bless their hearts

That tub ain’t assaulting anything except another bucket of chicken.

What a turd of a human.

As a dumbass working a traditional blue collar trade, get into a trade if you can hack it.

I quit dicking around with bad jobs about ten years ago and got into plumbing, completely green. I apprenticed for 22 an hour and moved up quickly from there. Tradesman Limited got me a bump to $27 an hour, Journeyman got me to $37 an hour. Ill be getting my master license in the next six months, and ill be pulling 45-60$ an hour for my troubles, minimum. Im also working on some specialist endorsements for my license like med gas piping endorsement and my multipurpose residential fire sprinkler installer endorsement. Once i get my med gas endorsement, i can travel the state and install med gas piping in hospitals/dr offices etc. the fire sprinkler endorsement allows me to install residential fire suppression systems that rely on the domestic water supply for water as opposed to stand alone fire systems.

Its taken me ten years to get here. Im 45, I started at 34. A trade isnt for everyone, but i have one career, im off when i want off, and i havent interviewed/applied for a job in those last ten years. My photo portfolio of work, and my licensure is my application. I can support myself, and my three kids on my own. Im not rich, and likely wont ever be, but im slowly worrying a little bit less about where the money is going to come from. At this point, im turning down money because im too busy.

Food for thought if you dont mind dirt under your fingernails, and occasionally dealing with gross stuff.

All streamers get the wall.

Even yalls favorites. No excuses.

I don’t know how I feel about this. I guess I kinda don’t care. We have a problem with overconsumption in the US. Maybe it will help? I make no bones about it, this is just a cost saving measure but as a benefit, Americans may consume less sugar and HFCS?

Meantime, I have bills to pay, my back hurts because I pulled something yesterday when roughing in some underground utilities. My kids need school stuff, and the check engine light came on two days ago. I don’t really have the time to care. Does that make me a dickhead?

You feel bad because you’ve been conditioned to, I’d reckon. That, and because you aren’t without morals. I’m also a ‘pick up the pieces’ kind of guy. Always hated to see the ship sink, even when it isn’t my ship. Took a lot of relearning to no jump up and pick up the pieces every time shit goes tits up.

Dont worry about being vocal about it. Everything doesn’t always have to be an uphill slog. Go work that other job, Conrad. Better conditions and better pay await.

yum

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Only true posters understand

JFC but also LOL

Yes. It’s likely normal for all of us. It happened to me as well when I quit booze. And junk. And cigs. And pills. And coke. And so on and so on.

You may not be physically dependent on the booze, but if you consume anything regularly and then abstain/taper from it you’re going to feel some negative effects. Sleep, appetite and mood being the big ones.

It’ll level off. I promise. I know it’s absolutely no real help to your situation, but you’re getting back to ‘normal’ and it just takes some time.

Yeah you definitely got the fairer part of the deal there. Good on ya. the telescoping gauges alone are worth three times what you paid for the whole lot. I bought some Mitutoyo and Starett gauges and indicators a few years back for blueprinting an old diesel engine I was rebuilding, and paid an arm and a leg for them. I spent a couple months beating up garage sales and pawn shops for some quality stuff like this before I plunked down for everything new. That’s a very nice score, if you have a need for accurate measurement devices.

That is the exact same conclusion I came to.

Harrowing six mile hike thru some mud?

good grief.

Poor fella

Also, g*mers get the wall CMV.

Awesome. Those are all quality metrology instruments.

The very first vehicle that gets thru the road, path, trail, or whatever, is going to rut that road up so badly as to make it impassable. Imagine after 20 more RVs pass down it, let alone however many more vehicles are there.

Lol.

Lol. LMAO, even.

fucking burners. Or burnouts, or whatever you call those bougie fucks.

It’s Chapo’s ghost