Sorry to hear man. I am out of work again. 5 weeks so far. It suks, but it is just so slow all over. I did metal fabbing, hydraulic- pipe- tubbing work on ships-machines-steel mills ect.. The work just isn't there. America as a whole is in the pits.. Infact I am not even sure I will go back to that field. Looking for a new page to open..

 

if we ever got a bad enough hurricane that would make katrina look like a drizzle , i would probably go back offshore and dive again. it would give me atleast 4 years of ***** to the wall work!!!... but for right now. ill just stick to machine work and doin cash paying jobs .i may not be gettin ahead that much but im happy

 

Hate to see you lose your job. Hopefully something come up soon for you. But, if there is a hurricane, i hope it goes your way and not mine since you asked for it. That's the last thing we need in the gulf right now.

 

Terrible news Nick!!! Let me know if there's anything I can do to help up my way. Times are tough around here these days. You've got my number brother

 

union framers up here along with electricians and pipe fitters havent worked in almost 2 years

there are road workers in illinois bitching about 53 bucks an hour

give me a break i would work for 35 an hour as long as i could work

fucken babies cant take it at 53 bucks an hour

 

Is that including the business? If not, you might try to give up stuff you don't need...

 

No that's not included in business. $1000 house note, $1000 tied up in car notes and insurance, entergy bill, water bill, groceries, gas, 30 bucks a month to the 50" flat screen, cell phone bills, diapers, union dues, cable and Internet, quarterly exterminator and garbage, etc etc.

My wife had lost her ring last year, so I had to finance another one and have been paying $145 a month for a year now. It'll be paid off in 1 month thank God.

 

hope everything lines out for you, ive told my wife that if we ever get in a bind cause of no work, we will get rid of everything except the house, we'll get rid of both of our DD and i can drive my truck for work and buy her a very cheap car just to drive us around, get rid of cable, internet, home phone, home alarm, just all the little b.s. that equals alot,.., sometimes you just have to tighten up to get back on your feet....

 

Yeah, I hope to never get to that extreme. We've went through our bills twice and theres nothing really we'd like to give up. Mainly everything is necessity besides cars, cable and internet. The 30 a month for the tv, whats that. Nothing. We never had a home phone to begin with. The pool got a leak so its dry, dont have to worry about buying chemicals or running the pump. Been raining a lot so dont have to water the grass. Crazy the stuff you start thinking about that you never did before.

My truck will be paid off in december, so thats $387.00 less a month to pay out, and like said earlier the jewelry will be paid off in one more payment. We just got our car insurance lowered to $40 less per month, and I'll be 25 in August, so maybe it'll go down some.

As long as the wife keeps makin dough and I keep my sidejobs up, it'll basically be like this never happened. I have cut down on spending big time though. No more fast food; I bought $42 bucks worth of groceries the day after I was laid off (a week ago almost) and I'm still eating on those. When I was working I spent like $25 per DAY on food lol.

No more buying random **** on pt.net lol.

 

jacobs has been hiring alot of electricians for the BP plant in texas city... supposedly they have worked lined up for the next 3 years, you should check it out. only thing its 40 hours right now with occasional overtime til early next year when the shutdowns start.