Makai Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 (edited) Uh, yeah, I'm starting to mildew here!!!! LizWell you keep insisting on hanging around the pool. At a bar no less lol.*Makes mental note to keep an eye on Liz and the pool*edit: Hey 19 Edited August 25, 2005 by Makai Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DarkestDream Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 *makes mental notes to encourage Liz to become Coyote Ugly* Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bozodog Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 "sing me a song, I'm the piano man. Sing me a song tonite... " Ok... tomatoe juice with lime please. I'm off to work, later all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted August 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 Tough decision here. An old friend of mine has this real nice bar/restaurant and he is in need of a bartender that can handle his dinner crowd. It's four nights a week for 40 hours, the pay is decent, tips are great and I would have the added benefit of enjoying one of his famous steak dinners on the nights I work. Plus it is only a couple of minutes from where I live. He is also a member of our tavern association pool league and I would be more than welcome to play for his team which has taken first place several times. Do I trade a starting salary of $31,000 for $21,000+. I won't have to travel 360+ miles a week for the DestiNY project. I'll be saving over $3,000 in gas plus the wear and tear on the car and won't have to deal with rush hour and our highways, especially in the winter. The main difference is I will have to pay for my own medical insurance. This would also give me three other days to work part time elsewhere. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Makai Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 Tough decision here. An old friend of mine has this real nice bar/restaurant and he is in need of a bartender that can handle his dinner crowd. It's four nights a week for 40 hours, the pay is decent, tips are great and I would have the added benefit of enjoying one of his famous steak dinners on the nights I work. Plus it is only a couple of minutes from where I live. He is also a member of our tavern association pool league and I would be more than welcome to play for his team which has taken first place several times. Do I trade a starting salary of $31,000 for $21,000+. I won't have to travel 360+ miles a week for the DestiNY project. I'll be saving over $3,000 in gas plus the wear and tear on the car and won't have to deal with rush hour and our highways, especially in the winter. The main difference is I will have to pay for my own medical insurance. This would also give me three other days to work part time elsewhere. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>No suit. I'd take it. What you'd save would probably make up for the salary difference, especially with the tips. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted August 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 I forgot about the cost of suits, shoes and accessories. Less stress involved with bartending and the dinner clientèle are mostly business owners and their families. Not only would the tips be good but I could get insight to the local job scene. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rv56 Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 Sounds like you have a tough decision alright there TT....But which ever way you decide.....wishing you the best man... Good luck..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tenmm Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 (edited) .. Edited August 27, 2005 by tenmm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
il_wiccan Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 I forgot about the cost of suits, shoes and accessories. Less stress involved with bartending and the dinner clientèle are mostly business owners and their families. Not only would the tips be good but I could get insight to the local job scene.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Here is a suggestion for a bar if you ever have one again..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted August 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 I forgot about the cost of suits, shoes and accessories. Less stress involved with bartending and the dinner clientèle are mostly business owners and their families. Not only would the tips be good but I could get insight to the local job scene.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Here is a suggestion for a bar if you ever have one again.....<{POST_SNAPBACK}>That was my old bar. I had to start charging them for sleeping. More than once I've opened up in the morning to find a couple of leftovers passed out in the booths. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DarkestDream Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 I forgot about the cost of suits, shoes and accessories. Less stress involved with bartending and the dinner clientèle are mostly business owners and their families. Not only would the tips be good but I could get insight to the local job scene.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Here is a suggestion for a bar if you ever have one again.....<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Awesome idea!! let put that in this bar!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Hey TT that is a tough choice, got to decide where you will be happiest. Good luck either way Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 (edited) Wow, Terrorist, sounds like you have a big decision to make, but you should at least go to the interview and find out more about that job and the atmosphere (you should have a suit on hand, anyways, never know when you'll need it!).On one hand, the Destiny project could "further your career", but on the other hand, the Bar job makes sense, too--less grey hairs.I did the "career thing" for 5 years, could work at any interior design place (sold floor coverings, furniture, window coverings, only needed to learn about wallpaper, which is probably just vertical floor covering!), but I eventually discovered that a "career" is only a means to pay the bills. If I go back to work again, it'll probably be a cashier job at the grocery store or flipping burgers--less stressful. BUT my income is the "second income" and not as crucial.Hoping that after the interview, you'll know which path to follow.DD, no Coyote Ugly stuff for me, it would be too scary (imagine your mom dancing on the bar!!! ) I'll stick with falling in the pool! OK, we have a GROUNDHOG that decided to dig under our back porch