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Cool, I got some FC sniper comen. its gonna be hard tryen not to start on one of those rods :'(

;D Thanks Muddy Its all good, sorry about that earlier

You started it

What the hay does sexual harassment have to do with all of this. The highlighted part of your reply states the point ; The Company does not want to pay the added premium to the state for unemployment insurance, and the state needs justification to pay them out. Anytime an employee exhausts there time our HR department offers them FMLA immediately, as not to run into the above situation. We even offer intermittent FMLA leave , for those with chronic illness as long as they do not go over 12 weeks time in one year. I caught a guy sleeping for 11 minutes, no witness. It is our experience that Federal Mediators want at least one other witness to prevent vindictive firings, he got a warning. None of these situations are caused by unions. They are to keep in line with the NLRA . Keys to successful disciplinary action; Documentation, follow the written contractual steps, Documentation , always try to get statements and witness accounts on paper and Documentation. Dang Muddy I'm not tryen to be an expert here nor am I tryen to out show you on knowledge, I obviously can't compare, I'm just a guy that worked for a union two years one time and work now as a manager for the past 16yrs, once with a union. What you highlited is true thats why I said it, a company still has to protect itself tho and should have the right to let go an employee thats hurting them. But I'm not blowing smoke either, This is usually the way it happens in said cases, who wants what and why is what it is. I have seen more people like said cases be protected by Unions than those that actually needed it. and yes I have a sexual harrasment case that backs that up. (Been modified-took out the last statement-wasn't cool of me)

Not certified Muddy but in Evansville, IN. I go to prove we justly fired an employee about 6 times a year. This is the course The company obviously does not want to pay for unemployment dues. There for the company will fight to the unemployment office that the said individual was justly fired, the employee will make a case that he or she was not informed or aware that their employment was indangered or they had no clue of a rule, or that others have not been fired for this same violation. we have to prove that they new this and therefor hopefully the company wins and don't have to pay for unemployment dues, another case in point, was of a Lady that missed 125 days in one year do to her health, we at one point termed her, she went to the union and they had us prove we accounted for all of her time and it was put down as FMLA leave, without a signature is what it came down to and she got her job back, One more, a employee told a super he saw another employee pack a bag of work screws in his lunch bucket along with a sizable 1 X 6 board. After we reviewed the video tape and plainly seeing this fella put the screws in his lunch bucket and take out the door with it and the board, we let him go the following morning. Now He went to the union and got his job back because we accussed him of stealing, which was on the term sheet, we violated his rights because it was a slanderes statement?? we was suppose to say he had no permission to take said items. We lost mainly due to no similair terms from the past, No way to prove we are a fair employer by showing that we let go others in a same manner. Along with the verbal glitches. There is way more but these I will always remember, this is why I say that a employer can't always simply do what it wants, theres laws Man I haven't even touched on sexual harrasment.

Got a news letter from them on email, they are giving a 25 dollar discount for anyone thats on their new letter, but it ends tomorrow, I might use it and pick up some string.

Bailout is a Band Aid, the root of the problem is not fixed. to be competetive they need to BankRupt and overhaul itself, re-negotiate ALL contracts to be able to compete with a price, this includes everything down to pennsions. Yes that too, cause the root problem won't be fixed with a band aid cause if so our children will suffer more than us right now you should be able to work both sides for a better oppinion. First a company can't do what ever it wants-theres laws for that. A simple fire needs backed up with a complete history of the employee documentation. If this company cannot prove that they are a fair law employer(meaning everyone is treated with the same policy) they will lose, and I know this for a fact many times over. The union now-a-days just points you to them laws and the lawyers. Case in point was Republic windows in Chicago, Union new the laws. Being on both sides at one time in my life I beleive you simply pay weekly dues for this access thats it. Everything else is politics, So I won't speek no more of that. Unless the average Joe will educate themselves over Fair labor laws and sexual harrasment laws, we will always need a union.

Well, they had a spin & casting blank room to it self and a Fly rod blank room to it self, it kinda felt like going into the naughty movie rental room ;D Real problem for me was hitting it off with them, nothen like great service, I wasn't buying but he took 45minutes with me between two other customers that was buying, showed me around to the stuff I would like and talked rod building most of the time. That was great service and not a penny came out of my pocket yet! woops did I say yet by the way are you familiar with the Sunline fishing line they have? If not I'll take it to the fishing rod section and ask.

