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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Well after months of waiting and interviews, It's Official. I'll be starting a New Job Just up the road With The City Of Dunn, NC Police department. No I won't be a uniformed officer, I will be a dispatcher. What this means for me is withina year I'll be making more money than i am now. benifits are given to me(Health, dental) I don't pay the premium, There is also a retirement/Pension plan and a seperate 401K.I start February 22nd. The downside is when i leave this job in radio, i'll be outof computer communication with this board and not able to check my personal email. Since for now there is no computer at home. I'll just bide my time. Maybe i can stroll into the Library and log on once in a while.I'll see How it goes.
so, It's goodbye to Radio Broadcasting(I've done this for 24 years!!) Except for some part-time work eventually i won't be doing any full-time work.Theres' just no money in it.
So I'm happy and excited about my new opportunity.
as far as my Ovation 6 string wants..well lets just say, i'll have to bite my lip, and wait until we're caught up on everything. may take awhile, but hey..who knows.. eventually it could happen. |
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Location: NJ | ". . . Car 54 . . Where ARE Yoooou . . ."
Congrats, Steve! |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | "One Adam 12, One Adam 12 , Time for a 10-100!!" :eek: :D
Great news Steve. "Rimshot, Cymball" :cool: |
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Location: Parrish, FL | Steve, congratulations on your new job. From what you have told us, it sounds like a good move for you.
There must be something in the air. I start a new job in Knoxville, TN in 2 weeks. The company I'm going to is opening a new expansion facility there, producing 40'+ power boats. Some of you may be familiar with Cobalt Boats. The new facility will produce an expansion of their current line, beginning with a 40+ foot ‘Express Cruiser’. I’ll be doing production engineering work initially, moving into production management as the facility comes on line. Can’t wait to get started. |
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Location: south east Michigan | You'll loose contact with the OFC!?!!
Have you thought this thing out?? As far as medical and dental benefits...who needs 'em. Just take your vitamins, brush and floss.
If you just have to take the job, perhaps you can stand out on the corner and play your banjo for tips until you can buy a home 'puter. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Outstanding steve!
Just don't confuse some of the model numbers with the alarm codes!
"Roger, witko - a 1615 in progress" (pop!)
BTW - You are still officially in radio broadcasting! |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Did you remember to tell them you need some time off in May for the Factory tour? |
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Location: NJ | Blues;
Cobalt makes some NICE stuff!!
Any chance of a an OFC Discount?? ;)
(Do they even HAVE water in TN??)
Steve;
Just try t'get on the MidnightShift.
I'm sure they'll let y'do a "Top20 Countdown" . . .
C'mon! . . it's Dunn, NC . . .
. . . how much "crime" can there be?? |
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Location: south east Michigan | Blues...
Cobalt is a nice boat. I almost bought one in '77. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Congrats, Steve and Blues!
Steve, we'll be here when you check back in! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Congrats on the new job. I'll bet you won't be able to stay away that long. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Congrats, guys. Steve, as I often threaten, but rarely follow through, I'll look you up when I'm in North Carolina. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Opps...I think I got my Chapmans mixed up. Tim Chapman plays the banjo and Steve, for a lack of a better term, does not. |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | "One Adam 12, One Adam 12." unknown assailant holding computer hostage in Dunn City Library, all units respond. His only request is to be left alone to read OFC forum. His weapon seems to be a blue 12 string guitar. Proceed with caution!! :eek: |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Congrats, Steve! All the best to you! Hang in, Bro! |
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Location: Central Florida | Congratulations, Steve! Sounds like a great opportunity. Please check in with us whenever you can... All the best! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Opps...I think I got my Chapmans mixed up. Tim Chapman plays the banjo and Steve, for a lack of a better term, does not. WOW, I'm glad you clarified that. The thought of calling 911 and getting some dude on the other end playing a banjo was really freaking me out.
Dispatch: "911, what's yer emergency TWANG-TWANG-TWANG"
Caller: "I've fallen and I can't get up"
Dispatch: "Hang on TWANG-TWANG-TWANG. Do you need a TWANG-TWANG-TWANG am-ba-lance TWANG."
Caller: "No, but you're blowing out my fucking hearing aid, you damn hillbilly"
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Location: Vermont USA | Hi Steve great job my wife has been a dispatcher for Northfield Police for ten years now. It is good to able to help people when they need it.
Pauly |
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Location: Vermont USA | Steve one of the perks to the job is you get to tell the cops where to go!
Pauly |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | "DUNKIN DONUTS?" :rolleyes: :D :eek: |
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Location: NJ | Nah . . .
It's NorthCarolina.
"WAFFLE HOUSE". |
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Location: Southern California | Waffle House is for when they get off shift. Krispy Kreme is for on shift.
Congrats, Steve! |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | Brad & Dave.........
Oh Yeah?!!!!
...be careful about dissin banjo playing cuzins........ :eek: |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | LOL!! Tim's the Banjo Playin' Chapman. and Brad's Right, I do not,..Heck I wouldn't even know how to strum one, let alone pick it.
The joke around here today has been..
a woman calling in that teh boyfriend has opened a can of Whoopass on..
Hello 911...
Help ,..my boyfriends beating me up..
Sorry to hear that... does it hurt..
You S.O B.. I told you he's beating me..
Uh yes mam...where exactly is he hitting you??
....Just send the Police quick...
