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I'd love to get the boat ready for the season. I'd love to clean my truck inside -out. I'd love to fix the E-brake on the Chrysler. I'd love to give my place a thorough cleaning.... ....but I'm busier than ever at work. I have one operator coming back on Monday. Maybe I can catch a break then. But wait, we're so far behind with our contract work, it's probably not happening. ? so long j-ten-ner

We have a saying in German: "it's either an end with a scare or a scare without an end" Take your pick. so long j-ten-ner

I think that's a wrap... so long j-ten-ner

Thanks for saying it out loud. so long j-ten-ner

I hope that you guys realize that there are things you can't fight with a 9mm... so long j-ten-ner

I don't know sh*t about health care and medicine. All I know is that when my urine is dark I need to drink more water. Am I scared? No. I think that I have a strong immune system. If anything, I'll get the dreaded man-flu once in a while lol. But what about my co-workers and friends? I have to rely on the "experts". But so far, they haven't convinced me of their capability. so long j-ten-ner

I know that I'm leaning out of the window very far, but we could be up and running by now. IF we had shut everything down 6-8 weeks ago. The "let it rip" approach doesn't cut it for me. Neither does the "wash your hands and keep your distance". It's all just a delay. I have half of my crew sitting at home for 5 weeks now. The general reason is that they're scared to get back into the pool. No end in sight with this "let's drag it out" mentality of our government. Customers are screaming for our service and I have to say "sorry, can't do it" because I don't have the man power. Those customers also have no choice other than keep going because they'd loose business and wouldn't have any work to come back to, when this is over. I myself have done seven jobs for the city today. All different crews with at least 3 crew members. Plus the hired back hoe operator and a two man vacuum truck crew. I came in contact with at least 42 people today. That's fu**ing insane! Do I have a choice? Yes and no. I could say "screw it, I'm staying home". But what then? Waiting it out for another 6 weeks? Or 18 months? What happens after that? Looking for a new job? so long j-ten-ner

I don't mean to go to extreme measures... ... but....whatever seems necessary to get the point across is fine with me...;) The sticks are shorter than 6'. Room for improvement..... Half of our stuff is now under "self quarantine". The rest of the gang, including me, is trying to hold up the flag. Number one reason is, that the city crews are still working. Non essential work in my book. Sewer connection here, water connection there. Most of it on new builds. Not to speak of all other customers who are also trying to keep their customers happy and to do so they require our services. Downside is that I'm short on staff. For one or the other reason. Scared to ****** or taking advantage of the situation. I know it's a sketchy move, but I told them that WE are making sure that they still have a job to come back to "when this is over". Itold our customers that I'm not able to take on time sensitive jobs. Like " tomorrow 7am". First comes, first served. We're loosing business and customers. If EVERYONE was shut down, everything would be equal after that. I just can't stay home. Because there would be no customer left to work for when this is over. so long j-ten-ner

Sometimes you have to force people to their happiness. so long j-ten-ner

So my dad was right. He used to say "... having a dollar minus not having a dollar makes two dollars ...". ? I am still convinced that it is better to shut everything down. At least four weeks. It would be much easier to identify and medically treat the infected people. Right now we're just dragging it out forever. so long j-ten-ner

As sad as it is, but abortion, suicide and overdose is not contagious. There is no point in becoming dramatic here. I couldn't care less about OD's anyway. so long j-ten-ner

Took me a while, after I landed in Canada, to figure this out ... so long j-ten-ner

hahaha...good one I never understood, why "first world countries" are dealing with the communists anyway... so long j-ten-ner

It's funny how the same people don't give a damn about mileage "...it's a truck, dude..." and then complain about an almost not discernible amount of fuel wasted for stopping for gas. You guys make it sound like that you're driving 2,000 mls every day w/o stopping. I'm fu**ing grateful when I have an excuse to stop every 300-400 mls. Could a bigger tank be useful? Probably. For a tiny amount of people. so long j-ten-ner

Trying to talk yourself out of a situation can make the situation even worse. Hence the saying "sometimes it's better to shut the **** up" so long j-ten-ner

