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[RoBoTeq]

As of November 5, 2004 I will no longer be a manufacturer's rep. I put in my intent to resign about 2 months ago when I agreed to take a one year position in Iraq.

I am not officially hired on to go to Iraq until I have gone through a week or two of indoctrination with the company I will be working for. At this point, this should just be a formality.

My bags are packed and my medical files have been filed. Hopefully I will have some limited ability to post once in a while.

My official departure will be within two weeks of getting a call to report to Houston. Until then, I will be an unemployed bum :D

[Diceman]

I knew Gooman was bad..........but......wow, Iraq????
Keep your head about you.

[coolprod]

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Hat's off to ya Rob...Good luck and keep in touch!!

Hope you don't get into to much trouble in your 2 week blast!! http://smilies.jeeptalk.org/contrib/sarge/Grin_anim.gif

[bigbird]

Good luck robo,what ever you do don`t fall in love..

[Don Sleeth]

Be careful over there Robin, you are one of a kind! ;) :D

:eek: someone should warn the Iraqis! :eek:

Seriously, I think you are a brave soul to embark on such an adventure, my hat is off to you. I hope it turns out to be a great experience for you.

don

[Diceman]

Seriously, Goodman is losing someone they will not be able to replace in my opinion. We go back a long way here Robin, and you were one of the first net friends I actully met and even worked with. We had a blast at the convention. We don't agree on all issues but our mutual respect is non negotiable. I actually first heard about this at the convention in August, and wasn't sure what the deal was.
If I can be of any assist to you and yours while you are gone, let me know.
But it ain't fair.
Who am I gonna pick on after you leave???????
It just won't be the same....:D

[Stamas]

Be careful, Be safe and please don't wear orange.

[spotts]

convention arent ya?????

[aircooled53]

#1 Be Safe
#2 Bug Spray
#3 glove tie on your cot with 45.cal pistol
#4 No camel ***********
#5 Stay in touch with family here HVAC-Talk.com


Watch your a$$.............Don't get blown up!!!
I'll pray for your safe return..

<<<<<<<<<<<<Aircooled>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[coolwhip]

Have a safe trip and if you get caught which you wont...make sure you take out at least two of them. Tell the guys in charge over there to put tracking devices on. If they get caught, we will know where they are within 6 feet. Best wishes.

[mattm]

Come on Robo. Say something bad about Goodman now that you're a free man.

Be careful if you end up over there.

[ozone drone]

The lengths some people will go to keep from paying taxes!
Stay safe and we'll all keep you in our prayers...You'll owe me a crabcake at the next Baltimore convention....Okay I'll buy.

[infwsdm]

I think tequila is on the banned substance list, are you really sure you want to go?

I can arrange to have some smuggled in for ya. I know all the tricks.

[Diceman]

When my son was in Kuwait, no alcohol period. And women?????
Well ya can but who would want to?
When they take off the beekeepers suit ya see why the men make them wear it..........

[coolprod]

Originally posted by Diceman
When my son was in Kuwait, no alcohol period. And women?????
Well ya can but who would want to?
When they take off the beekeepers suit ya see why the men make them wear it..........

ROFLMAO...beekeepers suit... http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/contrib/ruinkai/yelcutelaughA.gif

[slimwoodie]

Originally posted by bigbird
what ever you do don`t fall in love..

with a camel .. no goats there !

[frozensolid]

Be careful robo,

Sell them all goodmans, they got it coming.

[troyorr]

RoBoTeq, which company are you going with? I myself am looking to make a little extra and play in the sand.

[R12rules]

Hell, I'd go work with Dave in Penn State before I'd go to Iraq!
And I HATE THE COLD of the North!!!


You know what your doing.... you've had time to pray and think about all of this.


Oh well........

[bigbird]

I can picture robo riding on the shoulders of an iraqe women
waving a goodman sign.

[infwsdm]

Hell, with the kind of week I had, I was thinking of closing up shop and going with you!

