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  1. Hey guys, is anyone qualified to give an opinion on a possible modification of one side of my attic to open up some room so I can actually store some shit in there? I'm thinking I could cut the existing trusses as shown only on the right side and then install vertical ones in place. Then also add some smaller ones up top as seen in the top left. I wouldn't touch the left side and I would leave the vertical center pieces in place. Would this cause any issues? I'm not going to do it if it will make it weaker or subject to imbalanced loads that could cause premature cracking in the garage walls or worse.
  2. Shoot if I was in Austin I'd be down. But I'm in DFW.
  3. This is exactly correct. I just wasn’t going to incriminate myself on here directly and haven’t yet lol. There’s probably more creative ways as well.
  4. I think these have doors that swing but I get your point! I think I’ve settled for having a local contractor crew here in DFW build me one out of wood on the spot. I just got quoted $2800 for them to build me an 8x16 which seems like a great deal. I don’t have to tear my fence down to bring in a prebuilt one that way. I could build my own if any material type but man now that I’m getting older I just don’t have the time.
  5. I've never put together a shed. Reading the review people took anywhere from 1 - 2 days to assemble them so it does sound tedious. How about the vinyl & resin sheds? Those are also fairly economical and wouldn't have issues with rot or rust. Only thing I can think of is that they might warp in the Texas heat?
  6. It's hard to beat the price of the galvanized steel storage sheds. At Lowes, it's only about $675 for a 10 x 8 ft, with 2 4x8 tongue and groove OSB subfloor sheets, 9 concrete deck blocks and 6 2x4x10 pressure treated boards. I think that's all I'd need. Why not get this instead of a wooden shed that will likely cost 2 or 3 times as much especially with COVID having doubled the price of wood? Is it THAT flimsy?
  7. Not sure who Swam is or familiar with his threads or intentions. My goal here isn't to entertain, it was to ask for help in finding an address and I'm almost there because someone shared a great website. I've already been ridiculed and told to fuck off and I didn't even have to type out the whole story so why work harder to get more flack... If the people who were actually helpful want to hear it sure I'll put in the work to type it out otherwise I'm ok.
  8. Yes of course. I've had his number the entire time. But "Hey man I know you scammed me and live somewhere else, do you mind helping a brother out and texting me your new address so I can serve you" Not sure I understand your angle with that one.
  9. Like a chemical voo-doo doll.. makes sense. Will report back in a few hours after eating a shit load of apple seeds.
  10. Holy shit. So thanks to you guys I was able to track down his most recent address and then looked up the owner on the local county assessor's website then used her contact info to find her cell phone. Turns out this guy literally just finished screwing this 87 year old lady who is a widow and cancer survivor. She said she rented him her little home in Edmond, OK and he didn't pay rent, trashed her place and stole some of the things she owned in it. Family heirlooms etc gone. This is why I'm pursuing tainting his record even more. I knew this was what he was doing when his BG report is full of changed address every two months. This guy is moving around place to place doing this to other people. She said she had his forwarding address and would be glad to text me it later. She wants to pursue legal action against him as well if he doesn't pay for all of the damages. He's promised to pay her back much like he did to me but we all know thats a lie. Someone needs to beat this guys ass.
  11. Yes exactly. The BG report contained several of his emails. I did find his Facebook profile. I have his cell phone ( I don't know why a text with a link wouldn't suffice but that's too futuristic ). I will contact my courts tomorrow to ask about this option thanks!
  12. Ok but only if I physically give you the cash because there's no way you could scam me when I'm right there with you... wait.
  13. No you're right, BUT IMO if you keep turning the other cheek every time someone takes advantage of you then you are going to keep getting taken advantage of. Now of course me looking to bring this guy down a notch isn't going to mean that the next time someone tries to take advantage of me I'll have some kind of protection against it. It's more of a feeling I have that this will "make things more right" and I get to fight back a little. The ironic thing in your response is that the guy seemed very religious. He had all kinds of religious things in his house. He seemed like a nice guy all around so it was very shocking when he pulled this.
  14. EXACTLY. I even have the pictures of the prices he wanted written down on a piece of paper on his desk. I have so much proof of his shenanigans that a judge would be excited to bring the hammer down on him in two seconds. He was just grasping at straws to try to justify what he did. End of the day he had sellers remorse and figured he could get away with it.
  15. Why, do you know a guy?! Kidding....
  16. Yeah months, I was finishing up grad school so didn't feel like pursing getting him served at the time so the small claims sat there for a bit. Gave him time to find a new rental. Yes yes that's part of the story and why I'm upset. I also bought other stuff from him before hand that he didn't take in which I made money so net I came out on top but he did still change his mind on the furniture at some point and decided to just take off with the money. He had sellers remorse for all the stuff he had sold me already up until then. When he called me to threaten me he said he did it because I ripped him off of the other stuff he sold me so I deserved it lol.
  17. Primarily to be a pain in the ass and add something to his record. Recovering the money would be a bonus. This is just the legal recourse. Once all attempts are exhausted that are plenty of other ways I can be a real pain in the ass but I won't broach what that entails here for legal reasons.
  18. Yeah I might as well call her and ask. I have already called her (at her place of employment, a local school as an admin) a few months ago to confirm that he was her tenant but I didn't explain why I was looking for him. Then he called me back enraged threatening me because I was "following him around" and calling his ex g/f. I didn't even smear his name she has no idea what he did. But now... it might be time to at least try that. She may sympathize and cooperate who knows.
  19. Not in the physical sense. But metaphorically speaking someone went in with no lube.
  20. Surely one of the shaggy 1%rs here can just wave their hand and have their assistant run a check on this guy. His name and details:
  21. If someone with any gotdamn abilities or detective work can help me track down this bastard's address so I can serve him sure I'll step up to the podium and share the intimate details of how this Boomer fuckhead scammed me. I mean I was willing to do it on Mathis, it just didn't happen.
  22. If I told you the whole story this will turn into a shaggy classic where I'm front and center for roasting. It's such a crazy story that Judge Mathis called me to ask me if I was interested in being on the show for it lol.
  23. It's even worse than that but I don't want to add and admit to my humiliation lmao.
  24. I don't know. Buying some used furniture instead of paying full price for marked up furniture totally sounds like something dads would do haha. Dads have to do things like this because kids are expensive!
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