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Posted: 9/27/2016 8:21:08 PM EDT
[#1]
Sorry to hear that lp, keep your chin up read some of the gd threads and you'll feel better
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Posted: 9/27/2016 8:21:21 PM EDT
[#2]
Will keep both of you in my thoughts.
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Posted: 9/27/2016 8:21:57 PM EDT
[#3]
25, eh?
The world is your oyster. When you're 50 and you haven't made anything out of yourself you can start to worry. You're going to be fine 
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Posted: 9/27/2016 8:22:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Time to grab life by the tits (I'd have said balls, but you seem rather fond of those ) and make it your bitch. |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 8:23:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: more like i need lots of bananas, turns out potassium is super important Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Buck up LP. Do the best with what ya got. . . . . . . ( And drink a lot of water ) more like i need lots of bananas, turns out potassium is super important |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 8:23:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Time to grab life by the tits (I'd have said balls, but you seem rather fond of those ) and make it your bitch. |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 8:23:39 PM EDT
[#7]
Good luck to you !
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Posted: 9/27/2016 8:24:14 PM EDT
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more like i need lots of bananas, turns out potassium is super important Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Buck up LP. Do the best with what ya got. . . . . . . ( And drink a lot of water ) more like i need lots of bananas, turns out potassium is super important be careful about potassium if you have kidney issues. My daughter can't have any bananas at all, the mess up her BP and HR. Kidneys control a crap ton and we don't even realize it. BTW I am donating one of mine to her so watch your health and see a nephrologist to watch your renal function, they can advise it could be an option for you down the road. |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 8:25:24 PM EDT
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Sorry man, it's no fun when it feels like you're fighting with everything you've got just to not give up. If you're near the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang in there!
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Posted: 9/27/2016 8:26:13 PM EDT
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Best wishes to you buddy. I'll be praying for your health.
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Posted: 9/27/2016 8:30:23 PM EDT
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i like it the job, but not ford, i have to deal with a trucks that are over 10000lbs on a constant basis, and only be 5"6 130 lbs, it tends to wear you down Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The automotive repair industry made me miserable too. In all sincerity, consider a career change. It will make you happier and turn wrenching into a fun hobby instead of a dreadful occupation. i like it the job, but not ford, i have to deal with a trucks that are over 10000lbs on a constant basis, and only be 5"6 130 lbs, it tends to wear you down Guess I won't suggest a change to heavy equipment then. That's bull work and tires you out. I'm 42 and have done it for 9 years now after being a machinist/toolmaker for 10 years. I enjoy it but some days you wish you had a cushy office job after running a 1" impact for 3 hours.
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Posted: 9/27/2016 8:32:54 PM EDT
[#12]
Sorry to hear. Hope life gets better soon.
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Posted: 9/27/2016 8:35:54 PM EDT
[#13]
Wish I was 25 again.
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Posted: 9/27/2016 8:40:12 PM EDT
[#14]
Hang in there.
Well, at least till election day. We need your vote. |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 8:42:47 PM EDT
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Hang in there. Well, at least till election day. We need your vote.
Hope you feel better OP, don't watch the debates. NIce car. |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 8:47:47 PM EDT
[#16]
I quit working on cars when I was 26. You can too.
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Posted: 9/27/2016 8:49:57 PM EDT
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When I got in my car accident three years ago, someone on here gave me some advice that I hated at the time. "Keep living and things will eventually improve". He was right.
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Posted: 9/27/2016 8:58:26 PM EDT
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Sack the fuck up, bro. You've got your whole life ahead of you. You've barely gotten started.
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:00:35 PM EDT
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I know man..I have always been depressed ever since the nazis fucked my people in the ass and took their country over..
