Hey Alex! If you can retire, why don't you?

[John Kuthe]

Lie much?

John Kuthe...

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Friday, January 22, 2021 at 9:52:23 PM UTC-6, johnk...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Lie much?
>
> John Kuthe...
>
Is he old enough to retire? If he retires early (62) his Social Security check will
be GREATLY reduced. If he has a company 401k and/or pension plan it will
behoove him to stay until his full retirement age and continue building his
retirement plans. But I think Alex is doing just fine with his future retirement
accounts.

[Alex]

John Kuthe wrote:
> Lie much?
>
> John Kuthe...

I'm just over 50.  Where did I lie, asshole?

Read my other post.

[Alex]

He lost another job and is, evidently, taking it out on me and claiming
that I'm not educated.  I responded with more information that I
normally would to get him to shut up but I tried to stop short of
bragging.  If he only knew how well others here handled their finances
he would probably explode.  His ex-friend has a decent job, a solid
family life, and is responsible with his money. I guess we are seeing
what happens when a true narcissist collapses.

[Snag]

After running the numbers , I decided that it was in my best
long-term financial interest to retire at 62 . If I live past 94 , it
would have been better to wait ... By then it won't matter much , we
live a very frugal lifestyle (older cars , do all my own maintenance and
home repairs , etc) and unless a major illness hits one of us there
should be some money left after we both croak .
--
Snag
Illegitimi non
carborundum

[Not At All]

On 1/22/2021 7:52 PM, John KOOKthe wrote:
> Lie much?

You mean like you lie about getting a job, you deranged mentally
ill attention whore?

Eat shit, die horribly.

[Ophelia]

"Snag" wrote in message news:rug9to$job$1...@dont-email.me...

====

Good luck and I hope it works out well:))

[Taxed and Spent]

Please share some of your methodology. Most articles state break even
points well below 94. Thanks.

[Snag]

====

Good luck and I hope it works out well:))

-------------------

It has so far . We've been paying down the mortgage on our house in
Memphis , should be paid off before next fall - 8 years early . And our
bank balance is still going up a little every month ... one thing that
helps a lot is that we're not paying for fuel to heat our house . Well ,
we're not paying out cash but I do work my ass off harvesting and
processing firewood .

[Snag]

There was a chart I found somewhere that broke it down , but that was
several years ago and I don't remember where I found it .

[Taxed and Spent]

You may want to find a chart or two and run your numbers again. 94
sounds like a very high break even number.

[Ophelia]

"Snag" wrote in message news:ruh6tt$m3i$1...@dont-email.me...

On 1/23/2021 4:36 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>

> "Snag"Â wrote in message news:rug9to$job$1...@dont-email.me...

>
> On 1/22/2021 9:59 PM, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
>> On Friday, January 22, 2021 at 9:52:23 PM UTC-6, johnk...@gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Lie much?
>>>
>>> John Kuthe...
>>>

>> Is he old enough to retire? If he retires early (62) his Social
>> Security check will
>> be GREATLY reduced. If he has a company 401k and/or pension plan it

>> will
>> behoove him to stay until his full retirement age and continue building
>> his

>> retirement plans.  But I think Alex is doing just fine with his future
>> retirement
>> accounts.
>>
>
> Â After running the numbers , I decided that it was in my best

> long-term financial interest to retire at 62 . If I live past 94 , it
> would have been better to wait ... By then it won't matter much , we
> live a very frugal lifestyle (older cars , do all my own maintenance and
> home repairs , etc) and unless a major illness hits one of us there
> should be some money left after we both croak .

====

Good luck and I hope it works out well:))

-------------------

It has so far . We've been paying down the mortgage on our house in
Memphis , should be paid off before next fall - 8 years early . And our
bank balance is still going up a little every month ... one thing that
helps a lot is that we're not paying for fuel to heat our house . Well ,
we're not paying out cash but I do work my ass off harvesting and
processing firewood .

Snag
Illegitimi non
carborundum

===

Good for you:)

[Taxed and Spent]

So, you are saving gym fees, too. Excellent.

