"JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2)
04/27/2017 at 18:43 • Filed to: None
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"JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2)
04/27/2017 at 18:43 • Filed to: None | 6
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So, I’ve been living off of savings and investment income (dividends), since I quit my Good paying, Excellent benefits-providing, unbelievably stressful, life-shortening, hair-graying, constant-anger-inducing, douche-bag-boss-having job in January. It has come to my attention, in the intervening time, that I can’t REALLY keep living nearly up to the standard I have become accustomed, eg: continuing to make my car payments AND occasionally eating (not eating out, just eating...) and buying beer on that income alone.... therefore I have been forced to admit defeat, stop playing Fallout 4 6+ hours a day, hanging out with sheep and fixing my tractor (I’ll still do the later two, just not so much, and who am I kidding, there’s always time for SOME Fallout...) and make some money. I don’t need to make much, just enough to make up the difference between the dividends and my spending habits + recurring bills, and so... I have become a Seasonal Tap Puller for one of the 5 largest Maple Syrup operations in Vermont. For 10 hours a day, four days a week for the next month or so I will be spending all day on the North-West slope of Mt. Mansfield, Vermont’s highest mountain. Today I did 18,293 steps and 8.88 miles, mostly zigging back and forth, up and down, yanking taps out of maple trees and lugging them back to the Argo. I am tired, but not unreasonably so, and this is certainly going to help me get back into shape, it also pays $15/hr, which is not bad for a job that requires no real skills beyond physical stamina and good balance. I saw a flying squirrel, which I did not get a picture of, a cool bole in a tree, and got a pretty uncomfortable sunburn on my neck and ears. I think this will be OK.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
04/27/2017 at 18:49 |
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I like how you mentioned car payments before food
just-a-scratch
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
04/27/2017 at 18:55 |
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Good for you. It sounds like a physically and mentally healthier gig.
LongbowMkII
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
04/27/2017 at 18:59 |
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sounds like a decent gig for a while.
CRider
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/27/2017 at 19:02 |
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Priorities.
Honeybunchesofgoats
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
04/27/2017 at 19:06 |
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I quit a very prestigious well-paying job with stupid great benefits and the worst fucking pinhead coworkers and long hours for one that isn’t any of that last year and have no regrets.
TorqueToYield
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
04/27/2017 at 19:30 |
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I’ve walked that much for fun on the side of Mansfield...so, win? One beautiful area either way.
Stapleface
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
04/27/2017 at 19:40 |
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WTF is up with elephantitis tree?
Cool that you found seasonal work. If you have to be outside, spring in Vermont certainly isn’t a bad gig.
razorbeamteam
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
04/27/2017 at 19:44 |
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As I sit behind a desk dying in front of a monitor daily I can honestly say I am jealous. Looks like a blast, you are paid to hike
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
04/27/2017 at 19:48 |
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I would like to the same but I have a mortgage and other shit that would mean making less money not an option unless I sold my house and move my family into a cheap apartment in a different town.
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Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
04/27/2017 at 21:42 |
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15 clams an hour, eh? Whereabouts do you exist?
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/27/2017 at 22:28 |
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Vermont
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JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/27/2017 at 22:37 |
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Vermont: Where everyone is an over-educated artist, your college degree is worthless if its not from some obscure liberal arts school you never heard of, and manual labor is in short supply.