Cool how you're getting away with flipping everyone off! Can I report that post for obscenity?
-Mike
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So, what do you guys do for living?
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Cool how you're getting away with flipping everyone off! Can I report that post for obscenity?
-Mike
I was just suggesting that you get to beat people up in the back room to be honest
That is no longer an acceptable business practice,although there are times when it would bring great pleasure and satisfaction to reinstate that aspect of the job. I'm sure that is something most people feel when dealing with the
"great unwashed masses" that make up their customer base. That is not to say that we don't have some really great customers, because we do, but there are some that you wish were twins so you could beat one of them with the other one.
Here lately, I sit at home and wait for the snowplow!
It's not gonna work in the long run, I can see that.
It's not gonna work in the long run, I can see that.
I drive this for a living...but most of my gear money recently came from Ebay sales LOL...I made just enough to get my bass and the hubs got my amp. Everything else I needed came from my bro.
I shouldn't complain cos I'm lucky to have a job but it sucks when work is so slow, they're barely willing to spend money on buses for trips and sports right now, I've never been so bored cos I'm never out. I can't quit cos we own these buses, we're private charter. So...I just kinda wait and hope for a trip. This week I'm lucky, I'm out 2 days on the road.
I do have a goal to save up for later tho, an Ibanez SR750
A penny here a nickle there...hopefully they're still available when I got enough LOL...
Is that a 'Bluebird" brand bus??? That's ALMOST the same bus we (the band) use for travel and equipment hauling/storage. Except our bus has a nice paint job,bed,T.V.,seating (restaurant booths),and a killer stereo.
I won't go into exactly what I do, but my salary comes out of what you send to the IRS every year.
I make reasonable money as an admin-professional at a university, and I buy inexpensive basses. The most expensive bass I own cost me $400...and that's a Jack Casady bought cheap because it had a crack between fretboard and neck. Glued the crack and all is well.
I already had a '63 P, but over the past five years I've added these for less than $300 each:
Gretsch 2202 Electromatic Jr. Jet
Univox 335-copy hollowbody
MIM Jazz
Rogue VB-100 Beatle Bass
Turser JTB-401 '54 P clone
Applause AE-40 acoustic/electric
Epiphone EB-O
Dearmond Pilot Deluxe
Aria Diamond (early Hi-Flyer)
Fretless P/J special (refin'd)
I've bought and sold some others, but all inexpensive. Once I got a few in hand, I did my best to buy cheap, sell for at least what I had in the bass, and use that money to buy something I thought I'd like better.
I already had a '63 P, but over the past five years I've added these for less than $300 each:
Gretsch 2202 Electromatic Jr. Jet
Univox 335-copy hollowbody
MIM Jazz
Rogue VB-100 Beatle Bass
Turser JTB-401 '54 P clone
Applause AE-40 acoustic/electric
Epiphone EB-O
Dearmond Pilot Deluxe
Aria Diamond (early Hi-Flyer)
Fretless P/J special (refin'd)
I've bought and sold some others, but all inexpensive. Once I got a few in hand, I did my best to buy cheap, sell for at least what I had in the bass, and use that money to buy something I thought I'd like better.
My company builds big swimming pools (competition pools for school and city projects). The last few years have been spectacular, and I've been able to splurge on good gear and fun toys for me and my family.
That sounds very interesting. I enjoyed watching the experts resurface our pool. They were true artists with the trowels. I found out that almost every every local pool company uses the same team of guys to actually apply the surface material. After the pool company we contracted finished the prep work, they arrived, applied the GOOP and where GONE to the next project, like clockwork.
My Bro In Law drives a school bus. From the stories he's told me........ I don't have the patience. I'd be the bus driver in the news for beating the living SNOT out of some smart assed kid
My Bro In Law drives a school bus. From the stories he's told me........ I don't have the patience. I'd be the bus driver in the news for beating the living SNOT out of some smart assed kid
Ya, I remember giving some of my bus drivers back in the day a lot of crap, but i wasnt a golden child, and they werent the nicest people on the planet. But I had some cool ones too that were really awesome, funny, and genuinly enjoyed their jobs.
In any given geographical area, there are only so many guys who are skilled pool plasterers (it's a different skill than building plaster), so you'll see the same guys working for different pool plastering companies.
For our pools, we'll have 20-40 guys down in the pool all at once. It has to be done in one day - even on full Olymipic-size pools (164' x 75') - so it takes a big crew to get the job done. It's an amazing process to watch.
That's got to be a well orchastrated process!! I still don't see how they get it to stick to the sides
That's got to be a well orchastrated process!! I still don't see how they get it to stick to the sides
Pool plaster is nothing more than white cement, fine sand, and water. It starts to firm up pretty quickly when you start working it with a trowel.
Well...........that's one part of our home renovations I was glad to pay someone else to do
Well...........that's one part of our home renovations I was glad to pay someone else to do
Trying to do it yourself would have been a costly mistake. Good choice!
