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Old 10-26-2019, 12:59 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Railcarmover View Post
I rode the construction wave from the late 80's till 2008,fixing equipment as silicon valley was being built..go go times,no one thought it would end..the only good thing I got out of it was a pension,the operating engineers contracts were going up,we'd vote our raises to our pensions..yearly credits as high as 250 bucks,a credit is the amount our pension would go up by the month when drawn...a buddy with unbroken service began pulling $8800 a month at 55..
That's just how these things get out of control - no body thinks it will end but it does!
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