Re: Friday Night Vittles? 7/11/2025

On 2025-07-11, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

It's stinking hot and humid here today and I am not having fond memories
of that summer job.  The money was really good, but the work was wicked
hot.

Yes, you are! Deep down, you're proud as hell of that job. Our worst
memories of working are the ones that persist and mellow into pride
over time.
I smelted tungsten carbide. I poured TNT and other stuff into bombs,
ammunition and mines for the Vietnam war effort.
I don't regret a minute of it. I'm proud that I did it. Yay for me,
and yay for you!
Ours were temporary jobs. I would have hated to do them full-time.