Till the wheels fall off,,, then grease up the hubs and continue down the roads. Way cool it wasn't your home.. Back in my young younger days,, I road with a Club outta Little Rock called the Road Barons. Satellite chapter of Banditos. I remember afew patches coming outta Shreveport La. I know I've been on acouple runs down to The French Quarter'' I don't know why I always was drawn to the biker lifestyle. Guess it's the no Bull Shit or Candy Coating talk. Now that I slowed down,, I've left that life alone. I can't ride anymore,, hell I have two nice scooters just gathering dust down in San Fransico. Got a 51' Pan and a Bicentennial Sporty that been parked since 96'. A close friend keeps them in his collection. This boy has everything.. Indians and Harleys only. Riding a Honda is kind of like doing a fat girl,,, alot of fun to be on,,, till your friends see ya on it... JK..
Sounds like your doing alittle revamping on houses? I use to have my contractors license back in Cali. Did mostly house painting,, dry wall, room additions. Then I hit a contract with the Hyatt Regency, Hotel Saint Claire in San Jose'. I was refinishing bath tubs. 350$ a pop. A kick back of 25$ per tub. They had 350 tubs.. And like 50 ere them claw foot tubs,, they were 450$ a pop. After those,,, I did the Silver Legacy in Reno, they had 400 tubs. I got 2 double rooms with house meals.. My help could eat anything on the menu,, lobster,, steak,, anything. I use to have my help mask and prep 10 tubs,, then I'd fly from SF get there spray the tubs, go home the next day. Twice a week I flew out there. Worked there and acouple other smaller hotels for almost a year.. Man I wish I had that money back. I pissed it off on wine, women, and song.
Count yourself lucky you haven't got caught up in te cycle of pain pills. If you can get by without them cool... At one point I was a garbage can dope fiend. My drug of choice was anything.. But I've always had bad pain,, so I leaned on opiates. I sure wasted ALOT of money on them.. Well hopefully you find a good deal on some tools.. Maybe someone in the neighborhood can sell you back yours ??? JK
GL and Keepem Green