Signed the contract today. Starting January 5th or 12th I will be a co-op engineer for Robert L. Bosch, Inc. in Charleston, SC. They are going to put me on the common rail fuel pump/delievery team (diesel I think) and I will be working in the lab running tests/anaylsis and doing design work.

Bosch didn't give me the pay I was looking for, but oh well, the career opportunities available through Bosch are endless.

There's is a VERY good chance that Bosch will send me to Munich, Frankfurt or one of their 60 locations in Germany this summer, next summer, or spring semester '05. (I am minoring in German, so that would be amazing to work in Germany!)

One of my career goals is to spend some time living/working in Germany so when I got this opportunity I couldn't pass it up!

Anyway, I've gotta start the apt. hunt. If anybody is familiar with the Charleston area, where should I look for cheap housing? I'm thinking N. Charleston, West Ashley or Summerville.

Can't wait to meet some of you SXC members!
And does anybody know of good places to squirrel/rabbit/quail hunt in SC? I'm thinking Marion NF north east of charleston?

I'm hoping I'll be able to find some nice places to ride my bike too..

Anyway, I'm really excited and I think a celebratory beer is in order! Later y'all! :chug::chug::chug:

Look whos coming south, you will have to come to Statesboro some time, it is only 2 hours. I am sure we could show you a hell of a time and we could get even on the beer bet.

Originally posted by GaSouthern1
I am sure we could show you a hell of a time and we could get even on the beer bet.

:D

Congrats Brett!!:D

Why in the world would you WANT to be in Germany?

My mother's maiden name is Juenger (insert umlaut above that u).

I think I'm 1/2 German.

Not saying I would want to live there indefinately, but I definately would love to live in Germany (or a German speaking country) sometime in my life ~ especially after visiting my sister and her husband this summer (who live in Lugano, Switzerland)

I wonder if I would get wierd looks blarin' Alan Jackson in Deutschland? ;)

Looks like things are looking up for you, Hokie. Good luck! :chug:

Wow! Congrats man! That's a great oppourtunity!

Sounds like you got something great going!

Congrets!

Kelli

Anybody?

Originally posted by Hokie
And does anybody know of good places to squirrel/rabbit/quail hunt in SC? I'm thinking Marion NF north east of charleston?

I'm hoping I'll be able to find some nice places to ride my bike too..

Found a place to live today (I think)
An employee of Bosch lives by herself in a 4 bedroom house in North Charleston. It would be me + another intern + her in the house and i'd basically have free roam on the house, den, kitchen, tv's, washer/dryer... 10 minutes from work (I can ride my bike to work :D), $350 for everything and no lease. Can't beat that!

As per mapquest...

Home to work

Total Estimated Time: 9 minutes
Total Distance: 3.06 miles :D

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/brwilso5/North%20Charleston%20house.jpg

Congrates on the new job! hope everything works out. as for the Germany thing - good luck there too. I love German beer (Hacker is my favorite), remember its much higher in alcohol than what we have here in the states. German wines aren't too bad either (i personally am a cab girl).

Warsteiner Dunkel is my favorite German beer (for now). I spent 1 month in high school outside of Freiburg, Germany living on a vinyard/winery. It was amazing!

Originally posted by Hokie
An employee of Bosch lives by herself in a 4 bedroom house in North Charleston.

It would be me + her in the kitchen 10 minutes ride my beat

Have any pics of her yet? Or specs.

haha.. maybe a milf?

her son goes to U of SC so i'm guessing she's my mom's age. There is another intern living there, hopefully it'll be a hot ass chick so I can just walk down the hallway to knock off a piece ;)

I could never live with a girl unless she was my wife. Good luck with it.

eh.. its a place to live.. I mean, the lady that own's the place is a grown woman, like my mom's age. My luck and she'll be cooking me dinner at night.

I'm not too worried about it

Yeah, when i wrote that, i didnt see that she was older, should be fine then.

How could you not live with a chick. I couldn't imagine what my house would look like if there werent chicks here to clean up after us! :D

If it happens to be a MILF and a hot chick.. give me a call and I'll come stay there for the summer when youre in Euroland.

whats her kids name? year?

Who the hell am I going to bug while you're gone? You want to make me a set of those light mounts over thanksgiving? $15.

Hope it is fun down there...

Received this email tonight.. its from my soon to be roommate down in Charleston

"Hey Brett,

this is Susanne. I will be...well you will be my new roommate at Sylvia's
house. ;-)
I'm an Intern at Bosch. I come from Germany and will stay until the end of
February.


If you have any question about Bosch or your new "home" feel free to ask.


Cu soon.


Susanne"

Yeah, thats right... I'll be living with a (presumably HOT) German chick across the hall :D

(And we all know how kinky German chicks are ;))

i had a german exchange student living with me in hs, but she was not to horny.well maybe it was because she was living in my house, oh well, good luck hookin up with the german chick ;)

Originally posted by dman726749
i had a german exchange student living with me in hs, but she was not to horny.

Lets just say that the one that I stayed with in Germany, was quite the opposite :D

just hope you dont get one who is taller and can lift more then you....

Presumable "hot" German chick @ your age......experienced single older woman.... endless opportunities and possibilities!

Originally posted by hydroxy
just hope you dont get one who is taller and can lift more then you....
Why am I keep picturing the mean gym teacher in Porkys? :D