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haha yes, it's important to give them that "what the fuck did I get myself into feeling"....everyone has had it.


Once they get out from under your thumb, they become incorrigible and then insufferable. The wretched bastards!!!! And they have to be shown what a day's work is all about, even if it kills me.


When I go out into the field, I always make sure to be dressed warm and smart enough to outlast the youngsters when outside.


I didn't live this long by being a fool. Of course, I was a fortunate youth and survived my foolishness.
 
1950 called.

They want their welding hood back.

haha that's not me, but I actually have one just like it.

I don't trust the automatic hoods.

Once they get out from under your thumb, they become incorrigible and then insufferable. The wretched bastards!!!! And they have to be shown what a day's work is all about, even if it kills me.

Our first years are already insufferable. They got sent down to the street a couple of days ago to help hook onto truckloads and now they eat lunch with the raising gang and generally act like they're too good to punk bolts. As the foreman said "All right, spermburglar one and spermburglar two, you ain't gettin in that raising gang, they already have enough deadweight! Go sort bolts!".

Neither of them is "all that" as an apprentice, but they both look the part, with all the tattoos, both have the cocky attitude, and both of them seem to be pals with the right people.

A good apprentice is right there at your elbow handing you whatever you were about to ask for before your mouth is open. These jokers can't be found half the time. They're too busy posing and bullshitting.

Anyway. Today's story relates to humiliation as an effective peer pressure means of safety awareness. If you drop a wrench on decking, it makes a very loud, distinctive tinny banging sound. Then every man in two raising gangs all over the derrick floor lets out a loud ironic cheer, and they keep going for several minutes, egging each other on, hollering "medic!!", etc. By the time they're done with you, you're determined not to drop anything else, even if it kills you.
 
Our first years are already insufferable. They got sent down to the street a couple of days ago to help hook onto truckloads and now they eat lunch with the raising gang and generally act like they're too good to punk bolts. As the foreman said "All right, spermburglar one and spermburglar two, you ain't gettin in that raising gang, they already have enough deadweight! Go sort bolts!".

Neither of them is "all that" as an apprentice, but they both look the part, with all the tattoos, both have the cocky attitude, and both of them seem to be pals with the right people.

A good apprentice is right there at your elbow handing you whatever you were about to ask for before your mouth is open. These jokers can't be found half the time. They're too busy posing and bullshitting.

Anyway. Today's story relates to humiliation as an effective peer pressure means of safety awareness. If you drop a wrench on decking, it makes a very loud, distinctive tinny banging sound. Then every man in two raising gangs all over the derrick floor lets out a loud ironic cheer, and they keep going for several minutes, egging each other on, hollering "medic!!", etc. By the time they're done with you, you're determined not to drop anything else, even if it kills you.

I enjoy working by myself. There are precious few who can abide my perfectionism and intolerance for bullshit. If you'll work and don't feel the need to flap your trap (that's my job), we'll get along okay. If you can learn what I do in one trial, we'll get along well. If you take my instruction and improve on it, saving time and money, well, I'm in love.


The only person who ever did that perfectly was my son. I already loved him and forbade him to do anything less than finish school and get a professional designation - which he did.


The best are the bullshitters. They have to top your story and will lie to do it. Funny, I usually manage to catch an inconsistency in their tales which, if I hated the fucker(s), I'd immediately point out. But all that was back in the days when I was working for someone else.
 
The best are the bullshitters. They have to top your story and will lie to do it. Funny, I usually manage to catch an inconsistency in their tales which, if I hated the fucker(s), I'd immediately point out. But all that was back in the days when I was working for someone else.

Talking while working is one thing. But I don't like it when a guy has to lean on his elbow.
 
You couldn't pay me enough to go there.

You see how they are all bundled up and there is all that white stuff everywhere? I'd have to buy a coat and it's just not worth it!
 

That's gonna be a snowy wasteland even after the predicted 11 degree global average temperature rise.
 
You couldn't pay me enough to go there.

You see how they are all bundled up and there is all that white stuff everywhere? I'd have to buy a coat and it's just not worth it!

Men get paid a lot to go there.

That's gonna be a snowy wasteland even after the predicted 11 degree global average temperature rise.

That place is south of 60° latitude. On the coast. Could be a garden spot.
 
Men get paid a lot to go there.



That place is south of 60° latitude. On the coast. Could be a garden spot.

Well if I ever turn up missing, just scratch that place off of your list of places to look for me because I sure won't be there.

I require a constant temperature of 72 degrees, preferably slightly overcast because the sun hurts my eyes.
 
Well if I ever turn up missing, just scratch that place off of your list of places to look for me because I sure won't be there.

I require a constant temperature of 72 degrees, preferably slightly overcast because the sun hurts my eyes.

You can't get there in the Impala.
 
Lifting Speed: 4.0 ft/min [Min], 36.0 ft/min [Max]
Voltage: 115.00 VAC
Frequency: 60.0 Hz
Amps: 15.00 A
Cable/Wire Size: 3 1/2 in [Max]
Cable Cap. 2: (8) x 250 MCM, (6) x 500 MCM, (5) x 750 MCM
Length: 41 in
Width: 27 1/2 in
Height: 37 1/2 in
Includes: Pendent, & Toggle Switch
Wt.: 285 lb
 
Lifting Speed: 4.0 ft/min [Min], 36.0 ft/min [Max]
Voltage: 115.00 VAC
Frequency: 60.0 Hz
Amps: 15.00 A
Cable/Wire Size: 3 1/2 in [Max]
Cable Cap. 2: (8) x 250 MCM, (6) x 500 MCM, (5) x 750 MCM
Length: 41 in
Width: 27 1/2 in
Height: 37 1/2 in
Includes: Pendent, & Toggle Switch
Wt.: 285 lb

Electric tugger?
 
You blew off my hood suggestion, fucker.

I am telling you to try one.

I will now shut up about it.
 
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