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Dec 10, 2019 15:28:04 #
plumbob wrote:
" Always put safety above profits." Now that is some Good business sense. Tie that with fair prices, excellent workmanship, and one sleeps much better at night.
Only way for some to really enjoy their lives< too many just rip and run.
There was a company here AFAB.
Anything
For
A
Buck.
Tail light warranty, can no longer see their taillights no more warranty.
Dec 10, 2019 15:33:49 #
Graywulff wrote:
Since you worked for that many years it means you are a charter member of the old farts club! I'm not so sure I've made it that far yet. I think I'm just a old coot!
Well, I started working summers with my dad when I was only 8 years old. He was the supt for the const. co. That was in 1962. We worked for that co. till about 1975 when interest rates started going up and new construction slowed down. In 1978 Dad and I started our own company doing remodel work. I did that till I retired in 2017. So if you do the math, you’ll see that I’m a 65 year old fart. So old I don’t even stink anymore!!
Hohoho. 🎅🏻
Dec 10, 2019 15:42:41 #
Randyhartford wrote:
I started in retail working for my dad when I was 13. Two years after you started. I quit just las year. Went from retail, to service business to trailer park maintenance. Lots of stuff in between. I used a table saw to trim a fingernail once still have no feeling in the tip of that one, have fallen from heights more times than I care to admit but that's the way my old back has crumbled. So I actually worked only 54 years so I'll settle for old coot. FOR NOW, LolWell, I started working summers with my dad when I was only 8 years old. He was the supt for the const. co. That was in 1962. We worked for that co. till about 1975 when interest rates started going up and new construction slowed down. In 1978 Dad and I started our own company doing remodel work. I did that till I retired in 2017. So if you do the math, you’ll see that I’m a 65 year old fart. So old I don’t even stink anymore!!
Hohoho. 🎅🏻
Hohoho. 🎅🏻
Dec 10, 2019 15:45:34 #
plumbob wrote:
" Always put safety above profits." Now that is some Good business sense. Tie that with fair prices, excellent workmanship, and one sleeps much better at night.
You got that right. Vince Lombardi once said: “Honesty is not the best policy; It’s the ONLY policy”
I have told prospective customers, while bidding a job:”I’m not the cheapest; just the best”. 80% of my jobs came from repeat business or word-of-mouth referrals.
Dec 10, 2019 19:15:36 #
I wish the prices of every thing could drop back down there. that would be nice.
Dec 10, 2019 19:24:23 #
CDB is awsome wrote:
but remember the income down there. Not nice at all.I wish the prices of every thing could drop back down there. that would be nice.
Dec 10, 2019 20:13:03 #
Dec 10, 2019 20:34:46 #
Up to a point it really does. Candy bars were a nickel apiece, weekly allowance was a quarter and a banana split at the DQ was 50 cents.
Dec 10, 2019 23:22:41 #
Graywulff wrote:
Up to a point it really does. Candy bars were a nickel apiece, weekly allowance was a quarter and a banana split at the DQ was 50 cents.
When I was 13 I bought my first electric guitar. I paid $ 100 for it, making a quarter an hour. That was in 1967.
Dec 11, 2019 08:48:35 #
Oh No, I am older then Santa.
In 67 I was 16. Plumbers helper got more than a Quarter an hour, somewhere around $ 1.35 an hour. Rolling in the dough.
In 67 I was 16. Plumbers helper got more than a Quarter an hour, somewhere around $ 1.35 an hour. Rolling in the dough.
Dec 11, 2019 08:56:44 #
plumbob wrote:
Oh No, I am older then Santa.
In 67 I was 16. Plumbers helper got more than a Quarter an hour, somewhere around $ 1.35 an hour. Rolling in the dough.
In 67 I was 16. Plumbers helper got more than a Quarter an hour, somewhere around $ 1.35 an hour. Rolling in the dough.
Careful pb he will request you take a regional task and share the load.
O to be so lucky to have a flying sled.
Dec 11, 2019 08:58:43 #
Dennisjj
Loc: Kinston N.C.
Alot has changed over the years but not all for the good alot of crazy things going on nowadays.
Dec 11, 2019 09:00:56 #
plumbob wrote:
In '67 I too was 16 got $50 a month for clerking/cleaning the drugstore after school and weekends. I too was rolling in dough. I have never made plumber's wages though. It wasn't until I started doing plumbing work that I found out why plumbers get paid so highly. You're worth every penny of it Plum.Oh No, I am older then Santa.
In 67 I was 16. Plumbers helper got more than a Quarter an hour, somewhere around $ 1.35 an hour. Rolling in the dough.
In 67 I was 16. Plumbers helper got more than a Quarter an hour, somewhere around $ 1.35 an hour. Rolling in the dough.
Dec 11, 2019 09:04:03 #
I paid 178 for my first electric guitar, Last year, but it was used and I know the guy.
Dec 11, 2019 09:26:15 #
Graywulff wrote:
In '67 I too was 16 got $50 a month for clerking/cleaning the drugstore after school and weekends. I too was rolling in dough. I have never made plumber's wages though. It wasn't until I started doing plumbing work that I found out why plumbers get paid so highly. You're worth every penny of it Plum.
Its all in the customers I found Gray. When I went into my own business and kept expenses down I was able to pass on the savings. Did not even come close to what is being charged then or now. Customers appreciated the good work and prices that were far better than the competition. Especially liked this time of year when I could tell a customer that was on my nice list, that there was no charge today.
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