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Lol I feel this way now!!! Beer is getting consumed more and more and I think it’s cuz of my work life :-/

 

I’m in Milford, right next to old town

 

Ahhh. I'm down in Westbrook.

 

Looks like warrantee work that doesn’t pay

 

Unusual for this time..

 

Critters pay decent

 

Sorry that I hadn't really noticed you've been a factory Service tech for that long..wow!
That's quite an accomplishment. Outstanding Mike. That's almost to the time when Toyota was fairly new here.

 

that’s a subject left for after retirement..

 

Seems like a few Mainers in this thread. I’m north(ish) you’re south and @BananaMan is somewhere in between

 

I was a Chrysler master for 33 years also.
All the hemi super bird era too.

 

Dude! You’re showing your age

 

My dad was a flat rate tech for 30 years. Worked for Toyota and Honda for a lot of it. I know better than to bring up certain subjects.

 

Dude, unless something inside you is causing damage, never get surgery. Find yourself a killer PT and put in the work to rehab and strengthen whatever "needs" surgery. I've avoided cutting on my shoulder for what the docs were saying was a tear because of my PT. It just takes work. Surgeons wanna cut. Lol it's what they get paid for.

EDIT: probably late to this talk, but just saw the poll.

 

But on the other hand, I've also had surgery due to a nerve impingement that was causing my hand to have pain, and then go numb. So damage was occurring, that I couldnt fix, so under the knife I went.

 

PT cant repair a tear.

 

I got this... left hand goes numb quite often anymore.... especially when holding a wrench and putting pressure in my palm.... I’m assuming I should make an appointment

 

No they cannot. This is true. But if it's small enough, you can strengthen the surrounding muscles to hold the joint stable enough so that the tear doesn't rub and catch causing pain.

 

That is a damn deceptive pattern! I love it!

But 4,500?!? Where are they going?

 

But it’s such a nasty job.
I’ve gotten sick because of it even when wearing a respirator and suit..

 

They tried that with my shoulders, NP read the X-ray and MRI wrong. Excess bone growth, doctor ground off 1/4” of bone.