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09-24-2009, 09:39 AM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
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Guatalmalan roofers are here
I needed to get the roof done, so I went with Sunrise roofing in Whitman. They are going most of the business it seems in the area now and I haven't heard one complaint. Very hard working people.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
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09-24-2009, 10:12 AM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
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We had a roof put on the house about a month ago and the job was subbed out to a company from the Boston 'burbs - the roofers were Ecuadoran Indians.
These guys did an AWESOME job - I couldn't believe how hard they worked - it's a 3 story house - and the temps at street level were in the mid to upper 90's on the 2 days it took them to do it.
They definitely looked Incan - odd thing was the tallest guy in the crew was maybe 5'3" and they all came in one van - it was like a clown car full of extras from Mel Gibson's movie Apocalypto when they pulled up
They did an excellent job - both my wife and I said that you'd never get a crew of Yankees to work so hard under those conditions and still be so meticulous.
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"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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09-24-2009, 10:22 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Crafty Angler
and they all came in one van - it was like a clown car full of extras from Mel Gibson's movie Apocalypto when they pulled up
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That has got to be one of the funniest lines I've read on here in months...that is friggin hysterical   |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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09-24-2009, 12:48 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
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I stand corrected, they are from Ecuador, and one of them is walking with a limp, muttering something about falling at some fisherman's house and then he tried to pay them in reproduction fishing photos. LOL
Hard working people.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
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09-24-2009, 12:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
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Did ya check em for a Green Card??
Probably not. It is all about price.
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09-24-2009, 01:59 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
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You know times are bad when the roofer jobs disappear from the newspaper.
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09-24-2009, 07:07 PM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Swimmer
I stand corrected, they are from Ecuador, and one of them is walking with a limp, muttering something about falling at some fisherman's house and then he tried to pay them in reproduction fishing photos. LOL
Hard working people.
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Sorry, Senor, no hablo feeshing.... 
Hey, believe me, it sure wasn't a freebie.... 
But I will tell you it was worth every penny, the work was flawless and done according to Hoyle all the way around - I was absolutely impressed
And I am a PIA after getting work done on the house that wasn't so well done over these last 30 years...  |
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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09-24-2009, 07:47 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
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I have found Ecuadorians to be very hard workers and are a very friendly and polite people.
Costa Ric-ans are cut from the same cloth.
My son had a hugh tree hanging over his and his neighbors house that had
to come down. None of the Tree Surgeons would touch it without a crane
for many $$$$$.
One tree guy came in with a much lower price and had 4 Costa Ric-ans working for him. All insured. One guy climbed and cut, one worked the rope and 2 carried to the chipper. Done in 3 hours. My neighbor had a similar size tree
taken down by crane. Five guys working and took over 4 hours.
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" Choose Life "
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09-24-2009, 07:57 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Most of the local lawn care dudes are also South America.
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09-25-2009, 01:28 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
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I am extremely please with thier work. They sub work from one of the busier roofing companies in the area. I have seen these guys around for years. I would assume they have some kind of legal status. They actually having an insurance bond, and so doesn't the company that I hired. Doubly insured. Sunrise Roofing in Whitman. I would reccomend them anytime.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
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