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Never took a single course, but the process was; start out as a "runner" aka tool monkey. Any jobsite needs anything? They deliver it. In doing so they learn some stuff via osmosis. The actual union test can be prepared for by purchasing the $15.00 pdf study guide. Then theres a physical test that aint no joke thats administered by some union approved medical facilities. Now heres where the "its not what you know, its who you know" comes in. In addition to the written/physical tests, it behooves you to have a "letter of intent to hire". It further behooves you if this letter is furnished by a union shop. But to be completely honest, they are begging for union plumbers in these parts. Normally, 200 new hires are accepted out of a pool of over 1000 applicants. But this year they actually had a commercial on tv advertising for applicants. And I was wrong, I asked them, and in 5 years they will be making more than me, on a per hour basis. Guess Ill score a good retirement home after all.

Thats how I remember the GI Bill working too. I think in 7 years my union plumber kid will be making more than me.

That sent me on a little bit of a search, and I dont even remember Fletch Lives. The reboot looks good though!

Navy F-35C Surfaces Wearing New Mirror-Like Skin | The Drive

Youre preaching to the choir here. We need UBI, UHC, UFE and UFH like yesterday!

Ah, youre quoting the worst case variable, not fixed rates. Best Student Loans of 2022 | ConsumersAdvocate.org

Hmm, the interest rates for student loans are very low. Or do you feel the banks shouldnt make anything on loans?

'Star Trek' Icon Nichelle Nichols' Ashes Going to Deep Space on Vulcan Rocket (tmz.com)

The fatcats are everywhere, and they need to be taxed into the ground to finance the lifestyle that is my birthright.

If not for the sun, smoking, and stormy seas, I imagine the war is remarkably inexpensive for Russia.

Biden near decision on $10,000 student loan cancellation (usatoday.com) The wheels are moving in the right direction! UBI next? I say YES!

"Youre on your own d**kheads", that slayed me

Stasis on giveaway at GoG: GOG.com

Are you still considering Tesla, or perhaps the new sexy, Lucid?

Two words; arrows of detonation.

And uphill, both ways.

I had to look it up, and it looks fancy, but I cant recall ever sitting around sipping rum (usually its mixed with something). Do you enjoy it neat or on the rocks?

Walk...18 miles...per day?! Hard pass. Seriously though, it looks beautiful and its interesting to see the padlock-on-a-fence thing is multi-national.

Scientists Achieved Self-Sustaining Nuclear Fusion… But Now They Can't Replicate It : ScienceAlert

In AU, do all wall plugs also have an individual power switch? Or just in the kitchen?

Lockheed delivers high-energy laser four years in the making to US Navy - Breaking Defense

Newly Discovered Molecule Fights Off Over 300 Kinds of Drug-Resistant Bacteria : ScienceAlert

Got back on Monday night from a 9 day vacation in Cabo San Lucas and it feels like I was there for a month. We stayed at the Riu Palace Baja (Riu Palace Baja California | Adults Only Hotel Cabo San Lucas) and the view and amenities were vastly nicer than Playa Del Carmen or Cozumel. I guess West coast is best coast! Several hundred work emails were waiting for me upon my return though.

They should rig them all to blow if China invades. Bwahahahaha.