Not all kids of Boomers are losers. Mine isn't.
Gotta love these ****ing Boomers.
"Do good in school, or you won't be able to go to college and you'll flip burgers for the rest of your life."
"Go to an expensive college, or you won't get a good job, and you'll flip burgers for the rest of your life."
"Here, borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars to afford it-- you don't want to flip burgers for the rest of your life."
And here we are, we did everything they told us, and we're hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and we can't afford to pay them, and what do they say?
"Well, who told you that you were too good to flip burgers, anyway?"
**** you. Have fun paying for your own nursing homes, because you made sure we'd never be able to afford it.
Not at all. I am a plumber and I have been taking college courses as well as factory training for 40 years now. When I first started working on water heaters they had 3 wires on them. A thermocouple for the pilot and 2 safety wires. Today you need to go to college and be certified just to work on them or you may void the warranty. Plus it is nice to have a clue how to actually fix them.
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If you don't give a tinkers damn, why in the hell are you starting this kind of thread???
Oh boy.
I feel sorry for you. I really do.
Not at all. I am a plumber and I have been taking college courses as well as factory training for 40 years now. When I first started working on water heaters they had 3 wires on them. A thermocouple for the pilot and 2 safety wires. Today you need to go to college and be certified just to work on them or you may void the warranty. Plus it is nice to have a clue how to actually fix them.
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Why can’t I find a job...I went to college, I spent $225 grand and my nieghbor who’s a grease ball mechanic in the building trades is making three times what I used to make.
Well Boo hoo hoo, suck it up cup cake, you bought into it, go back to night school and pick ya up a wrench, we can’t all sit behind a computer and produce nothing for the Country opting to push money and information around. Wait wait wait!...you can always teach, bwahhaaa
I recently replaced our water heater. It was as you described in your post, when you began working on them. What in the world is your picture of?
It's a tankless job in a tankless world.
Heating water; who knew it could be so complicated?
And I for one am truly happy about that, honestly. We need good workers in the world if we’re gonna compete on a global scale.
Usually finding a job is more about who you know. Best of luck looking for something that works for you.
Thought this might interest you. I thought it was “damn” for a long time, but I lean to the “dam” camp now, cheers.
'A tinker's damn' - the meaning and origin of this phrase
Well now you might understand why the richest and most powerful nation on Earth is supposed to make college affordable to ANYONE who has the grades and the ambition. No, not the elite Ivy League private colleges, but certainly the State Universities and community colleges. No kid with the smarts and the ambition should have to go into massive debt just to better themselves, and it is well worth the cost to all Americans because it represents an investment in our entire future, as these kids are going to inherit the reins of power simply by the process of time itself.
So you want these kids to be smart, capable and compassionate for the old farts.
Simply put, if you think paying for college for American kids is expensive, wait till you get a load of what a generation of ignoramuses costs. And if you think that's bad, a generation of ignoramuses saddled with a lifetime of unpayable debt costs even more. Anybody that tells you otherwise is selling a false bill of goods and trying to cover up their own greed, and they want to stick YOU with THEIR bill while they welch out and walk away scot free of their responsibilities.
In other words, they're selling you a con game.
Healthcare and college aren't "FREE STUFF"...they're an investment in our future security.
You can talk about unfunded liabilities and lock boxes all you want but you cannot buy back enough doctors, physicists, software coders and engineers thirty years from now if you freeze them out today.
The only REAL "unfunded liability" is a decayed and crumbling infrastructure and stalled development in a previously developed nation.
The concept of "intergenerational transfer of debt" is absolute utter bovine excrement.
Money today is spent by people living today. Money tomorrow will be spent by people living tomorrow.
The only REAL "debt" is when we wake up tomorrow and no one is smart enough to run things and no one is able to afford to live.
Why can’t I find a job...I went to college, I spent $225 grand and my nieghbor who’s a grease ball mechanic in the building trades is making three times what I used to make.
