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<blockquote data-quote="JonFrum" data-source="post: 133795"><p>I wish more people would take this opportunity to educate themselves about the very confusing and complicated subject of Pension Funding instead of attributing attitudes and opinions to me, and trash-talking like in these few exerpts . . .</p><p></p><p>. . . you know that number is totally misleading . . .</p><p>. . . you now appear to be attempting to mislead this crowd . . .</p><p>. . . The true number as you should know . . .</p><p>. . . Now instead of misleading the crowd . . .</p><p>. . . Dude you are really out there now . . .</p><p>. . . you now give those here no hope . . .</p><p>. . . Sounds like anonymous Jon is an IBT pension stalwart who will now tell us why this central states pension plan is the next best thing to sliced bread. . . .</p><p>. . . this anonymous schumk defending the ailing multi employer plans is another part to this problem. . . .</p><p>. . . don't hide tell us who you are and who you represent? . . .</p><p></p><p>Well, apparently the rules of the Internet and of this website changed and we're all supose to post under our real names. OK. I'm Bill Desmond. I just turned 53 years of age and have 25 years and 8 months Pension Credit. I work in the Lynnfield, Ma. building where I am in my 32nd Year of Toil for the Big Brown Empire. I have an Article 22.3 job where I carwash, park package cars, and shift in the trailer yard. I was a part-timer until the 22.3 jobs came along during the last Contract. I have been a member of Teamsters Local 42 in Lynn, Ma. since 1973. I worked for UPS during the summers of '73 and '74 while off from college, (where they never taught us what a "schumk" is) before working continuously since the summer of '75. I've subscribed to TDU's Convoy Dispatch for years. This thread is my first Internet posting. </p><p></p><p>To learn about Jon Frum (something every UPSer and US military guy will find interesting) do an Internet search on the Jon Frum Movement or on Cargo Cults or try these links . . .</p><p></p><p><a href="http://enzo.gen.nz/jonfrum/" target="_blank">jon frum home page - the jon frum movement, an active cargo cult on tanna, an island in vanuatu, melanesia, south pacific. What are the origns of the man, myth, legend, behind Jon Frum?</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issues/2006/february/john.php" target="_blank">In John They Trust</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.nthposition.com/thelastcargo.php" target="_blank">nthposition online magazine: The last cargo cult</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult" target="_blank">Cargo cult - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091002200816/http://www.plastic.com/article.html;sid=05/05/03/08013060" target="_blank">Plastic: The Gods Must Be Shipping! — The Cargo Cult Of John Frum</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JonFrum, post: 133795"] I wish more people would take this opportunity to educate themselves about the very confusing and complicated subject of Pension Funding instead of attributing attitudes and opinions to me, and trash-talking like in these few exerpts . . . . . . you know that number is totally misleading . . . . . . you now appear to be attempting to mislead this crowd . . . . . . The true number as you should know . . . . . . Now instead of misleading the crowd . . . . . . Dude you are really out there now . . . . . . you now give those here no hope . . . . . . Sounds like anonymous Jon is an IBT pension stalwart who will now tell us why this central states pension plan is the next best thing to sliced bread. . . . . . . this anonymous schumk defending the ailing multi employer plans is another part to this problem. . . . . . . don't hide tell us who you are and who you represent? . . . Well, apparently the rules of the Internet and of this website changed and we're all supose to post under our real names. OK. I'm Bill Desmond. I just turned 53 years of age and have 25 years and 8 months Pension Credit. I work in the Lynnfield, Ma. building where I am in my 32nd Year of Toil for the Big Brown Empire. I have an Article 22.3 job where I carwash, park package cars, and shift in the trailer yard. I was a part-timer until the 22.3 jobs came along during the last Contract. I have been a member of Teamsters Local 42 in Lynn, Ma. since 1973. I worked for UPS during the summers of '73 and '74 while off from college, (where they never taught us what a "schumk" is) before working continuously since the summer of '75. I've subscribed to TDU's Convoy Dispatch for years. This thread is my first Internet posting. To learn about Jon Frum (something every UPSer and US military guy will find interesting) do an Internet search on the Jon Frum Movement or on Cargo Cults or try these links . . . [URL='http://enzo.gen.nz/jonfrum/']jon frum home page - the jon frum movement, an active cargo cult on tanna, an island in vanuatu, melanesia, south pacific. What are the origns of the man, myth, legend, behind Jon Frum?[/URL] [URL='http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issues/2006/february/john.php']In John They Trust[/URL] [URL='http://www.nthposition.com/thelastcargo.php']nthposition online magazine: The last cargo cult[/URL] [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult']Cargo cult - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] [URL='http://web.archive.org/web/20091002200816/http://www.plastic.com/article.html;sid=05/05/03/08013060']Plastic: The Gods Must Be Shipping! — The Cargo Cult Of John Frum[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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