fattyflattie

It’s not a handful of rental houses but it’ll do.

No, they are not easy to rid of. Our “management” labor and operators have better packages without a doubt in both pay and benefits. No pension which may or may not be there, though. They are loyal to the company and invested in its success, and are compensated as such.

Well shit. Was hoping to fly out early Thursday but not looking so hot. Feel terrible for the folks on the west coast getting slammed back to back.

I don’t disagree that there are leeches everywhere. And I’m not against skilled labor - what was once a union tenet. I’m against the useless fucks that insist I owe them something because they purchased a book. I have worked with good BAs, and crook BAs. I don’t believe there is still a need for unions but ymmv. If and when I can cash out on this deal, come hell or high water this will be my last go with them. Top hour, show up, hire splits, lay-off splits and the lack of give a fuck, and even downright disdain for the company employing you has gotten to be too much to bear.

I should sound like someone who’s got a non-insignificant amount of personal wealth chained to a bunch of assholes that don’t care about a company or project, only how long they can extend their employment. Sabotage of equipment not uncommon. Sabotage of the works not uncommon. Whatever it takes to extend their ride a bit longer - who gives a fuck about the company you’re working for - I bought a book, where is mine? I hate sending our skilled travelers home but that is easily overshadowed by getting to layoff the local leeches and sending them back to the unemployment line. I wouldn’t feel this way if even 20% were just decent people instead of scum of the earth thieves and cheats.

For starters, they’d be worth about $20/hr with any competition, maybe less. Breeding mediocrity is their greatest contribution. Buy a book, now you are skilled labor, lulz.

I haven’t heard much about Covid lately (personally). Is it coming around again? I got OG and *think I got boosted, but maybe I got it for first time right before first booster, can’t recall. I got it about a year ago and it was a rough 48 hours but better after that.

Yet they’re still going up right along Rickenbacker Causeway. Been here last few weeks and second time have to pack the equipment up, just in case. Don’t know how the people that live here do it.

Hello. There’s a few of us around. I’ve mostly frozen myself from purchasing lately on a P-gun quest. But let’s take a looksie.

Strike might be resolved in January. Let’s see what the mob wants by then.

This is literally a reply to a post that was a reply to your post in a subject. Was there not an apropos thread at that time?

How is that? If I’m paying your mandatory show up time, you’re coming in for those 4 hours. No show is back to the hall (ie house, filing for unemployment again)

Houston lost several transmission towers in a storm earlier this year, causing additional widespread loss of power. Mostly in large ROWs that would be very easy and “cheap” to incorporate underground (through ditching or drilling). My work mainly encompasses coastal areas (think Miami, where power has to go from mainland substations to all the islands and port). Also, cities that want to install new substation networks in the middle of existing infrastructure, ie: substation to substation, don’t want to trench miles between them disrupting roads and existing structures. Most of our bores are between 3500’ and 9500’, typically 48-60”. Typical depths are 100-150’ on horizontal tangent, leaving the entry and exit on 12-15* depending on geology and any existing interferences. The East coast has been burying quite a bit as well (done ALOT of work in VA/DC). All the permitted offshore farms will be buried from offshore structure to inland bank. Louisiana was going to bury a bunch of their coastal lines a few years ago (likely being pushed by the LNG plants) but they scrapped that. Funding probably went to NIL or something, who knows.

Electricity has more to do with the ampacity losses by distance and heat. Burial of transmission lines had accounted for about 70% of our projects in last 5 years or so. Boring with anything bigger than the little Vermeer and ditch witch rigs you are seeing in your hood is very, very expensive compared to just open trenching. But, what isn’t expensive these days?

I’ve had real good luck with Texas Wildlife Supply feeders (and blind). Quality stuff, relatively heavy made dumb steel. I think I’m going to have a big # feeder commissioned next year. Fill it once or twice and be done type of deal.

I have sad because instead of cool pics @Handcruser posts are like a fucking algebra class. Nothing but numbers and emoji written everywhere in between. Obligatory I was told there would be no maths.

And somehow still considerably better than All Summer Long.

It brings back plenty of memories. I didn’t enjoy that gig, but it was plenty cool. Just not my deal.

That’s how I always did it. Don’t have any serrated blades left, other than a leatherman I keep in my hunting bag.

Every year I see your neighborhood posts and laugh (dying inside) about how much I pay to have considerably less herd than your hood. You've posted some impressive deer over the last few years. That dude with the protein we feed, oof.

I noticed they’ve turned on him lately, as well. They’ve finally realized that he is in fact, not as good or better than Ant Hill. Surprising, I know.

Hell even that’s not too terribly bad. Broken bow is nice, though…

We’re talking about a Texas State grad student here…

I thought that was someone else.

I’m down for paying for it out of any social fund you want. I’d be irate as an ET shareholder if they don’t hold the woman’s estate liable.