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It is the profession you chose that dictates how much you can earn. From the example list you provided except the etc. I made more than they do by the age of 30 when I opened my own plumbing business. My house was on track to be paid off in 10 more years (past history) with 10 years of a 401K funded. College is a tool, one that is needed for select areas that have a heavy front loaded cost. It is not a bad thing it is one that a lot of the youth don't realize is my point. My pops is a retired Nuclear Radiologist I watched this process unfold from internship to retirement. The end did justify the means he retired with no worries of financial issues for himself and my Mom. The years when he was an intern and a few more we had a lot of mac and cheese and older cars to drive. Art

Funny down South alls we need to get ready for the ice is a good bottle of Southern Comfort to put it in.lol Art

I am going to lock this down it has gotten to far from the original post. If you all have issues with each other instead of ruining a thread take it to P.M. Winternet is something that I do have a cure for and I will use all of the tools I need to keep it to a minimum. Good evening to all Art

I found that when I go up North I can not only buy my card and license from the lodge we visit. The hard card is then mailed to me Stateside it works very well. Art

Some of the smartest people I have ever met never spent a day in school after 9th grade. If someone gets a job right out of high school he can be investing and saving at the age of 19. If you spend 5 years and 100,000.oo (easy to do) you will be 10 years behind in time and money from the non college person. By the age of 40 the NCP can have his mortgage paid off 21 years paying only 20% more than the base payment and 21 years in his chosen job. Our college person is 10 years into his mortgage and only 10 years in a company if he had no problems finding the job and paid $20,000.oo a year plus interest to get back to neutral at the age of 30. Both are 40 years old. One has 20 years of blue collar training and has paid for his house and has investments and saving with the real potential to open his own business. The other depending on the field will have 10 years experience at least 10 years of mortgage some savings and a investment account. Guess who gets the business loan? Right the blue collar guy. When people look at college as a money ticket they rarely at the age they make that decision realize the timeline they are embarking on. Most find themselves out of college and heavily in debt with few jobs that can make the kind of money they need to get out of debt in a timely manner. I have nothing against college I think that everyone should make there decision as to what they want out of life. I am a hybrid I took classes as I found the need and interest which adds up to no degree but information that I use everyday. Remember it is not the employers job to pay off your debt he needs to get the best person for the job at the best price for the company. There are a lot of blue collar owners of companies that play golf on Friday with the doctors and the lawyers.... Art

It is amazing what I think money smells like. Sorry for the side track back to your generous offer to help someone get a job. Art

Sorry but if I can't make an obscene amount of money with a minimum amount of work I might as well keep my job as a Plumber.lol Art

no not at any one specifically I read ALL of the threads and it seems people are drawing assumptions across the board. It seems to get hairy around here when people don't see that few things are black and white and the color gray is the correct path for most people to take when they are discussing opinions. cheers Art

I have had some of the best moonshine ever made. I usually bring a jar of it up North for our fishing week. I know of a few Canadians that have found it to be a real delight......till the next morning.lol Art

I wish that people who see just a small portion of a countries acts or places would not leap to the assumption that the majority subcribe to that thought or action. The media from what I read is so miss informed and slatted as to be little use to judge a Nation by. This go both ways it is not just a Canadian VS US assumptions. Live a week in a situation before you judge the situation. We had a great Black Friday here in my neighborhood with no tramplings or horrible things happening. While it is not something that I attend I did run out for some sandpaper and a few blades for the bandsaw and guess what it was normal as can be in the stores I went to. If you find you need to cast stones to make yourself feel better than you neighbor then you are living life wrong. If you feel you live in a better place then good for you telling someone that they live in a place that you dislike when you haven't ever lived there is just asinine. Sorry for my rant but really people think before you type it will make the winter go a lot smoother. Art

We use drysuits when we raced jetskies in the winter. Wipeouts at 50 MPH in a drysuit and not a drop of water got in. The secret was to open the zipper and then go into the water up to almost the zipper forcing out the air and then zipping it up. These suits are not insulated so you put on what ever you needed to be warm. Art

Wayne I keep a bottle of quantum hot sauce a light bearing oil for fishing reels. A few drops of this has saved me many times with frozen mechanisms and locked up nuts and bolts. Art

Removal is the only option and keep digging till you get to solid wood without any water damage. When you replace the wood pay attention to any areas off to the side of the bad wood to make sure you reseal them. Winter is a good time to take on the project so you don't rush thru it. Art

Rich Chlorine is actually easy to remove it is volatile and actually removes itself when exposed to atmospheric pressure. It can be accelerated by exposure to sunlight band spectrum. The combination that a lot of places use is chloramine which is a chlorine and ammonia based product that resists flashing and is less expensive to use. Both compounds are easily removed using a carbon based filtration system but since the carbon absorbs the products and does not change it you then have a carbon contaminated with the products you removed from the water. Art

So where is the Duck Dynasty fishing lures ? I'm up for a Uncle Si chugger bug. Art

I said Juggling not Giggling lol Art

when you are done with that you can take up one armed juggling. Art

very nice year for sure. Thank you for taking the time to post it. Art

a one armed housecleaner.... what a concept. Art

It is a day of family and friends with a good dash of food added in. It also is a day to give thanks for all of the people who have entered our lives and enriched them. I am very happy to say I have thousands of friends that I am thankful for. Some I will never meet in person but will have been enriched by their knowledge and kindness over the internet. Thank you to all who read this and best wishes to all. Art

Love the knife they use. Art

Funny you should ask about bread and asbestos. Many of the big food companies have there hands in a lot more than food now a days.lol. My line of thought is you will not stop profit no matter what you do it is the driving factor for both the consumer and the producer. If the company can produce a chicken that is cost per pound cheaper by chemical or by genetically modifying they will do it and you (meaning all consumers) are forcing them to do it. Few people would pay for a better product if they felt like they could not get someone else to pay for it. In other words take on an additional expense without knowing how it is going to be paid for. It is when a person can ignore the past statement when they become willingly debted to either a person or credit company. Now we have to look at the production side we as investors are the driving force behind less expenses with better profits to the stockholders. Without advances in production we do not have the land or capacity to feed people the old fashion way where it takes 3/4 acres to bring 1 sheep to market. Chickens raised here at our farm (faux Farm) are here for the eggs and are also free range cost.... wait for it 3 times as much per egg and 300% more room. it takes 20 chickens to keep 6 adults in casual egg use with this method. For there to be a profit to support a company of art's eggs is $11.25 per dozen.... the best I can get with this method is $5.00 a dozen from the public. The data just does not support a business model that supports mass produced organic produce. Art

Yup mid January when Joe and his wife with Mom and Pops are WAYYYYY down South for vacation. lol Art

A genetically enhanced cow verses a chemically enhanced cow you are already eating one of them if you buy meat at the retail level. A cow that can not get mad cow disease either by a shot or selective breeding which is better? A chicken that grows faster genetically or a chicken that is fed phosphorus to put on the pounds. We all want the best for the least amount of money yet we feel someone else should pay the difference. Would you pay $2.00 lb more for chicken if it was free range ? Would you own a company that raised free range chickens that lost money? So now we have you buying a better product that is costing you more you now need to make more money so you ask for a raise. There is a ladder that we all climb that as we ask for more labor intense products the price goes up to cover the expense. Art

I reached into the freezer ONCE and took out 4 ice cubes and my Vodka was cold. Art