Had a phone interview today

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Job is up in MA. Told my wife if I get the job we are moving to NH, not MA. I'm not giving up the any of our hardware. Most of it is illegal in MA.
I never thought I'd ever consider moving back up to actual winter. But I'm tired of these China trips. I'm tired of being lied to by China bosses. I tired of insurance still leaves me holding the bag for $40,000 over the last 3 years.
Even if the job offers $10K more it will be at best break even. But with higher housing, insurance and taxes, it will be a net loss.
But I won't have to travel to China anymore.
Last year I wasn't ready to do this. But this time, I'd actually consider it if they offered a reasonable bump.
Irony, household income would still be a lot lower than the last time we lived in MA because we were a dual income family.
At least NH is CC. I'd still get a permit for reciprocity. And a MA non-resident permit. The permit is easier for non-residents to get than residents. Ha!
 
fishgutzy said:
And a MA non-resident permit. The permit is easier for non-residents to get than residents.
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Truth here. Bypass the LEO and go straight to the State Police. Had one while I lived in NH and worked in Boston.

Good luck on the interview. NH rocks! (the snow sort of sucks big time)

-R
 
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rdinatal said:
Truth here. Bypass the LEO and go straight to the State Police. Had one while I lived in NH and worked in Boston.

Good luck on the interview. NH rocks! (the snow sort of sucks big time)

-R
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I grew up in Atkinson NH. Damn town got expensive. :D
I'll need to buy another Jeep for fall drive on fishing at Plum Island and 4 wheeling clubs.
Was up in Winchester/Woburn area in the summer for my brother's wedding. Traffic is so much worse, even on the weekends, than it was in 2008. Another reason to be north of the border. Maybe Salem.
But still early to think about that.
Will have a nice archery backstop and targets to sell if we do go back.
 
Good luck. I hope things work out for you, no matter what you decide. I'm in a similar situation except moving isn't an option for me.
 
I just saw on MSN top snowiest places in the US, the 4th is Mt. Washington, NH. The town I grew up in made the top 20 list.
 
I spent all my adult life in NH until I came to SC. Residents must go through local Chief of Police. NHSP is only for non-residents.

Some of the border towns have CoPs that maxed their pension in MA and moved over the border and take their attitudes with them. They just didn't understand the whole shall issue concept and need to be sued. The plus side is that the CoP violators get personally assessed your attorney fees.
 
I was in NH doing some coastal work, I was impressed with how nice the area was. I bet the winters are rough though.

Hopefully you will hear some good news.
 
lowcountry said:
I was in NH doing some coastal work, I was impressed with how nice the area was. I bet the winters are rough though.

Hopefully you will hear some good news.
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When we lived in Lowell MA, my commute was 2 miles. A cold effing 2 miles when it is -10°F. The transmission oil doesn't even warm up. 80W gets pretty stiff at that temp.
 
Sneakymedic said:
This is what I was thinking. Surely something in the triangle and Charlotte available....
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If I was a PA designer, sure. Many more options. I fell into a niche and haven't gotten out. Only one company in this area does what I do and they want PhD's. But PhD's don't want to do what I do. They want the sexy stuff. :D
 
Hate to see you go, but if you must be sure to stop by the Common Man up there and have a beer or 8 for me. Love that place. Have been at the one near Manchester many times. I also have some family up there. Pretty place. Too bad it is surrounded by Marxists.
 
CZfool68 said:
...Pretty place. Too bad it is surrounded by Marxists.
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Surrounded? Hell, they're way beyond that. The infiltration took 30 years, but now the Moonbats are firmly entrenched as an occupation force.

The idiots flee the high taxes, corruption and business killing regulatory environment of their beloved People's Republic of Marxachusetts and then vote for the same stuff.

I think Einstein had a word for doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Insanity. Seriously, they're nuts. Not the natives, the invaders from over their southern border.
 