[Senior Tech]

The initiation to be a Trane rep sure is tough...be careful and come back in a year and tell us all some good stories.
Some of us often think why...but years from now we'll all be wishing we would have followed our gut on something...

[Edmund Forsthe]

oh they got plenty of goats and sheep. they may be skinny but they are there.

[frozensolid]

I just realized, robo is only doing this so he won't have to host the next convention. First lake shoots himself so he won't have to go, then robo goes to Iraq.

Dice, you sure do have a strange effect on people.

[Milk man]

See Ya wouldn't want to be ya.

Best of luck. Is this the job that feed you MRE's. What a weight loss program.

[jpb2]

Best of luck!!! Hope whe you get back i have a chance to meet you. u will be in my prayers. take care jpb

[midhvac]

Originally posted by infwsdm
Hell, with the kind of week I had, I was thinking of closing up shop and going with you!

Yeah, just think of how much easier your week would have been if those people didn't speak English.

[hillbuck]

Good luck and come back safe.

[absrbrtek]

Best of luck Robyn. Be careful. Now how are you going to host the second annual HVAC Talk convention you volounteered for? :)

[btexpress]

May God bless you and keep you safe. I take it that this is out of a sense of duty than anything monetary... we look forward to some of the stories. Good Luck. Bob

[Milk man]

Originally posted by absrbrtek
Best of luck Robyn. Be careful. Now how are you going to host the second annual HVAC Talk convention you volounteered for? :)

Party in Iraq

[toddzillag]

good luck! look forward to reading your posts all the time, going to be missing them. be safe and may the wind be at your back.

[Diceman]

Originally posted by absrbrtek
Best of luck Robyn. Be careful. Now how are you going to host the second annual HVAC Talk convention you volounteered for? :)
We are bumping up the rotation, Beenie, guess what???????

[bb]

I had heard about this a few weeks ago but only now ran across this thread.

May God be with you in your travels and all of your aspirations come true.

Watch your back. Maybe you could request some sort of Lojack implant or locator thingy just in case. A Lojack for Robotek.

Stay in touch. They do have the internet !

[Collin]

Would you like me to forward Maidenusa's posts to Iraq?
Just in case the blood pressure isn't high enough already.:D

[Diceman]

Originally posted by Collin
Would you like me to forward Maidenusa's posts to Iraq?
Just in case the blood pressure isn't high enough already.:D
Leave it to Mr. Barbecue, he comes up with the best ideas after about a dozen beers.

[selfemployed]

Take care and God speed. Liz and I will keep you in our prayers. Have Lisa keep us updated if you can't. Now we are fly to Vermont, my wife will love this!!!

[RoBoTeq]

Wow! I should have known there'd be a lot of responces to say "see ya later" to me :D

Seriously, I am flattered. Let's see if I can respond as well;

I will be happy just to keep my head on :D

My two week blast will be spent with Lisa, my family and friends, all of whom are being adversely affected by my decision to do this.

I'm already in love, and she says she will be picking me up at the airport when I return.

Shhhhh, don't tell the Iraqi's; we want this to be a surprize :D No bravery though. I am absolutely not without fear. The brave ones are the ones I hope to be doing a service for.

Right back at ya Ed. At the convention I had just turned down the first offer. The second offer came a few days later. I suggest you pick on CDave and IGI more. One cause he's well seasoned and needs to be brought down a notch, the other cause he needs to be seasoned a little more.

No orange, that's for sure. I am going pure khaki drab to just blend in.

The 2006 convention is in Baltimore. I will certainly miss the 2005 convention.

#1 Prime objective.
#2 They provide and I will have my own.
#3 I will be surrounded by youth with big guns who hopefully will want to protect the guy responsible for keeping them comfy.
#4 Yea....right!
#5 If I cannot directly, Lisa will be posting in my place
If I can watch my a$$.......I've already been blown up!!!
The prayers are highly appreciated.

I'd like to think that I would not go out with a whimper but rather gnashing and destroying as much as I could of anyone doing me harm. One never knows. I don't plan on leaving the base.

