That Sunday Feeling…

[thevalueman]

I used to work no matter what the weather was, outside. I've been soaked to the bone. In -60* windchill on a 2nd or 3rd story platform. the boss built a fire on the ground, but you couldn't go warm yourself. And got smoked out to boot. Had icicles hanging off my mustache. Been so muddy when I got home I had to take my cloths off before I went upstairs. Been on concrete slabs that were 140*. In attics that hot with no air moving. Down in ditches full of tar. Up on roofs that'd burn you through you're cloths. So cold you don't thaw out till June. So hot you can't eat lunch, it'd make you sick. Working in a kerosene heated building suffocating. Latter your Wife could smell it on your breath that evening. Working under the edge of a roof the snow was melting off of and running down my back. Working on a roof putting down decking where it was iced over. And out in the scorching sun doing hard labor all day, day after day and week. Even months at a time. Not to mention up to 17hr shifts at a time and 28 days straight. Nope, I'm good. One thing for sure it doesn't kill ya, it'll make you tough. Even poured concrete and laid block foundations. The para military life was a piece of cake. Days, nights, weekends and holidays

your life sounds like a living hell!!!

 

[basstracker89]

your life sounds like a living hell!!!

It was, not now. That's why I don't put up with crap. Been there, done that. I've paid my dues. I worked almost 50yrs of my life. No family and very little life. It's getting a little better every day now

 

[patches]

Little less then 2 months for me, after 43 years. The first week was weird but I'm adjusting fine.

Congratulations! Treasure your retirement. God bless you.

 

[boinky]

Quit and find a new job. Life is too short to have job you dont enjoy doing. I never have that feeling and ill have 30 years Feb 2026.

 

[basstracker89]

Quit and find a new job. Life is too short to have job you dont enjoy doing. I never have that feeling and ill have 30 years Feb 2026.

Unfortunately I never had a job that didn't turn into crap. I always did what I had to do to make a living. I would've loved to had a job that long. Just wasn't in the cards for me. Maybe not most people