nsvoyageurs
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The whole draft itself that year was pretty underwhelming... LOL
Around the NHL - Part XLII - (2023-24 Season edition)
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He played a lot this year, might be a bit banged up.
Still odd for him not to report. He could have showed up and just not participated.
Islanders signed Julian Gauthier and you just know the dude who couldn’t finish is going to score a highlight reel goal driving the net against us 2-3 times next year.
LOFIN
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Nylander has apparently told the Leafs that he'll take a discount, if Matthews and Marer will do the same. He doesn't want to be the one taking less and then see that money given out to Auston and Mitch. Pretty understandable.
Briere did not say why, and didn't know himself why...very, very strange
… anyone ever filed for bankruptcy?
The division of my company that I work for (MA based company, offices throughout the NE) took a gamble on a NYC office but has decided to fold the NY operation and I haven’t been here long enough to get any real severance. If anyone recalls my sob story from 2 years ago, I had only just started to dig myself out of debt and get things moving in a positive direction and frankly, this is about as devastating a blow as could have come. We just moved into a house (rent) in NJ to be closer to my work, we’ve got medical bills from Henrik’s birth, car payments, etc.
I’m currently considering surrendering both vehicles waiting for the invoice on the owed amount and then declaring bankruptcy to discharge the debt because I don’t know how I’m going to pay next months rent, let alone anything else, right now.
Y’all business owners? I’m multi-talented, I’m sure I can be useful. Man, I really f***ed up not doing my full 20 in the Air Force. It’s been struggle after struggle since… I get why veteran suicide rates are so high. No, not me. Not saying that. I’ve got Henrik and the Mrs and another season of futility to look forward to, my health, good family, etc. but with my post-military experience so far, it’s easy to see how those with less end up in a really bad place.
Apologies for the massively off-topic poor me post. HFNYR is the closest thing to a friend circle I have since leaving the military and I’m honestly just floored by the news I’ve just received that we’re going to close the NY office. If anyone needs someone disappeared, a cool 10k really changes my life right now, ya know?
Time for some rot gut, budget whiskey and a very somber night with the missus once I get off the train. Holy hell.
The division of my company that I work for (MA based company, offices throughout the NE) took a gamble on a NYC office but has decided to fold the NY operation and I haven’t been here long enough to get any real severance. If anyone recalls my sob story from 2 years ago, I had only just started to dig myself out of debt and get things moving in a positive direction and frankly, this is about as devastating a blow as could have come. We just moved into a house (rent) in NJ to be closer to my work, we’ve got medical bills from Henrik’s birth, car payments, etc.
I’m currently considering surrendering both vehicles waiting for the invoice on the owed amount and then declaring bankruptcy to discharge the debt because I don’t know how I’m going to pay next months rent, let alone anything else, right now.
Y’all business owners? I’m multi-talented, I’m sure I can be useful. Man, I really f***ed up not doing my full 20 in the Air Force. It’s been struggle after struggle since… I get why veteran suicide rates are so high. No, not me. Not saying that. I’ve got Henrik and the Mrs and another season of futility to look forward to, my health, good family, etc. but with my post-military experience so far, it’s easy to see how those with less end up in a really bad place.
Apologies for the massively off-topic poor me post. HFNYR is the closest thing to a friend circle I have since leaving the military and I’m honestly just floored by the news I’ve just received that we’re going to close the NY office. If anyone needs someone disappeared, a cool 10k really changes my life right now, ya know?
Time for some rot gut, budget whiskey and a very somber night with the missus once I get off the train. Holy hell.
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I remember talking to you a bit about the move to New York. Leave.
Or you can stay in New York, change your name and say you're a refugee and demand a hotel room and every benefit
jk. I wouldn't be worried. You will land on your feet. I know it's anxiety and stress because of your son and wife and the unknown. You will figure it out.The South East and Texas is booming. Just saying
haohmaru
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How specialized is what you do? Will you have a difficult time finding another job?
There's a lot of negativity that goes into bankruptcy - including the ability to rent future homes/apartments, secure credit, loans for cars, etc...
I'd really REALLY try to avoid that.
Maybe get out of NY and find an affordable place to live/survive
I remember talking to you a bit about the move to New York. Leave.
You can always change your name and say you're a refugee and demand a hotel room and every benefit
The South East and Texas is booming. Just saying
We want to move (back) to Texas. Very much. But moving is expensive and I need a job there first. But the advice is 100% in line with the hopes.
haohmaru
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NE Florida is booming too (Jacksonville Area) but what do you do?
Military buddies you keep in contact with? Can they keep an ear out? Gotta get out there and even if a job pays half of what you're worth it's more than zero until you find something. Update that resume and get going on all the job sites, family/friend referrals, etc...
