Mainecat

He was fast on his feet…lol

https://youtu.be/vVPR3buADgc?feature=shared

Never cared for the guy. He is a gentleman though unlike the 45th orange baboon.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

5 minutes ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

yup... I'm thinking a hot tub might make mine happy for another few years. 

This was the first winter we shut ours down in 10 years. $100.00 - $125.00 a month added to the electric bill was a bit much since we are using it less and less.

You fuckin idiot Trumpers lauded Trump when he insulted John McCain.

But yeah Merica.

3 minutes ago, Highmark said:

Sorry but agreeing to 5000 illegals per day is not "getting things done."

Sick and tired of politicians and idiots on here thinking something is better than nothing.   Fuck that. 

Bipartisanship has contributed to us being $33+ trillion debt.  

One more time…..if they know who and how many there are they are not illegals.

Stop buying shit. I’ve said it all along. 
And dont complain about high real estate prices your up bidding against a generation who is living for today only and not thinking about retirement or even past next Tuesday.

Hoping for fail. How sad.

Moscow Marge…..lol

It’s all we use for the rewards.

17 hours ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

I don’t post nearly as much as I used to but good to know you’re spending your golden years keeping track…you retired dudes are some weird mofos.😂

Yeah OK 👍 

Just now, ActionfigureJoe said:

Talked to some colleagues last week and there’s a major purge on the SSDI program. First time in numerous years. There’s also new rules going into effect that tightens requirements. Approvals have been cut almost in half. Seems like the gravy train is ending for some. 

Thanks Joe

2 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said:

Go vote for your cannibal story teller. I’ll laugh. 

Are you going to vote or just bitch about all the candidates?

8 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said:

Any other core pillars of the constitution you’d like to erase? 

Just that 237 year old one.

What a bunch of fuckin whiny snot nosed clowns here.

Wha wha wha I hate my 2 choices….. then stay home.

8 year old: Maaa I’m hungry.

Mom: have an orange or apple.

8 year old: but I don’t like those 2 choices.

Mom: then starve.

6 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said:

The electoral college is going no where. As it shouldn’t. Without it the country would cease to exist. 

Really? Fuck the popular vote…lmao

Bring back 1787

OK

39 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said:

We ended up with Trump because of Hillary. Obama remains a fairly popular president. He would’ve beat Trump. 

No we ended up with Trump because of the electoral college.

Just now, Skidooski said:

Too many family restaurants was one of them. “Fuck em” you said!  

One more time I said too many restaurants. Comprehension isn’t your strong suit.

It’s early today….

3 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

Fuck you and your story.

It sucks to be you Mr. Happiness.

1 minute ago, Skidooski said:

Preach it Mr. There’s too many small businesses 

Never said that. I said there were too many restaurants goober.

Post up your story Mr. Follower.

1 hour ago, Voodoo said:

You appear to have a classic pull yourself up reality.

My dad worked like a dog through the 70’s and 80’s while mom stayed home to raise 3 kids. All the heartaches of up and down economies. My parents still have a mortgage. Any pension dad should have had evaporated when the company he worked for went bankrupt. I too learned that hard work was where it was at. First job at 13 on local farms, dish washer, maintenance and bar tender at a motel/restaurant 15 miles away.

When dad lost his job as an engineer at the place that also lost his pension money, he was fortunate to have made a good friend who came from Germany. 

This friend came from Germany in the 70’s and started a company manufacturing control systems, much of it in the nuclear industry. Dad’s knowledge of the electric heating industry and engineering for same did well, and his friend branched his business to deliver to the clients dad had in in with. It came about the work load was too much, so the entire electric heating production needed to be outsourced. It was offered to me. My wife and I had just bought our first house but we took the gamble. 
There was a high demand for quality air handlers, many of such went to remote locations. They had to work, well, without maintenance, ultra reliably. That’s our hallmark. Everything was designed and built in house. Most of what we built is still running, reliably, decades later. Quality parts, professional build. Today much of what we did is now low bidder, get past the warranty stuff. Few but the long involved can see the benefit of quality vs price. We’ve got generator testing, load banks at Canada’s major banks, government server locations, that run decades with minimal repairs. The competition made units for half the cost, but would need major refits or replacement at 5 years. It’s a tougher sell in todays throw away society.
We all were working 7 days a week, seemingly for years. It was just me, my wife and my dad. There was no one else to blame, get money from, if things went south.

We did a quote for a 2 MW load bank, TD tower at Younge and Dundas, Toronto.

16 week build time. They fucked the dog until the end of February, the following year.

They kept coming back with revisions, changes, which we did..always telling them it’s 16 weeks after approval. 
They finally came forward with a purchase order. Mid March.

This has gone on 2 years. Yep, we are on it. 4 weeks later the emails start to fly. This unit needs to be lifted to the roof of the TD tower on May 24.  6 weeks after start.

I come back to them, not possible. This thing will eventually be the size of a 10x20 sea can and 10 tons. Needs ESA approval and testing.

They come back to me, it has to lift on that date, whatever you need to make it happen we will be good with. Shutting down Younge and Dundas for a crane lift is costly…like 250k.

I spend a couple days with the production teams and come up with a plan.

We can spend all of our time building the frame, getting the load bank, motors and blowers in place. It can then lift and we finish it on the roof. Be an extra 60k on my end.

They apparently appreciate and approve.

The day comes, it lifts. It’s a Sunday.

Monday comes and I get an email. A list of deficiencies and threats.

Tuesday I slide down to the job site. Downtown Toronto. I can’t even get my truck into the underground parking, let alone the trailer I need for parts and tools….oh, and it’s a union site. Can’t start before 7 and must be gone by 2:30. Thankfully the guys I had doing the work were union. No fault on the union guys in my circle of people, they were excellent. 
 

I bet my house on this job. We got it done, or I’d be living in a van by the river 

 

 

 

 

 

Great story and congratulations on taking the risk. Many here don’t realize 80% of businesses in the US are family owned and run.

We to did low bid state and fed work to supplicate our capacity. Also were regarded for our security document work all of which I worked many extra hours to obtain.

2 hours ago, racer254 said:

Another liberal boomer telling others to get jobs.  What was your job experience?  Nevermind, most know you only had a job because your BIL felt sorry for you.

My job experience? I attended a vocational school and studied printing for 4 years. After graduating I took a year off and worked for a small printer then enrolled in college. I earned a BS degree and while attending school I worked 2 part time jobs to pay for my tuition…..no help from family as my dad passed suddenly at 48 years old when I was 13 and mom didn’t work because I had 5 younger brothers and sisters and moms stayed home in 1969. We lived on welfare food and help from our extended family. Mom had to go to work and learn to drive while we all took on the home things. 
After college I took another job as an assistant pressroom super at a local printer eventually assuming the supers position for 5 years. I left that job to accept a in -plant print manager position for a large manufacturer. I managed 15 employees for 20 years. During this time my brother and sil purchased a 75 employee web printing company. They had perused me for 5 years to come to work as the VP but i got along very well with my brother and I didn’t want to jeopardize our relationship being an employee. As my current job had hit its course and after much prying and my brother wanting his company to be ISO Certified I accepted his offer. 2 years later we, including myself purchased the 5 acre property and 60,000 sq ft facility. I spent 18 years working for my family business and it worked out incredibly well. We sold the business 6 years ago and the real estate 4 years ago. I retired 6 years ago.

Nothing was handed to me asshole.

What’s your story?

2 hours ago, racer254 said:

Another liberal boomer telling others to get jobs.  What was your job experience?  Nevermind, most know you only had a job because your BIL felt sorry for you.

Most are clueless.