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Non Compos Mentis
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Off the grid- Almost
Posts: 10,652
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I used to frame houses. Setting trusses or rafters is like playing on monkey bars. Loads of fun, and getting paid for it.
A common progression- Young guys are amazed how much money they can make, and become framers.
After years of standing walls, lifting beams, tossing plywood up on the roof, they begin to envy the trim carpenter, who lifts nothing heavier than a window casing or bedroom door. The trim carpenter always works inside- Never out in the weather. There's a thermostat on the wall! He has such a cute little nail gun, with cute little nails. It's even quiet.
Young carpenter- Framer
Old carpenter- Finish work.
Old framer? Bad back, bad knees, bad attitude, yada yada.....
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