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Post by rogo49 on Jun 3, 2016 10:26:14 GMT -5
Oh, please, PTB, please, PLEASE send me someone to Harlingen! It's a fabulous office and it's a surprisingly pleasant (and very inexpensive) place to live, if you don't mind heat and humidity! It's on my list!!!! Tell someone to call!!!!!
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Post by Gaidin on Jun 3, 2016 10:31:49 GMT -5
Oh, please, PTB, please, PLEASE send me someone to Harlingen! It's a fabulous office and it's a surprisingly pleasant (and very inexpensive) place to live, if you don't mind heat and humidity! It's on my list!!!! Tell someone to call!!!!! I'm sorry I called dibs first. Of course it sounds like there might be more than one empty desk so maybe you're still in luck.
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Post by beenlurking on Jun 3, 2016 10:45:20 GMT -5
Oh, please, PTB, please, PLEASE send me someone to Harlingen! It's a fabulous office and it's a surprisingly pleasant (and very inexpensive) place to live, if you don't mind heat and humidity! Please don't throw me in that briar patch called Harlingen.
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Post by hondo35 on Jun 3, 2016 10:49:41 GMT -5
Oh, please, PTB, please, PLEASE send me someone to Harlingen! It's a fabulous office and it's a surprisingly pleasant (and very inexpensive) place to live, if you don't mind heat and humidity! LMAO!
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Post by catspaw on Jun 3, 2016 10:52:32 GMT -5
If you get the call and it is for Harlingen, there is a house for sale for $45,000. Talk about low cost of living!
www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Harlingen-TX/pmf,pf_pt/50704132_zpid/52417_rid/any_days/26.336806,-97.476883,26.000327,-97.934876_rect/10_zm/2_p/?3col=true
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Post by Synik on Jun 3, 2016 10:53:20 GMT -5
Oh, please, PTB, please, PLEASE send me someone to Harlingen! It's a fabulous office and it's a surprisingly pleasant (and very inexpensive) place to live, if you don't mind heat and humidity! Please don't throw me in that briar patch called Harlingen. Hey, I'll admit, it's not for everyone. But I love it. The staff here is really hard-working, there's not a lot of drama, great Group Supervisor. We don't have a HOD or HOCALJ down here yet, as we are still being "managed" by Houston Bissonnet, but it's a good group of folks and a very nice facility. You can get anywhere you want to go in Harlingen in 15-20 minutes and you can be on the beach in 35. Personally, I have a pool and a hot tub, so I rarely go to the beach, but I love to sit out on my front porch and watch the parrots and the ducks interact. It is really a different world down here. Cases are really different, too. I've worked in four different hearing offices and haven't seen nearly the diversity in issues I've seen here. It's been a fabulous learning experience. The only downside is that we only have two writers and one of those just got picked up to be an ALJ. So, most of my decision drafting is done elsewhere. I've got my fingers crossed for those of you that actually want to come down here and hope at least a couple of you will fall in love with the place and stick!
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Post by youpaiyou on Jun 3, 2016 10:55:50 GMT -5
Harlingen is on my list too.
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Post by 71stretch on Jun 3, 2016 11:04:10 GMT -5
Bob, Melinda, FC Peeps: Ok folks, I got my ALPO list working, my phone with the board pulled up and some popcorn. Settling in for the show. Let's get those calls started. Y'all know me, I am pulling for all my board brethren. But, I wanna see some long suffering legends win the game today. You nailed it with RAM. Now lets see 71stretch's persistence pay off. Ace Midnight would be a huge win for the agency. Mamaru needs a call. Of course Gaidin and gary, the two most beloved members of the board, have been waiting far too long. There are many others that would be great gets and are just waiting on y'all. Let's get em on the train today. Funky Thanks for the love, Funky, but I'm not in the mix this round. I'm settling for pulling for everyone else, and being crazy happy for RAM, who has been waiting far longer than I have.
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Post by beenlurking on Jun 3, 2016 11:04:16 GMT -5
Please don't throw me in that briar patch called Harlingen. Hey, I'll admit, it's not for everyone. But I love it. The staff here is really hard-working, there's not a lot of drama, great Group Supervisor. We don't have a HOD or HOCALJ down here yet, as we are still being "managed" by Houston Bissonnet, but it's a good group of folks and a very nice facility. You can get anywhere you want to go in Harlingen in 15-20 minutes and you can be on the beach in 35. Personally, I have a pool and a hot tub, so I rarely go to the beach, but I love to sit out on my front porch and watch the parrots and the ducks interact. It is really a different world down here. Cases are really different, too. I've worked in four different hearing offices and haven't seen nearly the diversity in issues I've seen here. It's been a fabulous learning experience. The only downside is that we only have two writers and one of those just got picked up to be an ALJ. So, most of my decision drafting is done elsewhere. I've got my fingers crossed for those of you that actually want to come down here and hope at least a couple of you will fall in love with the place and stick! I've been checking it and the surrounding area out on Google, etc.. and I think it would be wonderful. I'm from the deep south and love heat and humidity.....And the beach!