and that our dandelion greens are scrumptious. He was happily munching in the back yard. Never seen one "live and in person" before. Serves me right for letting the dandelions grow. Poured mothballs down its entrance (poured them into a vacuum cleaner tube so they'll go in good, necessity is the mother of invention!) Hopefully he won't like the smell and leave. I thought we HAD those chairs here. Hmmm, maybe it was the floor. Liz Edited August 26, 2005 by blim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bozodog Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Wow, Liz. I was gonna suggest mothballs. If that don't work... my neighbor hooked up a hose to the exhaust on his truck and let it run for and hour or so. Be sure to look for a back door, and plug it up with a few rocks. They always have one. Now when I had a few decide to move into my yard, the old 22cal sent them to the world beyond this one... They're easy pickin's while munching on dandelions. Hummm, maybe the gators would like some "hog" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted August 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 To get rid of ground hogs, skunks, cats or any other damaging critters pick up some Fox Urine Powder from a nursery or online. Use a pair of pantie hose to create small mesh balls that contain about two tablespoons of the powder. Place them in the location of where they are burrowing and where they are doing the damage. You can make hangers out of metal coat hangers that you push into the ground to keep the packets off the ground so they don't get wet. Make small hoods to place over them to further protect from rain or snow. I've had a lot of experience getting rid of skunks from the crawl space under my apartment. I would toss these in and set live traps at their exit point. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Thanks, all!!!I found his "home" its under the back porch. Moved into an old skunks home. The area was lined with rocks, but somehow one got moved.He came out today and I watched him for about 1/2 hour, hoping he'd venture out far enough away from his burrow to cover it with a rock, but he didn't. At least, I was able to confirm that it IS a groundhog, not a porkypine!! He is kinda cute I read about fox urine and live traps while googling the rascal. I'll have to try that route. Don't want to gassy his home as it's under the porch!! He would die and smell! You trapped skunks, Terrorist??? I know that the traps supposably prevent them from lifting their tail, but you are very, very brave!Liz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted August 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 After having the skunks reside under my apartment most of a winter I got use to the smell. When setting a live trap you place a small blanket over it so only the two end show. Once the skunk is in you approach it carefully and drop the rest of the blanket over the whole trap. I would then take the skunks out to my uncle's farm fields, lift the blanket over the exit part of the trap and pop the release then leave. All of the skunks stayed calm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Well, Terrorist, I rented a livetrap--probably going to have to go to the nearest "bigcity" for fox urine. With the trap, Google said to bait it with apple slices and cantaloupe, which is what I put in there, but on the trap directions, it says fish and bacon??? I thought they were vegetarians. What do you recommend?Bozodog, still looking for the back door! A real puzzle, since one side of the porch connects to the basement of the house (fieldstone, he cant get through that) and the other two sides are surrounded by cement patio/sidewalk.It's almost Friday night!!!!!!!! :pirate:Liz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DOSError Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Man I've had so many pests around my house lately.First we were invaded by migrating millipedes that would just hang out on our house, so I got 5 cans a black flag and took them out.Then the squirrels started pillaging our flowers and eating our birdseed...so I bought a paintball gun and painted them orange. Finally, after all of the millipedes died off...it turns out that centipedes live in the same conditions. I was talking to my girlfriend one night on the phone and when I looked up there was a huge centipede right above my head. I was like "JESUS CHRIST!!!" I ran to get the raid and sprayed the hell out of it. The scarey thing is...after I got off the phone to find the body, there was a dead one right next to it crusted to the floor. O_OLet's just say I haven't slept so well in my bed ever since. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Makai Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 All of the skunks stayed calm.That is a sentence I would never have expected to see in all my lifetime. Lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Makai Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Geez DOSE I wouldn't feel too good either. Those things are creepy. In Hawaii they have flying termites that swarm at certain times of the year. They also have flying cockroaches about 2 inches long. Ugh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted August 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Baits for Live Animal Cage Traps The following are good bait suggestions for groundhogs.Fresh string beans Sweet corn Lettuce Peas Cantaloupe Strawberries Cucumbers Peaches Vanilla extract Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bozodog Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Jeesch Blim. Just give him a beer and some pretzels.. Who could resist that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 (edited) GOT HIM!!!!!! HA!! Seems he loves cantaloupe (stole it, escaped, re-baited and bam! He's sitting in the trap finishing off the cantaloupe). Waiting for Son to come home from his soccergame (he'll never forgive me if I don't let him see it) and then we're going for a ride in the country.....away from the horsefarms and farmland. We're bound to find a nice comfy meadow Hi DOS!! For squirrels, I discovered a real good trick. They don't like thistle seed. More finches around here than we can count. Oooh, Son's home, time for a ride (well, at least Hubby's truck will have a purpose!)Liz Edited August 26, 2005 by blim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted August 27, 2005 Report Share Posted August 27, 2005 Glad you live trapped it and took it out to the country.I'll take a beer and some pretzels, hope this isn't bait in a trap Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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