[Snag]

The point is moot now ... I'm 7 years in and between hers and mine we
get by with a little left over so I'm not complaining .

[cshenk]

Works for me. We just hit our high today of 40F. Fire been going
since 5:30am and haven't heard the heat kick in since about 8am.
Livingroom rocking at 78F and most distant room at 71F.

[Master Bruce]

On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:07:00 -0600, "cshenk" <csh...@cox.net> wrote:

>Snag wrote:
>
>> It has so far . We've been paying down the mortgage on our house in
>> Memphis , should be paid off before next fall - 8 years early . And
>> our bank balance is still going up a little every month ... one thing
>> that helps a lot is that we're not paying for fuel to heat our house
>> . Well , we're not paying out cash but I do work my ass off
>> harvesting and processing firewood .
>
>Works for me. We just hit our high today of 40F. Fire been going
>since 5:30am and haven't heard the heat kick in since about 8am.
>Livingroom rocking at 78F and most distant room at 71F.

Who heats up their living room to 78F/25.5C when it's near freezing
outside? If you're keeping tropical fish, you only need to warm up the
aquarium.

--
Trump's a fascist idiot

[Master Bruce]

On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:07:00 -0600, "cshenk" <csh...@cox.net> wrote:

Nothing beats a nice wood fire. So cosy and warm
https://postimg.cc/vgNMhbKw

[Snag]

I've had a fire going continuously since the 27th of December ... and
expect it to burn continuously until probably some time in March . We've
burned about 2 1/2 cords so far this winter and expect to total around 4
or a bit more by the time spring gets here . I'm working on wood for
next winter now ...

[Master Bruce]

Environmental terrorist!

--
Trump's a fascist idiot.

[John Kuthe]

Releasing a LOT of C02, eh? :-(


John Kuthe...

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Did he ever actually get that nursing job he was talking about?? Supposedly
he was in contact with "Grandpa" but it doesn't seem that has panned out.

Although he won't accept it, I'm pretty sure his career in nursing is finished.

[GM]

"You win the $64K Question, Joan, correct on ALL counts...!!!"

--
Best
Greg

[Dave Smith]

It appears that his third job offer in a month just never seemed to
happen for real.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

I'd be willing to guess that all the fast food joints in St. Louis are hiring as well
as Kroger and probably Publix. Why he insists on being shot down every time
he goes back to nursing is a puzzle to me.

[John Kuthe]

I'm thinking if getting a non-nursing JOB just because I need a paying job so badly now.

John Kuthe...

[Snag]

Wood is one of the most ecofriendly ways there is to heat one's home
. The ultimate renewable resource , I expect our 12 acres of woods to
supply us with firewood forever ... with proper management .

[Ed Pawlowski]

That is an issue with heating with wood. The room with the stove is
always much warmer than the rest of the house. I used to hang a small
box fan in the doorway to blow the hot air out to the other rooms.

[GM]

PLENTY of jobs out there *if* you are willing to work...your problem is that you've grown vewy, VEWY lazy, diddling away your time...IF you obtain employment you are going to have *real* issues with time management, following directions and "adjusting your attitude"...I predict you won't last more than a very few hours...you've shown us that you completely lack *any* sense of professionalism...

Remember, work is about the "Three A's":

- Attitude
- Attendance
- Aptitude


If you have the first two, "aptitude" can be learned. But if you lack both or any of the first two, you'll NEVER make it...think of the "Three A's" in terms of a three - legged stool...take one leg away and the stool collapses...

I've assisted many, many over the years in gaining employment, including those with pretty dire "issues", including felony backgrounds, unstable housing/life situations, limited work history/skills/language ability, etc...I'd NEVER accept you as a client in a training or job placement program, you are "too far gone", as the old saying goes...

--
Best
Greg

[John Kuthe]

I'm thinking of getting a non-nursing job just so I could have a regular income, which I need. And something is better than nothing, and I;m pretty physically fit thanks to my Nordictracking.

John Kuthe...

[Snag]

Not necessarily if you design with wood heat in mind . Our living
room/dining room/kitchen is open floor plan . Basically one 24 x 40 room
. A box fan suspended over the stove establishes a circulating air
current that keeps the temps very uniform . I try to maintain around 75°
during the day , let it drop a bit at night . The bedroom is a separate
room and stays about 10-12° cooler than the main living space .

