I am a construction/maintenance millwright in Nv, working for a federal contractor for the Dept. Of Energy.
I'll be damned if...well, let's just say I might be out of a job, soon. They'll have to fire me, though. Momma didn't raise no quitter.
I love Shiner Bock (do the brewery tour, if you can). I've visited the Alamo twice. Love Buc-ee's. I feel at ease in Texas. And, like half of TX, I did a hitch in the Marine Corps
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I have been married 21 years (the wife's Cajun). I'm a big SpaceX fan. I'm big and ornery, and definitely won't help turn the state purple or blue.
Two kids, a boy just out of high school who can't join the military (FJB) or go to school in NV because our Kalifornia-Lite governor (FSS) loves his overreach powers, and has mandated the jab for higher education.
He's a baby machinist. If I could get him a job at SpaceX or LaRue, I would consider myself a good father.
The daughter is in 10th grade, so changing high schools would suck, but it might have to happen.
I think I'd make the right type of transplant, if only to balance out the fucking Kalifornians. G_d knows they've swamped Nevada.
What are my prospects in the Shiner/Yoakum/Victoria area? I might be able to land a job at the STP, but I am sure they'll require the jab. I can transfer my book to Local 2232 in Houston (yeah, union scum, but I don't have a union tattoo, or anything), but I am probably up against the same wall.
Any advice? Or is Texas full?
Best,
JBR