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This actually applies to me this week. 4 days down, 3 more to go. I showed my ass with my supervisor on Monday telling him I was taking Sunday off and didn’t give a fat rats ass who wasn’t going to be there on Sunday because I wasn’t. Last weekend was my 3rd weekend straight of working. He said ok that I could have Sunday off.:giggle:
This actually applies to me this week. 4 days down, 3 more to go. I showed my ass with my supervisor on Monday telling him I was taking Sunday off and didn’t give a fat rats ass who wasn’t going to be there on Sunday because I wasn’t. Last weekend was my 3rd weekend straight of working. He said ok that I could have Sunday off.:giggle:
it is wise to save up your ass showing to the boss for things that really matter.
 

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And today's the day we get the diffuser for the cats, PLUS the gal of PG and qt of VG I bought. Amazing that I've gone thru more than a half gallon of PG and more than half a qt of VG, in about a year and a half of vaping. Next up, I''ll order another 450ml of nic from VT, and more shisha strawberry from bullcity... and I gotta get some clove flavoring somwhere, try to get the spawn off those damn smokes. :facepalm:

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it is wise to save up your ass showing to the boss for things that really matter.


Wise advice but something I never could do :teehee: I would go off on a tangent and show my ass every once in a while which really put the company I worked for it a hard positions. They knew I was a damn good mechanic that dont stop until the job was done. That was always a plus for me. They also knew the guys always liked me and the customers loved me. Another plus. But they never knew nor did I ever know what the hell I would say next :giggle::giggle::giggle:

Was almost fired one time from this. Was on the carpet getting an ass chewing for something or other I said or did and it struck me as funny and couldnt keep a straight face. Supervisor eventually told me I was a asshole and to get my ass back to work :shades:
 

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it is wise to save up your ass showing to the boss for things that really matter.
I did. I have plans for Sunday that have been in the works since the last of February and I didn't intend to change them because some lazy ass doesn't want to work on Sundays. Well hell, neither do I. Not every single one that is. My supervisor said that he didn't realize that I had worked that many straight. I'm supposed to have every other weekend off.
 

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My supervisor said that he didn't realize that I had worked that many straight. I'm supposed to have every other weekend off.

Sounds like you run on swinging 16s? Some kind of production plant?

I had fun once with another guy. We got assigned a line to run, put out a big order of apple butter in record time. The plant manager for night shift, "Teddy" had us each doing the work of about 3-4 people. We didn't care. It was just go in, get it done. Teddy told us both he could have brought in a full line of folks and had the job take a week because everyone would mill around.

Me and "Greg" got it finished four to six hours. The broilers had been set up to run the day before and QC confirmed that was fine, twice. I think QC the rationale behind it staying good overnight was that we hadn't added in the sugar and other ingredients, so it wasn't going to 'sour' out or get yucky.

So all it was to it was him ensuring the jars we're not defects, me slamming boxes of jars unto the line belt, setting up jars out of the wash and him checking the broilers every now and then. Simple work really especially when you've already gone twelve to fourteen hours.

It still impressed Teddy. He told me he didn't understand why others in the plant had trouble with me, then he thought a minute. "Yeah, I do know, ... you're too good son." He liked the fact I helped get work done, figured that was how it ought to be all the time, but knew it wasn't. His hands were tied over it too.
 

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Sounds like you run on swinging 16s? Some kind of production plant?

I had fun once with another guy. We got assigned a line to run, put out a big order of apple butter in record time. The plant manager for night shift, "Teddy" had us each doing the work of about 3-4 people. We didn't care. It was just go in, get it done. Teddy told us both he could have brought in a full line of folks and had the job take a week because everyone would mill around.

Me and "Greg" got it finished four to six hours. The broilers had been set up to run the day before and QC confirmed that was fine, twice. I think QC the rationale behind it staying good overnight was that we hadn't added in the sugar and other ingredients, so it wasn't going to 'sour' out or get yucky.

So all it was to it was him ensuring the jars we're not defects, me slamming boxes of jars unto the line belt, setting up jars out of the wash and him checking the broilers every now and then. Simple work really especially when you've already gone twelve to fourteen hours.

It still impressed Teddy. He told me he didn't understand why others in the plant had trouble with me, then he thought a minute. "Yeah, I do know, ... you're too good son." He liked the fact I helped get work done, figured that was how it ought to be all the time, but knew it wasn't. His hands were tied over it too.
Good to see you Ben! You been hidin'. :)
 

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Sounds like you run on swinging 16s? Some kind of production plant?

