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My friend's father was a millwright. We always got along because we're all included under the same carpenter umbrella and from the same local.. Some of the stories he told me about having to go in and fix large equipment like that were scary as ever. The pressure they put those guys under is absolutely intense.. He did a lot of work for Reynolds Aluminum when they had a factory here and sometimes they'd force the mechanics to work 48 or more hours straight through if a machine went down.
Of course the paychecks were great but the toll that it takes on the body and mind forced him to get out early. He retired at 55 but that was back when we were able to with full benefits. Now it's 62 and if I retire early, I'll only receive 70% of my pension.
BOARD PSA... I was over at twitter and wanted to pull up a thread on the whole scuttlebutt last week about the guy saying his cousin was on the jury in the election fraud case that turned out to be nonsense.... WARNING ....whatever you do, do not type "my cousin" into the search bar!
My retinas are permanently scorched, I needed an eyewash and a shower after I shut it down.
I rest now.....
I'm gonna have to check it out..... I honestly never heard of him until now. It seems he doesn't play a lot of live shows but my guess is that's going to change.
https://www.bandsintown.com/a/14277729-zeshan-b
Can we claim him?
Zeshan’s path to music has been an unusual one. “My parents met in Mumbai, and they’re quite the odd couple — the country boy and the city girl,” he says. “My dad was from a village in southern India — it bears our last name, Bhagawati — and moved to Mumbai when he was 16. My mother was from the city, and they both worked at a charitable organization that provided services to people in the slums. Anyway, they got married and had my older sister there, then moved to Chicago, where I was born.”
oh wow, I like it! That is pretty cool.. Shows that we all have a creative side outside of our serious work and are able to let loose from time to time.
If he wasn't such an uneducated fool, he would have a job by now, a right winger would have put him under their coat tails.. Uline runs the largest warehouse in the state not far from his home town and is bent that way. Instead he's just touted for murdering people.
I think it's only going to get worse for him as the years progress. It's a tragedy but what he did on that night, he should be sitting in prison for, not running a victory lap.
absolutely... It was too close to home for me to watch him get away with murder. There's no excuse for what he did and no excuse for the people who still prop him up now.
where are all the big russian backers now? Seems a bit unfruitful doesn't it Hansel? Perhaps Gretel can snuggle you and tell you it's okay.
RUBLE IS COLLAPSING
— Jason Jay Smart (@officejjsmart) June 12, 2024
⚡️⚡️⚡️ In St. Petersburg, Russia lines are forming at money changers after the news broke about the new US sanctions that caused the suspension of currency trading on the Moscow Exchange.
👉 The Ruble is going bust!! pic.twitter.com/Im8oLbx7n7
The pump don't work 'cuz the vandal stole the handle....
https://www.politicalflare.com/2024/06/kyle-rittenhouses-mother-and-sister-are-being-evicted-and-kyle-is-refusing-to-help-them/
indeed... " I marched in civil rights rallies and you liberals suck" is not a flex he thinks it is. LOL I still have my pussy hat and I'm sure I can score him one too if he'd like to come to the pride parade with me and my friends and stand for all human rights with the rest of us..
There seems to be a lot of that going around in the last few years. Everyone is like "don't threaten me with a good time" but here they are, right back to their same old daily disinformation campaigns. This one complaining about critical race theory in grade schools had me falling out of my chair laughing.
no, he's not. You need to take that back. It's like saying that Biden is responsible for everything in the world that doesn't happen on our own soil.
You know that's wrong and I'm getting pretty fed up with it too but pushing the blame on others is not solving the discourse. We need to educate, not eradicate and we will all be better for it.
Israel has clearly pushed their boundaries way outside of the limits and there is no turning back at this point. I feel bad for the losses on both sides but this shit needs to stop. It's like I said from the beginning, you can't keep an animal caged for two decades and not expect it to lash out at some point..
It's none of our faults. That's on Israel. It was their bed and they made it. If they were such a peace loving society, then they wouldn't have penned Gaza in or tried to take the West Bank for themselves either.
You have to see it from both sides but I agree with you that these shitheads need to cut it out because half of them don't even understand any of world politics outside of what some random internet poster told them.
Education my man... education..
I see that the educational system has really paid off for you. I've been interrogated a time or two in my life as well so I feel your pain. I just found it good to not say anything until the lawyer arrives and I would never have subjected my family to that procedure or even tell them so you got some real stones.
I think we all pretty much know a black guy, and I'm sorry that you had to be interrogated for that. My stuff was more personal.
I'm a union guy too, Carpenters local 13.. I've switched professions now but still pay my dues and work part time at the training center teaching doors and hardware. What local do you work for? What is your trade?
