#tradesmen

[yesterdaysprint]

The Wichita Beacon, Kansas, January 4, 1922

[mysharona1987]

It is now woke to dare talk about your feelings, eat healthier and have hobbies and interests, guys.

[canyourfavesurvivecastledracula]

Could Luigi Mario survive Castle Dracula?

This seems like a really excellent opportunity for Luigi Wins By Doing Nothing

Luigi can do everything Mario can do backwards and in high heels but he is a huge coward. Large spooky buildings haunted by malevolent entities are both the thing he's terrified of and his opportunity to shine.

The crucifix is easy. Not only is he Italian, not only can Luigi not say no to people, but no Mario Brother ever refused a power up.

Does Dracula have indoor plumbing? Does Dracula need indoor plumbing?? Well, maybe he does now. Luigi has his work cut out for him, but the next guy will have significantly more ease making his toilet. All this to say, I think Luigi can easily be gainfully employed for two solid months and thus justify Dracula keeping him around.

Luigi is not going to be picking fights without some desperate need. Luigi is going to be cowering. He might well go exploring, but if he does, he will be cowering all the way. I find the whole May 16th thing something that would very believably happen to Luigi.

Mario gets the faked letters and they just say "your brother is in a different castle." Maybe for extra irony they also contain a p-wing

Luigi is the tall one, which is convenient when Dracula decides to steal his clothes because it makes them much more likely to fit him. I want you to close your eyes and imagine Dracula going to town to post letters and steal babies and such dressed as Luigi. It's so much better than impersonating Jonathan because when you're dressed like that, nobody's gonna pay attention to your face. They even both have mustaches it works!

And then once Dracula leaves Luigi can easily make it out because he is an expert platformer. There's no good reason for him to need to be rescued as often as he does because the vast majority of the time he and Mario are mechanically identical. Except in Mario 2 where his jump is better and his dig speed is worse. Which only makes him better at Castle Dracula.

Anyway, Luigi can survive Castle Dracula by doing nothing. Like, there isn't even any lava it's fine.

[bubbas-place]

[scavengedluxury]

Apprentice plumbers, 1908. From the Budapest municipal photography company archive.

[fatdadbeerbellies]

[red-faced-wolf]

Reblog this with the patron saint that attributes to the work you do

[aeris-blue]

Borris and VanderVake for Pride Month ^^

[whats-in-a-sentence]

The All England Women's Hockey Association was founded in 1895, excluding daughters of tradesmen not because they should not be admitted to an exclusive club, but to spare them from extra exertion, according to Hockey Field in 1910:

Is not hockey too violent an exercise and too prolonged a strain for those who often spend much of their time in heavy manual work? . . . Very often these girls, in addition to close application to wage-earning work . . . have the very heavy part of the household work in their own homes to perform . . . and get a liberal allowance of exercise in washing clothes or scrubbing floors – which last is fine exercise, but somewhat 'self-sufficing' from an athletic point of view . . . For girls who do this kind of thing daily . . . are not violent games unnecessary, and likely to take them 'beyond the health limit of fatigue'.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

[canyourfavesurvivecastledracula]

Would Sweeney Todd survive Castle Dracula?

Pros:

- Is good at the appeasement game, masking his hatred when the situation calls for it

- Good at lulling enemies into a false sense of security

- Not horny, will not be tempted by brides

- Pretty much immune to despair, as he is a constant state of it

- Naturally suspicious, will see right through the Count's pleasantries at once

- Will not hesitate to murder as soon as he gets the chance

- Extremely skilled with a straight razor

- Dedicated to a fault. Once he has his mind set on something (murder or escape in this case), there is no dissuaded him

- Not grossed out by blood

- Extremely stressed old man, wouldn't taste very good

Cons:

- Probably too old to be climbing walls willy nilly

- Wouldn't be easily accepting of the supernatural

- Would most likely not accept the crucifix. Honestly, probably wouldn't be offered it

- Kinda dumb, sees what he wants to see, instead of the truth

- Arrogant Bastard

- Unstable, mentally and emotionally

- Would actually enjoy Castle Dracula more than anywhere in Britain

- Too smart for his own good, Count would be immediately suspicious of him

- Preoccupied by his own thoughts, sometimes not aware of his surroundings

Now we've seen how Dracula would fare in Sweeny Todd's domain - it is time to address how Sweeny would fare in Dracula's.