Goodman's old condensing furnace drain/trap system always reminded me of a Rube Goldberg invention. Other than that, not much I can say :D Sorry, but I will need a job in about 14 months.

Only the first $80K is exempt from federal taxes. There MUST be crab cakes at the 2006 convention. Again, the prayers are very appreciated.

Tequila is on the banned list, as is all alcoholic drink. I will be looking forward to a nice glass of Paradiso when I return.

I prefer to just keep thinking of the women as on the banned list also. Besides, Lisa told me not to even think about it :D

(Beekeepers suits?) Speaking of one of a kind.....

Camels, goats, bigassed spiders; there's plenty of love to be had!

Will not be selling in Iraq any more than I sold here. I don't think Goodman has had any influence on what I will be working with. I will strictly be doing troop support equipment, no restructuring.

Going with KBR/Halliburton. There are better deals to be made with other companies, but the risks are elevated with the pay.

I have no clue what I am doing. Praying is the only thing I know for certain.

I don't fiure on much interaction with the Iraqi people, especially women, but I might take my Goodman shirts with me. What else are they good for now?

A bad week is not a good reason. At least I don't think it is.

There must be influence from Trane on some of the equipment I will be working with. Lot's of RotoLocks on the components. I'm still thinking "why?" Something is definetely steering me in this direction.

I fatten them up with candy bars before getting too friendly.

It's true; Dice did scare me off with the convention hosting. I have a year to figure out where I can go next to worm out of the 2006 convention.

Some bases are basic and MREs are the staple foods. If I am assigned to a newly formed base to get things set up and running, I just may be doing a diet of MREs. They are very high in calories by the way.

I'm looking forward to meeting a lot more from this forum. Thanks again for the prayers; I am a firm believer in prayer

Hopefully my staff will be speaking English. I am told that most will be American, with some Europeans and a few Iraqi's.

I'm hoping not to need luck and I plan on coming back. Oh, if Kerry becomes president, I will probably need the luck a lot more.

Actually, Lisa volunteered me to host the 2005 convention. Call her and tell her she still has to do it.

I don't believe I would be doing this without God's blessing. The money was a major initial draw, but yes, a sense of duty to our young men and women who are risking their very lives for my safety is very prevailent. The stories may be boring from the limited perspective I am hoping to have. Don't worry, I'll spice em up :D

Somehow "party" and "Iraq" don't seem to go together.

I'll bet there are some who aren't going to be missing my posts :D

Damn! I wanted to go to Bennington.

Hopefully God will provide my asperations. To date I don't know enough to have any. Funny you should mention LoJack...my son installs them. The Internet is limited so I will most likely be doing my posting via Lisa.

I think maidenusa's posts should be forwarded to Iraq. I think I could do standup based on the ones about Goodman :D Blood pressure just checked again today. It is "great" as has always been.

By the way, if asked by any Iraqi's I intend to tell them I am Canadian.

Vermont should do you southerners good. Lisa will be posting what I am up to.

Well, I think that covers what I have read. Thank you all for the well wishes and prayers. It would be nice if this thing turns out for the best for the world in the near future. In the meantime, right, wrong or indifferent, we have to keep going in a forward motion.

[otto]

God Bless and God speed Robin. We'll be praying for your safe return.

OTTO

[mattm]

Originally posted by RoBoTeq
Goodman's old condensing furnace drain/trap system always reminded me of a Rube Goldberg invention. Other than that, not much I can say :D Sorry, but I will need a job in about 14 months.

Never helps to burn bridges.

Like said take care and when you get back we all need to get together online and have a drink.

[Stamas]

Tell your parents to call me if they need anything at the beach while your away.

[RoBoTeq]

Originally posted by Stamas
Tell your parents to call me if they need anything at the beach while your away.

Thanks, I will do just that. I have gone over their one year old heat pump system well but we all know how things happen. It will make them more comfortable knowing there is someone to call.

