Yearning for Bubba

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

True and I would expect every person that supported extended unemployment to be very pleased to hear it is helping you.

If you have decided that you will be a tradesman for your career (and that is not a bad decision) then these kinds of things are generally understood, particularly in union jobs Though I would not expect a lot of others to understand the term "drag up".

For the guys in our trade, construction, I do not blame them if they run off for a couple months and get warm. If they can get by on their unemployment ($450 per week) plus what they saved working 60-70 hours per week in summer, I say "good for them" Vermont is a miserable place to work outside in the winter and the indoor work is few and far between and rarely lasts all winter.

Concrete work is virtually impossible without tenting and heating and the productivity of other work suffers so badly due to winter conditions that contractors simply are money ahead to suspend outdoor work.

We tent here in the winter also with space heaters not to mention we also add a glycol additive to it so it doesn't freeze.

But I can remember dry spells as far as work when I washed dishes under the table to help make ends meet. It's boom and bust. You know that. I mean some years there's work everywhere, and other times it's flat.

[luckytxn 2,264]

In before the lock.