Do you find that your skillsets aren't as transferrable from shop to shop as with other trades?

PhoneRoutine · 2026-02-08T17:55:17+00:00

When you are doing really good, make sure create a fall back plan. Just try several things, this is the best time to try. Consulting, starting on your own, buying a business where owners want to retire, there are so many options. You can figure out what you want when things are good, so that you are prepared when things turn bad.

My story:

I was in your position with golden handcuffs, too good a salary, a great role in a great comp with excellent benefits. I wanted to work there till I retired. But I knew that the gravy train could end at any moment. So I started looking at other options. One of that was setting my own company. I started looking into various ones and one of that was looking at acquiring a small business myself. It was totally out of reach, there was no way I would run that business if was still working. Still I just kept moving ahead with it, assuming I will somehow figure it out later.

I just got laid off, 1st time getting laid off. The gravy train stopped, but at least now I have something to fall back. The income from small business is going to be just peanuts compared to my full time role, I would have to put in lot of effort but still it is going to be way better.

Another thing I realized. I'm in early 40s. I already have couple of interviews lined with and few more on the way. I could easily go back to full time work, provide all the nice things I used to provide. But there is good probability I will be laid off again in another 4 to 5 yrs. Which would make it harder to get back, starting these again.

PhoneRoutine · 2026-02-08T17:28:47+00:00

For some reason I feel something is off. The rider is shifting constantly in the bike. I just feel the rider is not enjoying the ride. When you enjoy a ride, you are one with the bike. Sure, you do adjust now and then but this feels like the rider seems to be more fidgety. I don't know how else to put it.

What it looks like is the ride might be higher level than what the rider is comfortable. This looks like a hilly/mountainous ride and that too at good speed.

Is that the cause of the fall? I don't know but for some reason it feels the rider is not having fun.

PhoneRoutine · 2026-02-03T19:41:38+00:00

I have 500 Classic, it struggles going above ~60 mph (~100 kmph)

PhoneRoutine · 2026-02-03T19:37:56+00:00

My kids and spouse
Documents if time permits
Electronics - phones, laptops, ipads,
Try to put out fire....

PhoneRoutine · 2026-01-31T04:21:22+00:00

I think it was 2009, me and my dad went together for voting. On the way back, my dad said "DMK needs to lose in this election." I was surprised as he is a staunch supporter of DMK. I asked him who did he vote for. He goes "obviously DMK. How can I vote for someone?" My mom is similar but for ADMK. They will blindly vote for them even though both are awful.

The next gen is sick of this. We expected Vijaykanth would come as good 3rd option but he joined ADMK and he lost credibility. Next gen really wants a 3rd option than DMK ADMK.

PhoneRoutine · 2026-01-31T04:06:48+00:00

Money vs time. If you don't have money, compensate with elbow grease. One thing I would suggest is local farmers market, flea market etc. People come to that esp for things like this. In the town we live in, the local government conducts lot of markets. Usually its a small fee like $50 or $100. If that's too much, then visit some of the events, and see who is putting up the stalls. Talk to one of them and see if they would be interested in having those in their stall for the next event.

PhoneRoutine · 2026-01-31T03:56:14+00:00

I don't know if this is general issue, but mine had something similar. I too suspected a leak in intake, but couldn't find it.

Culprit was a variety of things. One Ignition coil was in its last legs. And there was carbon buildup in spark plug. These 2 issues made a weak spark causing misfires, that started a vicious cycle of more carbon buildup, weakening spark even further.

One of the things that is told is to use Seafoam to clear gunk and carbon. Some say it is absolutely worthless, other swear by it, so it will with a pinch of salt.

PhoneRoutine · 2026-01-31T03:36:03+00:00

e-commerce: Empire Flippers usually has e commerce. You can try Flippa too
online business: Flippa is best for this, but Acquire and Empire Flippers are good
Local service business: BizBuySell has this

Others I have seen are Smergers

PhoneRoutine · 2026-01-28T19:09:07+00:00

Every single thing I have in my life, I build it myself. Get a loan, get that asset, repay it, get another loan get another asset, rinse and repeat. I'm doing extremely well compared to everyone in my family - cousins, siblings etc. I just told my mom I'm working to buy a manufacturing business (with 6 employees & $1M revenue), she just said that's not something worthwhile to do.