Shesterkybomb
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I’m in staffing right now, not very specialized and plenty of jobs but it’s going to be hard to find one that will replace the salary I was at after 2 years here. My bill rate/commission would take a solid 6-12 months to reach at a new firm and no one’s going to start me at the base I got myself up to after a couple of promotions. As for the military, lots of buddies with an ear to the ground but we’re all police or defense contractors because we were combat guys not IT or anything marketable in the outside world.
haohmaru
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Well, if you're going to Texas or Florida that salary will take a hit but so will your cost of living. Have to investigate where you want to go and what the going rate is for that area and do some math about income vs. living expenses etc...
Ie... 60K goes further here than 100K did there.
How far are you into those car loans?
Also, what about a security job, school police job, etc... ?
I’ve heavily considered going back into an armed profession. Wife doesn’t want it, but there are some that aren’t too bad on the risk factor. I’m okay with it and I’m definitely doing a lot of mental calculations about cost of living and how far variable salaries go elsewhere… I just hadn’t really dug myself out of the hole enough to have savings to account for this type of move or change yet. Was on a very good track, brought my credit score up a solid 120 points, was getting a lot of my debt taken care of, but don’t really have the nest-egg to do a move plus first month plus deposit, etc. and whatever interim time without income while managing expenses. I did spend the afternoon seeing what I could defer or negotiate to try and get ahead of it. And I’ll probably be okay long term but it just feels like right when I got close to a clean slate and starting to get right way up, the carpets been yanked out again. We’re not gonna go homeless or hungry, but I feel like I spent 2 years taking 5 steps forward only to now take 5 back.
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I remember you metnioning you had some family in the area. You wouldn't want to lean on them for the time being to help get through it?
The process wont be 'easy'... but why would that stop you? It will work out for the best.
will1066
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Dude, I'm sorry. Wow, this sucks. The company can't "move" you to another office and let you work remote from NY?
Four person team, only the regional manager is getting a transfer, the rest of us will be paid our base through the end of the month, minus commissions, etc. Benefits stay on 90 days or until insured through another employer. If I was single I’d take a contract overseas and make $150k in a year and erase all of my problems, but that isn’t gonna fly with the wife.
haohmaru
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Yeah, honestly, sometimes life is just like that. You feel like you're making progress and then you get one on the head.
Everything was going great for me until April where, all of a sudden, I get appendicitis and have to have emergency surgery. Total cost $38,000+. Amount I owed AFTER insurance? $7000. Really wasn't prepared for that but now it's one step forward and two steps back.
Don't feel alone out there. You aren't.
And, FWIW, appendicitis is pretty rare for a 56 year old guy like me. But, there it is.
will1066
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Maybe you can combine your military experience and staffing. Military Hire, ClearanceJobs, US TechVets and Corporate Gray are in that Venn circle. I don't mean looking for a job on their sites. Actually a job working with one of those, staffing related.
NYR Viper
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I'll echo that NE Florida is booming and the amount of veterans in this area who are around because of the navy bases is pretty immense. Might be more opportunities and a lower cost of living for you
Sorry to hear about that. Things can seem rough and when you feel like you hit bottom can only look up from there. Sorry I am not good with this. lol.
Have you thought about moving out of the NY/NJ. I've seen a lot of people move down to like Florida, including my cousin who found opportunity down there and was in a similar situation as you. Loves it down there, and he is doing very well now.
NY area is getting hard, the congestion, cost of living, and etc. It's something I've thought about in the next few years, and plus a lot of my family is already down there on the west coach, Tampa or Sarasota area.
I can leave you with this...
And a promise to buy you a round or two when we have our next meet up!
I was just in St. Augustine for my best mates wedding in January. Rowdiest small wedding you could imagine, maybe 75 guests but 50 vets (including parents of other vets - they still know how to party). Somehow we had a tattoo artist on site doing free tattoos all night with no regard for the massive levels of inebriation - needless to say, some poor decisions were made by folks. The area is great and not a place we would be opposed to ending up in, though I think our hearts are in TX, which is also very affordable and veteran dense. Ironically, the friend who was getting married just bought 7 acres an hour or so east of Dallas and is moving at the end of August. If I can navigate a decent enough job down there, and avoid my credit score taking a hit in the interim, I can use my VA loan to get a ton more house than I’d ever afford around here (and frankly, we don’t plan on having more kids so a small house with some land is more than enough) have a mortgage that’s as good (or better) than even a cheap rental up here and actually start building equity in something instead of continuing to light my money on fire. The things that I would do for $5000 right now are obscene and, of course, spending my free time bickering over whether a marginal depth forward in the NHL is overpaid at 900k vs 775k does not help keep my frame of mind very healthy.
Matt Rentfree
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Now that we have traded coaches with Philly, HBO REALLY needs to do another Rangers-Flyers Road to the Winter Classic.
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