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Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:29 pm to ell_13
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by an outfit in Mississippi building a new nuclear reactor facility.
There are no new nuclear plants being built in Mississippi.
this
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:30 pm to NIH
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Sounds like this guy’s cousin went broke during retirement and had to bullshite to OP to not sound like a loser
Well he just went into remission from cancer so I'll let him know some a-hole is shite talking him on the internet.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:35 pm to TideSaint
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My grandfather was an electrical contractor. So was his brother.
My father and his twin brother were electrical contractors. Their 1st cousin, my 2nd cousin from the OP, is an electrical contractor.
My family installed the lights for the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium and the Mississippi Coliseum on the state fairgrounds.
You can take your post and shove it right up your arse.
And yet you didnt counter a single point of mine. Which part of my post is wrong?
And of course your own children will NOT being pursuing the career of a linesman or electrician, and YOU did not pursue the career of a lineman or electrician.
FUNNY! Such a wonderful thing and you, nor your own wanted to do it.
This post was edited on 5/13/26 at 8:37 pm
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:35 pm to TideSaint
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One is going to be a pilot.
My son works in a bakery as a pilot. Once a day they tell him to take the dough from one room and pilot in another.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:40 pm to markthetiger
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My son went to college for one semester dropped out and said “Dad, I think I wanna go and be a lineman”..Went to lineman school... Three years later, he’s making more money than I did being 15 years in my profession.
My son did this. Made 30 on the ACT, had scholarship offers to Auburn, Bama, Miss State and others. Eventually started at University of Alabama-Huntsville. I actually wanted him to go to Auburn. We spent several days down there but he wanted to stay close to home. Got one year in and said, “I don’t like this, dad. It’s not for me.”
He works for Huntsville Utilities in the lineman apprenticeship program. I’m proud of him.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:47 pm to markthetiger
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My son went to college for one semester dropped out and said “Dad, I think I wanna go and be a lineman”..Went to lineman school... Three years later, he’s making more money than I did being 15 years in my profession.
"But his body will be broken by 40!" exclaims the OT white collar guy as he sinks 3 prescriptions for blood pressure, ulcer, and high blood sugar with his 5th whiskey sour of the day.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:48 pm to tiggerthetooth
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Theres a reason an entire generation of tradesmen told their own children to go to college and get an office job.
As I say in all these threads. Go to your local supply house and ask the tired hunched-over men if they told their own kids to go into the trades or college.
Blackrock et al. has been pushing the whole "trades are a goldmine" thing on social media. They are the ones who need cheap workers for their investments (houses).
Ask Mike Rowe who is paying him up to 300k to speak at conventions about the glorious trades.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:49 pm to TideSaint
Exploring the possibility does not equal hiring workers to build it.
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As of early 2026, no construction has started, no groundbreaking has occurred, and Entergy has stated they do not currently plan to build a new plant at this time (it would depend on securing customers/partners and further approvals). Any workforce activity at the site relates to existing operations/uprates, not new reactor construction.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:51 pm to TideSaint
From your own article:
ETA: Your cousin got hired for a refueling outage. Grand Gulf is constantly in need of workers because of the turnover. No one wants to work there. Terrible area. Closest places to live with okay schools are Vicksburg and Jackson.
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The 1,300 additional temporary workers were in addition to more than 700 full-time employees needed for fueling, maintenance and testing, with additional support from Entergy employees from other nuclear plants. Entergy spokesperson Tosha Hester told The Mississippi Independent that the refueling and maintenance outage began on Feb. 14, 2026, and that the 1,300 contract workers are for that project—not for construction of a second reactor, an option that she said would be considered pending approval of the extended permit.
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“Right now, we don’t plan on building any new nuclear plants, at this moment,” Hester said. Once the permit extension is in place, Entergy will evaluate the possibilities, she said, adding, “If Entergy proceeds, that [Grand Gulf] would probably be the first site.” The added workforce is already onsite, but for now, she said, “There is no groundbreaking.”
ETA: Your cousin got hired for a refueling outage. Grand Gulf is constantly in need of workers because of the turnover. No one wants to work there. Terrible area. Closest places to live with okay schools are Vicksburg and Jackson.
This post was edited on 5/13/26 at 8:57 pm
Posted on 5/13/26 at 9:02 pm to billjamin
I’m only mouthy because you suck as a boss
Posted on 5/13/26 at 9:09 pm to billjamin
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Maybe. Ones been getting a little mouthy
Never mind.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 9:30 pm to TideSaint
My brother is a high voltage electrician and makes good money (100k+) working on substations and in some plants. But, he works very long hours and oftentimes has to travel for work.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 9:36 pm to TideSaint
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They are paying him $6,100 a week in addition to $150 a day per diem.
Being an electrician is a great trade but this isn’t remotely true unless he’s working 16 hour days, 7 days a week, getting 1.5x past 40, and 2x for 7 straight.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 9:40 pm to tiggerthetooth
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Or falling out of buckets working on transmission lines, or the bucket itself falling and killing you.
Somebody needs to cue the video of the guy in the bucket truck getting hit by a truck on Sherwood Forest from a few years ago.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 9:43 pm to forkedintheroad
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Everyone I know says lineman lose a finger every 7-8 years.
After 21-years, they must be counting with their toes.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 9:58 pm to UFFan
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If you want your son to become an electrician, the last thing you should do is tell other parents to also steer their sons into being electricians.
Don't worry. 95% of these lazy fricks don't want to sweat.
And it's as Mexican proof as it gets with all the bookwork involved in getting credentialed.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 10:03 pm to Turnblad85
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Blackrock et al. has been pushing the whole "trades are a goldmine" thing on social media. They are the ones who need cheap workers for their investments (houses). Ask Mike Rowe who is paying him up to 300k to speak at conventions about the glorious trades.
PE is also buying popular YouTube channels and packaging them. Consequently they also get the benefit of pushing institutional messaging they want to promote and removing problematic topics.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 10:03 pm to TideSaint
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$6,100 a week in addition to $150 a day per diem.
Maybe if he's working 7-12's. Maybe. But I think maybe your cousin is exaggerating a little.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 10:32 pm to Turnblad85
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As I say in all these threads. Go to your local supply house and ask the tired hunched-over men if they told their own kids to go into the trades or college.
There are equal physical tradeoffs. My feet were shot at 40 from standing on concrete for 60 hours a week as a machinist, so I went back to school and finished my Masters degree in engineering. I make roughly the same money, but I work about 10-15 less hours a week now. 5 years later I've gained weight from sitting in an office and have blood pressure problems from the stress. Is it my fault? Yes.
Simple truth is that the trades leave a lot of men busted up and full of regret at 50, but a lot of desk jockeys yearn for a different life at 50 as well. It's hard to explain to an 18 year old what an abused 40 year old body feels like at 4am on Tuesday morning, just like its hard to explain to an 18 year old what a soul crushed by 20 years of pointless meetings and missed deadlines feels like.
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