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Old 02-22-2019, 09:44 PM
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I try to avoid that and limit how much OT I'm willing to do anymore. Now and then is ok. Worked my share of 60 hour weeks when I was younger.
I loved those days leaving at 5 am and getting home at 6 pm, do my paperwork, then go to bed, do it all over the next day!
 
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Old 02-22-2019, 09:48 PM
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might be getting a taste of factory life soon....thinking about hanging up the keys.....money is good but not worth the aggrevation...plenty of both but getting tired of the racket.
Different way of life, decisions, decisions... myself I could never do factory work, I did different work every week in different locations sometimes every other day. I almost lost my mind when I worked ona 12 story high rise and was there for 14 months!
 
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Different way of life, decisions, decisions... myself I could never do factory work, I did different work every week in different locations sometimes every other day. I almost lost my mind when I worked ona 12 story high rise and was there for 14 months!
so is pick up and delivery......just getting up to go to work is a chore because I know the hell that awaits, wanna get rid of that.
 
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Old 02-22-2019, 09:52 PM
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so is pick up and delivery......just getting up to go to work is a chore because I know the hell that awaits, wanna get rid of that.
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Old 02-22-2019, 09:56 PM
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The thing I hated most was working in the city, dealing with traffic, inspectors, cops and thieves.
 
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Old 02-22-2019, 09:58 PM
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We use to pay a kid to watch our trucks workin nights in the city.. he made some money and we kept our tools!
 
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headin to the rack....up early tomorrow triple S and go to the job fair that the local steel mill is throwing.....thats the place I want to go to , if they'll have me....I'll miss the money but not what I had to do to get it.give'em my 2 weeks and take my vacation if they take the bait
 
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Worst one, they cleaned my power tools out of one side of my utility bed one night on another job, 5800.00 in tools, I did have replacement insurance but still screwed my day up bad...
 
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Old 02-22-2019, 10:11 PM
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headin to the rack....up early tomorrow triple S and go to the job fair that the local steel mill is throwing.....thats the place I want to go to , if they'll have me....I'll miss the money but not what I had to do to get it.give'em my 2 weeks and take my vacation if they take the bait
C'ya Bill.. good luck with the job!
 
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I am outta here, hava goodun... laaater!
 


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