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  1. That’s the type of solution I had in mind. On the surface, it seems like it should work. Would you say it helped reduce sound transmission in your case?
  2. Master bedroom shares a wall with what will become an infant’s bedroom. Noise transmission through the wall has always been subpar but it never mattered before.
  3. I don’t understand the relevance of your post to this thread. Did you read another CS Lewis book recently that made you think of that experience from your teenage years? This is the “Watcha reading?” thread, which is a present participle that indicates current action.
  4. Is it possible to do this? I've heard of injectable foam insulation that gets injected through small holes, which looks like I would need to find a local company that offers this. Does it actually help reduce sound transmission? Alternatively, could I cut a 3-4" hole near the ceiling between each stud and manually add insulation through the hole? Then patch the holes? Looking for options that don't involve tearing out the drywall and replacing it entirely.
  5. 1. That’s not weird to me at all. 2. There’s more than 3 generations in 200 years.
  6. I had zero expectations but I really enjoyed it. Agreed with others that it felt good to be back in the GoT universe for a while.
  7. You can’t go wrong with either. Ellerbe is probably our favorite restaurant in town. Go there 2-3 times a year and it’s always excellent. Grace is also great but for some reason I forget it exists. Haven’t been since probably pre-Covid days. Need to fix that.
  8. I mostly enjoyed the finale. It focused more on the space stuff which is the entire reason to watch this show. Danny and Jimmy were horrible to watch the entire season and their respective storylines were dragging the show down. We got less of that this episode which was a great thing. The North Korean backstory was interesting to me, and agreed with whoever referenced Desmond from LOST because that’s exactly what I thought of. Molly needed more screen time all season. With the departure of Margot, they should’ve made Molly a surviving hero from the bombing and let her go on to lead NASA. She’s a badass and the show needs her type of character. I still liked Margot throughout this season. She gets criticism for being a traitor, but my interpretation is that she and Sergei collaborated over many years for the sake of advancing human space exploration, regardless of citizenship status or political lines. Her commitment was to that cause and she served it well. I think she could’ve died in this episode, but I guess they still plan to use her in future seasons. Dev and Karen and Helios sucked. Obviously meant to represent Elon and SpaceX and private space exploration, but they are the most boring group of characters. Karen is obviously gone, hopefully Dev and the rest are too. I was pretty frustrated with this show at the middle of this season mostly due to the Stevens brothers’ storylines, but they did just enough at the end to win me back and I’ll be looking forward to season 4.
  9. This is apparently more problematic than I originally thought. My door dimensions are 76" H x 58" W, which is not a common size. I contacted the contractor of our house (it was an extensive remodel, not entirely new construction) who told me the doors were purchased from a local surplus store 4 years ago. I went to the surplus store and they no longer have any doors that size, nor can they order them. They say it's a custom size (which almost everyone says) but that makes no sense to me because the contractor could've chosen any size doors for this space, so I don't see why they would opt for a more expensive custom size vs. a less expensive standard size. Builders/contractors generally lean towards cheaper options. I went to another surplus store that has a nearly identical wood door for a $998 which I think is a great price, but that door size is 80" x 60". I also went to Lowe's who is going to send someone to my house to check everything out, but they are predicting that I will need to get fiberglass doors at about $2,000/door, then it will be painted instead of stained wood. Probably a little better longevity going with fiberglass, but it won't look as nice IMO. I may just buy the larger size wood door from the second surplus store and see if a carpenter can modify the door frame enough to accommodate the larger door.
  10. I sent you a PM a while back but never heard a response. Maybe check your inbox?
  11. Finally got around to watching season 3 and loved every bit of it. So many great moments: - Butcher and Hughie on temp V, especially Hughie's random nude teleporting - Herogasm and the running "Frenchie will be disappointed he missed this" joke - Homelander continuing to go off the rails and his parallels to Trump - Seth Rogen on a sex webcam with Crimson Countess - Frenchie and Kimiko's entire story arc - The Deep becoming Homelander's bitch boy while juggling his girlfriend and his octopus side piece - Stormfront giving a handy to Homelander from her hospital bed - A-train's energy feud with Blue Hawk I would like to find a God, Guns & Homelander hat, but I'm also concerned that 95% of people wouldn't understand the meaning and I might send a message I don't intend to send.
  12. Station Eleven was one of my favorite series of the last few years. HBO is reportedly making 2 of Emily St. John Mandel's other books - The Glass Hotel and Sea of Tranquilty - both of which are good reads for anyone interested, into their own limited series. I think all of these series fall under the HBO Max production side, but who really knows. Hoping these changes within HBO don't cause those series to get axed.
  13. I get the consumer access side of things. I’m more curious about the content production. Is there a distinction on that side?
  14. I don’t fully understand the distinction between HBO and HBO Max. I sort of considered them to be the same thing, even though some series are labeled as HBO series and others are Max originals. Is there an actual difference? HBO has made some of the very best television of the past 15-20 years, so anything that cuts into that would be very shitty. Would these rumored changes just affect the Max originals or all HBO programming? Why in the hell would WB/Discovery acquire HBO just to burn it down? Here I was worried that AT&T was going to mess it up.
