There are huge shortages in skilled experienced trades. I’ve seen it all over the US in steel mills. Operators, electricians, welders, etc.

Emphasis on experienced. There’s a fuckton of green apprentices who recently switched careers.

Been doin this work for like 10 years as an electrician so I literally applied to 12 jobs when I finally quit my job of 7 years, got 3 interviews, 2 offers.

Still love my job but I see the labor shortages that can’t be replaced by AI and even automated robotics for production lines

Just look at the multiple fires at the Oswego plant in upstate New York for why the mills are still the wild west sometimes.

I used to love aldi but lately every time I go I leave feeling frustrated I couldn’t find what I wanted. Maybe it’s just the locations around me but like core staples of food are just missing. Their canned vegetables section sucks. I needed like Lima beans and stewed tomatoes. Had neither but there’s a whole aisle of useless made for TV level crap appliances and home decorations or whatever.

I get it, I can get a few things to get me through the week there and a lot of the off-brand foods do save you some cash. But I’ve been burned on needing something for a meal and having to run out somewhere else too many times.

I live in this weird little cut of houses tucked in the woods but between three different neighborhoods in the city. One day I was raking leaves and found a loaded Glock with an extended mag someone must’ve just chucked at my house.

It was actually in pretty decent shape but no way am I keeping a potentially hot gun.