[Hank Rogers]

Yep, it's done. Stick a fork in it. Grandpa wouldn't hire him to
scrub the toilet.

I wouldn't either.

[Alex]

So much for your education and multiple degrees.  Your problem is you
make far too many bad decisions.

[Alex]

Your mental state is the problem.

[Omni Vore]

On 1/23/2021 6:40 PM, John KOOKthe wrote:

> I'm thinking

You aren't capable of thinking, you mentally defective fucktard.

Eat shit, drop dead.

[Omni Vore]

On 1/23/2021 5:02 PM, John KOOKthe wrote:

> Releasing

How about you release the trap door while the noose is tight, shitlip?

[Cindy Hamilton]

Our furnace doesn't even come on when it's 40 out. Insulation is
a thing of beauty and saves us a lot of money.

Cindy Hamilton

[Taxed and Spent]

Better than letting the termites in the woods eat it and produce
methane, a worse greenhouse gas by far.

[Bryan Simmons]

On Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 8:40:46 PM UTC-6, johnk...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I'm thinking of getting a non-nursing job just so I could have a regular income,
> which I need. And something is better than nothing, and I;m pretty physically
> fit thanks to my Nordictracking.
>

You aboused your status as a registered nurse to supposedly lend credibility
to your defamatory "diagnosis," and now you are no longer capable of getting
a job in nursing. That seems very just. Folks who believe in hooey like karma
might call it karma. Whether there is any causality whatsoever, I don't have
any idea. I just know that the outcome is just, and that pleases me.
>
> John Kuthe...

--Bryan

[Bryan Simmons]

"Abused."
>
> > John Kuthe...
>
> --Bryan

--Bryan

[Bryan Simmons]

Those farting little bastards.

--Bryan

[Sheldon Martin]

Wood burning for house heating is a major cause of respiratory
disease... not to mention house fires. If yoose heat with wood you
may as well smoke tobacco. We heat with propane, costs less than wood
burning without health issues.

Even if cutting your own wood it costs a lot in chainsaw maintenence,
fuel for chainsaw and hauling wood, labor, and time wasted, and for
uneven heating. I've heated with wood, heating doesn't get any
dumber... still have the huge water jacketed stove in the basement, it
even produced domestic hot water. Had it all disconnected when we got
tankless on demand hot water installed.
Constantly tending a fire, removing ashes, dealing with soot, and
chimney cleaning made it very unworth it. Propane boiler heating
costs less and is labor free... not to mention much cleaner.

About half the people here heat their house by burning wood, there are
several house fires every year. And the local chainsaw/log splitter,
and trailer stores are doing a bumper business... not to mention all
the injuries needing professional medical attention.
I've heated with wood, coal, and oil, propane heating is far, far
better in every way. We have a high quality cast iron commercial
furnace that used oil. The local propane company converted it to
propane for free... no stink, no soot, no chimney cleaning, no fuel
filter, no maintenence at all, and no oil tank in the basement. The
500 gallon propane tank is outside 100' from the house, and deliveries
are automatic... cheaper than wood, and substantialy cheaper than oil.
I won't even get into heating with coal... that's how Kootchie fuels
his Leaf... he's too dense to realize that his electric is produced by
burning coal. At least here in upstate NY most electric is hydro.

[Sheldon Martin]

Releasing a massive quantity of particulate pollution... CO2 is not
any real danger, particulates are a real danger to ones health.

[Sheldon Martin]

At least Joan may be capable of Real Nursing (RN) on demand.

[Sheldon Martin]

Truth is that Kootchie makes no decisions, he sits on his ass 24/7,
comatose.

[GM]

"Mr. Sheldon, Nurse Joan will now attend to you in the Revlon Isolation Booth..."

;-D

--
Best
Greg

[Hank Rogers]

Did yoose give him a jug of crystal palace Popeye?

