u/Prestigious_Car1089

Happy 4th! I am a drinking water operator and just had a call in for a main break, fortunately for me we have a distribution crew that handles that but unfortunately for them they work M-F so I know they’re going to be thrilled.

I’m in my early 30s, so I don’t quite clearly remember a time before cell phones and definitely most of my adult life most people have always had a cell phone.

That call made me start wondering what the expectation was for on call prior to cell phones, I know there was pagers, and even home phones, but I would think that would be easy enough to just say “oh sorry I didn’t see it” or “oh I was at the grocery store so didn’t hear the home phone ring”. Where now there’s a general expectation of having the on call phone near you at all times.

Were you on your own if something happened? Did you have to sit near the pager/not leave your house all day? I’m bored on a weekend and am just curious lol

I run 200mg a week of test u and that puts me around 700-800 total T. My estrogen always comes back at around 100 sometimes a little over. I’ve tried taking both armidex and aromasin starting with .5mg of armidex or 12.5mg of aromasin once a week and within 2-3 days I feel awful. My libido tanks, my joints hurt etc.

Just curious if I’m the only one that feels better with this high of estrogen?

I’ve been using duckstreams as my main for awhile now, I have midnights AIO streams as a backup that I’ve used too. It’s been really handy that I can load both add ons into Nuvio and toggle them off and on.

Anyway, been a stremio user for awhile now and switched over a week or so ago. Seems like half the time duckstreams won’t load on Nuvio but my AIO streams will. Out of curiosity I’ll flip over to stremio and duckstreams will load just fine on there. Not sure what could be causing that? Nuvio has been flawless other than this small issue.

So, I posted a few days ago about getting my WW-D license as a drinking water operator of two years. I just got word that the highest paying water/wastewater job in my area has an operator retiring and they’ll be posting the job in the next week or so. From what Ive gathered from several people in the industry the only way to get a job there is to wait for someone to retire because absolutely nobody leaves.

They pay around $10hr more than anywhere else within an hour of here, it’s a true M-F, union, basically fully paid benefits, you get the idea, it’s basically the job that everyone in the area waits around for.

To be clear, I absolutely do not expect to get this job lol I know EVERY operator within an hour of the plant will be applying for this position and many of them with A level licenses. I’m just trying to see if there’s anything I’m missing to give myself a better shot at it, if anything I’m hoping they’ll remember me for future openings.

The main things I usually touch on during interviews is:

1. safety
2. Will work any shift. (Not as relevant for this one)
3. Willingness to learn
4. Just overall being competent and showing i can do the job and im not a jackass to work with

Honestly, part of my pitch might be that I’m still in my 20s, and the likelihood of me working there for the next 30-40 years is basically 100%.

Curious to hear others thoughts?

I have two different (but similar) opportunities. My question is more or less which industry would be better long term.

Both jobs are commission only (doesn’t bother me I’ve worked commission only in the past selling decks/fences/windows, etc and did very well).

Average rep makes 150k+. Both W2 positions, I run leads given to me by the company and close them, no cold calling. Appointment times/territory are basically the same.

Both are well established companies that have been around for a long time, I’ve talked to reps from each company and both companies seem to have similar pros and cons. I can’t stress enough how similar the roles are lol

To be honest, neither one of these industries make me feel “warm and fuzzy” but I do enjoy that i will be helping someone fix an actual problem regardless of the industry. Both (seem) like long term fits.

Any input from guys and gals in either of these?

Have an opportunity to join a pretty big foundation repair company. I’m not in sales anymore but I did home improvement one call close sales a couple of years ago (windows, decks, fences, etc) for a few years and was making 150k+ a year. I only left because I felt like a shit person charging people double what they should be paying just so I could make money. If you know anything about those companies you know what I’m talking about lol

Anyway, not in sales anymore but missing the money. My buddy (who also worked in home improvement sales) just started working at the company and says it’s cake compared to the other company we used to work for, but he’s only been there a few months so was hoping to find some more input.