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If the concern about Valentine is that it's in a state with fuckall for prospects, why not pick a podunk town in a better state? Not like there's any shortage of them in states with better social systems.
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ExplodingSims posted:Yeah, if you want to live comfortably in Valentine, I'd say focus on welding, machinist skill, and maybe hydraulic and diesel stuff. As my ex-brother-in-law once told me, "anybody who can weld and halfass fit (i.e., cut notches in pipes to weld them to other pipes) will make bank no matter what the economy's like." Doubly so for an ag equipment repairman in BFE, Nebraska. Do that in the summer, and HVAC (mainly the H bit) in the winter, and you're set. ... Now I'm kinda wanting to move to Valentine, I've apprenticed in both trades ...
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cursedshitbox posted:jalapenos are weak, ghost pepper is where it's at. No the oil goes directly into my brain it hurts so bad without burning
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IOwnCalculus posted:If the concern about Valentine is that it's in a state with fuckall for prospects, why not pick a podunk town in a better state? Not like there's any shortage of them in states with better social systems. Colorado is chock full of old mining towns that became ski bum towns. Glenwood Springs is pretty neat.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Colorado is chock full of old mining towns that became ski bum towns. Glenwood Springs is pretty neat. It also smells like farts, so he can operate undetected.
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Tremek posted:It also smells like farts, so he can operate undetected. Methane?
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Tremek posted:It also smells like farts, so he can operate undetected. Centralia, PA!
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“When you arrive in Glenwood Springs and at other hot springs destinations in Colorado, you may notice a distinctive odor, often described as “egg-like.” That smell is sulfur. It’s the result of harmless anaerobic bacteria converting some of the dissolved sulfur in the water to hydrogen sulfide.” Aka bacteria farts
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Crunchy Black posted:Methane? Sulphur from the hot springs. Not ghost pepper and canned black bean farts from Dave.  e:f,b
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As someone else who has worked a bunch of semi crappy random jobs, find something you can vocationally train in and can tolerate 40 hours a week. Bonus points for being less physically demanding. I will say that it can be depressing as poo poo to go back to school. I had to go back to the community college I attended 14 years ago and work the same kind of job I had in high school to do it. Granted, I am making more at it than what I did in high school, but going back to the same job and the same school is depressing as poo poo. I have only two more months of classes left, and I have a lined up graduation job for a junior position on a dev team. I will be making more than 20/hr for the first time in my life  . This is with 16 years of work experience and two degrees. If I'm lucky, gentrification and rising house prices won't push me out of the county I grew up in. I get your goal of the simple country living. Finding a good career, even if its just supplemental training, is your first step in making that happen.
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Rural Nevada is chock full of misfits and ne'er-do-wells living in trailers surrounded by sprawling acreage strewn with rusting projects, and has the added benefits of not getting blizzards (a dusting of snow in the winter is about it), being within a day's drive of California, and instead of cows the main employment is in the mining sector, which is equally awash in big steel contraptions what need welding on regularly. e. Actually, most of oregon and washington east of the cascades is basically the same poo poo, albeit with marginally more rain and substantially higher taxes, but also probably marginally more available social services. And less mining and more cows. But I've spent some time out in the middle of Buttfuck Nowhere, NV and it's beautiful, soul-cleansing, quiet, and very very much a culture of "let people do their thing and stay out of their business." Leperflesh fucked around with this message at 06:10 on Mar 13, 2018 |
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I have just discovered to my horror the worst part of having no teeth is I can no longer eat my nail clippings after a shower
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COOL DICK LUKE posted:I have just discovered to my horror the worst part of having no teeth is I can no longer eat my nail clippings after a shower Can't you just chop them up small with some pliers or something?
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Ardemia posted:As someone else who has worked a bunch of semi crappy random jobs, find something you can vocationally train in and can tolerate 40 hours a week. Bonus points for being less physically demanding. I will say that it can be depressing as poo poo to go back to school. I had to go back to the community college I attended 14 years ago and work the same kind of job I had in high school to do it. Granted, I am making more at it than what I did in high school, but going back to the same job and the same school is depressing as poo poo. I have only two more months of classes left, and I have a lined up graduation job for a junior position on a dev team. I will be making more than 20/hr for the first time in my life Man, where do you live? Cause that just made me incredibly sad, and upset as gently caress at the state of our country. No one should work for that long and be hoping to make that much, finally. Jesus. I need more coffee.