[Master Bruce]

Do you really think John can't find a nursing job because he called
you a narcissist? Let's characterise that as a delusion of
grandiosity, a common symptom of... oh, never mind.
>

[cshenk]

John Kuthe wrote:

> On Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 5:51:17 PM UTC-6, Snag wrote:
> > On 1/23/2021 3:07 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > > Snag wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 1/23/2021 4:36 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> "Snag" wrote in message news:rug9to$job$1...@dont-email.me...
> > >>>

> > >>> On 1/22/2021 9:59 PM, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> > >>>> On Friday, January 22, 2021 at 9:52:23 PM UTC-6,
> > >>>> johnk...@gmail.com wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Lie much?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> John Kuthe...
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> Is he old enough to retire? If he retires early (62) his
> > Social >>>> Security check will be GREATLY reduced. If he has a
> > company 401k >>>> and/or pension plan it will behoove him to stay
> > until his full >>>> retirement age and continue building his
> > retirement plans. But >>>> I think Alex is doing just fine with his
> > future retirement >>>> accounts.
> > >>>>
> > >>>

Pitance compared to annual California while fires caused by drought and
under harvesting woods.

[Master Bruce]

On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 13:48:04 -0600, "cshenk" <csh...@cox.net> wrote:

>John Kuthe wrote:
>
>> Releasing a LOT of C02, eh? :-(
>>

>Pitance compared to annual California while fires caused by drought and
>under harvesting woods.

Global warming, climate change.

[cshenk]

Exactly. Main room is a bit too hot, the rest is fine from the leached
heat at 71F. No gas or electricity used but it is somewhat labor
intensive.

Don is really liking the electric splitter. Someone else here got one
after I posted the link to it. Sorry, forgot who. It is underpowered
for Snag probably but many others could find it useful.

[cshenk]

We are about 6F off but may be more open space than you. Hard to say.

[Bryan Simmons]

I obviously don't believe in anything supernatural, but the bullshit with me did
result in my bringing to the forefront his post from 20 years ago, and making it
easily findable. You know, the one where he wished that he could have sex with
14 year olds. That could have gotten lost in the dark corners of the Usenet
archives. That's what I meant. I'm not delusional. I'm not saying that it's likely,
but it is possible. Sometimes justice works in mysterious ways.

Another possibility is that he's considered a coward for sitting out nearly the
whole pandemic, when nurses were desperately needed.

--Bryan

[Dave Smith]

On 2021-01-24 3:00 p.m., cshenk wrote:

> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>

>
> Exactly. Main room is a bit too hot, the rest is fine from the leached
> heat at 71F. No gas or electricity used but it is somewhat labor
> intensive.
>
> Don is really liking the electric splitter. Someone else here got one
> after I posted the link to it. Sorry, forgot who. It is underpowered
> for Snag probably but many others could find it useful.
>

I mentioned before that I used my neighbour's splitter when I was
cleaning up the branch that fell on my house. BTW.... this was not a
small branch. It was about 2 ft. in diameter where his snapped off the
main trunk. It could not handle those big pieces but it had no problems
with those that were a foot or less across.

They are light enough to move around easily. They might not be suitable
for situations where there is not ready access to electricity. You need
to heavy duty extension cord to handle the current requirement.

[Graham]

On 2021-01-24 1:30 p.m., Bryan Simmons wrote:
.
>
> Another possibility is that he's considered a coward for sitting out nearly the
> whole pandemic, when nurses were desperately needed.
>
> --Bryan
>

Hardly a coward when he is so clearly unemployable as a nurse.

[cshenk]

I wouldn't get one for a one shot deal either. Only for long term
uses. Yes, have the heavy duty electrical cords here.

[John Kuthe]

On Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 2:30:12 PM UTC-6, bryang...@gmail.com wrote:
...

> Another possibility is that he's considered a coward for sitting out nearly the
> whole pandemic, when nurses were desperately needed.
>
> --Bryan

If nurses are so desperately needed, maybe you can TELL ME where to apply?

I am VERY GOOD at giving Flu Vaccinations.

John Kuthe...