I had fun once with another guy. We got assigned a line to run, put out a big order of apple butter in record time. The plant manager for night shift, "Teddy" had us each doing the work of about 3-4 people. We didn't care. It was just go in, get it done. Teddy told us both he could have brought in a full line of folks and had the job take a week because everyone would mill around.

Me and "Greg" got it finished four to six hours. The broilers had been set up to run the day before and QC confirmed that was fine, twice. I think QC the rationale behind it staying good overnight was that we hadn't added in the sugar and other ingredients, so it wasn't going to 'sour' out or get yucky.

So all it was to it was him ensuring the jars we're not defects, me slamming boxes of jars unto the line belt, setting up jars out of the wash and him checking the broilers every now and then. Simple work really especially when you've already gone twelve to fourteen hours.

It still impressed Teddy. He told me he didn't understand why others in the plant had trouble with me, then he thought a minute. "Yeah, I do know, ... you're too good son." He liked the fact I helped get work done, figured that was how it ought to be all the time, but knew it wasn't. His hands were tied over it too.

Mornin yall fugee's :)

Morely buddy, back 25 or so years ago this was the norm. Its much worse now. Now in the PC world no one cares if they look bad or not as long as you dont voice it. To say they are not pulling their load is a crime today. I was told once when I was a lead mechanic. how I expected them to perform if their feelings are hurt. This absolutely floored me. I had no idea they was hired for us to protect their feeling. Thats when I was done. I had enough of being a lead mechanic and luckily I had a good supervisor and I was able to get transfered from the busiest helicopter base in the company to the most relaxed (and coveted) base they had that was considered the retirement home and thats where I finished my career. Sadly political correctness has made it where it is more important to protect feelings than anything else.
 

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Mornin yall fugee's :)

Morely buddy, back 25 or so years ago this was the norm. Its much worse now. Now in the PC world no one cares if they look bad or not as long as you dont voice it. To say they are not pulling their load is a crime today. I was told once when I was a lead mechanic. how I expected them to perform if their feelings are hurt. This absolutely floored me. I had no idea they was hired for us to protect their feeling. Thats when I was done. I had enough of being a lead mechanic and luckily I had a good supervisor and I was able to get transfered from the busiest helicopter base in the company to the most relaxed (and coveted) base they had that was considered the retirement home and thats where I finished my career. Sadly political correctness has made it where it is more important to protect feelings than anything else.
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Mornin yall fugee's :)

Morely buddy, back 25 or so years ago this was the norm. Its much worse now. Now in the PC world no one cares if they look bad or not as long as you dont voice it. To say they are not pulling their load is a crime today. I was told once when I was a lead mechanic. how I expected them to perform if their feelings are hurt. This absolutely floored me. I had no idea they was hired for us to protect their feeling. Thats when I was done. I had enough of being a lead mechanic and luckily I had a good supervisor and I was able to get transfered from the busiest helicopter base in the company to the most relaxed (and coveted) base they had that was considered the retirement home and thats where I finished my career. Sadly political correctness has made it where it is more important to protect feelings than anything else.

Just another symptom of the Big Nanny social disease (socialism)... treat all the citizens like children, pretty soon they'll act like it, and think it's normal for full-grown adults to act that way. Yet one more excellent reason for me to be a hermit.

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Just another symptom of the Big Nanny social disease (socialism)... treat all the citizens like children, pretty soon they'll act like it, and think it's normal for full-grown adults to act that way. Yet one more excellent reason for me to be a hermit.

Andria
When I went to work I always had the same attitude. I was there to work, not socialize, not chat on the phone, not take constant breaks, not surf the internet all day. If the work was done I was the biggest screw off on the base but if there was work that needed doing, lets knock it out so we can all go screw off. It was a good attitude and it served me well many times.
Younger people just do not have that attitude. When everyone gets a prize and there is safe spaces so your wittle feeling dont get hurt, that really fucks people up. In my opinion it removes every singe bit of desire to even try. Sad really.
 

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I think the cheapest one they have.
Troy built Pony.
Except for a different hood and controls same as the Yardman mower that served me will for 10 yrs or so.

Troy built ponys are not bad mowers. I had a few of them thru the years. For my application they are a bit light duty but I could get 3 or 4 years out of one before the deck rots out. I have a zero turn cub cadet now with the 54 in deck and that has a real nice thick steel deck.
 

