Originally Posted by Out back
Originally Posted by poorcountrypreacher

I did read an article once about a study that found that job that had the highest satisfaction rate was dozer operator, and I can understand that. Move a bunch of dirt and you can see that you accomplished something. smile

It isn't as rewarding when you're ate up with arthritis. It's nice to see the results of your efforts happening right in front of you, but once you get beat up for a few hours, the gratification dwindles.
Now, if we're using instant gratification as our benchmark, then you have to place a pressure washer right up there high on the list.
Whether it's a brick wall, driveway or cattle trailer, the amazing pressure washer delivers immediate, almost climactic, satisfaction.
I don't think my wife will ever understand the love affair with my pressure washer. But I keep telling her if I could marry a machine this would be it.
I can play with it for hours, it doesn't argue, it never criticizes my work, and most importantly I can turn it off when I'm tired of hearing it!



Pushing down trees was actually more gratifying to me than moving dirt. I never got very good at smoothing dirt, but I learned how to push down a tree in the first few minutes. I had a chinaberry in a field that had been plaguing me for decades, and it sure was satisfying to push it into the woods.

My pressure washer is a Northern tool piece of junk and it gets me soaking wet every time I use it. I wouldn't wanna marry it, but it is fun to play with on a hot summer day.

All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.