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After a bogus day on an impossible site, i got to thinking about what a rough hand i was dealt. Nothing could cheer me up,cuz i know i’ve got to go back. I tried thinking of worse situations i’ve gotten myself into,but that didn’t help. I don’t know why i thought of this, but i don’t think anything could equal the daily rigors of working in that concrete cavern called New York City. What’s it like?
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What. You talkin ta me? You gotta problem? Fuggheddaboutit.
*Can't say I know about N.Y., but I just say a movie featuring a handyman in Montreal. He really got the jobs and knew how to service them.(Afterglow)
*Want to try Washington DC ?????
*sure bill, have at it. there seems to be a shortage of carpenters in NYC.
*nyc sucks! cant find a parking space for your truck..and once you do youve got to bring in all your tools otherwise they might get stolen. Dont even think about leaving your doors unlocked. Traffics always a disaster. Works usually always dirty...mostly rehabs and remodelling. I wouldnt go back.
*I;ve spent alot of time in NYC, mostly against my will. If they knocked down the bridges and filled the tunnels with cement, I'd be okay with that.I always thought they could charge more on the bridges to get out of the city than they do.
*Sounds like daFlash has been there...I agree. parking is tough. Anything that can't be brought inside on the first trip may not be there when you go back for a second. Material storage? Ha! Try showing up as an unfamiliar face at a lumberyard (yes, there are a few lumberyards in Manhattan) and walking out with materials and NOT be followed by union boys asking where you're working and where's your card? Doesn't matter if it's your own place. Freight elevators? Electrical service? Will your stuff be there on day two? Angry adjacent neighbors because you're pounding on their floors/walls/ceilings?I love NYC. I love it much more since my work is done and now I go there to relax...
*I've always said that I'll know if I've died and gone to hell, because I'll come to behind the wheel of a Tri-met bus. Now it's, or I'm a carpenter (or anything else) in NYC. Don't look for me to darken the gates of any hell-hole with more people in it than Seattle.Joe
*Sorry, but I can't see this thread without thinking of Michelle Shocked: "What's it like to be a skate board punk rocker?"Rich Beckman