genejockey 

(raises hand)

LAJ

Vowels are fine if you hit the right spot, and it turns green. I went with "learn" today. It was so-so. The second one helped more.

seedsbelize2

You'll do fine. They're not difficult. Make one as a mockup. Learn the process. Be prepared to tear it out and redo it. Nothing wrong with that approach. It'll only happen once. And then perfection the rest of the way.

seedsbelize2

I had a '62 International one ton flatbed, in the 80s/90s. It served me well..I hauled a lot of lumber, manure and compost on that truck.
A LOT

BillyD

RIP Ronnie Spector (Ronettes)

rjones28 

Many, many people.

seedsbelize2

I knew. But I was a west coaster at one time.

MoAlpha

Just looked it up and the recommendation is to remove brick before installing siding, which they did after the first addition was constructed. Glad the Big Bad Wolf is dead.

abshipp 

Why pay someone else when you can do it yourself for triple the price?

Kudos to you, really. I helped my dad do Craftsman style baseboards and door casings at their old house and it's a lot of work but super satisfying.

Also annoying to find out just how un-square many things are

datlas 

Did the contractor say your house had “good bones?”

I think that’s something they typically say to make you feel better about all the $$$$ you have to sink into it.

abshipp 

Feel free to keep that on your side of the mountains.

MoAlpha

No. He didn’t have to say it, but we both know it’s a modest 1930s starter home which had had a lot of substandard work done on it. Problem is it’s worth about 1.1 mil and that’s not a tear-down in this neighborhood…yet.

Trsnrtr

I was working from memory and it wasn't exactly a 100% accurate portrayal except... the coffee enema part!

Anyway, anyone wanting to google it can try searching: Jordan Klepper vs. Anti-Vaxxers in SoCal. The coffee enema comes up starting at around the 5' mark.

Trsnrtr

Sniffles. I liked Ronnie.

genejockey 

When we had new insulation put in last year, after the old stuff was vacuumed out and before the new stuff could be blown in, we had to have an electrician check the status of our knob and tube electrical system. He came down and told my wife our house is "very well built".

I asked her whether he had wandered into someone else's attic. It also made me wonder about everyone else's house, that ours should seem so well built!

Mojo31

Wolf's not dead. It just moved south and roams around Oklahoma, North Texas, and Arkansas looking for double wides.

WhyFi

Thanks. I'm not too concerned with actually building the stuff, I'm more concerned about the layout - I'd hate to get to the stage where I build something and I find that the proportions look awkward IRL or hanging the cabinets and discovering that my math was off. I've already found a couple fudge-ups and things that I'm not too fond of while laying it out on the computer, which makes me glad that I'm taking the time to do this on the computer.

Ha . We already had most of the shop equipment bought, so it's just the cost of wood, at this point. While plywood and hardwood prices are a little ridiculous, it'll still be significantly less than the particle board prefab *****.

DougRNS

Someone had to do it.

seedsbelize2

Eight days and nine nights, in mostly cold weather (40s to 70sF). Two pair of pants or three? A lightweight tour without a lot of walking. A couple ruins, a couple museums, a couple boats.

MoAlpha

Recently remembered that song and added it to my structured workout playlist.

Velo Vol 

When the storm approaches I shall direct it to proceed along the following route.

abshipp 

I thought you played the trumpet, not the HAARP

Velo Vol 

Actually, we were doing just fine without it.

BillyD

This.

Clearly they hadn't invented levels, T-squares or plumb bobs yet in 1895.

BillyD

Always disliked that song.