Bad News/Good News & Other Ramblings

The bad news is that I am not changing jobs. As it turns out, there was a major deal with the new company that I did not like which, of course, soured the deal quickly. It seems that the pay was misrepresented to me from the beginning until I had gotten into their office and was told the truth. While I would’ve been happy to take the job with the pay cut that I was expecting, the way they pay was unacceptable to me.

The good news is that I did not turn in my notice to the company I am with so I will continue to have a job for the time being. I am, however, still looking at options on jobs in the immediate vicinity of my residence and will hopefully find something that will work for me and Gina.

Gina is disappointed but understands. I am extremely disappointed but am more upset at being lied to that got me to waste an afternoon and the gas to drive an hour away from home when I could’ve been doing something else hat day…like geocaching.

Speaking of geocaching, I contacted a company a little while back about some geocoins. In case you don’t know what geocoins are, let me explain. They are minted metal coins, ranging in size from 1” to 3” in diameter or sometimes a special shape, and are trackable online. I have seen and held coins in my hand that have traveled well over 10,000 miles. I have personally added close to 1,800 miles to one particular coin.

Well, to have them minted and made trackable, costs a LOT of money. 100 coins of your own design (a personal geocoin) would cost about $5.50 a coin to produce. 250 coins, minted and trackable, with its own personalized online icon, would cost about $5 per coin.

Yeah, very expensive. I wouldn’t mind having the money to do this and, should I ever win the lottery, it will be about the 5th thing I do with the money I have won. And, if frogs had wings, they wouldn’t bump their asses on the ground (see mom, I remember!).

As for geocaching itself, I am still enjoying it very much although I am ready to start headed in another direction with the truck as I am exhausting my supply of truck friendly geocaches from running east of the Mississippi all the time. But, I am just a lowly company driver; I must go where I am told.

Till Next Time,
Blessings!

Kyle
Riverwolf