CZfool68 said:
Hate to see you go, but if you must be sure to stop by the Common Man up there and have a beer or 8 for me. Love that place. Have been at the one near Manchester many times. I also have some family up there. Pretty place. Too bad it is surrounded by Marxists.
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I have been sober for 35 years now. I missed the microbrew revolution. [emoji28][emoji28][emoji28]

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My wife was up in MA this week for brother's funeral.
Her family told her I habe to get a job back up there. So she told them i had the call. She also told them if i got it we would move to NH because most of our guns are illegal in MA. (The rifles and most of the magazines).
They had a good chuckle over that.

On that front, no additional contacts from the internal recruiter. I'm sure they wouldn't have trouble finding a younger person with a PhD who will take a lower salary.

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I belatedly realized that, should you end up moving to NH (did my piled high and deeper up there), an entirely new thread will have to be started regarding how you're going to get your, er, collection through unfriendly territory. Naturally, you'll have to start that one on a Friday. :)
 
China, Massachusetts: two communist states but at last you can drive out of MA....good luck
 
Hang in there, the right one will happen along.
 
lowcountry said:
I was in NH doing some coastal work, I was impressed with how nice the area was. I bet the winters are rough though.

Hopefully you will hear some good news.
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looking at your avatar, and that you are from mt. p... are you a member of the charleston fishing club?
 
MochaJoe said:
Must be good money to move up there. Probably couldn't pay me enough to go back to MA, or anywhere nearby.
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They can get an H1B PhD for less.
Even if I did get it, it would still be less than our household income last time we lived up there. My wife worked as a teacher back then. But she can't work full time anymore. Too many health conditions.

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fishgutzy said:
My wife worked as a teacher back then. But she can't work full time anymore. Too many health conditions.
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It wouldn't happen to be Sickofthestinkingbratsitis, would it? There's a lot of that going around.

I hear it's pretty contagious and has no cure. Once you have it, you live with it the rest of your life.

On the bright side, by staying away from infection nodes, life is surprisingly peaceful.
 
Howland said:
It wouldn't happen to be Sickofthestinkingbratsitis, would it? There's a lot of that going around.

I hear it's pretty contagious and has no cure. Once you have it, you live with it the rest of your life.

On the bright side, by staying away from infection nodes, life is surprisingly peaceful.
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No. Not at all. She loved teaching. And because she ran a disciplined class room, the students didn't act out much with her. And they learned.
When she taught in Boston, during her second year teaching middle school math, the superintendents office begged her to become a coach because her students improved faster than any other classroom in the city. And that was with a student body that was 95% non-white. But taking the coaching position would have meant longer hours, unpredictable hours, and not summer break with the kids at home.
The union hated her.
By the way, she got away with running a disciplined class room because she is not white. The minority parents would never have stood for her calling them and in one case pressing charges against a student. She was kind of like that teacher featured in Stand and Deliver. In real live, the admin and union hated him too. But my wife only had to shrug off hate from the union. Admin loved her.

She had a job offer immediately down here. But it was a very low pay (<$50/day) "permanent sub" and they wanted her to take more graduate classes. But then the state said her MA cert was no good in NC and wanted still more classes and complete a MASTERS in Math. She had a master in education. Graduate cert in 5-12 math. Not good enough for NC.
But it all worked out because her health issues got worse.
 
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I hope she feels better and she sounds like she was a great teacher. I had a small handful that really brought their class and subject to life. They had a huge influence on my life.
 
DLam said:
looking at your avatar, and that you are from mt. p... are you a member of the charleston fishing club?
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Nope. Born and raised in Mt. Pleasant and enjoy fishing whenever I can get on the water which is not too often.

@fishgutzy at least they let you know their intent. Hopefully something else will pop up. I had an interview with NOAA a few months ago and got the "you will hear from us soon, within the week." Didn't hear anything.
 
lowcountry said:
I was in NH doing some coastal work, I was impressed with how nice the area was. I bet the winters are rough though.

Hopefully you will hear some good news.
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Anything less than a foot is a dusting :D
Had a '93 YJ when we last lived up there. lifted. 33x12.5 TRXUS MT tires. Never once got stuck in snow. Those tires dug through the snow pack on the roads to the pavement. If you own a truck down here I highly recommend them. Quieter on the highway than BFG AT and better wet traction too. Has 37X12.5 on my 2010. They handled highway driving as well as off road mess. Smooth and quiet even at 80MPH with a soft top.
 
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