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Got a new job! Very cool place!!
I just turned in my notice at a company where I have worked for almost 19 years (McDonnell Douglas/Boeing). Kinda scary. Luckily, I have been hired for what - for me, anyway - is just about the coolest job ever. It's at a facility that has been called "the world's largest science project". I'll be working at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in East Tennessee at a place called the Spallation Neutron Source.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Ridge_National_Laboratory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spallation_Neutron_Source Any Pelicans in the Knoxville area? I already plan to make regular trips to Air Cooled Classics and pester Don there. Hmmm...I'll be pretty close to the Tail of the Dragon also.... ![]()
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Not to fear, there IS life after Boeing...........just left there last fall after a 20 year stint.......
Good luck on your new job! I just applied for being a scuba dive instructor on a Caribbean island......heh heh, so much for living life in a cubical clicking a mouse all day.
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Very cool!
My brother works at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore and loves it, hope you have a great time at the Spallation Neutron Source.
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Get a real job, hippie.
but seriously, it sounds damn cool.
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I went to high school in Oak Ridge. Its changed, but still not that big a town. Haven't lived there in over 30 years. Look at property along the Clinch River.
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Very cool, I suspect you may want to start wearing a lead codpiece. Just in case...
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just check the paint on the walls in the labs for cracking. And when you repaint, used lead-based paint.
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Very cool, Mike! Congratulations!
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Congrats Mike!!
I always figured you for a sharp kid. Best of luck, buddy! ![]()
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Sounds like your prayers have been answered.
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My father just moved to Loudin, TN, south of Knoxville. Very pretty area...I stopped in for a visit after I ran the Dragon last November!
He consults quite a bit at Oak Ridge. He was the head of the Savannah River Nuke Facility in South Carolina for many years and with the renewed interest in nuke power his skills are in demand. Congrats on the new job!
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