Get a Grip Porky!

[BIG"D"PACO]

Porky,
You need to get a grip on reality. The company is going to do what the company is going to do. What you need to be thinking about is getting your affairs in order so you will not have to rely on what you are currently making. It's not pretty but it is most logical. I started on a linecrew (union) w/ DP&L in 85 and worked my way to a senior patrolman. Took a project managers job w/ TXU Energy for 2 yrs before they severed the org. Thought my whole world would crumble w/out the company to lean on. It didn't. There are millions of people out there who don't work for the light company and I am one of them. Do I miss it? Yeah, sometimes, but I am in a better place now.

P.S. Don't think you can't get a good job being an ex lineman. I have got a good job (w/ the state in the same industry) with better pay and don't have a college degree. Good Luck!

[CenterPointEX]

I feel ya Porky... The transition for me was a hard one. I still boil with anger every time I see the CenterPoint Logo... After three years the anger only consumes for seconds now... At the beginning I stayed angry for days, weeks, and months... Hang in there... After ya finish cussing God... Get on yer knees and thank Him for sending his son to suffer the final trial for us... Then repent of yer anger, then be patient... He will deliever you... Faith, Hope, and Love... The greatest of these is Love... Faith and Hope will pass away cause that for which we hope will come to pass... But because God is Love... Love is eternal. Keep yer face steadfast into the affliction... secured in the hard charging confidence of him who dwells in you.

We have had six big crews worth of brand new trucks sitting in our yard for a couple of months now... rumor is they are going to Dallas sometime after the first of the year.

[porky]

just found out today all TXU distribution linemen will be represented by local union 69 out of Dallas of the 498 that voted 254 yes votes and 218 no votes. some did not vote??????