They call me... They need me... They want me.
Anyone want to see pics of my average day?
I operate a dump truck, and heavy equipment also to load me dumper truck up also, in some of the most rugged (and beautiful) terrain on Earth!
I'll post some pics, because I can. Tomorrow I have a job on Kootenay Lake...
Quote from: "Melson Gibson" post_id=501690 time=1684997778 user_id=3397
They call me... They need me... They want me.
Anyone want to see pics of my average day?
If you want to.
Yep do it.
I wanna see!
Sounds interesting. I am sorry you live in the freedom lacking socialist hell hole in the north.
Quote from: Oerdin post_id=501755 time=1685054332 user_id=3374
Sounds interesting. I am sorry you live in the freedom lacking socialist hell hole in the north.
It didn't used to be this nuts.
Same here but we are where we are if you know what I mean.
Quote from: Oerdin post_id=501759 time=1685054496 user_id=3374
Same here but we are where we are if you know what I mean.
Oh I know what you mean.
In larger cities this would never happen, truckers loading their own shit. Most wouldn't know how to, would probably damage something if they tried, may be too scared to even try, and might open themselves up to liability if something did happen.
I'm old school, so I can handle these simple challenges, which gets me work... I is now teh loader operatorz! This is a smaller loader than what's typically run out here, but it gets the job done!

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And just like my Tonka Truck days as a kid, I've somehow managed to chase that dream/nightmare down... Playing with trucks was fun for me as a kid. It probably was for most of us!
Dump in, dump out... Scoop in, scoop out...
And now I live it. It's not quite as fun as it was when I was a toddler though...

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Then I have to remind myself that this is one of the best office seat views I could ever be paid for, even though the job certainly isn't without it's problems/frustrations... Most of my coworkers and the crews that I've worked with have always been awesome too. None of this woke shit, or 'sensitivity training'...

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Are there any hunks at the worksite working with their shirts off? All sweaty and covered with dirt? I'd like to see some pitchers of them Melson.
Here's one more from the job. There's some really cool shit around here to post, history and such, but that's for another thread...

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These pics aren't far from the Blaylock Mansion, which has some unique history...
Do you own your own equipment, rent them, or does it belong to an employer?
Nice pics Mel. Keep them up.
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Nice pics Mel. Keep them up.
Yep, good pictures.
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Do you own your own equipment, rent them, or does it belong to an employer?
I own just the dump truck, and rent or lease nothing so far, but I suppose I could if the job called for it and made it worthwhile.
All of the other equipment I'd currently ever be running is either owned or leased by the gravel pit or customer. It's not common for things to run this way in bigger cities, but here it's not uncommon for the supplier and customer to work out a deal for material, and it's cheaper to pay me my truck rate (all billed by the hour) to run the machines, than it is to bring in a loader operator who'd spend literally 1 hour loading in a 10 hour day.
Quote from: kiebers post_id=501916 time=1685149731 user_id=193
Nice pics Mel. Keep them up.
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Yep, good pictures.
Thanks!
There's some really neat places around here, where I wished I had taken some pics of... I'm not a fan of posting everything online, but the one dude that built a driveway to his new house that was so steep my truck could barely make it up in the dry SUMMER weather due to traction issues, is going to have fun with that in the winter! Things like that are fun to share...
I suppose I take the natural geography of BC for granted at times, since I was born and raised here and it's what I'm used to, but many others are not. It can be a breathtakingly beautiful place if in the right area at the right time.
Below is my front yard. To me, it's really nothing special to see, but everything special to actually own. Granted, some work is required to live with this, make no mistake, but I have to remind myself that I'm lucky to be where I am.
This region, for the small town feel it has, has actually quite a bit of history. Tesla himself actually installed the Sandon powerplant, which is still running to this very day!
Mein Berghof:

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Does Eastern BC have a lot of active wildfires? I know one part of the province has many wildfires.
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Man that is green.
I sure miss Canadian summers. Nothing like them in the world.
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Man that is green.
I sure miss Canadian summers. Nothing like them in the world.
It depends where in Canada. Nothing special about our summers on the prairies. It can get hot, but it is usually windy even in the summer.
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Quote from: "Adolf Oliver Bush" post_id=501968 time=1685190394 user_id=3409
Man that is green.
I sure miss Canadian summers. Nothing like them in the world.
It depends where in Canada. Nothing special about our summers on the prairies. It can get hot, but it is usually windy even in the summer.
I can deal with the weather. What really struck me was the quality of light. Something about it that I can't put my finger on, but it seems to being the landscape alive more so than other places I've been.
I wish I'd taken the time to check out the prairies.
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Quote from: Herman post_id=502005 time=1685234559 user_id=3396
It depends where in Canada. Nothing special about our summers on the prairies. It can get hot, but it is usually windy even in the summer.
I can deal with the weather. What really struck me was the quality of light. Something about it that I can't put my finger on, but it seems to being the landscape alive more so than other places I've been.
I wish I'd taken the time to check out the prairies.
The sun comes up at 5 am and goes down at nine pm at this time of year where I live.
Better than having it rise in March and set in September I'd imagine.
Its light outside 24/7 now.
I have curtains that completely darken the bedroom.
Yeah, you'd need them I imagine.
Quote from: DKG post_id=501952 time=1685178589 user_id=3390
Is Eastern BC have a lot of active wildfires? I know one part of the province has many wildfires.
No. Not here at least. We were having wicked thunderstorms for the last couple of weeks or so on-and-off, but luckily that lightning was accompanied by heavy rainfall also, so no issues.
Quote from: "Adolf Oliver Bush" post_id=501968 time=1685190394 user_id=3409
Man that is green.
I sure miss Canadian summers. Nothing like them in the world.
I think it's a Pacific Northwest thing. When shit grows here, it REALLY grows. Moderate temps combined with just enough rainfall to keep things green, without needing much human intervention.
Years ago I used to truck through the Southwestern US States, and the first time I witnessed the absolute desolate desert was quite shocking to me. We're talking Mojave and such... I couldn't believe people even lived there, but they do. It was a beautiful thing to experience, trucking all throughout Cali, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, but you couldn't pay me enough to reside in that desolate wasteland.
