How do you earn a living?

[Shootemup]

I can wire your house get your plant up and running or whatever you need but in southern Idaho it's mostly irrigation. Got to grow them crops.

[G Dog]

Jolting.

When I have an electrical issue I contact a pro.  No do-it-yourself stuff when it comes to that.  Amateur wire-job homeowner guys have about burned down my whole county, twice.  Hot tubs, both times.

[Clydesdale4x4]

so in the "what did you do today" thread, I posted up the Christmas cheer I spread to the boss.

He wasn't the only one who got a truck for Christmas... only mine is a 1:1 scale, not a 1:25 scale.
Sure, it's just another "company truck"; but my name is listed as "partner" on the companies filings.

[Miguel Loco]

Can't beat the full size version! Great lookin' truck....

[Woodsrunner79]

I Fix/Install Wood and Pellet stoves in people's homes. Big ones, small ones, old ones and new ones. Been at it for 9 months now. It's good honest work. Though I gotta admit, I  never gave it much thought till I started doing it.  I always figured if you bought a stove, you just installed it in your home yourself.

[Zulch]

I Fix/Install Wood and Pellet stoves in people's homes. Big ones, small ones, old ones and new ones. Been at it for 9 months now. It's good honest work. Though I gotta admit, I  never gave it much thought till I started doing it.  I always figured if you bought a stove, you just installed it in your home yourself.

Woodsrunner79, IIRC you are up in Vermont somewhere. I imagine your line of work is in very high demand up there!! I'm sure that keeps you pretty busy? Just curious, I remember being up there in mid October back in 1985 and a place my wife and I were staying at had radiated heat. Do you see uch of that in your neck of the woods? A lot of folks down here in the south will also close up fireplaces and install natural gas log setups.

[Len]

I Fix/Install Wood and Pellet stoves in people's homes. Big ones, small ones, old ones and new ones. Been at it for 9 months now. It's good honest work. Though I gotta admit, I  never gave it much thought till I started doing it.  I always figured if you bought a stove, you just installed it in your home yourself.

Good on'ya! Wife and I run all heating by fire wood (since 40 yrs). Stove in the work shop across the yard and a culvert to the house. Also have an old Husqvarna wood stove in the kitchen, for emergencies. Then there is this extra benefit, i.e. tha free gym of handling the logs, cut, split and stack.

[Woodsrunner79]

Zulch  - It's actually funny you mentioned Radiant heat. Before the Pandemic shut the state down in 2020 I was building Radiant Floor heating systems. Got laid off for a bit, then let go all together cause they're just wasn't enough work for 4 of us. Kicked around doing odd jobs till I hit upon the stove thing and haven't looked back.

Len - Thanks! It's very satisfying work. I was even able to rescue a circa 1912 Glenwood Oak parlor stove that was destined for the metal dumpster. It's in my shed, as I'm gathering part to restore it to It's former glory. Thing's MASSIVE too. Stands about 5'5" and takes a 26" log.

We still cut, split and stack for my parents, my wife's grandparents and lug pellets for various family members. My grandfather used to say that firewood warms you 3 times. Once when you split it, twice when you stack it and thrice when you burn it.

[Baron Von Kesselwalker]

my income stream comes from past years as rocket engine pump/valve assembler and then some years as aircraft stuff , drilling holes in perfectly good airplanes 747-8 and other classified projects, a good time and still have all my digits - 

now the bad news is the out going stream of income gets divvyed up between all sorts of things
65  ford mustang FB  289 4 spd
1982 Honda ATC 250R  death machine
17 ft bass boat
honey do s
an Black powder shooting supplies
an 7  grankids

[Zulch]

Baron, they gitcha comin in and they gitcha goin out. The taxman, I mean. Careful now , no sharing classified information now😬 I’m sure you remember the briefings? Even non classified can be aggregated. Just sayin’

[Dave Shooter]

Baron, they gitcha comin in and they gitcha goin out. The taxman, I mean. Careful now , no sharing classified information now😬 I’m sure you remember the briefings? Even non classified can be aggregated. Just sayin’

I still have a clearance (contractor with AFIT).  I magically forgot everything I was read out of.   

[G Dog]

For Daily Bread I pound a keyboard and talk.  The advantage is that I'm always just a couple of clicks from Colt Country which gets visited several times a day, weekends too.  I'm in for the duration, boys.  You'll just have to put up with me.  Please.

[ShotgunDave]

For Daily Bread I pound a keyboard and talk.  The advantage is that I'm always just a couple of clicks from Colt Country which gets visited several times a day, weekends too.  I'm in for the duration, boys.  You'll just have to put up with me.  Please.

It's comforting to know you ain't going anywhere G.

[Hawg]

  I'm in for the duration, boys.  You'll just have to put up with me.  Please.

No please to it. If you try to leave we'll hunt you down and drag you back

[ShotgunDave]

  I'm in for the duration, boys.  You'll just have to put up with me.  Please.

No please to it. If you try to leave we'll hunt you down and drag you back

Maybe we shoulda explained to him, that this is the Black Powder Mafia. Once you're in, you're in. There ain't no leaving. At least not on this side of the dirt.