Sweeny Todd and Jonathan Harker have a lot in common. They're both a one woman kinda guy. They both are single-mindedly obsessed with murdering the guy who assaulted their wife. Neither of them lets go of an idea when he's got it, even to the point of missing fairly obvious and important things in their immediate surroundings. They both know how to sweet talk rich jerks they hate. They both have madness marked in their hair coloring.

And on the other hand Sweeny Todd and Dracula have a lot in common. They both kill and eat people (in opposite orders admittedly). They both get real weird about a girl named Lucy. They both agree that there's no place like London. They both are committed to the idea that they all deserve to die.

I'm not going anywhere with this I just think it's Neat.

So on the one hand, Sweeny is real depressed. As you say, he brings his own despair with him, and what is Dracula compared to that? On the other hand, he pretty adamantly refuses to die until he's had his revenge. So while death would be a relief he's pretty committed to getting out of the Castle alive. And I think he can wheedle Dracula into keeping him around, given that he managed to talk Judge Turpin into coming back.

I think the crucifix is a non-issue here. Sweeny Todd is never going to cut himself shaving. He's a proper artist with a knife. And given that Dracula is clean-shaven in the Castle and has a beard at the zoo, he must grow hair and therefore he must need to shave. It's going to take some work to convince Dracula to let him shave him, but Sweeny is remarkably good at that sort of thing, and it's not like Dracula can use a mirror.

I don't see any possible universe where Dracula isn't a bass so he's perfect for those duets. And Dracula does certainly appreciate pretty women (though proof of heaven while you're living doesn't really apply).

Sweeny's biggest problem will be if he decides to murder Dracula with his razors, because Dracula isn't the kind of thing that dies when its throat is slit, and Dracula will not be amused. On the other hand what reason does Sweeny have to kill him? There's no pie shop downstairs. Dracula isn't blackmailing him like Pirelli. He hasn't done anything to any Lucys yet. And I think Sweeny is savvy enough to be wary of retribution from the Girlies, even if he is (inappropriately) confident in his ability to kill Dracula.

The thing that gives me pause is whether he can get out once Dracula leaves. I really don't see Sweeny Todd as much of a climber. But he is very determined and he did escape Australia so maybe?

I think Sweeny Todd can survive Castle Dracula, because to do otherwise would keep him from his revenge. He will have vengeance - he will have salvation

[starfata]

A few years ago, I discovered that our gas company had a database of their customers- my brother had a job interview and was curious about what it said about us.

We were rated as pleasant, owning a dog that barked at strangers but not for long. Plus the details of prior issues, make and models etc, but knowing the company warns their employees about things like that makes me pleased, but also I want to keep up our good reputation.

Like, I'd never be rude to someone in general, but I'm a little more conscious about bribing the dog into quiet and offering cups of tea, because we have a good rating as customers and I'm not going to be the one to mess it up.

Not just the gas company- any tradesman who comes in the house.

The window cleaners are a lost cause though- the dog freaks out at them whenever they appear. All we can do is have the money ready to go and smile brightly as we apologise for the noise.

[tinyshe]

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Your Van Ever seen your own tools at a car boot sale? 

This has got to be where the stolen tools from all the van theft crime that's going on. I really don't know how the thieves sleep at night with the crime career they have chosen.

  Like many other tradespeople, I have been a victim of van theft. Although I have upgraded the van security after the 1st time. 

There are tried and tested methods to keeping your van secure, van deadlocks are one of the things I will always put on my vans from now on. 

Along with some actions to keep in mind when it comes to van security. These actions in the podcast are simple things to keep in mind when leaving your van overnight or parking it up outside the house.

 I would love to say “sit with a shotgun to these scumbags” but you never see it coming. Just like I didn't.