We used to call that Archie Bunker beer.
I also remember generic potato chips
Random Thoughts 18: The Year of Fire
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I also remember generic potato chips
That beer is so bad that when I was like 10 and dad told me to get him a beer I would open it for him (so I could pull a drink off them); well I quit doing it after I did it to one of those generic beers. They may have been drinking real beer and then peeing in the cans, it was by far some nasty stuff.
I was going to suggest HVAC. It's a good line of work right now. Electrician too.
Always going to be a need for HVAC, Plumbing & Electrical work
Electrician is better hours. Plumber is worst environment. Hvac is the middle spot.
Make sure if you apprentice with an electrician that you get an old school one that checks to see if a panel is live by brushing the back of his hand across the contacts.
Also, if anyone gets in a trade, stop wearing your wedding ring at work. Doesn't matter if your wife is mad. It can be dangerous for you finger and dangerous for your life. I know of guys who have lost digits when the ring gets caught and others who have lost their life when the ring arcs and they couldn't pull away.
That goes for farmers too. I know a guy that lost his finger just jumping off the back of a hay rack. Ring caught and just popped the finger right off. Other guys couldn't figure out why the guy was yelling at first.
I've never heard if the silicone rings are a good option or not. Not sure if they break before possibly yanking a finger out or not. I've thought about getting one for cycling.
That goes for farmers too. I know a guy that lost his finger just jumping off the back of a hay rack. Ring caught and just popped the finger right off. Other guys couldn't figure out why the guy was yelling at first.
I've never heard if the silicone rings are a good option or not. Not sure if they break before possibly yanking a finger out or not. I've thought about getting one for cycling.
Keep in mind that I know nothing about anything. With that in mind, isn't there a need for general contractors? Every single time that I've wanted something done, it seems to be impossible to find someone to do the work. Probably 5 years ago I wanted to redo my bathroom. I reached out to 5 people and 4 of them never responded and 1 said they were busy for the next year. I finally just gave up. It doesn't seem like as a customer that I should have to beg people to take my money
I haven’t worn mine more than a couple days in 22 years. Have an idea how long this has been my main job? Also my fingers swell with physical work. Even though I’ve had it stretched, my finger is still too big.
I wear a silicon ring. It'll hurt to rip off, but you won't be 'degloved'.
I take mine off at night. I feel weird if I don't have it on during the day. I also feel weird if I have it on at bedtime.
I'm going to Mom's house for the first time since her funeral. This going to be weird, isn't it?
Let's see how much weird/interesting crap I can come up with that happened today
1) Came across a problem where we paid a vendor a good chunk too much over the past 6 months. How the problem presented itself could easily also have happened to other major vendors. I may have opened a rather large can of worms.
2) Your license plates of the day
9DANKE ( @ImJustKCClone )
JNY5309
3) Driving down Meredith in Urbandale, and there's a house on the corner with their garage door open. It is FILLED with stuff from floor to ceiling, wall-to-wall. It was all in boxes or totes but my goodness. I thought we were bad.
4) Right after observing Hoarders - Urbandale, either the truck in front of me or the vehicle in front of him hit a squirrel. Poor thing was thrashing about in the middle of the road, unable to get up.
5) I, a middle-aged woman, bought a squishy oxylotl out of the bargain bins at Target. They will now be part of my desk decorations at work, alongside my squishball narwhal.
1) Came across a problem where we paid a vendor a good chunk too much over the past 6 months. How the problem presented itself could easily also have happened to other major vendors. I may have opened a rather large can of worms.
2) Your license plates of the day
9DANKE ( @ImJustKCClone )
JNY5309
3) Driving down Meredith in Urbandale, and there's a house on the corner with their garage door open. It is FILLED with stuff from floor to ceiling, wall-to-wall. It was all in boxes or totes but my goodness. I thought we were bad.
4) Right after observing Hoarders - Urbandale, either the truck in front of me or the vehicle in front of him hit a squirrel. Poor thing was thrashing about in the middle of the road, unable to get up.
5) I, a middle-aged woman, bought a squishy oxylotl out of the bargain bins at Target. They will now be part of my desk decorations at work, alongside my squishball narwhal.
Ja, bitte...
I (a definitelysenior woman) see nothing wrong with decorating with squishies as anyone who has ever been to my house will know!
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There is a house in our neighborhood with a 3 stall garage like that except this one is not neatly stowed. When the garage door is up I often wonder if hoarder guy is going to be able to get the door down again. A few summers ago we would often on our walks see his old wooden trailer packed with stuff like he was making an effort to attack crap, but we never saw a change in the tsunami of crap behind the doors and the effort didn't seem to go past that one summer.
I feel bad for people who get overtaken by their hoarding obsession. It is a good reminder for me who definitely has pack rat tendencies to take advantage of the "pitch it" mood when it strikes me. My sister also inherited my Mom's pack rat gene and I'm afraid it has gotten the best of her. She lives alone in a duplex and she will never be able to move out. She should just buy it and torch it when the time comes.
I this case we have just the opposite. I was just doing routine maintenance on my mower and pulled the plug cover off. Have no idea how long it was like this but it ran all last year.
You had two choices with the squirrel: either stop and take it to the side or finish it off. You didn’t take the, let it suffer in the middle of the road did you?
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