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Originally Posted by stanfortyman

I actually am pretty busy. Quite a bit right now and no real end in sight. Not overwhelmed though, which I like.

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That's good!

Been busy here pretty consistently. With my large customer list, I see no problems in the future, unless Obama puts them all out of business.

I am not involved with too much bid work, service, maintenance and small projects, all commercial, industrial, and institutions. I leave the large contract and utility work to our other groups. We average 300 workers overall.

No residential. I have no patience negotiating over nickels and dimes.

I find that residential customers will pay big bucks for finishes, cabinets, hot tubs, air conditioning, plumbers, big screen TV's, pools, and on and on, and always think the electrician to connect this stuff ( except plumbers) is screwing them.

I always have ups and downs, feast or famine in this business. Our preventive maintenance contracts help with fill in. Slow periods help with catching up and taking a breath. I can't push the guys 24/7, wears them out. Having jobs going at all hours of day and night wears me out too.