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Post by beenlurking on Jun 3, 2016 11:05:57 GMT -5
Hey, I'll admit, it's not for everyone. But I love it. The staff here is really hard-working, there's not a lot of drama, great Group Supervisor. We don't have a HOD or HOCALJ down here yet, as we are still being "managed" by Houston Bissonnet, but it's a good group of folks and a very nice facility. You can get anywhere you want to go in Harlingen in 15-20 minutes and you can be on the beach in 35. Personally, I have a pool and a hot tub, so I rarely go to the beach, but I love to sit out on my front porch and watch the parrots and the ducks interact. It is really a different world down here. Cases are really different, too. I've worked in four different hearing offices and haven't seen nearly the diversity in issues I've seen here. It's been a fabulous learning experience. The only downside is that we only have two writers and one of those just got picked up to be an ALJ. So, most of my decision drafting is done elsewhere. I've got my fingers crossed for those of you that actually want to come down here and hope at least a couple of you will fall in love with the place and stick! I've been checking it and the surrounding area out on Google, etc.. and I think it would be wonderful. I'm from the deep south and love heat and humidity.....And the beach! I can even reason with hurricane season!
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Post by banks on Jun 3, 2016 11:07:52 GMT -5
Please don't throw me in that briar patch called Harlingen. I have a pool and a hot tub, so I rarely go to the beach, but I love to sit out on my front porch and watch the parrots and the ducks interact. That sounds cool. Big bugs?
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Post by rusty on Jun 3, 2016 11:12:16 GMT -5
Harlingen is on my list too. et moi
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Post by stevil on Jun 3, 2016 11:14:46 GMT -5
Have they stopped making calls, or are only non-forum members getting hired today?
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Post by funkyodar on Jun 3, 2016 11:20:26 GMT -5
May not have started yet. May have started but hit someone who asked for the 24 hours. May have started but the people offered are too excited to post anything yet. May have started but so far only offered non-boardmembers.
Hang in there. Based on past practice its still early in the day.
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Post by luna on Jun 3, 2016 11:25:12 GMT -5
May not have started yet. May have started but hit someone who asked for the 24 hours. May have started but the people offered are too excited to post anything yet. May have started but so far only offered non-boardmembers. Hang in there. Based on past practice its still early in the day. What about tomorrow or do we get a break until Monday?
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Post by 71stretch on Jun 3, 2016 11:36:27 GMT -5
May not have started yet. May have started but hit someone who asked for the 24 hours. May have started but the people offered are too excited to post anything yet. May have started but so far only offered non-boardmembers. Hang in there. Based on past practice its still early in the day. What about tomorrow or do we get a break until Monday? They have never called with offers on the weekend, to my knowledge.
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Post by Synik on Jun 3, 2016 11:39:45 GMT -5
If you get the call and it is for Harlingen, there is a house for sale for $45,000. Talk about low cost of living!
www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Harlingen-TX/pmf,pf_pt/50704132_zpid/52417_rid/any_days/26.336806,-97.476883,26.000327,-97.934876_rect/10_zm/2_p/?3col=true
Yeah, I'd probably steer clear of the areas where you can get a house for $45K. However, you have some pretty amazing choices between $150K and $400K, depending on what you have in mind, whether you want land, etc. I may be looking to sell my 3.5 year old house in order to buy a commercial property for my husband to open a tap house.
www.trulia.com/homes/Texas/Harlingen/sold/1002243492-5222-Garrett-Rd-Harlingen-TX-78552#photo-4
The plants are more mature and we have done a bit more landscaping to the front since this picture, taken before we bought the place (it was a spec home -- not my furniture). We've also done a lot to it, like it's fenced and privately gated (motorized). We put in a well, a pool, a hot tub, and an outdoor kitchen with granite countertop (huge grill and two 2-burner cooktops, sink and mini-fridge). We pay $60/wk for housekeeping, $50/wk for mowing, and an additional $50/mo for tree/plant maintenance. Pool is professionally maintained for $130/mo.
Just sayin'....it's a great place to live! Oh, and I live 8 minutes from the office, driveway to gated parking lot. How's that for a commute?
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Post by Pixie on Jun 3, 2016 11:39:53 GMT -5
Synik, Thank you so much for your post with the information about Harlingen. You paint a nice picture and gives it some character. Pixie.
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Post by dcasea on Jun 3, 2016 11:40:14 GMT -5
I'm still excited over the apparent confirmation that both June and July start date hires - ~100 total - are rolling out now. Thought we might have to wait until July for the end-of-July start date hiring.
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Post by Synik on Jun 3, 2016 11:42:09 GMT -5
I have a pool and a hot tub, so I rarely go to the beach, but I love to sit out on my front porch and watch the parrots and the ducks interact. That sounds cool. Big bugs? Yes. I must say, very big bugs. Everything's bigger in Texas.
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