You guys busy?

[fastfredracing]

It finally died today. I keep up a pretty hectic pace most of the year. One of the few times I can count on a week or two of peace is the holidays. I have a few larger projects to hammer on over the next few weeks, but other than that it should be fairly quiet for a while.
I noticed that the door quit swinging , and the phone quit ringing today a little after noon.
I pulled a turbo 400 out of an old 4x4 dually today, that will get rebuilt and go back in next week some time, I have a 996 that will get a clutch/rear main/ int shaft bearing, and some little odds and ends, and I also have a 65 falcon that had a huge list of little things to finish up on, and I should be able to button it up by the first/second week of Jan. I also like to push the broom around the shop a little and red up some when I can.
I know some of you have year end deadlines to meet, and I feel sorry for anybody in retail this time of year, but for mechanics, this is usually easy street.

[Porsche-poor]

Most of our clients I think held their money till the end of the year. Now they have to spend it. I will only get next Tuesday off for a break.

[masraum]

Yeah, still busy. I suspect next week will be pretty quiet. Last year was more quiet by this date.

[MT930]

Negative ! I'm killing time on the Porsche boards.

[Brando]

Busy as all get-up. We're at 80% of our historic workload for the whole month of December.

[craigster59]

Usually off from Friday thru 1/7, but helping to wrap out Mob Doctor which shot in Chicago and the trucks are due to arrive 12/26. Gotta make hay while the sun shines I guess.

[wdfifteen]

Pretty much done for the year here.

[sammyg2]

Took the rest of this week off, but in January and February I'm scheduled to work 6 days/week and 12 hour shifts. For straight salary. Gotta love that.

[imcarthur]

No. In wholesale, I am done mid-December. I have my customers trained to skip me & go right to the order desk for the 'must haves.' I took my last flight of the year coming home on Saturday & the next will be going to the sand pit for CES Jan 5.

Oh & I am 18% over forecast for the year.

Ian

[MBAtarga]

So get all that work done now that you don't want to stop when you get interruptions from "customers" banging on your closed/locked door!

[nostatic]

Nice year, Ian.

I'm officially on vacation since yesterday. My accumulation had maxed out so I had to take them or lose them. USC shuts down between xmas and new years so by adding a few days on either end I'll have almost 3 weeks "off." In quotes because the reality is that if I don't keep up with email and projects it will be bad. I have a director's meeting tomorrow I have to go in for, then play a nursing home in the afternoon. Beyond that though, hopefully no day job nonsense through my transom until after the first of the year and I can just concentrate of recording projects.

[Dan J]

Busiest winter ever I don't think I'm taking Christmas off everybody wants to race

[imcarthur]

Originally Posted by nostatic

Nice year, Ian.

Thanks Todd, but . . . in sales that means the next year has to be 10-15% up on that . . . ad nauseum. My creaking body is getting really tired of traveling.

Ian

[nostatic]

I looked at the Moon stuff - pretty cool (which is what you guys added iirc). I will be doing some mixing on the Focals during break.

I hear ya on the year over year stuff. In my case I got a promotion and salary bump this year. But that just means I have to bring in even more money to cover the salaries of me and my team. No free lunch...

[red-beard]

Another year end emergancy shipment tomorrow. About 10 tons of structural aluminum...

[Jim Bremner]

nope. dead. looking for work

[KNS]

I'll be working Christmas eve (day) and Christmas day...

[TheMentat]

Pretty much dead now, and I expect it to be until the New Year for me.

[imcarthur]

Todd

Just sent you a Dropbox link via email.

Ian

[scottmandue]

Just got back from pot luck Christmas lunch, boss announced November attendance was up from 30K last year to 200K this year.

And yet here I am...