[Diceman]

Now ya can yank that stupid disclaimer off your sig, actually yank both the stupid things off........:D

[bootlen]

Originally posted by Diceman
Now ya can yank that stupid disclaimer off your sig, actually yank both the stupid things off........:D

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We will miss ya, Robo. But we expect to hear from you and see back on here with regularity (no pun intended) in 14 mos.

BTW, you might want to make a sign to carry around over there from part of your sig.

"You smell that bad! WASH!" :D

[Green Mountain]

Hey that is a surprise. I was in Viet Nam. From what I can see on the news things are about the same over there in Iraq as far as danger goes.

There are safe places where Americans go so if you stay with Americans you'll be alright. You certainly are in for a culture shock.

Make a lot of dough and make a lot of memories. Good Luck!!

So the convention is going to be at the Bagdad Hilton, Huh???

[Stamas]

I forgot about that middle eastern substitue for a bath-a large dose of cologne and chain smoking.
Do they still wipe their ass with their bare hands?

[mongoac]

sir, i am proud to have read your writings and babbling on alot of subjects. i have to say thank you for goning over to the sandbox. many of my brothers and sisters in arms will appreciate someone with your vast knowledge. remember to keep your head down and watch your six. return safe and may God bless you and your family

[Chad711]

Stay safe Robo, dont wanna see ya on the news...

[RoBoTeq]

My supervisor had me at a managers meeting today to embarass me a little with a cake and a round of applause from the managers for the many contractors I have pissed off. It was touching.

[Edmund Forsthe]

dont worry they will talk bad abouth you after you leave its when they talk nice that you have to be carefull.

[chucko615]

Robin, Good luck and I'll keep you in my prayers. I'll miss not reading your posts, while you're away. Be careful and come back in one piece.

[acmanko]

Good luck ROBO, but I find it hard to believe you want to work for Kerry and Co.

[texas t]

Good luck Mr Robo hope you can get threw Houston in 2 weeks like the tell you was their last november for one 1/2 mounths F'ed alot of people around that passed all their checks in a week in my oppinion its not as it appears. when you get their you will figure it out. and Kerry said the first thing he would do as President is fire KBR. He said that on late nite with Dave. keep your head low it is a learning experance

T

[Dowadudda]

I think your nuts.

I can not possibly see what sense this decision makes. Would you care to explain more.

You know that coin is not really what you put in the bank each month right?

[RoBoTeq]

What's nuts? I am 51 years old, my youngest is 24 years old and I have have no tangable property due to bad investments and a very bad divorce. I believe very strongly in what our government is doing as far as cleaning up the Muslim world and am very appreciative for the young American men and women who have volunteered to literally put their lives on the line.

I have an oportunity to work with exotic HVAC equipment in an exotic location while doing something for American's that are making my country and the world a better place. There are thousands of others doing the same thing so this is not really that unusual, just not something everyone has the ability to do.

When I return I will have more experience in my trade, will have done something for those who are giving their all for me, and will be more financially secure. No, the pay is not that great. Since I will be on the job 24/7 the hour compensatory rate would actually work out to be less than I currently make. Then again, how much oportunity is there to get paid for working constantly for a year?

There is no Goodman equipment in Iraq. There seems to be a lot of influence from Trane from what I have dug up on the equipment that is being used. No R-22. Looks like mostly R134a and R4110a. I really cannot fully explain the why of my doing this because I really don't understand it fully myself. It just feels like the right thing to do.

[RoBoTeq]

As far as how long I will be in Houston.....who knows? This is a defense contractor working for the military in a war zone we are talking about here. I have no dilusions that things will go as smoothly as some recruiter claims they will. This is the kind of situation you go into expecting the worse and appreciating anything less than.

[acmanko]

They'll teach you how to keep your head, pay real good attention and don't act like you know everything

[classical]

Robin we had a guy from our company join KBR and from interview to departure was less than a month. He had one false call up but went four days latter.
I applaud what you are doing as I have said before.

Be sure and call when you are in town if only to say hi. If possible we will take you out for some real Mexican food and Tequila before the long long dry spell.

[Diceman]

Not sure I would call Iraq exotic, but good luck.