Skippy goes back to work !!!!!!!!

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Skippy goes back to work !!!!!!!!

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Yes its true !!! After a year almost to the day , i'm finally going back to work !!! (couldn't have come at a better time) I'm going back to dispatching but for a different company than i last worked for . unfortunatly there are only four taxi companies in the city of albany so waiting for a chair to open up has been a looonnnngggg wait . i could go back to driving now that i'm losing a considerable amount of weight , but i told myself 3 years ago when i got away from driving that i'd never drive a cab again !!! the stress & lifestyle you have driving is way too much on me to do it anymore . its still a long shift 6pm to 6 am but hey a paycheck is a paycheck . (i'm sooooooo tired of being broke ) will start off with 3 nights thursday friday & saturday , the busiest nights of the week of course but after a couple weeks they might throw wensday night at me too. which i'll gladly take . :D :D :D :D



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Awesomeness! Glad to hear things looking up for you.
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Congratulations Skippy, good news :cheers:
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That is AWESOME Dan! I know you have been sick and tired of not working so it has got to be the best feeling you've had in a LONG time!
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Congrats Dan..........see good things do finally happen............you just have to wait for them, sometimes longer than you want, but they do appear.
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Congrats!! :bounce:
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I feel for you, Skippy. I don't think I could climb behind the wheel again, either.

Congrats on the new job AND the weight loss.
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Good news about the weight and the Job Dan, continued success :cheers:
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Good news big guy............And you're right...........any money is better than no money. \:D/
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Congrats Skippy, thats great news! =D> =D> :bounce: :bounce:
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This calls for a celebration. I'll bring the Vaseline :bounce: :bounce:

By the way, how much weight have you lost yet? I think I may have found it.... :whistle:
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This calls for a celebration. I'll bring the Vaseline
[-X One sick boy he is. :yawinkle:


Congrats Skippy,,good news bud.
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By the way, how much weight have you lost yet? I think I may have found it.... :whistle:[/quote]

LOL ....oh just wait until your 50's :muhaha: Peter

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Dan,
Good things do happen to good people.This just proves that fact bud.Enjoy your new position and congrads.

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sorry for the late post here Skipp, but i wish you the best of luck with the new job....Johnny
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