I also control the produce bins on this website so you're going to have to work harder in order to receive your rewards. All we have today are breadcrumbs in bin #20. Tomorrow you might be able to work your way up to a potato or two but don't push it too hard , the bins are on the fifth floor and the windows are always open.
alright, break is over....
now time to get back at it..
most underrated zoo band of all time. We love our beavers.
just to add, I've seen it first hand. I told you all the story about my 500 pound friend and I knew him for over 30 years.. He was the one cleaning the crab legs out of the buffet back in college with me..
He was also a champion drinker too. He could down a pint of Guinness in under 4 seconds. I have no idea how that's even possible but he did it all the time just to show off.
Hey man, I don't write the articles, I only report the news. I also stated that to me it's repulsive. It's a problem in our country when people are starving, some goofball gets on stage and we cheer them on for eating a months worth of food in ten minutes.
It's not just hot dogs either. There's records for all kinds of stuff, it's actually a thing..
https://majorleagueeating.com
I was just kind of scratching my head as to why they threw their champion under the bus. There's probably more to it that I don't really care to know about but as one of my buddies stated years ago, I'm "a virtual plethora of useless information" so I had to chime in..🤓
I was pissed when they came for Hillary...... At a lot of people. I sucked it up at the time. We'd be in such a different place now if she would have been elected.
First they came for Hillary and I took it in stride.
Next they came for Taylor and it didn't bother me
but then they came for Dolly and now we have to wreck this place before we can put it back together.
we ride at dawn.
you're not doing anything but amusing your addled brain like anyone cares about your opinion. If you're so smart then why weren't the high priced attorneys for your idol pushing all the crap that you stated? Just nonsense from the garbage you read doesn't cut it in a court of law..
— Satan (@s8n) June 12, 2024
You're too old to explain anything to and I definitely don't want to argue your nonsensical points. My suggestion is to take the rest of your life and get off the internet. Go enjoy it with your beautiful wife and quit shitposting on iLube.
You're not a lawyer, you're a brainwashed fool.
So, in other news they booted Joey Chestnut from the Nathans hot dog eating contest because he took a sponsorship for a vegan food.
What the fuck? The dude is a professional eater, who gives a shit if he goes out and downs 50 artichokes for sport in his spare time.
I'll never understand that whole deal and maybe I could eat like three or four hot dogs in a day if I tried really hard but this cancel culture thing is out of control already.
I personally find the contests piggish and disgusting but others don't and I think they are cutting off their nose to spite their face..
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/11/business/nathans-hot-dog-joey-chestnut-banned-impossible/index.html
Not making stuff up about the court room
You didn't even know how they testified to the way the checks were signed off on.. You only hear what you want to and it's getting ridiculous already.
Most likely that is what they do. Plus I'm paying more than I would have if I had a private installer then took the tax subsidies myself but again, I would have been on the hook for any mishaps or disrepair and I don't know shit about electricity so problems that might arise would be costly. They were completely up front with me from the beginning and I have no reason to doubt them yet.
in 25 years I'll either be 80 years old or dead, so I kind of like their service guarantee.
the sales dude did say that they are the largest residential solar provider in the country and had just merged with other smaller outfits to be a larger force...
https://freedomforever.com
yeah, I'll have to report back to everyone about that. I'm not sure and like you I am very skeptical about things, so between the bit of research I did with the electric company and the company that is behind my installation, I felt confident in my decision.
What happens is, that I get credits for putting electricity back into the grid. My meter measures both output and input. At the end of the day, the credits are in the form of money but sometimes the sun doesn't shine around here lol, like winter and I'm still not sure how it's going to go with a snow covered roof yet..
But if I have enough credits built up, then it takes me through the gloomy days when I'm not producing without having to pay ComEd.. The credits are itemized every month and at the end of the year I have an option to take a check for my output, zero out my account and start over, or keep them flowing until next year end, so technically yes, I can use any credits I take in the form of a cash payment and stash it to pay the solar company.
My system is guaranteed to produce 120% of my current usage according to my last 5 years so I should be able to produce more power than I need forever.
I'm not sure if I'll cash out at the end of this year because it's only the first turnaround for me and that winter thing has me a bit nervous but we'll see how it goes.
Well, that settles it. After the verdict today, I will never vote for Hunter Biden. I refuse to vote for convicted felons.
That sounds interesting too.. I was looking to switch for about the last 10 years but upfront costs were always scary to me.. This company came along, has no upfront costs or financing and do their own upkeep.. They even pledge to reimburse me if my output lags and I suddenly get a bill. LOL I even got a 500 dollar gift card which in theory would pay my bill to them for the first 10 months.
