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vgabndo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3461
Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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How many CONSTRUCTION WORKERS on this board?
The COPS had their day, and I suspect there are more of us who travel to Baja. Beyond that, I intend to be in Mulege with a load of tools to do what
I can to help the schools for about a week between Nov. 20th. and just after Xmas. Can anyone join me? EngineerMike is putting a punch list
together.
As for me, 14.3 years IBOC local 1599. 26 years over all. Early retirement, injured in the line of duty, 2001. Worked in twenty states, built a ton of
Banana Republic stores...could that be why I love Baja?
Oh, I wish we had more Calif. Highway Patrol so I wouldn't have to be constantly darting into the slow lane to keep from being run over by lead-foot
outlaws.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Cypress
Elite Nomad
Posts: 7641
Registered: 3-12-2006
Location: on the bayou
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Mood: undecided
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Consruction workers! Most everybody has done construction work at one time or
another. Takes a heavy toll on the body. Twenty-six yrs. is a long time to drag that line and tote that bail. Hope you were a supervisor/foreman/operator at some point.  Hired-on to a work gang years back. Asked the foreman what I needed to bring to work. He said "Son. All you need is powah and mo
powah."
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MrBillM
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 21656
Registered: 8-20-2003
Location: Out and About
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Mood: It's a Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah Day
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How Many Grocery Clerks are there on this Board ?
Inquiring minds want to know.
My wife spent 32 years in the retail grocery trade. One of our neighbors in Baja, a retired L.A. County Sheriffs deputy, said that the hardest job he
ever had was as a grocery clerk because he had to take so much crap all day long from surly customers with a smile on his face. He said that, at
least as a cop, he had recourse when dealing with Jerks.
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Barry A.
Select Nomad
Posts: 10007
Registered: 11-30-2003
Location: Redding, Northern CA
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Mood: optimistic
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Cops and Construction------
-------I spent almost 6 years during my 20's as a Bridge Construction Power Tool operator, working on most of the freeway bridges in San Diego built
during the early 60's-------does this count????
Then a San Diego Police officer briefly, and then a Federal Officer for a total of about 30 years, retiring at age 57 (mandatory retirement).
Does this give me some "special perspective" by your deffinition.
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Bruce R Leech
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6796
Registered: 9-20-2004
Location: Ensenada formerly Mulege
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Mood: A lot cooler than Mulege
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
-------I spent almost 6 years during my 20's as a Bridge Construction Power Tool operator, working on most of the freeway bridges in San Diego built
during the early 60's-------does this count????
Then a San Diego Police officer briefly, and then a Federal Officer for a total of about 30 years, retiring at age 57 (mandatory retirement).
Does this give me some "special perspective" by your deffinition. |
it means you are a good Nomad Barry
Bruce R Leech
Ensenada
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vgabndo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3461
Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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Hey...I wasn't being sarcastic.
Cypress...for seventeen of those years my "nailbags" held a phone, the construction documents, the sub-list, OSHA codes, and my bull whip.
Physically tough, but always with the threat of being fired without due cause for not showing some incompetent architect/engineer the proper respect
for his foolishness.
If I had a nickle for every time I've heard an "architect" call a joist a stud, or concrete cement.......
I really like building in San Nicolas. No codes, no inspections, and I'm the incompetent engineer.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Baja Bernie
`Normal` Nomad Correspondent
Posts: 2962
Registered: 8-31-2003
Location: Sunset Beach
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Mood: Just dancing through life
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Worked in grocery stores from the time I was 12, Local 1222 until I graduated from High School. Then a teamster, local 36, and a heavy equipment
operator until I was 22 when I joined the police department. Had side jobs doing garage conversions and patio slabs and kicked a bit of carpet.
Built most of the furnature in our homes and a bunch in the kids houses.--just for fun.
Oh! Yes, while in Baja I helped build one house and then built one for ourselves and one for spec.
Taught my Mexican friends how to hang doors and windows.
Still do all the maintenance on our apartments-=-but I won't do plumbing anymore.
Other than that I just waltzed through Baja enjoying life.
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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cat127
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Registered: 7-23-2006
Location: Hawaii
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
...Beyond that, I intend to be in Mulege with a load of tools to do what I can to help the schools for about a week between Nov. 20th. and just after
Xmas. Can anyone join me? ... |
We may be able to help. Waiting to see how my SO's dad fares in the next few weeks - terminal congestive heart failure. If we get to the mainland US
we'll be heading to Baja after ... I'll U2U u...with our info..
Fate Smiles as Destiny laughs!
