A Silver Lining

[kcult]

I was raised right next to our Burlington. My Dad worked there for about 10 years before going to INA bearing. Men from my neighborhood walked to work. I walked through their executive parking lot to get to jr high school.

It was actually James Fabrics before it became Burlington. Then, it became Highland Mills. Half is still Highland Mills, but the other half is Takata.

 

[georgel]

I have truly needed plumbers, electricians, concrete workers, framers, roofers and welllll you get my point. I have never Needed any of the Hollywood or Pro athletes a single time in my life and never will. God Bless a working, building, Product producing American.

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 New International Version (NIV)
11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

 

[georgel]

Wish the plant sperm wasn’t so thick in the air. I often wear a mask when out in the yard this time of year, but don’t want to freak the neighbors.

Go ahead, do it. Get a pump sprayer, fill it with water and randomly spray over the yard. Open carry while you're at it to get the full effect.

 

[georgel]

I often see today college educated types living in McMansions driving their BMWs or Merc that can't change a light bulb but they're highly paid in the office cube farm. Now let's look at today. If things get much worse, it doesn't matter how much you know in spreadsheet jockeying, if you cant' do basic gardening, carpentry, plumbing or electrical, you're going to be paying.... a lot.

My wife read a Coronavirus meme that said...

Today, millions of women in this country are looking over at their men, wondering if they can hunt, make fire or fight.

 

[confused]

I need some younger and better looking neighbors.

 

[Shady Grady]

...

 

[confused]

Lol

 

[SPST]

Believe it or not, there are places that are dangerous to work in, where there are nightly murders. I know damn well you wouldn't be walking your ass up and down Atando or Graham in the wee hours. Those are the other neighborhoods I'm in, and I intentionally neglected to mention them. Seems many of the folks in those places were already "working from home".

My office is right off Atando near Graham.

 

[SPST]

I think we need to build our manufacturing back up too. But...
. I don't know about the "they don't make them like they used to". I don't remember too many vehicles from the '50's, '60's and '70's that could go 100k miles without doing anything but oil changes to them?

 

[yard mongrel]

My office is right off Atando near Graham.

RIP

 

[SPST]

RIP

I'm in outside sales so I try to stay away from there in normal times!

 

[Ikarus1]

You are not the long haired freak I thought I knew

Bravo sir, your feelings are validated and mostly mutual. I still can't get my kids to go outside and breathe pollen

BUT I did manage to work in the garden with an N95 and all the neighbors were jealous

 

[Geezer]

You are not the long haired freak I thought I knew

Bravo sir, your feelings are validated and mostly mutual. I still can't get my kids to go outside and breathe pollen

BUT I did manage to work in the garden with an N95 and all the neighbors were jealous

It was not the N95 they were jealous of.

 

[Ikarus1]

It was not the N95 they were jealous of.

I take it you have seen my Troy-Bilt then good sir

 

[hp468]

. I don't know about the "they don't make them like they used to". I don't remember too many vehicles from the '50's, '60's and '70's that could go 100k miles without doing anything but oil changes to them?

Imagine how long they would last if manufactured obsolescence wasn't a thing.

 

[yard mongrel]

I'm in outside sales so I try to stay away from there in normal times!

Lots of folks out that way are into outside sales.

 

[Catfish]

I don't think he works off his front porch tho...

 

[NCLivingBrit]

How did you get to where you are now? Was it based on previous experiences and history?
I think people will realize after this how to be a bit better prepared and, hopefully, not panic when something starts.
And, Im hopeful that folks will realize that they dont need all the malls like they thought or something.
I do miss restaurants and coffee shops being open, but stores closing early hasnt affected me at all. Hopefully others will see that they dont need them as much as they thought too

If folks learned their lesson they'd stop rebuilding in earthquake and hurricane and tsunami zones and acting shocked when it all gets trashed. People go right back to how they've always done things after every disaster.

 

[HMP]

If folks learned their lesson they'd stop rebuilding in earthquake and hurricane and tsunami zones and acting shocked when it all gets trashed. People go right back to how they've always done things after every disaster.

Eh, maybe