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You and I could start a business. Good money and work inside.
"Only Christ is the fullness of God's revelation."
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Electrician, AC tech, commercial plumber in that order. Welding is a good trade if you like the fire of hell raining down on you. I welded gas, fire and AC pipe on and off through the years, it be my last choice of the ones I named. It’s good to know for building your own crap or part of another trade, but full time, not!
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It would be an easy choice for me. Machinist.
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I spent thirty nine years working in the Toolmaker trade. My second choice would be an Electrician specializing in the commercial/industrial environment. I'd restrict residential to new builds only. 
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Industrial plant I&E (Instrument & Electrician). memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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Electrical since I know more about that than the others. I was an electricians helper during the summer when I was in high school and college.
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Machinist or cabinet maker, but I am retired now and don't plan to do much
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If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Electrical, plumber, pipefitter - in that order.
Son is working as a plumber's apprentice now. Back when I was his age - spent time working insulating homes and then as a finish carpenter with my step father. Frame of reference for why/what I selected in that order.
Me
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Machinist / welder in equipment and machinery repair or millwright.
I've done both for the past 30+ years, have done a lot of cool stuff. Of the two I would choose millwright.
Lineman is another one that I believe I would like, but have never done it.
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Save our kids - shoot your local drug dealer.
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Mechanic or welder would be my first choices
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I actually came very close to becoming a bricklayer. My father-in-law was a brick mason, and taught me the trade. But he also encouraged me to finish college. I ended up becoming a software engineer. I think I would have enjoyed the work, but I am sure it would have been a lot harder on my body over the years.
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Boots were made for walking
Winds were blowing change
Boys fall in the jungle
As I Came of Age
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Welder, gunsmith or electrician.
l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right.
- Del Gue
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The older I become the more I am convinced that the voice of honor in a man's heart is the voice of GOD.
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Waiter at a high end steak house Friend of mine when we were just out of HS made better money than I did in a good Union wage paying job, a good chunk of it unreported tips. I couldn't do it as the first A-hole customer that gave me grief would be wearing some gravy or such.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?
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Should add nursing to that list. Much easier money than electrician.
Add farming, logging, fishing. Or fish farming? Which generally includes a whole bunch of those other trades as part of the regular routine!
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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Campfire Savant
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Some of them large girls you post pics of might enjoy you being one!
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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Anything but welding. Too hard on the health.
Patriotism (and religion) is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Jesus: "Take heed that no man deceive you."
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The Electrical industry was good to me. I would do it again.
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