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Quote from: DKG post_id=501952 time=1685178589 user_id=3390
Does Eastern BC have a lot of active wildfires? I know one part of the province has many wildfires.
No. Not here at least. We were having wicked thunderstorms for the last couple of weeks or so on-and-off, but luckily that lightning was accompanied by heavy rainfall also, so no issues.
I saw it on CTV Barrie. They named the town where one of the fires was close to, but I can't remember it.
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Quote from: "Adolf Oliver Bush" post_id=501968 time=1685190394 user_id=3409
Man that is green.
I sure miss Canadian summers. Nothing like them in the world.
I think it's a Pacific Northwest thing. When shit grows here, it REALLY grows. Moderate temps combined with just enough rainfall to keep things green, without needing much human intervention.
Years ago I used to truck through the Southwestern US States, and the first time I witnessed the absolute desolate desert was quite shocking to me. We're talking Mojave and such... I couldn't believe people even lived there, but they do. It was a beautiful thing to experience, trucking all throughout Cali, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, but you couldn't pay me enough to reside in that desolate wasteland.
I don't doubt the Mojave has its own innate beauty, I've seen the deserts of Australia and they can be pretty mindblowing too. But I know what I'd see if you'd pointed your camera skywards in that shot. I've seen it often enough over the Ottawa Valley and think it integral to making the colours of the landscape leap out at you with such vibrancy.
Canada is a good place. But for covid and the way the government leeches waeponized it against the people, I'd still be there.
Canada is a good place with a very bad government.
Oh God..not this again :001_rolleyes: he's posted this so many times in the past...videos too.
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Canada is a good place with a very bad government.
Yes. Thx for noticing! Where are you from?
The only people who don't seem to understand we have a bad abd neglectful government are the ones from shithole countries who want to come here. The only ones following JT on social media are the exact same idiots. Hardly any Canadians follow him...unless to mock him or say nasty things. I hope he gets voted out in the next election. If not, Canada is doomed.
Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=502119 time=1685316170 user_id=164
Oh God..not this again :001_rolleyes: he's posted this so many times in the past...videos too.
Oh man. We already have Seamoron posting the same thirty year old pictures of himself for years and pretending they were taken yesterday.
Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=502120 time=1685316344 user_id=164
Quote from: Oerdin post_id=502087 time=1685287240 user_id=3374
Canada is a good place with a very bad government.
Yes. Thx for noticing! Where are you from?
The only people who don't seem to understand we have a bad abd neglectful government are the ones from shithole countries who want to come here. The only ones following JT on social media are the exact same idiots. Hardly any Canadians follow him...unless to mock him or say nasty things. I hope he gets voted out in the next election. If not, Canada is doomed.
Apparently Justine is still liked in Quebec and the Maritimes.
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Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=502120 time=1685316344 user_id=164
Yes. Thx for noticing! Where are you from?
The only people who don't seem to understand we have a bad abd neglectful government are the ones from shithole countries who want to come here. The only ones following JT on social media are the exact same idiots. Hardly any Canadians follow him...unless to mock him or say nasty things. I hope he gets voted out in the next election. If not, Canada is doomed.
Apparently Justine is still liked in Quebec and the Maritimes.
That's where all the stupid people are. The west should separate from the east.. the west is more Conservative.
All my life, I've always felt Canada was always centered on the Maritimes, Ontario and Quebec....the rest is never involved.
This government is horrible...there have been billions upon bIllinois of dollars "invested" and absolutely nothing has been done.
The east coast had a water turbine project to produce energy and JT has nothing to support it and the company has left...so much for his greener future...Quebec has rivers and damns to produce energy and he has done nothing....and then there's the pipeline in BC which is at snail pace and cost billions over budget and is still not done...instead he has 2 carbon taxes....most Canadians think there is only one....there is actually a 3rd one....there is so much corruption and nonsense....im fully convinced this is all money laundering...there is no way it costs that much....other countries don't cost as much as we do...its unacceptable.
As soon as Justine's government bought Trans Mountain, I knew it would cost many times more than it would if a private company owned it. I also know it will never get built which is exactly what Justine wanted.
Canada has potential to do and become a lot. But Justin keeps shutting everything down everything or putting billions into projects that just sit. Carbon tax is not going to save the environment....nor is drinking out of "cardboard water drinking thingies"....this Liberal government has got to go!
I grew up with a Conservative government...it was good....the Liberals have destroyed everything....young people today don't know what a conservative government is like...they only know Liberals....and this government is not for Canadians...its for everyone else except Canadians.
Did you see JT talking to the PM of Italy? Trying to tell her Canadians are concerned about their non-exclusive ways with the LGBT community....what a fuckin dolt...no we're not...we don't give 2 shits about other countries inclusions and non-inclusions....we want homes and jobs! More affordability...we want to live....we don't give a shit about a bunch of snowflakes whose feelings are hurt for pathetic reasons. What a loon...telling other countries what to do..so embarrassing.
Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=502133 time=1685319302 user_id=164
Canada has potential to do and become a lot. But Justin keeps shutting everything down everything or putting billions into projects that just sit. Carbon tax is not going to save the environment....nor is drinking out of "cardboard water drinking thingies"....this Liberal government has got to go!
I grew up with a Conservative government...it was good....the Liberals have destroyed everything....young people today don't know what a conservative government is like...they only know Liberals....and this government is not for Canadians...its for everyone else except Canadians.
Did you see JT talking to the PM of Italy? Trying to tell her Canadians are concerned about their non-exclusive ways with the LGBT community....what a fuckin dolt...no we're not...we don't give 2 shits about other countries inclusions and non-inclusions....we want homes and jobs! More affordability...we want to live....we don't give a shit about a bunch of snowflakes whose feelings are hurt for pathetic reasons. What a loon...yelling other countries what to do..so embarrassing.
Ya, you and I are really concerned that Italians are not chopping the bits off of underage boys. He is destroying our country and embarrassing us abroad.
I like to know what citizens from other countries think of Canadians? My dad watches a European news channel...they speak Greek and have a few new casters who laugh at JT and his stupidity thru pics of him and his pic / article of his stupidity on the cover of a European news paper. Why can't this teach the 3rd world trash we keep letting in?
Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=502136 time=1685319878 user_id=164
I like to know what citizens from other countries think of Canadians? My dad watches a European news channel...they speak Greek and have a few new casters who laugh at JT and his stupidity thru pics of him and his pic / article of his stupidity on the cover of a European news paper. Why can't this teach the 3rd world trash we keep letting in?
I can tell you what Russians, and Ukrainians who are aware of him think of him. He is a woke joke. Not a serious leader at all. Why would people in this country vote for a painful unqualified wanker like that.
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Quote from: Oerdin post_id=502087 time=1685287240 user_id=3374
Canada is a good place with a very bad government.
he only ones following JT on social media are the exact same idiots. Hardly any Canadians follow him...unless to mock him or say nasty things. I hope he gets voted out in the next election.
I hope he gets violated tomorrow. I hope someone stuffs an unreasonable amount of cuban cigars up his clack and sets fire to them while the RCMP rides a troupe of rainbow farting unicorns across his furry little balls. I would smile bigly if that happened.
Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=502136 time=1685319878 user_id=164
I like to know what citizens from other countries think of Canadians? My dad watches a European news channel...they speak Greek and have a few new casters who laugh at JT and his stupidity thru pics of him and his pic / article of his stupidity on the cover of a European news paper. Why can't this teach the 3rd world trash we keep letting in?
I can tell you this much, his currency varies depending on who you talk to. I was talking to someone last year about him and all the things he'd done, to me, to other Canadians, to mutual friende I and he had known, some from a very young age.
The response floored me - the guy I was talking to held that Trudy "wasn't so bad. Besides" he continued "we have Trump!" And he wondered why I told him that he didnt have the first clue what he was talking about.
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The response floored me - the guy I was talking to held that Trudy "wasn't so bad. Besides" he continued "we have Trump!"
What a retard.
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Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=502133 time=1685319302 user_id=164
Did you see JT talking to the PM of Italy? Trying to tell her Canadians are concerned about their non-exclusive ways with the LGBT community....what a fuckin dolt...no we're not...we don't give 2 shits about other countries inclusions and non-inclusions....
Ya, you and I are really concerned that Italians are not chopping the bits off of underage boys. He is destroying our country and embarrassing us abroad.
He's definitely sucking on Larry Fink's hind tit. Probably wants a new friend after Xi told him off and he walked away looking like he'd had a Joe Biden moment in his underpants.
Quote from: Herman post_id=502137 time=1685320183 user_id=3396
Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=502136 time=1685319878 user_id=164
I like to know what citizens from other countries think of Canadians? My dad watches a European news channel...they speak Greek and have a few new casters who laugh at JT and his stupidity thru pics of him and his pic / article of his stupidity on the cover of a European news paper. Why can't this teach the 3rd world trash we keep letting in?
I can tell you what Russians, and Ukrainians who are aware of him think of him. He is a woke joke. Not a serious leader at all. Why would people in this country vote for a painful unqualified wanker like that.
I'm glad they have caught on!
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Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=502120 time=1685316344 user_id=164
he only ones following JT on social media are the exact same idiots. Hardly any Canadians follow him...unless to mock him or say nasty things. I hope he gets voted out in the next election.
I hope he gets violated tomorrow. I hope someone stuffs an unreasonable amount of cuban cigars up his clack and sets fire to them while the RCMP rides a troupe of rainbow farting unicorns across his furry little balls. I would smile bigly if that happened.
:roll: me too! He can take Singh with him!
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Quote from: "Adolf Oliver Bush" post_id=502139 time=1685320312 user_id=3409
The response floored me - the guy I was talking to held that Trudy "wasn't so bad. Besides" he continued "we have Trump!"
What a retard.
A lot out there...its scary!
I find the most people who actually like him are from India, Bangladesh and Middle Eastern countries. All the ones who can't comprehend anything abd post on social media, "I want come to Canada"...."please help me come Canada"...."Mr.President Trudeau help me come Canada".....morons....he's not a president...God forbid he lets these idiots into our country....and they produce a lot of crime...its not just the white addicts...its these people as well who think they can hurt people, steal and do whatever they want because Cana-duh....the revolving door of crime, these people....I don't want them here....send them back.
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Ya, you and I are really concerned that Italians are not chopping the bits off of underage boys. He is destroying our country and embarrassing us abroad.
He's definitely sucking on Larry Fink's hind tit. Probably wants a new friend after Xi told him off and he walked away looking like he'd had a Joe Biden moment in his underpants.
Klaus Schwab, Johan Rockstrom, Adrian Monck, Kofi Annan, Zhu Min and a few other hind tits besides Larry Fink's.
His time is coming. I don't how JT can wave and smile at Canadians in a crowd who are literally screaming "fuck Trudeau " abd calling him a pedo...
Some Candians are even screaming at him to get out of our country...
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His time is coming. I don't how JT can wave and smile at Canadians in a crowd who are literally screaming "fuck Trudeau " abd calling him a pedo...
Fuck Trudeau signs are on every second truck in Saskatchewan.
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Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=502146 time=1685322208 user_id=164
His time is coming. I don't how JT can wave and smile at Canadians in a crowd who are literally screaming "fuck Trudeau " abd calling him a pedo...
Fuck Trudeau signs are on every second truck in Saskatchewan.
Ha! Really? Nice 👏
This guy is absolutely correct...he's the only one speaking up for BC abd it's problems. I'm voting for him.
https://youtu.be/N6Dy4tiPQms
I want the stupid "safe supply" drugs gone. I want it illegal to use drugs in public!
Here in BC...if you smoke a cigarette infront of an entrance to a building, you can get a $200-$400 fine....but you can smoke meth abd fentanyl in the same place...but it's legal...so the cops can't touch them...for some psycho messed up reason...its ok to inhale 2nd hand meth than tobacco...wtf!?
Seriously...I could hit the meth user on the head with a metal pipe or a bat...nothing will happen to me...I may be arrested, but I'll be back on the street at the end of the day...and I will most likely never see a judge.
