Hey Woodsman, it sounds like you and I have a lot in common. I've been out of work for a while and am just hanging on. I'm in construction and where I live the work has pretty well shut down. And the knee, I got mine 5 years ago, broke the back 25 years ago, got ruptured disks in my neck, I could go on.
So what the hell, let's grow some good weed and pretend it's a different day. At least my kids are working and the grand kids are doing well. The one thing I'm certain about is tomorrow is another day and it will change, I'll guarantee you that. You just have to hang on as long as you can. Remember bro, we're all in this together, just wish I could help.
Okay, Sadie looks like she's ready to chase the ball, be back in a few minutes. My pups help me keep my sanity.
You are definitely hurting my friend! I hope you get some relief soon. Growing weed is a great hobby and a great way to pass the time while providing for your self also. It has been a mental life saver for me lately. I'd go completely nuts if I wasn't growing!
I just don't know what to do now as far as work. All these ailments have manifested themselves within the last few years. I don't have health coverage now and can't afford to get med help on my own! Getting older sucks as does loosing my job. Should have got some reeducation while I've been out of work, but I never thought that I'd have time since I had always presumed that I would find something right away! I'm not a 'desk job person', but that seems like the only thing I could do now.
You know what would really be great to see, is those guys with a huge financial base (you know that of a small country) setting up industry back in America and the government clamping down tariff's to balance internal versus external spending....when cows fly....
Fetchez la vache!
Then legalize pot and make it a national past-time to grow the best on the planet and become a laid back country that minds it's own business.
Or maybe we could just print more money, yeah that's easiest, worked in the past.....
Wishing you well brother.
Thanks my friend for 'piping in'. Agree with you about bringing the jobs back here. I've grown more conservative as I've got older so my reasoning may be different than some of you. Used to be liberal when I was a young guy. But, one does not live by love, peace and flowers alone unless you want to live in a commune. or in the old VW bus
As long as the government and the IRS continues to make it difficult for both small and large business to operate, they will either close up shop, downsize or look elsewhere to do their business. That's just common sense. People are in business to make a profit. Not to 'share the wealth'. Sharing the wealth comes naturally when there are profits. Then comes expansion and with that good jobs. I know as a young liberal person I was not concerned with things like that. My line of thought was like this, 'Damn the business owners for having it all and us poor slobs slaving for them'. I felt that way and I believed in it strongly then. Those folks that run their businesses like that should be beaten with a cane until dead! Unfortunately life is run by business and being 'idealistic' just doesn't cut it in the real world, some folks are not evil and just want to make money for their families just like the poor slob. I've had small businesses before and I know that it only takes a little pressure to ruin it all. Give the guy that wants to start up a small business in your neighborhood some intensives and lower costs and he will thrive. That means jobs! Some of the jobs are good and some are bad. Take away those intensives and tax the hell out of him as punishment for trying and he will close down or move elsewhere. That's the way it is.
Sorry I'm ranting and I surly don't want you all to hate me for seeing life maybe differently than most of you. I've just seen too much in my life. We all die the same way folks, I've seen it happen many times.
Mountain my good friend I love the idea of growing for a living! Let's get a bunch of us together (when it's legal to grow without restrictions) and Farm the sh*t out of the stuff.. It will be in all the grocery stores or pharmacies and herbal stores!
I agree, some damn big changes need to be made, we can't continue on the path we've been on for the past 30 years.
If we do continue the way it's going, then soon the youngsters will be wearing pants down by their ankles! Instead of singing about killing the 'man' and 'raping' the ladies they will be singing about killing their parents and getting tatoos in their a**holes (with studs).
I hear you woods...I was laid off last January, didn't find work until late in the year and then only for three months. After that I didn't find anything until about a month back when I got a job, 30 hours a week, $7.50/hr...but hey, according to the statistics I'm not unemployed now. Or wasn't until I got fired because someone told my boss I said something about her that I did not say. But since I'm ineligible for unemployment now I doubt I'm even in the unemployment statistics because I no longer have a paper trail...
I know how it feels to apply and receive no word back, gets old fast...really fast. And being where you're at sure doesn't help, rural is hard enough when times are good. I've maxed out all of my cc's pretty much just to keep the utilities and all paid so my rope is getting short. If my gf loses her job we're f'd...too many people in a bad situation right now for the politicians to be pretending they're playing a game and it's "us vs them". Yeah, we're mad at Wall St. and we're all for going after appropriate parties but creating jobs should be a top priority atm.
Wow man that is quite a bad situation for you, I hope things will get better for you soon! For all of us!
I agree with you about the #1 priority should be to create an environment that brings jobs. Don't get me going about the government. I don't have high blood pressure now, but I will!
as long as the rich stay rich, there will be no changes....power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely...i am a negitive person where the politics of this country go...the declaration and the constitution give us the right....too many fat happy people to want to change it....YUCK...see, i cant go near the subject...sorry....lavendar...think happy thoughts, happy thoughts, and so on and so forth.....later
I agree and disagree, I think? Can't rely on others my dear, must fend for ourselves!
Like I said above Lavendar, let's get this sh*t legal and grow for a living.