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Zero turn would not work for me. Too much hillside and convoluted areas.
Plus a 42 inch deck mower is a wide as will fit on my 4X8 utility trailer.

To make your deck last. remove it and strip it down and paint with a couple of coats of Rustoleum.
Takes a while to cure fully but tough stuff once it does.
A good winter project.
 

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When I went to work I always had the same attitude. I was there to work, not socialize, not chat on the phone, not take constant breaks, not surf the internet all day. If the work was done I was the biggest screw off on the base but if there was work that needed doing, lets knock it out so we can all go screw off. It was a good attitude and it served me well many times.
Younger people just do not have that attitude. When everyone gets a prize and there is safe spaces so your wittle feeling dont get hurt, that really fucks people up. In my opinion it removes every singe bit of desire to even try. Sad really.

It's the ultimate source of the "it's not my job!" mentality. And you're right, I see this twice a month from the guy who "works" with my husband on the dock -- his name is Carlos, if that tells you anything -- he leaves work, every day, at 4:55. And instead of getting there at 7:30 as he's supposed to... you guessed it, he gets there at 7:35. Same deal with lunch and break times -- always pushes it by 5 minutes in both directions. My husband says he'll work, if you point him to a job and tell him to do it... but he's been there longer than my husband's 12 yrs... and can't, or won't, self-motivate to see what needs to be done and just go and fucking do it. I can't decide if he's just terminally stupid, or terminally lazy. I say terminally, because if he was my employee, I'd either fire him, or kill him. Terminated with prejudice, either way. ;)

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Zero turn would not work for me. Too much hillside and convoluted areas.
Plus a 42 inch deck mower is a wide as will fit on my 4X8 utility trailer.

To make your deck last. remove it and strip it down and paint with a couple of coats of Rustoleum.
Takes a while to cure fully but tough stuff once it does.
A good winter project.


Thats odd, I have a 4 X 8 trailer and haul my mower around at times, fits fine. The ex came by last week and stole both my mower and trailer for a few days

The bottom of the decks you cant keep paint on them. Rustoleum yours and next winter take a look at it. Most of the paint will be gone. As your cutting the grass acts like an abrasive. After a couple acres its nice and shiny steel above the blades.
 

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Hmm, fire or kill?:question: Fire or kill:question:

I think my husband would probably go with "fire"... The one he wants to kill is his so-called supervisor, the man who will not answer his company-provided cellphone, ever; who cannot talk and work at the same time, so spends a lot of time talking and not working... and the guy who wants to micro-manage my husband, who's been driving forklifts and doing shipping/receiving for more than 40 yrs. :facepalm:

I sent my husband the meme that says "I don't always deal with idiots... but when I do, I'm generally at work." and he uses it for his screen-saver on his phone. :giggle:

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It's the ultimate source of the "it's not my job!" mentality. And you're right, I see this twice a month from the guy who "works" with my husband on the dock -- his name is Carlos, if that tells you anything -- he leaves work, every day, at 4:55. And instead of getting there at 7:30 as he's supposed to... you guessed it, he gets there at 7:35. Same deal with lunch and break times -- always pushes it by 5 minutes in both directions. My husband says he'll work, if you point him to a job and tell him to do it... but he's been there longer than my husband's 12 yrs... and can't, or won't, self-motivate to see what needs to be done and just go and fucking do it. I can't decide if he's just terminally stupid, or terminally lazy. I say terminally, because if he was my employee, I'd either fire him, or kill him. Terminated with prejudice, either way. ;)

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I ran into a few like that. I always found it easier to just do it myself. The last base I worked at I was in heaven. Small base with 5 or 6 helicopter that flew very little and 4 older experienced mechanics plus a lead to take care of them. Hurt me! I was taught real fast how things are done there. Right after I first arrived, one night we had an engine inspection. Thats it. nothing else. We showed up at 3 pm to start the night like normal and around 5 the guys wanted to go get lunch. Way too early for me. Lunch was normally 8 pm. I told them to go without me, that I will start picking away on this inspection and grab a bite later. Hour and a half to two hours later they waltz in. Im done. We need to do the ground runs and paper work and the night is a wrap. Every one was pissed at me for this. They had nothing to do for the night now. I loved that attitude! This generation, for the most part they just dont have that.
 

