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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Lapsody   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: John Oliver Weighs In
Date: 07/09/24 11:27 PM
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See right there, illegals coming here and taking jobs that should go to citizens.

This is a not so and was demonstrated under Covid, farmers were losing their crops because they had no hands to pick them. Americans don't want to pick lettuce? But it is a Trumpee talking point.

Oooooh, Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be busboys. 🎶

They take the work Americans don't want and we understand why. I have been diagnosing problems in my new house and figured out the well pump was just sucking air due to PVC connections that had lost their dope, so I used J&B PVC Epoxy stick and sealed them. Pumps water fine now.
One head on the driveway side was a gusher. So I dug some out and changed heads, but I noticed the pressure wobble afterwards. The back lawn sprinklers use more water, have some bubbling but they work fine.

So I figure I have a pressure leak in the line which needs to be dug out.

My next-door neighbor asks me if I speak Spanish and I respond in a little Spanish, but know how to use a translator. I have two phone numbers of likely illegals that will dig up my line for about $40.

Now if I call a Sprinkler man, they’ll bring out a trenching machine, want to rebuild the lines and charge $600 or more. It’s the American way. 😊

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