Sorry for the delay folks I'm at the end of a 2 year project trying to finish up a Kalahari water park resort. It'a like a great wolf lodge. and we are trying to hit the deadline for completion. So it's 12 hour days 6 to 7 days a week thank God it will be over by the middle of next month.

That sounds like a bunch of OT pay to me. *whistles while going to the bank*

I'm the superintendent so I'm salary and that sucks. no overtime just a lot of free work

In reply to Jonathan (msg # 20):

Ouch, that sucks! At least you get paid more than the rest! ;-)

Ya last years 8,000 dollar bonus took some of the sting out of being salaried.

And I'm sure there are slow times where you can go home early and get paid for it. :)

yes indeed

In reply to Jonathan (msg # 24):

In my 28 years in the workforce, I was always hourly, lower middle class, upper lower class.

I'd have to say that I'm middle lower class. I'm not on welfare, but I'm a scrapper. There are times when I do the same work, but get paid different depending on the prices of metal at the time.

In reply to Nino (msg # 26):

Ooooh, the price of scrap varies continually. That means you work hard for little a lot of the time. Sometimes you get rewarded decent, but not enough of the time. I've known many scrappers over the years.

I'd have to say that I make most of my money right now handing in Catalytic Converters from cars, when I get them. I let them sit until I get a truck load of them.

In reply to Nino (msg # 28):

Yup, the metal inside them, used to be platinum, not sure now. scrapping cars for their weight, with all of the other stuff in them, the wiring and everything, a lot of work cleaning them up.

Yep. I take out the radiator, heater cores and wiring, along with wheels, if they're aluminum and batteries. I drain the gas tank and dump the fuel in my fork lift. Then I stuff the car with all sorts of junk metal to give it more weight and then I wait for metal prices to go up.

In reply to Nino (msg # 30):

Wish I could give you some work, got a van that needs junked, but you don't live here in PA. I'm not knowledgeable enough about it, and frankly, too damn lazy, to do it myself! ;-)

Yeah, that's a bit far for me. I live in California.

In reply to Nino (msg # 32):

Hehehehehehehehehe, just a bit out of the neighborhood!

There is so much junk lying around here that I don't need to leave California. I just need a bigger yard to store more. I can drive around my town and find at least 5 water heaters a day next to the curb. All I have to do is stop and load it in the back of the truck.

In reply to Nino (msg # 34):

Surprised your neighbors don't bitch. I know you're fenced in to hide everything.

Nino, don't say that too loud or you might have a visit from those wacko California environmentalists who think everything is wrong.

Where at in Cali. I live in Texas now but was born raised and spent most of my life around the OC with a board under me. I actually lived in a suburb of LA. called Norwalk.

I'm in the county with lots of sand around me. Not many neighbors would complain. If they did, I would put a tarp over the cars until they are taken to recycler.

Indio, California.
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My little sister lives in Beaumont, and I've got family all around lake Isabella

I drive past Beaumont at least 2x a month going to the crusher.

that's ironic....i am NOWHERE near Beaumont.

The flaw of living in australia

In reply to AO (msg # 41):

GM lives in OZ!??