Bigus Termitius
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You know I'm singing the blues, the only good thing going for me, thanks to this weather, is a buddy dropped in with his mobile welding service to weld up a hitch on my super duty the other evening and let me burn some of it in with his mig. Now he wants me to help him on the side. We went out on a job a couple days ago and did some work for a farmer. $30/ hr cash for some fabrication and welding is not a waste of my time during the slow days. It's a second love anyways.
The only trouble now is that I want a nice mig in my shop. I've been getting by just fine with an old buzz box, but now I'm spoiled.
It also looks like I'll be working for his employer come next winter at the main shop, so I'm looking forward to that.
Oh well, anyway, it gives me something else to do, and the privilege of keeping my prices where they really need to be. Folks can go with the ding dong lowballers, while they are running themselves and their equipment into the ground for peanuts, I'll be busy building mine.
The wife is busy working a couple of jobs too, and building up her own business, so it's not so bad. A year ago, this weather would have been devastating as it was a couple of years ago.
The only real drawback, unless we get some eye opening damage, is the rush that will hit when it finally gets nice out. I'm afraid everyone will want everything at once.
The only trouble now is that I want a nice mig in my shop. I've been getting by just fine with an old buzz box, but now I'm spoiled.
It also looks like I'll be working for his employer come next winter at the main shop, so I'm looking forward to that.
Oh well, anyway, it gives me something else to do, and the privilege of keeping my prices where they really need to be. Folks can go with the ding dong lowballers, while they are running themselves and their equipment into the ground for peanuts, I'll be busy building mine.
The wife is busy working a couple of jobs too, and building up her own business, so it's not so bad. A year ago, this weather would have been devastating as it was a couple of years ago.
The only real drawback, unless we get some eye opening damage, is the rush that will hit when it finally gets nice out. I'm afraid everyone will want everything at once.
