hello,

Well, thought I'd get back in here and update everyone on the job situation. I finally was able to get off the job I was on, whew. My new job, which really isn't new, I was assigned to back in February of 1995, only I was on afternoons at that time, and obviously didn't have any seniority for much of anything. So I worked that job(starting back in '95) for about 6 or 7 years. Well, I am happy to be back on the job now, and on day shift. The reason I like the job, even though it has changed alot in the last 12 years and is more work now than it was back then(but not as much work as the job I was just able to get off of), I don't have to put lint free coveralls on(that is mandatory for working most jobs in the paint shop) I only have to work with one person, instead of 6 to 8 different personalities, and the boss doesn't like climbing all the stairs to get up to the job station; also, it is a straight shot down the stairs, the main hallway and out the front door at the end of the shift, so I get to my car faster so I can beat everyone else out of the parking lot and onto Michigan Ave.
I didn't mention anywhere yet, but I am wiring my house up for highspeed data, voice, and video. Using Cat 5e wire, for most of the phone and all data ports, I used cat. 3 for the kitchen wall phone. All the static I was getting on the phones should be all gone now, having upgraded to twisted pair to canell out all the crosstalk I was getting on the regular phone wires. I ran a homerun of cat. 5e from a structured media center to the telephone demarkation point on the outside of the house. I switched to TDS metrocom telephone service and DSL, so thier tech. came out to check out and test the connections to make sure I was getting what I am paying for, 1Meg download 512K upload. Well, I guess that is about all I have this time,