@JulieLovesFluff Psychosomatic disorders with "no cure" that are "super real" are the craze right now. It gives people the excuse to be parasites on society for the rest of their lives and big pharma customers for lives at taxpayer expense. Need to be much harsher on these people.
@BigDickBarclay Looks pretty normal to me besides pex straight out of the water heater, if it wasn't venting well would 100% see the blue and red plastic grommets melted
Whenever the future looks bleak, remember that Spain was occupied by Muslims for 7 centuries, and its liberation began from the tiny yellow dot on the map.
Great things can have small beginnings.
HT: @DamienRieu
@onyxwhiteyeah@TURBOPOSSUM I wish it were that easy, unfortunately options are slim between boomer company that wants to pay you $10/hr vs PE company that will pay you a decent wage. I can say personally I've never felt that I gave someone an unfair deal.
@jawn_f_kennedy@TURBOPOSSUM Most big companies will send their techs to training or have it in-house where they teach this. It can be used to add value (longevity) or save the customer money (fix problem now), but is usually just a sales tactic to get them to buy overpriced add-ons, yes.
@TURBOPOSSUM As an honest guy who cares, it does really suck, and even worse, we are trained to try to get your wife to make a decision without calling you, "don't you think you know what your husband would want?" "Aren't you two usually aligned on these decisions?" I don't do this, many do.
Truly astonishing figures, this should be big warning for Europe.
US in 1950 vs now.
New York - 90% white, now 30%
LA - 94% white, now 37%
Detroit - 84% white, now 10%
Chicago - 86% white, now 29%
Philadelphia - 80% white, now 36%
Baltimore - 76% white, now 27%