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Feb 12, 2019 08:57:34   #
Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon
 
Canuckus Deploracus wrote:
I worked as a roofer one summer when I was 18... Superb job... Fresh air and sun... Good physical labor... Good pay...
But it's a seasonal job where I lived...
Two monthes work paid for a year of uni...

Glad you are doing well...
It's -20 here at the moment...
But Nice and Warm inside...

Take care
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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Feb 12, 2019 10:29:26   #
vernon
 
Coos Bay Tom wrote:
Speak for yourself. Our country is f---ed up now


The only part of this country thats messed up is the west coast and they v**e in their misery.

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Feb 12, 2019 10:31:22   #
Canuckus Deploracus Loc: North of the wall
 
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.

It is a bit chilly up there. I live on the coast s... (show quote)


Victoria, and the rest of Vancouver Island, is truly gorgeous.. Have some cousins down there... Simply gorgeous place...

Anti-freeze... Only when we're being weaned...
After that it's just good breeding..

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Feb 12, 2019 10:55:30   #
bahmer
 
archie bunker wrote:
I am, and always have been an independent man. I depend on my wife, kids, and dog. My government insults me. Even now.
Things are changing.

I'm proud to be an American!!


Amen and Amen

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Feb 12, 2019 12:42:08   #
maximus Loc: Chattanooga, Tennessee
 
Coos Bay Tom wrote:
Speak for yourself. Our country is f---ed up now


Boy, you got that right! I mean...4 million coming off food stamps?? What are the people that make those cards gonna do? And what about the lowest unemployment rate in history for b****s, Hispanics, Asians, AND women...What is Trump thinking??? What are those people gonna do that handle all those unemployment cases. How will they live??? You say get another job?? Yeah, right. YOU get another job. Oh...you say you already did? and it pays better? Well...........well..............you're lying. Everybody knows that the country is messed up under Trump.....right? Right???

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Feb 12, 2019 12:45:56   #
woodguru
 
Trump fails to recognize that every v**er in this country are Americans...recognizing only those who support you and calling everyone else the enemy because they don't is the ultimate in d******eness...

What could be more d******e than calling Americans who don't agree with you the enemy...he should be impeached for that if nothing else

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Feb 12, 2019 13:02:07   #
archie bunker Loc: Texas
 
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.

It is a bit chilly up there. I live on the coast s... (show quote)


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.

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Feb 12, 2019 13:21:23   #
tophat
 
Tom, I too WAS in that field of work, and I know exactly what you are talking about. I'm just a little shy of being 80, so don't do the roofs any longer. Now I just sit around and get fat every winter, but spring is coming that means mowing way more than I should and gardening. Both of which I dearly love!
Coos Bay Tom wrote:
I'm doing just fine. I am a roofer waiting on blue sky. I have materials sitting at 2 houses and checks coming in the mail for 2 more. Once the blue sky comes I'll be working my a-- of but earning more in a day than most people in my area earn in a week. Happens this way every year. I get my first social security check this month because I'll be 65 . I don't feel old and in fact I still outwork much younger men. I'm remodeling a rich mans basement right now while I'm waiting on blue sky. I am fortunate in that I am a master at several trades and never have to advertise for work. My advise to young construction workers is simple---If you want to stay employed and get on top--Pay attention and care more about your job than just your lunch box and your pay day.
I'm doing just fine. I am a roofer waiting on blue... (show quote)

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Feb 12, 2019 13:21:39   #
woodguru
 
Canuckus Deploracus wrote:
And yet he (Trump) continues to work to keep the promises he made to his base...
Support garners support...


I'm missing that part somehow, where is the really cheap healthcare that replaces Obamacare?

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Feb 12, 2019 14:46:05   #
archie bunker Loc: Texas
 
woodguru wrote:
I'm missing that part somehow, where is the really cheap healthcare that replaces Obamacare?


Where is the really cheap Obamacare? Hell, it cost way more for his friends to get the website up, and running than Trump wants for border security? Where is my $2500.00 a year savings? Why did my doctor quit her practice because of it?
Why can't I go in, and get a pap smear? A mammogram? A pregnancy test? I pay for those services, yet I'm denied them because of my... (gulp) g****r!
WTF?

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Feb 12, 2019 15:26:37   #
Bad Bob Loc: Virginia
 
archie bunker wrote:
Where is the really cheap Obamacare? Hell, it cost way more for his friends to get the website up, and running than Trump wants for border security? Where is my $2500.00 a year savings? Why did my doctor quit her practice because of it?
Why can't I go in, and get a pap smear? A mammogram? A pregnancy test? I pay for those services, yet I'm denied them because of my... (gulp) g****r!
WTF?


Too bad ain't it.

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Feb 12, 2019 16:07:20   #
archie bunker Loc: Texas
 
Bad Bob wrote:
Too bad ain't it.


I'm thinkin my dog won't like you.

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Feb 12, 2019 18:40:40   #
Canuckus Deploracus Loc: North of the wall
 
archie bunker wrote:
Where is the really cheap Obamacare? Hell, it cost way more for his friends to get the website up, and running than Trump wants for border security? Where is my $2500.00 a year savings? Why did my doctor quit her practice because of it?
Why can't I go in, and get a pap smear? A mammogram? A pregnancy test? I pay for those services, yet I'm denied them because of my... (gulp) g****r!
WTF?


You spelled 'perceived' wrong....

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Feb 12, 2019 18:52:11   #
Carol Kelly
 
archie bunker wrote:
I am, and always have been an independent man. I depend on my wife, kids, and dog. My government insults me. Even now.
Things are changing.

I'm proud to be an American!!


I like that. I’m a proud American, too, and proud of my President.

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Feb 12, 2019 18:54:23   #
Carol Kelly
 
woodguru wrote:
I'm missing that part somehow, where is the really cheap healthcare that replaces Obamacare?


Working on it, if the Demos and RINOs would just let us get on with it.

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