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Laid up in a sling on my right arm for another 5 weeks.
Rotator cuffs take time. Eating way to much to lol...
I can still do some things in the kitchen. My down fall..
Regards, Kirk
Rotator cuffs take time. Eating way to much to lol...
I can still do some things in the kitchen. My down fall..
Regards, Kirk
Bamby
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Paper work day estimates and invoices.
Question I've often contemplated where does one recover the cost on estimates. I know they can be very time consuming to make up and also very expensive if one wins the contract but had failed include any line items in the bid. My neighbor would like to have a whole kitchen remodel done and nobody wants to even show up to make a bid. I suggested it might be to many tire-kickers without the funding wasting their time to the point they don't want to be bothered with free estimates. At least I could see me feeling that way if I were in the business.
Carwash and an oil change on the truck this morning then physio. Lunch with my lovely wife. Then home to do more body work on my son's car.
Here's the patch job I did on the car. Living in salt for 21 years, this was the only major rust. It was rust coated in the past. The rest was surface rust in a couple spots which I ground down and painted already. I smoothed out the edges of the hole and cut a piece of sheet metal and welded it in. Now working on body filler to smooth it out. My first attempt at this so it won't be perfect but good enough for a $750 car with low mileage for the year.
Here's the patch job I did on the car. Living in salt for 21 years, this was the only major rust. It was rust coated in the past. The rest was surface rust in a couple spots which I ground down and painted already. I smoothed out the edges of the hole and cut a piece of sheet metal and welded it in. Now working on body filler to smooth it out. My first attempt at this so it won't be perfect but good enough for a $750 car with low mileage for the year.
Setting up for my trip to CT to get my old Ford 8N bucket loader tractor. It's been sitting on my sons front yard for three years now. I doubt it will start so I'll have to winch it up the ramps.
Weather net says it will be in the fifties when I get there. Leaving Saturday AM and be gone for most likely a whole week.
My son needs a bathroom overhaul and the building materials for a new deck removed so he can sell his house. I will be glad to see it gone. The mortgage and property tax bill is killing me.
Anyone want a nice three bedroom/three bath, two and onehalf car garage on 2 acres in Danielson CT? Mother-in-law suite on lower level with a walkout to a waterfall and creek,,,; included for free.
Weather net says it will be in the fifties when I get there. Leaving Saturday AM and be gone for most likely a whole week.
My son needs a bathroom overhaul and the building materials for a new deck removed so he can sell his house. I will be glad to see it gone. The mortgage and property tax bill is killing me.
Anyone want a nice three bedroom/three bath, two and onehalf car garage on 2 acres in Danielson CT? Mother-in-law suite on lower level with a walkout to a waterfall and creek,,,; included for free.
Hi Bamby, the way I do it is my hours looking at a job and pricing it out are added in the total price of the quote. If I get the job I get paid if not its overhead. Marty
Bamby
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A person sure might have a belly full of overhead to digest at times. As a added plus a good estimator is likely also on the higher end of the payroll. Hate so say this but there actually should be a fee should the client proceed to want a estimate made. I mean what other trade or service can a person waste so much of someones else's time and not cost them a damn cent....
This is all true but its the nature of the beast. For me I deal with the same customers year over year so if they are just looking for a budget price for a project they are not serious about I don't spend much time on it and bid it high. If its something I know they are going to do I spend a little more time on it. Most small day or two jobs are done on a cost plus basis. Then after the job is done I invoice and wait 90 days to get paid. At times the customers have more of my money than I do. Marty
After the work stuff I went and casted up 80 45 cal. 405 grain hard cast bullets for the 45-70, pretty much a whole pot in my lee melter. I really like this round. For comparison is a 45 cal. long colt with 30 grains of 3f and a 200 grain conical. Tomorrow I will start loading them up. Marty.
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TGIF!
working today, but I've got the whole weekend off.
I'm not going to know how to act.
Superman, Kasey and I are going to get together on Sunday. Dinner in Holy Toledo at an Irish pub, then a museum stop.
He wants to do this before he leaves for the trip to New York.
I'm so concerned about him going alone, but when I express that he says "motherrrrr"..
And gives me the look lol
working today, but I've got the whole weekend off.
I'm not going to know how to act.
Superman, Kasey and I are going to get together on Sunday. Dinner in Holy Toledo at an Irish pub, then a museum stop.
He wants to do this before he leaves for the trip to New York.
