How much income are you losing to the covid-19 pandemic?

too larry

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Update. I've been working 3 hours a week, coming in to water the lobby plants. This week I have came in to help out with some repairs to the building.

A side note: Sheetrock work sucks. If it wasn't for my buddy needing me, I would choose not make those hours.
 

Justin-case

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Update. I've been working 3 hours a week, coming in to water the lobby plants. This week I have came in to help out with some repairs to the building.

A side note: Sheetrock work sucks. If it wasn't for my buddy needing me, I would choose not make those hours.
Sheet rock is an art, lots of tricks, like smoking weed. If this feels like a lecture, it is. Sanding is the only part that really sucks, but if you smoke more weed it's not too bad either. Use nails on the perimeter to hang your pieces, screw off the rest of the sheet later. Get a five gallon bucket and mix your joint compound with a few cups of water using a half inch drill with large mixing bit, don't try to work out of a box. Taping should be done in this order, butts, seams, corners. Lightly sand. Use topping two coats, don't try to top with joint compound, it's harder to sand. Texture?
 

Herb & Suds

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My work is mainly around public events (music, dance, theater, public speaking), and pretty much everything is canceled. I still have my base salary I'll make doing maintenance and paperwork (for now; fingers crossed -- I do have a contract), but none of the extra income (OT, extra gigs, equipment rentals, etc). So far this month, I'm losing around $1500-$2000 already, and likely the same next month as well due to cancellations.
Im making more than ever
Pot is flying out the door as people are stressing and self medicating with out a place to go
 

greg nr

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Well, I screwed up and just took a job that will probably push me 80 hours a week for the foreseeable future. It's a startup so there will either be a pot of gold at the end or a ditch with a lot of water, snakes, and gators.

No drug testing though. ;)
 

hanimmal

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Well, I screwed up and just took a job that will probably push me 80 hours a week for the foreseeable future. It's a startup so there will either be a pot of gold at the end or a ditch with a lot of water, snakes, and gators.

No drug testing though. ;)
Good luck.
 

too larry

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Sheet rock is an art, lots of tricks, like smoking weed. If this feels like a lecture, it is. Sanding is the only part that really sucks, but if you smoke more weed it's not too bad either. Use nails on the perimeter to hang your pieces, screw off the rest of the sheet later. Get a five gallon bucket and mix your joint compound with a few cups of water using a half inch drill with large mixing bit, don't try to work out of a box. Taping should be done in this order, butts, seams, corners. Lightly sand. Use topping two coats, don't try to top with joint compound, it's harder to sand. Texture?
We're doing a ceiling. We have a lift, so not too bad. But working around lights, AC vents, smoke detectors, etc, etc is a pain. My buddy finished that part over the weekend. We are mudding and taping today. Texture is going to be something called orange peel. I'm smoking plenty of pot, so I'm up to code on that part of it.
 
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