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If all of us old blue collar fossils stopped working.......

Grandpappy said:
I sometimes wonder what would become of the nation. Don't get me wrong, there are some younger people who are capable. But not many. Not enough to replace us.
Like it or not, we, and guys like me, built and maintain this country. Not paper shufflers and bureaucrats.

I don't think there are enough motivated generation Z to replace us.
I'm 69 years old, and getting tired. I want to go fishing. Mostly, I still want the paycheck, but sometimes I feel sad for the America without us.
A conscience? Ya. But it's close to time to move on.

If your hybrid electric car breaks.....good luck.
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The younger blue collar workers are upskilling - learning to fix those hybrids and windmills and change those solar panels. It's called change. Your 'grandpappy' probably wondered what would happen when all the cartwrights died off.
 
BlueTex said:
And they are living in big fancy houses, eating at fancy restaurants, etc. based on your labor and the labor of hundreds or thousands of your peers....
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Not really.
 
uptower said:
The younger blue collar workers are upskilling - learning to fix those hybrids and windmills and change those solar panels. It's called change. Your 'grandpappy' probably wondered what would happen when all the cartwrights died off.
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You forgot the surgically attached cell phone. And Tiktok.
 
Grandpappy said:
And eventually, that bike's lithium/ion battery will fail after after a given amount of up and down cycles depending on the quality of the battery. Just like EVs.
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Its only got 60,000 miles on it, it will be good for about 200,000. But, long before that, I'm gonna buy a Prius Prime, that gives me 25 miles of electric car, and then it turns to hybrid.

And your non hybrid car will be a ratty piece of crap when it hits 200,000 miles...

Oh, and the bonus? I paid the car off a few years ago.

Fail some more with your ignorance.
 
Grandpappy said:
I sometimes wonder what would become of the nation. Don't get me wrong, there are some younger people who are capable. But not many. Not enough to replace us.
Like it or not, we, and guys like me, built and maintain this country. Not paper shufflers and bureaucrats.

I don't think there are enough motivated generation Z to replace us.
I'm 69 years old, and getting tired. I want to go fishing. Mostly, I still want the paycheck, but sometimes I feel sad for the America without us.
A conscience? Ya. But it's close to time to move on.

If your hybrid electric car breaks.....good luck.
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"Fishing" is the operative word here.
 
I kind of feel like Moses talking to Pharaoh. Pharaoh refused to believe reality, too. And then there were the plagues. I'm sure some of you have experienced what i'm talking about. You won't admit it, of course.
 
Grandpappy said:
I kind of feel like Moses talking to Pharaoh. Pharaoh refused to believe reality, too. And then there were the plagues. I'm sure some of you have experienced what i'm talking about. You won't admit it, of course.
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And somehow life went on and progressed since the time of the Pharaoh's. LMAO
 
Grandpappy said:
And eventually, that bike's lithium/ion battery will fail after after a given amount of up and down cycles depending on the quality of the battery. Just like EVs.
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Just like the engine or transmission that fails at 100 000 miles if a Ford or GM product. LFP batteries which are becoming more popular last 3 times that of typical Li ion batteries
 
Grandpappy said:
I kind of feel like Moses talking to Pharaoh. Pharaoh refused to believe reality, too. And then there were the plagues. I'm sure some of you have experienced what i'm talking about. You won't admit it, of course.
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IN *MY* DAY, WE HAD ELEVEN PLAGUES!
 
Grandpappy said:
I sometimes wonder what would become of the nation. Don't get me wrong, there are some younger people who are capable. But not many. Not enough to replace us.
Like it or not, we, and guys like me, built and maintain this country. Not paper shufflers and bureaucrats.

I don't think there are enough motivated generation Z to replace us.
I'm 69 years old, and getting tired. I want to go fishing. Mostly, I still want the paycheck, but sometimes I feel sad for the America without us.
A conscience? Ya. But it's close to time to move on.

If your hybrid electric car breaks.....good luck.
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The current generation of working age, is way to dumb and indoctrinated compared to our generation to keep this country going in any great manner.
 
Haha. Good luck commies. You'll need it.
 
BlueTex said:
The phone where they look up the solution to the problem twice as fast as you?
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Hell, I've done half of my plumbing by looking up videos on youtube...much cheaper than calling a plumber.
 
Lord Tammerlain said:
Just like the engine or transmission that fails at 100 000 miles if a Ford or GM product. LFP batteries which are becoming more popular last 3 times that of typical Li ion batteries
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Its like shooting fish in a barrel.
 
Grandpappy said:
You forgot the surgically attached cell phone. And Tiktok.
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