April 16, 20242 yr 20 hours ago, User74 said: I had to work all weekend. I work at a plant that manufacturers a processed clay material for the use in the petroleum business for oil refining. I work a 7 day rotation switching to a different shift each rotation. We work anywhere from 8, 12 to 16 hour shifts. It's really fun you should try it. I guess everyone has to do something to pay the bills. Lol No doubt that being in south Georgia you are familiar with the expression... being worked like a rented mule...
April 16, 20242 yr Author Popular Post 20 hours ago, User74 said: I had to work all weekend. I work at a plant that manufacturers a processed clay material for the use in the petroleum business for oil refining. I work a 7 day rotation switching to a different shift each rotation. We work anywhere from 8, 12 to 16 hour shifts. It's really fun you should try it. I guess everyone has to do something to pay the bills. Lol Your free time has to be absolutely valuable, and you choose to spend a little bit of it here in our community, thanks for that 74.
April 16, 20242 yr Popular Post 15 minutes ago, John Morris said: Your free time has to be absolutely valuable, and you choose to spend a little bit of it here in our community, thanks for that 74. I have found that this forum has what I believe to be good honest people that care and want to help and fellowship without drama. It is I who is thanking all you guys for welcoming me in and making me feel I've been here all a long.
April 16, 20242 yr Popular Post 5 minutes ago, User74 said: I have found that this forum has what I believe to be good honest people that care and want to help and fellowship without drama. It is I who is thanking all you guys for welcoming me in and making me feel I've been here all a long. Appreciate your kind words. I fully agree. Several of us came here from other forums. Some of those forums are defunct now. I've had the privilege to meet in person a few of our folks when @Fred W. Hargis Jrhosted a Meet & Greet a few years back. A fun day. I've also talked with many others on the phone &/or through PM's. All here contribute to the success we enjoy as a forum. Some daily or weekly, others a little more infrequent, but all are exactly as you describe. Certainly thankful you've joined us as a contributor of your talents.
April 16, 20242 yr Author Popular Post 18 minutes ago, User74 said: good honest people that care and want to help and fellowship without drama. I've always said 74, we are an active small community of woodworkers, with a big heart. We may not have the following that the bigger forums have, but what we do have are wonderful folks like you stated. And truly, zero drama! Unless you count @Fred W. Hargis Jr and his lovely wife almost getting wiped off the face of the earth by a tornado a few weeks ago, now that was drama!
April 16, 20242 yr Popular Post table #9 gluing up for the church. i think we are almost done with this project. remaining tables are in pretty good shape, so we'll likely leave them alone for now.
April 17, 20242 yr Popular Post 22 hours ago, Cal said: No doubt that being in south Georgia you are familiar with the expression... being worked like a rented mule... For @Larry Buskirk - consider a rented mule like a rented car and what some of those go through. @Gunny could probably add something here as I understand he pumps a lot of diesel and E85 out of rental cars that are neither diesels nor set up for corn An interesting observation for me years ago was that most deep south farms before tractors became prevalent used mules. Growing up in NY the closest I came to mules was washing with Borax soap! Work horses were the common beast of burden in the north until tractors took over. I've asked several people over the years why mules were the choice but can't say I've ever gotten a definitive (for me) answer. Some answers I've gotten were that mules were (are) better adapted for the heat (maybe), mules were cheaper (don't know why they would have been, you have to buy each replacement as they are sterile - or keep two other animals solely for breeding), hybrid vigor with the cross breeding (but if this were so mules would have been used up north too). But anyhow, being worked like a rented mule is no fun... And speaking of mules (sort of), one of my favorite expressions by a former president - LBJ... "sometimes you just have to hunker down and take it like a jackass in a hailstorm". That pretty much sums it up for me right there!!! Thanks for dredging up some pleasant memories for me @User74, I appreciate it
April 17, 20242 yr 45 minutes ago, Cal said: consider a rented mule like a rented car and what some of those go through. So in other words, "Drive it like you stole it".
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