The justice system is pathetic....after years of following judges orders, I gave up and started threatening those who were threatening me back...I also had to force no contact and restraining orders....not because a judge readily gave me one...because they never once looked at the evidence...only giving the idiot chance after chance...I took me threatening the person threatening and hurting me to get the restraining and no contact orders. That's pathetic already....not everyone can stand up for themselves in a court of law...they are scared abd don't know how the system works....the there's me...fed the fuck up and starting to threaten everyone until they leave me the fuck alone. Stupid fuckin liberal judges.
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I want the stupid "safe supply" drugs gone. I want it illegal to use drugs in public!
Here in BC...if you smoke a cigarette infront of an entrance to a building, you can get a $200-$400 fine....but you can smoke meth abd fentanyl in the same place...but it's legal...so the cops can't touch them...for some psycho messed up reason...its ok to inhale 2nd hand meth than tobacco...wtf!?
Seriously...I could hit the meth user on the head with a metal pipe or a bat...nothing will happen to me...I may be arrested, but I'll be back on the street at the end of the day...and I will most likely never see a judge.
The justice system is pathetic....after years of following judges orders, I gave up and started threatening those who were threatening me back...I also had to force no contact and restraining orders....not because a judge readily gave me one...because they never once looked at the evidence...only giving the idiot chance after chance...I took me threatening the person threatening and hurting me to get the restraining and no contact orders. That's pathetic already....not everyone can stand up for themselves in a court of law...they are scared abd don't know how the system works....the there's me...fed the fuck up and starting to threaten everyone until they leave me the fuck alone. Stupid fuckin liberal judges.
You can smoke pot anywhere in Regina or Saskatoon, but God forbid you have an open can of beer on the street.
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His time is coming. I don't how JT can wave and smile at Canadians in a crowd who are literally screaming "fuck Trudeau " abd calling him a pedo...
He'll get his when he's outlived his usefulness. At which point his masters will thro him to the wolves (you) and offer up a selection of slimy skunk-shit sock puppets for you to choose from.
And the successful candidate will pick up where Truedeaup left off. He's not responsible for this mess, any more than Biden is. He's just the window dressing amoral enough to advance his masters' global agenda.
He's a waste.
I really hope Albertians vote correctly tomorrow. Do NOT vote for NDP...its a vote for liberals. Please vote UCP Alberta!
You bring the NDP in, we're fucked!
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You can smoke pot anywhere in Regina or Saskatoon, but God forbid you have an open can of beer on the street.
We now have open liquor policies in BC. You can drink booze in parks. There is a very large public park near me...Town Center Park...there's a lake, sky train, stadium, field, track field, food, ice cream...play ground, water park for kids...abd you can openly drink alcohol there...its a shame!
Last year I went for a therapy session...I met my therapist in a public park...we sat at one of the concrete tables...I was moving my feet around and a bunch of empty wine bottles and beer cans came rolling around...how fuckin nice :001_rolleyes:
Don't make fun of my therapy...majority of people in therapy are there because of someone else....there is more than one person for me.
I've been going for several years now. At the beginning...I wanted to physically harm a certain person...I was angry and hostile....the therapy has helped.
Just recently, my last session, my therapist says I have a break through and I have so much improvement...educating myself, standing up for myself and just being in the right space compared to where I was in the beginning.
It's amazing how some fucked in the head people can really damage others.
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Canada is a good place with a very bad government.
Yes. Thx for noticing! Where are you from?
The only people who don't seem to understand we have a bad abd neglectful government are the ones from shithole countries who want to come here. The only ones following JT on social media are the exact same idiots. Hardly any Canadians follow him...unless to mock him or say nasty things. I hope he gets voted out in the next election. If not, Canada is doomed.
I am from another once great state which is being destroyed by leftist idiots. California.
Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=502150 time=1685323124 user_id=164
This guy is absolutely correct...he's the only one speaking up for BC abd it's problems. I'm voting for him.
https://youtu.be/N6Dy4tiPQms
Then you're voting for another 1,000,000+ immigrants per year. And then you'll wonder why rents are $3,000/month for a one bedroom dump.
Vote PPC, or don't vote at all.
Quote from: "Adolf Oliver Bush" post_id=502068 time=1685270737 user_id=3409
I don't doubt the Mojave has its own innate beauty, I've seen the deserts of Australia and they can be pretty mindblowing too. But I know what I'd see if you'd pointed your camera skywards in that shot. I've seen it often enough over the Ottawa Valley and think it integral to making the colours of the landscape leap out at you with such vibrancy.
Canada is a good place. But for covid and the way the government leeches waeponized it against the people, I'd still be there.
There's much beauty here, but the sad thing to me is, is that Canada had it all, and we decided to throw it all away... We didn't have niggers or beaners. This was a White nation from its inception.
It wasn't perfect, but it worked for a long time. And now it doesn't work anymore for many of the people here, especially the younger ones.
This issue goes far beyond 'left wing/right' wing policies.
This country is a joke, our PM is a joke, his con replacement will be a joke, and we will keep on turning this nation into the largest ever test trial of the largest international airport known to man.
Mmm.
You figure out yet why it's being done though? I mean I reckon I've got a pretty good idea, I used to live within a virtual stones throw of the Five Eyes building on Ogilvie Rd.
Quote from: "Adolf Oliver Bush" post_id=502187 time=1685349353 user_id=3409
Mmm.
You figure out yet why it's being done though? I mean I reckon I've got a pretty good idea, I used to live within a virtual stones throw of the Five Eyes building on Ogilvie Rd.
Of course I know why it's being done. Jews. Their entire business portfolio consists of exploiting Western nations.
Even the Libs that I know are questioning the Jews and their 'business portfolios'...
Quote from: "Melson Gibson" post_id=502201 time=1685351447 user_id=3397
Quote from: "Adolf Oliver Bush" post_id=502187 time=1685349353 user_id=3409
Mmm.
You figure out yet why it's being done though? I mean I reckon I've got a pretty good idea, I used to live within a virtual stones throw of the Five Eyes building on Ogilvie Rd.
Of course I know why it's being done. Jews. Their entire business portfolio consists of exploiting Western nations.
Even the Libs that I know are questioning the Jews and their 'business portfolios'...
