Mizz-SEC

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When are people going to learn to not give money to contractors up front. If a contractor is reputable and solvent, they won’t ask for or require any sort of payment or deposit up front.

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Was the deceased the builder or was the homeowner acting as the general contractor?

It's a double edged sword. If there's a substantial material cost up front it's not unreasonable to ask for money upfront. I never ask for money up front, but then most of my price comes from the labor not the material. I've had friends who essentially extended the credit to the homeowner only to have the homeowner refuse to pay after it was completed saying "take me to court". (One poor sap has to go to church with the Effer who ripped him off!)

The key to protecting the homeowner and contractor on a major project is to pay in installments as the work proceeds. Homeowners should withhold 25% until everything is totally completed to their satisfaction. And don't be afraid to ask other people to inspect the work if you don't know what to look for. If at any point you don't like what you're seeing stop the project.

In this case it wouldn't surprise me if the homeowner is SOOL with the subcontractor dying.

RIP. This truly makes me sad.

I've heard him interviewed a couple of times by Rob Word and he was always sincere and entertaining.

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Murtaugh’s problem is that there were a lot of stops and starts to his career, he either had high blood pressure or some type of heart issue that kept manifesting itself and he’d have to step away. He always looked a lot older than he was and he was only 59 when he died of a stroke. But he was a damn good manager.

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Talk about a hard 47 years in this pic form 1964. :wha:

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Just messing round with a shuffle in Amaj.

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All the time. At least for a while every day.

Wish I would have been able to figure it out 20-30 years ago.

Off that list, Al Worthington.

I remember a Twins game in 69 where he came in with the bases loaded and struck out three in a row to preserve the win.

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Thank you for highlighting the good that can exist in our world.

If the tables were turned, I would have a hard time offering the same grace to an atheist.

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Why? Especially if he wasn't of the a-hole variety?

I think Jillette hit it right on the mark with the runaway truck analogy. The reason a Christian would talk to someone else about their faith would be out of kindness / concern over their future.

I've never had an atheist attempt to convert me, but if one wanted to try why wouldn't you welcome the conversation? It would be the ideal opportunity to explain your beliefs to him and / or answer any questions. Of course if you can't do it from the Bible it doesn't carry much weight.

I could be wrong on this but I think most atheists are actually agnostic, not being completely closed to the idea of a Creator / Higher Being but needing convincing evidence. That's where a Christian's ability to use secular history along with the Bible to reason with them and vise versa to hear their reasons why they think there isn't one.

Anyway great video. Glad to see something positive this morning.

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Funny they aren't protesting wind mills and solar farms killing wild birds and fowl.

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Or data centers that are going to need MASSIVE amounts of greenhouse gas energy to operate.

Louisianna has no ticket fixer lawyers??

They're legit, although some are much better than others.

My current one TWICE showed me the problem was muscular, not skeletal, and prescribed specific stretching which fixed the problem essentially costing him business. That said he's not very good at the art of bone popping because he doesn't try to relax you, he just uses force. My old timer who passed away could relax you in less than 30 seconds and use one-tenth the force.

Chiropractors are like any other serviceman. You may have to go through a few to find a really good one.