Seriously? Unless you had friends or family that got killed you don't have much reason to go all Emo Don't bitch about it, just make it happen. FYI I started as a electrical apprentice 2 years ago and I'm 28 Make it fuckin happen |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:06:49 PM EDT
[#20]
Glad to hear you're ok d00d
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:11:24 PM EDT
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i live in the QC 
i can see commienoise across the river
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Hate to hear this LP. Iowa's a tough place to make a living if you aren't in DM, CR, or IC. Hope it comes together for ya. i live in the QC
i can see commienoise across the river
which is were i work at too I was gardening for $15 an hour in rock island back in high school. |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:12:04 PM EDT
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Quoted: lube tech |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:15:24 PM EDT
[#23]
How about those NDSU Bison!
Hope things get better for you. |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:16:40 PM EDT
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more like i need lots of bananas, turns out potassium is super important Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Buck up LP. Do the best with what ya got. . . . . . ( And drink a lot of water ) more like i need lots of bananas, turns out potassium is super important Lite salt is your friend, as is squash (summer and winter squash both). |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:17:32 PM EDT
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Life can be a struggle. Some of us are physically infirm. Others are crippled emotionally. But if you try, you can find joy in each day. Take comfort in the people that love you. Do your best to move forward with dignity. And watch the obituaries for known classic car owners, so that you and BP can cheat their widow.
be strong
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:20:54 PM EDT
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Quoted:
I have been listening to this a lot recently, it helps.  https://youtu.be/0vQn8apcbH4
Sorry i have not been around much. Things have not been quite right for me since Orlando happened, just using it as a time reference, its been all down hill for a bit. summer was hot, aggravatingly hard to work on giant super dutys in the heat, collapsed at work, twice, now have chronic Hypokalemia now, probably have a genetic kidney disorder, no surprise to me, things like that run in the family, so the next time spring rolls around im going back to the japanese or korean world, im just too fucking tiny to work on big fords, its killing me, literally, but o well, the main things that have been wearing down on me recently is that i started out way too late, im 25 and still make 9$ an hour, as a peon lube tech, the economy around here is stagnant, i can hardly see or hear or write, which everyone i know especially at works complain about, its not my fault i was born fucking broken, so get fucking over it, and the old pontiacs i want are geting more, and more and more and more expensive, and i don't have a proper garage to maintain one any way, so i have settled to get a last year of a first gen Genesis G90/80 or 70 this is the time of the Korean car, just like it was for the Japanese from 85 to 2010, o well at least i have BP, hopefully i can turn things around next year and find peace in the shade. http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2017-Genesis-G90-review-photo-SlashGear00015.jpeg that's a fantastic picture. I love the background. I'm sorry you are going through a rough patch. I've been in one for about six years now. Sometimes life sucks, plain and simple. But its the trying times that make you appreciate the little things, and that help put everything else in perspective. hold on tight... it will probably get worse before it gets better. But it will get better. The good thing about being at the bottom, is that you've got nowhere else to go but up. |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:21:24 PM EDT
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25 isn't much bud. My advice, find a trade and work hard at it. Most trades are/will be in demand for good, solid workers.
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:26:11 PM EDT
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they dont quite know yet, i dont have the cash lol, they think something like gitelman syndrome or something close to it
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:27:22 PM EDT
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Not sure what BP's career situation is like but is there any chance of getting out of the QC area? My wife and I are an hour+ south of you and have vowed to get out in the next calendar year. Things around here are dying. he actually makes good money  but combined we still cant go anywhere who knows in the future
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:27:27 PM EDT
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I was 24 when I started as an apprentice for a Mercedes Benz dealer. I am now 38 and make twice the national average for income and am very happy with my job. If you are a hard worker, dependable and have half a brain, you can get a job as a lube tech at a Benz dealer and become a line tech in no time.
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:27:56 PM EDT
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Not sure what BP's career situation is like but is there any chance of getting out of the QC area? My wife and I are an hour+ south of you and have vowed to get out in the next calendar year. Things around here are dying. Well, I am in building maintenance and I am making in the lower 20's/hr, which is pretty good for these parts so we are still getting by. We had an opening in a place near where he is currently working in which he would have started at 16/hr. but he really wants to stay in the automotive field if at all possible. We will see where he can go this spring and take it from there. |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:29:25 PM EDT
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Hang in there. Well, at least till election day. We need your vote.