Well Boo hoo hoo, suck it up cup cake, you bought into it, go back to night school and pick ya up a wrench, we can’t all sit behind a computer and produce nothing for the Country opting to push money and information around. Wait wait wait!...you can always teach, bwahhaaa
I recently replaced our water heater. It was as you described in your post, when you began working on them. What in the world is your picture of?
Heating water; who knew it could be so complicated?
It is a matter of efficiency. I can cut the gas bill at a laundromat in half by replacing their several 100 gallon commercial water heaters with these new tankless water heaters. Instead of storing several hundred gallons of hot water when only 1 person was in their washing clothes the new water heaters shut off completely costing the owner next to nothing to run. They make the water as you need it from 1 gallon per minute to 100 or more gallons per minute. I can hook up 2 or 10 heaters in parallel and the computers turn on just enough gas to keep up with the demand at the time. 1 washing machine in use only 1 water heater comes on. If 100 washing machines are in use then all 10 or more will come on to supply the needed hot water. It saves gas, money, and reduces the carbon footprint.
That is what I have done for over 40 years now. I save people money, save resources, help reduce green house gases. I am universally certified for all Freon gases including reclaiming. I am actually doing something to save the environment and reduce green house gases every day for 40 years now.
Not at all. I am a plumber and I have been taking college courses as well as factory training for 40 years now. When I first started working on water heaters they had 3 wires on them. A thermocouple for the pilot and 2 safety wires. Today you need to go to college and be certified just to work on them or you may void the warranty. Plus it is nice to have a clue how to actually fix them.
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If you have any reclaimed Freon-12 handy I may call upon you. I have a continuing dream of buying an old Chrysler Imperial, hopefully 1965 or 1966 vintage. I might drive it with the original engine for a while until I get tired of 8 mpg, then replace it with something more efficient but until then I'm looking at ancient Freon-12 air conditioning, of course.
Yeah, I know it's terrible stuff and terribly expensive, but it is still cheaper than replacing an entire AC system on an antique vehicle.
If you can't fix it with a hammer you got an electrical problem.
If you have any reclaimed Freon-12 handy I may call upon you. I have a continuing dream of buying an old Chrysler Imperial, hopefully 1965 or 1966 vintage. I might drive it with the original engine for a while until I get tired of 8 mpg, then replace it with something more efficient but until then I'm looking at ancient Freon-12 air conditioning, of course.
Yeah, I know it's terrible stuff and terribly expensive, but it is still cheaper than replacing an entire AC system on an antique vehicle.
No I don't. A junk yard would be the only place to reclaim some of the old R-12. Put a new system on. I don't think they are worth fooling with anymore except for nostalgia. They were so inefficient and any leak will cost you hundreds of dollars it is just not worth it. Plus there is a big difference between reclaim and recycle. Legally I cannot put any refrigerant I pull out one AC unit back in any other AC unit. The reclaim process that is required and the equipment to pull Freon out of 1 unit and put back into another cost too much. It is still cheaper to just buy it at the ridiculous price. Plus the fines if you are caught are in the thousands of dollars. Plus they pay thousands of dollars for someone to turn you in. It is just not worth it.
OMG I had NO idea it was like that.
Welp, I just found out that outfits like Vintage Air are very helpful in offering replacement compressors and condensers in order to upgrade old Freon-12 systems to 134, so if I'm stuck with getting a new compressor and condenser and a few accessories, so be it.
Why can’t I find a job...I went to college, I spent $225 grand and my nieghbor who’s a grease ball mechanic in the building trades is making three times what I used to make.
Well Boo hoo hoo, suck it up cup cake, you bought into it, go back to night school and pick ya up a wrench, we can’t all sit behind a computer and produce nothing for the Country opting to push money and information around. Wait wait wait!...you can always teach, bwahhaaa
Always replace everything when upgrading to new refrigerants. The new refrigerants are not compatible including the oils mixed in them. They will work at first and then a month or so later they die. Cleaning out the old lines and coils and condensers is almost impossible. 1 drop of water can destroy an AC unit. Always work with professionals and change everything recommended. Plus everything new you put on could be ruined in a burn out. With a lot of the new refrigerants cleanliness is so important. While they are better for the environment they are not as forgiving.
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