Click.,...
Supervisor: chapman who was that?
Damned if I know chief..
She said she that her boyfriend was beating her up..then she cussed at me and hung up before telling me wheer she was....
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Location: south east Michigan | ...Think it was a prank?...
.. E- True Hollywood Story / January 2007
And it was not long afterward that Steve was once again forced to look for a job in radio. As fate would have it the replacements for Howard Stern were declared an utter failure at the same time. Like the fabled rags to riches story, Steve Chapman became America's number one shock jock and the personality most fined by the FCC. |
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| Does this mean he's going to have the time and money to start recording again???????
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
(Great news steve - good stuff happens as well.) |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Thanks for all the great messages. Schroeder, definately, as the funds pick up and bills get caught up i'll invest in some recording equipment as well as that 6 string ovation i've always wanted.The schedule of work 3, off 3 work 3 off 3 will leave me some great creative time. so i hope to lay some tracks down again. |
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Location: Midland, MI | I'm late to the party, but congratulations on the new job and best wishes!
BluesSailor...Cobalt boats...hrmm...next time you come back to town, if you have one in tow... ;) Good luck to you, as well! |
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Location: south east Michigan | Steve..Three on, three off sounds great. I have a couple fireman friends on that rotation. It gives them lots of time for other projects.
cruster...BluesSailor's factory makes boats 40' an over. Thats a lot to trailer and your town of Midland is kinda...well.. MID-LAND. Maybe he should just dock that boat behind my house for a summer..or two.
And...I really like the Waffle House. We had one up here when I was a kid. It replaced the Big Boy as the place to hang out. There are none in Michigan now. |
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Location: Parrish, FL | We will be making a 32 and 34 foot model as well. Still a lot to haul around. Better leave it at home. Of course you all are free to stop in anytime.
(now where did I put that address????) |
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Location: NJ | I almost bought a Cobalt, once.
At the last minute, another dealer came up with a fully-loaded Maxum "leftover" that was just too good a deal to pass up . . . |
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Location: south east Michigan | Back in '77 Cobalt was a new company. A well made boat for sure. The twenty some footer I was looking at had a power center windsheild section that went down with with a flip of a switch. Because it was about 2k less and for it's re-sale value, we went with a SeaRay instead. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Congratulations Steve, How do you say guitar break in radio talk? |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | For me it'd go something like this...
10-4 dunn 239, i'm on 1858 for an hour. :D |
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by Slipkid:
cruster...BluesSailor's factory makes boats 40' an over. Thats a lot to trailer and your town of Midland is kinda...well.. MID-LAND. Maybe he should just dock that boat behind my house for a summer..or two. You just need to get a tow vehicle that's big enough. I mean...how do they get them from the factory to the dealer, right? ;) I've seen semis hauling four or five 20' Four Winns down I-75. One forty footer can't be much heavier.
Also, Mid-LAND is about 5 minutes from Sanford Lake (a reservoir, really) and only about 20 minutes from the world famous Saginaw Bay. ;)
Are you on the lake down there? I'll bet you're up in the Colony Tower, eh? :) |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | "This is, Hardhat"....
"Go ahead, Lardass"....
Steve, great news....
(About the job. Not so much- not posting) |
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Location: south east Michigan | Cruster...Yep. The Colony Tower is right at the beginning of my street. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Steve,
Congratulations on the new job. :)
Are you any where near Mayberry? If you are perhaps Barney Fife could be a help as you adjust to the new job. :D
BluesSailor I live about 1/2 hour east of Knoxville maybe we could get together and pick a few once you get settled in. You will love East Tennessee, (except for the traffic). |
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Location: Parrish, FL | GGG,
We are looking for a home in either Maryville or Oak Ridge. Probably end up in OR because my kids like the High School there the best. I'll be working out in the Tellico West Industrial Park in Verona, not too far from you.
Yeh, I'd like to get together once the dust settles a bit. It may be a bit one sided because I've only been playing a short while and I've got a LOT to learn yet.
Steve,
Sorry to have hijacked your thread. It seems like your life is returning to some state of normalcy. Past health issues are either controlled or resolved, you've got your 12 string back, and you are moving into a new career where you can get ahead a little faster. All good!
I'm only a few hours to the east of you right now and have been looking for an opportunity to meet you when I was over your way, but it never seemed to work out. Too bad really. I'm sure, it would have been a good time.
Peace |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Good to hear at least two good stories! I work on boats too!
But don't worry about cost, you're paying for them already! You can get them in any color you want as long as its Navy Gray! |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Hey Blues,
It's never too late. Would love the opportunity to get together. While my life heads back to a somewhat normal direction, It will take us a while to juggle and get back on top with the stuff that seems to get behind from time to time.
Hopefull though, within 6 months things should be churning right along. Maybe quicker since they will allow me overtime and holiday pay as well.
Hey Mike W,
Funny you should mention Mayberry and barney Fife.
The friend who steered me toward the job works as a detective fro teh department. In his spare time one of the things he does is appear as a Barney Impersonator.
He has the whole uniform, and a friend of him plays gomer. They appear with very convincing replica of the Mayberry Squad car.
He makes a small fortune on the side doing this and has also appeared on some regional comercials in character.
Mayberry of course, was based on Mt. Airy, NC where Andy Griffith grew up. The town in places reminds you of Andy Taylors Fictional town. |
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OT: It's Official!!