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From: Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: Friday Night Vittles? 7/11/2025
Date: 12 Jul 2025 02:45:37 GMT
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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.