Don't worry, he will be voting if I have to strap him to a dolly and roll him in to vote I have a feeling every single vote is gonna matter this time around.
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:31:21 PM EDT
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Well, I am in building maintenance and I am making in the lower 20's/hr, which is pretty good for these parts so we are still getting by. We had an opening in a place near where he is currently working in which he would have started at 16/hr. but he really wants to stay in the automotive field if at all possible. We will see where he can go this spring and take it from there. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Not sure what BP's career situation is like but is there any chance of getting out of the QC area? My wife and I are an hour+ south of you and have vowed to get out in the next calendar year. Things around here are dying. Well, I am in building maintenance and I am making in the lower 20's/hr, which is pretty good for these parts so we are still getting by. We had an opening in a place near where he is currently working in which he would have started at 16/hr. but he really wants to stay in the automotive field if at all possible. We will see where he can go this spring and take it from there. Good luck. |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:32:15 PM EDT
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Hate to hear this LP. Iowa's a tough place to make a living if you aren't in DM, CR, or IC. Hope it comes together for ya. i live in the QC
i can see commienoise across the river
which is were i work at too I was gardening for $15 an hour in rock island back in high school. you were lucky to have even SURVIVED rock island , was IH "international harvester" still around when you were in high school?
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:32:22 PM EDT
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Hang in there. You're still young. This. You're also OK since you recognize that Joy Division was a pretty good band. |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:33:41 PM EDT
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Life can be a struggle. Some of us are physically infirm. Others are crippled emotionally. But if you try, you can find joy in each day. Take comfort in the people that love you. Do your best to move forward with dignity. And watch the obituaries for known classic car owners, so that you and BP can cheat their widow. be strongthats evil! 
but i like your thinking
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:33:47 PM EDT
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i like it the job, but not ford, i have to deal with a trucks that are over 10000lbs on a constant basis, and only be 5"6 130 lbs, it tends to wear you down Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The automotive repair industry made me miserable too. In all sincerity, consider a career change. It will make you happier and turn wrenching into a fun hobby instead of a dreadful occupation. i like it the job, but not ford, i have to deal with a trucks that are over 10000lbs on a constant basis, and only be 5"6 130 lbs, it tends to wear you down I don't understand. Do you have to push the trucks? Pick them up? What difference does it make how heavy they are? |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:34:42 PM EDT
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I don't understand. Do you have to push the trucks? Pick them up? What difference does it make how heavy they are? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The automotive repair industry made me miserable too. In all sincerity, consider a career change. It will make you happier and turn wrenching into a fun hobby instead of a dreadful occupation. i like it the job, but not ford, i have to deal with a trucks that are over 10000lbs on a constant basis, and only be 5"6 130 lbs, it tends to wear you down I don't understand. Do you have to push the trucks? Pick them up? What difference does it make how heavy they are? Size and weight of parts. |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:34:48 PM EDT
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more like i need lots of bananas, turns out potassium is super important Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Buck up LP. Do the best with what ya got. I have a son with it in conjunction with his Type 1 diabetes. The treatment for diabetes exasperates the kalemia and vice versa. It could be worse. Just work through it and make choices that further the goals you want in life. It really is that simple. . . . . . . ( And drink a lot of water ) more like i need lots of bananas, turns out potassium is super important |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:35:50 PM EDT
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I was 24 when I started as an apprentice for a Mercedes Benz dealer. I am now 38 and make twice the national average for income and am very happy with my job. If you are a hard worker, dependable and have half a brain, you can get a job as a lube tech at a Benz dealer and become a line tech in no time. problem is is hardly any of the dealers around here are moving people, plus winter is coming....... lol GoT reference, so i have to wait till spring 
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:38:55 PM EDT
[#41]
Hang in there man!