All Jews including Dennis Prager, Joe Oliver, and Ezra Levant? I don't believe you know any Jews. I grew up in the Willowdale area of North York(Toronto). Synagogues are all over the area. I can tell you with certainty they do not vote as a block. They do not have the same pet issues.
Quote from: DKG post_id=502202 time=1685351864 user_id=3390
All Jews including Dennis Prager, Joe Oliver, and Ezra Levant? I don't believe you know any Jews. I grew up in the Willowdale area of North York(Toronto). Synagogues are all over the area. I can tell you with certainty they do not vote as a block. They do not have the same pet issues.
We can agree to disagree. When I see a Berg or Stein behind pretty much every current problem, it is what it is...
Quote from: "Melson Gibson" post_id=502201 time=1685351447 user_id=3397
Quote from: "Adolf Oliver Bush" post_id=502187 time=1685349353 user_id=3409
Mmm.
You figure out yet why it's being done though? I mean I reckon I've got a pretty good idea, I used to live within a virtual stones throw of the Five Eyes building on Ogilvie Rd.
Of course I know why it's being done. Jews. Their entire business portfolio consists of exploiting Western nations.
Even the Libs that I know are questioning the Jews and their 'business portfolios'...
Interesting theory. I like mine better. It's an open secret that Ottawa is overrun with spies, more than once I've heard it referred to as "Spook Central". In fact the concentration of secret agents on the ground there is deemed to be one of (if not the) highest of all national capitals. Given its proximity to the United States, I am inclined to believe it. The most visible superpower on the planet and just outside there is a well equipped staging area for foreign nationals to run clandestine operations from. Either in conjunction with allied interests or against them, both can happen just as easily, all the more so once the area is flooded with a bunch of NPCs who create a layer of camouflage for the spook to blend in with.
Is there a jewish component to that? Sure, but it's far from the only one, there's a practical fucking zoo of foreign interests representing there. A point DKG has made is well worth considering here too; just because a number of jews have their finger in that pie, that doesn't mean all of the jews are in lockstep with them. You'd already know that when you recollect how George Soros made his fortune, ratting out his fellow jews to the nazis in world war 2.
And like I said, there were others. One guy (an IT security consultant to the FBI I knew) had a lot to say at the tail of 2019 about Donald Trump's future... his prescience suggested to me an insider knowledge that proved itself in the following months. Swedish extraction and if he was jewish he did a bloody good job of hiding it, that much I know. I've met quite a few jews in my time though, found them as diverse in their opinions as the countries they came from. At least two of them came from families whose ancestors Soros threw under the bus.
It's not a theory. The Jews literally want White people dead.
I know why that is, and it's because Jews view Whites as their greatest enemy. Their greatest threat.
It's no secret. Jews would LOVE every White to be eradicated, so they wouldn't have to worry about any potential threats...
We're not dumb, and neither are the Jews...
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Quote from: Herman post_id=502152 time=1685324012 user_id=3396
You can smoke pot anywhere in Regina or Saskatoon, but God forbid you have an open can of beer on the street.
We now have open liquor policies in BC. You can drink booze in parks. There is a very large public park near me...Town Center Park...there's a lake, sky train, stadium, field, track field, food, ice cream...play ground, water park for kids...abd you can openly drink alcohol there...its a shame!
Last year I went for a therapy session...I met my therapist in a public park...we sat at one of the concrete tables...I was moving my feet around and a bunch of empty wine bottles and beer cans came rolling around...how fuckin nice :001_rolleyes:
I heard Alberta allows beer in certain public areas too. Saskatchewan still treats us like kids.
Quote from: "Melson Gibson" post_id=502204 time=1685352261 user_id=3397
Quote from: DKG post_id=502202 time=1685351864 user_id=3390
All Jews including Dennis Prager, Joe Oliver, and Ezra Levant? I don't believe you know any Jews. I grew up in the Willowdale area of North York(Toronto). Synagogues are all over the area. I can tell you with certainty they do not vote as a block. They do not have the same pet issues.
We can agree to disagree. When I see a Berg or Stein behind pretty much every current problem, it is what it is...
Jews don't even exist anymore. If you are talking Ashkenazis, they can be some of the fiercest anti prog warriors or prog advocates. Just like any of us White folks.
Quote from: Herman post_id=502241 time=1685409198 user_id=3396
Jews don't even exist anymore. If you are talking Ashkenazis, they can be some of the fiercest anti prog warriors or prog advocates. Just like any of us White folks.
Of course they exist. They control every Western nation.
I'm not saying they are all bad. I just know what their tribal plans are, and the outcomes that they desire.
I AM 4% Ashkenazi Jew apparently. I am brave enough to state that my blood is poisoned, but that simply adds to context I suppose.
If you think the Jews are some kind of 'anti-prog warriors', you have been deceived. Are there outliers? Of course! No different than with niggers... Are there a few good ones? Sure!
But when all is said and done, and at the end of the day, I am a White man, in a White country, who is witnessing a demographical shift that is blowing my fucking mind.
Quote from: "Melson Gibson" post_id=502270 time=1685439075 user_id=3397
Quote from: Herman post_id=502241 time=1685409198 user_id=3396
Jews don't even exist anymore. If you are talking Ashkenazis, they can be some of the fiercest anti prog warriors or prog advocates. Just like any of us White folks.
Of course they exist. They control every Western nation.
I'm not saying they are all bad. I just know what their tribal plans are, and the outcomes that they desire.
I AM 4% Ashkenazi Jew apparently. I am brave enough to state that my blood is poisoned, but that simply adds to context I suppose.
If you think the Jews are some kind of 'anti-prog warriors', you have been deceived. Are there outliers? Of course! No different than with niggers... Are there a few good ones? Sure!
But when all is said and done, and at the end of the day, I am a White man, in a White country, who is witnessing a demographical shift that is blowing my fucking mind.
Justin Trudeau, Steven Guilbeault, Chrystia Freeland, Jagmeet Singh, Elizabeth May, Peter Julian, Don Davies, and Charlie Angus are all Jews.
Quote from: "Melson Gibson" post_id=502222 time=1685363739 user_id=3397
It's not a theory. The Jews literally want White people dead.
I know why that is, and it's because Jews view Whites as their greatest enemy. Their greatest threat.