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yaffle posted:Can't you just chop them up small with some pliers or something? It's all about the texture and the snap Also the deep cheesy flavours
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COOL DICK LUKE posted:I asked my parents what our final bill will be start to finish for the entirety of my new mouth, and after the permanent teeth are installed our cost will be $4k, instead of $45k It's worth paying the extra for Thompson's teeth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzw6nRnaQG0
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Going to support the "practical/technical" job track ideas, but yeah, especially if you can get into agricultural repair work. Farms are like factories, they need that poo poo back up and running immediately. Also, if you're going to be knocking about doing random 14" adventures, don't just share it with us, maybe put up a youtube channel on a more committed basis. Doesn't actively cost you anything, and might make you some pocket money.
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InitialDave posted:Also, if you're going to be knocking about doing random 14" adventures, don't just share it with us, maybe put up a youtube channel on a more committed basis. Doesn't actively cost you anything, and might make you some pocket money. Youtube quit allowing users to monetize content unless they have a shitload of views, but this is still a good idea.
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Leperflesh posted:Rural Nevada is chock full of misfits and ne'er-do-wells living in trailers surrounded by sprawling acreage strewn with rusting projects, and has the added benefits of not getting blizzards (a dusting of snow in the winter is about it), being within a day's drive of California, and instead of cows the main employment is in the mining sector, which is equally awash in big steel contraptions what need welding on regularly. Eastern Washington, in the Columbia Basin Project area (a good-sized region centered around Moses Lake) has small towns, farm work, welding jobs, and not too much meth. Good Mexican food too. Personally, I'd probably choose to live in Ephrata and commute to a welding/mechanic job in Moses Lake, or else find work on one of the many farms in the region. A moderately-sized farm operation will have lots of equipment which means a lot of maintenance and repairs; repair jobs often starts with a 4-hour round trip to pick up the part you need, which gives you an opportunity to get off your feet, listen to some music, and absorb the scenery. When you're not fixing tractors, there's fences to build, water lines to set, etc. Consider cattle work, too, because that's more of a year-round job while farming can be pretty quiet in the winter depending on the farm; I think El Oro is the big operation in that region. It's about 3 hours to Seattle, a bit under 2 hours to Spokane, and only a bit more than an hour down to the Tri-Cities. If you're in Ephrata, though, and need to do some city shopping, Wenatchee is only an hour away and is quite pleasant. Wenatchee is renowned for its apples, but as I understand it an apple orchard tends to need a couple people year-round and then a shitload of temp workers for harvest, so there's probably not a ton of steady work in that.
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Previa_fun posted:Youtube quit allowing users to monetize content unless they have a shitload of views, but this is still a good idea. The thing is, if you aren't hitting those kinds of numbers, you're probably not going to make any cash out of the ads, and if you can get traction with something, it'll probably pick up quickly. People really like horrible maintenance stuff and mechanical fixes, and given Dave's track record on that front, I think he's got a good shot at having it work and making a little bit of extra cash.
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If blue collar jobs and cheap living are your thing, you could do worse than my patch of Iowa. There's a lot of manufacturing jobs that are desperate for bodies and they'll train you on machining and welding to boot. I'd sell you my house for less than the cost of a new compact car.
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Eat This Glob posted:I'd sell you my house for less than the cost of a new compact car. How many flesh eating superviruses does it harbor in the walls
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Pham Nuwen posted:Eastern Washington, in the Columbia Basin Project area (a good-sized region centered around Moses Lake) has small towns, farm work, welding jobs, and not too much meth. Good Mexican food too. Personally, I'd probably choose to live in Ephrata and commute to a welding/mechanic job in Moses Lake, or else find work on one of the many farms in the region. A moderately-sized farm operation will have lots of equipment which means a lot of maintenance and repairs; repair jobs often starts with a 4-hour round trip to pick up the part you need, which gives you an opportunity to get off your feet, listen to some music, and absorb the scenery. When you're not fixing tractors, there's fences to build, water lines to set, etc. Consider cattle work, too, because that's more of a year-round job while farming can be pretty quiet in the winter depending on the farm; I think El Oro is the big operation in that region. I don't think getting Dave back near Seattle is the best idea.
