You might be a weldor if....

[DamageInc537]

YMBAWI you read half of this thread while waiting to file your unemployment claim.
and YMBAWI you trained your wife to be on the look out for how many caps you put in the wash so that they don't make it in to the dryer, and give you the feeling that your eyes are gonna pop out of your head after

[zopi]

I'm not even much of a weldor...and I can relate to alot of these...

You consider your scrap pile to be a retirement account...

all the snot jokes apply to painters too (airbrush artist) candy apple blue metal flake effing ROCKS when you sneeze on some yuppie twit's white BMW..True story...the look on her face..almost like you wiped in on the drapes...

[Brazos]

You forget to wear your hat and the slag burns your hair.

What. I aint got no hair left. I thought the problem was with the cap.
Brazos

[Cornerstone]

You wear the new carharrt shirt and jeans to church Sunday morning. And there's more soft ear plugs in the laundry room than soapstone.

[tanglediver]

I'm not even much of a weldor...and I can relate to alot of these...

You consider your scrap pile to be a retirement account...

..True story......

OMGosh yes!

...if you have tried to flip down your reading glasses with a nod, only to have them fall off your head.
Just did that today.

[wrench3047]

YMBAWI... You go to tell the wife we need more coffee filters and you say we need to stockup on consumables for the coffee pot.

[kandrwelding]

Ynbawi

YMBAWI You refuse to buy a Generator unless you can connect a + and a - to it.

YMBAWI you know how to link up car batterys to burn some rod.

[t1113rs]

YMBAWI you search the internet for foundry boots (no stores stock them) because you are tired of buying shoelaces... Because sparks from cutting heavy plate with your Miller Spectrum 1000 just destroyed even your rawhide laces!

[Kenny Brutcher]

redneck welder

You know your a redneck welder when your gear costs more than your house.

[angus31632]

YMBAWI! All your tools and gear in your game box cost more than the truck the game box is in.

[Kayla]

YMBAWI your sitting at your boring desk job reading through all 59 pages of this post thinking "i wish i could just go weld and try out all these cool things :] "

[treflip]

YmBaW- If when asked," What does Christamas, Thanksgiving, and 4th of July all have in common?" You instantly say Time and a-half!


"-If you can write your name using only a mirror!

"- if your burn marks are bigger than mine!

"- if people in church recognize when your near by the way you smell!

[Scott Hightower]

Spatter Dance

You know all the steps to the "Spatter in the Workboot Dance."

Scott

http://www.welders360.com/

[stalefishsk8er]

if your eyes hurt at the end of the day after doing arc welding with a shade 5 lense

[welder_one]

YMBAW if youve ever used the phrase "well..... welders get better penetration"