you know times are tough when,

i called the unemployment office this morning for my "eligibility review" that they require every 5 weeks and the lady told me i didnt have to call anymore.

she said they were overwhelmed and could no longer continue the requirement.

she said they have over 2500 people using the office with dozens coming in daily to file for their benefits.

the unemployment office is in a county with about 20,000 people in it so you do the math..
she said shes been there 20 years and this is by far the worst she has ever seen it,she used the word frightening to describe whats happening..

oh we have so much to look forward to in 2009...

 

Same thing at mine, they aren't really hassling me to find a job at all.

Just as long as the wealthy elite can still afford to put a roof over their heads, is all that matters. I guess they no longer require us to work for them.

 

I had to work on a pawn shops server and its pretty funny (in a sad way) that they are refusing to take anymore items no matter what the price because they are full and nothing is selling.

Yup the economy is getting better just ask the CNN people, lol

 

the hell of it is I WANNA WORK!!
i could get a job out of state in several places right now, i just dont want to have to go out of state to work knowing what i believe is coming in 2009.

i want to be here where i know we are safe no matter what happens in the world around us..the thought of being 1000 miles away and some kind of "national emergency" taking place and me not being able to get back here makes it not worth the risk to me..

 

I cant really blame you, I mean you dont know what it might take to get back home if a situation happens.

Ya'll still soggy over there or did it dry out a bit?

 

This would make a good; you know times are tough when.... Thread.

Like; You know times are tough when you see a 5 bedroom 3 bathroom house for sale for $50,000 and no one is buying.

 

I'm in the same boat. I could take a couple different out of state jobs which would require me to travel quite a bit, but there is no way in hell I"m going to do that right now. I've got too much interest here to just pick up and move somewhere right now, and I thought going to Florida for 6 weeks to work was bad.


Besides, it will be spring soon enough, and I've got plenty to keep me occupied here. If I stay stoned and drunk just a bit longer, it will be as if the winter never even happened.

 

we had 3 days of sunshine now the forecast is for rain for the next 7 days again.. yay..

cant complain we needed it.. we did manage to get another bed in the hill we are terracing off and i got a good jump on next years firewood,now its back to loafing till the next break in the weather..

kinda sucks,i feel so unproductive but i know its just to wet to do anything so there is nothing i can do about it...

 

Here are some homes for ya

Home1

Home2

 

I'm counting my lucky stars because things are good for us currently. Just living in gratitude for all that we have

Then again, we live below the poverty level(by choice) but have no gov't assistance. Just live a very simple life.

 

I didn't even file when I lost my job 6 months ago. I've been lucky. I subbed for a while doing custom millwork in a hotel and did some electrical in a friend's warehouse. Been mostly on my ass for two weeks, and still haven't been paid from one job. But I got some nice things built out of scrap oak and several cases of cabinet filler. Better find something soon though...

 

I wanna see what you built.

 

i could go down to atlanta and hustle up work like that im sure but the gas,wear and tear etc on my vehicle goin down and back just dont seem worth the 100 mile one way trip..

its took me this long to really start getting worky again anyway.. 21 years with the same company i think i needed this long vacation but come spring ill start really tryin to hustle a little work here and there.if there is any to hustle that is.. lol

if not im sure the gardens will keep us busy..

 

If I don't go to Gettysburg to pull cable for a friend I'll post pics in this thread later.

 

I went to a mall yesterday looking for a calendar with sunrise and sunset times.

20% of the stores were vacant most of the rest had 70% off sales and a couple were packing up the entire store and moving out.

I think pigeons will be moving in next year.

Those aren’t homes those are liabilities.

 

The commercial construction business is cranking here in Winston Salem. At least it appears to be.

I mean, god, you know its so important to finish a baseball stadium

 

Yesterday economists said it was looking up, now today they claim over 3000 stores will close in the next 5-6 months, that unemployment is over 8%.

Then they said for the upper middle class and rich to spend, spend, spend!

 

I saw a thing on the news that commercial construction is going well around the Nth Carolina and DC area due to a bunch of FEMA stuff.

 

I live in the DC area and I get around, I've seen nothing like that.

Though they did clear cut/burn a large parcel 15 miles south in Waldorf just before Xmas... Hmmm...

To be interred in a FEMA camp or to be interred in a FEMA camp in Waldorf, MD.

I'd choose suicide.

 

200,000 Retail Store Closings Coming in 2009

enjoy it while its there. its going to crash. as soon as whats bein built is built,its over..

The Commercial Construction Crash Cometh