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The white-collar class derided mass layoffs among the blue-collar workers. It’s about to feel their pain
New York Post ^ | Jan. 16, 2024, | Glenn H. Reynolds

Posted on 01/16/2024 6:21:29 PM PST by george76

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21 posted on 01/16/2024 7:48:06 PM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: george76

Learn to plumb. Learn to dig ditches. Learn to weld. Learn to wire. Learn to WORK!


22 posted on 01/16/2024 7:49:50 PM PST by vpintheak (Pinko misanthrope)
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To: Jonty30

I love Xfinity’s AI. It is SO helpful. Today’s useful exchange with their very smart bot below:

* Is your cable modem plugged in?
* Is your cable modem on?
* Are the cables tight
* “Let me restart your modem”
* Did your modem restart?
* I cannot get a signal. I will send a tech to your house.

25 outages the past 30 days ranging from one minute to six hours.


23 posted on 01/16/2024 8:09:47 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: vpintheak

“Learn to plumb.”

I had a neighbor circa 2010 that had Mexicans plumbing new houses at $600 each.

He had to go into framing houses since even with Mexicans $600 wasn’t enough money.


24 posted on 01/16/2024 8:13:16 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I get knocked off the Internet about three times a day.

I live in Florida. It is chilly. I have resistance heat.

Knocking me off the Internet to save .02kwh per day won’t save the planet.


25 posted on 01/16/2024 8:16:23 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: george76

Dear Property Tax Collector:

My income is less.

Your income needs to be less.


26 posted on 01/16/2024 8:18:53 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: vpintheak

I am amazed how much Hispanics have taken over the trades.

They put up fences and blow insulation into attics without being able to speak English.

Only the salesmen need to speak English. And I could comment further, but I have a financial interest to the contrary.


27 posted on 01/16/2024 8:23:16 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: george76

Dear Microsoft Board of Directors:

I think your software....


28 posted on 01/16/2024 8:25:15 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: vpintheak

That’s what I was going to tell everybody; “let me know when an AI can come into a house and replumb or rewire it.
Let me know when an AI can come out to a vacant lot and in two or three months have a new house built on it”!

Had a guy who worked in MY IT department once tell me that AI and VIRTUAL REALITY would soon replace all my plumbers, electricians, carpenters, painters, glaziers, etc.

Had 83 guys in my department of all trades for new construction and maintenance of facilities, including IT.

Told him to get his AI and VR asses out there and change the tires on the Gradall Excavator and I wanted it done before start of shift in the morning.

He never said another word to me about AI or Virtual Reality again!


29 posted on 01/16/2024 8:35:18 PM PST by 5th MEB (1)
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To: Brian Griffin

Anybody who thinks you can plumb a house, whether new construction or repair for 600 dollars is an IDIOT!

He had to pay his under the table WETBACKS and still had material costs.

I got out of the trade in 1990 and went into construction management, but in 2010 it would still cost you about 5 to 6 thousand dollars to plumb an entire house, and that’s using standard materials—nothing fancy.


30 posted on 01/16/2024 8:43:08 PM PST by 5th MEB (1)
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To: Brian Griffin

Anybody who thinks you can plumb a house, whether new construction or repair for 600 dollars is an IDIOT!

He had to pay his under the table WETBACKS and still had material costs.

I got out of the trade in 1990 and went into construction management, but in 2010 it would still cost you about 5 to 6 thousand dollars to plumb an entire house, and that’s using standard materials—nothing fancy.


31 posted on 01/16/2024 8:43:08 PM PST by 5th MEB (1)
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To: 5th MEB

That’s awesome!


32 posted on 01/16/2024 10:25:46 PM PST by vpintheak (Pinko misanthrope)
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To: Brian Griffin

Hate to buy one of those places!


33 posted on 01/16/2024 10:26:26 PM PST by vpintheak (Pinko misanthrope)
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To: george76

Learn to code /s


34 posted on 01/16/2024 10:42:39 PM PST by 11th_VA (Celebrate Climate Change !!!)
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To: 11th_VA

Better yet, Learn to dig!


35 posted on 01/17/2024 4:27:22 AM PST by Skwor
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To: 5th MEB

That does make sense. When I bought my house in 2022, it needed some major plumbing work. I paid nearly $4000.


36 posted on 01/17/2024 4:40:28 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: george76

Class Warfare by the left. How predictable.


37 posted on 01/17/2024 4:43:47 AM PST by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: imabadboy99

Writers are using it to write articles. Some even admit it.


38 posted on 01/17/2024 5:16:30 AM PST by GailA (Land Grabs, Poisoned Food, KILL the COWS, Bidenomics=BIDEN DEPRESSION.)
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To: george76

Who is going to fix your toilet when it goes bad? We are at 1 degree, there is still snow on the streets homes are on, doubt you’d get an Expensive plumber out. The last time Hub installed one, he could barely lift it due to age. It rocks, and then he leaned back on the guest one and broke something loose. He’s in no shape physically to fix either one. 83 is too old.

AI needs IT workers to fix it for now.


39 posted on 01/17/2024 5:27:06 AM PST by GailA (Land Grabs, Poisoned Food, KILL the COWS, Bidenomics=BIDEN DEPRESSION.)
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To: george76

Learn to weld.


40 posted on 01/17/2024 5:35:24 AM PST by LS
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