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I hear the Hanford superfund site is lovely this time of year.
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COOL DICK LUKE posted:How many flesh eating superviruses does it harbor in the walls Surprisingly few. We did deal with a particularly bad bird flu in the not too distant past that caused a chicken and turkey holocaust of like 30 million birds but it's probably safe. Probably.
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MA-Horus posted:I hear the Hanford superfund site is lovely this time of year. There's boat tours up the river along Hanford and it's super cool. The Columbia is a beautiful river (and the places I suggested are upstream from Hanford)
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Ardemia posted:As someone else who has worked a bunch of semi crappy random jobs, find something you can vocationally train in and can tolerate 40 hours a week. Bonus points for being less physically demanding. I will say that it can be depressing as poo poo to go back to school. I had to go back to the community college I attended 14 years ago and work the same kind of job I had in high school to do it. Granted, I am making more at it than what I did in high school, but going back to the same job and the same school is depressing as poo poo. I have only two more months of classes left, and I have a lined up graduation job for a junior position on a dev team. I will be making more than 20/hr for the first time in my life It'll happen. The last ten years have jumped prices so bad that even out here in flyover country I can't afford to buy into the rural area I grew up in on a very good salary thanks to gentrification. My granddad's orchard is two housing development sites now.  Eat This Glob posted:If blue collar jobs and cheap living are your thing, you could do worse than my patch of Iowa. There's a lot of manufacturing jobs that are desperate for bodies and they'll train you on machining and welding to boot. I'd sell you my house for less than the cost of a new compact car. Iowa's a good place, if you have tolerance for the politics, and the trades are looking for people so hard that they're running ads on the radio just now. Liquid Communism fucked around with this message at 09:21 on Mar 14, 2018 |
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iwentdoodie posted:Man, where do you live? Cause that just made me incredibly sad, and upset as gently caress at the state of our country. Western North Carolina. I picked up some bad majors for both degrees. Couldn't afford grad school to make the bachelor's degree worth post-2008 money. Took me about 10 years to learn what work/life balance is. I did get to travel a lot during that time, which helped alleviate the shittyness. Its all a complicated, nuanced reflection of the current economic and social climate of this country. I know that because of my degrees lol. I don't wish to derail 14's thread though. Liquid Communism posted:It'll happen. The last ten years have jumped prices so bad that even out here in flyover country I can't afford to buy into the rural area I grew up in on a very good salary thanks to gentrification. My granddad's orchard is two housing development sites now. Luckily, my salary should go up after about two or three years, so I should be able to make it. Was the red chili or the jalapeno worse to eat after the dental procedures?
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Apparently im a shareholder in a company called the Archon Corporation, since I was a baby. Mom forgot to tell me. Tell me thats not some supervillain shell company poo poo right there No I'm not going to look it up
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I looked it up. Its some evil poo poo. I suggest you somehow get on the board and move the company's hq to a volcano base asap.
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Wikipedia posted:The company has owned casinos and water parks. Members of board of directors include State Senator Sue Lowden who was chairwoman of the Nevada Republican Party and State Senator Bill Raggio.[1] Lowden is also executive vice president, secretary and treasurer for the company.[2] Sounds totally legit, I'm sure there's no organized crime involved whatsoever. Hey, wait a sec... Wikipedia posted:Chris Lowden, son of Paul and Sue Lowden, is currently being sued by investors for fraud and racketeering within the Stoney's Rockin' Country organization.[8] The Stoney's trademark is currently owned by Archon Corporation [9] Probably just an honest misunderstanding. It happens.
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Makes sense that they bought you stock in a casino company. Your parents are gamblers, they've fed you Mexican then let you sit on the furniture.
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SeaGoatSupreme posted:Makes sense that they bought you stock in a casino company. Your parents are gamblers, they've fed you Mexican then let you sit on the furniture. Turns out that his dad bought the stock and this is just another one of his elaborate long-play trolls against Dave.
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17 bucks a share how many shares? Plus maybe some sweet class action settlement action.
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IDK. Tonight I'm starting my M1 class, it'll go through the weekend and then I'm looking at heading back to Colorado
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Okay i cant eat anything spicy and im dying inside
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