Posted by Billy NY on September 14, 2010 at 17:47:06 from (74.67.3.54):
In Reply to: retire posted by larry@stinescorner on September 14, 2010 at 16:07:00:
That is a tough call to make, the body says one thing, the wallet says another.....
I'm very familiar with your neck of the woods, well the jersey side, having spent 15 years there in the construction industry. Most work was in NYC I commuted, but earlier on it was NJ. I've see some old timers laying brick, had a couple of guys on a high rise job in '99 that retired as union bricklayers, 40 + years but there comes a time, though local 79 does the mason tending, mixing the mortar, loading the scaffold, etc. eventually your time comes, it is not an easy job by any means.
I appreciate seeing your photos, as has been mentioned most never really see NJ as it should be seen, there is some astounding landscape and places, both inland to the west and or the south, I really liked north and western parts of the state, though I've lived north near Wayne, and south in Manasquan, right next to the ocean, some of the jobs I've worked when I was a heavy equipment operator, made me appreciate the landscape, though so much has been lost to developers like K Hovnanian, they just gobble up land, I worked a 100 acre site in '94 in the Howell TWP., vanderveer rd., was a dairy farm and had deep topsoil, no rocks, just absolutely beautiful, I sunk a D8k on that job, hit a water logged area while traveling to another work area. They tore down the silos, the barns and the farmhouse, I looked through the place, even then it was sad to have been an operator on that job, boy did we tear that place up with dozers and scrapers.
There sure seems to always be a long commute for most who live or work there, but things don't seem to dry up like where I'm from, seems maybe you could take up another position, all those years of experience makes for a great super, or non working foreman or some kind of a position where a company could benefit from your experience, we had a guy on that job in '99 who was filling a position like that, he knew the work well, and was good with the drawings and layout, when he was not there it was on me as a project manager to keep these guys doing the right thing on the job, he was much appreciated because of his experience and knowledge, I hated it when they put him on another job, because I had to check all the layouts and the work to make sure it was in accordance with plans/spec's, well hopefully you will figure out something, I do physical labor everyday on our farm and it ain't getting NO easier I'll say that LOL !
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