[lbo-talk] Divorce: It's a Red State Thing

mike larkin mike_larkin2001 at yahoo.com
Sat Jun 19 11:01:34 PDT 2004


--- snit snat <snitilicious at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:


>
> for the tow trucker driver who just picked up my car
> (i broke the
> %&)!@&%!@_) clamps when cleaning the battery
> terminals b/c the @(%^@)%^
> heat is murderous on batteries), a wife and kid are
> what makes him feel
> like a man, what gives him the outward appearance of
> having attained it
> since his job sure as hell probably doesn't give him
> a sense social
> respectability per se.

I know plenty of guys who work jobs like this, and I'd say the majority are pretty happy in their work. Men who work outdoors and with their hands have a macho status over other men, no matter how poorly they are paid. When among other guys, they are often treated like royalty.

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