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capt. mike
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8085
Registered: 11-26-2002
Location: Bat Cave
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i are one...........construction human.
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
www.facebook.com/michael.l.goering |
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Bob and Susan
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8802
Registered: 8-20-2003
Location: Mulege BCS on the BAY
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Mood: Full Time Residents
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susan sent this shot today...
looks like the first casita is almost done
the light house is comming along in the background
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Packoderm
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Posts: 2116
Registered: 11-7-2002
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Construction - on of the last viable vocations left where the worker actually produces something tangible. Well, it's fast becoming nonviable. I've
been in construction since I was 14, and I'm still in it during the summers when I don't go to school.
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Halboo
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Posts: 193
Registered: 2-19-2006
Location: 33°26\'00.15\"N 117°37\'09.84W
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After my tour as a Boatswain's Mate in the USN I worked for a couple years at AAA South Shipyard in SD as a rigger (for those who don't know, riggers
are the guys whose job is to move big heavy cumbersome stuff into place so some other guy can bolt or weld it into place). When I got laid off I
schooled myself and bummed around for a while then went to work for several years building scenery and props and working TV and movie sets. The past
few years I've done remodeling, built decks, cabinets, furniture and art with SWIMPAL.
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Al G
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 2647
Registered: 12-19-2004
Location: Todos Santos/Full time for now...
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Mood: Wondering what is next???
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36+ Years in construction. Master in two trades, Journeyman in several others, Have worked in almost all.
My plan is crossing border Dec. 2nd . Don't care where I go.
Willing to help. My concern is how to get all my equipment(Hand tools, saws, Guns, and tool boxes across without incurring a large import fee? (opps
forgot room for fishing gear)
Great Ideal and I can work thru January. Want to work with crew that has a boat, because I will have to leave mine behind. I will help all I can, but
must fish to eat
Albert G
Remember, if you haven\'t got a smile on your face and laughter in your heart, then you are just a sour old fart!....
The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
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vgabndo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3461
Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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Al: I always tell them I'm working on my landlord's place (if they ask) and that is technically true. I've never had stationary tools, and box
everything up pretty tight. Anything new, I've made look old, and I explain that they are making a round trip 'cause I need them to work when I get
back home. It could be that Engineer Mike could get us a letter from the school which would let them know we were doing disaster relief. I just want
to help Mulege if I can.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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ME
Junior Nomad
Posts: 38
Registered: 5-29-2006
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My first boss said all I needed was a strong back and a week mind... he said it looked like I had what it takes...That bastard was right, 24 years
later I am still pounding nails
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Al G
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 2647
Registered: 12-19-2004
Location: Todos Santos/Full time for now...
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Mood: Wondering what is next???
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
Al: I always tell them I'm working on my landlord's place (if they ask) and that is technically true. I've never had stationary tools, and box
everything up pretty tight. Anything new, I've made look old, and I explain that they are making a round trip 'cause I need them to work when I get
back home. It could be that Engineer Mike could get us a letter from the school which would let them know we were doing disaster relief. I just want
to help Mulege if I can. |
Thanks, will do as you say, but a letter from (Whoever) will help.
Let us make this work, I am ready, Dec. I get my first S.S. check. Damn, I just don't feel that old.
Albert G
Remember, if you haven\'t got a smile on your face and laughter in your heart, then you are just a sour old fart!....
The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
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Diver
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Registered: 11-15-2004
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My wife wants me to dress like a construction worker tonight.
Does that count ??
(sorry, but I'm on a roll)
Bought my first GC license for $20 in 1975. Been banging or designing ever since.
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Al G
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 2647
Registered: 12-19-2004
Location: Todos Santos/Full time for now...
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Mood: Wondering what is next???
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ME
My first boss said all I needed was a strong back and a week mind... he said it looked like I had what it takes...That bastard was right, 24 years
later I am still pounding nails |
You are my type of...Guy/gal
Albert G
Remember, if you haven\'t got a smile on your face and laughter in your heart, then you are just a sour old fart!....
The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
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Al G
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 2647
Registered: 12-19-2004
Location: Todos Santos/Full time for now...
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Mood: Wondering what is next???
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Diver, see you in Mulege' January??
Albert G
Remember, if you haven\'t got a smile on your face and laughter in your heart, then you are just a sour old fart!....
The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
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Diver
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Al G
Diver, see you in Mulege' January?? |
You betcha !! I'll be there (El Requeson and Mulege') by the second week of January with wife, kids, dogs, camper and boat. Maybe a little fishing ??
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