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I ran into a few like that. I always found it easier to just do it myself. The last base I worked at I was in heaven. Small base with 5 or 6 helicopter that flew very little and 4 older experienced mechanics plus a lead to take care of them. Hurt me! I was taught real fast how things are done there. Right after I first arrived, one night we had an engine inspection. Thats it. nothing else. We showed up at 3 pm to start the night like normal and around 5 the guys wanted to go get lunch. Way too early for me. Lunch was normally 8 pm. I told them to go without me, that I will start picking away on this inspection and grab a bite later. Hour and a half to two hours later they waltz in. Im done. We need to do the ground runs and paper work and the night is a wrap. Every one was pissed at me for this. They had nothing to do for the night now. I loved that attitude! This generation, for the most part they just dont have that.

I learned that lesson back when I was a waitress, in my early 20s -- it's much better to ACTUALLY be busy, even slammed, than to have to try and LOOK like you're doing something useful, so you don't get bitched at if the mgr walks out to the front of the restaurant. And it makes the shift go by MUCH faster! (and for waitresses, mo busy = mo money!)

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Thats odd, I have a 4 X 8 trailer and haul my mower around at times, fits fine. The ex came by last week and stole both my mower and trailer for a few days

The bottom of the decks you cant keep paint on them. Rustoleum yours and next winter take a look at it. Most of the paint will be gone. As your cutting the grass acts like an abrasive. After a couple acres its nice and shiny steel above the blades.
I had till it burned up a Gravely riding garden tractor with mower deck.
I used it like a brush hog, if I could run over it I would mow it. And the Gravely weighed close to 900 lbs.
When I frist got it in about 2000 I took the deck off and put 2 coats of rusty metal primer and 2 color coats on it.
When I checked it out last year while sharpening the blades about 1/2 of the color was rubbed off but only down to the rusty metal primer.
Trick with rustoleum is that it need s to cure about a month or so to be really tough.
Rustoleum made a believer out of me. Krylon and such is junk for machinery. and as you say will be gone within a month or so.

My 4X8 trailer has 1 ft high sides. A 46 inch deck is about 47 or so and the chute folded up sticks out another 4 or so...
 
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Well yall, this has been a real odd day. Was sitting here screwing off and it was downpouring outside. I put my hand on my lap top and at the same time hear a deafening kaboom. Electricity shot thru my wrist. It scared the hell out of Rascal and he went nuts. I finally calmed him down and got him to stop shaking but my wrist was really hurting. Its not as bad now but damn, that was odd. And the laptop is just fine. On it now.
 

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I had till it burned up a Gravely riding garden tractor with mower deck.
I used it like a brush hog, if I could run over it I would mow it. And the Gravely weighed close to 900 lbs.
When I frist got it in about 2000 I took the deck off and put 2 coats of rusty metal primer and 2 color coats on it.
When I checked it out last year while sharpening the blades about 1/2 of the color was rubbed off but only down to the rusty metal primer.
Trick with rustoleum is that it need s to cure about a month or so to be really tough.
Rustoleum made a believer out of me. Krylon and such is junk for machinery. and as you say will be gone within a month or so.

My 4X8 trailer has 1 ft high sides. A 46 inch deck is about 47 or so and the chute folded up sticks out another 4 or so...
True dat! Rust-Oleum is the bomb. Choppy does live in extreme humidity so it may take a tad longer,
 

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Well yall, this has been a real odd day. Was sitting here screwing off and it was downpouring outside. I put my hand on my lap top and at the same time hear a deafening kaboom. Electricity shot thru my wrist. It scared the hell out of Rascal and he went nuts. I finally calmed him down and got him to stop shaking but my wrist was really hurting. Its not as bad now but damn, that was odd. And the laptop is just fine. On it now.
Omg that really is weird. I was standing underneath the tree one time when it was struck by lightning. I took off running when the branch came falling down. I didn't feel any shock but I couldn't hear for a while.
 

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Mornin yall fugee's :)

Morely buddy, back 25 or so years ago this was the norm. Its much worse now. Now in the PC world no one cares if they look bad or not as long as you dont voice it. To say they are not pulling their load is a crime today. I was told once when I was a lead mechanic. how I expected them to perform if their feelings are hurt. This absolutely floored me. I had no idea they was hired for us to protect their feeling. Thats when I was done. I had enough of being a lead mechanic and luckily I had a good supervisor and I was able to get transfered from the busiest helicopter base in the company to the most relaxed (and coveted) base they had that was considered the retirement home and thats where I finished my career. Sadly political correctness has made it where it is more important to protect feelings than anything else.

