Ok so the bike has been stashed for going on 5 months now as the cold weather and snowy roads are a bit of a hinderance to riding safely. (No I'm not putting spikes in my tires to run the bike all year long) -15C is still F*ing cold. So here are my requirements
1. It has to be warm where you are at least 10 months of the year, and warm is +10C or about 58-60F (I think)
2. English has to be the language of the work environment. I'm too lazy to learn another language when I butcher this one so well
3. Management positions are preferred .... but I'll consider DBA, Technical Analyst work as well.
Finally, it has to pay enough to keep the monster fueled, myself feed, and housed.
Cheers
I hate working nights, I'm too old for this shite.
bakersfield
yep, I like the place now.
Quote from: Mother on March 05, 2009, 04:38:55 PM
yep, I like the place now.
it was the mint on the pillow ...huh [laugh]
there were mints on the pillows? I thought jess stuck something to my face while I slept...
Geography lesson, Bakersfield .... which state? .... hold on are you riding today? then I don't care who's hiring because it is dark and cold here and I'm tired of watching my poor bike shiver in the cold and even worse women dressed in parkas really really bites.
Sign me up!
Quote from: Ontario_Monster on March 05, 2009, 05:59:11 PM
Geography lesson, Bakersfield .... which state? .... hold on are you riding today? then I don't care who's hiring because it is dark and cold here and I'm tired of watching my poor bike shiver in the cold and even worse women dressed in parkas really really bites.
Sign me up!
Bakersfield is pretty much in Central California. Mother and I liked it there when we went through.
If you don't care about humidity, the South has almost year round riding. The big cities in the South are places like Richmond, Charlotte, Atlanta, DC.
Good luck finding a job in this environment.
Quote from: Mother on March 05, 2009, 04:46:08 PM
there were mints on the pillows? I thought jess stuck something to my face while I slept...
I was trying to choke you with it.
Quote from: Ontario_Monster on March 05, 2009, 05:59:11 PM
Geography lesson, Bakersfield .... which state? .... hold on are you riding today? then I don't care who's hiring because it is dark and cold here and I'm tired of watching my poor bike shiver in the cold and even worse women dressed in parkas really really bites.
Sign me up!
another reason to move here [moto]
a quiet ride up the loop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I851iC2_TIE#hq)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ98pMdIANY.# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ98pMdIANY.#)
das loop edit3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2BEon5i-bw#hq)
and this is the less twisty section of the loop [evil]
Quote from: Mother on March 05, 2009, 04:38:55 PM
yep, I like the place now.
I'm kinda fond of Bako myself.
Quote from: ducpainter on March 05, 2009, 07:25:59 PM
I'm kinda fond of Bako myself.
and you even hit it during the hot season
Quote from: bobspapa on March 05, 2009, 07:40:53 PM
and you even hit it during the hot season
It was hot? [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Quote from: ducpainter on March 05, 2009, 07:49:43 PM
It was hot? [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
well.... we did turn the a/c on for ya [laugh]
move to California or more specifically Silicon Valley. it's gonna be nice weather for riding this weekend. Bako is just o.k. was born there and only go back to see relatives. too flat for me. i get to ride in hills.
Anything north of Los Angeles should be affordable.
California has awesome roads all over the state.
I moved to San Jose (south Silicon Valley) from Chicago last June and the riding has been great. There's still work to be found out here and the cost of living isn't higher than Chicago, excluding rent.
NorCal locals seem to think the traffic is bad but they have no idea what traffic is.
Quote from: trouble on March 05, 2009, 10:20:45 PM
Anything north of Los Angeles should be affordable.
...until to you get to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Austin.
Thread over.
You're welcome.
Quote from: r_ciao on March 05, 2009, 10:13:41 PM
move to California or more specifically Silicon Valley. it's gonna be nice weather for riding this weekend. Bako is just o.k. was born there and only go back to see relatives. too flat for me. i get to ride in hills.
the videos I posted are 5 min from my house.... we gots hills too yo!
Only 2 drawbacks I see to living in Cali...
If the "Big One" doesn't dump you into the ocean, the state government will once it has sucked you dry. ;)
Quote from: ZLTFUL on March 06, 2009, 09:02:46 AM
Only 2 drawbacks I see to living in Cali...
the state government will once it has sucked you dry. ;)
I'm sooooooo ready to more based only on that. I love everything else about cali
Quote from: ZLTFUL on March 06, 2009, 09:02:46 AM
Only 2 drawbacks I see to living in Cali...
If the "Big One" doesn't dump you into the ocean, the state government will once it has sucked you dry. ;)
when it happens, it happens. at least we don't have a season named after natural disasters, i.e. hurricane season, tornado season, etc.
BTW, a big earthquake means BP would then have beach front property, just saying.
Quote from: bobspapa on March 06, 2009, 08:35:41 AM
the videos I posted are 5 min from my house.... we gots hills too yo!
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stand sit corrected. that's not the Bako i know. looks more like the hills closer to the grapevine.
Austin is cool, and it has hills and twisties, so plus one on that. And of course, it is one of the mini-hubs for technology with AMD, Dell and others being there. Texas as a whole has been said to be more resistant to the Great Depression II - local unemployment numbers are currently lower than the national numbers, but we will have to see how some of the industries (energy, here in Houston) fare over the next year.
The downside is you have to put up with people insisting on how cool it is to be in Austin all the time. But, ya know, better to be on the inside of the tent pissing out. Good luck on the search. And you're welcome again ;)
Quote from: r_ciao on March 06, 2009, 09:48:52 AM
i stand sit corrected. that's not the Bako i know. looks more like the hills closer to the grapevine.
nope... head east 8)
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1c=Bakersfield&1s=CA&2c=Glennville+&2s=CA (http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1c=Bakersfield&1s=CA&2c=Glennville+&2s=CA)