It's no secret. Jews would LOVE every White to be eradicated, so they wouldn't have to worry about any potential threats...
We're not dumb, and neither are the Jews...
And I'm telling you it isn't just your Jews. That's the whole point.
Muslims want you dead. Heh, even the Pope wants you dead. Bill Gates wants you dead, King Charles... dead. Joe Biden... he wants you dead.
There's a lot of people who would like nothing better than to see you dead, it isn't just the select Jews you know of.
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Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=502150 time=1685323124 user_id=164
This guy is absolutely correct...he's the only one speaking up for BC abd it's problems. I'm voting for him.
https://youtu.be/N6Dy4tiPQms
Then you're voting for another 1,000,000+ immigrants per year. And then you'll wonder why rents are $3,000/month for a one bedroom dump.
Vote PPC, or don't vote at all.
Pierre Poilievre confirmed he is supporting a Bloc motion to restrict immigration in the middle of a national labour shortage that hurts small businesses and communities across the country.May 11, 2023
Don't tell me how to vote.
PPC will never win.
If you don't vote at all...well be stuck in a communist country.
Alberta had an election yesterday...out of about 3 million people only 100,000 voted.
You know who doesn't vote? Stupid people. And those are the ones who complain about everything. "My e-bike got stolen" "they fucked up my vegan smoothie" "my neighbors are bbqing meat! Call the cops!" "My septic tank stinks" "I drive a truck" etc
Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=502345 time=1685506060 user_id=164
Quote from: "Melson Gibson" post_id=502183 time=1685347280 user_id=3397
Then you're voting for another 1,000,000+ immigrants per year. And then you'll wonder why rents are $3,000/month for a one bedroom dump.
Vote PPC, or don't vote at all.
Pierre Poilievre confirmed he is supporting a Bloc motion to restrict immigration in the middle of a national labour shortage that hurts small businesses and communities across the country.May 11, 2023
I could only find that on the NDP's website, so I do not believe it.
Quote from: Herman post_id=502347 time=1685506934 user_id=3396
Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=502345 time=1685506060 user_id=164
Pierre Poilievre confirmed he is supporting a Bloc motion to restrict immigration in the middle of a national labour shortage that hurts small businesses and communities across the country.May 11, 2023
I could only find that on the NDP's website, so I do not believe it.
I agree...its probably true. Everywhere I looked that's what it said...I was pissed off with the media last night...they're weren't reporting properly abd lying about stuff....I participated online during the election (viewing and chat) everyone was for UCP...not just Alberta...but people from around the world were supporting UPC. The thing is...UPC won and all the news can talk about is the NDP...Majority of Edmonton voted NDP...and that seemed to be the spot light.. not the actual fact UCP won.
Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=502348 time=1685507320 user_id=164
Quote from: Herman post_id=502347 time=1685506934 user_id=3396
I could only find that on the NDP's website, so I do not believe it.
I agree...its probably true. Everywhere I looked that's what it said...I was pissed off with the media last night...they're weren't reporting properly abd lying about stuff....I participated online during the election (viewing and chat) everyone was for UCP...not just Alberta...but people from around the world were supporting UPC. The thing is...UPC won and all the news can talk about is the NDP...Majority of Edmonton voted NDP...and that seemed to be the spot light.. not the actual fact UCP won.
Man the Alberta NDP is extreme. Thanks to cities like Red Deer, Fort McMurray, and Medicine Hat for keeping those commie nutjobs out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld4fFspQZK4
Thank God Nutjob didn't get voted. I appreciate these Canadian people starting their own channels and talking about what's going on...I follow several...fuck the mainstream news.
Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=502355 time=1685508970 user_id=164
fuck the mainstream news.
That is the unfortunate reality today.
Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=502346 time=1685506583 user_id=164
If you don't vote at all...well be stuck in a communist country.
Alberta had an election yesterday...out of about 3 million people only 100,000 voted.
You know who doesn't vote? Stupid people. And those are the ones who complain about everything. "My e-bike got stolen" "they fucked up my vegan smoothie" "my neighbors are bbqing meat! Call the cops!" "My septic tank stinks" "I drive a truck" etc
Take a look at the social demographics of Edmonton, where NDP voter turnout was highest and tell me what you see.
If I were to guess, this is a neighbourhood that promotes diversity and inclusion as strength. It is fair to say that the NDP pushes this message even more than the liberals do. And politics as a whole seems to be getting dragged further and further in that direction. Would you agree that this is an accurate assessment?
Presuming your answer is "yes", I'd like to table a New York Times article from 2007 regarding a study that mentions this as being the prime cause of a lot of problems facing society today, including the one you have identified; namely of low voter turnout.
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Putnam claims the US has experienced a pronounced decline in "social capital," a term he helped popularize. Social capital refers to the social networks -- whether friendships or religious congregations or neighborhood associations -- that he says are key indicators of civic well-being. When social capital is high, says Putnam, communities are better places to live. Neighborhoods are safer; people are healthier; and more citizens vote.
The results of his new study come from a survey Putnam directed among residents in 41 US communities, including Boston. Residents were sorted into the four principal categories used by the US Census: black, white, Hispanic, and Asian. They were asked how much they trusted their neighbors and those of each racial category, and questioned about a long list of civic attitudes and practices, including their views on local government, their involvement in community projects, and their friendships. What emerged in more diverse communities was a bleak picture of civic desolation, affecting everything from political engagement to the state of social ties.
Putnam knew he had provocative findings on his hands. He worried about coming under some of the same liberal attacks that greeted Daniel Patrick Moynihan's landmark 1965 report on the social costs associated with the breakdown of the black family. There is always the risk of being pilloried as the bearer of "an inconvenient truth," says Putnam.
After releasing the initial results in 2001, Putnam says he spent time "kicking the tires really hard" to be sure the study had it right. Putnam realized, for instance, that more diverse communities tended to be larger, have greater income ranges, higher crime rates, and more mobility among their residents -- all factors that could depress social capital independent of any impact ethnic diversity might have.
"People would say, 'I bet you forgot about X,'" Putnam says of the string of suggestions from colleagues. "There were 20 or 30 X's."
