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07-11-2013, 06:02 PM #1
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New Job at a race shop working on a top alcohol funny car!
Today was my first day at Speed City Performance, a speed shop in Willoughby Ohio. They specialize in blown alcohol applications and have a top alcohol funny car that they race around the country. I am very excited about this opportunity, and the fact that it has a very good chance of turning into full time employment once I've completed school.
Another reason that I am very excited about this opportunity is besides the top alcohol stuff, they have a machine shop and all kinds of fab equipment. So there will be tons more that I can learn, it'll almost be like they are paying me to go to school!
Over all I am fairly exstatic about this. This is what I am going to school for, and I'm making it happen.
Alright, I'll cut it short, I feel diahrea of the mouth coming on lol"Only in the Corps can you put three guys in a room with an anvil and a rubber mallet, come back 15 min later, and the anvil is broken, the rubber mallet is missing, and nobody saw a damned thing!"
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07-11-2013, 06:06 PM #2
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That's awesome! Good luck to you!
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07-11-2013, 06:37 PM #3
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Congrats bud thats awesome
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07-11-2013, 06:38 PM #4
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That's amazing man. What a great opportunity! Very happy for you. :thumbup:
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07-11-2013, 06:47 PM #5
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I Sir, am jealous. Enjoy every second of being in a race shop. Working general maintenance sucks.
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07-11-2013, 07:02 PM #6
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I do have to give credit where credit it due though. I would never have had the opporunity if I hadn't gone to school, and if my instructor hadn't pointed me their way in search of a clutch for my car (they carry mantic clutches, and if you haven't checked them out yet, you should. Head and shoulders above anything else I have seen as far as build quality. And they come in a nifty brief case with foam inserts to ensure that nothing gets damaged.)
Originally Posted by Fastbird
"Only in the Corps can you put three guys in a room with an anvil and a rubber mallet, come back 15 min later, and the anvil is broken, the rubber mallet is missing, and nobody saw a damned thing!"
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07-11-2013, 07:09 PM #7
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This wasn't the guy that you changed the oil for last minute in class was it?
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07-11-2013, 07:11 PM #8
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No, that guy works for DSR based out of Brownsville Indiana. I'm working for John Bojec Originally Posted by firebird_1995
"Only in the Corps can you put three guys in a room with an anvil and a rubber mallet, come back 15 min later, and the anvil is broken, the rubber mallet is missing, and nobody saw a damned thing!"
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07-11-2013, 08:03 PM #9
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Awesome man. Do what you love and never work a day in your life.
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07-11-2013, 09:52 PM #10
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Originally Posted by Sahara54
Dude, it was awesome, it didn't even feel like work. First day and I was already helping disassemble the race car lol. I'm actually so visibly excited right now I am uncomfortable with the amount of emotion I am showing. I am normally a fairly reserved person when it comes to positive emotion like being happy or excited."Only in the Corps can you put three guys in a room with an anvil and a rubber mallet, come back 15 min later, and the anvil is broken, the rubber mallet is missing, and nobody saw a damned thing!"
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