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[romex jockey]

"Crime does not pay"

The movie "GoodFellas" was based on a true story book. I happened to read the book before seeing the movie (I think I have that connection right).

The book's author and lead in the movie was a plumbing contractor in the Jersey Shore casino area. He gets a late night call to put in a new boiler for a hinky mobbed up storefront operation (surely there was alcohol involved, probably girls also). He does the boiler and sends the bill. The bill comes back to him marked up with "Crime does not Pay".

He tries to collect, honest pay for honest work, but instead of getting paid he gets larger and larger jobs in the casinos and their environs. He was brought in, I'm sure witnessed some of what was in the movie, and eventually gives State evidence. Great book and movie, but not exactly the same story. Memory's fuzzy but in the movie, I seem to recall the lead may have been played by Dicaprio as a young punk kid. The origin story is not in the movie.

The other phrase that comes to mind is "be careful what you wish for".

Ok i admit it Dan, i'm a Sicilian , and own a fedora!

~RJ~

 

[__dan]

You talking about “Sam the plumber”?

I will look it up.

I Googled "GoodFellas" and I'm pretty sure I have it wrong. The book I read was not the base for the movie. Very different origin story.

In the book, the plumber initially resists but then does become enamored of the gangsta lifestyle, before ending by giving State evidence.

 

[ramsy]

Got a live one in Santa Fe Springs if anybody can help.

Compressor motor, and other mixed power raceways in industrial space.

 

[__dan]

You talking about “Sam the plumber”?

That's a good catch. I'm pretty sure the book I read was not the base for "Goodfellas".

I was a regular weekly buyer in every bargain book store that happened to cross my path, for a long time. But no fiction (gave that up after high school), biographies, autobiographies, historical account books written by the people that were there.

This is the book that explained the Vietnam War to me, after buying many.

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Back Fire: The CIA's Secret War in Laos... book by Roger Warner

 

[RumRunner]

You need to learn to read and stop posting false information.

Cite one information that I posted that is false. I don't need to learn how to read and learn how to be truthful.
Stop posting one-liners that don't have insights. . . .you need to possess more in-depth response . .not just something you picked up from the pile of baloneys.

 

[RumRunner]

Most contractors, licensed or not, are completely ignorant of how their activity voids property insurance of their clients. When fire & casualty claims are denied by default, homeowns bear the burden to prove their alterations complied with the letter of the law, including the limited work per CA B&P 7048 cited by Curt Swartz. Without any documentation, invoice, or AWAL contractors, property owners don't have a chance of getting insurance to pay claims.

The CA license board newsletters shows both licensed & unlicensed contractors are equally prosecuted, for voiding claims, during S.W.I.F.T. sting projects.

Just like the unqualified hacks, GC contractors and C10's registered at the license board with Wormkman's Comp. exemptions are caught with uninsured helpers.

While larger corporations actively lobby Republican legislators to de-fund the CA Dpt. of Consumer Protection (CSLB S.W.I.F.T. division), the small time operators targeted by the license board are perhaps the most ignoramus and prolific violators.

I receive regular issues of the newsletter from CA Consumer Affairs that list violations of licensed contractors-- like failure to carry workman's comp etc but those unlicensed individuals are not easy to prosecute due to the fact that they don't carry even identifications --or worse drive back south of the border.

You can't put them in handcuffs and haul them to jail.

What these guys are engaged in-- is no different from your modus operandi. You indicated that you are operating without a license which is OK for work limited at $500.

If your lofty goal is just the way you are operating --more power to you.

 

[ramsy]

Anything managing in the job title I run the other way. I need good manager(s) to work with and if there are none, the situation is untenable. Rescue me.

If you're describing RMO experience, do you typically get a percentage of business, or take a salary?

 

[curt swartz]

Cite one information that I posted that is false. I don't need to learn how to read and learn how to be truthful.
Stop posting one-liners that don't have insights. . . .you need to possess more in-depth response . .not just something you picked up from the pile of baloneys.

I'm quoting Contractors License Law. You are posting crap.

 

[brantmacga]

I have to say, I know guys without a license that are excellent electricians, and I know guys with licenses that are terrible “electricians”.

To me, licensing is just something to hold over a contractors head if they really screw up. You can always sue them, but having the ability to take away their license to do business is the point of it, I think.


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[__dan]

I have to say, I know guys without a license that are excellent electricians, and I know guys with licenses that are terrible “electricians”.

To me, licensing is just something to hold over a contractors head if they really screw up. You can always sue them, but having the ability to take away their license to do business is the point of it, I think.


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From a business law class, the license makes your contract "enforceable". My take on that is, the license protects you.

Believe me, even my inlaws hire the gardener to do their wiring and speak highly of themselves when doing so. But then have bad words when I have to find the direct line is tapped on the attic light circuit.

Of course the guys with licenses know that if you have one, it takes so much more than that. In this area, the State law is pretty strict about licensing required. But actual enforcement can be hard to come by, even with a licensed guy getting on them about it (doesn't stop me from trying, you get better with practice). The customers do exactly what they want and are none too fussy about requiring licensed guys.