OT - What are you doing right now?

ColbyLang

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I hate hiring people.  Wife hired a designer to redesign the house interior.  So far everything she has picked out has not worked and we ended up picking our own furniture.  Latest fiasco is  lights and fans.  Thankfully I was the one doing the install becaue the fans do not have the correct down rods, the colors on the various light fixtures do not match and basically it all is a major down grade.  Very unhappy at the moment, but at least I didn't line up an electrician.  First world problems to be sure, but still aggravating.

As the husband of an interior designer, I’m sorry. Like anything else, some folk’s taste is only in their mouths

nolaegghead

poster said:

Almost finished home built trailer, I'm on wknd #5. Lighting took almost as long as welding. Just need to deck it to make it usable. $30 for a 2x6x12'??? I need 13

Nice!  I put Trex on my buddies trailer.  Not as structurally strong but he was using it for light duty 

ColtsFan

SWMBO is watching some Oprah thing. I’m hiding in my office watching the NBA Allstar game

GrateEggspectations

Ozzie_Isaac

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I hate hiring people.  Wife hired a designer to redesign the house interior.  So far everything she has picked out has not worked and we ended up picking our own furniture.  Latest fiasco is  lights and fans.  Thankfully I was the one doing the install becaue the fans do not have the correct down rods, the colors on the various light fixtures do not match and basically it all is a major down grade.  Very unhappy at the moment, but at least I didn't line up an electrician.  First world problems to be sure, but still aggravating.

As the husband of an interior designer, I’m sorry. Like anything else, some folk’s taste is only in their mouths

I am not sure if the issue is communication or expectations.  My issue is not with the profession, I have seen some amazing work, just has not panned out this go around.  Hopefully we can get is sorted out.  Just finding a designer was hard right now.

nolaegghead

Done.  Granite top in back of my truck.  I'm giving this one to a friend.

kl8ton

Nice @nolaegghead
I like that a lot.

TTC

This was a straight sprinkler pipe.....

Ozzie_Isaac

TTC said:

This was a straight sprinkler pipe.....

That does not seem like a good thing.

ColtsFan

Sent a relatively new tech to one of the sororities we manage. He's a young, ambitious 24 year old. He just sent me an email thanking me for sending him. LOL...not gonna lie; visiting the female Greek houses are usually fun

Ozzie_Isaac

ColtsFan said:

Sent a relatively new tech to one of the sororities we manage. He's a young, ambitious 24 year old. He just sent me an email thanking me for sending him. LOL...not gonna lie; visiting the female Greek houses are usually fun

Pretty sure I have seen many a movie with this exact story line.

nolaegghead

ColtsFan said:

Sent a relatively new tech to one of the sororities we manage. He's a young, ambitious 24 year old. He just sent me an email thanking me for sending him. LOL...not gonna lie; visiting the female Greek houses are usually fun

Awesome place to meet naive vapid conformist wanna-be social climbers from upper middle income America for meaningless post adolescent sex.  I'm sure he's happier than Scottie in a large vat of anus.

nolaegghead

(question, is the commodity plural of anus - "anus"?)

TTC

Ozzie_Isaac said:

TTC said:

This was a straight sprinkler pipe.....

That does not seem like a good thing.

Idiot forklift operator of my tenant manages to hit a 4 inch diameter schedule 40 main sprinkler line. Destroyed all the couplings in a 30 yard radius. Sprinkler line is 3 inches below roof. Dumb ass would have carved a whole in the roof if he hadn’t hit the sprinkler. 

Will be around a 15k repair 

Ozzie_Isaac

TTC said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

TTC said:

This was a straight sprinkler pipe.....

That does not seem like a good thing.

Idiot forklift operator of my tenant manages to hit a 4 inch diameter schedule 40 main sprinkler line. Destroyed all the couplings in a 30 yard radius. Sprinkler line is 3 inches below roof. Dumb ass would have carved a whole in the roof if he hadn’t hit the sprinkler. 

Will be around a 15k repair 

Yikes!  Did it have water in it too?

nolaegghead

https://youtu.be/BPpp7R1aFNo

"79 Bitches!" 😆

TTC

Ozzie_Isaac said:

TTC said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

TTC said:

This was a straight sprinkler pipe.....

That does not seem like a good thing.

