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Every generation will have their hard workers and bums.

 

Rick, I don't know where you can build a 6 bedroom house for 180K? that's what it will take in materials alone, land and trades, especially where you live. Regardless I have told you before stop renting.

I told you before how housing works up here lol.

And we dont have to pay for land, remember???

And why would I quit renting when everything I pay is reimbursed???

And no way is it 180,000 for materials only for a 6 bedroom bud. Its wood not gold lol

Generalizations about generations are usually wrong. People ALWAYS talk down about bad experiences but rarely give nearly the same energy to relating the good ones.

 

I have worked with a lot of youth in the service industry over the years and can honestly say there are still some kids TODAY who will be world leaders and some will only be able to take out the trash career wise.... That was true 30 yrs ago and is still true today.

 

Cliff keep looking, the kind of worker you want is out there, but as noted they are probably hard to find because they are busy already.

I approve this message!

And to brock, we might have different careers but you know darn well we think alot alike.

Youll be fine, as will that beautiful lil family?

All depends on how you live right, live within your means and you can set yourself up for success, I have a renter who has trouble coming up with his $450/month and the guy is 30 years old its pathetic, beer and smokes come first, and his girlfriend who's a lifer at Canadian tire wants to have a kid... Come on... Lol I have to annoy him for a week every end of the month so I have my money by the 1st

Brutal...

Priorities, some people lack them.

I still dont own a boat or a new truck.

Well i have a a tinny but...

Ill buy that later

Id never buy a house and rent other than a company. Too much crap. Hope it works out for you

Lol might as well be a different planet, I don't think 180k would even buy you half an acre lot in Hamilton, and here is the lower end of prices in the GTA, but it is getting stupid here too, people asking 400k for a place that needs to be gutted

It was like that in grande prairie 10 years ago/till now

If I had the time Id buy 5-6 properties here now and flip em to the mining companies that need to house employees

And just to clarify, im by no means rich, so I hope nobody takes my posts as me being a pompous arsehead lol.

But we are what Id call, well taken care of or comfortable

I remember hearing it from my grandpa who is now 87 and has been retired as long as I've been living (25 years)

 

"Unions are no good" while he sat back and collected a very nice pension from stelco, I remember he was making more money then one of my uncles off his pension while my uncle was raising 4 kids and he was able to work at stelco with my grandma at home with the 5 kids

 

Show of hands who can afford to build a new house on 3 acres while raising 5 children with a wife at home these days?

Hard work, wise investments, planning etc.

And we have 7 kids

I am 37 and could retire right now if I wanted too (not gonna happen)

Again, different area though. Im in rural nw ontario and I could build a 6 bedroom house on 3 acres for 180,000 easily

Easy as pie to get in the union here.

Especially as a tradesmen.

Even non union tradesman work here

Hahahah

The whole genre of rappers that you cant understand a word is the worst

This is a parody BTW buts its pretty spot on

Yes I love Section 80, and I understand Three 6's influence and their early stuff is really good, but the vast majority of their catalogue is wack lol

Gawd id never listen to anything from 3 6 mafia, nothing from no limit soldiers etc

Anyone that raps/sings about purple drank and crap like that is the worst. I just seen a video with that crap in it and grown men are drinkin it in baby bottles???

What the frig man

Oh of course!

I love my daughter like crazy. But it also might have to do with her biological father dissappearing 5 or 6 years ago, or at least play a part in it

Nice!

Change the chorus though lol

Sick beat too!

Oh doesnt help she has friends that have useless parents that drink with kids and crap like that.

What a bunch of loosers

Thats exactly why its our way, or the highway.

It breaks my heart but thats how it has to be

She has time to change that though and I hope she does. Hormones kicked in and oh boy!

This girl was once fearless and my best companion to trek into lakes with tinnies, go trekking, play baseball/soccer/hockey etc.

Shes got it in her....

But its her choice. I cant decide her path

I wanna swear here hahaha.

If you pass off one thing to your kids(besides the obvious) it's a work ethic

Go where the work is would be easy to say but not many are willing to like those that immigrated here from Europe after WW2. That would mean they would have to move out on their own at 30 years old. The X,Y and Millennials (are they the same?) will be the first generation in over 100 years that will have less in their old age than their parents did. We have really messed them up "Here son is your trophy for participating". We don't want to keep score because there are no losers. What a mess we have made of these kids.

So get a government grant at 18 and go to trade school while working. Its not rocket science.