I priced around and I might have been able to score the panels for a couple grand cheaper in the long term but for them to agree into a 25 year term of free maintenance with no money down sealed the deal for me. They pulled all the permits and did all the legwork with the electric company.. The only catch was that they receive all the tax subsidies currently provided which again, would have just made my tax filing more complicated anyway. It was just a way to make my life easier for the long haul.
Always have the option to pay the full contract off if I want to but I would forfeit the maintenance agreement and if anything went south I'd be left holding the bag..
I am a proud benefactor of the solar program 🌞 In my first month on line, I already produced more electrical output than I use in two months. My electric bill is zero, no distribution fees, no taxes and no hassle, just a thank you.
at the end of the year I will be given back the money for the extra electricity I provided to the grid. So now the electric company pays me instead.. Still have to pay 50 bucks a month for the next 25 years for the panels but the install company maintains them for the whole term and if I croak or sell the house, the next owner will assume the rights.
I'm still new to this but it seems like a win win situation for me so far..
here's my type of girl....
Donald Trump, the court adjudicated rapist, self-described pussy grabber, and Republican nominee for president has said that watching the states ban abortion is a “beautiful thing“ and all I can say is, women deserve so much better than this. pic.twitter.com/1gTMwri0Zv
— PoliticsGirl (@IAmPoliticsGirl) June 10, 2024
nobody is scared of your dumb troll ass. Fortunately we have lives outside of russian propaganda and dust you off as easily as a flea on a dog.
I'm all for that... calling all eggheads lol..
perhaps the theme to Jaws would serve the crowd better?
I've always just nodded my head in agreement without any discourse but it's getting harder and harder to do. I wish I had the social skills to be able to smartly throw it back at them but I get too angry and just sit and seethe so a fight doesn't break out.
I'm trying to get a bit more clever these days and only throw in a couple shots over the bow when I know it's ripe. Usually they will take it back in stride and we will all wind up agreeing but I have to be very careful about the points I try to make.
Sometimes if you say the wrong thing it will set these people off like a time bomb and that's absolutely not what I'm going for.
People who are completely misinformed for their whole life are tough nuts to crack and it's better off just to leave it be and enjoy the other moments you might share.
In my case, they were either clients or prospective clients so I always had to suck it up. Nowadays I get to freewheel a bit but I never want to insult the other person directly.
The woman who cuts my hair goes to Florida every year for the winter. She has family there and hides out like a snowbird. We always had small talk about our experiences there and she used to tell me that I should move there full time because it was so awesome. I would always tell her it was a nice place to visit but only my Mom lived there and I wanted no part of it after we sold her condo.
Just a couple weeks ago I saw her here at a Memorial Day party and she told me Florida sucks and she's never going back and said that she should have listened to me.. I was like, I never told you any of those things, not once, ever.. I just said it was not worth it for me anymore. Somehow I got into her head and I'm not sure how.. I got a big hug and a free haircut a couple days later, but I still left a 20 on the table before I walked out with a huge smile on my face..
Yeah, she takes responsibility for not going to the White House to shove her foot up trump's ass you idiot.. The speaker of the house has no control over the National Guard.. The Executive branch was in the driver's seat that day, not the Congressional..
Please stop with your half wilted nonsense..
We all saw what transpired and we all saw the testimony from people who were in the room. At least you admit it was an attack on our Capitol that deserved response from the National Guard and not some kind of tourist adventure, so I'll give you that.
You fools twist yourself into knots to try to explain what was obvious that day.. A coup attempt.
Unfortunately I have met types like her and I'm sure you have as well.
I don't have the means but somebody with all the technology and sound ability these days should just start flying drones over Trumpty at his rallies, blaring this tune.. Possibly even hack the monitors and his teleprompter?
agree 100% the dude is old but he's still sharp and understands what it is to be a true statesman. He comports himself that way and never disappoints me. I couldn't ask for a better POTUS at this moment in time and I definitely do not want to go back to that fucknut that plays our White House like it's a real estate deal. Biden is respected around the world and rightfully so. He absolutely needs this victory lap to get some more stuff done for us and if the house and the senate flip hard, that can happen.
I don't know how it's all going to land but I have faith that, at least in this country, nobody wants a demagogue at the end of the day. The other guy is always going to have his kool aid drinkers but when it gets down to the nuts and bolts of it, people will definitely see the better of the two options and vote their conscience.
you're the only one with the partisan mind in this conversation pal. I already told you that I vote for people, not parties. I can only vote in one state and it just so happens that the people here in the GOP are all wack jobs that want to destroy everything I've worked for in my life so I wind up leaning Democrat more often than not.