Terrierman

Whoever has the biggest boat, take it.

A lot of young people just are not ready for college straight out of high school. The luckiest thing that ever happened to me was going to USMC instead of college out of high school. Taught me a lot about self discipline, motivated me to not be a common laborer and got me the G.I. bill to help me get through college debt free. I'd like to say I planned it that way but honesty won't let me. Pure luck and hardheaded 18 year old mentality. Had I gone to college straight out high school, 90 to nothing I would have become a dropout. Two years of public service with tuition benefits afterwards would be a federal college tuition assistance program I would 100% support.

It's kind of embarassing to see who the highest paid public employee is in nearly every state.

When you're a self described hammer, nails are practically everywhere.

You're young and it's all you've seen. But that's just not a true statement.

My sympathies.

I might, but I'll never tell....

Wah. The job market now is as good as it has ever been with the right set of knowledge, skills and abilities.

Keep wearing a life jacket is the only comment I could ever possibly add. Wait... No. No way did you build a boat in your living room. Who's house is that?

Happy Father's Day to all my fellow dads out there. Hope you have a great one.😎

You honestly cannot believe that place until you see it. And the outside camo job is just perfect. Looks like some non-descript place where somebody works on boats or cars or something while they're not making crack. It even backs up to the dog pound. Except the yard isn't full of junk boats or cars.

I'll take three. Do you deliver?

I heard it's a pretty nice place... . Eric, you just keep making it better and better...🎯

Actually the yellow and blue are those super heavy recycled plastic chairs and were already that color. The orange and purple chairs are treated wood that I painted. And the red table came that color. So just two cans. And some rattle can high temp black for touchups on that black thing. You can't see it, but that pit is a KC Chiefs deal that I won at a charity silent auction the year they won the super bowl. And when I say won, I guess I really mean I had the winning bid. I'll just say it was a nice donation,😎

Like a commoner barbarian or something? No way, not on my watch.

Had the beloved mother in law been vaccinated with either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, there's about a 94% chance she would not have covid today. That's what use the vaccine is. But she didn't need it. Choices do have consequences.

Ever watch Man, Fire, Food? Good fun cooking show. Have seen a lot of BBQ done on pits made up of nothing more than dry laid stacked concrete blocks.

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Funny, the main line I remember from boot camp: "Revielle Revielle Revielle! Drop your cocks and grab your socks. Formation in fifteen minutes!". Not a lot of time to monkey dodo, shower and shave and fall in. But that was how it was and so everyone learned how to do it.

Lucky you. You might think I'm joking but nope. Way better now than after a bad marriage and kids to deal with.

He's still working on it, searching for perfection.

You're learning the reality of working in the wildlife management field. It's fun and everybody wants to do it. To make any kind of money working for a government agency in that field requires at least a Master's Degree and PhD's are not at all uncommon. If you ever want to make real money, it won't be down that road.

Here is the best most honest advice I can give you. Quit tomorrow. Go to the bank that knows you the best and that you've always borrowed money from and never missed a payment. Ask to borrow as much money to start your own land management/land ownership business as you can. Then get scared and work as hard as you can and as long as you can and hire as many people as you can to work for you. Your qualifications are up there. Hey the place you work now might be your first client! Take some risks while you can and reap the rewards later. And remember every businessman needs a good banker, a good attorney and a good accountant. They are essential. Good luck. Oh and remember what Davy Crockett said: "Be sure you're right, then go ahead".

I have a 2017 Cummins powered Ram 2500. Great truck that I wanted to be able to tow a 33' that weighs about 8500 pounds loaded. It's great for that. If I only wanted to tow a boat, I'd still have the 1500 Ram with the 5.7 Hemi that I traded in. Diesel trucks are great for heavy duty and long life. Fuel cost is roughly equivalent to a gas truck but maintenance will eat your lunch. Quillback is right, the dollars favor a gas truck over a diesel, until you really need the power and are willing to stay in the same truck for a long time. Which I am. This is possibly my last truck, with any luck, it will outlast me. And then the dollars will favor the diesel. Even so, gas trucks last a LONG time now. 150K is really nothing anymore. Back in the good old days a 100,000 mile truck was shot.

Fair enough. But. Private school > Public School. Money talks. Would you rather have a law degree from Mizzou or Harvard? All things being equal of course.