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   Now_Hiring | Aug 21, 1999 12:11pm | #1

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   Sure as long as you work hard and don't think you're some kind of smart ass that finds racial slurs funny!

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   JRNicholson | Aug 21, 1999 09:54pm | #2

   *Please forgive me. I meant no offense. I have a framing company in Houston with fifteen men. Only one is full American . The day I posted that, a new man had worked all week then told me what he wanted to earn. Junior size moth-eaten nailbags, a few ratty handtools, and the skills of a five year old fort builder was all he brought over the border with him. He thought he deserved top wages because he knew how to do everything. After all, he did tie back all the safety features on my saws and guns for me when I wasn't looking. I speak fluent Spanish, but this guy doesn't know straight, plumb, square, and level in any language. He was given two choices; accept my offer and keep working, or take the pay he wants and never come back. This infuriated him. To top it off, I insisted he decide now. Excuse the obnoxious post, I was venting fresh steam. It was the wrong way to do it.

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   Drake_Sterling | Aug 22, 1999 12:13am | #3

   *Well, yar, JR, see me post under "training" and you'll find yer fresh crop of new hires..."WANTED: Anyone with a BA in Philosophy to ply their trade. Learn as you go. Work with a master!"

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   Joe_Fusco_ | Aug 22, 1999 07:58am | #4

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   Guy once came to one of my jobs looking for work, said he was the "best". He came complete with hammer and tape measure, said his expertise was installing windows but, in a pinch he could paint. All this for the sum of $190.00 a day. . .

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   chuck_a_crawford | Aug 22, 1999 07:20pm | #5

   *So Joe , he still working for you or does he have his own bussiness now LOL . Reminds me of what my dad told me about a guy who helped him years ago . My dad has this neat wooden toolbox he built to carry his small tools in a long time ago long before power miter saws and nail guns . Him and this other guy [ just a helper ] were working by the hour for a builder trimming houses . Seems the helper got pissed at the builder and one day at coffee break told my dad " if you'd cut me out a toolbox like your's I'd nail it together and start subcontracting " Chuck

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   Joe_Fusco_ | Aug 22, 1999 07:24pm | #6

   *Chuck,

   Maybe it's the same guy? LOL. . .

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   Jean_Weaver | Aug 25, 1999 11:08pm | #7

   *Can you help with specifics of building a gambrel roof on a 28'x 36' house we're planning to build? We need good insulation-live in Alaska.Thanks for any help.Jean

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   chuck_a_crawford | Aug 26, 1999 07:33pm | #8

   *Jean , try posting your question on the "construction techniques " page at this site under its own title . Like maybe " Gambrel roof in Alaska " or something similar . Good luck , Chuck

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   Piedra_Cabeza | Aug 26, 1999 07:33pm | #9

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   You gotee one yob for me? I do everything much years carpintero in Texjas. I gotee all tools and hammer......Muchos Garcia's