The Construction Thread

[Saint Peter]

Gimme the keys to the new truck.

Leather seats and a moon roof.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Leather seats and a moon roof.

Wanna go 4wheelin?

 

[Saint Peter]

Wanna go 4wheelin?

LMAO!

Never, ever, ever in a million years, buy a used company truck.

 

[thør]

LMAO!

Never, ever, ever in a million years, buy a used company truck.

I bought a used Explorer for Mrs t once. Company owned (Electrical contractors) and only driven by the VP. Clean as the day it was new. It was a good buy.

 

[TurdFergeson]

Construction here is dead. There's a bit of service work, as usual, but not much new ground was broken before it froze.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Construction here is dead. There's a bit of service work, as usual, but not much new ground was broken before it froze.

What is your trade? Carpenter, right?

 

[TurdFergeson]

What is your trade? Carpenter, right?

I've done a bit of everything. Rough framing, roofing, decks and remodeling, plumbing, and electrical.

Well, I guess I haven't really done any masonry. Unless you count demo work.

 

[rosco rathbone]

I've done a bit of everything. Rough framing, roofing, decks and remodeling, plumbing, and electrical.

Well, I guess I haven't really done any masonry. Unless you count demo work.

You should be a Doctors Without Borders logistics specialist. That's what they need, jack of all trades guys with construction experience.

 

[TurdFergeson]

You should be a Doctors Without Borders logistics specialist. That's what they need, jack of all trades guys with construction experience.

My surgeon was in that organization. He went to Bosnia to sew people up.

 

[chillywilly2]

You should be a Doctors Without Borders logistics specialist. That's what they need, jack of all trades guys with construction experience.

You can do that without a union

 

[TurdFergeson]

You can do that without a union

All the trade unions have massive amounts of guys on the books. Some apprentices haven't worked since last June.

But, the Union does provide them with an emergency fund, and of course they get standard unemployment benefits.

 

[thør]

You should be a Doctors Without Borders logistics specialist. That's what they need, jack of all trades guys with construction experience.

I have a friend building homes for ho's down in South America right now. It's with a church based organization. I support (meaning give money to) EWB (Engineers Without Borders). Engineers seem to be pretty good at getting stuff done with what's available, but some definitely need a bit of training in manual labor.

 

[thør]

All the trade unions have massive amounts of guys on the books. Some apprentices haven't worked since last June.

But, the Union does provide them with an emergency fund, and of course they get standard unemployment benefits.

I noticed that the pipefitter's union here has been fairly busy getting folks through apprentice school.

 

[koalabear]

I have a friend building homes for ho's down in South America right now. It's with a church based organization. I support (meaning give money to) EWB (Engineers Without Borders). Engineers seem to be pretty good at getting stuff done with what's available, but some definitely need a bit of training in manual labor.

Engineers suck. You do realize they designed women don't you? Who else would put the sewage disposal so close to the playground......

 

[thør]

Engineers suck. You do realize they designed women don't you? Who else would put the sewage disposal so close to the playground......

There's a whiner in every crowd......

 

[rosco rathbone]

I noticed that the pipefitter's union here has been fairly busy getting folks through apprentice school.

Gotta get ready for that nuke plant boom.

 

[thør]

Gotta get ready for that nuke plant boom.

Some are banking on a gas pipeline boom, here.......I don't see it.

 

[chillywilly2]

Pretty much anything being built here is just stimulus money...and a few schools that were already planned.

Everybody is so tight for work that there is no money in anything...fucking companies working below cost

 

[Luk]

We are getting lots of County and City work here. Also, I know it's odd, but getting quite a few new custom homes.

 

[koalabear]

Gotta get ready for that nuke plant boom.

Do you mean the nuke plants they won't issue permits for, but keep saying we need more nuke power.

 

[thør]

Pretty much anything being built here is just stimulus money...and a few schools that were already planned.

Everybody is so tight for work that there is no money in anything...fucking companies working below cost

LOL, stimulus money.....

Anything that was in the design or ready to bid stage was turned into a stimulus project.

 

[TurdFergeson]

Nuke plants:

How much longer will the supply of economically recoverable uranium last?

(just with current use?)

 

[thør]

Nuke plants:

How much longer will the supply of economically recoverable uranium last?

(just with current use?)

Haven't the Russians stopped sending us the stuff out of their dismantled weapons? Or was that just a rumor?

 

[frdrcnjohn]

Underground Miner

They are still mining Uranium in the U.S. a few operating in southern Colorado and the four corners region I work in an underground mine. A Gold mine

 

[TurdFergeson]

Haven't the Russians stopped sending us the stuff out of their dismantled weapons? Or was that just a rumor?

I would think they have their own nuke plants to use it in?

They are still mining Uranium in the U.S. a few operating in southern Colorado and the four corners region I work in an underground mine. A Gold mine

Of course, but what are the estimated reserves?

It won't last forever.

Now, there is uranium in ocean water, in vast amounts, but of course very low concentrations. Not economically feasible, anyway.