But even after statistically taking them all into account, the connection remained strong: Higher diversity meant lower social capital. In his findings, Putnam writes that those in more diverse communities tend to "distrust their neighbors, regardless of the color of their skin, to withdraw even from close friends, to expect the worst from their community and its leaders, to volunteer less, give less to charity and work on community projects less often, to register to vote less, to agitate for social reform more but have less faith that they can actually make a difference, and to huddle unhappily in front of the television."
The full article is archived here (//https) and being that it is the New York Times you're going to have to white-knuckle your way through its leftist spin. Assuming that you can, you will notice even they admit towards the end of the article that it appears from the study that whatever benefits of "productivity" their fools errand of diversity brings in the short term, these appear to be in danger from the diminishing social capital that results from diversity.
This was known as far back as 2001. Possibly longer, but I'm going by the study mentioned in the article. So why have we had two whole decades of our governments doubling down on the diversity question? This is all parties mind you, though to varying degrees. I realise this might be interpreted as a red rag to the Nationalists to run in trumpeting "see, we were right" and you may yet feel some conflict at being seen on the same side as the "bigots" and "racists" polite society has long accused them of being. You seem to be fairly accepting of people from a good number of ethnic backgrounds, even if the same cannot be said for the ideological. As an aggregate, the two tend to go hand in hand more often than we like to admit. My own experience suggests that there are exceptions to this rule of course; the lion's share tends to form enclaves (ie: Chinatown, Little Italy etc) and with predictable results.
Whatever the reasons our *ahem* "representatives" in the halls of power might have for pushing the multicultural paradigm when they suspected it was a venture doomed to fail from the start can be debated at length. More to the point is how are we as a people going to rectify it. Because our government certainly doesn't seem to be interested in doing the job for us. At best we get lipservice to the issues and what they plan to do about it, otherwise it's incremental steps and an increasing loss of agency on our part.
I do understand your anger, I don't believe hectoring people with accusations of being stupid is the answer. Sure, it feels good to let off that pressure valve, but it doesn't achieve a lot else. You're educated and if I remember rightly your job involved you building cases for arguments that would stand up to scrutiny by an impartial moderator. A valuable skill which I would encourage you to exercise in lieu of getting frustrated at those less endowed with vision and the language to express it.
There are a lot of stupid people, granted. There are also the ignorant and disillusioned - you can reach them, you only need to figure out the "how". But I think you already knew that, deep down.
I hope I've given you something here you can use.
As I remember, Edmonton always was a prog wastelend. The old PC party was a prog party. Most folks forget that.
Quote from: Herman post_id=502432 time=1685576556 user_id=3396
As I remember, Edmonton always was a prog wastelend. The old PC party was a prog party. Most folks forget that.
A few former Progressive Conservative cabinet ministers including Thomas Lukaszuk and Doug Griffits endorsed the NDP. The rural and small town wing of the PC party had true blue conservatives, but the Edmonton wing was pure libtard.
I voted NDP by the way. I want Canada to fail.
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=502445 time=1685580842 user_id=3389
I voted NDP by the way. I want Canada to fail.
No. You wanted White Canada to fail, and you are now getting your wish.
8,000,000 Canadians aren't actually Canadian citizens, which is roughly 25% of our population. They are permanent residents, and as such cannot vote.
They are going to see things that horrify them here... 10 to a room, on bunk beds.
Or maybe not. They are used to sharing beds.
I laugh, before I act.
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Quote from: Herman post_id=502432 time=1685576556 user_id=3396
As I remember, Edmonton always was a prog wastelend. The old PC party was a prog party. Most folks forget that.
I voted NDP by the way. I want Canada to fail.
That is just crazy.
Quote from: "Melson Gibson" post_id=502480 time=1685603394 user_id=3397
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=502445 time=1685580842 user_id=3389
I voted NDP by the way. I want Canada to fail.
No. You wanted White Canada to fail, and you are now getting your wish.
Canada needs a little time in the penalty box to realize that liberty and prosperity are not birth rights.
I like rural and small town white Canadians who work and contribute. They are getting fukt over as badly by white, urban libtard assholes as conservative East Asian, SE Asian, South Asian and Nigerian immigrants are. Mel, I don't want all this costly, but pointless climate alarmist horseshit, but urban white libtards force it on us. I don't want a 15 minute city that gives city hall the authority to dictate where I can go and how I spend money, but white libturds say it is necessary to combat the "climate crisis." Like most immigrants that came here the proper way, I know immigration levels are way too high and unsustainable. Municipalities across Canada are struggling to cope with the strain on schools, hospitals and roads that mass immigration causes.
Actually, urban white libtards don't want skilled immigrants from across the Asian continent. They want mass refugee acceptance from places like East Africa and Latin America. They tend to support libtard causes.
Anecdotally, my neighbourhood was a sea of orange signs in our provincial election. My riding is about 60% white and they were the homes that had dipper signs. About 35% of the riding is Asian(mostly Chinese, Filipino and EI) and I didn't see any orange signs on their lawns. That pisses off white libturds. I voted NDP, but we had no orange sign on our lawn. I don't want white libturds to think they've beaten us down.
You live in B.C.? I am sorry but that is a notoriously libtarded place. The lead in the water seems to make them all low I.Q..
Quote from: Oerdin post_id=502600 time=1685738785 user_id=3374
You live in B.C.? I am sorry but that is a notoriously libtarded place. The lead in the water seems to make them all low I.Q..
If UR talking to me, I live in Alberta's capital, Edmonton. It's a notoriously libtarded city. Mel lives in BC which is also a notoriously libtarded place.
Saskatchewan is the least prog province. :thumbup:
Quote from: Herman post_id=502241 time=1685409198 user_id=3396
Jews don't even exist anymore. If you are talking Ashkenazis, they can be some of the fiercest anti prog warriors or prog advocates. Just like any of us White folks.
Just sayin'... When I notice a pattern, I call a spade a spade.

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Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=502526 time=1685662136 user_id=3389
Canada needs a little time in the penalty box to realize that liberty and prosperity are not birth rights.
