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The Good News Thread

The authorities dropped the charges against me!
Fortunately the goat was over 16 years of age!

Seriously, it sounds like the cop was being a total asshole. A little civility in dealing with the public works wonders, especially if you’re actually trying to help the police do their job.

Funny, mate... As for over 16 year old age, it means shit here. I got a friend who got busted for statutory rape after getting his girlfriend pregnant. He was two months older i believe. But he was 18 and she was 17... He was legally an adult but she wasn't. One twisted justice system, that's for bloody sure.

Nah, quite frankly I've stopped caring. I'm used to it by now. Police corruption in this town is higher than anywhere else in the country. There are two cops in the entire department that i can honestly say that i trust. One is my friend's brother and the other, well lets just say i owe him big-time and leave it at that.

As for police corruption. here's a great example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6ran_Lindberg
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/01/goran-lindberg-sweden-crime-palme


 
^ I thank you also. Although I'm technically not in the service yet, and even then not in the US Armed Forces but the Swedish Army. I my book, nationality doesn't matter. Besides, I had a friend in the USMC who died back in 08. I also believe I can speak for his family. So thank you.
 
^ I thank you also. Although I'm technically not in the service yet, and even then not in the US Armed Forces but the Swedish Army. I my book, nationality doesn't matter. Besides, I had a friend in the USMC who died back in 08. I also believe I can speak for his family. So thank you.

It's my pleasure.

If anyone is interested, here's the program page on the VA website:

http://www.va.gov/homeless/ssvf.asp
 
3 yerars, 7 months, and 24 days: How long I was without a full-time job.

6 days: How long I have had a full-time job since I started last Friday.:hugegrin:

It is nothing special and its not the pharmacy technician job I recently trained for. I am just a shuttle bus driver for a manufacturing companies employees. But it is full-time at $12 an hour; will allow me to pay my bills and feel like a man again;allow me time to add some extra pharmacy tech skills to give me an edge in the market; and most important give me the stability to actually try and combat my depression and move forward with my existence. If that happens though you will all have to learn to live without my "life is pointless" threads so there is a downside to this.:biggrin:
 
Today's good news is that I got into TrekBBS after 35 minutes of "Connecting...."
 
my friend was rushed to the hospital the day before yesterday. i just got a call from her saying that the docs are releasing her in 48 hours. strangely, they had no idea what was wrong, but they're both fine.
 
Thyroid biopsy was normal/negative!

Now THAT deserves a big group hug!

About 6 months ago I wrote a grant proposal (177 pages!) to the VA for the agency where I work. We serve homeless veterans in Northern California.

Anyway, yesterday it was announced that it was funded. $965,000 a year.

:techman:

I think that's amazing! My fiance does grant proposal writing as part of her job (she works for a youth services organization in a really high needs area of Toronto), and has often complained about how frustrating it can be. Great news for you!

3 yerars, 7 months, and 24 days: How long I was without a full-time job.

6 days: How long I have had a full-time job since I started last Friday.:hugegrin:

It is nothing special and its not the pharmacy technician job I recently trained for. I am just a shuttle bus driver for a manufacturing companies employees. But it is full-time at $12 an hour; will allow me to pay my bills and feel like a man again;allow me time to add some extra pharmacy tech skills to give me an edge in the market; and most important give me the stability to actually try and combat my depression and move forward with my existence. If that happens though you will all have to learn to live without my "life is pointless" threads so there is a downside to this.:biggrin:

Being out of full time work for a long period like that can drive you nuts, it just cascades into other issues. Congratulations on the new job, TBWCW! Things look sunny now!

Today's good news is that I got into TrekBBS after 35 minutes of "Connecting...."

Sometimes it's the little things. When my family was here last weekend they brought me 4 boxes of TastyKakes from back home. I'm savoring every bad-for-you bite.

my friend was rushed to the hospital the day before yesterday. i just got a call from her saying that the docs are releasing her in 48 hours. strangely, they had no idea what was wrong, but they're both fine.

"Both" fine? Regardless of the answer, glad to hear she's okay!
 
^ She's pregnant. So yeah, both. After her car accident a few years ago, they warned her that there could be issues if she gets pregnant again. So pretty much everyone was jumpy. Poor Oscar, I've never seen him like that.
 
As of 11:23am California time on August 1, 2011, I still have a pulse.

I'd call that GREAT news.
 
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