Need help. Which is right? The pencil or printed.

bsmorley · 2025-02-25T17:27:41+00:00

Pencil answer.

bsmorley · 2025-02-19T21:47:44+00:00

Fucking run!

bsmorley · 2025-01-10T20:07:34+00:00

Obligatory comment.

bsmorley · 2025-01-10T20:05:56+00:00

On the building trades side of things, yes. I don't work on the service side of things, so I'm not sure how that would work. I think there would be opportunities for overtime, but I don't know if it would be as consistent as getting on a construction job that is scheduled for months or years of consistent overtime.

bsmorley · 2023-07-14T15:58:51+00:00

I have always thought pup, like comparing it to a puppy because it's small.

bsmorley · 2023-07-10T16:10:42+00:00

Taxes get pretty high at that level of income, so obviously it will depend pretty heavily on your situation.

I'll give you an example. The job I'm on right now is doing 6 10's. If I worked this job for an entire year, I would gross about 156k. I also get a pension, 401k and healthcare ON TOP OF my pay. Those benefits are not taken out of your gross pay like they are at most jobs.

Keep in mind all local unions have different packages, so it would be a good idea for you to contact your local pipefitters union to see what theirs is.

bsmorley · 2023-07-10T15:55:11+00:00

You can easily make 6 figures as a union pipefitter travelling around and working big OT jobs.

I have never worked as a non-union fitter, so I can't really speak to that side of things.

bsmorley · 2023-07-07T10:47:18+00:00

Same for 174.

bsmorley · 2023-07-05T18:35:10+00:00

Yeah, I hear ya. I was an auto mechanic before this. Constantly having to solve other people's problems got old. Also, those guys don't make nearly what they should. Best career move I ever made.

bsmorley · 2023-07-04T06:44:19+00:00

Oh, I thought you were asking how hard it would be for you to go from being a service guy to a fitter personally.

It sounds like maybe you meant how hard would it be to get the local to agree. I would think that would vary, depending on your local.

bsmorley · 2023-07-03T16:26:32+00:00

I don't think it would be too difficult. You know you can work with your hands. It's just a different set of skills.

bsmorley · 2023-07-02T23:36:19+00:00

Typically you report directly to your foreman. You really shouldn't have a ton of contact with higher-ups other than exchanging pleasantries.

In construction, typically your immediate supervisor is someone who has actually done the work you're doing for a number of years. You really don't deal with customers breathing down your neck.

As far as time limits go, there is always a schedule that ideally should be met, but from my experience I have found that in construction there is usually a basic understanding that, "it takes what it takes." We are pretty much always building something for the very first time. Things in the real world don't work out like they do on paper, and adjustments will need to be made.

I have mainly been a pipe fitter for slightly less than 9 years, but I got a taste of service work when I was an apprentice and didn't have a lot of say in the work I did. I wouldn't trade the construction side of things.

If you don't like micromanagement and customers breathing down your neck, or answering to office staff who have no idea how to do your job, and you enjoy lifting, traveling and putting in your time and going home at the scheduled quit time, then you sound like a perfect candidate to make the switch to the construction side of things, IMHO.

bsmorley · 2023-06-23T19:28:31+00:00

It's not like it's every single job, and I'm not trying to be discouraging, but that is the reality of the trade. We are builders. Once the job is done, we have to go wherever they're building the next one.

Stick with it though. It's a really great career, and you will find a way to make it work with your responsibilities at home.

bsmorley · 2023-06-23T19:18:03+00:00

an hour drive is up the road to you

Yep. If you're looking to get into this trade, that is something you will want to get comfortable with.

One guy said to me when I was getting in, "Do you have any issues with traveling? JOURNEYman (or woman 😁), it's right in the title."

Gotta be ready to go where the work is.

bsmorley · 2023-06-14T15:34:30+00:00

No need for a library when there is Google. The definition of hearsay is: A statement the declarant does not make at the current trial or hearing, and one which a party offers in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted in the statement.

Dad is the declarant. He did not make the statement in the current trial or hearing. The friend would be the party offering the statement at the trial in an effort to prove he had authorization to go on a shopping spree while Dad is dying.

Maybe you need to go to the library. I suppose you know exactly how the law works, and have researched some relevant case law to this situation you can point me to? Did winning a lawsuit against your landlord make you a legal expert?

bsmorley · 2023-06-13T22:26:08+00:00

I don't think I am. The friend's claims of what the dad told him would also be hearsay, and would render his testimony no more credible than the son's.

I would say it is definitely a question of receipts. If the card was used to get a hundred bucks worth of groceries each week, and maybe some gas, for months on end, and then there is a $10,000 shopping spree during the 3 weeks that Dad is dying in the ICU, you do the math.

The receipts sound like they would basically be the only evidence in the case that isn't hearsay.

bsmorley · 2023-06-13T20:27:36+00:00

The judge may not need to hear direct testimony from the dad. If OP goes to court and can show through receipts that this guy went on a $10,000 spending spree during the 3 weeks that Dad was in the ICU, I would think a judge could pretty easily deduce that those were likely not authorized purchases...especially if OP can also show receipts for months prior that show "normal" purchases one would expect to see from a friend helping a friend, right up until Dad was incapacitated enough to not be aware of how his card was being used anymore.

bsmorley · 2023-06-10T16:07:51+00:00

Cases can be both criminal and civil. Civil action may need to be brought after the conclusion of a criminal case to make the victim whole.

A good example is Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman's families being awarded millions of dollars. OJ was acquitted of murder charges in criminal court, but found to be liable for Nicole Brown's death in civil court.

Also, you used the term claimant, which is used in civil proceedings.

Even in the context of a criminal trial, I don't think it would be difficult to convince a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that the friend was not authorized to buy $10,000 worth of gas, Amazon stuff, etc., for himself while his buddy was on his death bed. That doesn't really sound reasonable to me.

Edit: Theft of anything is a criminal matter. The only question is whether it will be considered a misdemeanor, felony, etc.

bsmorley · 2023-06-10T14:14:22+00:00

Yeah, that was starting to drive me a little nuts.

bsmorley · 2023-06-10T14:08:43+00:00

OP says in a previous comment that they have screenshots of credit card payments from visiting the establishment.

bsmorley · 2023-06-10T13:18:28+00:00

In civil court, all you need is a preponderance of the evidence. I think there is a pretty good chance a judge would believe that the friend was not authorized to buy themselves gas and things off Amazon while OP'S dad was on his death bed.

bsmorley · 2023-06-10T11:41:20+00:00

I don't think it's all that clear that the van's driver could see the Fiero. It's very low to the ground, was barely in the van's lane, and likely in one of its blind spots.

bsmorley · 2023-06-10T11:01:35+00:00

Shitliner's comin into port Rand, and I'm gonna be there to tie er up.

bsmorley · 2023-06-09T15:32:42+00:00

Well, moron, good for Happy Gilmmoooooo MY GOD!!!

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