  15. I thought this was the best episode of the season because it featured more actual space stuff, but it was disappointing that the hab rescue mostly occurred off screen. I suspect that’s for budget reasons to cut down on CGI, which may be why there’s less space stuff this season. It’s hurting the show though. Also weird about the Russian with the subdural hematoma and they were prepping for a craniotomy, then later he’s just dead. Seems like unnecessary buildup just to let him die off screen.
  16. 180 for upper level
  17. At my first ever UFC event. Don’t know much about the sport but it’s fun so far.
  18. Thanks for all the input. I canceled the Pella consult because I thought it would be similar to Andersen. Gonna look into Builders First Source, Resdoor, etc. and then try to find a GC or carpenter in my area.
  19. I’m not sure you realize that you are a tourist.
  20. IMO they rushed the journey to Mars and now they’ve run out of reasonable plot conflicts so they’re making up lousy plots. They could’ve done another season focused on Jamestown and the Moon and the conflict there as each country prepared for their Mars missions. Make the launch to Mars around episode 6-7, spend the last few episodes on the journey, then have the finale be the touchdown on Mars.
  21. I have 3 patio French style doors that need to be replaced. They are wood and they have rotted at the bottom due to being in an area that's exposed to rain. See pic below. I got a quote from Andersen that was $31,000 total to replace all 3 with similar French style doors. That seems significantly more expensive than I was expecting. They then offered sliding doors instead of French style doors, which they could get for around $24,000 total. That doesn't include staining or painting. So less desirable doors, pretty expensive, and the lead time is 6 months. I also scheduled a consult with Pella but I expect them to be in the same ballpark. I'm in Fort Worth and I expect to keep this house about 1-3 more years, so I'm not necessarily concerned about getting the best possible doors with a 20 year warranty. I just want something that looks fairly similar to what I have and will last at least 3 years without significant wear. Any advice?
  22. What in the hell has happened to this show? The first 2 seasons it was one of my favorite shows on TV and I was really looking forward to season 3. Now it’s not enjoyable to watch. Bad writing and feels like a soap opera. Danny’s plot is absurd and should’ve never become a part of this season. And now Ed realizes he’s doped up on painkillers, but makes no effort to restrict access to the pills or to relieve Danny of any important duties. Aside from a public reprimand and standoff, Ed allows him continue his downward spiral to the detriment of the mission and crew. Walking Dead level stupid. Jimmy’s plot is just as bad. He just walks around NASA and steals badges so his MAGA buddies can perpetrate pointless crimes? Why? Do the writers think that’s remotely believable and/or entertaining? It’s neither. The Russians screw up their own spaceship and need rescuing by NASA, now living in the NASA ship on Mars and using NASA resources, but they refuse to share information or collaborate on projects? And NASA lets that fly? As the Russians were emergently evacuating their ship, in a situation that killed multiple people, they took time to collect their vodka? The gay rights subjects of the last 2 episodes feel heavily forced and entirely out of place, yet they’ve occupied half of the screen time. What happened to this being a sci-fi show about space exploration? And why can’t Molly be a part of it instead of the worthless characters of Danny, Jimmy, Karen, and Dev?
  23. Obviously Twitter’s board needs to fight for the sale to be completed, or fight for the largest possible settlement if Musk gets to walk away. However, given the current market and the status of other big tech stock prices, wouldn’t it still be a win for Twitter to get a modest settlement (say ~$5B)? TWTR is currently a little above where it was trading 6 months ago, but down roughly 23% compared to the spike it had in April. Compare that to AMZN which is down 25% since April, META down 27%, and GOOG down 22%. None of those companies have the Elon fiasco and none of them have a potential sale or settlement coming up. So although it would be really nice for TWTR to pull off the sale at the inflated $54/share price, if the alternative is keeping their company and getting a ~$5B settlement, isn’t that also a pretty big win for them? Wouldn’t that leave them better off than if Elon had never entered the picture?
  24. l'île de beauté. What an amazing place. It’s been on our short list for several years, finally made it happen, been here for a week and we love it. Great people, mostly French but they have a strong sense of Corsican heritage, with a fair amount of Italian mixed in, especially in their language. The scenery is fantastic, almost 200 beaches with a lot of variety, many with fine white sand. Some have a parking lot and beach bars, some have a hike and serenity. We prefer the latter. The interior of the island has mountains up to 8,800’ in elevation. Very diverse geography. The food is French Mediterranean, which is to say, perfect. And the wine is mostly produced here, they don’t import or export much, and it’s very tasty and surprisingly inexpensive. It does help to speak some French because there will be places where no English is spoken. We rarely hear English being spoken at other tables at restaurants, nor have we met any Americans in our week here. I’m surprised by that but it’s quite nice. Our favorite place has always been St. Barth, which unfortunately has been overrun with Americans post-pandemic. You could spend a month here and not run out of things to see or do. We spent time in Isle Rousse, Calvi, Piana, Corte, and Bonifacio. Along the way we’ve discovered tons of stuff that we didn’t have time for, or rather, we’re trying to relax as much as possible (madame-wt is 17 weeks pregnant), so we will absolutely be returning to enjoy more of what Corsica has to offer.
  25. Significantly lower range compared to almost all Tesla models. It’s listed at 252 miles which in the real world is probably closer to 200 miles. That may not matter for some people, but it would be a deal breaker for me.
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