Well, What happened to all the GOLD HOARDERS ?

[rtimgray]

I'm very fortunate in the fact that I have gotten moved from a cubicle to an office now. I suppose it makes me less of a person that I get to spend 8 to 10 hours a day working in an air conditioned office and then go home and do hay, tend cattle, fix fence, work on my house, etc. rather than do that and only that all day. I would judge a person less on their vocation and more on their character.

Don't get me wrong - I agree with alot of what Grumpy is saying, but anytime you choose to paint everyone with the same brush, you're gonna get paint where it shouldn't be.

Good luck and take care.

 

[MossRoad]

Ayep and some of them (like me) also have tractors, work their farms in their "spare" time (FYI, its MUCH harder to do hay around the schedule of a fulltime job), etc.

Aaron Z

Our farm is a tree farm. Crop was planted around 1990. Due for harvest in about 75 more years! :laughing: I bought my tractor to maintain my yard and haul it to our farm half a dozen times a year to harvest firewood (we heat with wood), maintain the grounds etc... I also volunteered its services to our little league for years and to my wife's church. This summer I plan to volunteer it to a theraputic horse riding facility for handicapped children to clean the stalls and grounds. I do all the repairs on it myself. I've been with the same woman for 35 years, have two great children/young adults, have been debt free for over a decade, paying my childrens way through private schools and college and saved enough for retirement. I can hunt and fish. Can start a fire with a couple dry sticks, am physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight. Paul Bunyon's job was already taken, so I took a job in electronics repair, which evolved into I.T. services, which requires a cubicle. No shame in working for a living, even if someone else thinks it isn't work. :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

Seems I hit a nerve , That would explain the little pt245. it's cute !

On the one hand, you chide people for purchasing large luxury items that they do not need.
On the other hand, you chide people for purchasing "little" items.

Are you saying I should buy a tractor that is too big for my needs?

 

[MossRoad]

I'm very fortunate in the fact that I have gotten moved from a cubicle to an office now. I suppose it makes me less of a person that I get to spend 8 to 10 hours a day working in an air conditioned office and then go home and do hay, tend cattle, fix fence, work on my house, etc. rather than do that and only that all day. I would judge a person less on their vocation and more on their character.

Don't get me wrong - I agree with alot of what Grumpy is saying, but anytime you choose to paint everyone with the same brush, you're gonna get paint where it shouldn't be.

Good luck and take care.

I had an office for a couple years. I prefer to interact more with my co-workers. But sometimes, just sometimes, its nice to work in a quiet place with no interruptions.

 

[rtimgray]

Oh, I get plenty of interaction with my coworkers. I work at an industrial bakery that employees about 700 people plus contractors. I spend lots of time in the plant every day (just sat down from looking at our new palletizer installation that's going on) and I do get to interact. I'll admit my favorite office arrangement was when I was in a cubicle in a larger office that housed the engineering group, so we had a degree of privacy, but also could overhear and meddle in each other's projects.

And for what it's worth, while I don't feel that you have to justify yourself to Grumpy, me or anyone else, I think you did a fine job of it!

 

[EE_Bota]

Seems I hit a nerve , That would explain the little pt245. it's cute !

You just stereotype others to make them look bad, while leaving yourself looking good in your own eyes. People with inferiority complexes do that sort of thing.

You stay away from the cubicle...don't trouble your simple little head about the complex things that must be sorted in cubicles. We don't expect a man with an inferiority complex, to whom "chicken" is the answer to every question, to be smart enough to sort the problems we face in our cubicles and our offices.

 

[MossRoad]

Industrial bakery... mmmm I'll bet that smells good sometimes! :licking:
We used to have two bread factories here. I remember the smell at night. Man that was nice. :thumbsup:

 

[brin]

Here is where all the Gold really is.....> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8fnJZI9Pg8

 

[rmorey]

Our farm is a tree farm. Crop was planted around 1990. Due for harvest in about 75 more years! :laughing: I bought my tractor to maintain my yard and haul it to our farm half a dozen times a year to harvest firewood (we heat with wood), maintain the grounds etc... I also volunteered its services to our little league for years and to my wife's church. This summer I plan to volunteer it to a theraputic horse riding facility for handicapped children to clean the stalls and grounds. I do all the repairs on it myself. I've been with the same woman for 35 years, have two great children/young adults, have been debt free for over a decade, paying my childrens way through private schools and college and saved enough for retirement. I can hunt and fish. Can start a fire with a couple dry sticks, am physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight. Paul Bunyon's job was already taken, so I took a job in electronics repair, which evolved into I.T. services, which requires a cubicle. No shame in working for a living, even if someone else thinks it isn't work. :laughing:

Well said MR.

 

[brin]

Well said MR.

:thumbsup:I agree , well said Moss...and we all know you could by real tractor if you ever wanted to...