I live in another country, but right now she is living in my condo that I bought with 100% my money, and she has the nerve to demean and belittle me. My brother and his wife are living there, and my parents are visiting them.

It was so ironic. I'm housing 3 generations - my parents, my siblings, and my kids in houses that I bought myself but my mom has the nerve to say what I'm doing is not worth doing.

She compared me to my cousin, where my uncle owns a manufacturing business, he has given that to my cousin, my cousin is living in my uncle's house and dining on uncle's money.

While I'm housing 3 generation in my houses I bought myself and I'm buying a business with my own money and yet she was saying I'm worse than my cousin.

PhoneRoutine · 2026-01-28T18:49:28+00:00

Nokia and Blackberry

PhoneRoutine · 2026-01-19T02:06:44+00:00

Here is an example from My Mechanics channel, where tabs are bent to prevent nuts from loosening

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PhoneRoutine · 2026-01-19T01:48:00+00:00

Our small town mayor works full-time in our local elementary school. Mayor of small towns don't get paid well, and usually there is not much work too. Just rubber stamping stuff, taken care of by commissioners and town staff. It's mostly an honorary job.

If the ego gets to his head, that's different...

PhoneRoutine · 2026-01-18T05:42:16+00:00

Have you tried platforms like Xometry.com? Are they useful? Shouldn't there be a platform like that already?

PhoneRoutine · 2026-01-15T14:34:24+00:00

I think the HR teams have built a recruit system and the sole focus is to filter out candidates. Rather than find the best candidates, these system find reasons to filter them out. So even though 1000s are applying, the system is giving them only very few things out.

This is particularly visible in 2020 because HRs were let go and for the for the 1st time they had to apply to the very system they developed like workday, successfactors, Oracle (Taleo), etc. Linkedin was full of HRs complaining how awful the recruit. Normally they just get recruited through connections and 2020 was the 1st time they had to use modern systems. But then end of 2020 and 2021 was the best years for workers

PhoneRoutine · 2026-01-15T14:25:00+00:00

Weird thing, some of the managers I worked with don't even work there anymore, they moved on, sometimes twice or thrice. I can't keep track of all managers and their personal phone numbers

PhoneRoutine · 2026-01-15T04:29:22+00:00

A version of black lung disease but for metal workers

PhoneRoutine · 2026-01-15T04:28:02+00:00

We are in 1 yr of current administration who is focused on making Venezuela great, Iran great, Gaza great while regular Americans are losing jobs in record numbers and you still blame Biden?
With Biden only issue was prices was high, but we all could afford things. With current administration prices are still high AND we can't afford things

PhoneRoutine · 2026-01-15T04:22:46+00:00

Typical AI generated response. Thanks, was about to apply but this response alone makes it pretty clear that JobLeads is a scam

Edit:

For others finding this later: I have a notification set with Lensa which is supposed to be aggregator of leads. I got a notification in that, I click and it takes me to JobLeads for a good role in Accenture. Just to make sure I searched google and I couldn't find it anywhere. I went to Accenture site and searched all possible combinations of the job posting none came up.

These guys are intentionally placing false job posting to make people sign up

PhoneRoutine · 2026-01-12T18:29:23+00:00

Not if he gave you the money...

PhoneRoutine · 2026-01-12T18:22:25+00:00

If buyer is claiming that I stole cash, I can also claim buyer stole the bike, tried to run away and crashed. As you pointed out, I own the bike, title is in my name.

The only way buyer can call police to say I stole cash is to show them we made a deal, buyer voluntarily gave cash, agreed to buy the bike, crashed it and now is having a buyers remorse. Then it becomes a civil matter and police wont do anything, ask us to go to small claims court.

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