baseballmind1212

I have 3 kids in church at 8am every Sunday.

We bring a bag with a few different coloring books, a stuffed animal or two, and some baby toys for the 18 month old.

The hot wheels track is over the top.

I get more pissed about the adult couples with no kids that show up routinely 20 minutes late and then get mad when I don't squeeze my family of 5 into 3 arse cheeks worth of space.

If I can wake up early enough to feed, clothe, and load up 3 kids, you can roll out of bed, put your slides on and show up on time.

Don't even get me started with the mfers that roll out the door straight from the communion line...

Sherwin williams Resu floor is what ive used commercially. I don't think this can be sourced for private sale from Sherwin Williams though. I work for a GC, we just sub that stuff out.

I had good results with Spartan ultracoat. They are diy homeowner friendly and extremely responsive if you have basic questions. Also have a huge color palette to choose from. Spartan Epoxies Ultracoat

I did a deep dive researching as I had the el cheapo Rust-Oleum product fail after a few years where the hot car tires were rolling over it.

My company gives an extra week of PTO and a cash bonus for 5,10.

15 and up gets the extra week, but the gift is usually more personalized.

I rarely use my full 6 weeks of PTO, so I'll take the extra week or two of pay for whatever I haven't burnt.

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AndyCBR
Dunno, but I have no idea how the Siegen lane location didn't pan out. Ditto that on the Prairieville location.

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I worked at siegen for a long time in the middle of them opening pville.

$.99 margs killed siegen. Before that it was a pretty nice mid range restaurant with reasonable food prices and a good atmosphere.

The cheap drinks brought the cheap clientele.

The pville location rent was too high. That in combo with a smaller seating area than the other two and a horribly laid out bar and kitchen was a recipe for failure.


The 20$ wings and beer deal was the best MNF deal in town for a while. I loved working it. Send the good looking girl bartenders to talk to all the dudes while I stood at the drink well pouring beers continuously for hours.

Fun fact, we averaged ~1200 beers poured a night at siegen during the height of that. The place sat 200ish

I'd diy.

Shove that pump 20-30' down the sleeve and call it a day. Sleeve is there to keep from leaves debris clogging and burning up the pump. Biggest thing is you want to make sure you push the pump far enough into the pond that it won't run dry during a drought event.

As the previous post said, dielectric grease and marine rated heat shrink is your friend.

Just post the next tinkering job you do with the $1k you save?? your diy posts are awesome.

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The worst GC PM I've worked with recently was in his 60s, on a complicated $105m project and in way over his head.

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The worst thing about hiring in this industry is that it is impossible to tell a good PM/super from a bad just thru interview.

I have worked with many supers who were 55+ that were horrible. Bad managers, poor schedulers, didn't know shite about building science.

Most of these types were a foreman in a trade, then got on as an AS or APM and then jumped company to company every 3-5 years after that.

He doesn't need to do any thing extra to stand out.

Get degree. Show up to work. Give a shite.

The last part will seperate him enough if he can do it.


I'm a CM grad, that hires at least 2-3 LSU guys a year for entry level positions at a big contractor. The most important thing that makes guys stand out to me is ability to interview and previous internship experience.

The guys who pick it up fast can be a PM in 3-5 yrs out of school for us.

I thought this was impossible since colleges are typically gun free zones.

You mean bad actors will ignore these rules and carry firearms anyways? Who could have seen that coming!?

I know plenty of people (me included) that practiced this in college.

It just didn't have some bull shite blue haired name.

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The pipe handle that others mentioned earlier in the thread is a big help with attic work.

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Glad I could be of help. I like to say I've got redneck ingenuity. My wife reminds me that I'm not smart, I just grew up broke??

Cat6a for the cable. Cat 7 rating is still not recognized by the TIA (ie the rating is not legitimate/tested). 6A will handle 10GBps, your network equipment couldn't outrun it.

I've had good luck with navepoint racks, nothing fancy but they get the job done.

I personally wouldn't recommend wall mount, especially if you are going to end up putting a ups in there.

Couple personal tips ive learned from building commercial buildings...

1. Put a pipe or two in at your headend rack. Easiest and cheapest way to do this is use a couple 2" PVC pipes stubbed out the wall/ceiling into the attic. Cheaper than conduit, better than smurf tube.

2. Put 2 separate duplex outlets at your rack, on 2 separate circuits.

3. Include a ups in your build, will save you tons of headache from power blips making your whole system power cycle.

4. Run data for cameras, even if you aren't going to put them initially. Way easier during construction.

5. If you want everything in a rack, investigate IR repeaters. Dumb thing to overlook. Can be done over cat6.

6. Include a NAS. My entire life is filed on mine. Every car maintenance receipt, healthcare receipt, important docs, all family pics, etc. In a file structure like God intended.