Zack,

Don't leave the list.  We go through this little exercise on this list about 
once a year, usually during the summer.  Must be the hot, humid weather.  It 
sorts out the wheat from the chaff.

73

Howard #3





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zach Shifflett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 12:54 AM
Subject: Re: 990, jobs and such.


> Thanks, Butch, for causing me to reconsider unsubscribing from this
> list.  I wouldn't even comment normally, except I've been following
> this unfortunate conversation all day, as my email gets pushed to my
> iphone.
> I've gone through periods where I have had a job, and periods where I 
> haven't.
> I was once forced to sit for two hours at a mass hire event for a
> local grocery store, only to be told I was not up to the task of being
> a store clerk.
> I showed up 15 minutes early, and was not even spoken to by a store
> employee until literally everyone else had gone.
> I have been stolen from by an employer at a telemarketing call center,
> who lied on the paper work and claimed that the commission I made was
> his.  I got ripped out of 200 dollars in one single two week pay
> period, and that was just one.  When I showed the company owner the
> paper work which clearly showed my log entries and commission
> receipts, he told me that he had to trust the man who could see.
> These aren't pity stories or dramatics, simply facts.
> I've also had work environments where I've been treated fairly well.
> Not all employers are bad, and not all blind folks like us are
> victims.  I think it's great that anyone in this economy has a job,
> not just blind people, but all people.  Being able to hold a job, keep
> it together, and cope artfully with the stress and craziness of the
> modern world is a task for all people, regardless of disability
> status.  All you guys on the list who have jobs, that's awesome.  I
> commend the folks who have had the advantage, motivation, and good
> circumstances to go to college and have been able to get work and
> navigate efficiently through life.  And to the guys who don't have a
> job at the moment, keep your head up.  Life can turn on a dime.  You
> might just go to bed with a job tomorrow or the next day if you take a
> few risks, put yourself out there, and look in the right place.In
> closing, whether you're on the left or right, Obama or Ragan,
> republican, democrat, atheist, Christian, bhuddist, etc., we're all
> human beings, and we're all in this together.  Furthermore, we're all
> united by our love of radio, and the many common experiences we've all
> shared over blindness. This is, after all, the blind hams list.  I've
> met some really great people on this list, and gotten some great
> advice, and enjoyed some wonderful ragchews with several guys I've
> gotten to know as a result of this list.  If not for this group, I'd
> probably have stomped my nearly incomprehencible baofeng uv5r into
> peaces, and said screw it by now.
> Sorry for the extended rant, but I just wanted to put my two cents in
> here, god forbid I keep the flame war going, as that's certainly not
> what I'm trying for.
> This list has been a very welcoming and much appreciated resource for
> me as I've started my own ham radio journey over these last few
> months, and I can't state enough how much help you guys and gals have
> all been with all my newbie questions.
> Here's hoping cooler heads can prevail.
> Now, what were we talking about again?  Radios or something?
>
> 73,
> Zach, KK4RUZ
>
> On 7/18/13, Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Many of you on this list know my story of my brief employment with bureau
>> of services to the blind in Nevada and the discrimination i went through
>> there.  It was literally the year from hell in my life.  Discrimination
>> against the blind is out there and makes it extremely difficult for us to
>> find employment.  What always has annoyed me are those who are fortunate
>> and lucky enough to have found a good paying job acting like if we'd just
>> get off of our asses and put forth some effort we could be where they 
>> are.
>> Sure it takes work, but also a fair dab of good fortune and good luck.
>> I've been there.  You're not necessarily better than the rest of us, just
>> luckier.
>>
>> As for me affording all this stuff like my 990 and Alpha 9500.  Believe 
>> me
>> if my wife Libbie were still here, that money would be still in savings
>> for a trip or cruise.  I lost her In December of 2010 and there is still 
>> a
>> big hole in my life and I guess there always will be.  Do I enjoy this
>> high priced gear?  Sure I do, but I'd give a thousand 990s to have her
>> back.  Those of you who have good jobs, be thankful and try not to look
>> down on those folks who for various reasons don't.  If you have a wife or
>> husband, be thankful and enjoy every moment.  That is my two cents worth.
>>
>>
>> 73
>> Butch
>> WA0VJR
>> Node 3148
>> Wallace, ks.
>>