I'm so concerned about him going alone, but when I express that he says "motherrrrr"..
And gives me the look lol
Heading down to Indianapolis to see an eye specialist with Melen. She has a scratched cornea. The IU Medical School referred us to Indianapolis. Then dinner this evening and spending the night in Bloomington at IU. Home tomorrow early. We have a birthday dinner with a close friend tomorrow night.
As a contract packager, who's customer base is Fortune 500 companies and little independent printers,,,; I can relate.
Last year we were deeply involved in a Biodegradable film and paper product for a large international corporation. After spending three months and thousands of dollars, we finally met a representative in person.
Long story short, the relationship ended when I realized that they had a multimillion dollar budgeted R&D that was using our research, for free, to advance their program. Likely, they would have abandoned us once we engineered a solution.
Lesson learned, smart people do not get rich as easily as clever ones.
I have had a couple similar situations in the passed. One particular manager at one particular facility developed the habit of asking for a quote to modify some conveying not performing properly, after a couple times in a row giving them the answer to their problem and not getting the job then later learn they fixed it themselves using my engineering changed our relationship where now I ask for a drawing from them to quote to without offering any suggestions.
Aaaand I'm off!
Starting the 2nd week of March I'm going to 3 12 hr shifts per week.
So I won't be there every day, but will still be getting my hours in.
The only killer is going to be my weekends on.
I'll manage.
Starting the 2nd week of March I'm going to 3 12 hr shifts per week.
So I won't be there every day, but will still be getting my hours in.
The only killer is going to be my weekends on.
I'll manage.
Bamby
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I got 3 loads of laundry done.
Oh how I loathe going to the laundrymat!
The only apartments here with washer and dryer hookup are the 2 bedrooms and the studios.
So guess I'm gonna have to get used to it.
Anywho, the apartment is spic and span as well. Yippee!
I'm done for the day except for making dinner later.
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Well how about a useful piece of a old time country classic....
Lehman's
Early voting today so from noon until 5 pm I'll be standing on a corner waving a sign saying, "Re-elect our Sheriff". I don't usually get too involved in elections these days, except for making donations, but for some reason our local elections have turned really nasty this year. I mean they are Washington Democrat nasty! There are all kinds of innuendo, smear tactics, half truths and downright lies flying around the local newspaper and especially on social media.
I have two friends running for re-election and I don't believe that those kind of tactics belong in our county. I don't fully know what triggered it, I have my theories, but I think that I have a duty to try and ensure that it is not successful. I just felt that I need to get off my fat, lazy ass and try to do something about it.
I have two friends running for re-election and I don't believe that those kind of tactics belong in our county. I don't fully know what triggered it, I have my theories, but I think that I have a duty to try and ensure that it is not successful. I just felt that I need to get off my fat, lazy ass and try to do something about it.
Bamby
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I really do wish someone was wise enough to explain it myself. They hate Trump because he has money. But the top Democratic hopefuls are very well healed themselves and they don't seem to have a problem with them. One of them Bloomberg even went as far as stating that every American working outside of the financial industry is more or less brain dead and easily disposable in the rolls they perform. I've not really seen even much of a reaction about that.
In my mind that kind of reference for his fellow man is revolting and totally unacceptable and scary. In reality he may be the most dangerous one in the running. I really hope he can't get the traction to make it to the top..
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScfUfsUlGro[/ame]
In my mind that kind of reference for his fellow man is revolting and totally unacceptable and scary. In reality he may be the most dangerous one in the running. I really hope he can't get the traction to make it to the top..
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScfUfsUlGro[/ame]
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Lol
No way, Jose'!
Well crap, I was slicing onions for cucumber salad and sliced my index finger in the process.
3 Band aids after an application of pressure.
You know how hard it is to wash dishes with one finger stuck up in the air?
Skipping church this morning. I was there 3 hrs yesterday between setting up playing the music and taking down. That's good enough. Plus I've taken a disliking to the Sunday morning loooong drawn out service with the same boring organ hymns being played and the old bitties yodeling all trying to outdo each other. And having to sit in those hard wooden pews for an hour and 20 minutes then barely being able to move. Afterwards everyone heads downstairs for coffee hour and it's a constant barrage of "how do you feel today?" "You must be sore with this change in weather?". I would rather just go Saturday. Do a quick 35 minute service with contemporary music that actually means something to me and after the service pack up and head home and avoid the people.
