Another hit on the bad-assery list

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I am now the proud (and annoyed) owner of an eye scar. From welding.

Bow before my manliness.

 

[PostmodernProphet]

there are some things I would call a guy who welds without a mask....bad ass is not on the list.....

 

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there are some things I would call a guy who welds without a mask....bad ass is not on the list.....

Who says I didn't have a mask? Oh, I know. You assumed. Well, that makes you a kind of ass. Not the same kind as me, but you're still an ass.

 

[PostmodernProphet]

having been a welder in the past I know that masks cover the eyes.....even someone too lazy to put the mask on his head holds it between his eyes and the weld.......

 

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[The Dude]

You n legion dune, putting that education to work. Manly, Neanderthal manly!

 

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You n legion dune, putting that education to work. Manly, Neanderthal manly!

Don't be mad because you're not smart enough to do it.

 

[The Dude]

Right I used to laugh at welders like you before my 6 yea rs of college. The use to come in my bar like they made big money. Id take that money, fuck the chicks those knuckle draggers struck out with all the while making more bartending. Tool

 

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Right I used to laugh at welders like you before my 6 yea rs of college. The use to come in my bar like they made big money. Id take that money, fuck the chicks those knuckle draggers struck out with all the while making more bartending. Tool

Sounds likes you're jealous of the more intellecually demanding jobs.

 

[The Dude]

Really does Welding even require a GED. You prob barely got out of public high school. My job requires a 4 yrs of college.

 

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Really does Welding even require a GED. You prob barely got out of public high school. My job requires a 4 yrs of college.

Mine required about 8000 hours. A phd requires about 4000 (based on the theory of 2 hours outside the classroom for every hour in it). I had to learn metallurgy, electrical theory, trig, algebra, and physics. And that's BEFORE I picked up a torch. Every week I have my work examined by a fucking X-ray because lives and literal millions of dollars of ocean going freight depend on me being fucking awesome at my job.

To be technical though, most of that 8000 for my journeymans card was time on the torch. Only 700 hours was class room time. Roughly around what's required for a 4 year degree. The point I want to illustrate to you Top, is that it's a pretty intellectually demanding job at my level.

 

[The Dude]

Yeah cause the best and brightest weld.

 

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Yeah cause the best and brightest weld.

You aren't smart enough to do it so...

 

[The Dude]

Phd for welding lofl
All trades require training, non require college

 

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Phd for welding lofl
All trades require training, non require college

Care to wager that you can't get a degree for welding?

 

[The Dude]

Care to wager that you can't get a degree for welding?

you can get a degree for garbage colllecting.

Do the majority of welders have degrees from 4yr universities. I say no

 

[Mott the Hoople]

I am now the proud (and annoyed) owner of an eye scar. From welding.

Bow before my manliness.

I have an eye scar too (well actually I have two from the same incident.) that occurred when I was jumped by five punks outside of a bar.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

you can get a degree for garbage colllecting.

Do the majority of welders have degrees from 4yr universities. I say no

Hell you can get a graduate degree in garbage collecting....I oughta know.....I have one....and it was harder to earn then your MBA! ;-p

 

[Mott the Hoople]

You n legion dune, putting that education to work. Manly, Neanderthal manly!

Dude, Master welders make about what you do. In the trades only master Millwrights and Shipwrights out rank master Fabricators.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Don't be mad because you're not smart enough to do it.

Hell I know a ton of people who are smart enough to be a welder/fabricator, it aint that intellectually demanding. It does require a hell of a lot of talent and most people, just don't have it. I known quite a few journeymen fabricators who done all the book work and have all the certification but don't have the talent to pass the masters exam. It's like being a Major League pitcher. You can throw 100 mph fast balls all day and it don't mean shit if you can't paint the corners of the strike zone.