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off-topic You know what really grinds my gears?!?

EvanWilliams1988 said:
Hard work builds character.
It also has a way making you appreciate the few things that you do have.
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Pariah said:
Exactly!
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queequeg152 said:
sweat is for poor people!!!
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Scoville DeVille said:
 
Seriously?
 
What's your parameter for "poor people"?
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EvanWilliams1988 said:
Silver and gold aren't the only riches bud.

I come home sweating and stinking to high heaven every day,but,I make a fair living and I sleep well each night.
I may not have a fancy truck(it gets me from A to B and is in good shape which is fine by me) or the latest gizmo,but,I have enough to give my family a comfortable life,and,that's better than any amount of riches.
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queequeg152 said:
ahahaha im not serious of course.

you know what a certified welder pipe fitter makes?
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Well, I had a whole lot of comments, but now it's not so relevant.  Y'all pretty much said it. 
 
My Dad was a Union Worker at a Shell Oil Refinery, I remember the strikes, Dad working the graveyard shift at the lumber mill in Sedro Woolley while on strike from the refinery in Anacortes.  Husband is IBEW union electrician.  BTW, side note...the main reason we have a safe electrical grid and electrical code right now is because of the the first electricians who were being killed at an alarming rate and formed a brotherhood...
 
 
 
 
Being self employed has it's ups and downs.  I'm counting the fact that I can drink a beer while applying labels to salsa tubs or bottles as a plus.  There is no parameter for ever having drinking being a part of electrical work. 
 
 
 
 
BUT!!! I can decide what time to go to work and if I wanna knock off early so I can stop by Scovie and CJ's place for a cold one on a Tuesday at 2pm!!!  :D
 
Gotta vent.

Every month I am itching to participate in the monthly throw down. Every month I can't wait to find out what we will be cooking. I come to the start date with empty pockets month after month. I am such a dumb ass. I even asked my wife this month to set aside fifty bucks so I could buy seafood to rock the caribbean this time. I was a Navy cook and feel I have at least a fighting chance if givin the tools. In a ladt ditch effort I looked up recipes after buying some basic ingrediants for black beans I was gonna make anyway this weekend. To my delight black beans are a thing in the islands. With a couple tweeks I'm in the compitition afterall.

Note to self:

1) plan better

2) set funds aside (never know what you will be cooking)

3) try to talk the boss into a low $ TD

4) cook your ass off

5) take steller pics

6) win that crown
 
It is the middle of May! Enough snow already!

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Here's a gear grinder... relatives who can't seem to understand the concept of boundaries...
 
Folks doing good deeds for the sole purpose of adulation.

Every time I watch a video of someone helping a homeless guy or consoling a grieving person, I can't help but wonder if they're doing the deed out of the kindness of their heart,or,if it's for views,likes or a virtual pat on the back with a side of ego boosting.
 
queequeg152 said:
is that a deer? you have a pet deer?
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Kind of. This was taken at my mother's house. Here in Meeteetse we have a small herd of wild mule deer that are almost completely tame from living around people in town. A few will eat right out of your hand and follow you around begging for food and attention. They all have names and a few will even come when called like a dog.

In that picture there are two, which are twins. Both have a form of dwarfism, as does their younger brother. Their mother is normal, but is the one deer in the herd with a bad attitude (never attacked, just standoffish and gives you the stink eye).
 
haha i didnt see the one in the back till you mentioned it.

you guys dont have a hunting season or something? nothing to get them scared?

are you worried about deer ticks and junk like that?
 
     Habituated deer suck. Especially mule deer. Probably the most annoying animals possible. I was on a backpacking trip in the Sawtooths years ago and there was one at the last camp of the trip. This camp was the one closest to the trailhead and thus was constantly visited by shithead tourons who fed the deer human food. 
     Every time we looked over our shoulders that stupid deer (we named him "Mange" because he was really sick looking) was poking around our camp getting into shit. We had to throw rocks at that dumb deer and bull rush him all afternoon to keep him out of our tents. We had our food tied up in a tree (like responsible outdoorsmen) to keep animals like Mange from eating it and getting habituated to humans. It's too bad city folk think it's OK to feed wild animals and train them to beg instead of leading a wild life. That deer couldn't have been having a very happy existence. 
     So yeah, shittard tourons that don't understand wildlife grind my gears.
 
salsalady said:
TRUE OR FALSE?
 
 
First Email-
 
Subject- Please...
I wanted to say I'm such a HUGE fan of your pure evil capsaicin drops ever since I got to try some. There's no way I can justifiably afford the luxury of it working two jobs to pay the bills, and I know it's MUCH to ask, but may I please get a small sample of your truly spectacular capsaicin drops? I'll be the best walking advertisement ever in Indy, and I will definitely pay it forward! Thank you in advance either way, an enthusiast!
 
NAME AND ADDRESS
 
 
 
My Reply-
Interesting email, can you tell me about where and when you tried Pure Evil?
Ann
 
 
Response-
Yes...a truck driver had it in the break room at the warehouse that I work at, and shared i with a couple of us that know him. It's BY FAR the best hot dash I've ever had...on his suggestion I only had a tiny bit on a chip...lit me up for quite awhile. I love the heat, and make chili as hot as me and my friends can stand. I want this SO BAD, I asked for info and he gave me your link. I WISH I could purchase; but at this time, every spare dime goes to gas to get to my jobs. I hope you'll send me a bit; stuff is AWESOME. :)
 
 
 
 
Wha'daya think?
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It's false - I've gotten this EXACT SAME email - it's the same guy.

He has a chain mail then personalizes it for your product and adds some flowery bullshit.

Here's the one I got (twice):
Name: Erich Word
Email: (redacted)
Phone:
Body: I wanted to say I'm such a HUGE fan of your extra hot pepper sauce ever since I was fortunate enough to get to try some. There's no way I can justifiably afford the luxury of it working two jobs to pay the bills, but may I please get a small sample of your truly spectacular sauce? I'll be the best walking advertisement ever in Indy, and I will definitely pay it forward! Thank you in advance, an enthusiast!
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Same name Ann?
 
You can tell it's boilerplate this is what people say when they want free shirts with logos, not cap drops LOL!
 
"I'll be the best walking advertisement ever in Indy"
 
LOL LD got the same exact one... wonder how many people got hit up... I'm guessing he's also hit people up for shirts... I used to get that a lot for my band shirt; "walking billboard."
 
The Hot Pepper said:
LOL LD got the same exact one... wonder how many people got hit up... I'm guessing he's also hit people up for shirts... I used to get that a lot for my band shirt; "walking billboard."
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TWICE!!!
Just for giggles and irony, I copy and pasted my same reply to him that I replied to him with the first time. And like a true scamming asshole, he didn't realize at all and replied to me with a personal message of what a big fan he was & blah blah blah blah blah
 
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