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:39:07 PM EDT
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25? Too late? Wat? Not sure I understand the see heat and write part, is this health related? Find another job or look at training to do something else. Talking about yourself as "broken" is bad way to deal with your problems. Talk to a different doc maybe? Fuck I just started a new career at 30. Went back to college at 27 and got a second degree. Happier now...to hell with law enforcement now a days. Not worth what they pay around here. 25? pfft. I wish I was 25 again |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:40:45 PM EDT
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I don't understand. Do you have to push the trucks? Pick them up? What difference does it make how heavy they are? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The automotive repair industry made me miserable too. In all sincerity, consider a career change. It will make you happier and turn wrenching into a fun hobby instead of a dreadful occupation. i like it the job, but not ford, i have to deal with a trucks that are over 10000lbs on a constant basis, and only be 5"6 130 lbs, it tends to wear you down I don't understand. Do you have to push the trucks? Pick them up? What difference does it make how heavy they are? you try rotating the tires on 4 F450s in one day plus the other 15 other some odd cars/ trucks you have to mess with o helping techs put a new rear end in a F750 suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuksssssssssss
so heavy |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:43:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This. I started at $19/hr turning wrenches at the landfill. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: What about a job with the county or a municipality. A mechanic job there might be union with better pay and benefits This. I started at $19/hr turning wrenches at the landfill. Although I would guess all the municipal/utility jobs are working on big trucks |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:43:18 PM EDT
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$9 an hour? That's how much my local Walmart is offering on their help wanted sign for cashiers. You could stand around in a climate controlled building, occupy space, and consume oxygen, and get paid as much as you do now.
Alternatively, you could keep working as hard as you do now, and chase competition. It's time to GTFO. |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:46:35 PM EDT
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I have a degenerative lung disorder. Eventually I'll suffocate inside of my own body. Don't let illness kill your spirit to live. You just have to piss on your life to assert dominance and push on.
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:48:22 PM EDT
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Dude. You gotta pick the easier path. CompTIA A+ CompTIA Network+ These will give you the entry point to do IT work. You can still lift heavy things racking and stacking gear or putting together workstations and once you get past that, it's very white collar. It also lets you turn wrenches as a side project. |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:48:41 PM EDT
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you try rotating the tires on 4 F450s in one day plus the other 15 other some odd cars/ trucks you have to mess with o helping techs put a new rear end in a F750 suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuksssssssssss
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The automotive repair industry made me miserable too. In all sincerity, consider a career change. It will make you happier and turn wrenching into a fun hobby instead of a dreadful occupation. i like it the job, but not ford, i have to deal with a trucks that are over 10000lbs on a constant basis, and only be 5"6 130 lbs, it tends to wear you down I don't understand. Do you have to push the trucks? Pick them up? What difference does it make how heavy they are? you try rotating the tires on 4 F450s in one day plus the other 15 other some odd cars/ trucks you have to mess with o helping techs put a new rear end in a F750 suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuksssssssssss
so heavy Guy, the starter on a D8T bulldozer weighs 60lbs and has to be accessed by dropping a 200 lb belly plate. 
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:50:12 PM EDT
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What you need is a good woman.
Keep on keepin on. You aint got no other choice. Is there any way that you could do "shade tree" work at y'alls house? If you gat health insurance through BPs employer you could freelance and take the jobs you want, turning down the bad stuff. |
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Posted: 9/27/2016 9:50:25 PM EDT
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problem is is hardly any of the dealers around here are moving people, plus winter is coming....... lol GoT reference, so i have to wait till spring Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I was 24 when I started as an apprentice for a Mercedes Benz dealer. I am now 38 and make twice the national average for income and am very happy with my job. If you are a hard worker, dependable and have half a brain, you can get a job as a lube tech at a Benz dealer and become a line tech in no time. problem is is hardly any of the dealers around here are moving people, plus winter is coming....... lol GoT reference, so i have to wait till spring What does that have to do with anything? If you wait until spring, you'll burn another half a year. Don't do that. Find some motivation, embrace it, and make some shit happen. |
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