Hey cool, no problem-cool to see someone benefit from it, Uh Oh I didn't start nothen for ya did I? ;D

American Legacy Fishing Company http://www.gloomis.us/ Should I start off with one of these? Man, I'm so in trouble ;D

South Indiana, Evansville

I got a G.Loomis dealer 6 miles down the road, whent in today at lunch time, they've been there for a year now. The two young guys that run it seem great, One fella has been making his rods for about two years now and I got to check out his work, Its all great rods, and I hope this won't start being a problem (if you know what I mean) Bad reciepe, decent helpfull guys and a great product, DANG it, cause I by no means have a deep wallet :-/

:DWhat toilet paper?! Us lot, the average people, didn't have toilet paper right up until the 1920s. Perforated toilet paper on a roll wasn't invented until the 1890s and it was nothing like the soft, aloe vera infused, absorbent tissue we prefer today the first types of toilet paper had splinters in them. Imagine that! So what did we do before toilet paper? Well that depended on where you lived. We thought we'd find that our ancestors used leaves and moss and some of them did but others used materials we simply did not expect. Corncobs and maize husks and shells were among these. Ancient Greeks used stones. Ancient Romans went for a piece of sponge. (In their public toilets see Weird History 1 they used a piece of sponge attached to a stick after use the sponge was put into a bucket of salted water ready for the next person YUK!). In later times, thanks to the invention of the printing press (1500ish) and newspapers (from 1600s but loads after about 1820) we used old newspapers and magazines. At least one magazine the Farmer's Almanac (published in the USA) had a hole in its centre so you could attach it to a hook near your loo. read the rest here http://www.xomba.com/weird_histories_%E2%80%93_number_8_history_bum_wiping_hand_washing_and_toilet_behaviour_ancient_modern_times

Sorry man, it sucks. I'm getting close myself. The Bail outs a joke isn't it. How in the heck is it keeping jobs open instead of saving the guru giants jobs, its Bull. They ain't saving jobs, we're going thru our third lay off in the past three months. Thats where Republic windows issue in Chicago pees me off, it ended up being the bank that recieved the bail out money but had no plans on saving jobs with it by helping keeping a buisness open. Its Bull, no heart >

Too new here on given any advice except I have looked on ebay just to see other designs, intresting stuff

I didn't think of rollers for doors, we make Patio doors at work so i"ll have to take a closer look at the hardware, I'm thinking the screen rollers could work, I'll let ya know

I'm so glad to have took the time and read thru the material thats available, between reelmech's site and Tom K's book and you guys here. Its slowed my approach down tremendously, but not my desire, I realize I need basic tools to start off. I should follow up with caterering more tool options down the road to what favorite and style of rod I love to build.

: dummy me, when I saw your drill mounted to a base and then your belt sander just sitting there I invisioned you holding the thing over a piece of cork creating a handle well I get it now(I should've had a V8) Thanks for the pics again With the feed back I believe I'll start off easy on making my handles, my first rod I wanna do is a spinning and split grip so I'll save the money and see what I end up doing. Nice surf rods by the way

Love the handles ejtaylor822 when you put together the cork rings do you have much problem of the epoxy squeezing out very often? was wondering if I would come across that problem. Another thing is the big belt sander, is it quicker? are the pics of the handles done by the belt sander? Cause thats a killer job man, I would have been fatiged way to early before that quality of handle came out ;D Maybe you are to try ice sculpting with a chain saw if you can get that kinda detail with a beast of a sander

now thats right up my wallet, what kinda sucks is only frill I got is a cordless, I'll have to still look for a drill mandrel just rest on the block correct red?

Had a fella show me this that he uses from another site http://grizzly.com/products/Hobby-Lathe/H2669 Like I said I'll share info. Choices/choices :

I've been reading the heck out of stuff and have been planning alot, still waiting on my Tom K. rod book, hopefully this week it a be here, found it on amazon for 10 bucks new, I'm told its a highly recommended material to have.

Cool, I have been pricing so much I'm seeing prices in my dreams ;D I see the books on how to make a rod but what about the how to make the tools to make a rod : I most deffentliy will share anything I come across. Hey Eddie after pricing a couple things(which I limited on design) what about this http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=38515, u think it a work?

bowtech182 nice handle, hope my first one turns out just close to it Who's got a pic of thier lathe? I seen Reelmech's on his therad and was wondering how he supports the mandrel on the other end, is it a rod supporter? I'm gonna need some kind of layout or support for a drill like RM has. Now I have seen the Flexcoat high dollar set up and I surley hope I can get something better price : I would have to buy a drill anyway so what about a SEWING MACHINE MOTOR Lathe thats 7000rpm's. how could that work?

been reading up and I like the oppinions on Burl cork, Love the look of Burnt Burl Cork. who all makes thier own cork handles?