[GM]

johnk...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 2:30:12 PM UTC-6, bryang...@gmail.com wrote:
> ...
> > Another possibility is that he's considered a coward for sitting out nearly the
> > whole pandemic, when nurses were desperately needed.
> >
> > --Bryan
> If nurses are so desperately needed, maybe you can TELL ME where to apply?

Still *another* reason you are unemployable: "John Kuthe lacks initiative..."

> I am VERY GOOD at giving Flu Vaccinations.

Carry on DREAMING, John...

--
Best
Greg

[Hank Rogers]

Apply at McDonalds.

[Snag]

Or a generator to power it out there . And if ya gotta haul power out
there too you might as well have a gas splitter . I looked at 'lectric
splitters before I got this one , decided they were not up to the task
I'm doing . I was hauling mine out to the woods - it's designed for that
- to split the really big stuff . That got old , so I built some
"material handling" equipment . I now have 2 small home-built pivoting
jib cranes to lift and position those rounds that are heavier than I
want to lift manually . One is powered by an ATV winch (with hookup to
the tractor battery) and the other by a hand cranked boat winch . This
works for me ... and what you and cshenk are doing works well for y'all
. And we all lived happily ever after !

[Dave Smith]

On 2021-01-25 8:20 a.m., Snag wrote:
> On 1/24/2021 2:33 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2021-01-24 3:00 p.m., cshenk wrote:
>>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>
>>
>>>
>>> Exactly.  Main room is a bit too hot, the rest is fine from the leached
>>> heat at 71F.  No gas or electricity used but it is somewhat labor
>>> intensive.
>>>
>>> Don is really liking the electric splitter.  Someone else here got one
>>> after I posted the link to it.  Sorry, forgot who. It is underpowered
>>> for Snag probably but many others could find it useful.
>>>
>>
>> I mentioned before that I used my neighbour's splitter when I was
>> cleaning up the branch that fell on my house. BTW.... this was not a
>> small branch. It was about 2 ft. in diameter where his snapped off the
>> main trunk. It could not handle those big pieces but it had no
>> problems with those that were a foot or less across.
>>
>> They are light enough to move around easily. They might not be
>> suitable for situations where there is not ready access to
>> electricity.  You need to heavy duty extension cord to handle the
>> current requirement.
>>
>>
>
>   Or a generator to power it out there . And if ya gotta haul power out
> there too you might as well have a gas splitter .

Exactly. By the time you get an electric splitter and a generator you
might as well just get the gas powered splitter. It will be more
powerful and less hassle to move around.

[Cindy Hamilton]

OTOH, a generator can provide household power during an outage.

Cindy Hamilton

[Dave Smith]

Yes, I thinking think we were talking about the need to have a portable
generator. I thought it was about the pros and cons of an electric
powered log splitter vs. gas powered. But... I have to ask, if I carry
the generator and log spliter in a pickup truck is it then a gas powered
splitter? if I hauled the gas fueled log splitter with a diesel powered
pickup truck, would it then be a diesel powered splitter?

[Snag]

Which is why there's one big enough to power everything but the water
heater and AC under my workbench along with the hookup to feed the main
panel . I've also used it to power one of my welders for doing field
repairs . A country boy can survive ... because he thinks ahead and
prepares !

[Cindy Hamilton]

Not just a country boy, although it's possible we're a tad bit less prepared for
anything than we used to be.

We had a portable generator; not big enough for welding IIRC. My husband
was out of town one winter and I needed to use it after an ice storm. I
wasn't strong enough to start it (but I got the neighbor to help). We replaced
it with an automatic standby generator big enough for everything in the
house, including the central air. It doesn't feed the hot tub, garage, or workshop,
though. If we needed to fix anything during a power outage, we'd have to haul
it and any power tools that we'd need up to the house. Most things are on
wheels; I'm not sure about the table saw. Still, in a pinch I doubt we'd be doing
any fine woodworking and the circular saw(s) would do just as well.

Cindy Hamilton

[Hank Rogers]

Absolutely! And if yoose put it on the deck of nuclear submarine,
it is obviously atomic powered.

[GM]

And if he hauled it to Da Loo to John's house it'd be cannabis - powered...maybe with a CBD oil rocket boost assist...