Hear that. Worked with similar types. None of them worth further typing here. For myself, having trouble re-entering job market, lacking any seeming desired skills. I've heard the adage ... fake it til you make it. That doesn't work for me.

When I went to work I always had the same attitude. I was there to work, not socialize, not chat on the phone, not take constant breaks, not surf the internet all day. If the work was done I was the biggest screw off on the base but if there was work that needed doing, lets knock it out so we can all go screw off. It was a good attitude and it served me well many times.

Gee, sounds like how I got brought up by a few grandfathers. *chuckles*

"Lemme see if I can work you to death here, son," one of them would say before we started a "day" of working.

"Yes sir, ya go right ahead, I'll catch you when start to keel over," I would tell them and actually wind up doing.

Know all about "you're paying a check, I do the work to earn it." Surprised more than a few bosses being that way.

Difficult any more to see me putting in that kind of work for anyone any longer. Kind of run out of granddads, guess I done worked too hard.

'scuse me.
 

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POR-15 - https://www.por15.com/POR-15_Rust_Preventive_Coating for your mower deck
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=por-15
After it cures you'll need to paint over whatever will be exposed to sunlight.
It stopped the rust on my truckframe for a few years until the transmission went.
I scrapped my truck but Pookie, my neighbor's cat, thought it made a stylish hat.

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Hear that. Worked with similar types. None of them worth further typing here. For myself, having trouble re-entering job market, lacking any seeming desired skills. I've heard the adage ... fake it til you make it. That doesn't work for me.



Gee, sounds like how I got brought up by a few grandfathers. *chuckles*

"Lemme see if I can work you to death here, son," one of them would say before we started a "day" of working.

"Yes sir, ya go right ahead, I'll catch you when start to keel over," I would tell them and actually wind up doing.

Know all about "you're paying a check, I do the work to earn it." Surprised more than a few bosses being that way.

Difficult any more to see me putting in that kind of work for anyone any longer. Kind of run out of granddads, guess I done worked too hard.

'scuse me.


I ran into a few fake it till ya make it types. Problem is most of them only wanted to fake it and thats when I got rid of them. I didnt want anyone on my crew like that when I was a lead and they didnt last long. If I was given someone green, ok, I will train them if they are trainable. Some arent. But I always tried.
 

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Afternoon fugee's :) Hope everyone is having a great Friday

I know one lil boy that didnt. Thats right, bath day for Rascal lol lil shit bit the hell out of the water hose nozzle. :giggle: But he is nice and soft now and he no longer smells like a dirty foot :D and he was grinning like a fool when I got out a clean bandanna for him He knows they are his :p
 

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I ran into a few fake it till ya make it types. Problem is most of them only wanted to fake it and thats when I got rid of them. I didnt want anyone on my crew like that when I was a lead and they didnt last long. If I was given someone green, ok, I will train them if they are trainable. Some arent. But I always tried.

A gm in a fast food place taught me a simple rule. "You got three days to get it. If you don't get it in three days c'ya!" This came in handy when me and a rather good cook in another fast food place were being sent new kitchen crew, seemed corporate liked how we ran the place.

We were beating out Mikey D's drive through time's and accuracy rates, and our shop was clean, sure we worked there but it was clean and inside out, too. So me & Robby used the three day rule, the kitchen crew didn't get it we sent them up front to pester the gms. We knew of course that in them pestering the gm's the gm's got the hint and fired them.

We would get chewed out if we tried to fire them. Easier to just let them bumble along and get underfoot, then tossed out. No, I didn't think it was cruel, it was in fact proved out more often than not. If someone doesn't get the hang of it, whatever it happens being in three days, they won't get it ever. No need wasting time continually training someone that provides no effort.

Thinking of it, that's all fast food joints really want, show up and make an effort. I'm too set in my ways and too creaky to go back into fast food places, add in hypertension and idiot kids, nope not going to do it. i moved like I was a 17 yr old NFL pro linebacker when I was ten years or so younger, bah, fuck getting old. Now my joints and nerves, muscles go off on their own little trips leaving me trying not to double over in pain or sit and cry.

*smh* Damndest tripe of shite i ever saw. *chuckles* But oh they so warned me. "Son, slow'er down less ya stave yerself up like me." Me, listen? Pffft Bwhahaa! :facepalm::(:oops::cuss2:

Happy run around nakey Day @chopdoc!!!
 

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