{"id":8535,"date":"2013-07-01T02:06:53","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T02:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=8535"},"modified":"2013-07-01T02:11:52","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T02:11:52","slug":"unemployed-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=8535","title":{"rendered":"Unemployed again………."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well I’m without a job! \u00a0Thank you Lord, it’s been a great run, but I’m ready to start the next one!!!! \u00a0I will be traveling to Bloomington to visit with Jim and Sue Haverstock and their great club. \u00a0 \u00a0Will be my first talk in almost eleven years as someone other than “the Nikon guy!” \u00a0Will be fun. \u00a0So much fun stuff to come can’t wait to get started, but for now let me tell you guys what will change besides a check every two weeks!<\/p>\n

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When I took the Nikon job my boss, and friend, Bill Pekala said, “You can never talk off the record because even when you say you are not speaking for Nikon people think you are, you’re the Nikon guy!” Well at 5:o0 p.m. July 1st I’m not! \u00a0I will still be happy to help anyone I can with camera questions, but I won’t be the Nikon person, I’ll just be a photographer willing to help! \u00a0Here is a list of things you need to know going forward;<\/p>\n

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1. \u00a0I will only be available at my home phone, my cell phone and my email \u00a0billfortney@earthlink.net. \u00a0All my numbers are on the Contact space at the top of this page. \u00a0All other methods to try and reach me will be futile.<\/p>\n

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2. \u00a0I will check my email, but not 20 times a day, this is the start of a more “relaxed existence” so if you can’t get a response in 5 minutes don’t panic, text me, or call my cell or home phone! \u00a0As a tech rep I had to be ready at a moments notice, that’s not so much my description now!<\/p>\n

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3. \u00a0Sharing my thoughts, this is a tricky one, as a Nikon employee there were opinions I could not offer, after all I worked for a single camera company. \u00a0Now I am free to share my thoughts about many product, and equipment from many other manufacturers, and I will!<\/p>\n

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4. \u00a0I am committed to be a good, reliable resource about gear, and I will be doing tests, and lots of opinion pieces on the stuff we all love! \u00a0Unbiased and unpaid for my opinions!<\/p>\n

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5. \u00a0I’ve never lied to anyone on this blog, I have withheld information because of my position. \u00a0I hope to be more open and share information that will be helpful to my readers. \u00a0* I do not know any inside secrets and even if I did I could not share them, but I do have lots of information that I am free to share and I will! \u00a044 years of doing this has given me a lot of what I hope you will find as valuable insights!<\/p>\n

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6. \u00a0The mission of this blog, and my life, will not change, my first mission is always to encourage people to get to know and love my Lord! \u00a0He already loves you!<\/p>\n

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Blessings,<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n

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No that is not my new business!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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