--
Best
Greg

[Beez Neez]

On 1/24/2021 7:32 PM, John KOOKthe wrote:

> If nurses are so desperately needed

Nurses are needed. Mentally deranged unemployable nutjobs are
not needed, and should just fuck off and accept that they are
unwanted and useless.

[Alex]

I'll jump in here with a simple Google search:

https://www.google.com/search?q=nurse+shortage+st.+louis&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

[GM]

But John has no radio or teevee...and only a flip phone... no internet because that is "surveillance kapitalism...so no way to know all this...

" Picture John sad..."

😑😑😑


--
Best
Greg

[Gary]

.Hank Rogers wrote:

> John Kuthe wrote:
>> I am VERY GOOD at giving Flu Vaccinations.
>>
>

> Apply at McDonalds.

I applied there once (1971).

In June, my family moved back to Maryland but I wanted to stay in Rhode
Island for the summer. I had a place to stay but needed a summer job.

First went to KFC and applied. Filled out the application and then was
told "we'll call you if we need you." Hmmmm... not so good

So I immediately went 2 blocks down the road and applied at McDonalds.
Filled out the application there and was told, "get a haircut and you
can start tomorrow morning."

I really didn't want to get the haircut but needed a job.

Luckily, before I left to get a haircut, the manager of KFC called me
and said, "You've got the job, start tomorrow morning."

My first and only question to him, "Do I need to cut my hair?"
That seemed to stun him because he hesitated for a few moments. They he
replied, "Hell no, I don't care about your hair."

I started my summer job at KFC the next morning. :)

What a great summer job it was too. Everyone got along so well and even
became friends. The manager was very cool, never got mad or yelled at
anyone. We were allowed to eat as much as we wanted during our shifts.
"Just don't eat the desserts."

My regular shifts were 4pm-midnight so that left me free to go surfing
early mornings, which were the best times to go.

Nothing but good memories from that summer.

[Snag]

The welder is a small 110V wire feed unit . Good for light work only
, under 3/16" mostly . My generator lives out in the shop , my hookup is
through the shop sub panel for now , though there are plans for a bigger
unit someday that's wired straight into the main via a transfer switch .
I do have to turn off the main breaker and breakers for the big
compressor and water heater , but we still have hot water at the kitchen
sink since it has a point of use heater under the house . I needed
hotter water for the dishwasher than the main unit is set to provide .

[Cindy Hamilton]

I'm not sure what my husband's welder is. I know two things:

He often shuts down the (220 V) hot tub pump/heater when he welds.
Even when he does that, the lights dim a little when he's welding.

Cindy Hamilton

[dsi1]

Most people at home have an arc welder. Perhaps in the future we'll be using lasers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkvJsyP18bk

[Gary]

dsi1 wrote:
> Most people at home have an arc welder.

Damn! I must have missed that memo. ;)

[dsi1]

Okay, I'll bite. What kind of welder do you have?

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 11:03:55 AM UTC-6, dsi1 wrote:
>
> Most people at home have an arc welder. Perhaps in the future we'll be using lasers.
>

We do??

[dsi1]

What the hell are you bitching about now?

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Who's bitching? You made a broad statement and I asked a question.

[dsi1]

You geniuses thought I was saying that most people have an arc welder at home. What I meant was that people that do welding at home probably use an arc welder. Sorry for not being explicit enough. I try to write in simple, short, sentences but that's not good enough for some of youse.

[Sheldon Martin]

I don't need any schtinkin' arc welder... I can make most any breaks
better than new with Gorilla Glue... I repaired a busted vacuum
cleaner handle yesterday with Gorilla Glue and taped over the Gorilla
Glued break with Gorilla Glue tape... stronger than new. Took two
minutes and perhaps 2¢ worth of Gorilla stuffs and no one would ever
notice the repair. I always keep a supply of Gorilla Glue, the Miracle
Glue. The only tool needed for application is a wooden toothpic.

[Hank Rogers]

Yoose need to squirt some of that gorilla glue in yer mouth and
clamp it SHUT Popeye.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Earlier today you spouted "Most people at home have an arc welder. Perhaps in
the future we'll be using lasers." I understood perfectly what you said even though
you don't remember saying it.

