huntingirl89

Good luck even finding work. Economy sucks, we're in a hell of a recession that everyone is denying, and people just aren't hiring. They'd rather do the work themselves than pay some ratty little brat to whine all day about how hot it is outside.

huntnteen

wow huntinggirl isnt in a good mood, but she is correct, its going to be hard for anyone to get hired on for a summer, when they are gonna have to sacrafice to pay you

skybuster20ga

nick i bet those roofs come out straight as a whip huh?! everbodys drunk and wasted. hopefully you snap your lines before they get all high and ****. by the sounds i bet they dont snap any lines just throat 'em huh. i bet their reputation is awesome too! "we do it nice cuz we do it twice" hahaha actually i dont think its funny at all nor does it even sound cool. we have beer in the shop but we dont let them drink untill we get back. i like knowin our **** is straight, square and level not to mention SAFE!then we can have a sudsy.
Im all for younger guys wanting to learn a trade but ONLY if they want to learn not cuz your gonna get a "sweet tan" and get "ripped" hahaha which really cracks me up but now is a bad time for anyone in construction, we had to cut way way back. its down to me my brothers my father and two guys and we do everything from excavatioin to foundations (which is my crew) and we build log and timber frame houses too and it takes all three to keep everyone busy. i actually havnt worked for three days now and it sucks. but it isnt fair for me to go over on the framming crew and bump one of the guys who works for us out of the mix just cuz i want to work, he needs to work to ya know.

if you like being able to walk w/ out your knees feeling like you have gravel under your kneecap and you like to draw you bow w/ out your shoulders crackin and you like to be able to bend over and tie your shoes i would stay FAR FAR FAR away from concrete. im not that bad yet but my ol man is and my grandfather was but if you like pain, blood and extremely hard sweatywork then its just the game for you! oh plus you can get "ripped" like nick haha

hntgrl is right though man its a bad bad time to be in business for yourself. right now we are luck to give the guys 50 hrs a week im down to friggin 30! like right now for christ sakes im balancing the check book wtf thats my moms job! shes the damn secretary! good luck w/ you job search man i think i might hang up my hammer and go be an ice raod trucker haha

nick_bleuer76

Are you taking shots at me? Because I don't appreciate it. Don't judge me because my EX-CREW was retarded! I have been doing contruction, and we build very nice spec houses, and remodel. Our work is very respectable, and the best around. We have a crew of 8 people. You do not know my work, so dont judge me.

skybuster20ga

not judging YOU as an individual at all but i was saying that its retarded to smoke dope and drink anytime on a jobsite. ide say you agreeits not professional at allwhich is what you said was goin on. right?now you say EX-CREW, did you quit since lastnight cuz it was written in the present tense."the crew i am on" ......yep, thats present tense, damn im smart. maybe i misinterpeted the way you meant it i dunno,but dont go gettin all pissy cuz i wanst aiming it at you or the quality work YOU yourself personallydo but a product does not and will not come out as good as it could or has the potential to be if the guys are intoxicated etc. i will argue that point for a lifetime. in maine you dont have to be lisenced yet but its coming into effect soon and we are gonna have to drug test everyone which i think it should be anyways. the guys who drive our big trucks have to be tested at random but it will be ALL EMPLOYEES pretty soon.

mossbergman11

how can i find a job? im interested in all the things you said
i work my @ss of when i work outside espesicially if it is for someone elso and im gettinmg paid

skybuster20ga

well we advertise in local papers. do you have a local paper? look in the classifides. most papers have a website you can look at the classifides online

mossbergman11

yeah o have a local paper

mossberghunter93

2 bad u dont got a bro like mine he has a landscaping buisseness and i can work 4 him but he prolly wouldnt hire ya be cause he would hire me i do a little for em though but my older sis might doit instead now[&o][&o]

huntingirl89

I'm just horribly disappointed in this country. We call ourselves Americans and beat our chests at how good it is to be free and how the people govern, yet we're not willing to stand up to Mister Man anymore and actually say something about how more and more people are hitchhiking to work each day because they can't afford gas, about how vacations across the board have been cancelled and airlines are suffering, that every company in the US in failing and fighting to conglomerate just to stay alive -- except the oil companies, that when you ask why the gas prices are so high no one gives you an answer, that every time I go to get gas the price has increased 2 cents per night, and while standing there pumping gas you see everyone try to figure out how much money they'll need and grown men hang their heads that they can only fill their tanks halfway this weekbecause they want to put dinner on the table tonight-- but mostly-- I just love it when people hear me say all of this, and then ask "well what can we do?."

