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Post by billfish on May 20, 2021 21:25:11 GMT
Matey, I think it's grossly unfair of you to infer that I'm somehow "all for the blacks" etc when I've been perfectly clear that it's America's economic disaster that I've been on about, the CIA, the PTB and the Capitol riots etc, MSM issues and other aspects of American life and agency, and some Trump (and others) observations that are clearly not in dispute. You know darn well that I've never disputed your experiences with black neighbourhoods, their shoddy conduct and the way they run down every decent living environment. What I HAVE disputed re black happenings is the Chauvin killing, the incompetent attempted police arrest and subsequent shooting in the back of a fleeing offender, but that was nothing to do with the victims being black whatsoever. That was police brutality and incompetence, NOTHING to do with what you're (rightfully) on about, in itself. . In fact I'm sorry for the lady police officer who accidently shot the fleeing offender with a gun instead of a Taser. She DID warn the offender, and let's face it, black or white or purple, if he had only done as he was told he would be alive today and well. These types of people simply do not want to behave, so that's what happens now and then. They are the authors of their own demise. I wish you wouldn't lump everything together and get so angry with a good friend in your posts that has pointed out basic facts that anybody with a few hours can easily check on the Net, including FBI and CIA files, and other US govt agencies. That have nothing to do with black issues and white "guilt" that you're talking about. I am not, and never have, disputed your or Mags life experiences with black neighbourhoods and their behaviour, and I certainly will never do that. In the meantime, the other things that I post I'm always happy to be proved wrong and upgrade my knowledge if I'm in error, but please try and keep the subjects separate and not lump me in with those idiots that pander to lazy bastards that do not want to obey the law, and trash their environment. True macky....sorry, I should have explained that it was meant jokingly I owe you a pint when I'm in NZ
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Post by Magnus on May 20, 2021 22:49:42 GMT
Really, I must say m8s, I could have worked continuously throughout the past year plus and made decent money at an honest job. I have friends that I see regularly that have done just that. No one stopped working who wanted to work, as far as I'm aware. But, you won't hear that on CNN, m8s. Include me in people who haven't stopped working straight through the pandemic, sometimes in crowded areas daily. ....but I take my precautions and I take my vitamins, so glad to report that I had not as much as a sniffle
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Post by macky on May 20, 2021 22:57:06 GMT
True macky....sorry, I should have explained that it was meant jokingly I owe you a pint when I'm in NZ Thanks Matey. A pint of black tea and milk, no sugar. I'll do the driving after you've sampled the NZ brews. Don't get panicky. We drive on the left side of the road here.
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Post by Magnus on May 20, 2021 23:08:34 GMT
I received a notice from a local shop/large corp outfit, crying for help @ about $35K to $45K + bonus, pension and other benefits. Get yer lazy f-n socialist ass to work. That's what I did. There's plenty of good jobs out there for anyone who wants to work and is willing to make the effort to meet the requirements Many jobs will train....if you need remedial help in some areas to meet the requirements....go get it ! It's worth it I spoke with an aircraft mechanic recently who told me they are desperate for people Opportunities exist in many areas.....but people have to make the effort to seize them I will always go out of my way to help people whenever I can, and that includes 'strangers' that sometimes just come up to me and start talking about how to get into the mechanical trades. I've directed a number of people down the right road and it makes me happy when sometimes by chance I'll run into them years later when they're a tradesman themselves. One such person was an immigrant from Colombia who was hired to replace the gutters and leaders on my house. My wife actually hired him through a real estate agent / house flipping friend of ours who gave his work a glowing review. Well long story short, he was a great guy, his English was very rough but he told me he was enrolling in night classes to become fluent. I tried to get him into a company that I knew was hiring helpers but his English was just too poor at that time. I ended up giving him a few telephone numbers of places to call after he could speak the language better...... About 5 years passed and I got an unexpected phone call from him speaking almost perfect English and the good news that he was now a journeyman in the elevator mechanics union. He said he was going through old phone numbers and when he saw mine he wanted to thank me for being kind to him... I was like "never mind that shit, next time I need gutters on my house I'm getting the family discount" !!!
