vacation time?

[Greg Reimer 7376]

Originally Posted by art leong

In 1979 we raced at the E'town Summernats. Showed up an hour late for work on Monday. Heard a raft of s**t from my boss. I told him he was lucky I even showed up.
The next week we raced at the Grandnational Molson in Sanair Canada. Dropped by work 2 days later to get my stuff. At that time I became a professional racer. Till we quit in 1981

Sounds like you worked with some individuals I remember from the distant past, and you showed them a thing or two.I got tired of such managerial matter about 32 years ago,tested out at Los Angeles County Mechanicl Department, worked there six years,(where I met Dave Smith of Pro Trans fame), left there, went to the City of Los Angeles where I have been for 26 years coming up, and since I never use sick time and use far less vacation than I get, I have more time off on the books than I know what to do with. Its' union, but in name only. All they do is take your dues,run to Sacramento to hobnob with the liberal elite and support political positions I don't agree with,so I didn't join it. I heard of a World Champion in either Stock or Super Stock who started winning races early on in a season,went to as many races as it took, won the series, and was quoted as saying," We used all our vacation time, sick time and lying time to do this!!"