Coos Bay Tom wrote:
It is a bit chilly up there. I live on the coast so we deal with rain. We get about 6 months of sun and 6 months of rain here. I roof houses all summer and remodel or build all winter- sneaking in a roof when we get a sun break. Half of my family are Canadians so I hear about the snow and cold up there all the time. You Lumberjacks are a tough breed I think genetically adapted with anti freeze in your blood. I do have to remark on the beautiful climate Victoria BC has. It is warmer than Coos Bay and Spring comes about a month earlier than it does in Coos Bay.
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Doesn't that get depressing not having sunshine for that long, Tom? Seems like it would to me, but I've been a prairie dweller my whole life, so I really wouldn't know.
My son in law does the same kind of work that you do. Good money in it if you're good. He nearly lost his mind when he broke his feet, and couldn't work for two months. The guy works all the time, and can build anything.
First good hailstorm we get, if our insurance comes through, we're gonna have him put a metal roof on our house.
I h**e roofing myself. I'm afraid of heights, and it's hot, hard work here. I'm more comfortable standing o terra firma tacking steel on the bottom of a horse. Or driving large vehicles.
But alas, once again, I'm back on the inside again, unloading trucks, sorting and routing freight, and dealing with whining, helpless drivers.
My body won't let me do much of the horse thing anymore, and my brain knows how to ship a box, or wh**ever from point A to point B.
I'm slowly learning new ways to deal with the drivers. It's difficult. I can't say "Do your fking job, or go home" anymore.
Now, I have to pass out tissues, words of encouragement, warm hugs, and bite my tongue in the doing of it.