Great news!

Kinja'd!!! "Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
02/22/2019 at 16:47 • Filed to: of happenings!

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Got a bonus and a salary adjustment!!!!

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So I went and spent it all on one of these:

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I could have spent it on one of these but bikes are fun too and I already have an old Mazda.

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DISCUSSION (12)


Kinja'd!!! Party-vi > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
02/22/2019 at 17:07

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Congratulations!


Kinja'd!!! HammerheadFistpunch > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
02/22/2019 at 17:10

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Im pushing for a salary adjustment this year. my industry has seen huge leaps in rates and my salary hasn’t remotely kept up. Here’s hoping! Sounds like my boss might be on board but its very likely only part way up to her.


Kinja'd!!! Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > HammerheadFistpunch
02/22/2019 at 17:18

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Good luck, You have to ask for it, I found, they don’t just give it to you. I ended up transferring to a different region for my direct report, the SF Bay area. Previously I was reporting to someone local but since all my work is in northern California and Oregon it only makes sense and I should get northern califorina salary too, wooohoooo!


Kinja'd!!! Chariotoflove > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
02/22/2019 at 17:42

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Fantastic! I suspect my only salary “adjustment” this year  was the meager salary rebate from my grant that I got back.  The administration is talking a lot about budget cuts.


Kinja'd!!! OmerCarrothers333 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
02/22/2019 at 20:10

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Congratulations on getting all the money!

With our tax return, we bought four really nice bicycles for the family from a local shop that was unfortunately going out of business. Spent about $400 for the bikes, and they were all really nice. I got a cruiser , my wife got a mountain bike, and our daughters got some nice 20-inchers (I tried getting them to go BMX, but they weren’t having it).

Now, we’re waiting for the snow to stop and Spring to do it’s thing.


Kinja'd!!! BeaterGT > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
02/22/2019 at 21:00

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Congrats! Which Specialized is that? 


Kinja'd!!! Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > BeaterGT
02/22/2019 at 21:21

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It’s an Epic Comp Carbon Hardtail, so it’s the cheapest model of the nicest hard tail they make. I’m probably doing wheels, and a SRAM XO group within a few months.


Kinja'd!!! Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > OmerCarrothers333
02/22/2019 at 21:21

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I have never regretted a bicycle purchase.


Kinja'd!!! BeaterGT > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
02/22/2019 at 21:28

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Sounds like a really nice build! And light too , has to be around 25 lbs right?


Kinja'd!!! Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > BeaterGT
02/22/2019 at 21:32

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25 lbs sounds about right . With some XO, carbon bars/post and better wheels an epic is easy to build close to 20 lbs without worry. The frame is insanely light, like slightly over 1,000 grams.


Kinja'd!!! OmerCarrothers333 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
02/23/2019 at 10:46

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Trying to outfit a family of four with new bikes can become an expensive proposition. I said it was unfortunate that the bike shop we got our bikes at is going out of business, because of the folks losing their jobs, but getting a couple bikes for half-off is a win for me.


Kinja'd!!! Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > OmerCarrothers333
02/23/2019 at 14:53

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I was at the shop this morning and told the owner that the next bike I buy better be at cost. My son has a 2017 Stump Jumper, my daughter has a BMC hard tail, and my wife has a BMC trail fox, it’s all good tho, we ride lots in the summer.