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  1. 59 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

    Ugh.  

    When you hire your inspector, I'd arm him with a full set of plans and specs, just because of stuff like this.  Including cut sheets for everything that's spec'ed. 

    First time housebuilder-- where would I go about hiring an independent inspector? I assume I can just google "home inspector" but maybe any advice more targetted than that?

  2. 15 hours ago, JulesVerne said:

    Can anyone refer a third-party or neutral frame inspector for a new build? Situation is my builder had a framing crew, they did half the job, went AWOL, took a while but found a second crew to finish the job and with the dropping of the ball I'd like to do my own due diligence just to make sure there were no gaps from crew A and crew B.

    The builder is telling me that the city inspector is thorough and tough, etc. but also welcome and open to me sending my own guy and at this point I'll pay out of pocket if reasonable for peace of mind.

    Would appreciate any DM recommendations.

    Thanks

    Just found out that the tubs put in were the regular model and not the contracted deluxe tubs with the deck mount. So now they are going to have to rip it out and get these installed, what a disaster.

  3. Can anyone refer a third-party or neutral frame inspector for a new build? Situation is my builder had a framing crew, they did half the job, went AWOL, took a while but found a second crew to finish the job and with the dropping of the ball I'd like to do my own due diligence just to make sure there were no gaps from crew A and crew B.

    The builder is telling me that the city inspector is thorough and tough, etc. but also welcome and open to me sending my own guy and at this point I'll pay out of pocket if reasonable for peace of mind.

    Would appreciate any DM recommendations.

    Thanks

  4. Rango (Kid movie, Johnny Depp). I never hear anyone talk about this movie and I randomly watched it with a kiddo. I think this was an extremely well made and interesting movie, and especially loved the visuals and animation of the animals.

    The first 9 minutes of Rango I'd put up toe-to-toe as the best with any children's or animated movie you can name.

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  5. 1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:


    But Jesus they’re good.

    Oh yes! Very underrated fruit in my opinion, which is especially weird because we are in Texas and it’s one of the few native foodstuffs.

    Shiner Bock Ruby Red flavor seasonal beer however, I’ll go ahead and be a heretic and say it was gross back when I used to drink.

  6. I like to eat frozen blueberries and grapes too.

    But the fruit that is king in our house this summer has been the Ruby Red Grapefruit. The thing is, they are expensive! Like $1/each compared to 12 oranges for $3.

  7. I read that the main guy yelling "DEA" was doing so with American English and American accent. What kind of mercernary from America would do that?

    I work with a guy who was born in Haiti and messaged him first thing this morning and he was pretty distraught about it, so I think's not a popular will of the people type assassination even if he wasn't the best or most popular President.

  8. 40 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

    Also, I can see this getting really bizarre for women’s sports. Those deals will for many cases be totally untethered from performance on the field. 
     

    The next “pole vault girl” sensation or tennis bunny will get deals of six or seven figures and the national champion in those sports will get zilch. 
     

    Of course, this is how actual pro women sports endorsements work so— you wanted it, you got it. 

    Hey, if guys get to claim "but market forces and eyeballs/ratings!" as a backstop defense for why they get paid 100x more, then women should get to take advantage of their unique abilities in social media to do the same. Fair is fair.

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  9. I started what a lot of you would call a "fad diet" and can echo some of the comments on this page. I lost some weight doing nutrisystem and I can tell you that the only reason I started it and stayed on it when the going got tough, meaning I got hangry and irritable while trying to change my mindset about food and eating, was beacuse it was convenient and it was simple.

    I didn't have to count the calories or know about nutrition. I didn't need to add more time or find more time in my day for healthy cooking and shopping and cleaning disihes. I simply ate the yellow packaged food for breakfast, the blue one for lunch and the red one for dinner and the purple ones for snack. I saved time during the day and the thinking was done for me. Most people don;t just ride a bike, we have to learn with training wheels.

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  10. 3 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:

    I'm not saying it's "chump change."  I'm just saying that it's not $10K, as JulesVerne speculated.

    It's a helluva lot of money.  But even in coach, that itinerary was going to be a helluva lot of money.  And the point is that Qatar doesn't price their business class at 10X their coach fares, as a lot of airlines do.

    I wasn't meaning any offense, I've just flown business before on older planes (British Airways) and saw that even First Class was around $10k a seat which I thought was astonishing. I mean, to be frank, I don't know that I've even heard of anyone purchasing those seats and assumed they are only there for upgrades or the occasional millionaire flyer.

    I had a colleague join my small firm right before Covid-19 who came from a very large firm and act very confused when he expensed a first class ticket for $7,000 and everyone looked at him like he slapped our mothers.

  11. 4 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

    Qatar is a OneWorld member, so you can use AAdvantage miles (and you obviously accumulate AAdvantage miles on the flights).

    The fares aren't nearly as much as you think.  My family (i.e., four of us), flew DFW-NBO and JNB-DFW for $16,500 in business--i.e., about $4,100/pp.  That's a helluva deal, and less than half of what BA or AA would've charged me when I priced the flights out on them.

    I liked it far better than Emirates.  As I pointed out, the hard product is much better.  But the soft product is better too, because Qatar has a dine-on-demand system.  Emirates wheels a cart up and down the business-class aisle, and you eat when they make the food available.  Qatar just lets you eat whenever, which is a very first-class concept.

    One word to the wise, though--make your meal selections at the beginning of the flight so as to reserve what you want.  I neglected to do that yesterday, and they had run out of the lobster starter by the time I got around to taking lunch.

    There is a whole different world out there and you people are living in it.

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  12. 28 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

    I just got off a verrrry long flight from Johannesburg to Doha to Dallas on Qatar in their business class Q-Suite product, and was blown away.  

    The hard product itself is great.  It is a very comfortable seat with a door, which accords great privacy.  The seat is just really well laid out with plenty of storage and is very comfortable.  It really feels like a first-class product.

    The food was also very good, albeit a good business-class product and not First.  The service was a bit hit-and-miss, but on balance very good.  But still, it blows anything offered by any American airline out of the water.  It's so good that if I were traveling to southeastern Europe, I would consider flying Qatar and backtracking from Doha to (for example) Athens rather than flying BA through Heathrow.

    But that's just my latest flight--who else is running good new premium cabins that are worth trying?

    Not well versed, how does the point situation work with Qatar. Is there a partnership with a domestic carrier like you mentioned AA with BA? I imagine you have to have points because those seats must run $10k each out of pocket.

  13. That Dean Palmer reference sent me into a wormhole on YouTube looking for Dean Palmer highlights, which took me to some mid-90's Ranger era videos. 

    I forgot how much I loved the 1996 Rangers uniforms and looking at the fans and executives sense of style here, I can't believe it's been 25 years.

     

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  14. Also should add, 4th of July is one of those tough, triggering holidays. I hope everyone out here in the internet land made it through safe and secure. Prayers for relief for those who suffered. It's one of those days, I know.

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  15. Long time lurker here, also long time sobriety. Recently been struggling with some things. I don't think sobriety or having a drink is one. Yet.

    I need to get to a meeting. I need to help someone. I need to focus on being of service. This thread is always a source of encouragement and hope. Thank you for letting me share.

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