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1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by Speedytech7, May 31, 2018.

  1. Dec 28, 2022 at 3:14 PM
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    Pfft no one wants to work these days
     
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  2. Dec 28, 2022 at 3:15 PM
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    Dentra..I like that :rofl:

    We talking soft ball sized dents or bigger?
     
  3. Dec 28, 2022 at 3:16 PM
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    Wulf no brain just damage

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    It's true, i asked 10 grizzly Cummins owners when I was at Lowe's earlier and they all told me nobody would do construction for $8/hr like the good old days.
     
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    we got like a 5% COL raise a few months ago, I think after tax and my 401k takeoff I'm getting like $20 more each month. Can almost afford how much more my energy drinks cost every AM I guess
     
  5. Dec 28, 2022 at 3:18 PM
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    Typo but accurate lol, I never replaced the crinkled front fender lol

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  6. Dec 28, 2022 at 3:19 PM
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    :rofl:

    Man, what happened to that whole bill where they wanted to raise the wages for fast food workers only to $20 or so?
     
  7. Dec 28, 2022 at 3:19 PM
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    Love the Ebay/Rockauto bumper :rofl:

    I'd rock the shit out of that car; still got the Dual headunit or did you throw in a Jensen?
     
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  8. Dec 28, 2022 at 3:20 PM
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    I dunno, last I remember I thought the push was to raise it to $15 but $15.50 is the min wage in CA now.

    actually just looked it up, doesn't go up to that until the new year (2023) so maybe that did have something to do with it
     
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    I think if I keep doing work from home, easy jobs even, it's fair to say $50-75/hr is reasonable.

    Especially if I'm not having to travel anywhere and don't need to outfit a welding truck.
     
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    Hell yeah black primer ftw

    It's got a double din sony XPlod that is stuck in demo mode so the screen flashes through the RGB spectrum which is fitting I guess lol
     
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    AWE SHIT SONY XPLOD

    TURN UP DAT BASS
     
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  12. Dec 28, 2022 at 3:22 PM
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    It has not one but two bass boost settings. Not sure what speakers are in the doors but they're slowly dying on me :D
     
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  13. Dec 28, 2022 at 3:23 PM
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    Nooo not that, this

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    Fuck yeah
     
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    Ooooh hadn't heard of that

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    I've done small, quick jobs for a quick $20, $50, or even $100 bucks.

    But talking to two different people, paying customers, $50-75 seemed reasonable since I've got all the tools and stuff.

    That frame I made came out to $75/hr.

    For cnc plasma cutting, I'll be doing a "flat" rate so to speak based on size and thickness metal.

    That's a problem for future Nelson anyway.
     
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    It's been on the news, newspapers, and people outside stores were trying to get petitions to get rid of it for months :luvya:
     
  19. Dec 28, 2022 at 3:27 PM
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    I get my news from my suggested Google articles which are mostly Toyota, hockey and Netflix themed
     
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    at least gas prices are going down, surprisingly
     
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