Someone tell her that's not 6 feet! Joke aside...I still think that the country should shut everything down. I mean REALLY non essential work. The Canadian government is providing $82 Billion as an aid package. Part of it is that people in self isolation can get EI up to $2,000/month for up to four months. That's $8,000 in total. As far as I know, Canada has 18.5 Million employed people. If you pay each one of them $4,000 for one month of staying home it would add up to $74 Billion. $8 Billion less than the governments "dragging-it-out-aid". Give all the REAL essential workers the same amount additional to their income. Danger pay if you will.. Doctors, nurses, truckers, grocery personnel etc. The "curve" would be flattened dramatically. Existing infected people have already infected their families. But they won't spread it around as much as is it the case now. One of our employees is in self isolation. He needs to work to provide for his family. If he turns out to be ok after two weeks, he's going right back into the pool. How stupid is that? Construction is only essential for the developers and the politicians who rake in the bribes. I am working in construction. I keep working because we have contracts. We can't lose those contracts. Technically, my government is forcing me to expose myself and add to the dilemma. so long j-ten-ner

My personal opinion is, that our (Canadian) government should shut down everything for at least 21 days!!! I can survive financially, no problem. But I am not the majority. Yes, we make the choices for ourselves. But we're minimizing the impact for our company and for the economy as a whole. I am telling our customers: "...ok, get the layout done and we'll take care of the rest...". The intention is simply that my crew arrives on site, does the job and leaves. No interaction with other people required. As of now, I'm not taking on time-sensitive jobs. Simply because that I can't commit to jobs. I don't know when an operator is calling in sick. And I am the last person to give anyone a hard time about it. I asked my boys to be straight up with me. A few guys did , and no, I didn't lay them off!! I respect their concerns and I pass it straight to our customers. "Sorry, I don't have a crew available". Simple as that. And our customers understand. Not one of them gave me grief about it. They actually appreciate my approach of things. They're adopting and give me 48 to 72 hours of notice. so long j-ten-ner

+++ALERT+++ALERT+++ALERT+++ +++canada+++ +++food supply is ceasing+++ +++people are forced to eat toothpaste to survive+++ so long j-ten-ner

In our company, we're taking precautions almost all the way. Hand sanitizers everywhere in the office and shop, half masks, glasses, gloves, disinfectant wipes and so on, to the disposal of the employees. And yes, of course it is meant to keep the guys around and not simply take the easy way out. Even if it is sometimes tricky, we're keeping the crews together and not rotating people as we need them. Sure, it's very inefficient. But at the end it'll allow us to keep working and keep the economy going. At the same time, we're taking the pressure off the government aid and do our part that this money is going to the people who really need it. Furthermore, our company is paying an extra 100 bucks weekly to compensate for the increased prices in the stores and for extra costs caused by the pandemic. And those are just examples. We're trying to keep going. We have to. To get through this, we have to do our part. And then you have this lady coming out of her house, approaching one of our slab saw operators to tell him that his work is not essential. She's under self quarantine whit her two kids and want him to stop working. So, she comes out to talk to the operator (she put herself under quarantine, remember?), who was cutting the road about 50-60 feet away from her house and asked him to stop. He did the right thing and called the site supervisor who made his way down there to talk to the concerned citizen. Before he got there, she already called the city main office and they eventually cancelled the job. Duh! so long j-ten-ner

You realize that you're basically practising socialism? The mandatory withdrawal? Sure, you are doing it voluntarily, but it's the same difference. Socialism is not a bad thing. People taking advantage of it is. Just to ease the mindset, social economy is practised in Germany. It allows the rich to still get rich, but it also takes care of the less fortunate people. so long j-ten-ner

I caught myself watching zombie movies, one after another... Joke aside, how's everyone affected? I still can keep working. I may have to do the job by myself w/o a helper, and to finish the job will take longer. But, I'll still be able to earn money and not have to be on EI for the time being. It'll help to have the aid-money from the government directed to the people who are really in need. Not that I think that I can go on forever, as long as the crisis is lasting, but I can try to do my part to lessen the impact on the economy. so long j-ten-ner

I changed all fluids at 2,000 km (1,240-ish mls), and then every 50,000 km ( 31,000-ish mls) ever since. Engine oil every 10,000 km give and take. Now at 200,000 km (124,000-ish mls) and no problems at all. Tranny still shifting crisp and no noticeable slippage. Just came back from fuelling the boat (4,000-ish lbs) and engine is chugging along in 6. gear at some 1,250 rpm on a slight incline w/o breaking a sweat. I think it's worth the extra $. No, not scientifically ?, but just for good measure. so long j-ten-ner

It's gonna make it, for sure... so long j-ten-ner

Every tailgate on the above mentioned trucks drops down in the conventional way. That's not what I'm talking about. It's about the fancy way of the different solutions to gain easy access to the bed and the usefulness when a trailer is attached. so long j-ten-ner

The Ridgeline tailgate swings open as a whole. I thought that's what you were referring to. so long j-ten-ner