until I get settled in and have steady income with some rainy day savings, but I've built up more than enough of a collection to get through it, partially thanks to everyone here.
I'm still hoping to go to the major herfs that are held throughout the year, but I can't commit to anything as of now until I find out what my schedule will be like, or how vacation is going to work in a commission based job.
It's certainly been an adventure living here and biking all over the city in all kinds of weather. I can't say I'm going to miss that part, but I'm sure there are some things about Chicago that I definitely will miss, such as the people. I think I'm going to be very good at this new job though. It's also going to be a way to gain really valuable experience that is going to look so much better on my resume than "riding a bike". I'm shocked that I got hired honestly.
It's been an unbelievable journey for me these past 3 years. Going from getting thrown out of the house with just a few bags of stuff, to struggling to feed myself, to holding a steady job and supporting myself without assistance from anyone else, to now becoming a full blown professional. It's been making me more than a little emotional today. Time to smoke this Davidoff 50th from @IndustMech after dinner to celebrate.
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Congratulations Calvin!
I have faith that you will succeed in any endeavor you attempt.
Hopefully this is just a door to bigger and better things. Good Luck!Friends don't let good friends smoke cheap cigars.1 -
Way to go, Calvin
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Congratulations Calvin.1
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Congratulations Calvin. You’re going to do great! Make sure you send me your new address for our Christmas card list2
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The real question is, do we have to stop calling him fvcking Calvin now?
"I could've had a Mi Querida!" Nick Bardis3 -
Best of luck to you!!!!!!You can't dispel Ignorance if you retain Arrogance!1
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Hey buddy that is awesome news. You will knock it out of the park. CongratsI was born a fool, and just got bigger!1
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Absolutely not.peter4jc said:The real question is, do we have to stop calling him fvcking Calvin now?1 -
Awesome Calvin, good luck"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
-- Winston Churchill
"LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter1 -
That’s awesome brother. I think that’s going to be a great fit!1
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Congrats!!!!Hey, you gonna eat the rest of that corndog?1
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F'in Iowa Bastid.
Still a FIBI know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves livesIt'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
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Great news. Congrats Calvin.1
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Congrats Calvin and good luck with the new job!
If you want to bomb me send it to Tony @0patience
If you are a newbie I got Dem nachos....1 -
Congrats!1
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That’s awesome Calvin. Remember what I said about being in sales. I think you’ll do great. Congratulations.1
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Congrats on the new job and move. Hope all goes great for you.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
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What kind of insurance?I wanna be your first customer, please."I could've had a Mi Querida!" Nick Bardis1
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Awesome news @CalvinAndHobo!! I hope it works out well for you and "buying freeze" means we need your address to keep you well stocked!Team O'Donnell FTW!
"I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke ever last one of 'em." - Ron White3 -
Supplemental health insurance, but sadly I’ll only be licensed in Iowa so you’d have to move first.peter4jc said:What kind of insurance?I wanna be your first customer, please.0 -
If I smoke a cigar a day I’m going to be all set for more than a year, I’ll be just fine.avengethis said:Awesome news @CalvinAndHobo!! I hope it works out well for you and "buying freeze" means we need your address to keep you well stocked!0 -
They say you only live once. This is bull. If you do it right, you get to live many lives over the span of one.“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
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No, you only die once, everyday you're alive is special.You can't dispel Ignorance if you retain Arrogance!0
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Congratulations Calvin! Great news!
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Not sure if you were aware of this but Patrick used to work in sales. Maybe he can give you some pointers.4
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Congrats and Best of luck CaL-BrO.1
