NWI INGO General Thread #27 - Fresh Pink Air On US-30 smells like...

[1775usmarine]

*cough* *cough*
Sick day, coffee,

I wish man. Child support is killing me since my ex wants to do the bare minimum in order to make me pay more.

 

[actaeon277]

Punch cards?

Nah. We had these new things.

the BIG floppies.

BASIC
COBOL
FORTRAN

 

[nonobaddog]

I used punch cards in college. Even used paper tape in the Army.

 

[marvin02]

It looks like the front boards swing down. How do you get at the stuff way in there?

Initially the left side was a drawer and the right just a drop down door into a 4 foot long opening. Long stuff went on the right.

I changed the right side to also be a drawer eventually and added a "second story" of three shallow drawers on top. I don't do that job any more, but when I was working I seldom (almost never in 7 1/2 years) found myself without the tools I needed.

 

[marvin02]

My wife ran an IBM Mag Card typewriter in the early 70's.

IBM Mag Card II Typewriter brochure : IBM : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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Later they upgraded from punch cards to tape storage.

She worked for an insurance company.

 

[2A_Tom]

I am greatful that when I finished being a psychopath in the Armyn that I got into carpentry.

I tell every young person that will listen to get a trade.

 

[klausm]

When I said I was going into the Navy, I was told only people that went into the military, were people that couldn't get jobs, and psychopaths.

so psychopath......isn't that who the navy sends to submarines?

 

[jedi]

Don't I know it. But there is so much money to be had as an electrician. Like where were the guidance counselors telling us about that career back when I was in high school...

The system is rigged.
"Higher education" is the 20th and 21th century form of slavery. Saddle the youth with college debt tand worthless degrees (for the majority of them).

The system needs slaves and non-critical thinkers in order to work.

 

[melensdad]

Got my obnoxious curtains put up in the van. I'll take down the ones on the back windows and the ones that separate the cab from the cargo section when I'm driving.

Back doors
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side door
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the curtain separating the cab from the cargo section
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My mattress and my cabinet. There is a piece of white plywood on the outside, and the mattress is behind it. I can pull the plywood and mattress down from the side, lay the plywood down, then put the mattress on top
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With a van like that do you hang around at the park giving away candy?

 

[melensdad]

The lack of electricians is astounding. Everyday it seems at least 1 electrician calls off at the job site I've been on for 2 weeks, and it puts them critically behind. They are flying people in from other states just to have enough people to get the jobs done.

It is seriously putting my team behind in a big way. This client is gonna end up paying an extra 20k to have us come back next week. Thank god I have an excellent project manager who is quite the bulldog. Every time they try and pin a holdup on my team, my project manager shuts them down with a timeline of events down to the half hour.

I feel kinda bad for this other company, they are hiring men and women right out of high school trades classes to run cable, and they still can't keep up with the work.

This nation is facing a huge shortage of electricians.

Other skilled trades too.

But we probably need 100,000 or more electricians.

If you know any young people, with any aptitude for it, talk to them about becoming an electrician. Job security, high income, flexible work schedule for life!

Welders . . . Machinists . . . Truck Drivers . . . Plumbers

 

[actaeon277]

Also need mechanics, plumbers, and such

 

[actaeon277]

so psychopath......isn't that who the navy sends to submarines?

Well, they do allow a certain ... "latitude"..

 

[aclark]

Just for you @jedi

 

[jedi]

Just for you @jedi

true fans know she is an anthropomorphic cat (per Japanese creator) but when it was translated to English "hello kitty" was referred to as a little girl.

Japan culture has lots of anthropomorphic animal.

 

[jedi]

Jets pizza in hammond by cabelas is open now. It's on the plaza with the aldi.

 

[actaeon277]

Well, they do allow a certain ... "latitude"..

so psychopath......isn't that who the navy sends to submarines?

The Navy has "Shrinks", and the Navy has "Shrink" just for submariners.

If a guy gets rated as being under too much stress, and a danger... and then they find out he's a Submariner... then he has to go to the Sub Shrink to get evaluated.
Where they usually tell you to pull up your pants and get with the program.

 

[actaeon277]

Jets pizza in hammond by cabelas is open now. It's on the plaza with the aldi.

 

[yeahbaby]

This nation is facing a huge shortage of electricians.

Other skilled trades too.

But we probably need 100,000 or more electricians.

If you know any young people, with any aptitude for it, talk to them about becoming an electrician. Job security, high income, flexible work schedule for life!

Welders . . . Machinists . . . Truck Drivers . . . Plumbers

I could be wrong. But I think folks now a days don't have much work ethic. There are great opportunities to make some serious cash with very good benefits. Especially union jobs. As was mentioned in other posts they are hurting for people in these jobs. Meaning work opportunities are available for folks who really want to work. This past Friday we had flooring installed in our kitchen/dining rooms. The two gents showed up, one guy could not speak English at all. The other guy could barely speak English. My wife is a detail person and had some questions for them. She got a bit frustrated. In the end, they did great quality work. Which is all I care about.

 

[repeter1977]

Range day was a fun time, except poor @actaeon277

 

[jedi]

Its in the Verizon building.
You can't see it from indy. You only see the Verizon store when on indy.
The back of thr store had a dunking donuts and now a jets pizza.