I like rural and small town white Canadians who work and contribute. They are getting fukt over as badly by white, urban libtard assholes as conservative East Asian, SE Asian, South Asian and Nigerian immigrants are. Mel, I don't want all this costly, but pointless climate alarmist horseshit, but urban white libtards force it on us. I don't want a 15 minute city that gives city hall the authority to dictate where I can go and how I spend money, but white libturds say it is necessary to combat the "climate crisis." Like most immigrants that came here the proper way, I know immigration levels are way too high and unsustainable. Municipalities across Canada are struggling to cope with the strain on schools, hospitals and roads that mass immigration causes.
Actually, urban white libtards don't want skilled immigrants from across the Asian continent. They want mass refugee acceptance from places like East Africa and Latin America. They tend to support libtard causes.
Anecdotally, my neighbourhood was a sea of orange signs in our provincial election. My riding is about 60% white and they were the homes that had dipper signs. About 35% of the riding is Asian(mostly Chinese, Filipino and EI) and I didn't see any orange signs on their lawns. That pisses off white libturds. I voted NDP, but we had no orange sign on our lawn. I don't want white libturds to think they've beaten us down.
Well said, and I don't disagree.
As a dude who's about as White as they come, there's a few reasons for my peoples behaviour, which may make sense to you:
1: We're independent in nature, which I believe is an evolutionary trait that permitted our survival to continue in the North Western European climate at that time.
2: Christianity 'united' us independent people, and it worked well enough for a long time. Unfortunately, Christianity is no different than a biker gang now. If you can't contribute to the church/club, you're fucking out. The Christian church would rather spend money to import a thousand niggers that will become their congregation, than to help out a White dude with no strings attached.
3: Canada was a relatively White country until more recently. Can you believe that the first real life nigger I was ever in direct contact with, was on a High School field trip into Seattle in the 1990's?
4: Champagne Liberals. They DO live in nice White areas here. Safe, clean, no niggers, no injuns. These are the worst, since they preach harder than Jim Bakker about everything. They don't give a fuck about anything, but they just pretend they do. I can spot them from a mile away. Usually they're lower class Whites that have found that the only accepted way to not conform is to hate their own race. And even their own gender now...
Trust me. Many of us, both White and Coloured, are starting to question the regime once again.
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Quote from: Herman post_id=502241 time=1685409198 user_id=3396
Jews don't even exist anymore. If you are talking Ashkenazis, they can be some of the fiercest anti prog warriors or prog advocates. Just like any of us White folks.
Just sayin'... When I notice a pattern, I call a spade a spade.

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For every one like that, there is one like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRk1p8Lzwvo
Went from fuck all for work, to now everybody wanting a god damned dump truck for multiple days almost overnight...
I'll take some pics... Very pretty locations geographically.
Wish me luck, as I'm not used to waking up @ 05:30. Ugh...
Quote from: "Melson Gibson" post_id=503213 time=1686550422 user_id=3397
Went from fuck all for work, to now everybody wanting a god damned dump truck for multiple days almost overnight...
I'll take some pics... Very pretty locations geographically.
Wish me luck, as I'm not used to waking up @ 05:30. Ugh...
That is what most owner operators want.
That body of water is a smaller 'arm' of Kootenay Lake, and Nelson can be seen directly across from it. Won't post job site pics for privacy reasons, but needless to say it's a pretty area...

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Rock is literally getting blasted out of the mountainside for a new home here. This is something that I'm familiar with when I worked on some British Properties jobs, but it's a thing now here too...
I don't know what this will cost the new homeowner, but it would be an astronomical amount to you or I.
Everything is steeper than it actually looks in pics! And it snows here! They'll most likely have a heated driveway...

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Anyone doing this job will have their eyes opened to the different wealth classes that exist, if they have a brain. I'm right wing as fuck in almost every segment. Yet I do see excessive wealth (yes, they want gravel too), but it usually must be a certain fashionable colour, which is fine (yes, fancy expensive coloured gravel exists)...
I see the extremes of the spectrum... A multi-million dollar build constructed with ease. And then the kid next door that will never own even a modest home.
I don't know... Maybe another 1,000,000+ immigrants/year will fix that. For now, I've gotta go to bed. If you need to get your world rocked with gravel, 1-800-Dirt-Diggler is where I can be reached.
Quote from: "Melson Gibson" post_id=503266 time=1686637331 user_id=3397
Anyone doing this job will have their eyes opened to the different wealth classes that exist, if they have a brain. I'm right wing as fuck in almost every segment. Yet I do see excessive wealth (yes, they want gravel too), but it usually must be a certain fashionable colour, which is fine (yes, fancy expensive coloured gravel exists)...
I see the extremes of the spectrum... A multi-million dollar build constructed with ease. And then the kid next door that will never own even a modest home.
I don't know... Maybe another 1,000,000+ immigrants/year will fix that. For now, I've gotta go to bed. If you need to get your world rocked with gravel, 1-800-Dirt-Diggler is where I can be reached.
That exists around here too. North of here is an area called Muskoka. Some of the "cottages" are there are mansions.
Quote from: "Melson Gibson" post_id=503264 time=1686635054 user_id=3397
That body of water is a smaller 'arm' of Kootenay Lake, and Nelson can be seen directly across from it. Won't post job site pics for privacy reasons, but needless to say it's a pretty area...

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A desirable place to live.
Quote from: "Melson Gibson" post_id=501819 time=1685088969 user_id=3397
In larger cities this would never happen, truckers loading their own shit. Most wouldn't know how to, would probably damage something if they tried, may be too scared to even try, and might open themselves up to liability if something did happen.
I'm old school, so I can handle these simple challenges, which gets me work... I is now teh loader operatorz! This is a smaller loader than what's typically run out here, but it gets the job done!

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That looks like a pretty old truck. Are you broke?
Quote from: Snarles post_id=503449 time=1686850444
That looks like a pretty old truck. Are you broke?
That old truck is in the shop for less time than the new emissions controlled junk are, has never let a customer down, and I can replace a side mirror for $30 instead of $500+ that the new powered plastic pieces of shit mirrors cost.
I'm old school. This is a working truck, and will never look new or pretty, but it is fully paid for. I don't have to get desperate when work is slow and undercut the competition to get jobs like the EI's do. Pay the rate, or it sits parked.