N0mad87

N0mad87 t1_j52zwde wrote

Reply to WW2 Uniformed Man by Pinkerton02

My Dad hikes out there regularly, he says he hasn't heard or seen anything like that but maybe the hermit has some good camo?

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N0mad87 t1_j48ebue wrote

Reply to What I Eat as a 31-Year-Old Organic Farmer Making $30K in Newport, Maine by coogiwaves

I don't know much about the economics of small organic farms but my quick math says:

  • 4 full time employees at $30k = 120k
  • The owner must need to make at least 60k if they have kids
  • Farm equipment, taxes, insurance, farmers market fees and memberships, all other COGS - 25k?? (Total guess)

So a 6 acre farm needs to sell over $210,000 worth of produce and seeds just to make sure everyone lives. Is that possible?

Google says an average annual CSA membership is $550 x 180 customers (of the Newport farm CSA) is $99k.

I am not a farmer. Genuinely interested in how the numbers work if anyone has insight

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N0mad87 t1_j1xqy81 wrote

Reply to comment by Memag1255 in Group opposed to Maine consumer-owned utility turns in signatures for a ballot question of its own by DrMcMeow

They 100% lied to people. They brought workers in fron out of State who had ZERO idea of what they were working on. Most of them were unaware of what/who CMP is and had no training or knowledge of the issue. A small group of them DID know and didn't care and if you shopped at Market Basket in Westbrook this summer you were likely to be aggresively pressured by them to sign the petition. Ethics complaints were filed to the Secretary of State, but legally they didn't break any laws except possibly trespassing. It's a fucked up abuse of Maine's ballot measure system. FUCK CMP/IBEIRDROLA

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N0mad87 t1_irp179i wrote

Reply to comment by SwvellyBents in Going from HS Teaching to working a B.I.W.? by Character_Stable_487

Your comment should not be getting downvoted.

People who use that bullshit arguement that defense contracting is a "deterrent" are saying it from the plushy comfort of their couch not having to worry about their family being slaughtered because the US just installed a fascist dictator into their country. 1 million innocent iraqi's are dead because of Dick Cheney.

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N0mad87 t1_irp05fh wrote

Reply to Going from HS Teaching to working a B.I.W.? by Character_Stable_487

I haven't worked for BIW but I have worked for General Dynamics at other locations and so I'm confident the following information will translate.

The trades are a noble profession, no question so I'm not going to talk about the jobs themselves but I will address the other factors that make a job tolerable/intolerable.

You're considering entering into a job that is in a constant state of feast or famine. They squabble for contracts with Missisippi and Susan constantly has to bail them out. That hire/fire life cycle drives your coworkers mentally crazy. Working for General Dynamics at other locations, cronyism was the only way to advance up in pay scale. You could certainly be smart and good at your job and move up the ranks, it happens but I think you'll need to be calculated with any vertical movement. I would also be suspicious when any "promises" of potential earnings are made. Big bucks usually mean working nights, weekends and every holiday while the white collar workers are home wkth their families.

Most of your coworkers are going to be hyper conservative. The older men have spent most of their life having their jobs outsourced. They're justifiably frustrated but instead of blaming Newt Gingrich, they'll spend their whole work day blaming the "illegals" for all their problems.

Do you want to be a part of the military industrial complex? The US Military is the single largest polluter in the world. Do you know where those missles they shoot are going to be used? Can you sleep at night not knowing? The US has bombed and killed just as many innocent people as they have people who deserved it.

Do you want to work around all those carcinogens? The machine shop is full of oils, the paint shop is full of solvents and other nasty shit. You can bring up safety issues to your foreman but you'll get called a pussy by your coworkers. Your hearing will be wrecked working there too.

Sorry to be a buzz kill but I've worked in the industry for over half of my professional careee and left. I wouldn't give up my summer vacations or Maine Teachers Retirementt to work at BIW.

If you DO decide to go in, get your electrical license through them, then GTFO and go into residential wiring for yourself

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N0mad87 t1_iqn9jka wrote

Reply to Do you think LLBean boots are worth their hype? by Gilbert221

Good for their initial intended purpose but overrated as an actual boot. They're slippery AF and are very cold. If Beans wants to keep pushing the trope that they're a Boston brand so that hipsters in the South End keep buying them, then that's their perogative I guess. Better options available

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