You know how hard it is to wash dishes with one finger stuck up in the air?
No, I don't know how difficult it is to wash dishes with one finger stuck up in the air but, after waving a placard for 5 hours on the street corner yesterday, I know how easy it is to drive with one finger stuck up in the air. It's not difficult at all. :th_lmao:
No really, it wasn't too bad. I only got flipped off once. Being Texas, if you wave at people they wave back … using ALL five fingers. I'm doing it again next week and again on Super Tuesday.
I didn't go to mass either, but I did have breakfast with the kids in Defiance.
The Toledo trip isn't doable today, but at least we had time together.
Here Frank, my finger is better today.
The skin flap has fused together.
Still hurts like a you-know-what lol
The Toledo trip isn't doable today, but at least we had time together.
Here Frank, my finger is better today.
The skin flap has fused together.
Still hurts like a you-know-what lol
You gots a booboo on your finger? Me too! Lmao. And I rather enjoy showing people.
Givin' the finger now, are we?
Here you go, the American pirate bird.
Here you go, the American pirate bird.
Hi all, yesterday I went and picked up the mini mini van then went down to see my buddy Robert the one with stage 4 asopogus cancer. He has a last wish of getting a project he has been working on for several years completed. Its a 1978 Ford Bronco he did a frame off with all of the good stuff also converting it to a 6.9 diesel with a big turbo. When I got there he was talking about putting the motor in so me and some neighbors helped make that happen. He has most everything for it but it still a big project. Today I got up and cleaned up the mini mini van. Marty
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My son and I had to change the front tire on the expedition at 930 last night as we discovered a flat when we got home with the truck from picking him up at work. That's the third flat she's had in 4 weeks. On 3 different tires. Just the luck of the draw. I haven't had a flat in years. Shhhhh. Just my luck that I'll get one.
After getting the tire repaired, I have to finish painting the patch job on my son's car then bring it for an alignment and safety inspection.
Busy week this week. Scouts tonight. Shrove Tuesday tomorrow where I'm working at the church making pancakes with our mens group. Wednesday is the annual pizza night at the kids grandparents church. I also find out Wednesday if I need surgery and how extensive it is because they may not be able to do it laparoscopically. Meanwhile, I'm all plugged up and my guts are in knots. Been like that over a week.
After getting the tire repaired, I have to finish painting the patch job on my son's car then bring it for an alignment and safety inspection.
Busy week this week. Scouts tonight. Shrove Tuesday tomorrow where I'm working at the church making pancakes with our mens group. Wednesday is the annual pizza night at the kids grandparents church. I also find out Wednesday if I need surgery and how extensive it is because they may not be able to do it laparoscopically. Meanwhile, I'm all plugged up and my guts are in knots. Been like that over a week.
Back to work today.
The end.
The end.
Today? Taking pictures of some of my rifles and digging into values of those guns. I'm looking to sell off some of my rifles. Possibly some CZ 75 pistols too? No plans to thin out the herd of my Detonics collection.
I've got guns that are NIB sitting in the safes. At this point in my life, if I'm not using them I don't think I need to hang onto them anymore. I've got a few that can go. Probably hang onto all my AR15 pattern guns, I have those in various calibers and configurations suitable for hunting and target shooting.
I'm in a gun group in Indiana, my state allows face to face sales to fellow Indiana residents, so I'm going to be limiting my sales to fellow Hoosiers so I don't have to deal with shipping through FFLs and incurring the shipping and transfer fees.
I've got guns that are NIB sitting in the safes. At this point in my life, if I'm not using them I don't think I need to hang onto them anymore. I've got a few that can go. Probably hang onto all my AR15 pattern guns, I have those in various calibers and configurations suitable for hunting and target shooting.
I'm in a gun group in Indiana, my state allows face to face sales to fellow Indiana residents, so I'm going to be limiting my sales to fellow Hoosiers so I don't have to deal with shipping through FFLs and incurring the shipping and transfer fees.
Well a little Ruger Ranch Rifle that has been collecting dust for the past 10+ years has just been sold to a guy who lives in town.
If I get lonely he will even let me come visit it. But since I had to dig to the back of a safe to even find it I doubt that I will be missing it too much.
Got the tire fixed and back on the expedition. Feel like $hit. I've only been able to eat about once a day if that for the past week. Seeing my surgeon Wednesday. Can't come soon enough.
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