@LnzyHou Also, loading potatoes, for example is how I know that if you stack them right, you can fit 1288 50lb boxes of potatoes in a box car. I did 100 lb sacks too. 5 am to 6pm usually.

And walking behind a potato harvestor for 12 hours... that row it cuts forces you to walk pigeon toed, and you can't even bend your knees at night.

@LnzyHou It was summer work when I was a kid.

And if you think there was no bending, you never cut flowers, and 8 hours would have been a short day. Sun up to Sun down in 100+ degree heat with two bathroom/water breaks.

@LnzyHou
Back before almond growers got those machines with blowers, I raked almonds.

I also cut flowers, and you may not know this, but potato harvesters drop a lot of potatoes, and I once walked behind them throwing potatoes over to where they would get picked up on the next pass.

I also worked loading potatoes, carrots and onions onto boxcars and trucks.

I was 16 years old, though.

I keep waiting for somebody to say, "Yeah, I was a fruit picker until all those migrant workers showed up".

@AnnetteTRemain

My religion is basic cultural universal mores, And I detest lying, so if I ever post anything that isn't true, let me know so I can apologize and self-correct.

My non-religion is heavy on rationality and concrete facts.

@BenA

With Mafia ties,

@DavidKMresists

not here they haven't

USMX: “We have demonstrated a commitment to doing our part to end the completely avoidable ILA strike. Our current offer of a nearly 50% wage increase exceeds every other recent union settlement, while addressing inflation, and recognizing the ILA’s hard work to keep the global economy running.”

The group said it wants the union, which has not met USMX at the bargaining table in months, to clear a path for a return to face-to-face negotiations.

This Longshoreman's strike smells funny.

Also, folks around here already hoarding despite West Coast still open.

On Vance's lies about manufacturing:

Expert: Somebody who has been working in their niche specialty long enough to be considered and the integrity to admit what they don't know as well as what they do know.

Anybody can become a real expert. All you have to do is dedicate your life to knowing all you can about a single area and develop the self-awareness of the limits of your own knowledge and possess the integrity to carefully qualify what you relate about your field specialization.

lol

The Fed found that Trump's 2018 tariffs lead to retaliatory tariffs that lead to a loss in US manufacturing employment.

https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/feds/files/2019086pap.pdf

@ordenauta

When I was in Germany in the mid 1990s, I would watch Hogan's Heroes because audio was English (with German subtitles). That kind of cracked me up.

@northernbassist

nope

#CosoMusic

Montrose (1974) -- Connection (Rolling Stones cover)

https://youtu.be/WCgpx7dTY1Q

#CosoMusic

Eddie and the Subtitles (1983) - Connection (Rolling Stones cover).

https://youtu.be/vQq2orLqx5c

#CosoMusic

Private Life - Oingo Boingo
https://youtu.be/yuxss1kBQWw

Caption Contest:

@th3j35t3r

I should add that sometimes I worry so much that I don't even try some things.