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Offer letter GET (yes, salaried), offer letter signed and returned along with all the credit / background investigation. I figure...if I could be cleared by a company to go out and take multi-millions worth of equipment and tooling to don't-even-wanna-think-about-it oil and gas wells, and to incidentally be trusted to handle explosives and radioactive sources, then I should be good enough for field service.
Start date in the letter is "on or before October 21st", so the wheels will have to be really turning to get that happening. I have my own reasons for hoping I'm here on the 19th (costume party with some local people, chance to get pictures of a tame fox) but ultimately whatever it takes.
While doing automotive research, as I tend to do to fill spare time, I came across some interesting numbers. From smallest to largest:
~$6,000: Cost of a MR2 Spyder.
~$12,000: Cost of a MR2 Spyder with the MWR turbo kit and supporting bits.
~$25,000: Cost of a Toyota GT86...er...Scion FR-S, unmolested.
~$25,000: Cost of a mid-2005 Cadillac XLR with V8 and drop-top and leather everything.
~$30,000: Cost of a GT86 with turbo kit to give it the power to match the handling.
~$35,000: Cost of a needs-paint/wheels/seats/gauges/headlights rolling Brunton Stalker XL with supercharged GM 3800.
~$42,000: Cost of a same-condition Stalker with LS3, autobox (paddles, natch), nice top, power steering, AC/heat.
Don't get me wrong, I look forward to getting MY BABY back..and first thing there is going to be AC repairs, paint repair, and quad throttles after I get the engine run in...but I would like to have a toy available at some future point.
(Realistically, it's gonna be the MR2 in a few years, and the fast Caddy to counteract the aging process. Also in the realism department, the big priority is of course moving closer to Houston proper and the hell out of Cockroach Towers, followed by our middle-class-starter-lifestyle STUFF transshipped from a secure location in Washington State to the new place, followed by getting Bug legalized here in Texas so I can get a proper license. On top of that I might buy a new phone that doesn't fail terribly at every aspect of smart and phone. Because I'm pretty responsible and boring when I have to be.)
Whee, a ray of light!
Start date in the letter is "on or before October 21st", so the wheels will have to be really turning to get that happening. I have my own reasons for hoping I'm here on the 19th (costume party with some local people, chance to get pictures of a tame fox) but ultimately whatever it takes.
While doing automotive research, as I tend to do to fill spare time, I came across some interesting numbers. From smallest to largest:
~$6,000: Cost of a MR2 Spyder.
~$12,000: Cost of a MR2 Spyder with the MWR turbo kit and supporting bits.
~$25,000: Cost of a Toyota GT86...er...Scion FR-S, unmolested.
~$25,000: Cost of a mid-2005 Cadillac XLR with V8 and drop-top and leather everything.
~$30,000: Cost of a GT86 with turbo kit to give it the power to match the handling.
~$35,000: Cost of a needs-paint/wheels/seats/gauges/headlights rolling Brunton Stalker XL with supercharged GM 3800.
~$42,000: Cost of a same-condition Stalker with LS3, autobox (paddles, natch), nice top, power steering, AC/heat.
Don't get me wrong, I look forward to getting MY BABY back..and first thing there is going to be AC repairs, paint repair, and quad throttles after I get the engine run in...but I would like to have a toy available at some future point.
(Realistically, it's gonna be the MR2 in a few years, and the fast Caddy to counteract the aging process. Also in the realism department, the big priority is of course moving closer to Houston proper and the hell out of Cockroach Towers, followed by our middle-class-starter-lifestyle STUFF transshipped from a secure location in Washington State to the new place, followed by getting Bug legalized here in Texas so I can get a proper license. On top of that I might buy a new phone that doesn't fail terribly at every aspect of smart and phone. Because I'm pretty responsible and boring when I have to be.)
Whee, a ray of light!