[Ed Pawlowski]

Adding one word would have clarified the meaning.

"Most people welding at home have an arc welder"

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Nailed it!

[dsi1]

You don't seriously think I believe that everybody owns a shop with welding apparatus? Of course you do. You're an idiot.

[Hank Rogers]

Hell no. Most of us weld with lasers.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 10:23:52 PM UTC-6, dsi1 wrote:
>
> You don't seriously think I believe that everybody owns a shop with welding apparatus? Of course you do. You're an idiot.
>

A word of advice. P R O O F R E A D your comments.

[dsi1]

You're one of those people that are slow to understand contextual clues when reading and in daily life. That makes you prone to errors in communication and comprehension. Your brain has a set of less-than-robust error-correcting algorithms. You got nothing to be so proud about i.e., it ain't me, it's you.

[Master Bruce]

I wonder if that would fit on a T-shirt.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Too short is not clear. I assumed you'd inadvertently omitted a "do not", and
figured most other people would assume the same.

Cindy Hamilton

[Cindy Hamilton]

Everybody's needs are different. My husband has used his arc welder
to make a roaster that will hold an entire pig, a decorative hand rail,
and numerous other projects.

Cindy Hamilton

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 11:32:20 PM UTC-5, Hank Rogers wrote:

> Hell no. Most of us weld with lasers.

I just stare at stuff really hard and it welds itself together.

Cindy Hamilton

[Cindy Hamilton]

No, it's you. Everybody here thought you said everybody owns a shop with
welding apparatus.

You can't excuse your way out of this one. Admit your loss of face and move on.

Cindy Hamilton

[dsi1]

You said your husband has a welder but you didn't know what kind it was. My point is that it most likely is an arc welder instead of a gas welder. It's not my problem if you believe that I said everybody had an arc welder. I already know that most people in this group don't have an arc welder at home - but some certainly do. This is just another retarded rfc discussion that I've allowed myself to get sucked into. It looks like you win again. I hope you're proud of yourself.

[Master Bruce]

I understood him. Of course he didn't mean everybody has a welding
device.

[Cindy Hamilton]

I simply don't know the details of his welders. Brand, size, etc.

Actually, he has a stick welder, a MIG welder, and a set of oxygen and acetylene bottles.
He'd like a TIG welder but can't quite justify it.

We are talking about a man who owns three bandsaws. He's ready for anything.

Cindy Hamilton

[Snag]

Dimming lights means that the service voltage is dropping when he
welds . That means that your electric service is inadequate for the
loads being put on it . Right now we have a 100 amp service drop (the
'lectric company said that they'll replace that wire with a 200 amp for
free when I have enough load to justify, like central air or other
high-current appliance) , coming from a multi-hundred amp transformer
that feeds only our house . The main panel is a 200 amp unit , and the
shop feeds from a 100 amp/220V breaker . I've NEVER seen my lights dim
when I'm welding , or doing anything else out in the shop . You need to
ask your service provider to upgrade your service .
--
Snag
Illegitimi non
carborundum

[Gary]

Closest thing I have is an old soldering gun. Hardly an arc welder.

[Gary]

"401 ERROR"

[Snag]

On 1/26/2021 11:03 AM, dsi1 wrote:

> Most people at home have an arc welder. Perhaps in the future we'll be using lasers.

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkvJsyP18bk
>

Bullshit , of the people I know less than 1 in 20 have welding
equipment . People no longer repair things , they just toss it and buy
new shit . Not here , at The 12 Acre Wood we believe in that old saying
"Use it up , wear it out , make it do or do without" . We don't often
"do without" simply because I DO have lots of tools and the skills to
use them .
What was YOUR last project that needed welding ? Mine was the weather
vane that's now mounted on our house . Downloaded a rooster pattern ,
enlarged it and cut the rooster out of steel with my plasma cutter ,
other parts cut with the bandsaw , machined the parts that needed
machining with my lathe , welded it all up with the little MIG , and now
we know which way the wind blows ... and the best part is that it was
made completely from material I had on hand . Scraps , as it were .