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There is no way to completely seal off a home from standing water.

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Sounds like a challenge for my duct tape.

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What about the Texas longhorns

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Should be #1.

Supposedly the richest booster base in all of CFB with access to the most talent in the country. Also supposedly a football history on par with Alabama, Michigan, and Notre Dame.

One title in what? 40 years? 50 years?

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since the cabinets are installed

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Cabinets aren’t installed. It’s open wall cavities with no insulation currently.

Quick recap of what's occurred:

Asbestos abatement company nicked a wire when removing subfloor from the kitchen. The wire runs under the new subfloor and up into the wall to an electrical outlet.

After demoing the sheetrock where new cabinets are going, a lot of messy wires were exposed. Some of the wires were cloth wrapped and one was pretty significantly frayed.

The electrician came out and surveyed the kitchen. He said the broken wire was a difficult repair and not something that was a quick fix like he was led to believe.

When he saw the mess that was left behind the sheetrock, he said it needed to be addressed before anything else happened in the kitchen.

He identified the following:

1) Repair damaged wire from asbestos company
2) Demo cloth wires, rerun new wires, and move overcrowded and misplaced electrical box to crawlspace
3) Install 3 20 amp circuits with 5 plugs

The quoted price was $3100.

I already agreed to and paid for electrical work removing existing lights, moving wires for new recessed lighting and a pendant light, and running wires for under cabinet lighting.

The electrician arrived at 8am and did prep work until 9:30am. He left and came back at noon. He finished the entire job by 3pm.

It was a two man crew.

Am I paying $3100 for 4.5 fricking hours of work?

Is that right?

I never saw the ball hit the ground. :dunno:

It’s year one and he went into Jordan Hare and won convincingly and he beat top ten Ole Miss.

I’d take that over “hasn’t won a damn thing in three coaches.”

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Power finally went out about 5 am in Vestavia. It didnt even get bad, but Vestavia is going to Vestavia.

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We’re good on the Dolly Ridge side of Vestavia. :dunno:

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No, what I meant was that I acted like a hyper little kid. Viewed as an adult.

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And your wife is right. Kids are hyper, imaginative, loud, rambunctious, impulsive, inquisitive, imprecise….

That’s why childhood is fun. You aren’t squashed by society’s inhibitions yet.

Most people see themselves back then and long for that persona to return. Sure, kids can be obnoxious and obtuse, but they’re the ones who are living with pure sincerity. Just a bundle of intensities experiencing the world.

It makes me sad for you, brother. I hope you’ll revisit those videos with a different perspective.

You watched yourself as a kid and felt hatred about yourself? As a kid?

Were you sadistic or something?

Or did it bring up old memories you wanted to suppress?

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Are you attention seeking or just a little blessed?

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Cursed is more like it.

I don't know who to trust, I guess. The foundation guy didn't bring up any concerns. My GC sent me pictures of wood rot, sagging joists, laser measurements, and descriptions of what needed to be completed.