Half the 18-25 year olds I work with are all getting trades while workin and making 35+/h with works trucks, live out, accomodations etc

I talk to many from the ages of 18 to 40 and these "kids" are screwed royally. When I was 18 and you got off the bus at the wrong stop on Industrial Drive in Hamilton and went into an office to ask directions you could walk out with a good paying job with benefits and a pension. Man today you need a degree to drive an overhead crane, if there is an opening. I have pals that are still working at 65 then complain that there grand kids can't find a job. Yea because you have their job. You are still working full time I believe at 70 Cliff, that would account for 1 youngster not working.

Thats true and not true.

In many cases like mine, I had to move to where the work was. And in mining or oil and gas you can move up quick! And most companies pay for your tickets

So when there is a boom, pack up and get your butt out there to work. Save money and dont be an idiot.

If you wanna get a degree, get one where there is always work ie lawyer/dr/RN or better yet get a trade and youll only be outta work when you choose your outta work lol

Great post lucas!

Its very true!

Not only do you have to work hard these days ya gotta pray for some breaks too, and thats just sad.

where I live is much much cheaper cost of livin.

No idea how many of use make it in the gta etc.

Yeah akr its def weird.

My parent werent wealthy thats for sure, but they sure worked hard and treated me fairly.

Only thing financial I ever got from my dad was $1300 when I graduated for first and last months rent payment and out the door I went.

17 and on my own working two jobs and saving. I lucked out and got decent work flagging at $18/hour and then I did rockwork for rich cottage owners on the weekends and they paid really well.

I banked everything I could. My dad told me if you cant afford everything off a weeks pay, you cant afford it. That really stuck with me.

By 20 I was in a unionized sawmill making $27/h to start and later $32/ and I still just kept banking, looking at stocks and buying shares in companies.

Then chased the big bucks in mining and oil and gas in alberta. Worked like a savage, all the OT I could and made off like a bandit lol.

Came home,took a crappy $15/h job to be home everynight and spend time with my kids/wife.

Then i lucked out and they built a solar farm here so I got into an engineering company that paid really well. That project ended and down the road a mine started. So with that I switched over there and ill be there for at least 6 more years and its really easy work but high paying.

Still living cheap as heck though hahaha

Growing up there I watched those changes and SMH too...

 

Correct!

 

However, the "new generation" has technology advantages others never had. BUT they have as I will say "typist hands" or soft skin and don't want to break a nail or even a sweat for a dollar. They would much rather take $10 an hr standing still vs $20 and working for it.

I may have grown up in Markham but I worked ASAP for everything I had. My older sister was I think phase one of the "gimmy erra"

She thinks shes entitled to everything since turning 14 and hitting high school.

Annnnnnnd she gets nothing. Well she gets food and drink lol.

Tell her to do something, even the smalleat task, and I get the eye roll and a slammed door.

We just tell her keep it up, cause its just gonna get worse for you. And in 3 years you are out the door with nothing.

If she thinks her account is gonna save her Ill remove everything before she turns 18

Those are the parents who call the police when their kids won't listen to them

I suppose you actually have to follow up on these calls?

Thats just brutal

The Cold Vein is insane. Been in steady rotation for almost 10 years for me.

 

The Roots...most consistent hip-hop group ever? Can't think of anyone even close, unless we're including consistently bad groups like Bone Thugs or Three 6 lol

Id say heiroglyphics is in that discussion for sure

One thing I love about the roots is that they dont just rely on a dj or producers. They can all play instruments very well. They not only kill it they are very skilled

 

yessssss another can ox fan

 

Cold vien is still my #1 fave hip-hop album of all time.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4uPGCdUEsA

 

 

i saw can ox in the fall...they were a bit tattered and look like they are struggling a bit, but it was mad nostalgic. I saw them in a crowd of about 50 people and stood against the stage. Every single person in the joint knew every single word.

 

When they did raspberry fields bascially it was just everyone rapping with them. Cool experience.

Awesome!

Man def. Jux really killed it. So much good stuff out of that camp

See, thats a weird thing right there.

All the work I did for my parents/grandparents I wasnt asked, I was TOLD.

Eventually I really liked it.

To this day my mom or dad need help I jump and if I dont they will tell me they arent asking lol.

part of the problem you are dealing with Cliff is that you cant find people that actually want to work to do the jobs that you have. The ones that actually want to work and are good workers have jobs of their own already.

 

There was a time in my life I would have been all over this. But for those that actually care to work hard, those times are usually short lived.

 

What you are dealing with is a bunch of bums that dont have jobs to begin with...and thats usually for a reason.

Thats why ya get the 12-15 year old kids.

I was on the gring at that age, $1000 bucks would last me all all summer and some!