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Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:03 pm to LSU alum wannabe
What about the non college educated oilfield dudes making a hundred grand a year?
Plumbing is a disgusting job. And how would you like to be working in water in freezing weather? If he can learn the trade, you probably could too and save your 350.
Plumbing is a disgusting job. And how would you like to be working in water in freezing weather? If he can learn the trade, you probably could too and save your 350.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:03 pm to LSU alum wannabe
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Weep for poor ignorant Tradesman like plumbers.
Who was ever weeping for them? Most of us said they have a great gig.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:05 pm to ChenierauTigre
I wouldn’t like that at all. That’s why I pay the plumber at a premium to do it for me.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:06 pm to LSU alum wannabe
I bet you wish you were a Plumbing School Wannabe right now
Bonus question, don’t Google...why is it called plumbing?
I used to quiz my students on this
Bonus question, don’t Google...why is it called plumbing?
I used to quiz my students on this
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:08 pm to LSU alum wannabe
I hate to do plumbing and gladly pay a plumber.
It seems so simple but I always have to make two or three trips to the hardware store to get the simplest plumbing job done it seems.
It seems so simple but I always have to make two or three trips to the hardware store to get the simplest plumbing job done it seems.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:09 pm to tigersfan1989
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Wouldn’t hurt for more people to take off the tie and slacks and play around in the garage every now and then and learn how to operate some tools.
There's a Doctor at my church who does all the maintenance on his laundromats and rental properties. He said there was no point in owning them if he couldn't service them. I am thoroughly impressed with his baw mentality.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:12 pm to elprez00
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Poor bastard probably makes north of $40/hr and has damn near since he started as a journeyman. Especially while you were shelling out $5k/ year for a college degree to make less money. And I say that as someone with a college degree myself.
There’s a lot to shite on people’s career choices. Going into the trades ain’t one of them. Or feel free to learn to fix your own toilets, air conditioner, and electrical work. Those guys professions are going to be in such high demand within a decade you’ll be begging for someone to come work on your shite.
We trying to set the OT record this week for the number of threads addressing the noblesse oblige of tradesmen?
Think it was already summed up that being a tradesman that owns the business can be lucrative. But being a tradesman that works for a business isn’t the ideal approach to achieve upper middle class status.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:13 pm to Circle G
You know if I had rentals or a laundromat I would probably not mind doing it because I would an inventory of parts and tools that I would know I need. The properties would make me have to do repairs on a regular basis. Just doing stuff in my house I never seem to have everything I need.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:14 pm to LSU alum wannabe
But I doubt that baw knows the difference between a Monet and a van Gogh.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:15 pm to LSU alum wannabe
If you want to be a plumber there's three things you gotta know:
1. shite rolls downhill
2. Get paid upfront
3. Don't chew your nails
1. shite rolls downhill
2. Get paid upfront
3. Don't chew your nails
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:18 pm to LSU alum wannabe
I feel like some of the geniuses here don’t realize your post isn’t a slight to tradesmen
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:18 pm to LSU alum wannabe
I hope they’ve cut you off at this point at whatever bar you’re at
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Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:23 pm to LSU alum wannabe
Dude should’ve done the smart thing and got a law degree
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:25 pm to LSU alum wannabe
Blue collar trades make a killing these days. Easily can make 150-250k it you’re willing to do the work
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:28 pm to LSU alum wannabe
Trades the way to go in a state like Louisiana
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:31 pm to ChenierauTigre
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Plumbing is a disgusting job. And how would you like to be working in water in freezing weather? If he can learn the trade, you probably could too and save your 350.
Any plumbing job you learn to do for the first from a YouTube video a experienced plumber can do in a tenth of the time, without screwing it up and making three trips to Lowe’s.There are thousands of tricks and shortcuts in ever trade and the only way to learn them is years of experience. Also, if you have to buy several specified tools that likely will not be used again, how much or you saving DIYing.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:35 pm to LSU alum wannabe
A few years back my mom's 50+ year old home backed up, ole boy came out and did the roter rooter thing.
She had been flushing baby wipes for years and they were clogged for miles.
$975.00 later she was free - and the jackass left them all laying in the back yard
She had been flushing baby wipes for years and they were clogged for miles.
$975.00 later she was free - and the jackass left them all laying in the back yard
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:36 pm to elprez00
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Poor bastard probably makes north of $40/hr
If they are running their own solo business it’s more like $35 per quarter hour after the minimum call charge for coming out.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:36 pm to EA6B
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Also, if you have to buy several specified tools that likely will not be used again, how much or you saving DIYing.
I’m a plumber apprentice and I’ve spend easily $500 on my tool bag/hand tools not even counting my battery powered tools. Yeah, it costs some money, but they’re good tools that will last me forever if I take care of them.
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