Idiot forklift operator of my tenant manages to hit a 4 inch diameter schedule 40 main sprinkler line. Destroyed all the couplings in a 30 yard radius. Sprinkler line is 3 inches below roof. Dumb ass would have carved a whole in the roof if he hadn’t hit the sprinkler. 

Will be around a 15k repair 

Yikes!  Did it have water in it too?

Only about 50k gallons

Ozzie_Isaac

TTC said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

TTC said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

TTC said:

This was a straight sprinkler pipe.....

That does not seem like a good thing.

Idiot forklift operator of my tenant manages to hit a 4 inch diameter schedule 40 main sprinkler line. Destroyed all the couplings in a 30 yard radius. Sprinkler line is 3 inches below roof. Dumb ass would have carved a whole in the roof if he hadn’t hit the sprinkler. 

Will be around a 15k repair 

Yikes!  Did it have water in it too?

Only about 50k gallons

Double yikes.  Hope no water damage too.

alaskanassasin

Looks like there was water damage.

Foghorn

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColtsFan said:

Sent a relatively new tech to one of the sororities we manage. He's a young, ambitious 24 year old. He just sent me an email thanking me for sending him. LOL...not gonna lie; visiting the female Greek houses are usually fun

Pretty sure I have seen many a movie with this exact story line.

Pics or it didn't happen.

lousubcap

Recalling that even today "The mail must get thru" as I received a post card mailed from Buenos Aires Argentina air mail and arrived today 3/8/21-mailed on 3/12/2020.  So, if you have been wondering where that snail mail thing is...it may show up next year!

Botch

nolaegghead said:

(question, is the commodity plural of anus - "anus"?)

Anii  

Ozzie_Isaac

lousubcap said:

Recalling that even today "The mail must get thru" as I received a post card mailed from Buenos Aires Argentina air mail and arrived today 3/8/21-mailed on 3/12/2020.  So, if you have been wondering where that snail mail thing is...it may show up next year!

3 days before our world got flipped on its head!  Very cool.  Maybe if you open it, you will break the curse.

StillH2OEgger

lousubcap said:

Recalling that even today "The mail must get thru" as I received a post card mailed from Buenos Aires Argentina air mail and arrived today 3/8/21-mailed on 3/12/2020.  So, if you have been wondering where that snail mail thing is...it may show up next year!

I hope it wasn't a brisket.

Cornholio

Just registered for the vaccination queue in my county after receiving an email from my rheumatologist that I am eligible for the next phase. 

JohnInCarolina

Just helped my parents sign some tax documents electronically.  Easy if you know how to work all the technology, but much less so if you don’t.

fishlessman

JohnInCarolina said:

Just helped my parents sign some tax documents electronically.  Easy if you know how to work all the technology, but much less so if you don’t.

did the same with an uncle yesterday, old school dragging a mouse. took thirty minutes and he wanted to erase and start over

Cornholio

JohnInCarolina said:

Just helped my parents sign some tax documents electronically.  Easy if you know how to work all the technology, but much less so if you don’t.

Technological knowledge is definitely something people take for granted and don’t always see how hard things are for those who either weren’t around it until later in life or for those who don’t have consistent access to the internet. 

I bought my parents iPhones about a decade ago and helped them out with learning smartphones. Then my grandparents got iPhones and I still help my grandmother out on a regular basis. Patience is key!

fishlessman

Cornholio said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Just helped my parents sign some tax documents electronically.  Easy if you know how to work all the technology, but much less so if you don’t.

Technological knowledge is definitely something people take for granted and don’t always see how hard things are for those who either weren’t around it until later in life or for those who don’t have consistent access to the internet. 

I bought my parents iPhones about a decade ago and helped them out with learning smartphones. Then my grandparents got iPhones and I still help my grandmother out on a regular basis. Patience is key!

my uncle learned what google is this year, he writes down what he wants my aunt to search for when she gets home

JohnInCarolina

Cornholio said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Just helped my parents sign some tax documents electronically.  Easy if you know how to work all the technology, but much less so if you don’t.

Technological knowledge is definitely something people take for granted and don’t always see how hard things are for those who either weren’t around it until later in life or for those who don’t have consistent access to the internet. 

I bought my parents iPhones about a decade ago and helped them out with learning smartphones. Then my grandparents got iPhones and I still help my grandmother out on a regular basis. Patience is key!

My father is convinced that tech companies are in some global conspiracy whose main objective is to rob the elderly of their life savings.  

I’m not entirely convinced that he’s wrong...