I'm not even going to dignify that question with a response, because the answer should come easy. Change is just around the corner, but this generation of Americans has never had to fight for anything,no, they've just had life handed to them on a silver platter with stories of their grandparent's struggles and thought to themselves, wow,I'm glad I'm not in the Army or going to get drafted. Well guess what littlesoldier, YOU ARE. You do what you're told every day and won't speak up about it to your CO because you're afraid ofthe consequences. Nope, instead you'll just be like every soldier next to you and assume the position and ready your cheeks to take it upthe a$$. Now tell me how that makes YOU any better. At least they're out there fighting for something, what are you doing all day?Who's in the Army now?

Which brings me to another point. The only jobs that are at least halfway stable right now are working for the Government, local and federal. Civil Service jobs who receive their paychecks from the taxpayers money. Now think about that for a second. More and more people aren't paying their taxes, or filing for endless extensions. Less money is coming in to the government, so its taken to borrowing it. We've already sold our gold to China in exchange for Wal*Mart and all its glory. What do we have left? Silver? Very little. So with less and less money coming in, more and more people won't get paid. Think about where that job market is going.

More and more students are defaulting on their student loans for college because they can't afford them. They can't find a job after college, so how are they supposed to afford them? Want to know what the government's response to this is? Thats right, they're canceling student loans. No more college for those who can't afford it. FAFSA is going to also become a thing of the past very quickly. And just like every other country that fell to revolution, only the rich will be educated. The rest of us will become the plebians who serve them. Are you ready for that? I'm certainly not. You can already begin to see our government's "master plan" failing. They are taking away the people's right to an education, and slamming the doors in many promising faces who might have one day run for office. The people who wish to be educated will turn to the Army who promises to fund education, basically an advanced Civil service job who's paychecks and funding comes from taxpayer dollars. Taxpayers who aren't paying. See above paragraph.

Our government, in its dying years, will be replaced by corporations. With almost every industry hurting except oil, what do you think that corporation will be? And then what do you think is going to happen to us. The value of the dollar will fall, it will become meaningless. Think that won't happen? Ask Germany what happened to the Mark after WWI, or the Confederate states after the Civil War. Take a lesson from history, and we're headed there soon. In a world where money is meaningless, barter will again become strong. And most people don't have anything that other people want, so stealing will just increase.

At its worst this country will look like Hurricane Katrina just slammed through again and everyone will be looting to survive. The people and the authorities will clash, and someone innocent is going to get hurt, they'll be the first martyr. Then the world will be laughing at us, the Great America, with her people running around like a bunch of cavemen. And Lady Liberty will put her arm down for the first time, and sit down with her head in her hands. Arlington will turn its back just so those who gave their all didn't have to watch what we did with our freedom. America's soldiers fighting in Iraq will go AWOL to come home and try to protect their families, leaving Iraq in chaos, and the Middle East with a sour flavor in its mouth. The up and coming Iran will be the new superpower, who'd only love to get rid of those nasty tribals in Northern Iraq and move himself right on in to another oil-rich land. He'd meet up with Syria, and their newly aquired fun, and come to us real close and personal to teach us a lesson 60 years in the making. Don't know what lesson I'm talking about? Crack open a history book. I'm not here to teach. Like most Americans, I don't get paid to do it so I feel, why should I do it. Therein lies another issue. But I fear I may have digressed.

This job market will roll much farther downhill before it finally settles. Then much like Sisyphus destined to roll aboulder up a hill for eternity, the job market will sputter and roll back from time to time, never steadily climbing, but getting there bit by bit. This is a long way off though. I don't even know if I'll live to see it.

This is not the only option for our country. There are books of others. Corporations will be in charge though, thats the only way, they're the only ones with money to pay off our debts.Therefore leaving our government endebted to them, and us at their mercy for the creating of bills telling us what we can and cannot do. There goes the democratic system.

Am I a pessimest? Yes. I'm tired of being the only person willing to give this a voice. I'm tired of turning corners looking for a brighter passage only to hit a brick wall. I'm tired of being afraid to bring children into this world, afraid that they'll only suffer. I'm tired of seeing Americans all too willing to complain, but never actually do anything about it. Actions speak louder than words. Since my other actions have failed, this is my final attempt. This is my action, because all I have left are words.