Good morning my fellow lifters and eaters

[John]

First off, I’d like to say that when I was gone over the weekend,my boss overdosed on dope,I had my suspicions,cause of some of his actions,so I am not working today,and as a matter of fact,have no clue when hes going back to work or what the fuck hes doin,and No @Kad1 I havent found the positivity in this situation,yet. I can always go work for my dad, but he only is a painter, so work isnt as steady,we shall see. Secondly,I’d like say I am grateful for this forum,and how its run,were all lucky to have found this place,also thankful for my wife and kid.
I am gonna make the wife and I veggje omelets,toast, and FAKE sausage,yes FAKE, sodium is average, but their loaded with protein, and I can’t get over how good they are, I also cant believe I even like them, seeing as my favorite food group is, things once alive. Then I’m gonna a have some alone time, and do a little trout fishing in some streams/river by me,see if I cant catch some dinner. I will do chest later, before or after softball practice.

 

[Poppy]

Cheez louise. I hope the dude is ok.

Good luck on supper.

 

[Bigmurph6]

A little vacation is always a positive??

Damn brother he just went off the rails why doesn’t he give you the keys to the truck and let you go out with a helper so his business doesn’t tank you can kinda take advantage of the situation in a good way by getting him to allow you to just go out and knock out the work with a raise for sure?

Its really a win win for both of you

Enjoy the fishing brother think about the power vacuum he left.

 

[JLee]

That sucks.
Hopefully the dudes alright.
Good luck with the fishing

 

[JB_rD81]

@John my wife eats that beyond meat stuff sometimes, and I will agree, amazingly some of it is pretty damn good… not sure how, I’d prefer to eat stuff that used to say moo, and grunt or oink myself…

 

[Poppy]

I’d prefer to eat stuff that used to say moo, and grunt or oink myself…

Blahahaha now thats funny…how bout cluck?

 

[JB_rD81]

Yeah, I’ll eat chicken too. Prefer thighs, legs, wings and back meat over breast meat though… oh, and @John here is the positivity I would find in not working, I’d be our mushroom hunting around dead elms right now…

 

[Poppy]

I like fish too. Wife and I usually only eat local caught (salt water) by her son.

I’ll order catfish at our local restaurant if they have it but they batter it too thick in my opinion. I like fried fish bit there is a limit to the batter.

 

[JB_rD81]

I love catfish, un fortunately you couldn’t pay me enough to eat the poisoned fish from around me… all the hog lot run off and pesticide run off in all the waters in this great state, makes for some sketchy eating…

 

[Bigmurph6]

It sucks so much that we poison our waters. Where are the retention ponds and cleaning stations? None of that is required for the waste?

 

[Poppy]

Got same thing here…”lagoons “…hog farm crap lakes that leach and runoff frequently enough to mess up the world!!

 

[Kad1]

Well that certainly sucks about your boss. Were you guys boys? I’d say there a few “goods” here…
1- at least he didn’t die! You and his friends and family can help him get clean for good.
2- maybe it’s time for you to take the helm and run his company or put a crew together and go on your own. I’m sure you are more than capable to do this on your own or with some help.
3- you have the entire day to think about this. You’ve got a great plan to take care of your family today and more importantly yourself. Remember time is the most important commodity we have it’s the one thing you can’t get back. You can make and lose money, but and sell property but time is limited. I know it sucks to lose a days pay especially after a weekend away . Take advantage of the day today and come up with some ideas on how you can provide more financial security for you amd the fam. I’m sure you’ve got some ideas in that rock of a head , go after them make shit happen. If you do what you’ve always done you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. Growth can be painful but it is necessary.

 

[JB_rD81]

@Bigmurph, places like kill plants have retention ponds, but farmer Bob down the road with 25,000 head of hog and 400 acres of crop doesn’t have to have that… the hog lots are supposed to have functioning sewage or septic, but there are no inspectors to enforce this, and even if there were inspectors, they would turn a blind eye to what the farmers are doing. As far as the run off from pesticides, that shit just ends up soaking into the ground water and eventually makes its way to streams, rivers and lakes.

 

[Bigmurph6]

I honestly believed that the EPA actually did something but I guess there like the FDA just go with the politics and collect their budget.
Im really surprised 25k I would have believed to be considered a serious operation especially since farming is a subsidized industry also I thought that the green government would have been all over this I guess not it doesn’t fit the agenda and they definitely need and want farmers.

 

[JB_rD81]

This is a farming state, what the farmers want, goes… even when Vilsack was our governor (the secretary of agriculture) he was very pro farmer, that’s how he won the state, that and leave it to beaver Branstad wanted to go be the president of DMU.

 

[Bigmurph6]

I can only imagine its definitely a farmer state. Im sure that a group of good old money still controls alot around there

 

[John]

Just left his house,he was crying I felt empathy.his kid n fiance had to bust down bathroom door to get to him…And that’s not in the cards yet @Bigmurph,its only him and I occasionally another dude who knows a lot of shit like my boss does,but also does dope,i doubt he will be back,and there’s lot of shit I cant do on my own,yes,painting,sheet rocking spackling. Today we were suppose to start a deck job,in two weeks a whole addition on a house…I can’t do either on my own

 

[John]

Like magic .mushrooms @JB_rD81 they aren’t so good for my psyche

 

[Bigmurph6]

Today we were suppose to start a deck job,in two weeks a whole addition on a house…I can’t do either on my own

Wow I didn’t know that he did contractor jobs that big. I was thinking smaller jobs now I can understand this is a crazy tough situation.

 

[John]

I think,we will skip deck job,and do the addition,he just needs a break