Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes...

burdette
burdette Posts: 1,194
edited February 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
Wanted to pass along some personal news to the guys here at the forums....

First... my wife is pregnant! This will be our third (and final). Due date is probably late July or early August. I still gots it! (although I'm definitely getting it unloaded after this one!)

Second... I'm changing jobs. And if you want to know whether the forum can do anything for you besides audio or video... I'm going to work for Hbomb. He will become my boss in mid January.

So... a house to sell and **** to get rid of! But we have to take the crib off the list of things 'not to move.'
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited December 2003
    Congrats on all fronts!!!

    I remember talking to Henry about him hiring you, how cool is THAT?

    Keep us up-to-date on all developments, and if you need me to 'store' any gear for you - I want you to know I'm here for you bud.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited December 2003
    Congrats! We can use another Polkie in the KC area!

    Regards,
    PolkThug
    Never Forget
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited December 2003
    Good Job! I just became a first time dad and it is awesome!
    Life without music would♭
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited December 2003
    Club Polk takin' care of bidness. Nice going guys - on all fronts. :)
    "What we do in life echoes in eternity"

    Ed Mullen (emullen@svsound.com)
    Director - Technology and Customer Service
    SVS
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited December 2003
    Originally posted by burdette
    ... my wife is pregnant!

    I know what you've been up to!! Congrats!!

    What kind of work are you going to be doing in KC?
    9/11 - WE WILL NEVER FORGET!! (<---<<click)
    2005-06 Club Polk Football Pool Champion!! :D
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  • dave shepard
    dave shepard Posts: 1,334
    edited December 2003
    Congrats with both announcements. Will you be doing the same job as before or a complete change of careere?

    Good Luck and Congrats

    Dave
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  • burdette
    burdette Posts: 1,194
    edited December 2003
    Pretty much a change of careers for me. Or better said, a merging of my previous two careers. I have a EE undergrad, worked engineering. Got an MBA in finance, worked technical finance. Now, I get to combine the two. The company engineers PCS systems.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,090
    edited December 2003
    AWESOME!

    Great to hear. Forum members taking care of thier own!

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • dave shepard
    dave shepard Posts: 1,334
    edited December 2003
    That is excellant that you can take advantage of all your schooling and experance so many don't have that fortune. I wish you well.

    Good Luck
    Dave
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2003
    Nice to hear that there will be another Polkie, soon to be registered. :) Welcome to PCS....you are now Sprint's **** ;)

    Congratulations Burdette!!!
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited December 2003
    Congrats all the way around.

    Course, you realize you'll be working for both Henry's...

    Turn and face the strange...
    Oh look out you rock'n'rollers
    Pretty soon now you're going to get older...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
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    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
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  • dave shepard
    dave shepard Posts: 1,334
    edited December 2003
    Originally posted by dorokusai
    Welcome to PCS....you are now Sprint's **** ;)

    Congratulations Burdette!!!

    I notice that there are quite a few that know alot about each other on the forum. Not to sound dumb but what is PCS?

    Dave
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited December 2003
    Originally posted by dave shepard
    I notice that there are quite a few that know alot about each other on the forum. Not to sound dumb but what is PCS?

    Dave

    Phone Can't get a Signal

    Regards,
    PolkThug
    Never Forget
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2003
    PCS = Personal Communications Service.

    PolkThug - The only way to get something fixed is to complain and follow up. Unfortunately, it requires a Herculean effort sometimes.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited December 2003
    Originally posted by dorokusai
    PolkThug - The only way to get something fixed is to complain and follow up. Unfortunately, it requires a Herculean effort sometimes.

    I was a loyal PCS customer for 5 years. I had great service in Lincoln, NE, then I moved down to Kansas City and the service was awful (both the phone signals and customer service). Finally, I cancelled my service, and then the Sprint customer service became very helpful all of a sudden, they said that I qualified for a free phone and a cheaper unadvertised rate plan. Their approach to retaining a customer is all backwards. They should have offered me these deals before the last straw. Anyway, I've been on T-Mobile for 8 months and its been a great experience.

    Regards,
    PolkThug

    *PS. Not trying to offend any Sprint people, I have good friends that work there, so I know some of the problems they face (like cities not letting them put up more towers, etc.)
    Never Forget
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited December 2003
    Hmmm.... Maybe eventually we could have a Kansas City Polk Gathering that will rival the great Texas Polk Gathering! :D
    Never Forget
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2003
    Polk Thug - You are certainly one of the many unsatisfied Sprint customers....its the same with all Cellular/PCS carriers. We have been shot at, yelled at, ran off the road and had objects thrown at us, by disgruntled customers. Sprint customer service is legendary in being difficult. No offense taken here, I know all to well the problems that we have.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited December 2003
    Originally posted by PolkThug


    *PS. Not trying to offend any Sprint people, I have good friends that work there, so I know some of the problems they face (like cities not letting them put up more towers, etc.)

    as long as you offer me a beer after the belly punch and knee to the nose all is GOOD!;)

    I can't understand how it happened that where the Sprint World headquarters is the network is patched together and a pile of ****??? I think the reason is all the execs fight over who's house is more important to cover. Oh well its their loss due to mis-management of resources but IMHO SPCS deploys the worlds most sophisticated and elegant voice/data systems that is available.

    I can't waite to have the pleasure to work with Mark. He is 1 of the most talented people I have pleasure of meating in a long time. Our office is going to be a riot to say the least and again congrats on the little 1.

    HBomb
    ***WAREMTAE***
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited December 2003
    Originally posted by PolkThug
    Hmmm.... Maybe eventually we could have a Kansas City Polk Gathering that will rival the great Texas Polk Gathering! :D

    Ya but knowing who will be attending we'll have to reserve a few barrels of beer:D

    HBomb
    ***WAREMTAE***
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited December 2003
    Originally posted by PolkThug
    Finally, I cancelled my service, and then the Sprint customer service became very helpful all of a sudden...
    Almost the exact same experieince here. I have never been able to get a signal in my home and it was sporatic at best out in the driveway.

    Sprint CS never had a good solution to offer until I cancelled after my year was up... too late for my taste...

    Hunting a new service now...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
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  • hotwheelman
    hotwheelman Posts: 1,300
    edited December 2003
    Anybody use alltel? We use it here and have had minimal problems and decent reception wherever we go.
    "Its worked so far but we're not out yet."
    "Hey big man let me hold a dollar"
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  • dave shepard
    dave shepard Posts: 1,334
    edited December 2003
    I have Verison and have no problems. They always were and are there to help with questions and always look to give me the best deal even while under contact.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited December 2003
    Originally posted by burdette
    I'm going to work for Hbomb. He will become my boss in mid January.


    I'm really not a boss and should be considered as a radio frequency engineer. A portion of my responsibility is to insure talent is placed properly and then engineer big processors. Organization is very important and my main concern is without organization the engineering efforts are worthless. Burdette is an integral member of a team and his job is not to work for me, but rather organize a bunch of geaks(chk spl).

    Hope this explains it better

    :confused:

    1/2 Twin listening to the Eagles on DTS:D

    My girls are safe, sound and crashed.
    ***WAREMTAE***
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  • burdette
    burdette Posts: 1,194
    edited December 2003
    Well, even before an employment connection, we had a Sprint PCS phone and have been pretty happy. My wife didn't have service in the middle of nowhere Kansas on her way to Colorado Springs, and she couldn't get a signal on the moutaintops of Alaska. Otherwise, we've been pleased.
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