On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:35:01 -0500, Boater wrote:

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On Nov 24, 9:04 pm, Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:36:03 -0500, Boater
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On Nov 24, 8:23 pm, Boater wrote:
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That would be...Joe the Unlicensed Plumber.- Hide quoted text -
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That would be some hard working dude that did not suck union ass...
That would be an American citizen who's civil rights were trashed by
the Obama machine for simply asking a question..
If he were that hard-working a plumber, he'd be doing a lot better than
he is. Most of the working union plumbers I know, and I know a lot of
them, are making $70,000 and more a year. Joe the non-union unlicensed
plumber is making less than half that, if memory serves.
He's either not very hard-working or not very skilled, or the unlicensed
plumber for whom he works is a lousy businessman.
Speaking of plumbers. Had the union plumber who replaced my Tramco
lift system pump out to the house again. Wrote about that before.
47 year old pump replaced. Plumber has seminary training.
Anyway the thing started chattering. HAD TO BE A BAD PUMP.
Usually only happened when draining warm water from the tub.
Very loud.
I figured something was off with impeller/casing clearances.
I even recorded the noise and played it on the phone for Peter
so he could bring a new unit, saving him a trip.
It's AT LEAST a 3 hour round trip, and his time ain't cheap.
He listens to my recording, and says he'll come out to check it.
He say's they never go bad unless they get a rag in them.
ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE!
Only one teen in the house now, and nobody here, or anybody I know
even, is stupid enough to let a rag go down the toilet.
So he drives out and gets to work. We can't duplicate the noise, even
with hot tub water.
But he hears it's not right, and pulls the pump. PITA.
Lays it down on the rags and says "There it is."
A F%^KING RAG IS IN THE PUMP.
He had to dissasemble the pump head to get what was wrapped around the
shaft past the impeller/chopper. Of course everybody denies they did
it, and I believe them.
No choice anyway. Only thing I can figure is a guest soiled their
underwear and took the easy way out. Didn't know everything goes
through a pump. Maybe I should put up a sign.
Peter worked nearly 4 hours and spent at least 3 hours in bad
Chicago/suburb traffic.
Charged me $290, apologizing.
I just said don't......you're a prince of a guy.

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Did you trash his civil rights? Did he earn enough to gain the respect
of our WAFA?? Hummmmm...


What are you, a champion for underpaying workers?

Harry, your line of reasoning (?) in this thread explains a lot.

Scary.
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A Harry Krause truism:

"It's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus!"