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Post by macky on May 21, 2021 0:16:10 GMT
Nice story Mags. You're a good bloke. Trouble is, the guy got himself into the wrong trade, unfortunately. It's too up and down.....har har <urp..spew>
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Post by billfish on May 21, 2021 0:55:00 GMT
I will always go out of my way to help people whenever I can, and that includes 'strangers' that sometimes just come up to me and start talking about how to get into the mechanical trades. I've directed a number of people down the right road and it makes me happy when sometimes by chance I'll run into them years later when they're a tradesman themselves. One such person was an immigrant from Colombia who was hired to replace the gutters and leaders on my house. My wife actually hired him through a real estate agent / house flipping friend of ours who gave his work a glowing review. Well long story short, he was a great guy, his English was very rough but he told me he was enrolling in night classes to become fluent. I tried to get him into a company that I knew was hiring helpers but his English was just too poor at that time. I ended up giving him a few telephone numbers of places to call after he could speak the language better...... About 5 years passed and I got an unexpected phone call from him speaking almost perfect English and the good news that he was now a journeyman in the elevator mechanics union. He said he was going through old phone numbers and when he saw mine he wanted to thank me for being kind to him... I was like "never mind that shit, next time I need gutters on my house I'm getting the family discount" !!! That's great.....nice to learn that the guy did well ! Now all you need is that 'family discount'
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Post by billfish on May 21, 2021 0:58:00 GMT
True macky....sorry, I should have explained that it was meant jokingly I owe you a pint when I'm in NZ Thanks Matey. A pint of black tea and milk, no sugar. I'll do the driving after you've sampled the NZ brews. Don't get panicky. We drive on the left side of the road here. No problem macky.....I spent 2 1/2 years in England.... tea it is then
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Post by Magnus on May 21, 2021 2:52:06 GMT
Nice story Mags. You're a good bloke. Trouble is, the guy got himself into the wrong trade, unfortunately. It's too up and down.....har har <urp..spew> Yes, an ‘uplifting’ story indeed; ironically he said that he’d always been terrified of elevators, but knew that he’d have to take one step at a time to eventually get over his fears... 😆
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Post by mr potatohead on May 21, 2021 3:03:07 GMT
Nice story Mags. You're a good bloke. Trouble is, the guy got himself into the wrong trade, unfortunately. It's too up and down.....har har <urp..spew> Yes, an ‘uplifting’ story indeed; ironically he said that he’d always been terrified of elevators, but knew that he’d have to take one step at a time to eventually get over his fears... 😆 Good advice I can apply to multiple situations.
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Post by macky on May 21, 2021 3:04:21 GMT
I went to kindergarten in Arverne Queens (The Rockaway's) and the ghetto garbage used to walk into the school and wait in the stairwells to rob us when the teacher would send a few of us down with the milk money to get the milk for the class... Piece's of shit... I also remember how the sub-human 'low-income' ghetto trash used to prey on the elderly, the more helpless the better, and aside from robbing these people the ghetto garbage took particular delight in stomping their victims ribs once they knocked them to the floor. I don't see how the garbage were even allowed into the school in the first place. Here the main gates are locked and the visitors have to enter through the school office, or at least being under surveillance entering the grounds and led into the office. What the hell were the school management doing, and where were the cops ? There's only one punishment for elderly-stomping garbage. Give them the same treatment.
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Post by macky on May 21, 2021 3:08:35 GMT
Nice story Mags. You're a good bloke. Trouble is, the guy got himself into the wrong trade, unfortunately. It's too up and down.....har har <urp..spew> Yes, an ‘uplifting’ story indeed; ironically he said that he’d always been terrified of elevators, but knew that he’d have to take one step at a time to eventually get over his fears... 😆 I'm floored ! Do you mean that he ended up stairing into space, with no uplifting feelings to pulley himself together ?
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Post by Magnus on May 21, 2021 3:17:51 GMT
Yes, an ‘uplifting’ story indeed; ironically he said that he’d always been terrified of elevators, but knew that he’d have to take one step at a time to eventually get over his fears... 😆 Good advice I can apply to multiple situations. Yes indeedy, he’d found a ground floor opportunity and pushed all the right buttons on his way to the top ....🔝
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Post by macky on May 21, 2021 3:26:06 GMT
Good advice I can apply to multiple situations. Yes indeedy, he’d found a ground floor opportunity and pushed all the right buttons on his way to the top ....🔝 Aah, that's what I like. Someone's heightened fears ending up such a happy Storey, on so many levels.
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Post by Magnus on May 21, 2021 3:27:32 GMT
Yes, an ‘uplifting’ story indeed; ironically he said that he’d always been terrified of elevators, but knew that he’d have to take one step at a time to eventually get over his fears... 😆 I'm floored ! Do you mean that he ended up stairing into space, with no uplifting feelings to pulley himself together ? Yep, and he told me that in his first day on the job he learned never to use the elevator in a fire....you’re supposed to use a fire extinguisher instead 🤗
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Post by moxohol on May 21, 2021 3:30:23 GMT
Really, I must say m8s, I could have worked continuously throughout the past year plus and made decent money at an honest job. I have friends that I see regularly that have done just that. No one stopped working who wanted to work, as far as I'm aware. But, you won't hear that on CNN, m8s. Include me in people who haven't stopped working straight through the pandemic, sometimes in crowded areas daily. ....but I take my precautions and I take my vitamins, so glad to report that I had not as much as a sniffle
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