[Rhodes22-list] Rowdy Rhodies In The Canton, GA Area

[Robert Dilk]

I would also like to add my 2 cents.

1998-1999 was a bad time for me.
I took a contract job 1500 miles from home to keep the cash flowing.
It took two years and another job before we settled in North Carolina.
Stay flexible and work your options.

Bob Dilk

>>> flybrad at yahoo.com 05/06/03 04:05PM >>>
Roger,

Let me be serious just this one time on the list.

You don't have to uproot your family, it sounds like
they're pretty well grounded.  Do what you have to do
for yourself.  They'll be fine.  In the Chinese
community (where I live) its not unheard of for for
couples to live apart for 3/4/5 years, whatever it
takes to keep the family moving until things gel. Get
a cheap apartment by yourself until things are right
to move the rest of the group, or not, one step at a
time.  Get the job, get on your feet, see what
happens.  We Americans think everything has to be
solved yesterday.  Its 16 hours driving time between
GA and home. Go to work, establish cash flow, see what
happens.  

Louis Haslett preached "all work is dignified".  I try
not to preach, but, it sure as hell feels good to
work. Focus on the interview and everything else will
find its place.

My 2 cents worth.

Brad
--- Roger Pihlaja <cen09402 at centurytel.net> wrote:
> Rummy,
> 
> My wife & I have gone round & round on this one. 
> Deb has her master's
> degree in counseling & is a guidance counselor in
> the Beaverton Rural School
> District.  She really likes her job & is doing well
> there.  My older son,
> Daniel, just finished his 1st year at Northern
> Michigan University up in
> Marquette, MI.  He's majoring in Graphic
> Arts/Graphic Communications with an
> emphasis on electronic imaging.  NMU has an
> outstanding Graphic Arts Dept.
> (100% graduate placement even in the current
> economy!)  Daniel is doing well
> & really likes the school & the area - UP of
> Michigan, Lake Superior,
> wilderness camping, NMU has its own downhill ski
> area right off campus, snow
> shoeing, kayaking, rated one of the top 10 places in
> the United States to
> mountain bike, etc  Heck, I wish I lived there!  My
> younger son, Gary is
> just finishing his sophomore year at Meridian High
> School here in Sanford,
> MI.  Of course, he has friends & doesn't want to
> move.
> 
> I don't want to have to uproot my family more than
> once.  In Deb's line of
> work, the school systems typically interview for
> replacement staff over the
> spring & summer.  Even if I started work very soon,
> this summer is probably
> too soon to tell if my new position is really going
> to work out.  Instead,
> I'd probably move down immediately, take an
> apartment for a year, & we'd get
> by as best we can until the summer of 2004.  Then,
> if things look like
> they're going to work out, we'd have Deb start
> interviewing in the area,
> then find a house, & make the big move.  This will
> be hard on our marriage &
> father/son relationships, but what else can I do? 
> After more than a year of
> searching, there seems to be zero opportunities for
> chemical engineers in
> this area with literally hundreds of talented people
> recently laid off by
> Dow Chemical & Dow Corning.
> 
> Roger
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Tonjes" <johntonjes at earthlink.net>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 10:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rowdy Rhodies In The
> Canton, GA Area
> 
> 
> >
> > Roger,
> > Will you move your family right away if you take
> this position? Lake
> > Allatoona and Lake Lanier are close to Atlanta,
> but we have people from
> > that area that keep their boats on Lake Hartwell.
> >
> > Rummy
> >
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: Roger Pihlaja <cen09402 at centurytel.net>
> > > To: <kroposki at innova.net>; The Rhodes 22 mail
> list
> > <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > Date: 5/6/2003 9:02:44 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rowdy Rhodies In
> The Canton, GA Area
> > >
> > > Ed,
> > >
> > > I would have preferred not to move, but I've
> been unemployed for about
> 13
> > > months.  Sometimes, life forces tough choices
> upon us.
> > >
> > > Roger
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Kroposki" <kroposki at innova.net>
> > > To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 8:40 AM
> > > Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Rowdy Rhodies In
> The Canton, GA Area
> > >
> > >
> > > > Roger,
> > > >       Good luck.  You had convinced me that
> you were not going to
> > > > relocate.  Canton, Georgia, is a kind of
> northern suburb of Atlanta
> > > > these days.  Allatoona is close, but Lanier is
> quite far.  I think
> that
> > > > Bob Keller lives on that side of Atlanta.
> > > >
> > > > You will be pleasantly surprised with the
> scenery in that part
> > > > of Georgia.
> > > >                      Ed K
> > > >
> > > >
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