BigK

I see where you're coming from for sure, but we had to resort to looking outside our geographic area to find qualified candidates and we couldn't hire them based on Nashville wages and we had to fill the position...capitalism in perfect form.

I agree, but I have 4X the experience as him and can code circles around him, but he gets paid about the same as me because of the labor market where he lives.

I've seen some of my co-workers in IT do it right and do it wrong. One guy moved from Nashville to Phoenix and stayed with the same company, working remotely and taking a beating for 2 years before he finally got a local job that paid enough to cover the increased cost of living. I saw another co-worker do it smarter. He get hired in Nashville and moved to a cabin in the woods and made a killing on the cost of living change. Another got hired remotely and is paid a lot because he lived in Miami, then he moved to KY. The company tried to cut his pay based on his new cost of living and he said never mind, he'd stay in Miami. A little while later he moved to KY and didn't tell them. LOL He just changed his address in our payroll app and never told HR he moved.

If it is the same quality (assuming both are decent quality), I'm still paying the 10% to help Mary Sue in TN have a job vs. some third grader in Zingzang Factory No. 38. I think the spirit of what Mike Rowe was saying is that all things being equal will you pay more just to avoid imported goods, right? You won't get a skilled US worker with a strong work ethic to build something that's only 10% that it costs to be made in China and shipped halfway around the world, right?

I couldn't agree more. I actually do care, but not enough to even do the legwork, let alone pay more on purpose. I'm not proud of that, just being honest.

Most folks I know would say this doesn't describe them, but I wouldn't be surprised if these stats don't describe most of the country. What do you think? True?

My step brother and I got into a scuffle one day and my step dad sent us out to get 2 short peach tree limbs and one long one. He said, "y'all wanna fight, get after it until I say stop." The long one was for him when we just stood there not wanting to hit each other, he used it for motivation.

I can almost hear the faxtones.

You could always tell who cut tobacco in HS, we'd come to school w/ matching stained hands. LOL

My first bike came from Western Auto. I thought I was the king of the road.

I can't believe my granny and grandpa didn't get kidney stones. You could see the hard water stains on all the sinks, tub, and toilet tank.

My grandpa finally dug a well and had an electric pump put in, but it was sulfur water. The well the porch of his house was built around had good drinking water and we used that kind of bucket to draw water. I was about 10 when they got a real toilet instead of that pot to piss in. LOL

Can you imagine seeing them try to figure out how to use one of these nowadays? LOL

We had Green Stamps when I was a kid. I remember the IGA Foods near my house always had a display set up w/ empty books and a big catalog tied down on a cord to look at to see what you'd buy.

The only thing I saw that corroborated anything they said was when they assaulted him at the traffic stop and he ran for his life, stripping off his outer shirt to lose the probes. I strongly stress that it was clear what they intended to do to him and he was literally running for his life. The rest of what the cops said is complete BS.

I've only heard of those on military vehicles, maybe I'm just not as old as I feel LOL

How about real women and good TV, no reality shows?

it's missing the dimmer switch on the left of the floorboard

My grandson was so excited when our air popper arrived. He loves making popcorn with it, but NOBODY likes to eat that tasteless styrofoam, LOL. Sadly, he forgets how terrible it tastes and still makes more later. LOL

I think I might have used our air fryer once/twice, but I don't recall needing to turn things over in order for them to cook right. Ours is a basket style, not a toaster oven style. Is flipping things over something you have to do? Maybe I did shake the basket around halfway thru. I don't really recall.

How about a law that says if a congressman proposes a bill that fails to even get 30% of the votes, he/she is banned from proposing another bill until re-elected. LOL Seriously though, this is a time waster, it won't get any support and won't even get voted on by the full house.

Supercross and motocross are the only sports left on my watch list, but you have definitely piqued my interest with the ones you've name so far. I'm in!

The article we're discussing reads like the proposed law would allow enhanced permit holders to carry on posted property w/out the owner's consent. I didn't read anything that said it would remove the criminal penalty for carrying on posted private property if you leave when asked. I'd be strongly in favor of that change. That is what we really need the most.

As much as I'd benefit from its passage, I think this law violates the business owner's property rights. If the law only affected public places, I'd be all for it. I just think that if you own a property and you don't want guns there, we shouldn't be able to take away that owner's rights.

Not exactly the same thing as your ice dam, but have you seen this cool device for removing the heavy snow?