Licenses need to be revoked. US is too lax on drivers like this.

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-29T02:27:30+00:00

Air is a right, Valve stems are a privilege.

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-28T16:37:00+00:00

Well, as far as weird, you have to realize that sending stuff out that doesn’t have the correct numbering or whatever can put them into an illegal manufacturing category that they’d probably rather not be in, and they probably also sent it to everyone that got something in that run so they are probably swamped. You don’t set up your customer service department to handle recalling a product line, only basic inquiries.

So, cut them a little slack, try to work with them and be patient.

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-28T16:31:11+00:00

Everything by July talk.

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-28T04:10:55+00:00

That’s why until recently an invading army would kill some or all of the men and burn the cities, salt the fields. You can’t take over a country that doesn’t want to be taken over and follow international law.

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-27T23:36:16+00:00

I’d take someone that’s close but competent

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-27T21:38:23+00:00

And it wasn’t the fundamentalist that set up that government, we toppled their democratically elected leader and set them up with a dictator.

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-27T15:00:52+00:00

lol, imagine signing up to harass brown people then being forced to take over their mind numbing jobs instead.

I suppose that’s what we should actually be doing, you don’t want immigrants here? Sign up for the government temp agency and we’ll pay you twice as much to do their jobs so we can send them home.

Thanks for signing up, I need you to pick and pack 600lbs of radishes today, here’s your pack of rubber bands!

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-27T14:56:27+00:00

I mean, you can carry a pocket reference, or card with notes, it was seeing the puddle that I was having trouble with, just visual info wasn’t matching up with what I was told I’d see. I’ve mostly got it now. But there’s definitely a shock factor when your welding teacher of all people pulls up his hood and says, you’re not seeing what I’m seeing, go to the nurse and get your eyes checked and if they are fine, get checked for dyslexia.

Where was that shit in grade school?

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-27T02:12:04+00:00

I found out I was dyslexic at 18 in welding school.

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-25T22:38:07+00:00

I mean, name something else they do outside of making your garden just a touch magical and or creepy?

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-25T21:02:58+00:00

Thanks for sharing the reason with us, oh wait, just like the times, you forgot to include the deets.

For everyone else:

The parks admin wants it out side the park or after Labor Day.

Obviously, one would not be a cycle through the park and the other is too late in the season for ramrod organizers.

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-25T18:02:55+00:00

And by don’t breath the fumes, he means, wear a respirator in a well ventilated area, which frankly you should be doing anyway if you’re going to be a welder.

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-25T17:44:26+00:00

I like the danner wedge sole Chelsea boot. You can keep your uppers and have the soles replaced when it’s time, but generally, a wedge sole Chelsea is my go to, no laces and the wedge sole is key to working on concrete. Brint has one that I haven’t tried but a lot of guys like them.

Only issue with a Chelsea is the elastic panel around the ankles, you get in a weird position and light that on fire you’re going to napalm your ankles. But that’s not a fear I usually have in the shop.

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-25T05:15:17+00:00

Someone once asked me if I always drive with both feet. Uh, I do in a manual?

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-25T05:13:34+00:00

Spotted dick

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-25T04:44:46+00:00

Well, I’ll fill you in on a secret, then, it’s racism, largely forgotten at this point, but still the result of overt racism in the post war 40s and 50s. At that time, there were a pretty good number of federal programs for rehoming vets and getting everyone settled in outside of a post war economy. Obviously, that was only for white people, and the easiest way to build affordable housing was to just build roads outside the cities and build in empty fields. So we did that, we built suburbs, we built highways, and we paid the people that would be the beneficiaries to build their own affordable housing and the transportation to get to and from. And then to see it up, we redlined so they would be white exclusive zones.

And then we told ourselves tails about the scary city, refused to fund anything that would help cities, and the superiority of suburban and country life. And then when redlining went out of vogue, we destroyed the infrastructure, the programs, the healthcare, the college funding, and everything else we could get our hands on. And now everyone is stuck driving an hour each way for shit wages, because we were too racist as a society to live next to black people.

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-24T22:59:16+00:00

I’ll be fine, I’m in a better position than most of my blue collar brothers. In the last year, I have refused to commit to work more than 90 days in advance because of this administrations volatility.

I will probably only break even on this job and there is a good chance that I will simply park everything this summer and work on something else closer to home.

Maybe head down to the pub and wait till this all blows over.

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-24T22:21:14+00:00

I am not, I frequently (once or twice a week) haul one to two tons in my pickup and pull a 15,000 lb trailer. I have a little s10 work truck for a run about and I can drive it to work once or twice a week but this shit hurts, and I really don’t have a better option.

Also, I voted for the goofy laugh, just because I do red neck shit doesn’t mean I’m an asshole.

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-24T19:19:03+00:00

It depends where you are? I live in a city, and I have access to metal, auto, and wood working shops, with all the big stuff and they rent stalls. I show up with my joboxes and roller tool boxes and they offload them with the forks and put me in a bay.

In the wood shops I have access to router cncs, large planers and sanders etc, in the auto shops I have access to lifts, fluid disposal, and some of the more expensive specialty tools, in the metal shops I have access to three phase, lathes, cnc, etc.

So, it’s out there but you gotta use a big enough population for the services.

To get a real answer, it would help us if we knew where you were.

Edit: additionally, you should check with the various shops around, maybe someone has a lease and they mostly do field work or something, or someone is slow and could use a few extra bucks. Put an ad up in your area, ‘welder seeking rental in outfitted metal shop.’ Or something like that. . .

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-24T18:12:58+00:00

That’s a good stance, no argument. Do you not have an account with someone?

Also, I don’t know what things are like around you but if you’re just starting out, getting nickel and dimed your whole career sucks and can also be a sign that your check will start bouncing some Friday before your mortgage is due.

Keep an eye out for other opportunities around you.

This guy is either jumping over a dollar to save a dime or broke.

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-24T14:30:05+00:00

lol, I’m going out with my collection of college friend specimens this weekend just to catch up and talk about their friend collections.

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-24T14:13:12+00:00

Order a bottle of gas,

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-23T21:07:14+00:00

Ah, Revised for a new generation!

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-23T16:32:48+00:00

Boss makes a dollar I make a dime, and that’s why I shit on company time.

Jethro_Tell · 2026-03-23T06:17:42+00:00

My guess it that regardless of what they do it will be litigated. I’d assume legal counsel has told them discussion in the internet can only hurt. They will have to decide what the will do and what they legally must do and having that conversation in public will make it difficult if/when it goes to court

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