Personal Note - Good news, bad news - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

#1 08-20-2003, 02:41 PM

I have been a member at mercedesshop.com since very early 2000. Working for a sotware company with a 100Mbit network coupled with extremely fast typing skill I have been able to make quite a few posts. Most people go get coffee at coffee break while I am hammering the keyboard in mshop. On slow days I hammer even more.

In late 2000 the company had its first of MANY layoffs. We now employ about 15% of the number of employees that we employed three years ago. The company is now being bought and not all of us will survive the transition. I have been through not one but TWO significant paycuts in that time.

Faced with being on the street is not a happy thought. I have now landed a new and exciting job with another company. I will be making alot more money with great opportunities for further career growth. The timing has been extremely fortunate. So this is the good news.

The bad news is that I will be doing more business travel and unfortunately very little will be to Europe. European travel was the only thing that made the last few years bearable. I enjoy it very much.

Due to the added travel and the fact that I will office at home in the boondocks with a 26K baud dial up as best case connection, I regret that my mercedesshop participation will curtail HEAVILY.

I have enjoyed very much all the postings and the friends that I have made in the last 3 1/2 years thanks to mercedesshop. I have probably made about as many folks mad at me as I have that were happy with me, but that's just me.

I will not be disappearing from mshop, and will still try to get together with the mshop guys when I can, but I won't be logging in near as much.

Thanks to all of you for a lot of great information, friendly correspondence and spirited dialog.

Old MB guys never die, they just keep on swiggin' diesel fuel and makin' smoke.

Have a great day,

rickg · #2 08-20-2003, 02:47 PM

Best of luck, Larry. Yeah, don't forget about us

leathermang · #3 08-20-2003, 03:01 PM

We will try to hold down the fort and keep the " change it hot, flush the whole system, change the RD ,etc " from being forgotten.
I think it is great that you will soon have plenty of money to buy things like that hose crimper.... maybe you can take actual vacations to Europe in the future.

mplafleur · #4 08-20-2003, 03:05 PM

Larry,

I am very, very happy that God's providence has shown upon you. I know it has been very tough for you this past year or so and I have been worried about your situation; expecting to hear the next time I logged on that your company went under or you were let go.

Come and join us when you can. Your input has been very much appreciated. You were the first to respond when I first joined the forum with my broken timing chain. Your input helped me greatly.

Get DSL!

Plantman · #5 08-20-2003, 03:28 PM

Thanks for all of your help and good luck.

FWIW, I will continue to reiteratate your message to not contaminate the R-12.

Gracias

#6 08-20-2003, 03:44 PM

Thanks for the warm responses. I guess I wasn't clear, the phone lines where I live won't support DSL. Unless I move I am many years away from high speed access. A dish might be a solution except they only provide dial up speed for a VPN which would be my main justification for such expense.

I will be traveling so much that it will be hard to justify alot of expense for a dish for my home office without high speed VPN access.

Again, thanks for the warm responses.

Have a great day,

The Warden · #7 08-20-2003, 03:45 PM

Congratulations on the new position! Regarding the rest...it makes sense, and you will be missed.

Certainly better to post occasionally than not at all, though.

Thank you for not leaving us.

Zeitgeist · #8 08-20-2003, 04:05 PM

I live in the sticks too, with a 26.4 kbps connection speed. I have very little problem accessing, or posting to this site. When folks load up their posts with lots of pics, then I get a bit bogged down, but still I've encountered few problems.

Congrats on the new job!

#9 08-20-2003, 04:08 PM

You have been a member who has certainly contributed much to the MB Shop forum, and helped me with many questions, intelliget ones and stupid ones. You will be sorely missed, and I thank you for all your help...

Change it hot, change it often.

-Kyle

jfikentscher · #10 08-20-2003, 04:19 PM

Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its always exciting to start a new position. And always more work than before.

I hear those "HOLIDAY HOTELS" have connections. You will need to be logged on for business anyways....................

Regards,

Joe

84300DT · #11 08-20-2003, 04:33 PM

larry,
best of luck with your new position! i know from your posts the old co.'s status was worrying you.

thanks for alll your help here - 'preciate it. -

we'll drink a cold one in your honor at the next new england early spring gtg when it's 5 deg F out !!!

bob in ct

R Leo · #12 08-20-2003, 04:37 PM

Larry,
You were the first person to reply to my 'newbie' MBZ questions when I bought Marlene waaaaay back in Feburary of this year. I attribute a significant part of my confidence in working on my Benzos to your direct replies to my questions and, to the information and experience that you've imparted to this forum during your time here. Thank you for sharing!

Take care and keep in touch.

jassz · #13 08-20-2003, 05:25 PM

Sounds like a lot of transition coming up in your life. I'm sure you'll deal with it in your usual confident way. I can appreciate, a little at least, what you have been going through. We just had a big round of lay off notices where I work (which we had anticipated for months), and there is to be another round in Sept. Sometimes I think moving on would just be easier than waiting for the axe to fall, but God help me I want a severance package. :p

Anyway, we will all type a little s-l-o-w-e-r out of consideration for your 26K connection. That way it won't be so difficult for things to download.

Glad you'll still still be in the neigbourhood, at least from time to time!

Good luck!

dmorrison · #14 08-20-2003, 05:29 PM

Larry
Congrats on the new job. I know you were worried about the old company.
You just think you won't be on forum. Once its in your blood your hooked. Give it a couple of months for you to get settled in the new job and you'll be back. Maybe only at 56K, but I know you'll be here.

Dave

PC Dave · #15 08-20-2003, 05:31 PM

Larry, congratulations on the new job.

If you're traveling a lot with a laptop, consider subscribing to T-Mobile's wi-fi service, with wireless broadband access available at most Starbucks, lots of airport lounges, and now Borders Bookstores nationwide. Price is $30/month for nationwide coverage (unlimited use), and the speed is considerably faster than our office DSL; given your travel schedule you could certainly justify it as a company expense for the productivity enhancement alone. Leaving aside the upside of your increased presence here, it's a great tool for those of us who travel a lot - I'll never give it up.